Tuesday May 2, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 2, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       528   59   148   30    5    9    54    2    4   40    79  .280
Los Angeles      584   84   159   21    2   16    80    7    2   45    69  .272
St. Louis        495   59   133   16    4    4    53   11    4   40    72  .269
Houston          521   87   139   23    5   18    82    7    6   61    85  .267
Atlanta          542   75   143   21    1   17    72    4    3   66    81  .264
New York         471   52   123   15    3   10    47    2    3   39    71  .261
Philadelphia     547   58   142   25    5   16    56    4    5   52    98  .260
Cincinnati       491   70   127   26    4   11    63   21    4   58    76  .259
Chicago          520   67   127   24    2   13    61   10    5   54    82  .244
San Francisco    601   79   135   24    7   18    75   20    5   66   119  .225
Montreal         437   48    98   16    2    4    46   13    6   49    76  .224
San Diego        527   37   113   17    2    6    35   10   10   38    90  .214

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        14   56   13   25   7   2   3   16   8   1    6    4  .446
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       12   51    9   21   5   1   0    6   6   1    6    2  .412
Al Oliver (PIT)          14   59    5   23   6   1   0   12   0   0    3    4  .390
Joe Torre (STL)          12   47    8   18   4   1   1    9   0   0    4    8  .383
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   14   58    5   22   1   2   0    5   0   0    2    9  .379
Jim Wynn (HOU)           15   58   15   22   3   1   5   16   0   2   10   11  .379
Ralph Garr (ATL)         16   67   13   24   3   0   2   10   3   2    4    6  .358
Cleon Jones (NY)         13   48    6   17   2   0   2   10   0   0    4   11  .354
Matty Alou (STL)         14   57    8   20   3   0   0    3   3   2    4    3  .351
Ted Simmons (STL)        12   47    6   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    3    5  .340

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty            14   34    7   14   2   0   2    7   0   0   11    5  .412
Orlando Cepeda         3    8    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .375
Jim Breazeale          8   11    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .364
Ralph Garr            16   67   13   24   3   0   2   10   3   2    4    6  .358
Oscar Brown            9   12    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .333
Marty Perez           16   56    6   16   3   0   0    5   0   1    5    8  .286
Darrell Evans         13   46    8   13   1   0   3   10   0   0    9    4  .283
Earl Williams         16   61    9   16   3   0   3    8   0   0    8   10  .262
Felix Millan          16   70    6   18   3   1   0   10   1   0    6    4  .257
Hank Aaron            13   49    7   12   1   0   4   10   0   0   10   11  .245
Mike Lum              14   42    5    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    7    5  .191
Paul Casanova          6   16    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .188
Dusty Baker           11   28    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    8  .107
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           10   32    7   11   1   0   3    8   1   0    4    2  .344
Rick Monday           14   37    7   12   0   0   1    3   2   1   11   12  .324
Ron Santo             15   60   12   19   3   0   5   11   0   1    6    8  .317
Randy Hundley         13   44    2   13   5   0   0    7   0   0    7    8  .296
Billy Williams        15   65   11   19   4   0   1    8   1   0    4    6  .292
Carmen Fanzone         6    7    0    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Glenn Beckert         15   64    5   16   2   1   1    8   0   1    2    1  .250
Jose Cardenal         13   50    9   12   3   1   2    6   4   2    5    4  .240
Don Kessinger         15   53    8   12   3   0   0    3   0   0    7    5  .226
Billy North            8   24    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    1   10  .167
Joe Pepitone           8   25    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .120
Ken Rudolph            3    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .111
Art Shamsky            4    7    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Paul Popovich          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          4    2    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Bobby Tolan           14   56   13   25   7   2   3   16   8   1    6    4  .446
Julian Javier          4   13    1    4   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .308
Dave Concepcion       14   52    5   15   1   0   1   11   3   0    3    8  .289
Pete Rose             14   64    8   18   2   1   0    5   0   1    4    3  .281
Denis Menke           14   47    8   13   2   0   2    5   0   1   11    8  .277
George Foster          4   11    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .273
Joe Morgan            14   59   14   15   2   1   1    4   9   0    7    3  .254
Tony Perez            12   44    6   11   1   0   2    7   0   0    6   15  .250
Ted Uhlaender         11   28    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .214
Johnny Bench          13   47    6   10   2   0   2    9   0   0   10    6  .213
Cesar Geronimo        12   23    2    4   3   0   0    1   0   1    2    7  .174
Bernie Carbo          12    9    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    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          12   51    9   21   5   1   0    6   6   1    6    2  .412
Jim Wynn              15   58   15   22   3   1   5   16   0   2   10   11  .379
Johnny Edwards        13   47    9   15   4   0   3    9   0   1    5    6  .319
Lee May               15   62   10   19   2   0   4   13   0   1    7   17  .307
Norm Miller            7   10    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .300
Doug Rader            15   58    8   16   4   2   2   13   0   0    5    9  .276
Jack Hiatt             3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Bob Watson            15   54   13   13   2   0   2    9   0   0   10    8  .241
Tommy Helms           15   61    8   13   1   0   2    8   0   0    2    2  .213
Jimmy Stewart          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Roger Metzger         15   59   10    7   0   1   0    4   1   1   11    5  .119
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          13   22    4   11   2   0   2   10   0   1    3    3  .500
Chris Cannizzaro       8   26    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .346
Jim Lefebvre          17   64    6   21   4   0   2   12   0   0    6    6  .328
Manny Mota            13   40   11   13   0   1   1    9   1   0    1    1  .325
Wes Parker            15   53    5   17   1   0   0    5   0   0    7    1  .321
Frank Robinson        15   50    7   16   3   0   1   10   1   0    4   10  .320
Steve Garvey          17   57   12   17   2   0   1    4   1   1    5    4  .298
Willie Davis          17   72   15   20   2   0   3   13   2   0    3    8  .278
Willie Crawford       13   36    5    9   2   0   4    7   1   0    2    6  .250
Dick Dietz             8   17    2    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    4    1  .235
Duke Sims              6   17    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .177
Bill Buckner           9   23    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .174
Maury Wills           14   48    3    6   1   1   0    0   0   0    2    6  .125
Billy Grabarkewitz     4    7    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .000
Bobby Valentine        5    2    1    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         14   47    9   15   1   1   2   11   2   1    8   13  .319
Tim Foli              14   45    5   14   1   1   0    6   2   0    2    3  .311
Clyde Mashore          9   18    5    5   2   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .278
Mike Jorgensen        14   44    8   11   2   0   2    5   2   2    8   11  .250
John Bateman           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Bob Bailey            14   53    8   13   2   0   0    3   3   1    6    6  .245
Ron Woods              9   20    1    4   1   0   0    1   1   1    2    4  .200
Boots Day             10   31    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .194
John Boccabella       13   45    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    8  .178
Ron Hunt              14   48    5    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    9    6  .167
Ron Fairly            11   36    2    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .139
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           13   48    6   17   2   0   2   10   0   0    4   11  .354
Duffy Dyer             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Rusty Staub           14   55    8   17   1   0   1    3   0   0    7    6  .309
Ted Martinez           4   13    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .308
Jerry Grote           13   42    3   12   2   1   1    5   0   0    5    2  .286
Bud Harrelson         14   57    5   16   2   0   1    3   1   1    3    7  .281
Tommie Agee           14   55   10   14   3   0   2    7   1   2    4   10  .255
Jim Fregosi           14   51    7   12   2   1   2    7   0   0    7    5  .235
Ed Kranepool          13   39    4    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    6  .231
Ken Boswell           11   44    3    9   0   1   0    2   0   0    5    2  .205
Jim Beauchamp          4   12    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .167
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           4    3    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .667
Roger Freed            2    4    1    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .500
Terry Harmon           7   17    5    7   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    0  .412
Tommy Hutton           9   29    2   11   1   1   0    4   0   0    1    4  .379
Greg Luzinski         16   60   11   20   4   1   4    7   0   0    7   10  .333
Willie Montanez       15   56    6   17   6   1   1    5   0   0    7   11  .304
Ron Stone              8   10    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .300
Mike Ryan              5   17    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .294
Denny Doyle           13   42    4   12   1   0   0    6   0   1    4    3  .286
Larry Bowa            16   69    8   18   2   0   0    2   2   1    2    6  .261
Tim McCarver          13   48    5   11   3   0   2    6   0   1    3    5  .229
Deron Johnson         10   39    3    8   1   1   2   11   0   0    3   11  .205
Don Money             16   55    4   10   2   0   3    4   1   2   11   12  .182
Mike Anderson         16   54    2    9   2   0   1    2   1   0    6   18  .167
Pete Koegel            4    3    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             9   16    2    8   2   0   0    5   0   1    5    1  .500
Rennie Stennett       13   40    8   17   3   1   1    6   0   2    0    1  .425
Al Oliver             14   59    5   23   6   1   0   12   0   0    3    4  .390
Manny Sanguillen      14   58    5   22   1   2   0    5   0   0    2    9  .379
Vic Davalillo         10   16    3    6   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    0  .375
Richie Hebner         14   52    8   16   5   0   3    7   0   0    3    5  .308
Roberto Clemente      13   52    9   15   3   0   1    3   0   0    6    6  .289
Dave Cash              9   42    6   11   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    3  .262
Willie Stargell       13   49    4   10   3   0   2    8   0   0    5   14  .204
Jackie Hernandez      11   26    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .192
Gene Clines           10   24    2    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    1    6  .167
Bob Robertson         12   44    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0   10   15  .091
Jose Pagan             7   11    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
Leron Lee             12   33    4   13   1   1   1    3   1   3    5    2  .394
Garry Jestadt          7   11    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .364
Johnny Jeter          16   53    5   15   1   0   1    3   2   4    2   15  .283
Cito Gaston           13   34    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .265
Nate Colbert          17   61   12   15   2   1   4    9   1   0    5   15  .246
Derrel Thomas         15   50    3   11   2   0   0    3   2   3    7    9  .220
Dave Campbell         14   43    2    9   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .209
Jerry Morales          8   15    1    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .200
Bob Barton            13   42    0    8   0   0   0    5   1   0    2    6  .191
Fred Kendall           6   16    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .188
Larry Stahl           10   27    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .148
Enzo Hernandez        15   49    6    7   3   0   0    0   2   0    2    4  .143
Ollie Brown           16   42    0    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .143
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
Willie McCovey         4   12    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Dave Rader             8   23    3    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .304
Bobby Bonds           18   74   14   22   5   3   2   11   5   0    3   12  .297
Tito Fuentes          18   76    8   21   4   1   1    4   2   1    3    6  .276
Al Gallagher           8   27    3    7   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    4  .259
Chris Speier          18   70    9   17   4   1   2    7   1   0    8   13  .243
Jim Howarth           10    9    5    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    7    3  .222
Ken Henderson         17   59    6   13   2   0   3    8   2   2    7   13  .220
Dave Kingman          18   71   12   15   1   1   6   18   5   0    3   23  .211
Chris Arnold           9   16    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    6    2  .188
Garry Maddox           9   33    4    6   2   0   0    3   1   0    3   11  .182
Willie Mays           15   41    6    6   2   0   0    3   3   0   13    4  .146
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         3    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Joe Torre             12   47    8   18   4   1   1    9   0   0    4    8  .383
Matty Alou            14   57    8   20   3   0   0    3   3   2    4    3  .351
Ted Simmons           12   47    6   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    3    5  .340
Luis Melendez         12    9    4    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Jerry McNertney        7   13    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .308
Ed Crosby             13   40    5   12   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .300
Lou Brock             14   62    5   16   0   1   0    6   6   2    3   14  .258
Jose Cruz             14   51    5   13   2   1   0    6   1   0    5    4  .255
Joe Hague             12   36    5    8   3   1   1    7   0   0   11    5  .222
Ted Sizemore          14   61    7   13   0   0   0    4   1   0    2    6  .213
Donn Clendenon        10   15    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .000
Dal Maxvill           10   14    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    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)          76
  B. Bonds (SF)            74
  W. Davis (LA)            72
  D. Kingman (SF)          71
  F. Millan (ATL)          70
  C. Speier (SF)           70
  L. Bowa (PHI)            69
  R. Garr (ATL)            67
  B. Williams (CHI)        65
  G. Beckert (CHI)         64

Runs Scored:

  W. Davis (LA)            15
  J. Wynn (HOU)            15
  B. Bonds (SF)            14
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  R. Garr (ATL)            13
  B. Tolan (CIN)           13
  B. Watson (HOU)          13
  N. Colbert (SD)          12
  S. Garvey (LA)           12
  D. Kingman (SF)          12

Hits:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           25
  R. Garr (ATL)            24
  A. Oliver (PIT)          23
  B. Bonds (SF)            22
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      22
  J. Wynn (HOU)            22
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          21
  T. Fuentes (SF)          21
  J. Lefebvre (LA)         21
  M. Alou (STL)            20

Doubles:

  B. Tolan (CIN)            7
  W. Montanez (PHI)         6
  A. Oliver (PIT)           6
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  R. Hebner (PIT)           5
  R. Hundley (CHI)          5
  J. Edwards (HOU)          4
  T. Fuentes (SF)           4
  J. Lefebvre (LA)          4

Triples:

  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  D. Rader (HOU)            2
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       2
  B. Tolan (CIN)            2
  G. Beckert (CHI)          1
  K. Boswell (NY)           1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  G. Clines (PIT)           1

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (SF)           6
  R. Santo (CHI)            5
  J. Wynn (HOU)             5
  H. Aaron (ATL)            4
  N. Colbert (SD)           4
  W. Crawford (LA)          4
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         4
  L. May (HOU)              4
  W. Davis (LA)             3
  J. Edwards (HOU)          3

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          18
  B. Tolan (CIN)           16
  J. Wynn (HOU)            16
  W. Davis (LA)            13
  L. May (HOU)             13
  D. Rader (HOU)           13
  J. Lefebvre (LA)         12
  A. Oliver (PIT)          12
  B. Bonds (SF)            11
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      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)             4
  L. Lee (SD)               3
  D. Thomas (SD)            3
  T. Agee (NY)              2
  M. Alou (STL)             2
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  K. Henderson (SF)         2
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        2

Walks:

  W. Mays (SF)             13
  R. Carty (ATL)           11
  J. Hague (STL)           11
  D. Menke (CIN)           11
  R. Metzger (HOU)         11
  R. Monday (CHI)          11
  D. Money (PHI)           11
  H. Aaron (ATL)           10
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  B. Robertson (PIT)       10

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          23
  M. Anderson (PHI)        18
  L. May (HOU)             17
  N. Colbert (SD)          15
  J. Jeter (SD)            15
  T. Perez (CIN)           15
  B. Robertson (PIT)       15
  L. Brock (STL)           14
  W. Stargell (PIT)        14
  K. Henderson (SF)        13

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