Thursday May 11, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 11, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       746   92   210   43    7   17    86    6    4   57   107  .282
St. Louis        749   89   203   26    5    7    80   16    5   63   106  .271
Philadelphia     747   84   194   38    6   17    78    5    7   82   146  .260
Houston          730  110   189   26    8   21   105   14    7   78   124  .259
Atlanta          783   94   202   29    1   20    89    8    4   84   103  .258
Los Angeles      839  101   216   30    3   21    97    9    9   64   123  .257
Chicago          719  104   185   31    5   19    97   12    7   81   107  .257
New York         724   80   183   28    6   14    73    4    4   66   114  .253
Cincinnati       729   95   177   33    6   18    87   29    5   81   118  .243
San Francisco    842  106   199   38   10   20   102   26    6   87   162  .236
San Diego        765   68   173   29    5   15    63   14   13   56   133  .226
Montreal         691   68   154   24    4    5    61   15   12   67   118  .223

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        21   83   17   33   8   3   4   21  11   1    9    5  .398
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       18   76   14   30   5   1   0    9   9   1    8    5  .395
Rick Monday (CHI)        20   56   13   21   2   1   2    8   4   2   17   14  .375
Joe Torre (STL)          20   77   11   28   6   1   2   15   0   0    6   12  .364
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   20   84    8   30   4   2   1   11   1   0    2   12  .357
Matty Alou (STL)         21   78    8   27   3   0   0    6   3   2    4    3  .346
Al Oliver (PIT)          20   87    9   30   7   1   2   16   0   0    3    7  .345
Jim Wynn (HOU)           21   82   17   27   4   1   6   19   1   2   13   14  .329
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   19   79   15   26   6   1   1    6   0   0    7    7  .329
Rico Carty (ATL)         20   55    8   18   3   0   2    7   0   0   15    7  .327

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Orlando Cepeda        10   37    2   14   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    6  .378
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
Ralph Garr            23   97   15   31   3   0   3   12   5   3    5    6  .320
Jim Breazeale         10   13    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Hank Aaron            18   66   11   19   1   0   6   14   1   0   14   12  .288
Felix Millan          23  101   10   28   4   1   0   12   1   0    8    6  .277
Earl Williams         23   85   11   22   4   0   3   11   0   0   11   13  .259
Marty Perez           23   83    8   21   3   0   0    6   0   1    5    9  .253
Darrell Evans         20   67    9   16   1   0   3   12   1   0   12    6  .239
Mike Lum              20   55    5   10   2   0   0    0   0   0    8    5  .182
Dusty Baker           17   31    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    8  .161
Paul Casanova          8   22    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .136
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
Carmen Fanzone        11   18    5    7   3   0   2    8   0   0    3    5  .389
Jim Hickman           16   56   15   21   1   0   5   13   1   0    6    6  .375
Rick Monday           20   56   13   21   2   1   2    8   4   2   17   14  .375
Ron Santo             18   68   13   20   3   0   5   12   0   1    7   11  .294
Billy Williams        21   90   16   25   4   1   2   12   1   0    6    7  .278
Randy Hundley         19   63    3   17   6   0   0    8   0   0   11   10  .270
Jose Cardenal         19   72   14   19   5   2   2   13   4   3    8    5  .264
Glenn Beckert         21   89    7   20   2   1   1   10   0   1    4    1  .225
Don Kessinger         21   77   11   17   4   0   0    6   0   0   11    8  .221
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            7    9    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           21   83   17   33   8   3   4   21  11   1    9    5  .398
Julian Javier          7   16    1    5   2   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .313
Joe Morgan            21   84   19   23   4   2   3    9  12   1   12    4  .274
Dave Concepcion       21   76    7   20   1   0   1   13   5   0    4   11  .263
Tony Perez            19   74    7   19   1   0   3   11   0   0    7   24  .257
Pete Rose             21   92   13   22   3   1   0    6   0   1    8    4  .239
George Foster          6   13    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .231
Denis Menke           21   74    9   17   4   0   2    7   0   1   12   14  .230
Johnny Bench          20   77    8   16   3   0   4   13   0   0   11   13  .208
Ted Uhlaender         15   35    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .171
Cesar Geronimo        18   30    4    5   3   0   1    2   0   1    4   11  .167
Bernie Carbo          17   20    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .150
Hal McRae              8    7    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
Bobby Fenwick          2    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .400
Cesar Cedeno          18   76   14   30   5   1   0    9   9   1    8    5  .395
Jesus Alou             5    9    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Jim Wynn              21   82   17   27   4   1   6   19   1   2   13   14  .329
Lee May               21   85   14   27   2   2   5   18   0   1   10   21  .318
Johnny Edwards        19   65   12   19   4   0   3    9   0   2    9   10  .292
Norm Miller           11   14    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Bob Watson            21   78   14   20   2   0   2   13   0   0   10   12  .256
Jack Hiatt             3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Jimmy Stewart          7    8    1    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Doug Rader            21   81    8   20   4   2   2   13   1   0    6   15  .247
Tommy Helms           20   79    9   15   1   0   2   10   0   0    4    3  .190
Roger Metzger         21   86   16   14   1   1   1    6   3   1   12    8  .163
Bob Stinson            3    3    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          19   41    4   19   4   0   2   13   0   2    3    7  .463
Chris Cannizzaro       9   30    6   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    4    7  .333
Willie Crawford       18   55    8   17   3   1   5    8   1   1    4   10  .309
Steve Garvey          22   76   15   23   3   0   2    6   1   1    6    5  .303
Manny Mota            18   53   11   16   1   1   1    9   1   0    1    2  .302
Wes Parker            20   70    6   21   1   0   0    7   0   0    9    3  .300
Willie Davis          24  103   18   30   4   0   5   15   3   1    3   13  .291
Frank Robinson        21   73    8   20   3   0   2   12   1   1    9   16  .274
Jim Lefebvre          22   85    6   21   4   0   2   13   0   0    8   14  .247
Dick Dietz            11   29    3    5   1   0   0    4   1   0    5    3  .172
Bill Buckner          14   41    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    3  .171
Duke Sims              9   30    2    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    5  .167
Maury Wills           17   60    4    7   1   1   0    0   1   1    3    9  .117
Bobby Valentine        9    9    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .111
Billy Grabarkewitz     8   16    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    7  .063

 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
John Bateman           6    9    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .444
Jim Fairey             6    9    0    4   1   0   0    5   0   0    0    1  .444
Bobby Wine            13    6    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Clyde Mashore         16   32    5   10   2   0   0    5   1   0    4    5  .313
Ken Singleton         21   74   12   20   2   1   2   11   2   3   13   23  .270
Mike Jorgensen        21   73   11   19   3   0   2    7   3   3   11   18  .260
Bob Bailey            21   82   11   20   2   1   1    5   4   2    8   10  .244
Ron Woods             15   40    2    9   1   0   0    1   1   2    3    8  .225
Tim Foli              20   66    5   14   1   1   0    7   2   0    2    4  .212
John Boccabella       19   66    6   13   2   1   0    2   0   1    3   11  .197
Ron Hunt              21   79    9   15   5   0   0    5   1   0   11    8  .190
Ron Fairly            16   49    3    9   1   0   0    5   1   1    7    6  .184
Boots Day             13   42    1    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    7  .167
Hector Torres          6    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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
Duffy Dyer             4    7    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .429
John Milner            9   14    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .357
Ted Martinez           9   35    7   11   1   2   0    2   0   0    0    3  .314
Cleon Jones           20   80    8   25   2   0   2   13   0   0    4   17  .313
Tommie Agee           20   79   15   23   7   0   3   13   1   2   10   16  .291
Rusty Staub           21   82   10   23   2   0   2    7   0   0   11    6  .281
Jim Fregosi           21   80   11   21   4   2   2    8   0   0    9   13  .263
Ed Kranepool          18   54    7   14   3   0   3   11   0   0    4    8  .259
Jerry Grote           19   62    3   15   3   1   1    6   0   0    9    4  .242
Bud Harrelson         21   87   10   21   2   0   1    3   3   2    7    9  .241
Ken Boswell           14   55    3    9   0   1   0    2   0   0    6    3  .164
Jim Beauchamp          8   26    1    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .154
Don Hahn               7    6    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
Terry Harmon          10   25    9   11   1   1   0    3   0   1    5    0  .440
Byron Browne           6    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .400
Tommy Hutton          15   51    6   17   1   1   0    5   0   0    4    6  .333
Denny Doyle           17   55    5   17   3   0   0    8   0   1    6    5  .309
Greg Luzinski         22   85   13   26   5   2   5   11   0   0    9   13  .306
Roger Freed            5   10    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .300
Willie Montanez       21   81    8   21   8   1   1    9   0   0   10   19  .259
Don Money             22   78    7   20   5   0   3    8   1   2   14   15  .256
Larry Bowa            22   91   12   23   2   0   0    3   3   1    5   10  .253
Ron Stone             10   12    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Tim McCarver          18   67    8   16   5   0   2    8   0   2    7    9  .239
Mike Ryan              6   21    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .238
Deron Johnson         12   39    3    8   1   1   2   12   0   0    4   11  .205
Mike Anderson         22   69    4   13   4   0   1    4   1   0   11   23  .188
Pete Koegel            5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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      20   84    8   30   4   2   1   11   1   0    2   12  .357
Al Oliver             20   87    9   30   7   1   2   16   0   0    3    7  .345
Vic Davalillo         12   18    3    6   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .333
Roberto Clemente      19   79   15   26   6   1   1    6   0   0    7    7  .329
Gene Alley            15   38    3   12   2   0   0    7   1   1    7    4  .316
Richie Hebner         20   73   11   23   5   0   3    9   0   0    8    7  .315
Dave Cash             13   57   11   17   4   0   1    3   2   1    4    4  .298
Willie Stargell       18   70    9   19   5   0   5   15   0   0    6   19  .271
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
Jose Pagan            10   14    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Bob Robertson         17   61    5    7   2   0   2    5   0   0   14   17  .115
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             16   51    7   20   3   2   1    5   1   3    7    3  .392
Garry Jestadt          9   13    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .308
Johnny Jeter          21   75    9   21   1   1   4    7   3   4    4   20  .280
Nate Colbert          23   87   18   24   5   1   8   19   1   0    9   19  .276
Fred Kendall          12   40    4   11   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .275
Cito Gaston           13   34    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .265
Jerry Morales         12   24    2    6   1   1   0    2   1   1    3    4  .250
Dave Campbell         20   66    4   16   4   0   0    2   0   2    6    9  .242
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        21   79   10   14   4   0   0    2   5   0    2    4  .177
Derrel Thomas         21   80    5   14   4   0   1    9   2   3    8   18  .175
Ollie Brown           22   70    3   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    9  .171
Larry Stahl           13   31    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .161
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           25  101   19   30   7   3   3   16   6   0    5   15  .297
Al Gallagher          14   45    6   13   0   0   1    2   0   0    8    6  .289
Tito Fuentes          25  106   11   29   5   1   1    6   4   1    3    9  .274
Chris Speier          25   99   11   26   5   1   3   12   2   0   12   16  .263
Dave Rader            14   43    4   11   3   0   1    7   0   0    1    5  .256
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
Garry Maddox          14   49    8   12   3   1   0    7   1   0    3   15  .245
Dave Kingman          25   99   14   24   3   3   6   24   6   1    5   32  .242
Ken Henderson         24   86    8   17   3   0   3    9   3   2    9   17  .198
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         6    3    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .667
Joe Torre             20   77   11   28   6   1   2   15   0   0    6   12  .364
Matty Alou            21   78    8   27   3   0   0    6   3   2    4    3  .346
Mike Fiore             4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Lou Brock             22   94   11   30   2   1   0    7  10   3    5   16  .319
Ed Crosby             21   66    7   19   0   0   0    6   0   0    4    5  .288
Jerry McNertney        8   14    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .286
Joe Hague             19   54    6   15   5   1   2   10   0   0   15    9  .278
Ted Simmons           20   76   11   21   3   0   2   11   0   0    6    9  .276
Jose Cruz             21   65    9   17   2   1   0    8   1   0    8    8  .262
Ted Sizemore          18   76    9   17   1   0   0    6   1   0    2    7  .224
Luis Melendez         20   35    7    7   1   1   1    1   0   0    3    2  .200
Donn Clendenon        13   24    2    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    7  .125
Dal Maxvill           15   24    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .042

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)         106
  W. Davis (LA)           103
  B. Bonds (SF)           101
  F. Millan (ATL)         101
  D. Kingman (SF)          99
  C. Speier (SF)           99
  R. Garr (ATL)            97
  L. Brock (STL)           94
  P. Rose (CIN)            92
  L. Bowa (PHI)            91

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            19
  J. Morgan (CIN)          19
  N. Colbert (SD)          18
  W. Davis (LA)            18
  B. Tolan (CIN)           17
  J. Wynn (HOU)            17
  R. Metzger (HOU)         16
  B. Williams (CHI)        16
  T. Agee (NY)             15
  R. Clemente (PIT)        15

Hits:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           33
  R. Garr (ATL)            31
  B. Bonds (SF)            30
  L. Brock (STL)           30
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          30
  W. Davis (LA)            30
  A. Oliver (PIT)          30
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      30
  T. Fuentes (SF)          29
  F. Millan (ATL)          28

Doubles:

  W. Montanez (PHI)         8
  B. Tolan (CIN)            8
  T. Agee (NY)              7
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  A. Oliver (PIT)           7
  R. Clemente (PIT)         6
  R. Hundley (CHI)          6
  J. Torre (STL)            6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           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
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         2
  T. Martinez (NY)          2
  L. May (HOU)              2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2

Home Runs:

  N. Colbert (SD)           8
  H. Aaron (ATL)            6
  D. Kingman (SF)           6
  J. Wynn (HOU)             6
  W. Crawford (LA)          5
  W. Davis (LA)             5
  J. Hickman (CHI)          5
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         5
  L. May (HOU)              5
  R. Santo (CHI)            5

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          24
  B. Tolan (CIN)           21
  N. Colbert (SD)          19
  J. Wynn (HOU)            19
  L. May (HOU)             18
  B. Bonds (SF)            16
  A. Oliver (PIT)          16
  W. Davis (LA)            15
  W. Stargell (PIT)        15
  J. Torre (STL)           15

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  B. Tolan (CIN)           11
  L. Brock (STL)           10
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  D. Kingman (SF)           6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       5
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  E. Hernandez (SD)         5
  B. Bailey (MON)           4

Caught Stealing:

  J. Jeter (SD)             4
  L. Brock (STL)            3
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        3
  L. Lee (SD)               3
  K. Singleton (MON)        3
  D. Thomas (SD)            3
  T. Agee (NY)              2
  M. Alou (STL)             2

Walks:

  W. Mays (SF)             17
  R. Monday (CHI)          17
  R. Carty (ATL)           15
  J. Hague (STL)           15
  H. Aaron (ATL)           14
  D. Money (PHI)           14
  B. Robertson (PIT)       14
  K. Singleton (MON)       13
  J. Wynn (HOU)            13
  D. Evans (ATL)           12

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          32
  T. Perez (CIN)           24
  M. Anderson (PHI)        23
  K. Singleton (MON)       23
  L. May (HOU)             21
  J. Jeter (SD)            20
  N. Colbert (SD)          19
  W. Montanez (PHI)        19
  W. Stargell (PIT)        19
  M. Jorgensen (MON)       18

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