Sunday April 23, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      314   44    85   10    2    9    40    2    0   19    39  .271
Houston          281   54    74   11    4   11    49    5    1   30    47  .263
New York         198   23    52    9    1    3    21    2    1   24    33  .263
Atlanta          337   33    85   12    0   11    32    2    1   37    54  .252
Pittsburgh       253   25    63   12    3    4    22    1    3   21    39  .249
Cincinnati       234   34    58   13    3    5    29   12    2   29    34  .248
Philadelphia     231   22    57   10    3    7    20    2    2   24    44  .247
St. Louis        272   24    65    7    1    0    22    5    2   28    42  .239
San Diego        281   20    62    5    1    3    19    6    5   12    49  .221
Montreal         186   22    41    9    1    1    21    5    2   27    27  .220
San Francisco    302   37    65   11    1    7    36    9    2   40    50  .215
Chicago          273   27    58   13    1    3    23    4    2   25    45  .213

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)         7   28    6   14   3   2   1    7   5   0    2    3  .500
Johnny Jeter (SD)         8   24    4   11   0   0   1    3   1   2    1    3  .458
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)        8   36    5   16   4   1   0    6   4   0    2    1  .444
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)    7   26    3   11   1   1   0    4   0   0    1    5  .423
Manny Mota (LA)           8   24    8   10   0   1   1    8   0   0    1    0  .417
Cleon Jones (NY)          6   23    3    9   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .391
Denny Doyle (PHI)         7   21    3    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .381
Chris Cannizzaro (LA)     7   24    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    5  .375
Jim Lefebvre (LA)         9   34    3   12   2   0   2    8   0   0    1    5  .353
Rusty Staub (NY)          6   23    4    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    3  .348

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty             8   18    4    9   1   0   2    2   0   0    5    3  .500
Oscar Brown            6   10    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .400
Jim Breazeale          5    8    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .375
Ralph Garr            10   41    4   13   2   0   0    4   1   1    3    5  .317
Darrell Evans          8   31    5    9   0   0   3    6   0   0    4    4  .290
Marty Perez           10   31    3    9   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .290
Earl Williams         10   40    6   11   3   0   2    3   0   0    4   10  .275
Felix Millan          10   43    1   10   1   0   0    4   1   0    4    2  .233
Mike Lum               8   26    2    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    4  .231
Paul Casanova          5   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Hank Aaron             8   31    2    5   0   0   2    4   0   0    5    4  .161
Dusty Baker            8   22    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    7  .046
Orlando Cepeda         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Gil Garrido            1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Hickman            3    8    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .375
Randy Hundley          6   19    2    6   3   0   0    4   0   0    6    5  .316
Rick Monday            7   17    3    5   0   0   0    1   1   0    6    5  .294
Billy North            4   15    1    4   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    5  .267
Jose Cardenal          8   31    7    8   2   1   1    4   2   2    3    1  .258
Ron Santo              8   31    6    8   3   0   1    2   0   0    4    5  .258
Billy Williams         8   35    3    9   2   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .257
Glenn Beckert          8   33    0    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .182
Ken Rudolph            2    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
Joe Pepitone           7   24    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .125
Don Kessinger          8   27    1    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .111
Carmen Fanzone         2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Paul Popovich          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Art Shamsky            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
Darrel Chaney          2    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Julian Javier          3    7    1    4   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    0  .571
Bobby Tolan            7   28    6   14   3   2   1    7   5   0    2    3  .500
George Foster          2    9    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Pete Rose              7   31    4   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .323
Denis Menke            7   22    4    6   0   0   1    2   0   1    6    4  .273
Dave Concepcion        7   23    2    6   0   0   0    4   2   0    2    1  .261
Joe Morgan             7   27    7    6   1   1   1    4   4   0    5    0  .222
Tony Perez             6   22    3    4   1   0   2    5   0   0    3    9  .182
Cesar Geronimo         6   14    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .143
Johnny Bench           7   22    2    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    2  .046
Ted Uhlaender          5    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Bernie Carbo           6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Hal McRae              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Alou             1    1    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Norm Miller            2    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Cesar Cedeno           8   36    5   16   4   1   0    6   4   0    2    1  .444
Bob Watson             8   28   11    9   0   0   2    6   0   0    5    6  .321
Johnny Edwards         6   23    5    7   3   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .304
Jim Wynn               8   33    7   10   0   0   2    6   0   1    4    5  .303
Lee May                8   34    5   10   0   0   2    6   0   0    3   11  .294
Doug Rader             8   32    6    9   2   2   2   11   0   0    2    5  .281
Jack Hiatt             2    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .200
Tommy Helms            8   33    5    6   0   0   2    5   0   0    0    2  .182
Roger Metzger          8   30    7    4   0   1   0    2   1   0    9    1  .133
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

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Mota             8   24    8   10   0   1   1    8   0   0    1    0  .417
Chris Cannizzaro       7   24    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    5  .375
Jim Lefebvre           9   34    3   12   2   0   2    8   0   0    1    5  .353
Willie Davis           9   38   10   12   2   0   2    7   2   0    2    3  .316
Steve Garvey           9   29    3    9   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .310
Wes Parker             7   23    1    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    0  .304
Willie Crawford        6   19    2    5   1   0   2    2   0   0    1    3  .263
Frank Robinson         8   22    4    5   0   0   0    6   0   0    3    7  .227
Duke Sims              2    5    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Bill Buckner           6   18    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .167
Maury Wills            9   36    2    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    5  .139
Billy Grabarkewitz     3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bill Russell           6    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Dick Dietz             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bobby Valentine        2    2    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
John Bateman           1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Terry Humphrey         3    5    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
Clyde Mashore          3    2    3    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .500
Jim Fairey             4    6    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .333
Ken Singleton          6   18    3    5   1   1   0    6   1   0    5    5  .278
Ron Hunt               6   20    5    5   2   0   0    0   1   0    7    2  .250
Ron Fairly             5   16    0    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    1  .250
Tim Foli               6   17    1    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .235
Bob Bailey             6   23    5    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .217
John Boccabella        5   19    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .211
Boots Day              6   19    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .211
Mike Jorgensen         6   19    4    3   0   0   1    3   0   1    4    2  .158
Ron Woods              3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .000
Hector Torres          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bobby Wine             4    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
Jim Beauchamp          1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Cleon Jones            6   23    3    9   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .391
Rusty Staub            6   23    4    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    3  .348
John Milner            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Bud Harrelson          6   25    1    7   1   0   0    1   1   1    2    7  .280
Ed Kranepool           6   18    3    5   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    4  .278
Tommie Agee            6   22    4    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    5  .227
Jim Fregosi            6   22    4    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    2  .227
Jerry Grote            6   18    1    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .222
Ken Boswell            6   26    2    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    2  .154
Dave Marshall          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Don Hahn               1    1    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           2    2    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Denny Doyle            7   21    3    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .381
Ron Stone              5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Willie Montanez        7   27    4    8   5   1   0    0   0   0    4    5  .296
Larry Bowa             7   31    2    8   0   0   0    2   2   0    0    5  .258
Greg Luzinski          7   24    5    6   1   1   3    5   0   0    3    5  .250
Tim McCarver           7   32    2    7   1   0   1    3   0   1    0    4  .219
Mike Anderson          7   23    0    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .217
Deron Johnson          7   26    2    5   1   1   1    5   0   0    3    8  .192
Don Money              7   23    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   1    5    5  .174
Terry Harmon           3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Byron Browne           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Roger Freed            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Pete Koegel            2    1    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
Gene Alley             5    6    0    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    0  .667
Manny Sanguillen       7   26    3   11   1   1   0    4   0   0    1    5  .423
Al Oliver              7   26    2    9   3   1   0    3   0   0    2    2  .346
Roberto Clemente       7   26    4    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .308
Rennie Stennett        6   13    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    1  .308
Richie Hebner          7   19    5    5   2   0   1    1   0   0    3    1  .263
Dave Cash              5   23    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .217
Jackie Hernandez       7   17    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .177
Vic Davalillo          5    6    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Willie Stargell        6   25    1    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    5  .160
Gene Clines            5   13    1    2   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    3  .154
Bob Robertson          7   24    2    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    6    8  .125
Jose Pagan             4    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Milt May               3    5    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
Johnny Jeter           8   24    4   11   0   0   1    3   1   2    1    3  .458
Garry Jestadt          3    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Derrel Thomas          8   25    2    8   1   0   0    3   1   1    3    4  .320
Fred Kendall           3    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Cito Gaston            7   19    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .263
Leron Lee              6   20    0    5   0   0   0    1   1   2    0    2  .250
Jerry Morales          4   12    1    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    2  .250
Enzo Hernandez         8   26    4    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .192
Dave Campbell          7   22    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .182
Bob Barton             7   24    0    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .167
Rafael Robles          3    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Nate Colbert           9   33    6    5   1   1   2    4   0   0    2   12  .152
Ollie Brown            8   22    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .136
Larry Stahl            6   15    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .067
Don Mason              4    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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
Tito Fuentes           9   39    6   12   3   0   1    3   2   0    1    2  .308
Bobby Bonds            9   36    8   11   2   0   1    6   2   0    2    0  .306
Dave Rader             2    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Dave Kingman           9   35    6    8   1   1   2   10   2   0    3    7  .229
Al Gallagher           4   14    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .214
Chris Speier           9   33    4    7   1   0   1    1   0   0    5    6  .212
Ken Henderson          9   33    0    5   0   0   0    2   1   1    5    9  .152
Fran Healy             9   28    3    4   0   0   1    5   0   1    5    5  .143
Jim Howarth            7    7    3    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .143
Willie Mays            9   32    4    4   2   0   0    3   2   0    9    3  .125
Chris Arnold           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bernie Williams        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Jimmy Rosario          2    1    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         2    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ed Crosby              7   18    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .389
Ted Simmons            8   32    3   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    3  .344
Joe Torre              6   21    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .333
Jerry McNertney        3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Matty Alou             8   30    4    9   1   0   0    2   2   1    3    2  .300
Joe Hague              6   18    2    5   3   0   0    3   0   0    8    2  .278
Jose Cruz              8   31    2    7   0   1   0    4   1   0    2    4  .226
Lou Brock              8   35    1    7   0   0   0    2   2   1    2    7  .200
Ted Sizemore           8   34    4    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .177
Dal Maxvill            6   12    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Donn Clendenon         7   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Luis Melendez          7    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  F. Millan (ATL)          43
  R. Garr (ATL)            41
  E. Williams (ATL)        40
  T. Fuentes (SF)          39
  W. Davis (LA)            38
  B. Bonds (SF)            36
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          36
  M. Wills (LA)            36
  L. Brock (STL)           35
  D. Kingman (SF)          35

Runs Scored:

  B. Watson (HOU)          11
  W. Davis (LA)            10
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  M. Mota (LA)              8
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         7
  R. Metzger (HOU)          7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  J. Wynn (HOU)             7
  N. Colbert (SD)           6
  T. Fuentes (SF)           6

Hits:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          16
  B. Tolan (CIN)           14
  R. Garr (ATL)            13
  W. Davis (LA)            12
  T. Fuentes (SF)          12
  J. Lefebvre (LA)         12
  B. Bonds (SF)            11
  J. Jeter (SD)            11
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      11
  T. Simmons (STL)         11

Doubles:

  W. Montanez (PHI)         5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  J. Edwards (HOU)          3
  T. Fuentes (SF)           3
  J. Hague (STL)            3
  R. Hundley (CHI)          3
  A. Oliver (PIT)           3
  R. Santo (CHI)            3
  B. Tolan (CIN)            3
  E. Williams (ATL)         3

Triples:

  D. Rader (HOU)            2
  B. Tolan (CIN)            2
  K. Boswell (NY)           1
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  G. Clines (PIT)           1
  N. Colbert (SD)           1
  J. Cruz (STL)             1
  D. Johnson (PHI)          1
  D. Kingman (SF)           1

Home Runs:

  D. Evans (ATL)            3
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         3
  H. Aaron (ATL)            2
  O. Brown (ATL)            2
  R. Carty (ATL)            2
  N. Colbert (SD)           2
  W. Crawford (LA)          2
  W. Davis (LA)             2
  T. Helms (HOU)            2
  D. Kingman (SF)           2

RBI:

  D. Rader (HOU)           11
  D. Kingman (SF)          10
  J. Lefebvre (LA)          8
  M. Mota (LA)              8
  W. Davis (LA)             7
  B. Tolan (CIN)            7
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  D. Evans (ATL)            6
  C. Jones (NY)             6

Stolen Bases:

  B. Tolan (CIN)            5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  M. Alou (STL)             2
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  W. Davis (LA)             2

Caught Stealing:

  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  J. Jeter (SD)             2
  L. Lee (SD)               2
  G. Alley (PIT)            1
  M. Alou (STL)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  D. Cash (PIT)             1
  R. Garr (ATL)             1
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         1
  B. Harrelson (NY)         1

Walks:

  W. Mays (SF)              9
  R. Metzger (HOU)          9
  J. Hague (STL)            8
  R. Hunt (MON)             7
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  J. Howarth (SF)           6
  R. Hundley (CHI)          6
  D. Menke (CIN)            6
  R. Monday (CHI)           6
  B. Robertson (PIT)        6

Strikeouts:

  N. Colbert (SD)          12
  L. May (HOU)             11
  E. Williams (ATL)        10
  K. Henderson (SF)         9
  T. Perez (CIN)            9
  D. Johnson (PHI)          8
  B. Robertson (PIT)        8
  D. Baker (ATL)            7
  L. Brock (STL)            7
  B. Harrelson (NY)         7


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