Sunday May 7, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 7, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       675   83   190   39    6   13    77    4    4   52   100  .282
St. Louis        658   76   180   21    5    6    70   14    4   48    87  .274
Los Angeles      692   86   182   24    2   17    82    7    6   56    90  .263
Philadelphia     675   75   177   34    5   17    69    4    6   63   126  .262
Houston          623   96   162   25    5   19    91    9    7   68   104  .260
New York         610   70   157   25    5   12    64    3    4   56    99  .257
Chicago          646   93   165   27    5   18    86   12    6   70    98  .255
Atlanta          712   84   181   24    1   20    80    7    3   80    97  .254
Cincinnati       659   92   164   29    6   18    84   23    5   77   107  .249
San Francisco    735   92   166   32   10   20    88   23    6   80   144  .226
San Diego        686   58   153   26    4   11    55   12   12   53   122  .223
Montreal         553   54   117   18    3    4    50   15    8   60    95  .212

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        19   74   17   31   7   3   4   20  10   1    9    5  .419
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       15   63   11   25   5   1   0    7   8   1    7    2  .397
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   18   75    8   28   4   2   1   11   1   0    2   10  .373
Joe Torre (STL)          17   65   10   24   4   1   2   13   0   0    5    9  .369
Al Oliver (PIT)          18   78    8   28   6   1   1   13   0   0    3    7  .359
Rico Carty (ATL)         19   51    8   18   3   0   2    7   0   0   15    6  .353
Jim Wynn (HOU)           18   69   16   24   3   1   6   19   0   2   12   13  .348
Matty Alou (STL)         19   76    8   26   3   0   0    5   3   2    4    3  .342
Rick Monday (CHI)        18   47   11   16   1   1   1    6   4   1   17   13  .340
Lou Brock (STL)          19   81    9   26   1   1   0    7   9   2    5   15  .321

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Orlando Cepeda         8   28    1   12   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    5  .429
Rico Carty            19   51    8   18   3   0   2    7   0   0   15    6  .353
Oscar Brown           10   12    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .333
Ralph Garr            21   88   14   28   3   0   3   12   5   2    5    6  .318
Jim Breazeale         10   13    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Marty Perez           21   76    7   21   3   0   0    5   0   1    5    8  .276
Hank Aaron            17   63   10   17   1   0   6   13   0   0   12   12  .270
Felix Millan          21   93    8   25   3   1   0   11   1   0    7    6  .269
Earl Williams         21   76    9   18   3   0   3    8   0   0   11   12  .237
Darrell Evans         18   60    9   14   1   0   3   11   1   0   11    5  .233
Mike Lum              18   48    5    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    8    5  .167
Paul Casanova          8   22    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .136
Dusty Baker           15   29    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    8  .103
Gil Garrido            2    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           19   74   17   31   7   3   4   20  10   1    9    5  .419
Julian Javier          6   16    1    5   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .313
Dave Concepcion       19   69    7   18   1   0   1   13   3   0    4   11  .261
Denis Menke           19   66    9   17   4   0   2    7   0   1   12   11  .258
Tony Perez            17   66    7   17   1   0   3   11   0   0    6   23  .258
Joe Morgan            19   76   17   19   2   2   3    9   9   1   11    4  .250
George Foster          5   12    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Pete Rose             19   83   12   20   2   1   0    6   0   1    8    4  .241
Johnny Bench          18   68    8   15   3   0   4   11   0   0   11   11  .221
Cesar Geronimo        16   25    4    5   3   0   1    2   0   1    3    8  .200
Ted Uhlaender         13   33    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .182
Bernie Carbo          17   20    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .150
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          16   32    4   16   3   0   2   11   0   2    3    5  .500
Chris Cannizzaro       8   26    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .346
Frank Robinson        18   59    7   18   3   0   1   10   1   1    9   11  .305
Manny Mota            16   46   11   14   0   1   1    9   1   0    1    1  .304
Steve Garvey          20   70   13   21   3   0   1    4   1   1    5    5  .300
Wes Parker            17   60    5   18   1   0   0    5   0   0    8    2  .300
Willie Davis          20   86   16   25   3   0   4   14   2   1    3   11  .291
Jim Lefebvre          20   76    6   21   4   0   2   12   0   0    8   11  .276
Willie Crawford       15   43    5   11   2   0   4    7   1   0    4    9  .256
Dick Dietz             9   20    2    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    4    2  .200
Bill Buckner          11   30    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .167
Duke Sims              8   26    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .154
Maury Wills           15   51    3    6   1   1   0    0   0   1    2    6  .118
Billy Grabarkewitz     5    8    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         17   59   10   17   1   1   2   11   2   1   11   17  .288
Clyde Mashore         12   23    5    6   2   0   0    3   1   0    4    4  .261
John Bateman           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Bob Bailey            17   66    8   16   2   1   0    4   4   2    7    8  .242
Tim Foli              17   59    5   14   1   1   0    6   2   0    2    3  .237
Mike Jorgensen        17   55    8   12   2   0   2    5   3   2   11   15  .218
Ron Woods             12   28    2    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    2    6  .214
Ron Hunt              17   63    7   12   4   0   0    4   1   0   10    7  .191
John Boccabella       16   55    4   10   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    9  .182
Boots Day             12   38    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .158
Ron Fairly            13   42    2    6   1   0   0    3   1   1    6    6  .143
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
Duffy Dyer             2    4    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .500
Wayne Garrett          2    2    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
John Milner            7    9    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .444
Cleon Jones           17   66    7   21   2   0   2   12   0   0    4   15  .318
Ted Martinez           7   24    6    7   1   1   0    1   0   0    0    2  .292
Rusty Staub           18   69    9   20   2   0   1    5   0   0   10    6  .290
Tommie Agee           18   70   14   20   6   0   3   11   1   2    8   14  .286
Jerry Grote           17   54    3   15   3   1   1    5   0   0    8    4  .278
Jim Fregosi           18   68   10   18   3   2   2    8   0   0    8   11  .265
Ed Kranepool          17   51    6   13   3   0   2   10   0   0    4    8  .255
Bud Harrelson         18   73    8   18   2   0   1    3   2   2    5    9  .247
Ken Boswell           13   52    3    9   0   1   0    2   0   0    5    3  .173
Jim Beauchamp          6   16    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .125
Don Hahn               5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Dave Marshall          5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .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
Terry Harmon           9   24    8   11   1   1   0    3   0   1    4    0  .458
Tommy Hutton          13   42    5   16   1   1   0    5   0   0    3    6  .381
Roger Freed            3    8    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .375
Greg Luzinski         20   74   12   23   4   1   5    9   0   0    9   12  .311
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       19   70    8   20   8   1   1    8   0   0   10   16  .286
Larry Bowa            20   84   10   21   2   0   0    3   2   1    2    9  .250
Tim McCarver          16   60    7   15   4   0   2    7   0   1    3    7  .250
Mike Ryan              6   21    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .238
Deron Johnson         10   39    3    8   1   1   2   11   0   0    3   11  .205
Don Money             20   71    5   14   4   0   3    7   1   2   11   15  .197
Mike Anderson         20   64    3   12   4   0   1    3   1   0    8   19  .188
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       16   53   10   21   3   2   1    9   0   2    0    3  .396
Manny Sanguillen      18   75    8   28   4   2   1   11   1   0    2   10  .373
Al Oliver             18   78    8   28   6   1   1   13   0   0    3    7  .359
Gene Alley            13   31    3   11   2   0   0    7   0   1    7    4  .355
Vic Davalillo         11   17    3    6   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .353
Roberto Clemente      17   70   14   22   5   0   1    5   0   0    7    7  .314
Richie Hebner         18   67   11   21   5   0   3    8   0   0    5    7  .313
Dave Cash             11   49    8   13   2   0   0    1   1   1    3    4  .265
Willie Stargell       16   61    8   16   5   0   4   14   0   0    6   17  .262
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         15   54    3    6   2   0   1    4   0   0   13   15  .111
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
Bill Mazeroski         1    1    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
Leron Lee             15   47    6   18   3   2   1    5   1   3    7    3  .383
Garry Jestadt          8   12    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Fred Kendall          10   31    3    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .290
Johnny Jeter          19   67    8   19   1   0   3    6   2   4    3   19  .284
Jerry Morales         10   18    2    5   1   1   0    2   1   0    3    4  .278
Cito Gaston           13   34    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .265
Nate Colbert          21   77   14   20   3   1   6   16   1   0    9   18  .260
Dave Campbell         18   59    3   12   4   0   0    2   0   2    5    9  .203
Derrel Thomas         19   71    5   14   4   0   1    9   2   3    8   16  .197
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
Ollie Brown           20   61    2   11   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    8  .180
Larry Stahl           12   31    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .161
Enzo Hernandez        19   69    9   11   3   0   0    1   4   0    2    4  .159
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            2    5    0    2   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .400
Willie McCovey         4   12    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Bobby Bonds           22   89   18   27   6   3   3   13   6   0    4   13  .303
Jim Howarth           11   10    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    7    3  .300
Chris Arnold          11   23    2    6   2   0   0    0   0   1    7    3  .261
Tito Fuentes          22   94    9   24   5   1   1    4   2   1    3    7  .255
Chris Speier          22   87   10   22   5   1   3   11   2   0    9   16  .253
Al Gallagher          11   33    3    8   0   0   1    2   0   0    8    5  .242
Dave Kingman          22   86   13   20   1   3   6   22   6   1    5   28  .233
Dave Rader            11   31    3    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .226
Ken Henderson         21   74    6   15   3   0   3    9   2   2    8   15  .203
Garry Maddox          12   41    5    8   2   1   0    4   1   0    3   13  .195
Willie Mays           18   48    8    8   2   0   0    3   3   0   17    5  .167
Fran Healy            16   45    3    4   0   0   1    7   0   1    5   12  .089
Bernie Williams        4    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Jimmy Rosario          4    2    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         4    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Joe Torre             17   65   10   24   4   1   2   13   0   0    5    9  .369
Matty Alou            19   76    8   26   3   0   0    5   3   2    4    3  .342
Mike Fiore             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Lou Brock             19   81    9   26   1   1   0    7   9   2    5   15  .321
Ed Crosby             18   58    7   18   0   0   0    6   0   0    4    3  .310
Jerry McNertney        7   13    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .308
Ted Simmons           17   66    9   19   3   0   1    7   0   0    4    8  .288
Joe Hague             17   51    6   14   4   1   2    9   0   0   13    7  .275
Jose Cruz             18   55    6   15   2   1   0    7   1   0    5    5  .273
Luis Melendez         17   24    6    6   1   1   1    1   0   0    2    1  .250
Ted Sizemore          17   74    8   16   1   0   0    6   1   0    2    7  .216
Dal Maxvill           12   20    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .000
Donn Clendenon        11   17    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)          94
  F. Millan (ATL)          93
  B. Bonds (SF)            89
  R. Garr (ATL)            88
  C. Speier (SF)           87
  W. Davis (LA)            86
  D. Kingman (SF)          86
  L. Bowa (PHI)            84
  P. Rose (CIN)            83
  G. Beckert (CHI)         82

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            18
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  B. Tolan (CIN)           17
  W. Davis (LA)            16
  J. Wynn (HOU)            16
  B. Williams (CHI)        15
  T. Agee (NY)             14
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        14
  R. Clemente (PIT)        14
  N. Colbert (SD)          14

Hits:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           31
  R. Garr (ATL)            28
  A. Oliver (PIT)          28
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      28
  B. Bonds (SF)            27
  M. Alou (STL)            26
  L. Brock (STL)           26
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  W. Davis (LA)            25
  F. Millan (ATL)          25

Doubles:

  W. Montanez (PHI)         8
  B. Tolan (CIN)            7
  T. Agee (NY)              6
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  A. Oliver (PIT)           6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  R. Clemente (PIT)         5
  T. Fuentes (SF)           5
  R. Hebner (PIT)           5

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          22
  B. Tolan (CIN)           20
  J. Wynn (HOU)            19
  N. Colbert (SD)          16
  W. Davis (LA)            14
  L. May (HOU)             14
  W. Stargell (PIT)        14
  H. Aaron (ATL)           13
  B. Bonds (SF)            13
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        13

Stolen Bases:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           10
  L. Brock (STL)            9
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  D. Kingman (SF)           6
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  B. Bailey (MON)           4
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  E. Hernandez (SD)         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
  D. Campbell (SD)          2
  J. Edwards (HOU)          2

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          28
  T. Perez (CIN)           23
  L. May (HOU)             20
  M. Anderson (PHI)        19
  J. Jeter (SD)            19
  N. Colbert (SD)          18
  K. Singleton (MON)       17
  W. Stargell (PIT)        17
  W. Montanez (PHI)        16
  C. Speier (SF)           16

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