
July 4, 1972: Tom Seaver loses no-hitter in ninth inning on Independence Day
When fireworks launched on America’s 196th birthday, the nighttime…

July 7, 1972: Killebrew’s homer wins it for Quilici in debut as Twins manager
On Friday, July 7, 1972, presidential candidates arrived in Miami…

July 8, 1972: Red Sox narrowly miss going above .500 in 16-inning loss to Angels
To call the 1972 season unusual would be an understatement. It…

July 8, 1972: Yankees’ Bernie Allen does in former teammates
Bernie Allen was well-known in Minnesota, for bad and good reasons…
July 9, 1972: Reese’s pinch grand slam leaves Twins short of victory
Rich Reese could deliver in the pinch. He had two important pinch-hit…

July 10, 1972: Hoyt Wilhelm appears in 1,070th and final game
The best baseball players return reliably year after year until…

July 11, 1972: Tigers win critical game on close call in ninth
When the hot and humid morning of Tuesday, July 11, 1972, dawned…

July 16, 1972: Nelson, Randle help Rangers subdue Tribe in 12 innings
After going 28 consecutive innings without scoring a run, the…

July 17, 1972: Newark Co-Pilots feel their oats on Pony Night with 26-3 whipping of Batavia
On July 17, 1972, young Mark Murphy of Newark, New York, beat…

July 18, 1972: Cubs’ Billy Williams belts walk-off home run as Fergie Jenkins goes the distance
“His beautiful swing never varies,” raved Chicago Cubs beat…

July 18, 1972: One strike away, Padres’ Steve Arlin loses his no-hit bid
The Padres are well-known for not (as of 2018) having a pitcher…

July 18, 1972: Home sweet home: Elmira ends 28-day flood displacement with win
On June 20, 1972, well-traveled baseball clown Max Patkin came…

July 27, 1972: Nolan Ryan overcomes 107-degree heat and fatigue to shut out Rangers with 14 strikeouts
“It was nothing,” wrote Randy Galloway of the Dallas Morning…

July 30, 1972: Astros, Padres split doubleheader in two extra-inning games
“Things just kept happening, unexpected things, rare things,…

August 1, 1972: Nate Colbert’s record-setting day leads Padres to sweep over Braves
On the team flight to Atlanta after the Padres’ 3-2 loss at…

August 2, 1972: César Cedeño becomes first Astros player to hit for the cycle
“I just want to get hits.”1 With this sentiment, 21-year-old…

August 3, 1972: Brewers farmhand Tom Deidel records no-hitter but no win for Newark
In 1991 the major leagues adopted stricter requirements for no-hitters,…

August 4, 1972: Dick Allen adds to his MVP résumé by beating Texas with a ninth-inning double
In 1972 Dick Allen won the American League’s Most Valuable…

August 12, 1972: Johnny Callison’s grand slam leads Yankees past Brewers
After seven years out of contention, the New York Yankees started…

August 13, 1972: The Great Wallenda and Steve Carlton
I wonder who will be higher, Wallenda or Carlton?” — Montreal…

August 13, 1972: Expos win nightcap after Great Wallenda walks across Veterans Stadium
During the hot afternoon of August 13, 1972, a nervous crowd…

August 19, 1972: Luis Tiant shuts out White Sox, 3-0
When the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox faced off on this…

August 21, 1972: Niagara Falls manager Chuck Cottier attacks umpire in Class A altercation
“Hands off the umpire” is one of the bedrock rules of baseball,…

August 22, 1972: Nelson Briles near-perfect in Pirates’ 1-0 win over Giants
On an August night at Candlestick Park in 1972, Pittsburgh Pirates…