Friday May 5, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 5, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       595   66   163   34    6   10    61    3    4   46    89  .274
St. Louis        595   67   158   19    4    4    61   12    4   44    81  .266
Los Angeles      649   86   172   24    2   17    82    7    3   49    87  .265
Philadelphia     612   66   162   32    5   16    62    4    5   56   109  .265
New York         538   60   140   21    5   10    54    2    3   48    84  .260
Houston          587   92   152   25    5   19    87    7    7   66    98  .259
Chicago          617   87   159   27    5   15    80   11    6   67    93  .258
Cincinnati       594   85   152   29    6   13    77   23    5   71    97  .256
Atlanta          641   78   161   21    1   18    75    6    3   76    93  .251
San Francisco    671   86   154   29    9   18    82   22    5   75   127  .230
Montreal         514   53   114   18    3    4    50   14    7   53    91  .222
San Diego        613   46   133   22    3    7    44   12   10   49   106  .217

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        17   68   15   29   7   3   3   19  10   1    7    5  .427
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   16   65    6   25   2   2   1    9   0   0    2    9  .385
Rico Carty (ATL)         17   42    7   16   2   0   2    7   0   0   15    6  .381
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       14   59   10   22   5   1   0    6   6   1    6    2  .373
Al Oliver (PIT)          16   68    5   25   6   1   0   12   0   0    3    5  .368
Jim Wynn (HOU)           17   66   16   24   3   1   6   19   0   2   11   12  .364
Joe Torre (STL)          15   59    9   21   4   1   1   10   0   0    4    9  .356
Rick Monday (CHI)        17   45   11   16   1   1   1    6   3   1   15   12  .356
Matty Alou (STL)         17   69    8   23   3   0   0    4   3   2    4    3  .333
Cleon Jones (NY)         15   57    6   19   2   0   2   11   0   0    4   14  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Orlando Cepeda         6   20    1    8   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    3  .400
Rico Carty            17   42    7   16   2   0   2    7   0   0   15    6  .381
Jim Breazeale          9   12    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .333
Oscar Brown           10   12    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .333
Ralph Garr            19   80   13   25   3   0   2   10   4   2    4    6  .313
Marty Perez           19   68    6   19   3   0   0    5   0   1    5    8  .279
Hank Aaron            16   59    9   16   1   0   5   12   0   0   12   12  .271
Felix Millan          19   84    7   21   3   1   0   10   1   0    7    6  .250
Darrell Evans         16   56    8   13   1   0   3   11   1   0   10    5  .232
Earl Williams         19   69    9   16   3   0   3    8   0   0   10   12  .232
Mike Lum              16   44    5    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    7    5  .182
Paul Casanova          7   18    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .167
Dusty Baker           14   29    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    8  .103
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           13   42   12   17   1   0   4    9   1   0    6    2  .405
Rick Monday           17   45   11   16   1   1   1    6   3   1   15   12  .356
Billy Williams        18   77   14   23   4   1   2   11   1   0    5    6  .299
Jose Cardenal         16   61   13   18   5   2   2   13   4   3    6    5  .295
Ron Santo             18   68   13   20   3   0   5   12   0   1    7   11  .294
Randy Hundley         16   54    2   14   5   0   0    8   0   0    8    9  .259
Carmen Fanzone         8    8    1    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .250
Don Kessinger         18   65    9   16   3   0   0    5   0   0    9    6  .246
Glenn Beckert         18   78    6   18   2   1   1    8   0   1    2    1  .231
Billy North            9   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            6    8    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Paul Popovich          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Frank Fernandez        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Gene Hiser             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          5    2    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Bobby Tolan           17   68   15   29   7   3   3   19  10   1    7    5  .427
Dave Concepcion       17   63    7   18   1   0   1   13   3   0    3   10  .286
Julian Javier          5   14    1    4   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .286
Tony Perez            15   58    6   16   1   0   2    9   0   0    6   22  .276
George Foster          4   11    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .273
Pete Rose             17   74   12   20   2   1   0    6   0   1    8    3  .270
Denis Menke           17   60    9   16   4   0   2    7   0   1   11   10  .267
Johnny Bench          16   60    8   14   3   0   4   11   0   0   11    8  .233
Joe Morgan            17   69   15   16   2   2   1    6   9   1   10    4  .232
Ted Uhlaender         12   32    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .188
Cesar Geronimo        15   24    3    4   3   0   0    1   0   1    3    8  .167
Bernie Carbo          15   14    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .143
Hal McRae              7    6    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          14   59   10   22   5   1   0    6   6   1    6    2  .373
Jim Wynn              17   66   16   24   3   1   6   19   0   2   11   12  .364
Norm Miller            8   11    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .364
Johnny Edwards        15   52   10   16   4   0   3    9   0   2    7    8  .308
Lee May               17   69   10   20   2   0   4   14   0   1    8   18  .290
Bob Watson            17   62   13   16   2   0   2    9   0   0   10   11  .258
Doug Rader            17   66    8   17   4   2   2   13   0   0    5   11  .258
Jack Hiatt             3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Tommy Helms           17   69    8   14   1   0   2    8   0   0    2    3  .203
Jimmy Stewart          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Roger Metzger         17   68   12    9   1   1   0    4   1   1   11    5  .132
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          15   29    4   15   3   0   2   11   0   2    3    5  .517
Chris Cannizzaro       8   26    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .346
Frank Robinson        17   56    7   17   3   0   1   10   1   0    6   11  .304
Willie Davis          19   80   16   24   3   0   4   14   2   0    3   10  .300
Wes Parker            17   60    5   18   1   0   0    5   0   0    8    2  .300
Jim Lefebvre          19   71    6   21   4   0   2   12   0   0    7   11  .296
Manny Mota            15   45   11   13   0   1   1    9   1   0    1    1  .289
Steve Garvey          19   65   13   18   3   0   1    4   1   1    5    5  .277
Willie Crawford       14   40    5   10   2   0   4    7   1   0    2    8  .250
Dick Dietz             9   20    2    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    4    2  .200
Duke Sims              7   21    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    3  .191
Bill Buckner          10   24    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .167
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        6    3    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         4    8    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .625
Jim Fairey             6    9    0    4   1   0   0    5   0   0    0    1  .444
Ken Singleton         16   56   10   17   1   1   2   11   2   1    9   16  .304
Clyde Mashore         11   23    5    6   2   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .261
Tim Foli              16   54    5   14   1   1   0    6   2   0    2    3  .259
John Bateman           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Bob Bailey            16   62    8   15   2   1   0    4   3   2    7    7  .242
Mike Jorgensen        16   51    8   12   2   0   2    5   3   2   10   15  .235
Ron Woods             11   26    2    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    2    6  .231
Ron Hunt              16   58    7   11   4   0   0    4   1   0    9    7  .190
John Boccabella       15   50    3    9   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    9  .180
Boots Day             11   34    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .177
Ron Fairly            12   39    2    6   1   0   0    3   1   0    4    6  .154
Bobby Wine            10    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Hector Torres          3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Wayne Garrett          2    2    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
John Milner            6    9    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .444
Cleon Jones           15   57    6   19   2   0   2   11   0   0    4   14  .333
Duffy Dyer             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Jerry Grote           15   47    3   14   3   1   1    5   0   0    7    2  .298
Ted Martinez           5   17    4    5   1   1   0    1   0   0    0    2  .294
Rusty Staub           16   63    8   18   2   0   1    4   0   0    8    6  .286
Tommie Agee           16   61   12   17   5   0   2    8   1   2    7   11  .279
Jim Fregosi           16   60    8   16   2   2   2    7   0   0    7    9  .267
Bud Harrelson         16   65    7   17   2   0   1    3   1   1    4    8  .262
Ed Kranepool          15   48    5   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    3    8  .208
Ken Boswell           12   48    3    9   0   1   0    2   0   0    5    2  .188
Jim Beauchamp          4   12    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .167
Dave Marshall          5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Don Hahn               4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .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
Terry Harmon           7   17    5    7   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    0  .412
Tommy Hutton          11   35    4   14   1   1   0    5   0   0    2    5  .400
Roger Freed            3    8    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .375
Greg Luzinski         18   67   11   22   4   1   4    7   0   0    8   11  .328
Denny Doyle           15   49    5   15   2   0   0    6   0   1    4    4  .306
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
Willie Montanez       17   63    8   18   7   1   1    5   0   0    9   13  .286
Tim McCarver          15   56    7   14   4   0   2    7   0   1    3    6  .250
Larry Bowa            18   77    8   19   2   0   0    2   2   1    2    8  .247
Don Money             18   63    5   13   4   0   3    7   1   2   11   12  .206
Deron Johnson         10   39    3    8   1   1   2   11   0   0    3   11  .205
Mike Anderson         18   58    2   10   3   0   1    3   1   0    6   18  .172
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
Rennie Stennett       14   44    8   18   3   2   1    8   0   2    0    3  .409
Manny Sanguillen      16   65    6   25   2   2   1    9   0   0    2    9  .385
Al Oliver             16   68    5   25   6   1   0   12   0   0    3    5  .368
Gene Alley            11   22    2    8   2   0   0    5   0   1    7    2  .364
Vic Davalillo         11   17    3    6   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .353
Richie Hebner         16   59   10   18   5   0   3    7   0   0    3    5  .305
Roberto Clemente      15   60   10   17   4   0   1    3   0   0    7    7  .283
Dave Cash             11   49    8   13   2   0   0    1   1   1    3    4  .265
Willie Stargell       14   53    5   12   4   0   2    9   0   0    5   15  .226
Jackie Hernandez      11   26    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .192
Gene Clines           11   27    2    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    2    6  .148
Bob Robertson         13   48    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0   10   15  .083
Jose Pagan             9   13    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .077
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             13   39    4   14   1   1   1    4   1   3    6    3  .359
Garry Jestadt          8   12    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Jerry Morales         10   18    2    5   1   1   0    2   1   0    3    4  .278
Johnny Jeter          18   63    6   17   1   0   1    3   2   4    3   19  .270
Cito Gaston           13   34    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .265
Nate Colbert          19   69   13   18   2   1   5   11   1   0    8   16  .261
Dave Campbell         16   52    3   11   4   0   0    2   0   0    5    8  .212
Fred Kendall           8   24    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .208
Derrel Thomas         17   61    3   12   3   0   0    7   2   3    8   11  .197
Ollie Brown           18   53    2   10   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    8  .189
Bob Barton            14   43    0    8   0   0   0    5   1   0    2    6  .186
Don Mason              9   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
Enzo Hernandez        17   60    7    9   3   0   0    1   4   0    2    4  .150
Larry Stahl           11   27    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .148
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
Bobby Bonds           20   82   16   25   6   3   2   12   5   0    3   12  .305
Jim Howarth           11   10    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    7    3  .300
Tito Fuentes          20   86    8   23   4   1   1    4   2   1    3    6  .267
Chris Speier          20   79    9   20   5   1   2    8   2   0    9   14  .253
Al Gallagher          10   32    3    8   0   0   1    2   0   0    8    4  .250
Dave Rader            10   28    3    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .250
Dave Kingman          20   80   13   19   1   3   6   22   6   0    3   24  .238
Ken Henderson         19   66    6   15   3   0   3    9   2   2    8   14  .227
Chris Arnold           9   16    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    6    2  .188
Garry Maddox          10   34    4    6   2   0   0    3   1   0    3   11  .177
Willie Mays           17   48    8    8   2   0   0    3   3   0   16    5  .167
Fran Healy            14   43    3    4   0   0   1    7   0   1    5   10  .093
Jimmy Rosario          4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bernie Williams        3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Martinez         4    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Joe Torre             15   59    9   21   4   1   1   10   0   0    4    9  .356
Matty Alou            17   69    8   23   3   0   0    4   3   2    4    3  .333
Jerry McNertney        7   13    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .308
Ted Simmons           15   59    8   18   2   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .305
Ed Crosby             16   50    6   15   0   0   0    6   0   0    4    3  .300
Lou Brock             17   73    7   21   0   1   0    7   7   2    5   15  .288
Luis Melendez         15   19    4    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .263
Jose Cruz             17   54    6   14   2   1   0    6   1   0    5    5  .259
Joe Hague             15   45    5   11   4   1   1    7   0   0   13    6  .244
Ted Sizemore          17   74    8   16   1   0   0    6   1   0    2    7  .216
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)          86
  F. Millan (ATL)          84
  B. Bonds (SF)            82
  W. Davis (LA)            80
  R. Garr (ATL)            80
  D. Kingman (SF)          80
  C. Speier (SF)           79
  G. Beckert (CHI)         78
  L. Bowa (PHI)            77
  B. Williams (CHI)        77

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            16
  W. Davis (LA)            16
  J. Wynn (HOU)            16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          15
  B. Tolan (CIN)           15
  B. Williams (CHI)        14
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        13
  N. Colbert (SD)          13
  R. Garr (ATL)            13
  S. Garvey (LA)           13

Hits:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           29
  B. Bonds (SF)            25
  R. Garr (ATL)            25
  A. Oliver (PIT)          25
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      25
  W. Davis (LA)            24
  J. Wynn (HOU)            24
  M. Alou (STL)            23
  T. Fuentes (SF)          23
  B. Williams (CHI)        23

Doubles:

  W. Montanez (PHI)         7
  B. Tolan (CIN)            7
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  A. Oliver (PIT)           6
  T. Agee (NY)              5
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  R. Hebner (PIT)           5
  R. Hundley (CHI)          5
  C. Speier (SF)            5

Triples:

  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  D. Kingman (SF)           3
  B. Tolan (CIN)            3
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  J. Fregosi (NY)           2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  D. Rader (HOU)            2
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       2
  R. Stennett (PIT)         2
  B. Bailey (MON)           1

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          22
  B. Tolan (CIN)           19
  J. Wynn (HOU)            19
  W. Davis (LA)            14
  L. May (HOU)             14
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        13
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      13
  D. Rader (HOU)           13
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  B. Bonds (SF)            12

Stolen Bases:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           10
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  L. Brock (STL)            7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  D. Kingman (SF)           6
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  R. Garr (ATL)             4
  E. Hernandez (SD)         4
  M. Alou (STL)             3

Caught Stealing:

  J. Jeter (SD)             4
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         3
  L. Lee (SD)               3
  D. Thomas (SD)            3
  T. Agee (NY)              2
  M. Alou (STL)             2
  B. Bailey (MON)           2
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  J. Edwards (HOU)          2
  R. Garr (ATL)             2

Walks:

  W. Mays (SF)             16
  R. Carty (ATL)           15
  R. Monday (CHI)          15
  J. Hague (STL)           13
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  D. Menke (CIN)           11
  R. Metzger (HOU)         11
  D. Money (PHI)           11
  J. Wynn (HOU)            11

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          24
  T. Perez (CIN)           22
  J. Jeter (SD)            19
  M. Anderson (PHI)        18
  L. May (HOU)             18
  N. Colbert (SD)          16
  K. Singleton (MON)       16
  L. Brock (STL)           15
  M. Jorgensen (MON)       15
  B. Robertson (PIT)       15

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