Friday May 19, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 19, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh      1000  136   290   59   10   24   127   11    6   72   143  .290
St. Louis       1052  110   275   34    8   11   100   20    9   83   158  .261
New York         973  122   251   33    8   23   113    9    8  111   170  .258
Los Angeles     1079  119   276   44    4   23   113   15    9   88   161  .256
Atlanta          983  109   251   38    1   25   103   12    5   96   128  .255
Houston         1011  148   256   37   11   28   136   17    9  105   167  .253
Chicago          949  127   240   39    6   26   119   18    8   97   146  .253
Philadelphia     941   96   231   46    7   21    89    6    7   98   187  .246
Cincinnati      1002  134   245   41    9   24   122   36   14  116   167  .245
San Francisco   1094  127   253   53   12   25   122   30    8  108   212  .231
Montreal         943   89   211   36    4    8    81   15   15   84   157  .224
San Diego        977   84   210   32    6   19    78   14   16   75   175  .215

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Torre (STL)          29  112   13   43   6   2   3   20   1   0    7   15  .384
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   27  111   13   41   4   3   2   14   1   0    2   13  .369
Rick Monday (CHI)        27   83   18   30   5   1   5   14   5   2   18   19  .361
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        29  112   22   39   9   3   4   23  14   3   11    8  .348
Matty Alou (STL)         28  101   10   34   3   0   0    7   3   2    5    5  .337
Al Oliver (PIT)          27  114   17   38   8   1   2   19   0   1    6    7  .333
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       26  109   17   36   6   1   1   12  10   2   11   11  .330
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   26  105   19   34   8   2   2   13   0   0    8   10  .324
Richie Hebner (PIT)      27   99   15   32   6   1   5   16   0   0   10   10  .323
Lee May (HOU)            25   96   17   31   3   2   6   19   0   1   11   23  .323

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gil Garrido            4    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Orlando Cepeda        15   55    5   19   2   0   3    8   0   0    3    9  .346
Jim Breazeale         10   13    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Ralph Garr            29  119   16   36   3   0   3   12   7   3    5    8  .303
Rico Carty            25   70    9   21   4   0   2    8   0   0   16    9  .300
Felix Millan          29  125   12   37   6   1   0   12   2   1    9    9  .296
Dusty Baker           22   45    5   13   4   0   1    4   1   0    3   10  .289
Oscar Brown           13   14    4    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .286
Hank Aaron            24   90   14   25   2   0   6   15   1   0   16   13  .278
Marty Perez           29  103    8   25   5   0   0    6   0   1    5   11  .243
Earl Williams         29  108   11   26   5   0   3   14   0   0   12   18  .241
Darrell Evans         25   82   11   19   1   0   5   14   1   0   15    7  .232
Mike Lum              23   57    5   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    8    5  .175
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           27   83   18   30   5   1   5   14   5   2   18   19  .361
Jim Hickman           23   83   18   26   2   0   5   13   1   0    8   10  .313
Carmen Fanzone        18   40    8   12   4   0   3   11   0   0    7    9  .300
Ron Santo             18   68   13   20   3   0   5   12   0   1    7   11  .294
Jose Cardenal         26   98   19   28   6   2   4   18   6   4    9    8  .286
Billy Williams        28  118   16   30   5   1   2   12   1   0    7   14  .254
Don Kessinger         28  104   13   25   4   0   0   10   1   0   14   10  .240
Ken Rudolph            5   17    3    4   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    4  .235
Glenn Beckert         28  115    8   27   3   1   1   11   0   1    6    1  .235
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            9   10    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .000
Frank Fernandez        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Gene Hiser             3    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         11    9    5    5   0   0   0    0   1   1    2    2  .556
Bobby Tolan           29  112   22   39   9   3   4   23  14   3   11    8  .348
Joe Hague              1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Joe Morgan            30  110   30   33   5   2   5   13  14   3   23    6  .300
Tony Perez            25   97   12   28   4   0   6   22   0   0    8   31  .289
Hal McRae             11   15    0    4   1   0   0    5   0   0    1    1  .267
Julian Javier         13   34    2    9   2   0   1    6   1   0    3    3  .265
Dave Concepcion       30   99    8   26   2   1   1   14   6   2    5   13  .263
Pete Rose             30  127   18   32   3   1   0    8   0   1   11    6  .252
Johnny Bench          28  104   12   23   3   1   4   15   0   1   15   14  .221
Denis Menke           28   85    9   18   4   0   2    7   0   1   12   18  .212
Cesar Geronimo        21   32    5    6   3   1   1    3   0   1    4   12  .188
Ted Uhlaender         21   51    4    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    6    4  .177
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          26  109   17   36   6   1   1   12  10   2   11   11  .330
Lee May               25   96   17   31   3   2   6   19   0   1   11   23  .323
Jim Wynn              29  114   24   36   5   1   7   23   2   2   17   19  .316
Jesus Alou             8   10    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .300
Johnny Edwards        26   88   14   25   5   1   3   11   0   2   14   13  .284
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
Bob Watson            29  109   21   29   3   1   4   18   0   0   14   16  .266
Bob Stinson            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Doug Rader            29  114   12   26   5   2   4   20   2   0    8   21  .228
Jimmy Stewart         14   33    5    7   1   2   0    3   0   0    1    2  .212
Tommy Helms           26  100   10   21   1   0   2   11   0   1    4    4  .210
Jack Hiatt             5   11    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .182
Roger Metzger         29  119   18   21   1   1   1   11   3   1   15   11  .177

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine       16   34    3   14   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    5  .412
Bill Russell          26   70    7   24   7   0   3   14   0   2    5   10  .343
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 Crawford       23   72    9   20   5   1   5    8   2   1    7   12  .278
Frank Robinson        28   94   10   26   5   0   3   17   1   1   16   21  .277
Willie Davis          31  132   20   36   5   1   5   17   7   1    4   16  .273
Steve Garvey          27   93   15   25   4   0   2    6   1   1    6    7  .269
Manny Mota            23   64   11   17   1   1   1    9   1   0    2    4  .266
Bill Buckner          20   64    7   16   3   0   0    3   0   1    4    3  .250
Jim Lefebvre          24   88    6   21   4   0   2   13   0   0    8   15  .239
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
Duke Sims             14   48    2    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    7  .167
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            13   21    0    8   3   0   0    6   0   0    1    4  .381
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
Ron Hunt              29  105   11   25   6   0   0    7   1   0   13    8  .238
Bob Bailey            29  107   12   25   3   1   1   10   4   2   12   15  .234
Ken Singleton         29  103   15   24   3   1   2   11   2   3   16   27  .233
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
John Boccabella       25   84    7   19   3   1   0    2   0   1    4   12  .226
Ron Fairly            22   68    7   14   2   0   1    6   1   1    8    8  .206
Tim Foli              28   91    7   18   3   1   0   10   2   1    4    8  .198
Boots Day             20   62    3   12   2   0   0    5   0   1    1    8  .194
Hector Torres          9   14    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .071

 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           14   31    5   11   2   0   1    7   0   0    3    7  .355
Cleon Jones           24   92   11   29   2   0   2   13   0   1    7   22  .315
Jim Fregosi           27  102   17   31   5   3   3   14   0   0   12   18  .304
Rusty Staub           29  111   16   33   3   0   5   16   0   0   16    8  .297
Ted Martinez          14   48    8   14   1   3   0    4   0   1    1    7  .292
Tommie Agee           27  102   21   29   7   0   4   15   4   2   18   22  .284
Jerry Grote           24   79    5   21   3   1   3   11   0   0   12    6  .266
Wayne Garrett          3    4    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Bud Harrelson         28  112   14   26   2   0   1    6   4   2   11   13  .232
Ed Kranepool          25   77    9   17   3   0   3   11   1   0    9   13  .221
Willie Mays            2    5    3    1   0   0   1    1   0   1    3    3  .200
Ken Boswell           21   81    6   15   1   1   0    5   0   1    9    5  .185
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
Greg Luzinski         28  107   15   32   7   2   6   14   0   0   11   19  .299
Denny Doyle           22   71    6   21   4   1   0    9   0   1    7   10  .296
Tommy Hutton          21   69    8   20   3   1   1    6   0   0    5    7  .290
Roger Freed            7   11    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .273
Ron Stone             12   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .250
Willie Montanez       27  105   11   25   8   1   2   10   0   0   11   27  .238
Mike Ryan              6   21    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .238
Deron Johnson         17   47    4   11   1   1   2   12   0   0    4   12  .234
Tim McCarver          24   91    8   20   6   0   2    8   0   2    9   10  .220
Larry Bowa            28  114   12   25   2   0   0    3   3   1    7   11  .219
Don Money             28   96    7   21   5   0   3    8   2   2   19   21  .219
Mike Anderson         27   84    6   15   5   0   2    5   1   0   13   30  .179
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
Vic Davalillo         19   37   12   15   2   0   2    6   2   0    5    3  .405
Rennie Stennett       18   56   10   22   4   2   1    9   0   2    0    4  .393
Manny Sanguillen      27  111   13   41   4   3   2   14   1   0    2   13  .369
Al Oliver             27  114   17   38   8   1   2   19   0   1    6    7  .333
Roberto Clemente      26  105   19   34   8   2   2   13   0   0    8   10  .324
Richie Hebner         27   99   15   32   6   1   5   16   0   0   10   10  .323
Gene Alley            18   44    4   14   2   0   0    7   2   1    7    5  .318
Willie Stargell       25   99   13   29   9   0   7   24   0   0    8   25  .293
Dave Cash             20   89   17   26   5   0   1    3   4   2    5    9  .292
Jackie Hernandez      18   44    3   11   3   0   0    4   0   0    2    8  .250
Milt May               9   13    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .231
Jose Pagan            10   14    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Gene Clines           18   29    4    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    3    8  .138
Bob Robertson         23   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             23   77   11   27   4   2   2    9   1   3    8    5  .351
Garry Jestadt         14   18    1    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .278
Dave Campbell         27   86    6   23   5   0   0    3   0   3   10   11  .267
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
Johnny Jeter          28  101    9   24   1   1   4    9   3   4    5   29  .238
Nate Colbert          30  110   19   26   5   1   9   21   1   1   13   26  .236
Derrel Thomas         28  105    8   21   4   0   1    9   2   3   10   22  .200
Fred Kendall          17   57    4   11   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   11  .193
Bob Barton            16   49    0    9   0   0   0    5   1   0    2    8  .184
Larry Stahl           19   49    3    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    8  .184
Don Mason              9   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
Ollie Brown           23   70    3   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    9  .171
Enzo Hernandez        28   99   12   16   4   0   0    3   5   1    5    5  .162
Rafael Robles          6   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Ed Spiezio             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Curt Blefary           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
Ed Goodson             1    1    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
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
Chris Arnold          15   31    3    9   2   1   0    1   0   1    7    3  .290
Al Gallagher          19   56    7   16   0   0   1    3   0   0    8    9  .286
Tito Fuentes          33  135   13   38   8   1   2    9   5   1    5   14  .282
Bobby Bonds           33  130   23   35   9   3   4   21   6   1    8   25  .269
Chris Speier          32  125   14   33   9   1   4   14   2   0   15   17  .264
Dave Rader            21   62    5   16   3   0   1    8   0   0    2    7  .258
Dave Kingman          33  124   17   30   4   3   7   26   9   1   11   36  .242
Garry Maddox          22   76    8   16   6   1   0    9   1   0    4   18  .211
Jim Ray Hart           6   19    1    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    5  .211
Bernie Williams        9   19    3    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .211
Willie Mays           19   49    8    9   2   0   0    3   3   0   17    5  .184
Jim Howarth           17   17    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    9    6  .177
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             29  112   13   43   6   2   3   20   1   0    7   15  .384
Matty Alou            28  101   10   34   3   0   0    7   3   2    5    5  .337
Bernie Carbo           1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Lou Brock             31  134   14   41   2   1   1   11  13   5    5   20  .306
Ted Simmons           29  111   12   31   7   1   2   17   0   1    7   16  .279
Ed Crosby             28   90    8   25   0   0   0    7   0   0    4    7  .278
Jerry McNertney       11   16    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    7  .250
Dwain Anderson         3    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Joe Hague             27   76    8   18   5   1   3   11   0   1   17   18  .237
Ted Sizemore          26  104   14   24   3   0   0    7   1   0    6    9  .231
Jose Cruz             29   91    9   19   2   2   0    8   1   0    9   13  .209
Luis Melendez         26   50    8   10   2   1   1    1   0   0    5    4  .200
Mike Fiore             7    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .200
Donn Clendenon        19   40    4    6   1   0   1    1   1   0    4   14  .150
Dal Maxvill           21   28    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    7    5  .071

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)         135
  L. Brock (STL)          134
  W. Davis (LA)           132
  B. Bonds (SF)           130
  P. Rose (CIN)           127
  F. Millan (ATL)         125
  C. Speier (SF)          125
  D. Kingman (SF)         124
  R. Garr (ATL)           119
  R. Metzger (HOU)        119

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          30
  J. Wynn (HOU)            24
  B. Bonds (SF)            23
  B. Tolan (CIN)           22
  T. Agee (NY)             21
  B. Watson (HOU)          21
  W. Davis (LA)            20
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        19
  R. Clemente (PIT)        19
  N. Colbert (SD)          19

Hits:

  J. Torre (STL)           43
  L. Brock (STL)           41
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      41
  B. Tolan (CIN)           39
  T. Fuentes (SF)          38
  A. Oliver (PIT)          38
  F. Millan (ATL)          37
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          36
  W. Davis (LA)            36
  R. Garr (ATL)            36

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  C. Speier (SF)            9
  W. Stargell (PIT)         9
  B. Tolan (CIN)            9
  R. Clemente (PIT)         8
  T. Fuentes (SF)           8
  W. Montanez (PHI)         8
  A. Oliver (PIT)           8
  T. Agee (NY)              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
  W. Stargell (PIT)         7
  J. Wynn (HOU)             7
  H. Aaron (ATL)            6
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         6
  L. May (HOU)              6
  T. Perez (CIN)            6
  W. Crawford (LA)          5
  W. Davis (LA)             5

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          26
  W. Stargell (PIT)        24
  B. Tolan (CIN)           23
  J. Wynn (HOU)            23
  T. Perez (CIN)           22
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  N. Colbert (SD)          21
  D. Rader (HOU)           20
  J. Torre (STL)           20
  L. May (HOU)             19

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  B. Tolan (CIN)           14
  L. Brock (STL)           13
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  D. Kingman (SF)           9
  W. Davis (LA)             7
  R. Garr (ATL)             7
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          23
  W. Mays (NY)             20
  D. Money (PHI)           19
  T. Agee (NY)             18
  J. Hague (CIN)           18
  R. Monday (CHI)          18
  J. Wynn (HOU)            17
  H. Aaron (ATL)           16
  R. Carty (ATL)           16
  B. Robertson (PIT)       16

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          36
  T. Perez (CIN)           31
  M. Anderson (PHI)        30
  J. Jeter (SD)            29
  W. Montanez (PHI)        27
  K. Singleton (MON)       27
  N. Colbert (SD)          26
  B. Bonds (SF)            25
  W. Stargell (PIT)        25
  M. Jorgensen (MON)       24


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