Sunday April 30, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 30, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      522   76   144   19    2   16    72    4    2   33    62  .276
Pittsburgh       486   51   132   27    5    8    47    2    4   39    75  .272
Atlanta          510   74   137   20    1   17    71    4    3   63    78  .269
St. Louis        457   53   121   15    3    3    47   11    3   39    67  .265
Houston          485   78   126   22    5   16    73    7    5   55    80  .260
Cincinnati       455   63   117   23    4   10    57   21    4   56    70  .257
Philadelphia     476   50   121   21    4   14    48    4    3   46    87  .254
New York         397   41   100   13    2    8    37    2    1   35    62  .252
San Francisco    540   73   127   24    4   15    69   18    5   60    99  .235
Chicago          482   55   112   21    1   10    49   10    5   50    77  .232
Montreal         406   47    94   15    2    4    45   13    6   49    71  .232
San Diego        500   31   107   15    1    5    30    9    8   29    84  .214

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        13   52   11   22   6   2   2   13   8   1    6    4  .423
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   13   53    4   21   1   2   0    5   0   0    2    9  .396
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       11   47    8   18   5   1   0    6   6   0    5    2  .383
Al Oliver (PIT)          13   55    5   21   6   1   0   11   0   0    2    3  .382
Greg Luzinski (PHI)      14   53   10   20   4   1   4    7   0   0    5    9  .377
Joe Torre (STL)          11   43    8   16   3   1   1    7   0   0    4    7  .372
Matty Alou (STL)         13   52    8   19   3   0   0    3   3   1    4    2  .365
Ralph Garr (ATL)         15   63   13   23   3   0   2   10   3   2    4    6  .365
Ted Simmons (STL)        11   44    6   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .364
Jim Wynn (HOU)           14   53   13   19   2   1   4   12   0   2   10   10  .359

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty            13   32    7   14   2   0   2    7   0   0   10    5  .438
Jim Breazeale          7   10    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .400
Ralph Garr            15   63   13   23   3   0   2   10   3   2    4    6  .365
Oscar Brown            9   12    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .333
Marty Perez           15   52    6   15   3   0   0    4   0   1    5    8  .289
Earl Williams         15   57    9   16   3   0   3    8   0   0    8   10  .281
Darrell Evans         12   43    8   12   1   0   3   10   0   0    8    4  .279
Felix Millan          15   66    6   18   3   1   0   10   1   0    6    4  .273
Hank Aaron            12   47    7   11   1   0   4   10   0   0    9   10  .234
Orlando Cepeda         2    5    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .200
Mike Lum              13   41    5    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    7    5  .195
Paul Casanova          6   16    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .188
Dusty Baker           10   27    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .111
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            9   28    6    9   1   0   2    6   1   0    4    2  .321
Ron Santo             14   55   11   17   3   0   4   10   0   1    6    8  .309
Billy Williams        14   61   10   18   4   0   1    5   1   0    3    6  .295
Carmen Fanzone         6    7    0    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Randy Hundley         12   41    2   11   3   0   0    5   0   0    7    8  .268
Rick Monday           13   33    5    8   0   0   1    2   2   1   11   12  .242
Jose Cardenal         13   50    9   12   3   1   2    6   4   2    5    4  .240
Glenn Beckert         14   59    2   13   1   0   0    5   0   1    2    1  .220
Don Kessinger         14   51    6   11   3   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .216
Billy North            7   23    2    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            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    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           13   52   11   22   6   2   2   13   8   1    6    4  .423
Dave Concepcion       13   48    4   15   1   0   1   11   3   0    3    7  .313
Julian Javier          4   13    1    4   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .308
Denis Menke           13   44    8   12   1   0   2    5   0   1   10    7  .273
George Foster          4   11    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .273
Pete Rose             13   59    7   16   1   1   0    3   0   1    4    2  .271
Joe Morgan            13   54   13   14   2   1   1    4   9   0    7    3  .259
Tony Perez            11   40    6   10   1   0   2    7   0   0    6   14  .250
Johnny Bench          12   43    6    9   2   0   2    8   0   0   10    5  .209
Ted Uhlaender         10   24    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .208
Cesar Geronimo        11   22    2    4   3   0   0    1   0   1    2    7  .182
Bernie Carbo          11    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Hal McRae              6    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .000
Pat Corrales           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    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          11   47    8   18   5   1   0    6   6   0    5    2  .383
Jim Wynn              14   53   13   19   2   1   4   12   0   2   10   10  .359
Lee May               14   58    9   18   2   0   4   13   0   1    6   15  .310
Johnny Edwards        12   42    7   13   4   0   2    6   0   1    5    6  .310
Norm Miller            6   10    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .300
Doug Rader            14   54    7   15   4   2   2   13   0   0    4    9  .278
Jack Hiatt             3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Bob Watson            14   51   13   12   2   0   2    8   0   0    8    8  .235
Tommy Helms           14   57    7   12   1   0   2    7   0   0    2    2  .211
Jimmy Stewart          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Roger Metzger         14   55    9    6   0   1   0    4   1   1   11    4  .109
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          11   15    3    7   1   0   2    7   0   1    2    2  .467
Chris Cannizzaro       8   26    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .346
Wes Parker            13   45    5   15   1   0   0    5   0   0    6    1  .333
Manny Mota            11   36   10   12   0   1   1    8   0   0    1    1  .333
Jim Lefebvre          15   58    5   19   4   0   2   11   0   0    3    6  .328
Steve Garvey          15   52   10   17   2   0   1    4   1   1    2    4  .327
Willie Davis          15   63   15   20   2   0   3   13   2   0    3    6  .318
Frank Robinson        13   42    5   12   2   0   1   10   0   0    3    9  .286
Dick Dietz             7   15    2    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    1  .267
Willie Crawford       11   34    5    9   2   0   4    6   0   0    1    6  .265
Bill Buckner           9   23    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .174
Duke Sims              4   12    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .167
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        4    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
Jim Fairey             5    7    0    3   1   0   0    5   0   0    0    1  .429
Ken Singleton         13   44    9   15   1   1   2   11   2   1    8   13  .341
Tim Foli              13   42    5   13   1   1   0    6   2   0    2    3  .310
Mike Jorgensen        13   41    8   11   2   0   2    5   2   2    8   10  .268
Bob Bailey            13   49    8   13   2   0   0    3   3   1    6    6  .265
John Bateman           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Clyde Mashore          8   14    5    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .214
Ron Woods              8   19    1    4   1   0   0    1   1   1    2    4  .211
Boots Day             10   31    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .194
John Boccabella       12   42    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    7  .191
Ron Hunt              13   44    5    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    9    6  .182
Ron Fairly            10   32    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    4  .125
Hector Torres          3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Bobby Wine             8    1    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            6    9    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .444
Cleon Jones           11   39    4   13   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    8  .333
Duffy Dyer             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Rusty Staub           12   47    6   14   1   0   1    2   0   0    6    6  .298
Bud Harrelson         12   49    3   13   2   0   0    1   1   1    2    7  .265
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           12   46    9   11   2   0   2    7   1   0    4    8  .239
Jim Fregosi           12   43    6   10   2   0   2    6   0   0    6    4  .233
Ed Kranepool          11   35    3    8   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    6  .229
Ken Boswell           10   40    3    9   0   1   0    2   0   0    5    2  .225
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               3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Wayne Garrett          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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
Mike Ryan              3    9    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .444
Terry Harmon           5   10    2    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Greg Luzinski         14   53   10   20   4   1   4    7   0   0    5    9  .377
Tommy Hutton           7   20    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .300
Ron Stone              8   10    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .300
Denny Doyle           13   42    4   12   1   0   0    6   0   1    4    3  .286
Willie Montanez       13   47    5   13   5   1   0    2   0   0    7    9  .277
Larry Bowa            14   61    8   15   2   0   0    2   2   0    1    6  .246
Tim McCarver          12   47    5   11   3   0   2    6   0   1    3    5  .234
Deron Johnson         10   39    3    8   1   1   2   11   0   0    3   11  .205
Don Money             14   48    4    9   1   0   3    4   1   1   10   11  .188
Mike Anderson         14   48    2    8   2   0   1    2   1   0    6   16  .167
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
Gene Alley             8   12    1    5   2   0   0    4   0   1    5    1  .417
Rennie Stennett       12   35    7   14   1   1   1    5   0   2    0    1  .400
Manny Sanguillen      13   53    4   21   1   2   0    5   0   0    2    9  .396
Al Oliver             13   55    5   21   6   1   0   11   0   0    2    3  .382
Vic Davalillo         10   16    3    6   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    0  .375
Richie Hebner         13   47    8   15   5   0   3    7   0   0    3    5  .319
Roberto Clemente      12   47    7   12   2   0   0    0   0   0    6    6  .255
Dave Cash              8   37    4    9   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    3  .243
Willie Stargell       12   48    4   10   3   0   2    8   0   0    5   13  .208
Jackie Hernandez      11   26    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .192
Gene Clines            9   20    1    3   1   1   0    0   1   0    1    5  .150
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               6    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Garry Jestadt          7   11    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .364
Leron Lee             11   31    2   11   1   0   0    1   1   3    3    2  .355
Johnny Jeter          15   51    4   15   1   0   1    3   1   3    1   14  .294
Cito Gaston           13   34    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .265
Derrel Thomas         14   46    3   11   2   0   0    3   2   2    6    9  .239
Nate Colbert          16   59   11   14   2   1   4    9   1   0    3   14  .237
Bob Barton            12   38    0    8   0   0   0    5   1   0    2    6  .211
Jerry Morales          8   15    1    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .200
Fred Kendall           6   16    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .188
Dave Campbell         13   40    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .175
Enzo Hernandez        14   45    5    7   3   0   0    0   2   0    1    3  .156
Ollie Brown           15   40    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .150
Larry Stahl           10   27    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .148
Don Mason              8   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .100
Rafael Robles          5   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Russ Gibson            1    4    0    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Dave Rader             6   16    2    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .375
Willie McCovey         4   12    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Al Gallagher           6   22    3    7   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .318
Bobby Bonds           16   66   12   20   5   1   2   11   5   0    3    8  .303
Tito Fuentes          16   69    8   20   4   0   1    4   2   1    2    5  .290
Chris Speier          16   64    8   16   4   1   1    5   0   0    6   12  .250
Garry Maddox           7   25    4    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .240
Dave Kingman          16   63   12   15   1   1   6   18   5   0    3   19  .238
Chris Arnold           7   14    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    6    2  .214
Ken Henderson         15   53    5   11   2   0   2    6   2   2    7   12  .208
Willie Mays           14   41    6    6   2   0   0    3   3   0   12    4  .146
Jim Howarth            9    8    4    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    7    3  .125
Fran Healy            13   40    3    4   0   0   1    7   0   1    5    8  .100
Jimmy Rosario          4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bernie Williams        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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             11   43    8   16   3   1   1    7   0   0    4    7  .372
Matty Alou            13   52    8   19   3   0   0    3   3   1    4    2  .365
Ted Simmons           11   44    6   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .364
Jerry McNertney        6   12    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .333
Ed Crosby             12   37    5   12   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .324
Jose Cruz             13   50    5   13   2   1   0    6   1   0    5    4  .260
Lou Brock             13   57    3   14   0   0   0    5   6   2    3   13  .246
Joe Hague             11   35    5    8   3   1   1    7   0   0   11    5  .229
Ted Sizemore          13   56    6   11   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    5  .196
Dal Maxvill            9   14    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Donn Clendenon         9   12    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .000
Luis Melendez         11    5    3    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Fiore             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)          69
  B. Bonds (SF)            66
  F. Millan (ATL)          66
  C. Speier (SF)           64
  W. Davis (LA)            63
  R. Garr (ATL)            63
  D. Kingman (SF)          63
  L. Bowa (PHI)            61
  B. Williams (CHI)        61
  G. Beckert (CHI)         59

Runs Scored:

  W. Davis (LA)            15
  R. Garr (ATL)            13
  J. Morgan (CIN)          13
  B. Watson (HOU)          13
  J. Wynn (HOU)            13
  B. Bonds (SF)            12
  D. Kingman (SF)          12
  N. Colbert (SD)          11
  R. Santo (CHI)           11
  B. Tolan (CIN)           11

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            23
  B. Tolan (CIN)           22
  A. Oliver (PIT)          21
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      21
  B. Bonds (SF)            20
  W. Davis (LA)            20
  T. Fuentes (SF)          20
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        20
  M. Alou (STL)            19
  J. Lefebvre (LA)         19

Doubles:

  A. Oliver (PIT)           6
  B. Tolan (CIN)            6
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  R. Hebner (PIT)           5
  W. Montanez (PHI)         5
  J. Edwards (HOU)          4
  T. Fuentes (SF)           4
  J. Lefebvre (LA)          4
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         4

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
  N. Colbert (SD)           4
  W. Crawford (LA)          4
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         4
  L. May (HOU)              4
  R. Santo (CHI)            4
  J. Wynn (HOU)             4
  W. Davis (LA)             3
  D. Evans (ATL)            3

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          18
  W. Davis (LA)            13
  L. May (HOU)             13
  D. Rader (HOU)           13
  B. Tolan (CIN)           13
  J. Wynn (HOU)            12
  B. Bonds (SF)            11
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      11
  D. Johnson (PHI)         11
  J. Lefebvre (LA)         11

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  B. Tolan (CIN)            8
  L. Brock (STL)            6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  D. Kingman (SF)           5
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  M. Alou (STL)             3
  B. Bailey (MON)           3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3

Caught Stealing:

  J. Jeter (SD)             3
  L. Lee (SD)               3
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  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

Walks:

  W. Mays (SF)             12
  J. Hague (STL)           11
  R. Metzger (HOU)         11
  R. Monday (CHI)          11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  R. Carty (ATL)           10
  D. Menke (CIN)           10
  D. Money (PHI)           10
  B. Robertson (PIT)       10
  J. Wynn (HOU)            10

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          19
  M. Anderson (PHI)        16
  L. May (HOU)             15
  B. Robertson (PIT)       15
  N. Colbert (SD)          14
  J. Jeter (SD)            14
  T. Perez (CIN)           14
  L. Brock (STL)           13
  K. Singleton (MON)       13
  W. Stargell (PIT)        13


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