MLB Division Standings after Jul 31 in 1972 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Eastern Division Home Away Div
Detroit 55-40 .579 ---- 28-19 27-21 20-21
Baltimore 52-42 .553 2.5 25-24 27-18 22-18
NY Yankees 47-45 .511 6.5 30-17 17-28 22-18
Boston 47-46 .505 7.0 28-16 19-30 19-20
Cleveland 42-52 .447 12.5 25-19 17-33 18-22
Milwaukee 37-58 .389 18.0 23-25 14-33 19-21
Western Division Home Away Div
Oakland 59-38 .608 ---- 28-20 31-18 26-16
Chi White Sox 53-43 .552 5.5 37-13 16-30 24-18
Minnesota 47-45 .511 9.5 26-17 21-28 18-20
Kansas City 46-49 .484 12.0 28-20 18-29 18-24
California 44-53 .454 15.0 27-24 17-29 20-23
Texas 39-57 .406 19.5 23-26 16-31 19-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Eastern Division Home Away Div
Pittsburgh 60-35 .632 ---- 32-18 28-17 29-12
NY Mets 52-41 .559 7.0 26-20 26-21 25-14
Chi Cubs 51-46 .526 10.0 30-18 21-28 20-23
St Louis 46-48 .489 13.5 22-21 24-27 20-22
Montreal 42-50 .457 16.5 21-21 21-29 17-21
Philadelphia 34-61 .358 26.0 19-33 15-28 12-31
Western Division Home Away Div
Cincinnati 57-37 .606 ---- 22-24 35-13 23-18
Houston 54-44 .551 5.0 26-24 28-20 26-18
LA Dodgers 49-46 .516 8.5 23-22 26-24 22-21
Atlanta 46-50 .479 12.0 24-20 22-30 20-23
San Francisco 44-54 .449 15.0 18-32 26-22 22-21
San Diego 36-59 .379 21.5 17-38 19-21 15-27
American League Games
Detroit 5, Boston 2
Chi White Sox 8, Minnesota 1
Kansas City 1, California 0
Oakland 2, Texas 0
Cleveland 3, Milwaukee 2 (G1) (10 in)
NY Yankees 5, Baltimore 2 (G1)
Cleveland 1, Milwaukee 0 (G2)
NY Yankees 2, Baltimore 1 (G2)
National League Games
Atlanta 4, LA Dodgers 3
NY Mets 4, Montreal 2
Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 0
Houston 3, San Diego 2
San Francisco 7, Cincinnati 2
Chi Cubs 4, St Louis 0