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1972 MLB NL East standings
The Pittsburgh Pirates won the 1972 MLB NL East division race at 96-59, 11 games ahead of the Chicago Cubs.
🏆How the 1972 playoffs went
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NL East standings, 1972
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates (PIT) | 96 | 59 | .619 | - | 4-6 | L1 |
| Chicago Cubs (CHC) | 85 | 70 | .548 | 11 | 5-5 | L2 |
| New York Mets (NYM) | 83 | 73 | .532 | 13.5 | 7-3 | W4 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (STL) | 75 | 81 | .481 | 21.5 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Montreal Expos (MON) | 70 | 86 | .449 | 26.5 | 3-7 | L4 |
| Philadelphia Phillies (PHI) | 59 | 97 | .378 | 37.5 | 4-6 | W2 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 9 times.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates trailed by as many as 6.5 games on May 20, 1972.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates took first place for good on June 19, 1972.
- The New York Mets won 11 games in a row from May 12, 1972 to May 21, 1972, the longest run of the race.
- The New York Mets led by 6.5 games as late as May 20, 1972.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates led by as many as 15 games on September 14, 1972.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates went 27-15 from June 6, 1972 to July 19, 1972, turning a deficit of 4 games into a lead of 6 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 46 of the 166 days played.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates spent 113 of the season's 173 charted days in first place.