The 1972 baseball strike was the first players' strike in Major League Baseball history. The strike occurred from April 1, 1972 to April 13, 1972. Baseball resumed when the owners and players agreed on a $500,000 increase in pension fund payments. Owners agreed to add salary arbitration to the Collective Bargaining Agreement.^[1] The 86 games that were missed over the 13-day period were never played because the league refused to pay the players for the time they were on strike. As a result, some teams only played 153 games, nine fewer than normal. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... The following are the events of the year 1972 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... The following are the events of the year 1972 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory[1], the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... A pension (also known as superannuation) is a retirement plan intended to provide a person with a secure income for life. ... Arbitration is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, wherein the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons (the arbitrators or arbitral tribunal), by whose decision (the award) they agree to be bound. ...

One major effect of the uneven schedule was that the Detroit Tigers played one more game than the Boston Red Sox, and thereby won the American League East Division by 1/2 game over the Red Sox. The Tigers won the division on the next-to-last day of the season when they beat Boston, 3-1, at Tiger Stadium. Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1998–present) Current uniform Name Detroit Tigers (1901–present) Ballpark Comerica Park (2000–present) Tiger Stadium(1961-1999) a. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1 • 4 • 8 • 9 • 27 • 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1907–present) See Nicknames before Red Sox for disputed nicknames Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World... The American League East Division is one of Major League Baseballs six divisions. ... Tiger Stadium is a stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, USA. It hosted the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team for nearly a century before that franchise moved into the new Comerica Park in 2000. ...

See also

• 1972 in baseball
• 1981 Major League Baseball strike
• 1994 Major League Baseball strike
• Baseball's Labor History

The following are the events of the year 1972 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ... The 1981 baseball strike was the fifth work stoppage since 1972. ...

Reference

1. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/05/25/work_stopppages/