Tuesday April 18, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 18, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        135   12    35    6    1    0    11    1    2    7    26  .259
Los Angeles      140   15    35    6    0    4    13    1    0    7    15  .250
Houston          134   21    33    2    3    5    21    1    1   12    21  .246
Chicago           99   12    24    4    1    2    11    1    1    9    12  .242
Cincinnati        99   15    24    6    2    2    11    7    0   12    19  .242
Philadelphia     124   14    29    6    1    3    12    2    2   16    23  .234
San Francisco    138   22    32    6    1    5    21    4    0   16    27  .232
San Diego        126   11    29    3    1    0    10    5    2    7    21  .230
Montreal          90   13    20    7    1    1    12    3    1   14    14  .222
Atlanta          163   14    36    6    0    1    13    2    0   25    34  .221
Pittsburgh       102    6    21    1    2    1     6    0    0    3    22  .206
New York          87    6    17    3    0    1     5    2    0   12    18  .195

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)         3   12    3    6   1   1   0    1   3   0    1    3  .500
Randy Hundley (CHI)       3    9    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .444
Willie Davis (LA)         4   16    4    7   2   0   1    3   1   0    1    1  .438
Ralph Garr (ATL)          5   19    3    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .421
Bob Watson (HOU)          4   15    5    6   0   0   1    5   0   0    2    1  .400
Ron Hunt (MON)            3   10    5    4   2   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .400
Denis Menke (CIN)         3   10    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .400
Billy Williams (CHI)      3   13    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    0  .385
Jim Lefebvre (LA)         4   16    1    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .375
Lee May (HOU)             4   16    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .375

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty             3    4    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .500
Ralph Garr             5   19    3    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .421
Marty Perez            5   15    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .333
Oscar Brown            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Darrell Evans          5   19    3    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    2  .316
Earl Williams          5   19    2    5   3   0   0    1   0   0    3    6  .263
Jim Breazeale          2    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Felix Millan           5   20    0    3   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    2  .150
Mike Lum               4   14    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .143
Hank Aaron             4   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .071
Dusty Baker            5   18    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    6  .056
Paul Casanova          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Orlando Cepeda         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Randy Hundley          3    9    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .444
Billy Williams         3   13    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    0  .385
Jose Cardenal          3   12    4    4   0   1   1    3   1   1    1    0  .333
Rick Monday            3    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .333
Ron Santo              3   13    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .231
Joe Pepitone           3   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .167
Glenn Beckert          3   13    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .154
Don Kessinger          3    8    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Jim Hickman            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan            3   12    3    6   1   1   0    1   3   0    1    3  .500
Denis Menke            3   10    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .400
George Foster          1    5    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Tony Perez             3   11    2    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    5  .273
Pete Rose              3   12    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Dave Concepcion        3   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .200
Joe Morgan             3   11    3    2   0   1   0    3   3   0    2    0  .182
Johnny Bench           3   10    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .100
Cesar Geronimo         3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Bernie Carbo           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Julian Javier          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Hal McRae              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ted Uhlaender          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Watson             4   15    5    6   0   0   1    5   0   0    2    1  .400
Lee May                4   16    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .375
Cesar Cedeno           4   15    1    5   1   1   0    1   1   0    2    0  .333
Doug Rader             4   16    4    5   1   1   2    6   0   0    1    2  .313
Jim Wynn               4   16    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    4  .313
Tommy Helms            4   16    3    3   0   0   2    5   0   0    0    1  .188
Johnny Edwards         3   11    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .182
Roger Metzger          4   14    2    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    4    1  .071
Jimmy Stewart          3    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Stinson            2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jack Hiatt             1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Norm Miller            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Mota             3   10    3    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Chris Cannizzaro       2    8    3    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .500
Willie Davis           4   16    4    7   2   0   1    3   1   0    1    1  .438
Jim Lefebvre           4   16    1    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .375
Wes Parker             2    9    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Willie Crawford        2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .286
Steve Garvey           4    9    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .222
Duke Sims              2    5    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Frank Robinson         4   14    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .143
Bill Buckner           2    8    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Maury Wills            4   18    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Billy Grabarkewitz     2    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Dick Dietz             1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bill Russell           2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Clyde Mashore          2    1    3    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0 1.000
Terry Humphrey         2    4    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Ron Hunt               3   10    5    4   2   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .400
Ken Singleton          3   10    1    3   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    3  .300
Ron Fairly             2    7    0    2   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    0  .286
Bob Bailey             3   11    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .273
Mike Jorgensen         3    9    2    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .222
John Boccabella        2    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .143
Tim Foli               3    8    0    1   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    0  .125
Boots Day              3    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .111
Ron Woods              2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .000
Jim Fairey             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Hector Torres          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bobby Wine             2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Cleon Jones            3   10    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .500
Ed Kranepool           3    8    1    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .250
Tommie Agee            3   10    1    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    3  .200
Jim Fregosi            3   10    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .200
Rusty Staub            3   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .182
Jerry Grote            3    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .143
Bud Harrelson          3   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    5  .091
Ken Boswell            3   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .083
Dave Marshall          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
John Milner            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tommy Hutton           1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ron Stone              3    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Larry Bowa             4   17    2    5   0   0   0    2   2   0    0    3  .294
Tim McCarver           4   18    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   1    0    1  .278
Willie Montanez        4   15    2    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .267
Mike Anderson          4   12    0    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .250
Denny Doyle            4   12    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .250
Deron Johnson          4   14    1    3   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    5  .214
Greg Luzinski          4   12    2    2   0   0   2    4   0   0    3    2  .167
Don Money              4   12    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    3  .083
Roger Freed            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Terry Harmon           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Pete Koegel            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Cash              1    5    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
Manny Sanguillen       3   11    1    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    0    2  .273
Rennie Stennett        2    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Al Oliver              3   13    1    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    2  .231
Jackie Hernandez       3   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Roberto Clemente       3   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .167
Willie Stargell        3   12    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .167
Richie Hebner          3    9    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .111
Bob Robertson          3   11    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .091
Gene Clines            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Vic Davalillo          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Milt May               1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jose Pagan             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Gene Alley             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Garry Jestadt          1    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Johnny Jeter           3    5    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   1    0    0  .600
Cito Gaston            3    6    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Derrel Thomas          3    9    1    4   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    0  .444
Jerry Morales          3   11    1    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    2  .273
Fred Kendall           1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Dave Campbell          3    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .222
Bob Barton             3   11    0    2   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    3  .182
Enzo Hernandez         3   11    3    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .182
Leron Lee              3   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .167
Ollie Brown            3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Nate Colbert           4   14    3    2   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    6  .143
Larry Stahl            3   10    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .100
Don Mason              2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rafael Robles          1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie McCovey         4   12    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Bobby Bonds            4   16    6    5   2   0   1    2   2   0    1    0  .313
Dave Kingman           4   17    4    5   1   1   1    6   0   0    0    4  .294
Tito Fuentes           4   18    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .278
Jim Howarth            3    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .250
Fran Healy             4   13    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    4    1  .231
Ken Henderson          4   17    0    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    6  .118
Willie Mays            4   14    1    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    4    3  .071
Chris Speier           4   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .071
Jimmy Rosario          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Martinez         1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ed Crosby              3    7    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .571
Jerry McNertney        2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Ted Simmons            4   16    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .313
Ted Sizemore           4   16    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .313
Joe Torre              3   10    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .300
Jose Cruz              4   14    0    4   0   1   0    3   1   0    1    2  .286
Matty Alou             4   15    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .267
Joe Hague              3    8    1    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .250
Lou Brock              4   18    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    5  .222
Dal Maxvill            4   10    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Donn Clendenon         4    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .000
Luis Melendez          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  F. Millan (ATL)          20
  D. Evans (ATL)           19
  R. Garr (ATL)            19
  E. Williams (ATL)        19
  D. Baker (ATL)           18
  L. Brock (STL)           18
  T. Fuentes (SF)          18
  T. McCarver (PHI)        18
  M. Wills (LA)            18
  L. Bowa (PHI)            17

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  R. Hunt (MON)             5
  B. Watson (HOU)           5
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  W. Davis (LA)             4
  D. Kingman (SF)           4
  D. Rader (HOU)            4
  C. Cannizzaro (LA)        3
  N. Colbert (SD)           3
  D. Doyle (PHI)            3

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)             8
  W. Davis (LA)             7
  D. Evans (ATL)            6
  J. Lefebvre (LA)          6
  L. May (HOU)              6
  B. Tolan (CIN)            6
  B. Watson (HOU)           6
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  L. Bowa (PHI)             5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5

Doubles:

  E. Williams (ATL)         3
  M. Anderson (PHI)         2
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  W. Davis (LA)             2
  J. Hague (STL)            2
  R. Hunt (MON)             2
  J. Lefebvre (LA)          2
  W. Montanez (PHI)         2
  T. Agee (NY)              1
  M. Alou (STL)             1

Triples:

  J. Cardenal (CHI)         1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  N. Colbert (SD)           1
  J. Cruz (STL)             1
  D. Johnson (PHI)          1
  D. Kingman (SF)           1
  R. Metzger (HOU)          1
  J. Morgan (CIN)           1
  A. Oliver (PIT)           1
  D. Rader (HOU)            1

Home Runs:

  T. Helms (HOU)            2
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         2
  D. Rader (HOU)            2
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  C. Cannizzaro (LA)        1
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         1
  W. Davis (LA)             1
  D. Evans (ATL)            1
  W. Fryman (PHI)           1
  T. Fuentes (SF)           1

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)           6
  D. Rader (HOU)            6
  T. Helms (HOU)            5
  B. Watson (HOU)           5
  D. Evans (ATL)            4
  F. Healy (SF)             4
  J. Lefebvre (LA)          4
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         4
  T. Perez (CIN)            4
  K. Singleton (MON)        4

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  B. Tolan (CIN)            3
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  T. Agee (NY)              1
  B. Barton (SD)            1
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       1
  J. Cruz (STL)             1

Caught Stealing:

  M. Alou (STL)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         1
  J. Jeter (SD)             1
  L. Lee (SD)               1
  T. McCarver (PHI)         1
  D. Money (PHI)            1
  R. Woods (MON)            1
  J. Wynn (HOU)             1

Walks:

  H. Aaron (ATL)            4
  F. Healy (SF)             4
  W. Mays (SF)              4
  R. Metzger (HOU)          4
  M. Perez (ATL)            4
  T. Agee (NY)              3
  M. Anderson (PHI)         3
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  D. Evans (ATL)            3
  J. Grote (NY)             3

Strikeouts:

  D. Baker (ATL)            6
  N. Colbert (SD)           6
  K. Henderson (SF)         6
  E. Williams (ATL)         6
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  D. Clendenon (STL)        5
  B. Harrelson (NY)         5
  D. Johnson (PHI)          5
  T. Perez (CIN)            5
  B. Robertson (PIT)        5

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