Tuesday May 9, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 9, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       711   88   201   40    7   15    82    6    4   57   103  .283
St. Louis        686   78   186   24    5    6    72   14    4   52    95  .271
Philadelphia     675   75   177   34    5   17    69    4    6   63   126  .262
Chicago          685  100   179   30    5   19    93   12    7   75   101  .261
Los Angeles      724   91   189   25    2   18    87    7    7   57    99  .261
New York         610   70   157   25    5   12    64    3    4   56    99  .257
Houston          657   97   168   25    5   19    92   11    7   71   109  .256
Atlanta          745   86   187   25    1   20    82    7    3   81   100  .251
Cincinnati       692   93   169   31    6   18    85   23    5   77   112  .244
San Francisco    769   93   175   32   10   20    89   23    6   83   147  .228
San Diego        686   58   153   26    4   11    55   12   12   53   122  .223
Montreal         622   63   135   20    4    4    56   15   10   65   103  .217

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        20   78   17   32   7   3   4   20  10   1    9    5  .410
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       16   67   11   27   5   1   0    8   8   1    7    4  .403
Rick Monday (CHI)        19   52   12   20   2   1   2    7   4   2   17   13  .385
Joe Torre (STL)          18   69   10   26   5   1   2   14   0   0    5   10  .377
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   19   80    8   30   4   2   1   11   1   0    2   10  .375
Matty Alou (STL)         20   77    8   27   3   0   0    6   3   2    4    3  .351
Jim Wynn (HOU)           19   73   16   25   3   1   6   19   1   2   12   13  .343
Al Oliver (PIT)          19   83    8   28   6   1   1   13   0   0    3    7  .337
Rico Carty (ATL)         20   55    8   18   3   0   2    7   0   0   15    7  .327
Richie Hebner (PIT)      19   69   11   22   5   0   3    9   0   0    8    7  .319

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Orlando Cepeda         9   32    2   14   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    5  .438
Oscar Brown           10   12    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .333
Rico Carty            20   55    8   18   3   0   2    7   0   0   15    7  .327
Jim Breazeale         10   13    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Ralph Garr            22   92   14   28   3   0   3   12   5   2    5    6  .304
Hank Aaron            17   63   10   17   1   0   6   13   0   0   12   12  .270
Felix Millan          22   97    9   26   3   1   0   11   1   0    7    6  .268
Marty Perez           22   79    7   21   3   0   0    5   0   1    5    8  .266
Earl Williams         22   80    9   19   4   0   3    9   0   0   11   13  .238
Darrell Evans         19   63    9   14   1   0   3   11   1   0   12    5  .222
Mike Lum              19   52    5    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    8    5  .173
Paul Casanova          8   22    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .136
Dusty Baker           16   30    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    8  .133
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           15   51   14   20   1   0   5   13   1   0    6    4  .392
Rick Monday           19   52   12   20   2   1   2    7   4   2   17   13  .385
Carmen Fanzone        10   15    4    5   2   0   2    6   0   0    2    5  .333
Billy Williams        20   85   15   25   4   1   2   12   1   0    6    7  .294
Ron Santo             18   68   13   20   3   0   5   12   0   1    7   11  .294
Jose Cardenal         18   69   14   19   5   2   2   13   4   3    7    5  .275
Randy Hundley         18   62    3   17   6   0   0    8   0   0    8    9  .274
Don Kessinger         20   72   11   17   4   0   0    6   0   0   11    7  .236
Glenn Beckert         20   85    7   19   2   1   1   10   0   1    3    1  .224
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           20   78   17   32   7   3   4   20  10   1    9    5  .410
Julian Javier          6   16    1    5   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .313
Joe Morgan            20   80   18   21   4   2   3    9   9   1   11    4  .263
Dave Concepcion       20   72    7   18   1   0   1   13   3   0    4   11  .250
Denis Menke           20   70    9   17   4   0   2    7   0   1   12   12  .243
Tony Perez            18   70    7   17   1   0   3   11   0   0    6   23  .243
Pete Rose             20   87   12   21   2   1   0    6   0   1    8    4  .241
George Foster          6   13    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .231
Johnny Bench          19   72    8   16   3   0   4   12   0   0   11   11  .222
Cesar Geronimo        17   28    4    5   3   0   1    2   0   1    3   10  .179
Ted Uhlaender         14   34    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .177
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          16   67   11   27   5   1   0    8   8   1    7    4  .403
Jim Wynn              19   73   16   25   3   1   6   19   1   2   12   13  .343
Jesus Alou             5    9    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Johnny Edwards        17   58   11   18   4   0   3    9   0   2    8    9  .310
Norm Miller           10   13    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .308
Lee May               19   77   10   22   2   0   4   14   0   1    8   20  .286
Bob Watson            19   70   14   18   2   0   2   10   0   0   10   11  .257
Doug Rader            19   74    8   19   4   2   2   13   1   0    5   12  .257
Jack Hiatt             3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Tommy Helms           19   75    8   14   1   0   2    9   0   0    4    3  .187
Roger Metzger         19   77   13   11   1   1   0    5   1   1   11    7  .143
Jimmy Stewart          6    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
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
Manny Mota            16   46   11   14   0   1   1    9   1   0    1    1  .304
Steve Garvey          21   73   15   22   3   0   2    6   1   1    5    5  .301
Wes Parker            17   60    5   18   1   0   0    5   0   0    8    2  .300
Willie Crawford       16   47    6   14   2   0   4    7   1   1    4    9  .298
Willie Davis          21   90   17   26   3   0   4   14   2   1    3   13  .289
Frank Robinson        19   63    7   18   3   0   1   10   1   1    9   14  .286
Jim Lefebvre          21   79    6   21   4   0   2   13   0   0    8   11  .266
Dick Dietz            10   23    3    5   1   0   0    4   1   0    5    2  .217
Duke Sims              8   26    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .154
Bill Buckner          12   34    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .147
Maury Wills           16   55    3    6   1   1   0    0   0   1    2    7  .109
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
Clyde Mashore         14   24    5    7   2   0   0    3   1   0    4    4  .292
Ron Woods             13   32    2    9   1   0   0    1   1   2    3    6  .281
Ken Singleton         19   67   11   18   1   1   2   11   2   2   12   19  .269
Mike Jorgensen        19   64   10   15   2   0   2    6   3   2   11   16  .234
Bob Bailey            19   74   10   17   2   1   0    4   4   2    8    9  .230
Tim Foli              19   65    5   14   1   1   0    7   2   0    2    4  .215
John Boccabella       18   63    6   13   2   1   0    2   0   1    2    9  .206
John Bateman           5    5    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Ron Hunt              19   71    8   14   5   0   0    5   1   0   11    7  .197
Ron Fairly            15   48    3    8   1   0   0    4   1   1    7    6  .167
Boots Day             13   42    1    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    7  .167
Hector Torres          4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Bobby Wine            11    2    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
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      19   80    8   30   4   2   1   11   1   0    2   10  .375
Gene Alley            14   34    3   12   2   0   0    7   1   1    7    4  .353
Al Oliver             19   83    8   28   6   1   1   13   0   0    3    7  .337
Vic Davalillo         12   18    3    6   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .333
Richie Hebner         19   69   11   22   5   0   3    9   0   0    8    7  .319
Roberto Clemente      18   75   15   23   5   1   1    6   0   0    7    7  .307
Dave Cash             12   53   10   16   3   0   1    3   2   1    4    4  .302
Willie Stargell       17   66    9   19   5   0   5   15   0   0    6   18  .288
Jackie Hernandez      11   26    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .192
Gene Clines           13   28    2    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    2    7  .143
Bob Robertson         16   57    4    6   2   0   1    4   0   0   14   16  .105
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           23   92   18   28   6   3   3   14   6   0    5   13  .304
Tito Fuentes          23   98   10   26   5   1   1    4   2   1    3    8  .265
Chris Speier          23   92   10   23   5   1   3   11   2   0    9   16  .250
Chris Arnold          12   24    2    6   2   0   0    0   0   1    7    3  .250
Jim Howarth           12   12    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    9    3  .250
Al Gallagher          12   37    3    9   0   0   1    2   0   0    8    5  .243
Dave Kingman          23   90   13   21   1   3   6   22   6   1    5   29  .233
Dave Rader            12   35    3    8   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .229
Ken Henderson         22   78    6   16   3   0   3    9   2   2    8   16  .205
Garry Maddox          12   41    5    8   2   1   0    4   1   0    3   13  .195
Willie Mays           19   49    8    9   2   0   0    3   3   0   17    5  .184
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             18   69   10   26   5   1   2   14   0   0    5   10  .377
Matty Alou            20   77    8   27   3   0   0    6   3   2    4    3  .351
Mike Fiore             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Lou Brock             20   85   10   27   2   1   0    7   9   2    5   15  .318
Ed Crosby             19   61    7   19   0   0   0    6   0   0    4    3  .312
Jerry McNertney        7   13    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .308
Joe Hague             18   54    6   15   5   1   2    9   0   0   14    9  .278
Ted Simmons           18   69    9   19   3   0   1    7   0   0    5    9  .275
Jose Cruz             19   59    7   15   2   1   0    7   1   0    5    6  .254
Luis Melendez         18   27    6    6   1   1   1    1   0   0    2    1  .222
Ted Sizemore          17   74    8   16   1   0   0    6   1   0    2    7  .216
Dal Maxvill           13   21    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .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)          98
  F. Millan (ATL)          97
  B. Bonds (SF)            92
  R. Garr (ATL)            92
  C. Speier (SF)           92
  W. Davis (LA)            90
  D. Kingman (SF)          90
  P. Rose (CIN)            87
  G. Beckert (CHI)         85
  L. Brock (STL)           85

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           32
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      30
  B. Bonds (SF)            28
  R. Garr (ATL)            28
  A. Oliver (PIT)          28
  M. Alou (STL)            27
  L. Brock (STL)           27
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          27
  W. Davis (LA)            26
  T. Fuentes (SF)          26

Doubles:

  W. Montanez (PHI)         8
  B. Tolan (CIN)            7
  T. Agee (NY)              6
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  R. Hundley (CHI)          6
  A. Oliver (PIT)           6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  R. Clemente (PIT)         5
  T. Fuentes (SF)           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
  W. Stargell (PIT)         5
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  W. Crawford (LA)          4

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          22
  B. Tolan (CIN)           20
  J. Wynn (HOU)            19
  N. Colbert (SD)          16
  W. Stargell (PIT)        15
  B. Bonds (SF)            14
  W. Davis (LA)            14
  L. May (HOU)             14
  J. Torre (STL)           14
  H. Aaron (ATL)           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)           14
  B. Robertson (PIT)       14
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  D. Evans (ATL)           12
  D. Menke (CIN)           12
  K. Singleton (MON)       12
  J. Wynn (HOU)            12

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          29
  T. Perez (CIN)           23
  L. May (HOU)             20
  M. Anderson (PHI)        19
  J. Jeter (SD)            19
  K. Singleton (MON)       19
  N. Colbert (SD)          18
  W. Stargell (PIT)        18
  K. Henderson (SF)        16
  M. Jorgensen (MON)       16

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