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1972 MLB Wins by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games won

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in wins in 1972, with 96, 1 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 24 MLB teams is 77.4.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 games
96 Wins 1 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team League G W
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 96
2 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 95
3 Oakland Athletics AL 155 93
4 Chicago White Sox AL 154 87
5 Detroit Tigers AL 156 86
6 Boston Red Sox AL 155 85
6 Chicago Cubs NL 156 85
6 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 155 85
9 Houston Astros NL 153 84
10 New York Mets NL 156 83
11 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 80
12 New York Yankees AL 155 79
MLB average 77.4
13 Minnesota Twins AL 154 77
14 Kansas City Royals AL 154 76
15 California Angels AL 155 75
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 75
17 Cleveland Indians AL 156 72
18 Atlanta Braves NL 155 70
18 Montreal Expos NL 156 70
20 San Francisco Giants NL 155 69
21 Milwaukee Brewers AL 156 65
22 Philadelphia Phillies NL 156 59
23 San Diego Padres NL 153 58
24 Texas Rangers AL 154 54

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.