Friday April 28, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 28, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       390   56   104   21    4   10    51   16    4   47    57  .267
Pittsburgh       413   45   110   22    5    6    41    2    4   36    65  .266
Atlanta          440   59   116   14    1   15    56    3    3   52    66  .264
St. Louis        380   43   100   11    3    2    40    8    2   37    57  .263
Los Angeles      448   58   115   15    2   12    54    3    1   30    56  .257
Houston          414   69   106   15    5   15    64    6    2   40    65  .256
New York         331   40    84   12    2    8    36    2    1   33    52  .254
Philadelphia     368   41    92   16    4   12    39    3    2   37    68  .250
Montreal         317   38    77   12    1    2    37    8    3   42    54  .243
Chicago          418   47    95   19    1    8    41   10    3   48    66  .227
San Francisco    438   57    96   17    3   13    56   13    4   50    85  .219
San Diego        411   25    88   12    1    4    24    8    8   18    69  .214

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        11   45    9   21   5   2   2   11   6   1    5    4  .467
Ken Singleton (MON)      10   34    8   14   1   1   1    8   2   0    7    9  .412
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)        9   39    6   16   4   1   0    6   5   0    3    1  .410
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   11   45    4   18   1   2   0    5   0   0    2    8  .400
Joe Torre (STL)           9   34    6   13   3   1   0    5   0   0    4    7  .382
Al Oliver (PIT)          11   46    5   17   6   1   0    8   0   0    2    3  .370
Ted Simmons (STL)        11   44    6   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .364
Jim Wynn (HOU)           12   45   10   16   0   1   3   10   0   2    8    8  .356
Wes Parker (LA)          11   37    3   13   1   0   0    4   0   0    5    1  .351
Ralph Garr (ATL)         13   54    9   18   2   0   1    7   2   2    4    6  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty            11   25    6   11   1   0   2    3   0   0    9    4  .440
Jim Breazeale          7   10    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .400
Ralph Garr            13   54    9   18   2   0   1    7   2   2    4    6  .333
Oscar Brown            9   12    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .333
Darrell Evans         11   40    8   12   1   0   3   10   0   0    7    4  .300
Earl Williams         13   51    8   15   3   0   3    7   0   0    6   10  .294
Felix Millan          13   57    4   16   2   1   0    8   1   0    4    4  .281
Marty Perez           13   44    4   12   2   0   0    2   0   1    4    5  .273
Hank Aaron            11   42    7   10   0   0   4    9   0   0    8    8  .238
Mike Lum              11   37    4    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    5  .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            7   20    6    7   1   0   2    6   1   0    4    1  .350
Ron Santo             12   48    8   14   3   0   2    5   0   1    6    8  .292
Jose Cardenal         11   42    9   12   3   1   2    6   4   2    5    3  .286
Billy Williams        12   53    7   14   4   0   1    5   1   0    3    6  .264
Randy Hundley         10   35    2    9   3   0   0    5   0   0    7    6  .257
Rick Monday           11   28    5    7   0   0   1    2   2   0   10    9  .250
Glenn Beckert         12   52    2   11   0   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .212
Don Kessinger         12   43    5    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    5    4  .209
Carmen Fanzone         4    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
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           11   45    9   21   5   2   2   11   6   1    5    4  .467
Dave Concepcion       11   40    4   13   1   0   1   10   2   0    3    4  .325
Denis Menke           11   39    7   12   1   0   2    5   0   1    7    6  .308
Julian Javier          4   13    1    4   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .308
Pete Rose             11   51    6   15   1   1   0    3   0   1    3    2  .294
George Foster          4   11    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .273
Joe Morgan            11   45   12   12   2   1   1    4   7   0    7    2  .267
Tony Perez             9   32    5    7   1   0   2    6   0   0    6   12  .219
Cesar Geronimo        10   22    1    4   3   0   0    1   0   1    2    7  .182
Johnny Bench          11   39    6    7   2   0   2    8   0   0   10    4  .180
Ted Uhlaender          8   17    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .177
Bernie Carbo           9    8    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             3    7    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .429
Cesar Cedeno           9   39    6   16   4   1   0    6   5   0    3    1  .410
Jim Wynn              12   45   10   16   0   1   3   10   0   2    8    8  .356
Norm Miller            5    9    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Johnny Edwards        10   36    7   11   4   0   2    6   0   0    2    5  .306
Doug Rader            12   47    7   13   3   2   2   11   0   0    2    7  .277
Lee May               12   50    8   13   1   0   4   11   0   0    4   13  .260
Jack Hiatt             3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Bob Watson            12   44   12   10   1   0   2    7   0   0    6    7  .227
Tommy Helms           12   48    6   10   0   0   2    6   0   0    1    2  .208
Jimmy Stewart          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Roger Metzger         12   46    8    6   0   1   0    3   1   0   10    3  .130
Bob Stinson            3    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
Bill Russell           9    8    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .375
Wes Parker            11   37    3   13   1   0   0    4   0   0    5    1  .351
Chris Cannizzaro       8   26    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .346
Jim Lefebvre          13   49    4   16   3   0   2    9   0   0    3    5  .327
Manny Mota            10   31    8   10   0   1   1    8   0   0    1    1  .323
Steve Garvey          13   43    7   13   2   0   1    3   0   1    2    4  .302
Willie Davis          13   54   12   15   2   0   2    8   2   0    3    5  .278
Willie Crawford        9   29    4    7   1   0   4    5   0   0    1    5  .241
Frank Robinson        12   38    4    9   2   0   0    9   0   0    3    9  .237
Dick Dietz             6   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .167
Bill Buckner           7   19    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .158
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
Terry Humphrey         3    5    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
John Bateman           3    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .500
Jim Fairey             5    7    0    3   1   0   0    5   0   0    0    1  .429
Ken Singleton         10   34    8   14   1   1   1    8   2   0    7    9  .412
Tim Foli              10   32    3    9   1   0   0    5   1   0    2    1  .281
Bob Bailey            10   38    7   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    5    3  .263
Ron Hunt              10   34    5    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    9    4  .235
John Boccabella        9   33    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .212
Boots Day              8   24    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .208
Ron Woods              7   15    0    3   1   0   0    1   1   1    2    4  .200
Clyde Mashore          6   10    4    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .200
Mike Jorgensen        10   32    6    6   1   0   1    3   1   2    6    8  .188
Ron Fairly             8   26    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    4  .154
Hector Torres          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bobby Wine             5    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            9   32    4   11   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    6  .344
Rusty Staub           10   39    6   11   1   0   1    1   0   0    6    5  .282
Jerry Grote           10   32    3    9   2   1   1    4   0   0    4    1  .281
Ed Kranepool          10   31    3    8   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    6  .258
Tommie Agee           10   39    9   10   2   0   2    7   1   0    4    8  .256
Jim Fregosi           10   36    6    9   2   0   2    6   0   0    5    3  .250
Jim Beauchamp          2    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Bud Harrelson         10   41    3   10   2   0   0    1   1   1    2    7  .244
Ken Boswell            9   37    3    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    4    2  .189
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           4    7    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .714
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           10   29    3    9   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    1  .310
Greg Luzinski         11   40   10   12   2   1   4    6   0   0    4    8  .300
Willie Montanez       11   41    5   12   5   1   0    1   0   0    6    8  .293
Ron Stone              6    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Larry Bowa            11   48    4   11   2   0   0    2   2   0    0    5  .229
Tim McCarver          10   40    4    9   2   0   2    6   0   1    2    5  .225
Don Money             11   38    4    8   1   0   3    3   0   1    7    8  .211
Deron Johnson         10   39    3    8   1   1   2   11   0   0    3   11  .205
Mike Ryan              2    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .200
Mike Anderson         11   36    1    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    6    9  .194
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       10   29    5   12   1   1   1    5   0   2    0    1  .414
Manny Sanguillen      11   45    4   18   1   2   0    5   0   0    2    8  .400
Al Oliver             11   46    5   17   6   1   0    8   0   0    2    3  .370
Gene Alley             7   11    1    4   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    1  .364
Richie Hebner         11   39    7   13   5   0   2    6   0   0    3    4  .333
Vic Davalillo          9   12    3    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    0  .333
Roberto Clemente      10   39    6   10   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    5  .256
Dave Cash              6   28    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Willie Stargell       10   40    3    8   2   0   1    6   0   0    4   11  .200
Jackie Hernandez      10   24    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .167
Gene Clines            7   18    1    2   0   1   0    0   1   0    1    5  .111
Bob Robertson         11   40    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0   10   13  .100
Jose Pagan             6   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .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
Garry Jestadt          5    7    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .429
Johnny Jeter          12   40    4   13   1   0   1    3   1   3    1   10  .325
Leron Lee              9   27    1    8   0   0   0    1   1   3    2    2  .296
Derrel Thomas         12   40    2   10   2   0   0    3   1   2    4    8  .250
Fred Kendall           5   12    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Cito Gaston           10   27    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .222
Nate Colbert          13   48    8   10   2   1   3    6   1   0    2   12  .208
Dave Campbell         11   35    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .200
Jerry Morales          7   15    1    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    3  .200
Bob Barton            10   33    0    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    6  .182
Enzo Hernandez        12   39    5    7   3   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .180
Rafael Robles          4    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Ollie Brown           12   32    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .156
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
Tito Fuentes          13   56    8   16   3   0   1    4   2   1    1    4  .286
Garry Maddox           4   14    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .286
Bobby Bonds           13   53   10   15   2   1   2    9   3   0    3    5  .283
Dave Kingman          13   51   11   14   1   1   6   18   4   0    3   13  .275
Chris Speier          13   52    7   12   4   1   1    3   0   0    5   10  .231
Al Gallagher           4   14    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .214
Dave Rader             4   10    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .200
Ken Henderson         12   44    2    8   1   0   1    3   1   2    6   11  .182
Willie Mays           13   38    6    6   2   0   0    3   2   0   11    4  .158
Chris Arnold           6   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .154
Jim Howarth            8    7    4    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    7    3  .143
Fran Healy            12   37    3    4   0   0   1    7   0   1    5    8  .108
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
Joe Torre              9   34    6   13   3   1   0    5   0   0    4    7  .382
Ted Simmons           11   44    6   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .364
Ed Crosby             10   28    4   10   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .357
Matty Alou            11   43    6   14   2   0   0    3   2   1    4    2  .326
Joe Hague              9   27    4    7   3   1   1    7   0   0   11    4  .259
Lou Brock             11   48    3   12   0   0   0    4   4   1    2   11  .250
Jerry McNertney        4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Jose Cruz             11   41    4   10   0   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .244
Ted Sizemore          11   47    5   10   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    4  .213
Dal Maxvill            8   14    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Donn Clendenon         8   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Luis Melendez          9    4    2    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:

  F. Millan (ATL)          57
  T. Fuentes (SF)          56
  W. Davis (LA)            54
  R. Garr (ATL)            54
  B. Bonds (SF)            53
  B. Williams (CHI)        53
  G. Beckert (CHI)         52
  C. Speier (SF)           52
  D. Kingman (SF)          51
  P. Rose (CIN)            51

Runs Scored:

  W. Davis (LA)            12
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  B. Watson (HOU)          12
  D. Kingman (SF)          11
  B. Bonds (SF)            10
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        10
  J. Wynn (HOU)            10
  T. Agee (NY)              9
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         9
  R. Garr (ATL)             9

Hits:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           21
  R. Garr (ATL)            18
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      18
  A. Oliver (PIT)          17
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          16
  T. Fuentes (SF)          16
  J. Lefebvre (LA)         16
  F. Millan (ATL)          16
  T. Simmons (STL)         16
  J. Wynn (HOU)            16

Doubles:

  A. Oliver (PIT)           6
  R. Hebner (PIT)           5
  W. Montanez (PHI)         5
  B. Tolan (CIN)            5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  J. Edwards (HOU)          4
  C. Speier (SF)            4
  B. Williams (CHI)         4
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         3
  T. Fuentes (SF)           3

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (SF)           6
  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)          18
  D. Johnson (PHI)         11
  L. May (HOU)             11
  D. Rader (HOU)           11
  B. Tolan (CIN)           11
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      10
  D. Evans (ATL)           10
  J. Wynn (HOU)            10
  H. Aaron (ATL)            9
  B. Bonds (SF)             9

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  B. Tolan (CIN)            6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  D. Kingman (SF)           4
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  M. Alou (STL)             2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2

Caught Stealing:

  J. Jeter (SD)             3
  L. Lee (SD)               3
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  K. Henderson (SF)         2
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        2
  R. Stennett (PIT)         2
  D. Thomas (SD)            2
  J. Wynn (HOU)             2
  G. Alley (PIT)            1

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          13
  L. May (HOU)             13
  B. Robertson (PIT)       13
  N. Colbert (SD)          12
  T. Perez (CIN)           12
  L. Brock (STL)           11
  K. Henderson (SF)        11
  D. Johnson (PHI)         11
  W. Stargell (PIT)        11
  J. Jeter (SD)            10


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