Players proposal:

• Acknowledgement of, and payment of the rise in costs of health care
  
• Increase in the pension plan to match the 17% rise in cost of living expenses since the previous pension agreement was established three years prior.
  
• Proposed to have issues settled by an outside arbitrator prior to the strike.
  
• Refused to make up/reschedule games lost to strike.

Owners proposal:

• Offered $500,000 a year on the health-care contribution. On April 10, 1972 agreed to the cost-of-living increase in the pension benefits.
  
• Wanted all games lost to strike to be made up without pay.
  
• Wanted players to lose "credited MLB service time" for games not played during strike.

• Owners accepted Union proposal with significant contributions to the health-care fund and a cost-of-living increase to the pension plan, bringing the fund to near $5.9 million.
  
• Players did not lose credited service for games not played during the strike.
  
• Games were not rescheduled, and players were not paid for games not taking place.

Work stoppage: April 1 - April 13, 1972

Strike

• The players went on strike for 13 days, four days before the season started, and nine days after the season began.
  
• Eighty six games were cancelled, and it is estimated that the owners lost around $5.2 million.
  
• The players lost nine days salary, roughly $600,000.