Wednesday June 7, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 7, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh      1692  225   486   91   15   36   209   22    9  137   257  .287
St. Louis       1613  168   419   54   14   21   152   28   13  115   234  .260
Atlanta         1520  181   385   59    3   39   170   15   10  160   195  .253
Los Angeles     1635  187   409   64   11   33   169   26   15  134   251  .250
Chicago         1466  186   365   56   10   35   171   29   15  159   224  .249
Houston         1623  215   404   67   13   45   199   28   16  170   269  .249
New York        1536  180   376   62    9   35   169   11   13  176   273  .245
Cincinnati      1586  223   388   61   15   45   206   48   23  199   288  .245
Philadelphia    1573  138   363   59   12   26   127    9   10  167   293  .231
San Francisco   1764  205   407   82   13   51   195   40   13  167   328  .231
Montreal        1457  135   335   53    6   17   120   25   21  120   236  .230
San Diego       1561  125   336   52    9   27   117   22   19  108   280  .215

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Matty Alou (STL)         42  160   19   56   6   1   1    9   4   2    7    7  .350
Joe Torre (STL)          45  176   24   61  10   2   7   29   2   0   10   20  .347
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   44  171   20   59   7   3   2   22   1   0    6   19  .345
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        46  182   35   59  12   4   4   28  15   5   16   20  .324
Leron Lee (SD)           39  143   18   46   9   3   5   16   1   3   10   17  .322
Al Oliver (PIT)          45  192   25   61  10   1   3   31   1   3   13   14  .318
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   41  165   29   52  11   3   3   21   0   0   13   18  .315
Willie Stargell (PIT)    41  153   20   48  11   0  13   40   1   0   21   37  .314
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       41  157   26   49   7   1   4   15  13   4   20   15  .312
Rusty Staub (NY)         46  173   24   53   8   0   8   30   0   1   23   10  .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           38  101   12   31   6   0   1   15   2   0   11   15  .307
Ralph Garr            45  187   26   57   3   0   4   15   9   4    8   12  .305
Rico Carty            37  116   20   35   7   0   4   16   0   0   22   12  .302
Darrell Evans         40  129   24   37   4   0   9   31   1   1   31   13  .287
Earl Williams         45  171   18   44   9   1   4   21   0   0   18   30  .257
Felix Millan          45  192   16   46   8   1   0   14   2   1   13   11  .240
Marty Perez           45  160   11   38   8   1   1   14   0   2   11   18  .238
Oscar Brown           20   17    6    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    3  .235
Hank Aaron            38  139   24   32   3   0   9   20   1   0   28   17  .230
Mike Lum              34   75    8   16   3   0   1    3   0   2   10    6  .213
Jim Breazeale         14   20    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .200
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
Rick Monday           42  131   25   39   6   1   5   18   8   3   31   30  .298
Gene Hiser            11   17    1    5   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .294
Ron Santo             25   92   15   27   4   1   5   16   0   1    8   16  .294
Billy Williams        44  181   27   53   7   2   7   23   2   1   12   17  .293
Jim Hickman           32  107   20   30   3   0   5   15   1   0   15   14  .280
Ken Rudolph           10   30    5    8   0   1   1    4   1   0    1    5  .267
Carmen Fanzone        33   91   12   24   7   0   4   20   0   2   16   19  .264
Don Kessinger         41  149   19   39   6   0   0   11   3   1   22   12  .262
Jose Cardenal         42  155   29   40   7   3   6   28  10   5   14   16  .258
Glenn Beckert         43  177   18   43   6   1   1   13   0   1   10    6  .243
Randy Hundley         35  118    6   23   6   0   1   11   0   0   11   21  .195
Billy North           10   24    2    4   0   0   0    0   3   0    1   10  .167
Paul Popovich         10   21    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    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         17   18    5    6   0   0   0    3   1   1    5    6  .333
Bobby Tolan           46  182   35   59  12   4   4   28  15   5   16   20  .324
Johnny Bench          45  167   32   49   5   2  14   37   1   3   27   20  .293
Tony Perez            34  131   16   36   6   1   7   29   0   0   14   38  .275
Hal McRae             20   33    2    9   1   0   2   12   0   0    1    2  .273
Joe Hague             15   37    7   10   0   1   3    8   1   1   11    4  .270
Joe Morgan            46  171   45   45   6   2   7   21  19   5   37   13  .263
Pete Rose             47  201   26   52  10   2   0   13   1   1   19   18  .259
Julian Javier         20   51    3   13   2   0   2    9   1   0    5    5  .255
Denis Menke           43  121   14   28   5   0   2    9   0   1   20   26  .231
Dave Concepcion       47  156   13   36   5   1   1   18   8   3   11   27  .231
George Foster         19   52    5   11   3   0   1    6   1   0    4   18  .212
Cesar Geronimo        35   52    7   10   3   2   1    7   0   2    8   18  .192
Ted Uhlaender         28   63    5   11   2   0   0    4   0   1    9    4  .175
Bernie Carbo          19   21    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .143
Bill Plummer           5   11    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            20   47    5   15   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    2  .319
Cesar Cedeno          41  157   26   49   7   1   4   15  13   4   20   15  .312
Bob Watson            47  173   33   53   6   2   9   31   0   0   20   26  .306
Jim Wynn              41  160   29   45   9   1   7   27   6   2   22   22  .281
Lee May               43  167   26   46   7   2   9   26   1   1   17   46  .275
Jimmy Stewart         26   51    8   14   2   2   0    5   0   0    3    4  .275
Johnny Edwards        38  120   18   30   6   2   3   15   0   2   20   16  .250
Tommy Helms           37  141   12   33   4   0   2   15   0   1    4    5  .234
Bobby Fenwick         15   30    4    7   3   0   0    3   0   1    3    5  .233
Doug Rader            47  179   18   40   9   2   7   31   2   3   15   33  .224
Norm Miller           21   34    4    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .206
Jack Hiatt            10   25    2    5   3   0   0    0   0   0    5    5  .200
Roger Metzger         47  195   23   37   5   1   1   17   6   2   22   26  .190
Bob Stinson            7    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .111
Larry Howard           5   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .091

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner          30  102   14   33   3   0   0    4   1   1    5    4  .324
Manny Mota            38  114   18   36   7   3   2   19   2   1    3    5  .316
Frank Robinson        42  135   20   40   5   0   7   29   1   2   23   28  .296
Bobby Valentine       32   97   13   28   4   0   2    7   1   3    7   14  .289
Wes Parker            33  104   10   29   3   0   0    9   0   1   16    8  .279
Steve Garvey          43  144   21   39   6   1   3   12   3   2   11   15  .271
Bill Russell          43  135   13   36   9   1   3   16   3   2    7   24  .267
Willie Davis          48  201   30   51   6   3   6   23  10   1    6   24  .254
Chris Cannizzaro      18   55    7   13   1   0   1    7   0   0    7   12  .236
Jim Lefebvre          30   99    7   23   4   0   3   14   0   0   10   16  .232
Willie Crawford       35  105   10   24   5   2   5   11   2   1    7   20  .229
Duke Sims             27   80    4   16   4   0   1    9   0   0    9   12  .200
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
Bobby Wine            21    9    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jim Fairey            22   35    0   10   3   0   0    6   0   0    1    6  .286
John Bateman          15   26    0    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .269
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
Mike Jorgensen        41  145   19   37   7   1   5   19   8   4   19   31  .255
Ron Hunt              42  153   18   39   7   0   0    9   3   0   16    9  .255
Boots Day             34  111    8   27   3   0   0    9   1   3    5   11  .243
Ron Fairly            37  120   11   29   2   0   4   17   1   1   11   12  .242
Bob Bailey            45  163   16   39   3   1   4   17   5   3   19   29  .239
John Boccabella       34  115    9   27   5   1   0    4   0   2    5   16  .235
Terry Humphrey        10   30    1    7   2   0   0    0   0   1    0    5  .233
Ken Singleton         45  159   21   35   6   1   2   13   2   3   21   36  .220
Tim Foli              40  133   11   24   5   1   0   11   3   1    5   15  .181
Hector Torres         17   39    3    7   1   1   1    2   0   0    2    7  .180

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Duffy Dyer            11   35    4   12   3   0   2    6   0   0    2    9  .343
Willie Mays            9   27    8    9   2   0   2    5   0   1   10    9  .333
Rusty Staub           46  173   24   53   8   0   8   30   0   1   23   10  .306
Tommie Agee           43  164   28   49  13   0   5   25   4   3   22   33  .299
Cleon Jones           38  144   14   41   5   0   2   17   0   3    9   30  .285
John Milner           27   75   13   21   3   0   5   14   0   0    7   15  .280
Jim Fregosi           41  155   18   39   8   3   3   15   0   0   15   26  .252
Ted Martinez          22   72    8   17   1   3   0    5   0   1    3   15  .236
Jerry Grote           37  121    9   28   4   1   3   15   0   0   16   13  .231
Ed Kranepool          33   97    9   22   4   0   3   12   1   0   11   16  .227
Bud Harrelson         44  168   25   38   5   1   1    8   5   3   27   23  .226
Jim Beauchamp         13   30    3    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .200
Wayne Garrett         13   31    3    6   2   0   0    1   1   0   10    7  .194
Ken Boswell           29  110    7   19   1   1   1    8   0   1   10    8  .173
Dave Marshall         11   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .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          19   57   11   18   1   1   0    4   1   1    8    5  .316
Denny Doyle           35  119   10   34   5   1   0   11   0   2    9   14  .286
Greg Luzinski         46  183   21   52  10   2   7   22   0   0   14   36  .284
Tommy Hutton          37  111   12   28   4   1   3   14   1   1   10    9  .252
Byron Browne          16   17    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    8  .235
Don Money             46  163   13   37   7   0   3   11   2   2   29   32  .227
Larry Bowa            46  188   18   42   3   3   0    7   4   2   17   15  .223
Ron Stone             25   36    3    8   0   1   0    1   0   0    8    9  .222
Mike Ryan             14   46    3   10   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .217
Willie Montanez       45  173   14   37  11   1   3   15   0   0   21   41  .214
Tim McCarver          39  137   13   28   7   0   2   10   0   2   14   13  .204
Roger Freed           15   30    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    8  .200
Pete Koegel           18   25    0    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    7  .200
Mike Anderson         36  103    8   20   5   1   2    5   1   0   19   36  .194
Deron Johnson         31   79    5   15   1   1   2   13   0   0    5   21  .190
Oscar Gamble           4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Vic Davalillo         31   77   16   28   4   0   2    8   4   0    6    4  .364
Rennie Stennett       29   89   14   32   6   4   1   15   0   2    0    9  .360
Manny Sanguillen      44  171   20   59   7   3   2   22   1   0    6   19  .345
Gene Clines           31   77   13   26   4   1   0    1   5   0    4   15  .338
Al Oliver             45  192   25   61  10   1   3   31   1   3   13   14  .318
Roberto Clemente      41  165   29   52  11   3   3   21   0   0   13   18  .315
Willie Stargell       41  153   20   48  11   0  13   40   1   0   21   37  .314
Jose Pagan            21   51    8   16   7   0   2    5   0   0    3    7  .314
Dave Cash             36  170   28   50  11   2   2   13   6   3    7   12  .294
Richie Hebner         34  128   19   36   6   1   6   17   0   0   19   19  .281
Gene Alley            33   82    9   23   2   0   0   11   3   1   14   12  .281
Jackie Hernandez      28   76    6   16   4   0   0    5   0   0    3   17  .211
Milt May              18   36    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .194
Bob Robertson         34   93    6   12   4   0   2    6   1   0   20   29  .129
Bill Mazeroski         7    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leron Lee             39  143   18   46   9   3   5   16   1   3   10   17  .322
Cito Gaston           16   37    2   10   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .270
Garry Jestadt         29   77    1   19   0   0   1    8   0   0    1    7  .247
Derrel Thomas         43  161   13   39   6   1   1   11   3   4   14   27  .242
Dave Campbell         33  100    6   24   5   0   0    3   0   4   11   12  .240
Jerry Morales         28   67    7   16   4   2   1    5   2   1    8    9  .239
Johnny Jeter          42  144   12   32   2   1   5   11   4   4    8   39  .222
Fred Kendall          25   77    6   17   1   0   1    2   0   0    4   14  .221
Nate Colbert          47  177   24   37   7   1  11   29   2   2   18   43  .209
Bob Barton            29   88    1   17   1   0   0    9   2   0    2   19  .193
Larry Stahl           32   89    7   17   2   0   2    5   0   0   10   15  .191
Ed Spiezio            14   21    2    4   2   0   0    3   1   0    0    2  .191
Don Mason              9   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
Enzo Hernandez        44  139   14   25   6   0   0    4   7   1    9   10  .180
Rafael Robles         17   23    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .174
Ollie Brown           23   70    3   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    9  .171
Curt Blefary          14   21    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .143
Ivan Murrell           5    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .143
Dave Roberts           1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Goodson            19   62    7   19   0   0   3   10   0   0    4    2  .307
Al Gallagher          26   65    7   18   0   0   1    5   0   0   11   10  .277
Bobby Bonds           53  210   38   58  14   3   8   31   9   3   17   46  .276
Chris Speier          50  184   21   47  12   1   6   23   4   0   26   24  .255
Tito Fuentes          51  204   20   52  12   1   3   13   6   1   10   20  .255
Jim Howarth           28   36    7    9   4   0   0    3   1   0    9    8  .250
Garry Maddox          39  133   15   33  12   1   3   18   2   0    5   28  .248
Dave Rader            36  110    7   27   6   0   1   10   0   0    5    9  .246
Chris Arnold          24   54    4   13   2   1   1    3   0   1    7    6  .241
Willie McCovey         9   26    3    6   2   0   2    4   0   0    4    8  .231
Dave Kingman          53  194   31   44   5   3  14   38  11   3   21   53  .227
Ken Henderson         48  158   17   32   4   1   6   14   4   2   17   27  .203
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       20   53    6    9   1   1   1    4   0   0    2   14  .170
Fran Healy            30   66    7    8   2   0   1    7   0   1    8   14  .121
Jimmy Rosario          7    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .000
Damaso Blanco          4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .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            42  160   19   56   6   1   1    9   4   2    7    7  .350
Joe Torre             45  176   24   61  10   2   7   29   2   0   10   20  .347
Lou Brock             47  206   20   62   4   3   1   14  19   7    6   27  .301
Ted Simmons           45  179   19   50  11   1   4   28   0   1    8   24  .279
Jerry McNertney       13   18    1    5   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    7  .278
Ted Sizemore          42  166   21   45   5   2   1   13   1   0   11   14  .271
Bernie Carbo          14   45    3   12   0   0   0    3   0   0   11   10  .267
Dwain Anderson         7    8    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ed Crosby             37  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
Luis Melendez         38   98   12   19   3   1   2    7   0   1    6    8  .194
Jose Cruz             37  113   10   21   2   2   0    8   1   0   11   17  .186
Donn Clendenon        26   51    5    9   3   0   1    2   1   0    6   18  .177
Dal Maxvill           35   62    4    8   2   0   0    4   0   0    9   10  .129
Mike Fiore            15   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)           210
  L. Brock (STL)          206
  T. Fuentes (SF)         204
  W. Davis (LA)           201
  P. Rose (CIN)           201
  R. Metzger (HOU)        195
  D. Kingman (SF)         194
  F. Millan (ATL)         192
  A. Oliver (PIT)         192
  L. Bowa (PHI)           188

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          45
  B. Bonds (SF)            38
  B. Tolan (CIN)           35
  B. Watson (HOU)          33
  J. Bench (CIN)           32
  D. Kingman (SF)          31
  W. Davis (LA)            30
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        29
  R. Clemente (PIT)        29
  J. Wynn (HOU)            29

Hits:

  L. Brock (STL)           62
  A. Oliver (PIT)          61
  J. Torre (STL)           61
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      59
  B. Tolan (CIN)           59
  B. Bonds (SF)            58
  R. Garr (ATL)            57
  M. Alou (STL)            56
  R. Staub (NY)            53
  B. Watson (HOU)          53

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)            14
  T. Agee (NY)             13
  T. Fuentes (SF)          12
  G. Maddox (SF)           12
  C. Speier (SF)           12
  B. Tolan (CIN)           12
  D. Cash (PIT)            11
  R. Clemente (PIT)        11
  W. Montanez (PHI)        11
  T. Simmons (STL)         11

Triples:

  R. Stennett (PIT)         4
  B. Tolan (CIN)            4
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  L. Bowa (PHI)             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

Home Runs:

  J. Bench (CIN)           14
  D. Kingman (SF)          14
  W. Stargell (PIT)        13
  N. Colbert (SD)          11
  H. Aaron (ATL)            9
  D. Evans (ATL)            9
  L. May (HOU)              9
  B. Watson (HOU)           9
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  R. Staub (NY)             8

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        40
  D. Kingman (SF)          38
  J. Bench (CIN)           37
  B. Bonds (SF)            31
  D. Evans (ATL)           31
  A. Oliver (PIT)          31
  D. Rader (HOU)           31
  B. Watson (HOU)          31
  R. Staub (NY)            30
  N. Colbert (SD)          29

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

  L. Brock (STL)            7
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  B. Tolan (CIN)            5
  D. Campbell (SD)          4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  R. Garr (ATL)             4
  J. Jeter (SD)             4
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        4
  D. Thomas (SD)            4

Walks:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          37
  D. Evans (ATL)           31
  R. Monday (CHI)          31
  D. Money (PHI)           29
  H. Aaron (ATL)           28
  J. Hague (CIN)           28
  J. Bench (CIN)           27
  B. Harrelson (NY)        27
  W. Mays (NY)             27
  C. Speier (SF)           26

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          53
  B. Bonds (SF)            46
  L. May (HOU)             46
  N. Colbert (SD)          43
  W. Montanez (PHI)        41
  J. Jeter (SD)            39
  T. Perez (CIN)           38
  W. Stargell (PIT)        37
  M. Anderson (PHI)        36
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        36


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