Saturday April 29, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 29, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       452   50   124   24    5    7    46    2    4   37    70  .274
Los Angeles      488   69   133   17    2   15    65    4    1   32    59  .273
Atlanta          478   68   130   18    1   15    65    3    3   59    72  .272
St. Louis        421   47   112   13    3    3    43    9    2   38    62  .266
Cincinnati       424   59   111   21    4   10    53   18    4   49    65  .262
New York         364   41    93   13    2    8    37    2    1   34    56  .256
Houston          454   71   115   16    5   16    66    6    4   45    74  .253
Philadelphia     399   41    97   19    4   12    39    3    2   41    74  .243
Montreal         348   40    82   13    2    2    38   10    4   45    61  .236
Chicago          452   49   104   19    1    9    43   10    4   48    73  .230
San Francisco    465   58   101   17    3   13    57   14    5   54    91  .217
San Diego        439   29    94   14    1    4    28    9    8   22    79  .214

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        12   48   10   21   5   2   2   11   7   1    6    4  .438
Joe Torre (STL)          10   39    8   16   3   1   1    7   0   0    4    7  .410
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   12   49    4   20   1   2   0    5   0   0    2    8  .408
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       10   43    7   17   4   1   0    6   5   0    4    1  .395
Al Oliver (PIT)          12   51    5   20   6   1   0   11   0   0    2    3  .392
Matty Alou (STL)         12   48    7   18   3   0   0    3   2   1    4    2  .375
Ken Singleton (MON)      11   38    8   14   1   1   1    8   2   0    7   10  .368
Ted Simmons (STL)        11   44    6   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .364
Ralph Garr (ATL)         14   58   11   21   2   0   1    8   2   2    4    6  .362
Cleon Jones (NY)         10   36    4   13   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    7  .361

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty            12   28    7   13   2   0   2    5   0   0   10    5  .464
Jim Breazeale          7   10    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .400
Ralph Garr            14   58   11   21   2   0   1    8   2   2    4    6  .362
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
Marty Perez           14   48    5   14   2   0   0    4   0   1    5    6  .292
Felix Millan          14   63    6   18   3   1   0   10   1   0    4    4  .286
Earl Williams         14   54    9   15   3   0   3    7   0   0    8   10  .278
Hank Aaron            12   47    7   11   1   0   4   10   0   0    9   10  .234
Mike Lum              12   38    4    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    5  .211
Paul Casanova          6   16    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .188
Dusty Baker            9   27    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .111
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            8   24    6    9   1   0   2    6   1   0    4    1  .375
Ron Santo             13   52    9   15   3   0   3    7   0   1    6    8  .289
Billy Williams        13   57    8   16   4   0   1    5   1   0    3    6  .281
Randy Hundley         11   38    2   10   3   0   0    5   0   0    7    7  .263
Jose Cardenal         12   46    9   12   3   1   2    6   4   2    5    4  .261
Rick Monday           12   31    5    8   0   0   1    2   2   0   10   10  .258
Glenn Beckert         13   56    2   12   0   0   0    4   0   1    2    1  .214
Don Kessinger         13   47    5   10   3   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .213
Billy North            6   23    1    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    9  .174
Carmen Fanzone         5    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
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           12   48   10   21   5   2   2   11   7   1    6    4  .438
Dave Concepcion       12   44    4   15   1   0   1   11   3   0    3    5  .341
Julian Javier          4   13    1    4   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .308
Denis Menke           12   43    7   12   1   0   2    5   0   1    7    7  .279
Pete Rose             12   55    6   15   1   1   0    3   0   1    3    2  .273
George Foster          4   11    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .273
Tony Perez            10   36    6    9   1   0   2    6   0   0    6   13  .250
Joe Morgan            12   49   12   12   2   1   1    4   7   0    7    3  .245
Johnny Bench          12   43    6    9   2   0   2    8   0   0   10    5  .209
Ted Uhlaender          9   20    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .200
Cesar Geronimo        11   22    2    4   3   0   0    1   0   1    2    7  .182
Bernie Carbo          10    9    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
Pat Corrales           1    0    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
Jesus Alou             3    7    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .429
Cesar Cedeno          10   43    7   17   4   1   0    6   5   0    4    1  .395
Jim Wynn              13   50   11   17   0   1   4   11   0   2    8   10  .340
Norm Miller            6   10    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .300
Lee May               13   54    8   16   2   0   4   12   0   1    5   14  .296
Johnny Edwards        11   40    7   11   4   0   2    6   0   1    3    6  .275
Doug Rader            13   51    7   14   3   2   2   11   0   0    3    8  .275
Jack Hiatt             3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Bob Watson            13   48   12   11   1   0   2    7   0   0    7    7  .229
Tommy Helms           13   53    6   11   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         13   51    8    6   0   1   0    3   1   0   10    4  .118
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          10   11    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .455
Jim Lefebvre          14   54    5   19   4   0   2   11   0   0    3    5  .352
Chris Cannizzaro       8   26    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .346
Wes Parker            12   42    4   14   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    1  .333
Manny Mota            11   36   10   12   0   1   1    8   0   0    1    1  .333
Willie Davis          14   59   15   18   2   0   3   11   2   0    3    6  .305
Steve Garvey          14   48    8   14   2   0   1    3   1   1    2    4  .292
Frank Robinson        13   42    5   12   2   0   1   10   0   0    3    9  .286
Willie Crawford       10   30    4    8   1   0   4    6   0   0    1    5  .267
Dick Dietz             7   15    2    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    1  .267
Bill Buckner           8   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        3    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         11   38    8   14   1   1   1    8   2   0    7   10  .368
Tim Foli              11   36    4   11   1   1   0    6   2   0    2    2  .306
Bob Bailey            11   41    7   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    6    5  .244
John Boccabella       10   36    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    6  .222
Mike Jorgensen        11   36    6    8   1   0   1    3   2   2    6    9  .222
Ron Hunt              11   37    5    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    9    4  .216
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
Boots Day              9   28    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .179
Ron Fairly             9   29    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    4  .138
Hector Torres          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bobby Wine             6    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           10   36    4   13   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    7  .361
Rusty Staub           11   43    6   14   1   0   1    2   0   0    6    5  .326
Bud Harrelson         11   45    3   12   2   0   0    1   1   1    2    7  .267
Ed Kranepool          10   31    3    8   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    6  .258
Jerry Grote           11   35    3    9   2   1   1    4   0   0    4    2  .257
Ted Martinez           2    8    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Tommie Agee           11   43    9   10   2   0   2    7   1   0    4    8  .233
Jim Fregosi           11   39    6    9   2   0   2    6   0   0    6    3  .231
Ken Boswell            9   37    3    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    4    2  .189
Jim Beauchamp          3    8    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125
Dave Marshall          4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Don Hahn               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
Byron Browne           3    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Tommy Hutton           5   11    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .455
Terry Harmon           5   10    2    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Greg Luzinski         12   44   10   14   3   1   4    6   0   0    4    8  .318
Willie Montanez       12   43    5   12   5   1   0    1   0   0    7    9  .279
Denny Doyle           11   33    3    9   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    2  .273
Tim McCarver          11   42    4   10   3   0   2    6   0   1    3    5  .238
Larry Bowa            12   52    4   11   2   0   0    2   2   0    0    6  .212
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
Ron Stone              7    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Don Money             12   41    4    8   1   0   3    3   0   1    8    9  .195
Mike Anderson         12   40    1    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    6   11  .175
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       11   32    7   14   1   1   1    5   0   2    0    1  .438
Manny Sanguillen      12   49    4   20   1   2   0    5   0   0    2    8  .408
Al Oliver             12   51    5   20   6   1   0   11   0   0    2    3  .392
Gene Alley             7   11    1    4   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    1  .364
Vic Davalillo          9   12    3    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    0  .333
Richie Hebner         12   43    7   14   5   0   2    6   0   0    3    5  .326
Dave Cash              7   33    4    9   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .273
Roberto Clemente      11   43    7   11   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    6  .256
Willie Stargell       11   45    4   10   3   0   2    8   0   0    4   12  .222
Jackie Hernandez      11   26    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .192
Gene Clines            8   19    1    2   0   1   0    0   1   0    1    5  .105
Bob Robertson         12   44    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0   10   15  .091
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          13   44    4   14   1   0   1    3   1   3    1   12  .318
Leron Lee              9   27    1    8   0   0   0    1   1   3    2    2  .296
Cito Gaston           11   31    2    8   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .258
Fred Kendall           5   12    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Derrel Thomas         13   42    3   10   2   0   0    3   2   2    6    9  .238
Nate Colbert          14   51   10   11   2   1   3    7   1   0    3   13  .216
Jerry Morales          7   15    1    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    3  .200
Bob Barton            11   36    0    7   0   0   0    5   1   0    1    6  .194
Dave Campbell         12   38    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .184
Ollie Brown           13   35    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .171
Enzo Hernandez        13   42    5    7   3   0   0    0   2   0    1    3  .167
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
Tito Fuentes          14   60    8   17   3   0   1    4   2   1    1    5  .283
Bobby Bonds           14   57   10   15   2   1   2    9   3   0    3    7  .263
Dave Kingman          14   55   11   14   1   1   6   18   4   0    3   16  .255
Chris Speier          14   55    7   14   4   1   1    4   0   0    5   10  .255
Garry Maddox           5   17    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .235
Chris Arnold           7   14    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    6    2  .214
Al Gallagher           4   14    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .214
Ken Henderson         13   45    2    9   1   0   1    3   1   2    6   11  .200
Dave Rader             4   10    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .200
Willie Mays           14   41    6    6   2   0   0    3   3   0   12    4  .146
Jim Howarth            8    7    4    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    7    3  .143
Fran Healy            13   40    3    4   0   0   1    7   0   1    5    8  .100
Bernie Williams        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Jimmy Rosario          3    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             10   39    8   16   3   1   1    7   0   0    4    7  .410
Matty Alou            12   48    7   18   3   0   0    3   2   1    4    2  .375
Jerry McNertney        5    8    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .375
Ted Simmons           11   44    6   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .364
Ed Crosby             11   33    4   10   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .303
Jose Cruz             12   46    4   11   0   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .239
Lou Brock             12   52    3   12   0   0   0    4   5   1    3   12  .231
Joe Hague             10   31    4    7   3   1   1    7   0   0   11    4  .226
Ted Sizemore          12   52    5   11   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    5  .212
Dal Maxvill            9   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         10    4    3    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)          63
  T. Fuentes (SF)          60
  W. Davis (LA)            59
  R. Garr (ATL)            58
  B. Bonds (SF)            57
  B. Williams (CHI)        57
  G. Beckert (CHI)         56
  D. Kingman (SF)          55
  P. Rose (CIN)            55
  C. Speier (SF)           55

Runs Scored:

  W. Davis (LA)            15
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  B. Watson (HOU)          12
  R. Garr (ATL)            11
  D. Kingman (SF)          11
  J. Wynn (HOU)            11
  B. Bonds (SF)            10
  N. Colbert (SD)          10
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        10
  M. Mota (LA)             10

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            21
  B. Tolan (CIN)           21
  A. Oliver (PIT)          20
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      20
  J. Lefebvre (LA)         19
  M. Alou (STL)            18
  W. Davis (LA)            18
  F. Millan (ATL)          18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  T. Fuentes (SF)          17

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
  J. Lefebvre (LA)          4
  C. Speier (SF)            4
  B. Williams (CHI)         4
  M. Alou (STL)             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
  J. Wynn (HOU)             4
  N. Colbert (SD)           3
  W. Davis (LA)             3
  D. Evans (ATL)            3
  D. Money (PHI)            3

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          18
  L. May (HOU)             12
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      11
  W. Davis (LA)            11
  D. Johnson (PHI)         11
  J. Lefebvre (LA)         11
  A. Oliver (PIT)          11
  D. Rader (HOU)           11
  B. Tolan (CIN)           11
  J. Wynn (HOU)            11

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  B. Tolan (CIN)            7
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  D. Kingman (SF)           4
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  W. Mays (SF)              3
  M. Alou (STL)             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:

  W. Mays (SF)             12
  J. Hague (STL)           11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  R. Carty (ATL)           10
  R. Metzger (HOU)         10
  R. Monday (CHI)          10
  B. Robertson (PIT)       10
  H. Aaron (ATL)            9
  R. Hunt (MON)             9
  D. Money (PHI)            8

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          16
  B. Robertson (PIT)       15
  L. May (HOU)             14
  N. Colbert (SD)          13
  T. Perez (CIN)           13
  L. Brock (STL)           12
  J. Jeter (SD)            12
  W. Stargell (PIT)        12
  M. Anderson (PHI)        11
  K. Henderson (SF)        11

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