Friday June 2, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 2, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh      1467  195   420   80   14   31   180   16    9  121   209  .286
St. Louis       1472  153   380   49   13   17   139   26   11  108   212  .258
Atlanta         1383  165   352   52    2   37   154   14   10  148   173  .255
Houston         1493  205   375   60   13   43   191   28   15  153   246  .251
Los Angeles     1509  180   377   62   11   33   162   26   14  127   226  .250
Chicago         1343  170   335   53   10   31   157   26   15  142   202  .249
New York        1410  166   346   56    9   32   155   10   12  156   253  .245
Cincinnati      1451  207   356   53   14   40   190   48   21  186   259  .245
San Francisco   1606  195   378   73   13   45   185   40   12  154   294  .235
Philadelphia    1442  127   337   56   10   25   116    7   10  157   270  .234
Montreal        1330  127   307   50    5   17   112   24   20  114   211  .231
San Diego       1400  116   303   49    8   25   108   19   19  100   247  .216

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   40  156   17   55   6   3   2   21   1   0    6   17  .353
Matty Alou (STL)         39  148   17   52   5   1   1    9   4   2    6    7  .351
Joe Torre (STL)          41  160   21   56  10   2   4   25   2   0    9   18  .350
Leron Lee (SD)           35  126   18   42   8   3   5   15   1   3    8   15  .333
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   37  147   27   48  10   3   3   19   0   0   11   13  .327
Al Oliver (PIT)          40  165   21   53   9   1   3   28   0   3   12   10  .321
Rusty Staub (NY)         42  161   23   51   8   0   7   27   0   1   21   10  .317
Bob Watson (HOU)         43  159   33   50   6   2   9   30   0   0   18   24  .315
Rick Monday (CHI)        39  121   24   38   6   1   5   18   8   3   28   28  .314
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       37  144   24   44   6   1   3   14  13   3   16   14  .306

 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        17   62    5   21   3   0   3    8   0   0    4   11  .339
Dusty Baker           34   89    9   28   5   0   1   11   1   0    8   13  .315
Ralph Garr            41  172   24   52   3   0   4   15   9   4    6    9  .302
Rico Carty            33   98   16   29   5   0   4   14   0   0   22   10  .296
Darrell Evans         36  115   20   32   4   0   7   23   1   1   29   11  .278
Jim Breazeale         12   15    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .267
Earl Williams         41  155   17   39   7   1   4   20   0   0   17   26  .252
Felix Millan          41  176   15   44   7   1   0   14   2   1   11   11  .250
Oscar Brown           19   16    6    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    3  .250
Hank Aaron            35  126   23   30   3   0   9   20   1   0   27   17  .238
Marty Perez           41  145   11   34   7   0   1   14   0   2   10   16  .235
Mike Lum              31   74    8   16   3   0   1    3   0   2   10    5  .216
Paul Casanova         10   29    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .138
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
J. C. Martin           2    6    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Ron Santo             21   79   14   25   4   1   5   14   0   1    7   12  .317
Rick Monday           39  121   24   38   6   1   5   18   8   3   28   28  .314
Gene Hiser            10   17    1    5   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .294
Jim Hickman           31  105   20   30   3   0   5   15   1   0   13   14  .286
Billy Williams        40  165   24   46   7   2   5   18   2   1   11   15  .279
Jose Cardenal         38  141   28   38   7   3   6   28   9   5   13   15  .270
Carmen Fanzone        29   78   10   21   6   0   3   16   0   2   12   15  .269
Ken Rudolph            9   26    4    7   0   1   1    4   1   0    1    5  .269
Don Kessinger         37  137   15   36   6   0   0   11   1   1   19   11  .263
Glenn Beckert         39  161   16   36   5   1   1   11   0   1    9    4  .224
Randy Hundley         32  107    5   21   6   0   0   10   0   0   11   19  .196
Billy North           10   24    2    4   0   0   0    0   3   0    1   10  .167
Paul Popovich          9   21    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .143
Joe Pepitone           8   25    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .120
Art Shamsky           12   14    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .071
Frank Fernandez        3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney         15   15    5    6   0   0   0    3   1   1    4    5  .400
Bobby Tolan           42  167   32   51  10   4   4   28  15   5   16   17  .305
Johnny Bench          41  154   29   46   4   2  12   32   1   1   24   19  .299
Tony Perez            30  116   16   34   5   0   7   24   0   0   13   36  .293
Joe Morgan            43  158   43   44   5   2   7   21  19   5   36   12  .279
Joe Hague             11   30    6    8   0   1   2    7   1   1    8    3  .267
Pete Rose             43  184   24   48   9   2   0   12   1   1   18   15  .261
Dave Concepcion       43  140   12   33   4   1   1   18   8   3   11   22  .236
Denis Menke           40  119   14   28   5   0   2    9   0   1   19   26  .235
Hal McRae             18   30    1    7   1   0   1   11   0   0    1    2  .233
Julian Javier         17   40    2    9   2   0   1    6   1   0    3    4  .225
Cesar Geronimo        31   49    7   10   3   2   1    7   0   2    8   16  .204
George Foster         18   49    4    9   2   0   1    6   1   0    4   17  .184
Ted Uhlaender         27   62    4   10   2   0   0    4   0   1    9    4  .161
Bernie Carbo          19   21    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .143
Bill Plummer           4    9    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .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
Jesus Alou            16   29    4   10   0   0   0    3   0   0    5    2  .345
Bob Watson            43  159   33   50   6   2   9   30   0   0   18   24  .315
Cesar Cedeno          37  144   24   44   6   1   3   14  13   3   16   14  .306
Lee May               39  152   26   45   7   2   9   26   1   1   15   40  .296
Jim Wynn              41  160   29   45   9   1   7   27   6   2   22   22  .281
Johnny Edwards        36  115   17   29   5   2   3   15   0   2   20   16  .252
Bobby Fenwick         13   29    4    7   3   0   0    3   0   1    3    4  .241
Tommy Helms           36  139   12   33   4   0   2   15   0   1    4    5  .237
Jimmy Stewart         22   38    6    9   1   2   0    3   0   0    2    4  .237
Norm Miller           20   33    4    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .212
Doug Rader            43  167   16   35   7   2   7   31   2   3   11   30  .210
Roger Metzger         43  177   23   36   4   1   1   16   6   2   22   22  .203
Jack Hiatt            10   25    2    5   3   0   0    0   0   0    5    5  .200
Larry Howard           2    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Bob Stinson            7    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .111

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine       28   81   11   25   3   0   2    7   1   2    5   12  .309
Manny Mota            35  109   17   33   6   3   2   18   2   1    3    5  .303
Bill Buckner          26   86   12   26   3   0   0    4   1   1    5    3  .302
Bill Russell          39  121   13   35   9   1   3   16   3   2    7   19  .289
Frank Robinson        40  128   19   36   5   0   7   27   1   2   22   27  .281
Steve Garvey          39  132   21   37   6   1   3   12   3   2    9   13  .280
Wes Parker            30  100   10   27   3   0   0    9   0   1   16    8  .270
Willie Davis          44  186   29   47   6   3   6   23  10   1    6   21  .253
Willie Crawford       31   92   10   22   5   2   5   10   2   1    7   18  .239
Chris Cannizzaro      18   55    7   13   1   0   1    7   0   0    7   12  .236
Jim Lefebvre          29   99    7   23   4   0   3   14   0   0    9   16  .232
Duke Sims             23   67    4   12   4   0   1    6   0   0    8   10  .179
Billy Grabarkewitz    15   37    5    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    5   14  .162
Dick Dietz            15   33    3    5   1   0   0    4   1   0    9    5  .152
Maury Wills           23   63    5    7   1   1   0    0   1   1    4    9  .111

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Humphrey         6   15    1    6   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .400
Bobby Wine            21    9    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jim Fairey            20   33    0   10   3   0   0    6   0   0    1    5  .303
John Bateman          15   26    0    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .269
Mike Jorgensen        37  132   18   35   7   0   5   16   7   4   17   29  .265
Clyde Mashore         27   58    7   15   3   0   1    6   1   0    4   13  .259
Ron Woods             25   62    3   16   3   0   0    3   1   3    4    9  .258
Ron Hunt              40  146   15   36   7   0   0    9   3   0   16    8  .247
Ken Singleton         41  146   21   35   6   1   2   13   2   3   20   33  .240
Ron Fairly            33  106   11   25   2   0   4   16   1   1   10   11  .236
John Boccabella       34  115    9   27   5   1   0    4   0   2    5   16  .235
Bob Bailey            41  147   16   34   3   1   4   16   5   3   19   24  .231
Tim Foli              36  118   11   24   5   1   0   11   3   1    5   13  .203
Boots Day             30   95    7   19   2   0   0    6   1   2    5   10  .200
Hector Torres         15   34    2    6   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    5  .177

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Mays            9   27    8    9   2   0   2    5   0   1   10    9  .333
Rusty Staub           42  161   23   51   8   0   7   27   0   1   21   10  .317
John Milner           23   60   10   19   3   0   4   12   0   0    6   12  .317
Duffy Dyer            10   32    3   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    8  .313
Tommie Agee           39  148   27   44  12   0   5   22   4   3   20   31  .297
Cleon Jones           34  128   13   35   3   0   2   15   0   3    9   29  .273
Ted Martinez          19   63    8   17   1   3   0    4   0   1    2   13  .270
Jerry Grote           34  110    9   27   4   1   3   15   0   0   16    9  .246
Jim Fregosi           39  146   17   35   7   3   3   15   0   0   15   26  .240
Ed Kranepool          32   96    9   22   4   0   3   12   1   0   11   16  .229
Bud Harrelson         40  156   22   35   5   1   1    8   5   2   21   21  .224
Wayne Garrett          9   22    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .182
Jim Beauchamp         11   28    2    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .179
Ken Boswell           28  108    7   19   1   1   1    8   0   1   10    8  .176
Dave Marshall          9    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Don Hahn               7    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Harmon          17   51   10   18   1   1   0    4   1   1    7    4  .353
Greg Luzinski         42  168   18   48   8   2   7   19   0   0   14   31  .286
Denny Doyle           33  110    9   30   5   1   0   11   0   2    9   13  .273
Byron Browne          12   11    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .273
Roger Freed           12   23    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    7  .261
Tommy Hutton          33  102   11   25   3   1   2    9   0   1    9    8  .245
Ron Stone             22   35    3    8   0   1   0    1   0   0    8    8  .229
Willie Montanez       41  159   14   36  11   1   3   15   0   0   21   38  .226
Mike Ryan             11   40    3    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .225
Larry Bowa            42  174   17   38   3   1   0    5   3   2   16   15  .218
Don Money             42  150   10   32   7   0   3   11   2   2   26   32  .213
Tim McCarver          36  132   12   28   7   0   2   10   0   2   10   12  .212
Deron Johnson         28   71    5   14   1   1   2   12   0   0    5   20  .197
Mike Anderson         36  103    8   20   5   1   2    5   1   0   19   36  .194
Pete Koegel           14   22    0    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .182
Oscar Gamble           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rennie Stennett       26   80   12   32   6   4   1   14   0   2    0    7  .400
Manny Sanguillen      40  156   17   55   6   3   2   21   1   0    6   17  .353
Vic Davalillo         28   64   15   22   2   0   2    7   3   0    6    3  .344
Roberto Clemente      37  147   27   48  10   3   3   19   0   0   11   13  .327
Al Oliver             40  165   21   53   9   1   3   28   0   3   12   10  .321
Richie Hebner         33  121   19   36   6   1   6   17   0   0   18   16  .298
Willie Stargell       36  134   17   39  11   0  10   31   0   0   17   34  .291
Gene Alley            28   70    8   20   2   0   0   10   2   1   10    8  .286
Dave Cash             32  148   25   42   9   1   1   10   5   3    6   12  .284
Jose Pagan            17   36    5   10   5   0   1    3   0   0    2    5  .278
Gene Clines           27   55    9   15   3   1   0    1   4   0    4   11  .273
Milt May              15   25    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .240
Jackie Hernandez      25   67    5   15   4   0   0    5   0   0    3   14  .224
Bob Robertson         31   86    6   12   4   0   2    5   1   0   20   24  .140
Bill Mazeroski         5    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leron Lee             35  126   18   42   8   3   5   15   1   3    8   15  .333
Jerry Morales         25   57    5   15   4   2   0    4   2   1    7    6  .263
Cito Gaston           14   35    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .257
Garry Jestadt         25   59    1   15   0   0   1    7   0   0    1    6  .254
Dave Campbell         33  100    6   24   5   0   0    3   0   4   11   12  .240
Derrel Thomas         39  146   12   33   6   1   1   10   3   4   12   24  .226
Johnny Jeter          38  133   12   30   2   1   5   11   4   4    8   37  .226
Nate Colbert          43  157   23   34   7   1  10   27   1   2   18   39  .217
Ed Spiezio            10   14    1    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .214
Bob Barton            27   82    1   17   1   0   0    9   2   0    2   16  .207
Fred Kendall          22   67    5   13   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   12  .194
Larry Stahl           28   74    6   14   1   0   2    5   0   0    9   13  .189
Rafael Robles         15   22    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .182
Don Mason              9   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
Enzo Hernandez        40  128   14   23   6   0   0    3   6   1    8    8  .180
Curt Blefary          10   17    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .177
Ollie Brown           23   70    3   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    9  .171
Ivan Murrell           5    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .143

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie McCovey         4   12    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Ed Goodson            16   59    7   19   0   0   3   10   0   0    4    2  .322
Bobby Bonds           48  193   37   55  12   3   8   31   9   2   15   42  .285
Al Gallagher          24   61    7   17   0   0   1    4   0   0   10    9  .279
Tito Fuentes          46  191   20   51  12   1   3   13   6   1    8   17  .267
Chris Speier          45  169   20   44  12   1   5   21   4   0   24   23  .260
Jim Howarth           25   27    7    7   3   0   0    3   1   0    9    7  .259
Garry Maddox          34  121   14   31  11   1   2   16   2   0    5   26  .256
Chris Arnold          23   51    4   13   2   1   1    3   0   1    7    4  .255
Dave Kingman          48  176   29   42   5   3  13   37  11   3   19   47  .239
Dave Rader            32   97    6   22   4   0   1   10   0   0    4    9  .227
Ken Henderson         43  138   14   27   3   1   4   12   4   2   17   25  .196
Jim Ray Hart           9   21    1    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    6  .191
Willie Mays           19   49    8    9   2   0   0    3   3   0   17    5  .184
Russ Gibson            4   11    0    2   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    3  .182
Bernie Williams       18   51    6    9   1   1   1    4   0   0    2   13  .177
Fran Healy            29   63    7    7   1   0   1    7   0   1    8   14  .111
Jimmy Rosario          7    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .000
Damaso Blanco          3    0    0    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         9    7    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .429
Matty Alou            39  148   17   52   5   1   1    9   4   2    6    7  .351
Joe Torre             41  160   21   56  10   2   4   25   2   0    9   18  .350
Lou Brock             43  188   18   55   3   3   1   14  17   6    5   25  .293
Ted Simmons           41  162   18   47   9   1   4   26   0   1    8   21  .290
Jerry McNertney       13   18    1    5   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    7  .278
Ted Sizemore          38  150   20   40   4   1   1   11   1   0    9   13  .267
Dwain Anderson         7    8    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ed Crosby             36  109    9   27   0   0   0    8   0   0    6    9  .248
Joe Hague             27   76    8   18   5   1   3   11   0   1   17   18  .237
Bernie Carbo          12   38    3    8   0   0   0    2   0   0   10    9  .211
Luis Melendez         36   91   11   18   3   1   2    7   0   1    6    6  .198
Jose Cruz             33   99    9   19   2   2   0    8   1   0   10   16  .192
Donn Clendenon        24   46    5    8   3   0   1    2   1   0    6   16  .174
Dal Maxvill           31   48    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    9    7  .104
Mike Fiore            13   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .100
Brant Alyea            2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Bonds (SF)           193
  T. Fuentes (SF)         191
  L. Brock (STL)          188
  W. Davis (LA)           186
  P. Rose (CIN)           184
  R. Metzger (HOU)        177
  D. Kingman (SF)         176
  F. Millan (ATL)         176
  L. Bowa (PHI)           174
  R. Garr (ATL)           172

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          43
  B. Bonds (SF)            37
  B. Watson (HOU)          33
  B. Tolan (CIN)           32
  J. Bench (CIN)           29
  W. Davis (LA)            29
  D. Kingman (SF)          29
  J. Wynn (HOU)            29
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        28
  T. Agee (NY)             27

Hits:

  J. Torre (STL)           56
  B. Bonds (SF)            55
  L. Brock (STL)           55
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      55
  A. Oliver (PIT)          53
  M. Alou (STL)            52
  R. Garr (ATL)            52
  T. Fuentes (SF)          51
  R. Staub (NY)            51
  B. Tolan (CIN)           51

Doubles:

  T. Agee (NY)             12
  B. Bonds (SF)            12
  T. Fuentes (SF)          12
  C. Speier (SF)           12
  G. Maddox (SF)           11
  W. Montanez (PHI)        11
  W. Stargell (PIT)        11
  R. Clemente (PIT)        10
  B. Tolan (CIN)           10
  J. Torre (STL)           10

Triples:

  R. Stennett (PIT)         4
  B. Tolan (CIN)            4
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  L. Brock (STL)            3
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         3
  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  W. Davis (LA)             3
  J. Fregosi (NY)           3
  D. Kingman (SF)           3
  L. Lee (SD)               3

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (SF)          13
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  N. Colbert (SD)          10
  W. Stargell (PIT)        10
  H. Aaron (ATL)            9
  L. May (HOU)              9
  B. Watson (HOU)           9
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  D. Evans (ATL)            7
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         7

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          37
  J. Bench (CIN)           32
  B. Bonds (SF)            31
  D. Rader (HOU)           31
  W. Stargell (PIT)        31
  B. Watson (HOU)          30
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        28
  A. Oliver (PIT)          28
  B. Tolan (CIN)           28
  N. Colbert (SD)          27

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          19
  L. Brock (STL)           17
  B. Tolan (CIN)           15
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  D. Kingman (SF)          11
  W. Davis (LA)            10
  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         9
  R. Garr (ATL)             9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8

Caught Stealing:

  L. Brock (STL)            6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  B. Tolan (CIN)            5
  D. Campbell (SD)          4
  R. Garr (ATL)             4
  J. Jeter (SD)             4
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        4
  D. Thomas (SD)            4
  T. Agee (NY)              3

Walks:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          36
  D. Evans (ATL)           29
  R. Monday (CHI)          28
  H. Aaron (ATL)           27
  W. Mays (NY)             27
  D. Money (PHI)           26
  J. Hague (CIN)           25
  J. Bench (CIN)           24
  C. Speier (SF)           24
  R. Carty (ATL)           22

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          47
  B. Bonds (SF)            42
  L. May (HOU)             40
  N. Colbert (SD)          39
  W. Montanez (PHI)        38
  J. Jeter (SD)            37
  M. Anderson (PHI)        36
  T. Perez (CIN)           36
  W. Stargell (PIT)        34
  K. Singleton (MON)       33

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