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MIA2

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ATL6

CIN0

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Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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WSH6

DET10

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BAL7

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ATL6

CHC3

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STL3

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HOU4

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SEA1

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AL · 76–78 (.494) · Rank 4 · Attendance 707656

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Lou Piniella	151	574	179	11	72	7	.312	.797
Amos Otis	143	540	158	11	54	28	.293	.765
Freddie Patek	136	518	110	0	32	33	.212	.556
John Mayberry	149	503	150	25	100	0	.298	.901
Cookie Rojas	137	487	127	3	53	2	.261	.646
Richie Scheinblum	134	450	135	8	66	0	.300	.801
Paul Schaal	127	435	99	6	41	1	.228	.649
Ed Kirkpatrick	113	364	100	9	43	3	.275	.761
Steve Hovley	105	196	53	3	24	3	.270	.703
Bobby Floyd	61	134	24	0	5	1	.179	.410
Jerry May	53	116	22	1	4	0	.190	.553
Carl Taylor	63	113	30	0	11	4	.265	.662
Bobby Knoop	44	97	23	0	7	0	.237	.588
Gail Hopkins	53	71	15	0	5	0	.211	.521
Paul Splittorff	35	71	16	0	3	0	.225	.530
Dick Drago	35	68	4	0	5	0	.059	.228
Joe Keough	56	64	14	0	5	2	.219	.574
Bob Oliver	16	63	17	1	6	1	.270	.673
Roger Nelson	34	54	5	0	0	0	.093	.233
Bruce Dal Canton	35	41	4	0	0	0	.098	.241
Mike Hedlund	29	32	6	0	0	0	.188	.376
Ron Hansen	16	30	4	0	2	0	.133	.345
Jim Wohlford	15	25	6	0	0	0	.240	.601
Al Fitzmorris	39	23	4	0	0	0	.174	.470
Jim Rooker	18	20	2	0	2	0	.100	.195
Monty Montgomery	9	17	3	0	3	0	.176	.457
Steve Busby	5	15	3	0	4	0	.200	.467
Tom Murphy	21	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.071
Tom Burgmeier	51	12	4	0	0	0	.333	.666
Ted Abernathy	45	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dennis Paepke	2	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143
Mike Jackson	7	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Norm Angelini	21	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ken Wright	17	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Dick Drago	12	17	3.01	34	0	135	1.174
Paul Splittorff	12	12	3.13	35	0	140	1.185
Roger Nelson	11	6	2.08	34	2	120	.871
Bruce Dal Canton	6	6	3.40	35	2	75	1.239
Mike Hedlund	5	7	4.78	29	0	52	1.416
Al Fitzmorris	2	5	3.74	38	3	51	1.257
Jim Rooker	5	6	4.38	18	0	44	1.417
Tom Murphy	4	4	3.07	18	1	34	1.322
Ted Abernathy	3	4	1.70	45	5	28	1.080
Monty Montgomery	3	3	3.04	9	0	24	1.278
Tom Burgmeier	6	2	4.23	51	9	18	1.807
Steve Busby	3	1	1.58	5	0	31	.900
Mike Jackson	1	2	6.41	7	0	15	1.932
Ken Wright	1	2	4.91	17	4	18	1.636
Norm Angelini	2	1	2.25	21	2	16	1.562

Schedule (154 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1972-04-15	vs CHA	W 2–1
1972-04-16	vs CHA	W 2–1
1972-04-16	vs CHA	W 4–3
1972-04-18	@ OAK	L 2–3
1972-04-19	@ OAK	L 0–4
1972-04-19	@ OAK	L 1–3
1972-04-22	@ CHA	L 0–1
1972-04-22	@ CHA	L 2–3
1972-04-23	@ CHA	L 2–3
1972-04-25	vs BAL	W 3–0
1972-04-26	vs BAL	W 5–3
1972-04-28	vs CLE	W 4–0
1972-04-29	vs CLE	L 1–3
1972-04-30	vs CLE	L 3–5
1972-05-02	@ DET	W 6–3
1972-05-03	@ DET	L 1–6
1972-05-05	@ BAL	L 2–3
1972-05-06	@ BAL	W 9–1
1972-05-07	@ BAL	L 4–5
1972-05-09	@ CLE	L 1–2
1972-05-10	@ CLE	L 2–7
1972-05-13	vs DET	L 1–3
1972-05-14	vs DET	L 2–3
1972-05-14	vs DET	W 8–4
1972-05-15	vs TEX	W 5–4
1972-05-16	vs TEX	W 5–0
1972-05-17	vs TEX	L 3–4
1972-05-19	vs OAK	W 16–1
1972-05-20	vs OAK	L 5–8
1972-05-21	vs OAK	L 2–5
1972-05-24	vs MIN	L 0–1
1972-05-25	@ CAL	W 5–2
1972-05-26	@ CAL	L 5–10
1972-05-27	@ CAL	L 2–4
1972-05-28	@ CAL	L 2–4
1972-05-30	@ MIN	L 2–3
1972-05-31	@ MIN	L 2–3
1972-06-01	@ MIN	W 5–3
1972-06-02	vs BOS	W 9–1
1972-06-03	vs BOS	W 10–4
1972-06-04	vs BOS	W 7–5
1972-06-04	vs BOS	L 0–4
1972-06-06	vs ML4	W 4–2
1972-06-07	vs ML4	W 5–4
1972-06-08	vs ML4	L 3–4
1972-06-09	vs NYA	W 1–0
1972-06-10	vs NYA	L 4–8
1972-06-11	vs NYA	W 1–0
1972-06-13	@ BOS	W 4–2
1972-06-14	@ BOS	L 3–11
1972-06-15	@ BOS	W 13–9
1972-06-16	@ ML4	W 3–2
1972-06-17	@ ML4	W 6–3
1972-06-18	@ ML4	L 0–3
1972-06-20	@ NYA	L 2–4
1972-06-23	vs MIN	W 5–0
1972-06-24	vs MIN	L 1–4
1972-06-25	vs MIN	L 3–5
1972-06-25	vs MIN	W 8–3
1972-06-26	vs CHA	W 4–1
1972-06-27	vs CHA	W 6–4
1972-06-29	@ MIN	W 5–3
1972-06-29	@ MIN	W 12–4
1972-06-30	@ MIN	L 0–2
1972-07-01	vs TEX	W 3–2
1972-07-02	vs TEX	L 5–7
1972-07-02	vs TEX	W 8–3
1972-07-03	vs TEX	L 1–2
1972-07-04	vs DET	W 1–0
1972-07-05	vs DET	W 8–2
1972-07-06	vs DET	L 0–7
1972-07-07	@ CLE	W 6–3
1972-07-08	@ CLE	L 1–2
1972-07-09	@ CLE	W 6–4
1972-07-09	@ CLE	W 8–5
1972-07-10	@ BAL	W 3–2
1972-07-11	@ BAL	L 1–2
1972-07-12	@ BAL	W 11–4
1972-07-13	@ DET	L 4–6
1972-07-14	@ DET	W 1–0
1972-07-15	@ DET	L 3–5
1972-07-16	@ DET	L 0–2
1972-07-18	vs CLE	W 6–5
1972-07-18	vs CLE	W 11–8
1972-07-19	vs CLE	L 1–6
1972-07-20	vs BAL	L 5–8
1972-07-21	vs BAL	L 6–7
1972-07-22	vs BAL	W 8–5
1972-07-23	vs BAL	L 4–8
1972-07-27	@ CHA	L 3–7
1972-07-27	@ CHA	W 3–0
1972-07-28	@ CHA	L 0–5
1972-07-29	@ CHA	L 3–4
1972-07-30	@ CAL	L 3–4
1972-07-31	@ CAL	W 1–0
1972-08-01	@ OAK	L 0–4
1972-08-02	@ OAK	L 0–5
1972-08-04	vs CAL	L 5–6
1972-08-05	vs CAL	W 2–1
1972-08-06	vs CAL	L 3–4
1972-08-06	vs CAL	L 2–3
1972-08-07	vs OAK	W 4–2
1972-08-08	vs OAK	W 4–3
1972-08-09	vs OAK	W 5–2
1972-08-11	@ TEX	W 2–0
1972-08-12	@ TEX	L 0–3
1972-08-13	@ TEX	L 4–13
1972-08-14	vs NYA	W 3–0
1972-08-15	vs NYA	W 7–6
1972-08-16	vs NYA	W 3–2
1972-08-18	vs ML4	L 2–7
1972-08-19	vs ML4	W 2–1
1972-08-20	vs ML4	L 1–2
1972-08-22	vs BOS	L 7–10
1972-08-23	vs BOS	W 3–0
1972-08-25	@ NYA	L 1–4
1972-08-25	@ NYA	W 5–1
1972-08-26	@ NYA	W 6–3
1972-08-27	@ NYA	L 6–7
1972-08-27	@ NYA	L 8–9
1972-08-29	@ ML4	W 6–4
1972-08-30	@ ML4	W 6–2
1972-08-31	@ ML4	L 3–7
1972-09-01	@ BOS	L 0–1
1972-09-02	@ BOS	L 3–5
1972-09-04	@ TEX	W 4–3
1972-09-05	@ TEX	W 7–2
1972-09-06	vs CAL	L 1–3
1972-09-07	vs CAL	W 6–0
1972-09-08	vs MIN	W 5–0
1972-09-08	vs MIN	W 3–2
1972-09-09	vs MIN	L 2–3
1972-09-10	vs MIN	W 3–1
1972-09-11	vs CHA	L 1–2
1972-09-12	vs CHA	L 0–6
1972-09-13	vs CHA	W 6–4
1972-09-15	@ MIN	L 3–4
1972-09-16	@ MIN	L 1–11
1972-09-17	@ MIN	W 10–6
1972-09-19	@ CAL	W 7–2
1972-09-20	@ CAL	W 9–2
1972-09-21	@ CAL	L 2–4
1972-09-22	@ OAK	W 5–3
1972-09-23	@ OAK	L 1–2
1972-09-24	@ OAK	W 4–2
1972-09-24	@ OAK	L 1–2
1972-09-26	@ CHA	W 2–1
1972-09-27	@ CHA	W 4–2
1972-09-28	@ BOS	L 1–3
1972-09-29	vs OAK	W 9–2
1972-09-30	vs OAK	L 5–10
1972-10-01	vs OAK	L 2–4
1972-10-03	vs TEX	L 0–3
1972-10-04	vs TEX	W 4–0