Friday June 9, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 9, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh      1770  241   512   93   15   39   224   22   10  144   268  .289
St. Louis       1683  177   436   56   16   24   160   30   13  118   250  .259
Atlanta         1581  187   396   63    3   41   176   15   10  171   209  .251
Houston         1691  221   422   70   14   47   205   28   16  174   282  .250
Chicago         1498  187   370   56   10   35   172   30   16  163   235  .247
Los Angeles     1691  190   417   65   11   35   171   26   15  141   258  .247
Cincinnati      1656  234   406   61   15   49   215   51   24  203   310  .245
New York        1598  185   390   64    9   35   174   11   13  186   284  .244
Philadelphia    1640  149   389   64   14   28   138    9   11  179   304  .237
San Francisco   1797  209   416   82   15   51   198   43   14  172   333  .232
Montreal        1523  140   348   55    6   17   125   27   21  128   244  .229
San Diego       1625  129   351   53   10   27   121   23   20  111   296  .216

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Matty Alou (STL)         44  168   21   58   6   1   2   10   5   2    8    7  .345
Joe Torre (STL)          47  184   26   63  10   2   8   30   2   0   11   22  .342
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   46  179   20   60   7   3   2   22   1   1    7   20  .335
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        48  190   37   62  12   4   4   28  17   5   17   21  .326
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   42  170   30   55  11   3   3   22   0   0   13   18  .324
Al Oliver (PIT)          47  201   27   65  10   1   3   36   1   3   13   14  .323
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       43  164   27   53   8   2   4   15  13   4   21   16  .323
Leron Lee (SD)           41  151   18   48   9   3   5   16   2   3   10   19  .318
Bob Watson (HOU)         49  181   34   57   7   2  10   33   0   0   20   26  .315
Willie Stargell (PIT)    43  161   22   50  11   0  14   44   1   0   21   38  .311

 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
Rico Carty            39  122   23   39   8   0   5   17   0   0   24   13  .320
Dusty Baker           40  109   13   33   6   0   2   17   2   0   11   19  .303
Ralph Garr            47  197   27   59   3   0   4   15   9   4    8   13  .300
Darrell Evans         42  133   24   38   5   0   9   32   1   1   34   13  .286
Earl Williams         47  176   18   45  10   1   4   22   0   0   21   30  .256
Felix Millan          47  199   17   47   9   1   0   15   2   1   13   12  .236
Oscar Brown           22   17    6    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    3  .235
Marty Perez           47  166   11   38   8   1   1   14   0   2   13   19  .229
Hank Aaron            39  143   24   32   3   0   9   20   1   0   28   17  .224
Mike Lum              34   75    8   16   3   0   1    3   0   2   10    6  .213
Jim Breazeale         16   24    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .167
Paul Casanova         11   30    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    7  .133
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
Billy Williams        45  184   27   53   7   2   7   23   2   1   13   18  .288
Ron Santo             26   95   15   27   4   1   5   16   0   1    9   19  .284
Jim Hickman           33  111   20   30   3   0   5   15   1   0   15   16  .270
Ken Rudolph           10   30    5    8   0   1   1    4   1   0    1    5  .267
Jose Cardenal         43  159   29   42   7   3   6   29  10   5   14   17  .264
Carmen Fanzone        34   93   12   24   7   0   4   20   1   2   18   19  .258
Don Kessinger         42  153   19   39   6   0   0   11   3   2   22   13  .255
Glenn Beckert         44  180   19   44   6   1   1   13   0   1   10    6  .244
Randy Hundley         36  122    6   24   6   0   1   11   0   0   11   22  .197
Billy North           11   25    2    4   0   0   0    0   3   0    1   11  .160
Paul Popovich         11   22    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    2  .136
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
Bobby Tolan           48  190   37   62  12   4   4   28  17   5   17   21  .326
Johnny Bench          47  174   33   51   5   2  15   41   1   3   27   22  .293
Tony Perez            36  137   18   38   6   1   8   31   0   0   15   41  .277
Joe Hague             17   44    8   12   0   1   4   10   1   1   12    7  .273
Hal McRae             20   33    2    9   1   0   2   12   0   0    1    2  .273
Joe Morgan            48  180   47   49   6   2   7   21  20   5   37   13  .272
Pete Rose             49  210   29   56  10   2   1   14   1   1   19   20  .267
Julian Javier         20   51    3   13   2   0   2    9   1   0    5    5  .255
Darrel Chaney         19   25    5    6   0   0   0    3   1   1    6   10  .240
Denis Menke           43  121   14   28   5   0   2    9   0   1   20   26  .231
Dave Concepcion       49  164   13   36   5   1   1   18   8   3   11   29  .220
George Foster         19   52    5   11   3   0   1    6   1   0    4   18  .212
Cesar Geronimo        37   53    7   10   3   2   1    7   0   3    8   19  .189
Ted Uhlaender         29   64    5   11   2   0   0    4   0   1    9    4  .172
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
Cesar Cedeno          43  164   27   53   8   2   4   15  13   4   21   16  .323
Jesus Alou            21   47    5   15   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    2  .319
Bob Watson            49  181   34   57   7   2  10   33   0   0   20   26  .315
Jim Wynn              42  164   30   46   9   1   7   27   6   2   22   24  .281
Lee May               45  175   26   47   7   2   9   27   1   1   17   49  .269
Jimmy Stewart         27   56    8   14   2   2   0    5   0   0    3    5  .250
Johnny Edwards        39  122   18   30   6   2   3   15   0   2   21   16  .246
Tommy Helms           37  141   12   33   4   0   2   15   0   1    4    5  .234
Doug Rader            49  186   20   42  10   2   7   31   2   3   16   34  .226
Bobby Fenwick         17   35    4    7   3   0   0    3   0   1    3    6  .200
Jack Hiatt            10   25    2    5   3   0   0    0   0   0    5    5  .200
Larry Howard           6   15    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    2  .200
Norm Miller           22   36    4    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    7  .194
Roger Metzger         49  204   23   39   5   1   1   17   6   2   22   26  .191
Bob Stinson            9   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .167

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner          31  105   14   34   3   0   0    4   1   1    6    4  .324
Manny Mota            39  117   18   36   7   3   2   19   2   1    3    5  .308
Frank Robinson        44  140   21   41   5   0   8   30   1   2   25   28  .293
Bobby Valentine       34  103   13   29   4   0   2    7   1   3    8   14  .282
Wes Parker            34  107   10   29   3   0   0    9   0   1   16    8  .271
Steve Garvey          45  151   22   40   6   1   4   13   3   2   11   15  .265
Bill Russell          45  142   13   37   9   1   3   16   3   2    7   26  .261
Willie Davis          50  209   30   52   6   3   6   23  10   1    6   25  .249
Chris Cannizzaro      19   58    7   14   2   0   1    7   0   0    7   12  .241
Willie Crawford       36  107   10   25   5   2   5   11   2   1    9   21  .234
Jim Lefebvre          30   99    7   23   4   0   3   14   0   0   10   16  .232
Duke Sims             28   84    4   16   4   0   1    9   0   0    9   12  .191
Billy Grabarkewitz    17   38    6    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    6   15  .158
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            24   37    0   10   3   0   0    6   0   0    1    6  .270
Ron Woods             26   63    3   16   3   0   0    3   1   3    4    9  .254
Mike Jorgensen        43  151   20   38   7   1   5   19   9   4   21   32  .252
Clyde Mashore         29   60    8   15   3   0   1    6   1   0    4   13  .250
John Bateman          17   28    0    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    4  .250
Boots Day             36  117    9   29   3   0   0    9   1   3    8   11  .248
Ron Hunt              44  162   19   40   7   0   0    9   3   0   16   10  .247
Ron Fairly            39  127   12   31   3   0   4   18   1   1   12   13  .244
Terry Humphrey        12   38    1    9   2   0   0    0   0   1    0    5  .237
John Boccabella       35  115    9   27   5   1   0    4   0   2    5   16  .235
Bob Bailey            47  171   16   40   4   1   4   19   5   3   19   31  .234
Ken Singleton         47  164   21   37   6   1   2   14   2   3   22   37  .226
Tim Foli              42  140   11   26   5   1   0   11   4   1    6   16  .186
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
Willie Mays           11   32   10   11   2   0   2    5   0   1   14   10  .344
Rusty Staub           48  181   24   56   8   0   8   33   0   1   23   10  .309
Duffy Dyer            12   39    4   12   3   0   2    6   0   0    2   10  .308
Tommie Agee           44  168   29   49  13   0   5   26   4   3   23   34  .292
John Milner           29   79   13   23   4   0   5   14   0   0    7   15  .291
Cleon Jones           40  152   14   42   5   0   2   18   0   3    9   33  .276
Jim Fregosi           43  162   18   41   8   3   3   15   0   0   16   28  .253
Jerry Grote           38  124    9   29   4   1   3   15   0   0   16   13  .234
Ed Kranepool          35   99    9   23   4   0   3   12   1   0   11   17  .232
Ted Martinez          23   74    8   17   1   3   0    5   0   1    3   15  .230
Bud Harrelson         46  174   27   39   6   1   1    8   5   3   30   23  .224
Jim Beauchamp         13   30    3    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .200
Wayne Garrett         15   33    3    6   2   0   0    1   1   0   10    7  .182
Ken Boswell           30  114    7   20   1   1   1    8   0   1   10    9  .175
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
Greg Luzinski         48  190   23   56  11   2   7   23   0   0   16   36  .295
Denny Doyle           37  126   10   35   5   1   0   12   0   2   10   14  .278
Tommy Hutton          39  118   16   32   5   1   4   16   1   1   12    9  .271
Larry Bowa            48  195   19   48   3   5   0   10   4   2   17   15  .246
Don Money             48  172   15   41   7   0   3   11   2   3   29   34  .238
Pete Koegel           19   26    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    7  .231
Byron Browne          17   18    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    8  .222
Mike Ryan             14   46    3   10   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .217
Ron Stone             27   37    3    8   0   1   0    1   0   0    9    9  .216
Willie Montanez       47  181   16   39  12   1   4   16   0   0   23   44  .216
Tim McCarver          41  142   13   30   8   0   2   12   0   2   16   14  .211
Roger Freed           15   30    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    8  .200
Mike Anderson         36  103    8   20   5   1   2    5   1   0   19   36  .194
Deron Johnson         32   79    5   15   1   1   2   13   0   0    6   21  .190
Oscar Gamble           6   16    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .188

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Vic Davalillo         33   87   19   33   6   0   2   10   4   0    7    6  .379
Rennie Stennett       31   98   15   34   6   4   1   15   0   2    1    9  .347
Gene Clines           31   77   13   26   4   1   0    1   5   0    4   15  .338
Manny Sanguillen      46  179   20   60   7   3   2   22   1   1    7   20  .335
Roberto Clemente      42  170   30   55  11   3   3   22   0   0   13   18  .324
Al Oliver             47  201   27   65  10   1   3   36   1   3   13   14  .323
Jose Pagan            21   51    8   16   7   0   2    5   0   0    3    7  .314
Willie Stargell       43  161   22   50  11   0  14   44   1   0   21   38  .311
Dave Cash             37  175   31   53  11   2   2   13   6   3    8   12  .303
Richie Hebner         36  137   20   39   6   1   7   18   0   0   19   20  .285
Gene Alley            33   82    9   23   2   0   0   11   3   1   14   12  .281
Jackie Hernandez      30   83    7   18   4   0   1    7   0   0    5   19  .217
Milt May              18   36    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .194
Bob Robertson         35   94    6   12   4   0   2    6   1   0   20   29  .128
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             41  151   18   48   9   3   5   16   2   3   10   19  .318
Cito Gaston           16   37    2   10   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .270
Jerry Morales         29   68    7   17   4   2   1    5   2   1    8    9  .250
Garry Jestadt         31   85    2   21   0   0   1    8   0   0    1    7  .247
Dave Campbell         33  100    6   24   5   0   0    3   0   4   11   12  .240
Johnny Jeter          44  152   13   35   2   2   5   12   4   4    8   42  .230
Derrel Thomas         45  170   13   39   6   1   1   11   3   4   14   29  .229
Larry Stahl           34   96    8   21   3   0   2    6   0   1   11   17  .219
Fred Kendall          27   85    6   18   1   0   1    3   0   0    4   17  .212
Nate Colbert          49  184   25   37   7   1  11   29   2   2   19   44  .201
Bob Barton            29   88    1   17   1   0   0    9   2   0    2   19  .193
Enzo Hernandez        46  142   14   27   6   0   0    4   7   1   10   10  .190
Ed Spiezio            15   22    2    4   2   0   0    4   1   0    0    2  .182
Don Mason              9   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
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
Ivan Murrell           5    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .143
Curt Blefary          15   22    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .136
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            20   63    7   19   0   0   3   10   0   0    4    2  .302
Al Gallagher          26   65    7   18   0   0   1    5   0   0   11   10  .277
Bobby Bonds           54  214   40   59  14   3   8   31  11   3   18   46  .276
Tito Fuentes          52  206   21   53  12   1   3   13   6   1   12   20  .257
Garry Maddox          40  137   15   35  12   2   3   18   2   1    5   29  .256
Chris Speier          51  189   21   48  12   1   6   24   4   0   26   25  .254
Jim Howarth           28   36    7    9   4   0   0    3   1   0    9    8  .250
Chris Arnold          24   54    4   13   2   1   1    3   0   1    7    6  .241
Dave Rader            37  113    7   27   6   0   1   10   0   0    6    9  .239
Dave Kingman          54  198   32   46   5   3  14   38  12   3   21   53  .232
Ken Henderson         49  161   17   33   4   1   6   14   4   2   18   28  .205
Willie McCovey        10   30    3    6   2   0   2    4   0   0    4    9  .200
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            44  168   21   58   6   1   2   10   5   2    8    7  .345
Joe Torre             47  184   26   63  10   2   8   30   2   0   11   22  .342
Lou Brock             49  215   21   65   4   4   1   14  19   7    6   30  .302
Ted Simmons           47  187   21   52  11   2   4   31   0   1    8   26  .278
Jerry McNertney       13   18    1    5   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    7  .278
Ted Sizemore          43  169   21   46   5   2   1   13   1   0   12   14  .272
Dwain Anderson         7    8    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ed Crosby             39  114   10   28   1   0   0    8   0   0    6    9  .246
Bernie Carbo          16   50    3   12   0   0   0    3   0   0   11   13  .240
Joe Hague             27   76    8   18   5   1   3   11   0   1   17   18  .237
Luis Melendez         39  102   12   21   3   1   2    7   0   1    6    9  .206
Jose Cruz             39  116   10   22   2   2   0    8   2   0   11   17  .190
Donn Clendenon        27   53    6   10   3   0   2    4   1   0    6   18  .189
Dal Maxvill           37   70    4    9   2   0   0    5   0   0    9   11  .129
Mike Fiore            15   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .100
Brant Alyea            3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

At Bats:

  L. Brock (STL)          215
  B. Bonds (SF)           214
  P. Rose (CIN)           210
  W. Davis (LA)           209
  T. Fuentes (SF)         206
  R. Metzger (HOU)        204
  A. Oliver (PIT)         201
  F. Millan (ATL)         199
  D. Kingman (SF)         198
  R. Garr (ATL)           197

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          47
  B. Bonds (SF)            40
  B. Tolan (CIN)           37
  B. Watson (HOU)          34
  J. Bench (CIN)           33
  D. Kingman (SF)          32
  D. Cash (PIT)            31
  R. Clemente (PIT)        30
  W. Davis (LA)            30
  J. Wynn (HOU)            30

Hits:

  L. Brock (STL)           65
  A. Oliver (PIT)          65
  J. Torre (STL)           63
  B. Tolan (CIN)           62
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      60
  B. Bonds (SF)            59
  R. Garr (ATL)            59
  M. Alou (STL)            58
  B. Watson (HOU)          57
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        56

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  L. Bowa (PHI)             5
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  R. Stennett (PIT)         4
  B. Tolan (CIN)            4
  B. Bonds (SF)             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)           15
  D. Kingman (SF)          14
  W. Stargell (PIT)        14
  N. Colbert (SD)          11
  B. Watson (HOU)          10
  H. Aaron (ATL)            9
  D. Evans (ATL)            9
  L. May (HOU)              9
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  T. Perez (CIN)            8

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        44
  J. Bench (CIN)           41
  D. Kingman (SF)          38
  A. Oliver (PIT)          36
  R. Staub (NY)            33
  B. Watson (HOU)          33
  D. Evans (ATL)           32
  B. Bonds (SF)            31
  T. Perez (CIN)           31
  D. Rader (HOU)           31

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          20
  L. Brock (STL)           19
  B. Tolan (CIN)           17
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  D. Kingman (SF)          12
  B. Bonds (SF)            11
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        10
  W. Davis (LA)            10
  R. Garr (ATL)             9
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        9

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)           34
  W. Mays (NY)             31
  R. Monday (CHI)          31
  B. Harrelson (NY)        30
  J. Hague (CIN)           29
  D. Money (PHI)           29
  H. Aaron (ATL)           28
  J. Bench (CIN)           27
  C. Speier (SF)           26

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          53
  L. May (HOU)             49
  B. Bonds (SF)            46
  N. Colbert (SD)          44
  W. Montanez (PHI)        44
  J. Jeter (SD)            42
  T. Perez (CIN)           41
  W. Stargell (PIT)        38
  K. Singleton (MON)       37
  M. Anderson (PHI)        36


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report