Thursday April 27, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 27, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       374   40    99   19    4    6    37    1    4   32    61  .265
Los Angeles      415   57   109   14    2   12    53    3    1   29    52  .263
Cincinnati       351   48    91   19    4    8    43   15    4   45    50  .259
New York         298   34    76   12    2    7    30    2    1   31    46  .255
Philadelphia     334   38    85   15    4   11    36    3    2   34    60  .255
Atlanta          402   46   102   13    1   15    44    3    1   43    61  .254
St. Louis        343   36    87   10    2    2    33    8    2   33    49  .254
Houston          380   67    96   14    5   15    62    6    2   39    61  .253
Montreal         283   30    68   12    1    1    29    6    3   38    47  .240
San Diego        378   25    82   10    1    4    24    8    8   18    67  .217
Chicago          383   37    83   17    1    4    32   10    3   42    61  .217
San Francisco    400   51    83   14    2   11    50   11    3   48    79  .208

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        10   41    8   19   5   2   2   10   6   1    5    4  .463
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)        9   39    6   16   4   1   0    6   5   0    3    1  .410
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   10   40    4   16   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    8  .400
Ken Singleton (MON)       9   30    6   12   1   1   0    6   1   0    6    7  .400
Ted Simmons (STL)        10   41    6   15   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    3  .366
Richie Hebner (PIT)      10   34    7   12   5   0   2    5   0   0    3    3  .353
Al Oliver (PIT)          10   41    4   14   5   1   0    8   0   0    2    3  .342
Jim Lefebvre (LA)        12   45    4   15   2   0   2    9   0   0    3    5  .333
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    10   36    4   12   0   0   1    8   2   0    3    2  .333
Johnny Jeter (SD)        11   36    4   12   0   0   1    3   1   3    1    9  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty            10   23    5   11   1   0   2    3   0   0    7    4  .478
Oscar Brown            8   11    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .364
Jim Breazeale          6    9    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Ralph Garr            12   49    7   15   2   0   1    6   2   1    3    5  .306
Darrell Evans         10   37    6   11   1   0   3    8   0   0    6    4  .297
Earl Williams         12   48    8   14   3   0   3    6   0   0    4   10  .292
Marty Perez           12   39    4   11   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .282
Felix Millan          12   51    2   13   1   1   0    5   1   0    4    2  .255
Mike Lum              10   34    2    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .206
Hank Aaron            10   37    5    7   0   0   4    7   0   0    7    7  .189
Paul Casanova          5   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
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            6   15    4    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    4    1  .333
Ron Santo             11   45    7   13   3   0   2    5   0   1    5    8  .289
Billy Williams        11   49    5   13   4   0   1    5   1   0    2    5  .265
Rick Monday           10   23    4    6   0   0   0    1   2   0   10    7  .261
Jose Cardenal         10   40    8   10   2   1   1    5   4   2    3    3  .250
Randy Hundley          9   32    2    8   3   0   0    5   0   0    6    6  .250
Carmen Fanzone         4    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Glenn Beckert         11   47    1    9   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .192
Don Kessinger         11   39    3    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .180
Billy North            6   23    1    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    9  .174
Ken Rudolph            2    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
Joe Pepitone           8   25    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .120
Paul Popovich          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Art Shamsky            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          3    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bobby Tolan           10   41    8   19   5   2   2   10   6   1    5    4  .463
Dave Concepcion       10   36    4   12   0   0   1    8   2   0    3    2  .333
Pete Rose             10   46    6   15   1   1   0    3   0   1    3    1  .326
Julian Javier          4   13    1    4   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .308
George Foster          4   11    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .273
Denis Menke           10   35    5    9   0   0   1    3   0   1    7    6  .257
Tony Perez             8   29    4    7   1   0   2    6   0   0    4   11  .241
Joe Morgan            10   40   10    9   2   1   1    4   6   0    7    1  .225
Cesar Geronimo         9   21    1    4   3   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .191
Johnny Bench          10   34    5    5   2   0   1    5   0   0   10    4  .147
Ted Uhlaender          7   12    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .083
Bernie Carbo           8    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Hal McRae              5    4    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             2    6    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Cesar Cedeno           9   39    6   16   4   1   0    6   5   0    3    1  .410
Norm Miller            4    6    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jim Wynn              11   41   10   13   0   1   3   10   0   2    8    7  .317
Johnny Edwards         9   33    6   10   3   0   2    6   0   0    1    5  .303
Doug Rader            11   43    7   13   3   2   2   11   0   0    2    6  .302
Lee May               11   46    8   13   1   0   4   11   0   0    4   12  .283
Bob Watson            11   40   12   10   1   0   2    7   0   0    6    6  .250
Jack Hiatt             3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Tommy Helms           11   44    5    8   0   0   2    6   0   0    1    2  .182
Roger Metzger         11   42    8    5   0   1   0    2   1   0   10    3  .119
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
Bobby Fenwick          1    1    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             9   27    8   10   0   1   1    8   0   0    1    0  .370
Chris Cannizzaro       8   26    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .346
Jim Lefebvre          12   45    4   15   2   0   2    9   0   0    3    5  .333
Wes Parker            10   33    3   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    5    1  .333
Bill Russell           8    6    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Steve Garvey          12   39    6   12   2   0   1    3   0   1    2    4  .308
Willie Davis          12   50   12   15   2   0   2    8   2   0    3    4  .300
Frank Robinson        11   34    4    9   2   0   0    9   0   0    3    8  .265
Willie Crawford        9   29    4    7   1   0   4    5   0   0    1    5  .241
Bill Buckner           7   19    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .158
Dick Dietz             5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .125
Duke Sims              3    8    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .125
Maury Wills           12   47    3    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    2    6  .106
Billy Grabarkewitz     3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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           2    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0 1.000
Terry Humphrey         3    5    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
Ken Singleton          9   30    6   12   1   1   0    6   1   0    6    7  .400
Jim Fairey             4    6    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .333
Tim Foli               9   29    3    8   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    1  .276
Ron Hunt               9   31    5    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    9    4  .258
Bob Bailey             9   33    6    8   2   0   0    1   1   0    5    2  .242
John Boccabella        8   29    1    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .241
Boots Day              7   22    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .227
Ron Woods              6   15    0    3   1   0   0    1   1   1    1    4  .200
Ron Fairly             7   25    0    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    4  .160
Mike Jorgensen         9   27    5    4   1   0   1    3   0   2    6    6  .148
Clyde Mashore          5    7    3    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .143
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
John Milner            5    8    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .375
Cleon Jones            8   28    3   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    6  .357
Rusty Staub            9   35    6   11   1   0   1    1   0   0    6    5  .314
Ed Kranepool           9   27    3    7   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .259
Tommie Agee            9   35    8    9   2   0   1    3   1   0    4    7  .257
Jim Fregosi            9   32    6    8   2   0   2    6   0   0    5    2  .250
Jerry Grote            9   28    2    7   2   1   1    4   0   0    4    0  .250
Jim Beauchamp          2    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Bud Harrelson          9   37    2    9   2   0   0    1   1   1    2    7  .243
Ken Boswell            8   35    2    6   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    2  .171
Ted Martinez           1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
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           3    3    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Byron Browne           2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Terry Harmon           5   10    2    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Denny Doyle            9   25    3    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .320
Greg Luzinski         10   36    9   11   2   1   4    6   0   0    4    7  .306
Willie Montanez       10   37    5   11   5   1   0    1   0   0    6    7  .297
Larry Bowa            10   43    4   11   2   0   0    2   2   0    0    5  .256
Ron Stone              6    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Mike Anderson         10   32    1    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    6    8  .219
Tim McCarver           9   38    2    8   2   0   1    5   0   1    0    4  .211
Deron Johnson         10   39    3    8   1   1   2   11   0   0    3   11  .205
Don Money             10   35    4    7   1   0   3    3   0   1    6    6  .200
Mike Ryan              2    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .200
Pete Koegel            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Roger Freed            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rennie Stennett        9   28    5   12   1   1   1    5   0   2    0    1  .429
Manny Sanguillen      10   40    4   16   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    8  .400
Gene Alley             7   11    1    4   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    1  .364
Richie Hebner         10   34    7   12   5   0   2    5   0   0    3    3  .353
Al Oliver             10   41    4   14   5   1   0    8   0   0    2    3  .342
Roberto Clemente      10   39    6   10   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    5  .256
Vic Davalillo          8    8    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .250
Dave Cash              5   23    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .217
Jackie Hernandez       9   20    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .200
Willie Stargell        9   37    2    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    2   10  .189
Bob Robertson         10   36    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    9   12  .111
Gene Clines            7   18    1    2   0   1   0    0   1   0    1    5  .111
Jose Pagan             5    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Milt May               5    7    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          11   36    4   12   0   0   1    3   1   3    1    9  .333
Garry Jestadt          4    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Leron Lee              9   27    1    8   0   0   0    1   1   3    2    2  .296
Derrel Thomas         11   36    2    9   2   0   0    3   1   2    4    7  .250
Fred Kendall           5   12    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Dave Campbell         10   32    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .219
Cito Gaston            9   23    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .217
Nate Colbert          12   44    8    9   2   1   3    6   1   0    2   12  .205
Bob Barton             9   30    0    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    6  .200
Jerry Morales          7   15    1    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    3  .200
Ollie Brown           11   28    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .179
Enzo Hernandez        11   35    5    6   2   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .171
Rafael Robles          4    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Larry Stahl            8   22    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .136
Don Mason              6    6    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
Dave Rader             3    6    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .333
Tito Fuentes          12   52    8   16   3   0   1    4   2   1    1    3  .308
Dave Kingman          12   46   10   12   1   1   5   15   3   0    3   12  .261
Bobby Bonds           12   48    9   12   2   0   2    8   2   0    3    4  .250
Al Gallagher           4   14    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .214
Garry Maddox           3   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .200
Chris Speier          12   47    5    9   1   1   1    2   0   0    5   10  .192
Ken Henderson         11   40    1    7   1   0   0    2   1   1    5   11  .175
Jim Howarth            8    7    4    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    7    3  .143
Willie Mays           12   37    6    5   2   0   0    3   2   0   11    4  .135
Fran Healy            12   37    3    4   0   0   1    7   0   1    5    8  .108
Chris Arnold           5   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .100
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
Ted Simmons           10   41    6   15   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    3  .366
Jerry McNertney        3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Ed Crosby              9   25    3    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .320
Joe Torre              8   29    4    9   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    7  .310
Matty Alou            10   39    5   12   2   0   0    3   2   1    3    2  .308
Joe Hague              8   25    4    7   3   1   1    5   0   0   10    3  .280
Lou Brock             10   43    3   11   0   0   0    3   4   1    2    8  .256
Jose Cruz             10   38    3    9   0   1   0    4   1   0    4    4  .237
Ted Sizemore          10   42    4    9   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    3  .214
Donn Clendenon         8   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Dal Maxvill            7   12    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Luis Melendez          8    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Fiore             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)          52
  F. Millan (ATL)          51
  W. Davis (LA)            50
  R. Garr (ATL)            49
  B. Williams (CHI)        49
  B. Bonds (SF)            48
  E. Williams (ATL)        48
  G. Beckert (CHI)         47
  C. Speier (SF)           47
  M. Wills (LA)            47

Runs Scored:

  W. Davis (LA)            12
  B. Watson (HOU)          12
  D. Kingman (SF)          10
  J. Morgan (CIN)          10
  J. Wynn (HOU)            10
  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         9
  T. Agee (NY)              8
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         8
  N. Colbert (SD)           8

Hits:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           19
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          16
  T. Fuentes (SF)          16
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      16
  W. Davis (LA)            15
  R. Garr (ATL)            15
  J. Lefebvre (LA)         15
  P. Rose (CIN)            15
  T. Simmons (STL)         15
  A. Oliver (PIT)          14

Doubles:

  R. Hebner (PIT)           5
  W. Montanez (PHI)         5
  A. Oliver (PIT)           5
  B. Tolan (CIN)            5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  B. Williams (CHI)         4
  J. Edwards (HOU)          3
  T. Fuentes (SF)           3
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         3
  J. Hague (STL)            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
  J. Grote (NY)             1
  J. Hague (STL)            1

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (SF)           5
  H. Aaron (ATL)            4
  W. Crawford (LA)          4
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         4
  L. May (HOU)              4
  N. Colbert (SD)           3
  D. Evans (ATL)            3
  D. Money (PHI)            3
  E. Williams (ATL)         3
  J. Wynn (HOU)             3

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          15
  D. Johnson (PHI)         11
  L. May (HOU)             11
  D. Rader (HOU)           11
  B. Tolan (CIN)           10
  J. Wynn (HOU)            10
  J. Lefebvre (LA)          9
  F. Robinson (LA)          9
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  B. Tolan (CIN)            6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  D. Kingman (SF)           3
  M. Alou (STL)             2
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2

Caught Stealing:

  J. Jeter (SD)             3
  L. Lee (SD)               3
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        2
  R. Stennett (PIT)         2
  D. Thomas (SD)            2
  J. Wynn (HOU)             2
  G. Alley (PIT)            1
  M. Alou (STL)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1

Walks:

  W. Mays (SF)             11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  J. Hague (STL)           10
  R. Metzger (HOU)         10
  R. Monday (CHI)          10
  R. Hunt (MON)             9
  B. Robertson (PIT)        9
  J. Wynn (HOU)             8
  H. Aaron (ATL)            7
  R. Carty (ATL)            7

Strikeouts:

  N. Colbert (SD)          12
  D. Kingman (SF)          12
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