Friday May 12, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 12, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       781   96   219   44    8   18    89    6    4   58   113  .280
St. Louis        787   93   215   28    5    8    84   16    5   64   108  .273
Houston          762  112   197   27    8   22   106   14    8   78   128  .259
Los Angeles      879  107   227   33    3   23   103   11    9   69   132  .258
Chicago          749  106   191   33    5   19    99   13    8   82   115  .255
Atlanta          814   94   207   29    1   20    89    9    4   85   107  .254
Philadelphia     779   85   198   40    6   17    79    5    7   83   156  .254
New York         755   82   191   29    6   14    75    4    4   70   119  .253
Cincinnati       760  100   187   36    7   19    92   29    7   84   126  .246
San Francisco    871  107   206   40   10   21   103   26    6   94   168  .237
San Diego        798   73   179   29    5   16    68   14   13   61   137  .224
Montreal         726   71   162   25    4    6    64   15   12   70   125  .223

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        22   87   18   34   8   3   4   21  11   2    9    6  .391
Joe Torre (STL)          21   82   11   31   6   1   2   16   0   0    6   12  .378
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   21   88   10   33   4   3   1   11   1   0    2   12  .375
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       19   80   14   30   5   1   0    9   9   1    8    5  .375
Rick Monday (CHI)        21   60   14   22   3   1   2    8   4   2   17   15  .367
Matty Alou (STL)         22   79    8   28   3   0   0    7   3   2    4    3  .354
Lee May (HOU)            22   89   16   31   3   2   6   19   0   1   10   21  .348
Al Oliver (PIT)          21   91    9   31   7   1   2   16   0   0    3    7  .341
Jim Wynn (HOU)           22   86   17   27   4   1   6   19   1   2   13   15  .314
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   20   83   15   26   6   1   1    6   0   0    7   10  .313

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Orlando Cepeda        11   41    2   15   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    8  .366
Oscar Brown           10   12    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .333
Rico Carty            21   58    8   18   3   0   2    7   0   0   15    7  .310
Jim Breazeale         10   13    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Ralph Garr            24  101   15   31   3   0   3   12   5   3    5    7  .307
Felix Millan          24  105   10   30   4   1   0   12   2   0    8    7  .286
Hank Aaron            19   70   11   19   1   0   6   14   1   0   14   12  .271
Marty Perez           24   86    8   22   3   0   0    6   0   1    5    9  .256
Earl Williams         24   88   11   22   4   0   3   11   0   0   12   13  .250
Darrell Evans         21   70    9   17   1   0   3   12   1   0   12    6  .243
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
Sonny Jackson          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
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
Rick Monday           21   60   14   22   3   1   2    8   4   2   17   15  .367
Jim Hickman           17   60   15   21   1   0   5   13   1   0    6    7  .350
Carmen Fanzone        12   20    5    7   3   0   2    8   0   0    4    7  .350
Ron Santo             18   68   13   20   3   0   5   12   0   1    7   11  .294
Billy Williams        22   94   16   26   4   1   2   12   1   0    6    9  .277
Randy Hundley         20   66    4   18   6   0   0    8   0   0   11   11  .273
Jose Cardenal         20   75   14   20   5   2   2   14   5   4    8    5  .267
Glenn Beckert         22   93    7   22   3   1   1   11   0   1    4    1  .237
Don Kessinger         22   81   11   17   4   0   0    6   0   0   11    8  .210
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           22   87   18   34   8   3   4   21  11   2    9    6  .391
Joe Morgan            22   87   21   25   5   2   4   11  12   2   13    5  .287
Dave Concepcion       22   80    7   22   1   0   1   13   5   0    4   11  .275
Tony Perez            20   78    8   21   3   0   3   13   0   0    7   26  .269
Julian Javier          8   19    1    5   2   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .263
Pete Rose             22   96   14   23   3   1   0    6   0   1    8    4  .240
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          21   81    8   18   3   1   4   14   0   0   11   14  .222
Cesar Geronimo        18   30    4    5   3   0   1    2   0   1    4   11  .167
Ted Uhlaender         16   37    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    3  .162
Bernie Carbo          18   20    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .150
Hal McRae              9    8    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          19   80   14   30   5   1   0    9   9   1    8    5  .375
Lee May               22   89   16   31   3   2   6   19   0   1   10   21  .348
Jesus Alou             5    9    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Jim Wynn              22   86   17   27   4   1   6   19   1   2   13   15  .314
Johnny Edwards        20   68   12   21   4   0   3    9   0   2    9   10  .309
Norm Miller           11   14    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Bob Watson            22   82   14   21   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            22   85    8   20   4   2   2   13   1   0    6   15  .235
Tommy Helms           21   82    9   16   1   0   2   10   0   1    4    3  .195
Roger Metzger         22   90   16   14   1   1   1    6   3   1   12   10  .156
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          20   45    5   21   5   0   3   14   0   2    4    7  .467
Chris Cannizzaro       9   30    6   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    4    7  .333
Willie Crawford       19   59    9   18   4   1   5    8   1   1    5   11  .305
Steve Garvey          22   76   15   23   3   0   2    6   1   1    6    5  .303
Wes Parker            20   70    6   21   1   0   0    7   0   0    9    3  .300
Manny Mota            19   54   11   16   1   1   1    9   1   0    1    3  .296
Willie Davis          25  108   19   31   4   0   5   15   4   1    3   14  .287
Frank Robinson        22   75    9   21   3   0   3   15   1   1   11   16  .280
Jim Lefebvre          22   85    6   21   4   0   2   13   0   0    8   14  .247
Bobby Valentine       10   13    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    3  .231
Bill Buckner          15   46    4    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    3  .174
Dick Dietz            11   29    3    5   1   0   0    4   1   0    5    3  .172
Duke Sims             10   35    2    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    5  .171
Billy Grabarkewitz     9   21    2    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    9  .143
Maury Wills           17   60    4    7   1   1   0    0   1   1    3    9  .117

 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             7   10    0    5   2   0   0    5   0   0    0    1  .500
Bobby Wine            13    6    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
John Bateman           7   13    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .308
Clyde Mashore         17   33    5   10   2   0   0    5   1   0    4    6  .303
Ken Singleton         22   77   13   21   2   1   2   11   2   3   14   24  .273
Mike Jorgensen        22   78   12   20   3   0   3    9   3   3   11   19  .256
Ron Woods             16   41    3   10   1   0   0    1   1   2    3    8  .244
Bob Bailey            22   85   11   20   2   1   1    5   4   2    9   11  .235
Ron Hunt              22   83    9   17   5   0   0    5   1   0   12    8  .205
Tim Foli              21   70    5   14   1   1   0    7   2   0    2    4  .200
John Boccabella       20   67    6   13   2   1   0    2   0   1    3   12  .194
Ron Fairly            17   53    3   10   1   0   0    5   1   1    7    6  .189
Boots Day             14   45    1    8   1   0   0    5   0   0    1    8  .178
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           10   14    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .357
Ted Martinez           9   35    7   11   1   2   0    2   0   0    0    3  .314
Cleon Jones           21   83    9   26   2   0   2   13   0   0    5   19  .313
Tommie Agee           21   83   15   24   7   0   3   13   1   2   10   16  .289
Rusty Staub           22   86   10   23   2   0   2    7   0   0   11    6  .267
Jim Fregosi           22   83   11   22   4   2   2    8   0   0   10   14  .265
Jerry Grote           20   66    3   17   3   1   1    7   0   0    9    4  .258
Ed Kranepool          19   57    7   14   3   0   3   11   0   0    5    8  .246
Bud Harrelson         22   91   10   22   2   0   1    3   3   2    7   10  .242
Ken Boswell           15   59    3   11   1   1   0    3   0   0    6    3  .186
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          16   55    6   18   2   1   0    5   0   0    4    6  .327
Greg Luzinski         23   89   13   27   6   2   5   12   0   0    9   14  .303
Roger Freed            5   10    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .300
Denny Doyle           18   58    5   17   3   0   0    8   0   1    6    7  .293
Don Money             23   81    7   21   5   0   3    8   1   2   15   16  .259
Ron Stone             10   12    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Willie Montanez       22   85    9   21   8   1   1    9   0   0   10   22  .247
Larry Bowa            23   95   12   23   2   0   0    3   3   1    5   11  .242
Tim McCarver          19   71    8   17   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         13   40    3    8   1   1   2   12   0   0    4   11  .200
Mike Anderson         23   72    4   13   4   0   1    4   1   0   11   24  .181
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      21   88   10   33   4   3   1   11   1   0    2   12  .375
Al Oliver             21   91    9   31   7   1   2   16   0   0    3    7  .341
Vic Davalillo         13   18    3    6   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    1  .333
Roberto Clemente      20   83   15   26   6   1   1    6   0   0    7   10  .313
Richie Hebner         21   77   12   24   5   0   4   10   0   0    8    7  .312
Gene Alley            16   40    3   12   2   0   0    7   1   1    7    5  .300
Dave Cash             14   62   11   18   4   0   1    3   2   1    4    5  .290
Willie Stargell       19   74    9   19   5   0   5   15   0   0    6   20  .257
Jackie Hernandez      12   27    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .185
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         18   64    6    9   3   0   2    5   0   0   15   17  .141
Milt May               7    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .111
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             17   55    9   22   3   2   2    8   1   3    7    3  .400
Garry Jestadt          9   13    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .308
Johnny Jeter          22   79    9   22   1   1   4    8   3   4    4   21  .279
Nate Colbert          24   90   18   24   5   1   8   19   1   0   10   20  .267
Cito Gaston           13   34    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .265
Dave Campbell         21   70    4   18   4   0   0    3   0   2    6    9  .257
Fred Kendall          13   44    4   11   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .250
Jerry Morales         12   24    2    6   1   1   0    2   1   1    3    4  .250
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
Derrel Thomas         22   84    6   15   4   0   1    9   2   3    9   18  .179
Ollie Brown           22   70    3   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    9  .171
Enzo Hernandez        22   82   11   14   4   0   0    2   5   0    4    4  .171
Larry Stahl           14   34    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .147
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           26  103   19   31   7   3   3   16   6   0    7   15  .301
Tito Fuentes          26  110   11   30   5   1   1    6   4   1    3   11  .273
Chris Speier          26  103   12   28   6   1   4   13   2   0   13   16  .272
Al Gallagher          15   49    6   13   0   0   1    2   0   0    8    7  .265
Dave Kingman          26  103   14   27   4   3   6   24   6   1    5   32  .262
Chris Arnold          13   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
Dave Rader            15   47    4   11   3   0   1    7   0   0    1    6  .234
Garry Maddox          15   52    8   12   3   1   0    7   1   0    4   15  .231
Ken Henderson         25   88    8   17   3   0   3    9   3   2   11   17  .193
Willie Mays           19   49    8    9   2   0   0    3   3   0   17    5  .184
Fran Healy            17   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          5    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             21   82   11   31   6   1   2   16   0   0    6   12  .378
Matty Alou            22   79    8   28   3   0   0    7   3   2    4    3  .354
Mike Fiore             4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Lou Brock             23   99   11   30   2   1   0    7  10   3    5   16  .303
Ed Crosby             22   69    7   20   0   0   0    6   0   0    4    5  .290
Ted Simmons           21   80   11   22   4   0   2   12   0   0    6   10  .275
Joe Hague             20   55    6   15   5   1   2   10   0   0   15   10  .273
Jerry McNertney        9   15    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .267
Jose Cruz             22   69    9   17   2   1   0    8   1   0    8    8  .246
Ted Sizemore          19   81   10   19   1   0   0    6   1   0    2    7  .235
Luis Melendez         21   39    8    9   2   1   1    1   0   0    3    2  .231
Donn Clendenon        14   27    4    5   1   0   1    1   1   0    3    7  .185
Dal Maxvill           16   24    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .042

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)         110
  W. Davis (LA)           108
  F. Millan (ATL)         105
  B. Bonds (SF)           103
  D. Kingman (SF)         103
  C. Speier (SF)          103
  R. Garr (ATL)           101
  L. Brock (STL)           99
  P. Rose (CIN)            96
  L. Bowa (PHI)            95

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          21
  B. Bonds (SF)            19
  W. Davis (LA)            19
  N. Colbert (SD)          18
  B. Tolan (CIN)           18
  J. Wynn (HOU)            17
  L. May (HOU)             16
  R. Metzger (HOU)         16
  B. Williams (CHI)        16
  T. Agee (NY)             15

Hits:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           34
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      33
  B. Bonds (SF)            31
  W. Davis (LA)            31
  R. Garr (ATL)            31
  L. May (HOU)             31
  A. Oliver (PIT)          31
  J. Torre (STL)           31
  L. Brock (STL)           30
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          30

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
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         6
  C. Speier (SF)            6
  J. Torre (STL)            6

Triples:

  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  D. Kingman (SF)           3
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       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

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          24
  B. Tolan (CIN)           21
  N. Colbert (SD)          19
  L. May (HOU)             19
  J. Wynn (HOU)            19
  B. Bonds (SF)            16
  A. Oliver (PIT)          16
  J. Torre (STL)           16
  W. Davis (LA)            15
  F. Robinson (LA)         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
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       5
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  E. Hernandez (SD)         5

Caught Stealing:

  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  J. Jeter (SD)             4
  L. Brock (STL)            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
  D. Money (PHI)           15
  B. Robertson (PIT)       15
  H. Aaron (ATL)           14
  K. Singleton (MON)       14
  J. Morgan (CIN)          13
  C. Speier (SF)           13

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          32
  T. Perez (CIN)           26
  M. Anderson (PHI)        24
  K. Singleton (MON)       24
  W. Montanez (PHI)        22
  J. Jeter (SD)            21
  L. May (HOU)             21
  N. Colbert (SD)          20
  W. Stargell (PIT)        20
  C. Jones (NY)            19

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