Thursday May 18, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 18, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       965  128   278   55   10   23   119   10    6   70   140  .288
St. Louis       1019  106   266   33    7   10    97   20    9   80   153  .261
Los Angeles     1051  117   272   42    4   23   111   15    9   87   160  .259
New York         936  114   240   33    8   20   105    8    8  104   161  .256
Houston          977  147   250   37   11   28   136   17    9  103   164  .256
Chicago          917  124   232   38    6   25   116   17    8   93   141  .253
Atlanta          946  103   238   36    1   24    97   12    4   93   126  .252
Cincinnati       970  133   238   41    9   24   121   36   14  113   162  .245
Philadelphia     905   93   222   44    6   21    87    6    7   95   176  .245
San Francisco   1059  120   241   51   11   25   115   29    8  107   204  .228
Montreal         913   89   207   35    4    8    81   15   15   84   151  .227
San Diego        947   84   206   32    6   19    78   14   14   72   165  .218

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   26  107   12   40   4   3   2   13   1   0    2   13  .374
Joe Torre (STL)          28  108   12   40   6   2   2   17   1   0    7   15  .370
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        28  108   22   39   9   3   4   23  14   3   11    7  .361
Rick Monday (CHI)        26   79   17   28   4   1   5   13   5   2   18   18  .354
Al Oliver (PIT)          26  111   16   38   8   1   2   19   0   1    5    7  .342
Matty Alou (STL)         27   97    9   33   3   0   0    7   3   2    5    4  .340
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       25  106   17   36   6   1   1   12  10   2   10   11  .340
Richie Hebner (PIT)      26   95   15   32   6   1   5   16   0   0   10    9  .337
Lee May (HOU)            24   95   17   31   3   2   6   19   0   1   11   23  .326
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   25  101   18   32   7   2   2   13   0   0    8   10  .317

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gil Garrido            3    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Orlando Cepeda        14   51    4   17   2   0   3    7   0   0    3    9  .333
Jim Breazeale         10   13    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Oscar Brown           12   13    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .308
Ralph Garr            28  114   15   35   3   0   3   12   7   3    5    7  .307
Rico Carty            24   69    9   21   4   0   2    8   0   0   16    9  .304
Dusty Baker           21   42    5   12   4   0   1    4   1   0    2   10  .286
Felix Millan          28  121   11   34   5   1   0   12   2   0    8    8  .281
Hank Aaron            23   85   13   23   2   0   6   14   1   0   16   13  .271
Marty Perez           28  100    8   24   4   0   0    6   0   1    5   11  .240
Earl Williams         28  104   11   24   5   0   3   12   0   0   12   18  .231
Darrell Evans         24   79   10   18   1   0   4   13   1   0   14    7  .228
Mike Lum              22   56    5   10   2   0   0    0   0   0    8    5  .179
Paul Casanova          9   26    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .154
Sonny Jackson          1    1    0    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           26   79   17   28   4   1   5   13   5   2   18   18  .354
Jim Hickman           22   80   18   26   2   0   5   13   1   0    7   10  .325
Carmen Fanzone        17   38    8   12   4   0   3   10   0   0    6    9  .316
Ron Santo             18   68   13   20   3   0   5   12   0   1    7   11  .294
Jose Cardenal         25   94   19   27   6   2   4   18   5   4    9    8  .287
Billy Williams        27  114   16   30   5   1   2   12   1   0    7   13  .263
Don Kessinger         27   99   12   24   4   0   0   10   1   0   14   10  .242
Ken Rudolph            4   13    2    3   0   1   0    2   1   0    0    3  .231
Glenn Beckert         27  112    8   25   3   1   1   11   0   1    5    1  .223
Randy Hundley         24   81    4   18   6   0   0    8   0   0   11   15  .222
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
Art Shamsky            8   10    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Frank Fernandez        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Gene Hiser             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000
Paul Popovich          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney         10    9    5    5   0   0   0    0   1   1    2    2  .556
Bobby Tolan           28  108   22   39   9   3   4   23  14   3   11    7  .361
Joe Morgan            29  107   30   33   5   2   5   13  14   3   22    5  .308
Tony Perez            25   97   12   28   4   0   6   22   0   0    8   31  .289
Dave Concepcion       29   95    8   26   2   1   1   14   6   2    5   12  .274
Julian Javier         13   34    2    9   2   0   1    6   1   0    3    3  .265
Pete Rose             29  123   17   29   3   1   0    8   0   1   11    6  .236
Johnny Bench          27  102   12   23   3   1   4   14   0   1   14   14  .226
Denis Menke           28   85    9   18   4   0   2    7   0   1   12   18  .212
Ted Uhlaender         20   47    4    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    6    4  .192
Cesar Geronimo        20   32    5    6   3   1   1    3   0   1    4   12  .188
Hal McRae             10   11    0    2   1   0   0    5   0   0    1    1  .182
George Foster         10   28    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    8  .143
Bernie Carbo          19   21    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .143
Bill Plummer           3    6    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .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          25  106   17   36   6   1   1   12  10   2   10   11  .340
Jesus Alou             7    9    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .333
Lee May               24   95   17   31   3   2   6   19   0   1   11   23  .326
Jim Wynn              28  111   23   35   5   1   7   23   2   2   16   18  .315
Johnny Edwards        26   88   14   25   5   1   3   11   0   2   14   13  .284
Bob Watson            28  105   21   29   3   1   4   18   0   0   14   16  .276
Bobby Fenwick          7   15    2    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .267
Norm Miller           12   15    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .267
Jack Hiatt             4    8    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Bob Stinson            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Jimmy Stewart         13   29    5    7   1   2   0    3   0   0    1    1  .241
Doug Rader            28  110   12   26   5   2   4   20   2   0    8   21  .236
Tommy Helms           25   96   10   19   1   0   2   11   0   1    4    4  .198
Roger Metzger         28  115   18   19   1   1   1   11   3   1   15   11  .165

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine       15   30    3   14   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    5  .467
Bill Russell          25   67    6   24   7   0   3   14   0   2    5   10  .358
Wes Parker            20   70    6   21   1   0   0    7   0   0    9    3  .300
Chris Cannizzaro      12   38    6   11   1   0   1    5   0   0    5    9  .290
Willie Davis          30  129   20   36   5   1   5   17   7   1    4   16  .279
Steve Garvey          26   90   15   25   4   0   2    6   1   1    6    7  .278
Willie Crawford       22   69    9   19   4   1   5    8   2   1    7   11  .275
Frank Robinson        27   91   10   25   5   0   3   17   1   1   16   21  .275
Manny Mota            23   64   11   17   1   1   1    9   1   0    2    4  .266
Bill Buckner          19   60    7   15   2   0   0    1   0   1    4    3  .250
Jim Lefebvre          24   88    6   21   4   0   2   13   0   0    8   15  .239
Duke Sims             13   46    2    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    7  .174
Dick Dietz            11   29    3    5   1   0   0    4   1   0    5    3  .172
Billy Grabarkewitz    14   35    4    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    4   12  .171
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            12   17    0    7   2   0   0    6   0   0    1    4  .412
Bobby Wine            15    8    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .375
John Bateman           9   19    0    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .316
Clyde Mashore         21   43    6   12   3   0   0    5   1   0    4   10  .279
Ken Singleton         28   99   15   24   3   1   2   11   2   3   16   26  .242
Ron Hunt              28  104   11   25   6   0   0    7   1   0   13    8  .240
Bob Bailey            28  104   12   24   3   1   1   10   4   2   12   14  .231
Mike Jorgensen        28  100   13   23   3   0   4   12   3   4   13   24  .230
Ron Woods             19   48    3   11   1   0   0    2   1   2    4    8  .229
Ron Fairly            21   65    7   14   2   0   1    6   1   1    8    7  .215
John Boccabella       24   81    7   17   3   1   0    2   0   1    4   12  .210
Tim Foli              27   87    7   18   3   1   0   10   2   1    4    7  .207
Boots Day             19   59    3   12   2   0   0    5   0   1    1    8  .203
Hector Torres          8   11    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .091

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Duffy Dyer             7   18    2    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .444
John Milner           13   27    5   10   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    6  .370
Cleon Jones           24   92   11   29   2   0   2   13   0   1    7   22  .315
Jim Fregosi           26   98   16   30   5   3   3   14   0   0   11   18  .306
Tommie Agee           26   99   20   29   7   0   4   15   3   2   16   21  .293
Ted Martinez          13   48    8   14   1   3   0    4   0   1    1    7  .292
Rusty Staub           28  106   15   30   3   0   4   13   0   0   16    8  .283
Jerry Grote           23   74    3   19   3   1   1    7   0   0   12    4  .257
Wayne Garrett          3    4    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Bud Harrelson         27  108   13   25   2   0   1    6   4   2   10   12  .232
Ed Kranepool          24   72    8   16   3   0   3   11   1   0    9   10  .222
Willie Mays            2    5    3    1   0   0   1    1   0   1    3    3  .200
Ken Boswell           20   77    6   14   1   1   0    5   0   1    9    5  .182
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          12   29    9   12   1   1   0    3   0   1    5    0  .414
Byron Browne           9    8    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .375
Denny Doyle           21   66    5   20   4   0   0    9   0   1    7    9  .303
Greg Luzinski         27  104   15   31   7   2   6   14   0   0   10   18  .298
Tommy Hutton          20   68    8   20   3   1   1    6   0   0    5    6  .294
Roger Freed            7   11    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .273
Ron Stone             11   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .267
Mike Ryan              6   21    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .238
Willie Montanez       26  101   11   24   8   1   2   10   0   0   10   26  .238
Don Money             27   92    7   21   5   0   3    8   2   2   19   18  .228
Tim McCarver          23   87    8   19   6   0   2    8   0   2    8   10  .218
Larry Bowa            27  110   12   24   2   0   0    3   3   1    7   11  .218
Deron Johnson         16   43    3    9   1   1   2   12   0   0    4   12  .209
Mike Anderson         26   80    5   14   4   0   2    5   1   0   13   27  .175
Pete Koegel            7    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rennie Stennett       18   56   10   22   4   2   1    9   0   2    0    4  .393
Manny Sanguillen      26  107   12   40   4   3   2   13   1   0    2   13  .374
Vic Davalillo         18   34   10   12   2   0   2    5   2   0    4    3  .353
Al Oliver             26  111   16   38   8   1   2   19   0   1    5    7  .342
Richie Hebner         26   95   15   32   6   1   5   16   0   0   10    9  .337
Gene Alley            18   44    4   14   2   0   0    7   2   1    7    5  .318
Roberto Clemente      25  101   18   32   7   2   2   13   0   0    8   10  .317
Dave Cash             19   84   16   25   5   0   1    3   3   2    5    7  .298
Willie Stargell       24   95   12   26   8   0   6   20   0   0    8   25  .274
Milt May               9   13    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .231
Jackie Hernandez      17   40    3    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    8  .225
Jose Pagan            10   14    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Gene Clines           17   29    3    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    3    8  .138
Bob Robertson         22   72    6    9   3   0   2    5   1   0   16   20  .125
Bill Mazeroski         2    2    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             22   74   11   26   4   2   2    9   1   3    7    5  .351
Garry Jestadt         13   17    1    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    2  .294
Jerry Morales         15   30    2    8   1   2   0    3   1   1    4    4  .267
Cito Gaston           13   34    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .265
Dave Campbell         26   84    6   22   5   0   0    3   0   2    9   11  .262
Johnny Jeter          27   97    9   24   1   1   4    9   3   4    5   27  .247
Nate Colbert          29  107   19   26   5   1   9   21   1   0   12   24  .243
Larry Stahl           18   45    3    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    8  .200
Derrel Thomas         27  101    8   20   4   0   1    9   2   3   10   21  .198
Fred Kendall          17   57    4   11   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   11  .193
Don Mason              9   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
Bob Barton            15   46    0    8   0   0   0    5   1   0    2    6  .174
Ollie Brown           23   70    3   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    9  .171
Enzo Hernandez        27   97   12   16   4   0   0    3   5   1    5    5  .165
Rafael Robles          5   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Ed Spiezio             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 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
Tito Fuentes          32  132   13   38   8   1   2    9   5   1    5   14  .288
Bobby Bonds           32  126   22   34   8   3   4   19   6   1    8   24  .270
Al Gallagher          18   52    6   14   0   0   1    3   0   0    8    7  .269
Chris Arnold          14   26    2    7   2   0   0    0   0   1    7    3  .269
Chris Speier          32  125   14   33   9   1   4   14   2   0   15   17  .264
Dave Rader            20   58    4   14   3   0   1    7   0   0    2    7  .241
Dave Kingman          32  121   16   29   4   3   7   26   8   1   10   34  .240
Jim Ray Hart           6   19    1    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    5  .211
Bernie Williams        8   15    2    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .200
Garry Maddox          21   72    8   14   5   1   0    7   1   0    4   18  .194
Jim Howarth           16   16    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    9    5  .188
Willie Mays           19   49    8    9   2   0   0    3   3   0   17    5  .184
Ken Henderson         29  102    8   17   3   0   3    9   3   2   11   19  .167
Fran Healy            21   52    4    6   1   0   1    7   0   1    7   14  .115
Jimmy Rosario          7    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Martinez         8    6    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Joe Torre             28  108   12   40   6   2   2   17   1   0    7   15  .370
Matty Alou            27   97    9   33   3   0   0    7   3   2    5    4  .340
Lou Brock             30  130   14   41   2   1   1   11  13   5    5   20  .315
Ed Crosby             27   87    8   25   0   0   0    7   0   0    4    6  .287
Ted Simmons           28  107   11   30   7   0   2   17   0   1    7   16  .280
Jerry McNertney       11   16    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    7  .250
Dwain Anderson         2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Mike Fiore             6    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .250
Joe Hague             27   76    8   18   5   1   3   11   0   1   17   18  .237
Ted Sizemore          25  101   13   22   2   0   0    7   1   0    5    9  .218
Jose Cruz             28   88    9   19   2   2   0    8   1   0    8   12  .216
Luis Melendez         26   50    8   10   2   1   1    1   0   0    5    4  .200
Donn Clendenon        19   40    4    6   1   0   1    1   1   0    4   14  .150
Dal Maxvill           20   28    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    7    5  .071

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)         132
  L. Brock (STL)          130
  W. Davis (LA)           129
  B. Bonds (SF)           126
  C. Speier (SF)          125
  P. Rose (CIN)           123
  D. Kingman (SF)         121
  F. Millan (ATL)         121
  R. Metzger (HOU)        115
  R. Garr (ATL)           114

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          30
  J. Wynn (HOU)            23
  B. Bonds (SF)            22
  B. Tolan (CIN)           22
  B. Watson (HOU)          21
  T. Agee (NY)             20
  W. Davis (LA)            20
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        19
  N. Colbert (SD)          19
  R. Clemente (PIT)        18

Hits:

  L. Brock (STL)           41
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      40
  J. Torre (STL)           40
  B. Tolan (CIN)           39
  T. Fuentes (SF)          38
  A. Oliver (PIT)          38
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          36
  W. Davis (LA)            36
  R. Garr (ATL)            35
  J. Wynn (HOU)            35

Doubles:

  C. Speier (SF)            9
  B. Tolan (CIN)            9
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  T. Fuentes (SF)           8
  W. Montanez (PHI)         8
  A. Oliver (PIT)           8
  W. Stargell (PIT)         8
  T. Agee (NY)              7
  R. Clemente (PIT)         7
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         7

Triples:

  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  J. Fregosi (NY)           3
  D. Kingman (SF)           3
  T. Martinez (NY)          3
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       3
  B. Tolan (CIN)            3
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  R. Clemente (PIT)         2
  J. Cruz (STL)             2
  L. Lee (SD)               2

Home Runs:

  N. Colbert (SD)           9
  D. Kingman (SF)           7
  J. Wynn (HOU)             7
  H. Aaron (ATL)            6
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         6
  L. May (HOU)              6
  T. Perez (CIN)            6
  W. Stargell (PIT)         6
  W. Crawford (LA)          5
  W. Davis (LA)             5

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          26
  B. Tolan (CIN)           23
  J. Wynn (HOU)            23
  T. Perez (CIN)           22
  N. Colbert (SD)          21
  D. Rader (HOU)           20
  W. Stargell (PIT)        20
  B. Bonds (SF)            19
  L. May (HOU)             19
  A. Oliver (PIT)          19

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  B. Tolan (CIN)           14
  L. Brock (STL)           13
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  D. Kingman (SF)           8
  W. Davis (LA)             7
  R. Garr (ATL)             7
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5

Caught Stealing:

  L. Brock (STL)            5
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  J. Jeter (SD)             4
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        4
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  L. Lee (SD)               3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  K. Singleton (MON)        3
  D. Thomas (SD)            3
  B. Tolan (CIN)            3

Walks:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          22
  W. Mays (NY)             20
  D. Money (PHI)           19
  R. Monday (CHI)          18
  J. Hague (STL)           17
  H. Aaron (ATL)           16
  T. Agee (NY)             16
  R. Carty (ATL)           16
  B. Robertson (PIT)       16
  F. Robinson (LA)         16

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          34
  T. Perez (CIN)           31
  M. Anderson (PHI)        27
  J. Jeter (SD)            27
  W. Montanez (PHI)        26
  K. Singleton (MON)       26
  W. Stargell (PIT)        25
  B. Bonds (SF)            24
  N. Colbert (SD)          24
  M. Jorgensen (MON)       24

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