Saturday May 6, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 6, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       637   74   178   38    6   10    68    4    4   49    95  .279
St. Louis        625   71   167   20    5    5    65   12    4   47    85  .267
Los Angeles      649   86   172   24    2   17    82    7    3   49    87  .265
Houston          623   96   162   25    5   19    91    9    7   68   104  .260
Philadelphia     642   67   166   32    5   16    63    4    5   61   118  .259
New York         570   62   146   22    5   11    56    3    4   50    95  .256
Chicago          646   93   165   27    5   18    86   12    6   70    98  .255
Atlanta          676   80   171   23    1   19    77    6    3   77    95  .253
Cincinnati       624   86   156   29    6   14    78   23    5   75    99  .250
San Francisco    703   89   159   31   10   19    85   23    5   79   131  .226
Montreal         514   53   114   18    3    4    50   14    7   53    91  .222
San Diego        648   52   143   25    3    8    49   12   11   51   115  .221

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        18   71   15   30   7   3   3   19  10   1    8    5  .423
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   17   70    8   28   4   2   1   11   1   0    2    9  .400
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       15   63   11   25   5   1   0    7   8   1    7    2  .397
Joe Torre (STL)          16   62   10   23   4   1   2   13   0   0    4    9  .371
Rico Carty (ATL)         18   46    8   17   3   0   2    7   0   0   15    6  .370
Al Oliver (PIT)          17   73    5   26   6   1   0   12   0   0    3    7  .356
Jim Wynn (HOU)           18   69   16   24   3   1   6   19   0   2   12   13  .348
Matty Alou (STL)         18   73    8   25   3   0   0    4   3   2    4    3  .343
Rick Monday (CHI)        18   47   11   16   1   1   1    6   4   1   17   13  .340
Richie Hebner (PIT)      17   63   11   20   5   0   3    7   0   0    4    5  .318

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Orlando Cepeda         7   24    1   11   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    4  .458
Rico Carty            18   46    8   17   3   0   2    7   0   0   15    6  .370
Oscar Brown           10   12    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .333
Jim Breazeale         10   13    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Ralph Garr            20   84   13   25   3   0   2   10   4   2    4    6  .298
Marty Perez           20   72    6   20   3   0   0    5   0   1    5    8  .278
Hank Aaron            17   63   10   17   1   0   6   13   0   0   12   12  .270
Felix Millan          20   88    7   23   3   1   0   10   1   0    7    6  .261
Earl Williams         20   72    9   17   3   0   3    8   0   0   11   12  .236
Darrell Evans         17   60    8   14   1   0   3   11   1   0   10    5  .233
Mike Lum              17   45    5    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    7    5  .178
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           14   46   14   19   1   0   5   11   1   0    6    3  .413
Carmen Fanzone         9   11    3    4   2   0   2    6   0   0    1    4  .364
Rick Monday           18   47   11   16   1   1   1    6   4   1   17   13  .340
Ron Santo             18   68   13   20   3   0   5   12   0   1    7   11  .294
Billy Williams        19   81   15   23   4   1   2   11   1   0    5    7  .284
Jose Cardenal         17   64   14   18   5   2   2   13   4   3    7    5  .281
Randy Hundley         17   57    2   16   5   0   0    8   0   0    8    9  .281
Don Kessinger         19   69    9   16   3   0   0    5   0   0    9    7  .232
Glenn Beckert         19   82    6   18   2   1   1    8   0   1    2    1  .220
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           18   71   15   30   7   3   3   19  10   1    8    5  .423
Julian Javier          5   14    1    4   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .286
Dave Concepcion       18   65    7   18   1   0   1   13   3   0    4   10  .277
Denis Menke           18   63    9   17   4   0   2    7   0   1   12   10  .270
Tony Perez            16   62    6   16   1   0   2    9   0   0    6   22  .258
Pete Rose             18   78   12   20   2   1   0    6   0   1    8    3  .256
George Foster          5   12    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Joe Morgan            18   72   16   17   2   2   2    7   9   1   11    4  .236
Johnny Bench          17   64    8   14   3   0   4   11   0   0   11    9  .219
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          16   18    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .167
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
Cesar Cedeno          15   63   11   25   5   1   0    7   8   1    7    2  .397
Jesus Alou             4    8    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .375
Jim Wynn              18   69   16   24   3   1   6   19   0   2   12   13  .348
Norm Miller            9   12    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Johnny Edwards        16   55   11   17   4   0   3    9   0   2    7    9  .309
Lee May               18   73   10   21   2   0   4   14   0   1    8   20  .288
Bob Watson            18   66   14   18   2   0   2   10   0   0   10   11  .273
Doug Rader            18   70    8   18   4   2   2   13   0   0    5   11  .257
Jack Hiatt             3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Tommy Helms           18   73    8   14   1   0   2    9   0   0    2    3  .192
Jimmy Stewart          5    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Roger Metzger         18   73   12   11   1   1   0    5   1   1   11    6  .151
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
Duffy Dyer             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Cleon Jones           16   61    6   19   2   0   2   11   0   0    4   15  .312
Jerry Grote           16   49    3   14   3   1   1    5   0   0    8    4  .286
Rusty Staub           17   67    8   19   2   0   1    4   0   0    8    6  .284
Ted Martinez           6   18    4    5   1   1   0    1   0   0    0    2  .278
Tommie Agee           17   64   12   17   5   0   2    8   1   2    8   13  .266
Jim Fregosi           17   64    9   17   2   2   2    7   0   0    7   10  .266
Bud Harrelson         17   68    7   18   2   0   1    3   2   2    4    9  .265
Ed Kranepool          16   51    6   13   3   0   2    9   0   0    3    8  .255
Ken Boswell           13   52    3    9   0   1   0    2   0   0    5    3  .173
Jim Beauchamp          5   13    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .154
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           5    4    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500
Tommy Hutton          12   39    4   15   1   1   0    5   0   0    2    6  .385
Roger Freed            3    8    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .375
Terry Harmon           8   20    5    7   1   1   0    2   0   0    4    0  .350
Greg Luzinski         19   70   11   22   4   1   4    7   0   0    9   12  .314
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
Willie Montanez       18   66    8   19   7   1   1    6   0   0   10   14  .288
Tim McCarver          15   56    7   14   4   0   2    7   0   1    3    6  .250
Larry Bowa            19   81    9   20   2   0   0    2   2   1    2    8  .247
Mike Ryan              6   21    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .238
Don Money             19   67    5   14   4   0   3    7   1   2   11   14  .209
Deron Johnson         10   39    3    8   1   1   2   11   0   0    3   11  .205
Mike Anderson         19   60    2   10   3   0   1    3   1   0    8   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
Manny Sanguillen      17   70    8   28   4   2   1   11   1   0    2    9  .400
Rennie Stennett       15   49    8   19   3   2   1    9   0   2    0    3  .388
Gene Alley            12   27    3   10   2   0   0    7   0   1    7    4  .370
Al Oliver             17   73    5   26   6   1   0   12   0   0    3    7  .356
Vic Davalillo         11   17    3    6   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .353
Richie Hebner         17   63   11   20   5   0   3    7   0   0    4    5  .318
Roberto Clemente      16   65   12   19   4   0   1    3   0   0    7    7  .292
Dave Cash             11   49    8   13   2   0   0    1   1   1    3    4  .265
Willie Stargell       15   57    6   14   5   0   2    9   0   0    5   16  .246
Jackie Hernandez      11   26    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .192
Gene Clines           12   28    2    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    2    7  .143
Bob Robertson         14   51    3    5   2   0   1    4   0   0   12   15  .098
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             14   43    6   17   3   1   1    5   1   3    6    3  .395
Garry Jestadt          8   12    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Nate Colbert          20   72   14   20   3   1   6   15   1   0    9   16  .278
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
Fred Kendall           9   28    2    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Dave Campbell         17   55    3   11   4   0   0    2   0   1    5    9  .200
Ollie Brown           19   56    2   11   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    8  .196
Bob Barton            14   43    0    8   0   0   0    5   1   0    2    6  .186
Derrel Thomas         18   66    3   12   3   0   0    7   2   3    8   14  .182
Don Mason              9   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
Larry Stahl           12   31    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .161
Enzo Hernandez        18   65    9   10   3   0   0    1   4   0    2    4  .154
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
Jim Howarth           11   10    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    7    3  .300
Bobby Bonds           21   85   17   25   6   3   2   12   6   0    4   12  .294
Chris Arnold          10   19    2    5   2   0   0    0   0   1    7    2  .263
Tito Fuentes          21   90    8   23   4   1   1    4   2   1    3    6  .256
Chris Speier          21   83   10   21   5   1   3   10   2   0    9   15  .253
Al Gallagher          10   32    3    8   0   0   1    2   0   0    8    4  .250
Dave Kingman          21   83   13   19   1   3   6   22   6   0    4   26  .229
Dave Rader            11   31    3    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .226
Ken Henderson         20   70    6   15   3   0   3    9   2   2    8   14  .214
Garry Maddox          11   38    4    7   2   1   0    4   1   0    3   12  .184
Willie Mays           18   48    8    8   2   0   0    3   3   0   17    5  .167
Fran Healy            15   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             16   62   10   23   4   1   2   13   0   0    4    9  .371
Matty Alou            18   73    8   25   3   0   0    4   3   2    4    3  .343
Jerry McNertney        7   13    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .308
Lou Brock             18   77    8   23   1   1   0    7   7   2    5   15  .299
Ed Crosby             17   54    6   16   0   0   0    6   0   0    4    3  .296
Ted Simmons           16   62    8   18   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    7  .290
Luis Melendez         16   21    6    6   1   1   1    1   0   0    2    1  .286
Jose Cruz             17   54    6   14   2   1   0    6   1   0    5    5  .259
Joe Hague             16   47    5   11   4   1   1    7   0   0   13    7  .234
Ted Sizemore          17   74    8   16   1   0   0    6   1   0    2    7  .216
Donn Clendenon        11   17    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .000
Dal Maxvill           11   17    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Mike Fiore             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)          90
  F. Millan (ATL)          88
  B. Bonds (SF)            85
  R. Garr (ATL)            84
  D. Kingman (SF)          83
  C. Speier (SF)           83
  G. Beckert (CHI)         82
  L. Bowa (PHI)            81
  B. Williams (CHI)        81
  W. Davis (LA)            80

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            17
  W. Davis (LA)            16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  J. Wynn (HOU)            16
  B. Tolan (CIN)           15
  B. Williams (CHI)        15
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        14
  N. Colbert (SD)          14
  J. Hickman (CHI)         14
  B. Watson (HOU)          14

Hits:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           30
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      28
  A. Oliver (PIT)          26
  M. Alou (STL)            25
  B. Bonds (SF)            25
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  R. Garr (ATL)            25
  W. Davis (LA)            24
  J. Wynn (HOU)            24
  L. Brock (STL)           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:

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

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          22
  B. Tolan (CIN)           19
  J. Wynn (HOU)            19
  N. Colbert (SD)          15
  W. Davis (LA)            14
  L. May (HOU)             14
  H. Aaron (ATL)           13
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        13
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      13
  D. Rader (HOU)           13

Stolen Bases:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           10
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8
  L. Brock (STL)            7
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  D. Kingman (SF)           6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  R. Garr (ATL)             4
  E. Hernandez (SD)         4
  R. Monday (CHI)           4

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)             17
  R. Monday (CHI)          17
  R. Carty (ATL)           15
  J. Hague (STL)           13
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  D. Menke (CIN)           12
  B. Robertson (PIT)       12
  J. Wynn (HOU)            12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  R. Metzger (HOU)         11

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          26
  T. Perez (CIN)           22
  L. May (HOU)             20
  J. Jeter (SD)            19
  M. Anderson (PHI)        18
  N. Colbert (SD)          16
  K. Singleton (MON)       16
  W. Stargell (PIT)        16
  L. Brock (STL)           15
  C. Jones (NY)            15


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report