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1972 National League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
Association Division Team W L WPct GB Montreal 109 53 .673 -- St. Louis 90 72 .556 19 Los Angeles 88 74 .543 21 Colorado 73 89 .451 36 New York (N) 62 100 .383 47	Federal Division Team W L WPct GB Cleveland (N) 103 59 .636 -- Washington 93 69 .574 10 Pittsburgh 82 80 .506 21 Boston (N) 51 111 .315 52 San Diego 42 120 .259 61

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3)	Cleveland (N) Spiders over Seattle Mariners
NL League Series (4-2)	Cleveland (N) Spiders over Montreal Expos
NL Divisional Series (4-2)	Cleveland (N) Spiders over Washington Nationals
NL Divisional Series (4-1)	Montreal Expos over St. Louis Cardinals

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MON	5.7	924	162	5567	1589	290	26	178	687	816	.285	.364	.443	.807
CLN	5.4	880	162	5651	1547	248	24	222	524	936	.274	.335	.444	.779
STL	5.0	809	162	5633	1499	251	27	205	552	812	.266	.332	.429	.761
LAD	5.0	802	162	5626	1559	237	22	126	685	793	.277	.356	.394	.750
WAS	4.7	769	162	5619	1525	255	33	157	458	787	.271	.326	.412	.739
PIT	4.3	694	162	5546	1435	214	44	152	476	869	.259	.317	.395	.713
COL	4.0	641	162	5500	1340	199	28	112	569	1035	.244	.315	.351	.666
SDP	3.5	574	162	5578	1339	206	28	86	492	735	.240	.302	.333	.635
NYG	3.5	568	162	5494	1250	246	15	121	445	1008	.228	.285	.344	.629
BSN	3.3	542	162	5517	1265	216	34	66	492	962	.229	.292	.317	.609
Totals	4.4	7203	1620	55731	14348	2362	281	1425	5380	8753	.257	.323	.387	.709
Average		720	162	5573	1435	236	28	142	538	875

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
MON	3.8	608	162	3.42	1441.0	1332	8.2	504	3.1	889	5.5	37
CLN	3.8	622	162	3.48	1449.7	1337	8.3	558	3.4	963	5.9	32
WAS	4.0	649	162	3.52	1454.3	1392	8.6	510	3.1	876	5.4	27
STL	4.3	699	162	3.93	1459.0	1479	9.1	565	3.5	823	5.1	31
COL	4.4	716	162	4.05	1443.7	1426	8.8	536	3.3	948	5.9	23
LAD	4.5	725	162	4.21	1435.7	1354	8.4	597	3.7	1077	6.6	23
PIT	4.5	732	162	4.25	1440.7	1461	9.0	499	3.1	952	5.9	27
BSN	5.1	832	162	4.58	1445.3	1581	9.8	559	3.5	680	4.2	15
NYG	5.2	837	162	4.74	1455.7	1600	9.9	521	3.2	783	4.8	16
SDP	6.2	1004	162	5.85	1442.3	1598	9.9	723	4.5	830	5.1	12
Totals	4.6	7424	1620	4.20	14467.3	14560	9.0	5572	3.4	8821	5.4	243
Average		742	162		1447	1456		557		882		24

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
CLN	106	56	-3	7	19	2	1	0	8	1.00	0.93	2,427,952		Ricky Sanford II
MON	111	51	-2	5	16	8	14	0	15	0.96	0.98	2,377,586		Hyram the Camel Jockey
LAD	88	74	0	3	12	2	0	1	11	0.89	0.79	1,517,454		Ty Kubick
STL	92	70	-2	3	12	1	0	2	16	0.98	1.06	1,810,845		Cory Einhorn II
WAS	93	69	0	3	14	1	0	1	18	1.03	1.03	2,335,628		Jay Zorn
PIT	77	85	5	2	9	6	1	2	22	0.95	0.90	1,086,197		Alex Baxter
COL	73	89	0	1	11	0	2	1	7	1.05	0.89	1,366,210		Shashank Misra
NYG	53	109	9	1	9	0	2	1	3	1.12	1.17	1,438,301		Matt Ida
BSN	51	111	0	0	8	0	0	1	13	0.90	1.02	1,442,398		Ben Thompson
SDP	43	119	-1	0	6	0	0	0	5	1.12	1.26	1,321,679		Jamie D'Agostini

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
MON	327	173.06	108.81	45.08	5.96	4.05	5.77	4.67	10.52	14.13
CLN	309	153.91	108.68	46.38	7.86	3.81	7.29	3.94	10.02	13.47
WAS	279	120.38	112.03	46.56	8.15	3.39	8.86	6.02	8.39	11.76
STL	270	134.74	94.83	40.39	8.83	3.09	8.48	3.21	6.92	9.88
LAD	264	149.24	73.93	40.79	5.32	2.85	6.69	5.91	7.58	12.46
PIT	246	115.31	89.24	41.41	10.95	2.96	2.70	5.75	8.21	10.84
COL	219	79.42	94.62	44.91	9.03	3.02	6.40	5.10	7.58	13.80
NYG	186	56.16	85.77	44.02	8.49	2.24	6.77	5.61	6.67	14.26
BSN	153	62.24	59.86	30.85	5.73	2.25	6.80	3.55	4.07	8.47
SDP	126	59.47	40.49	26.00	5.64	1.68	3.73	4.30	3.20	7.46

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Bobby Bonds	PIT	.301, 44 HR, 117 RBI
Platinum Arm:	John Hiller	MON	20-3, 1.58, 205.7 IP, 190 K
Bronze Rookie:	Rick Reuschel	PIT	15-13, 3.71, 252.0 IP, 130 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Ken Reynolds	BSN	.984, 13 PO, 49 A, 1 E
C	Johnny Bench	PIT	.993, 754 PO, 52 A, 6 E 39.2% (31-79) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Ron Fairly	STL	.991, 1819 PO, 118 A, 17 E
2B	Mike De La Hoz	WAS	.976, 245 PO, 480 A, 18 E
3B	Billy Grabarkewitz	BSN	.961, 90 PO, 357 A, 18 E
SS	Marty Martinez	WAS	.964, 184 PO, 565 A, 28 E
LF	Dusty Baker	MON	.996, 242 PO, 5 A, 1 E
CF	Amos Otis	PIT	1.000, 434 PO, 6 A, 0 E
RF	Bill Melton	NYG	1.000, 332 PO, 8 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Blomberg MON .325 Baker MON .324 McRae MON .322 Agee CLN .317 Hebner MON .314	On-Base Pct Pointer LAD .407 Dietz LAD .395 Ferguson COL .391 Hebner MON .389 Blomberg MON .388	Slugging Pct Bonds PIT .602 Scott CLN .579 Santo STL .557 Agee CLN .522 Blomberg MON .516	OPS Bonds PIT .987 Scott CLN .922 Santo STL .906 Blomberg MON .905 Agee CLN .901
XR Bonds PIT 120.3 Agee CLN 111.7 Scott CLN 109.8 Santo STL 105.5 Rojas CLN 99.0	Games Davis NYG 159 Schilling NYG 158 Bando WAS 157 Bonds PIT 157 Hart WAS 157	At-Bats Rojas CLN 625 Davis NYG 605 Agee CLN 603 Scott CLN 601 Brown WAS 593	Runs Santo STL 112 Agee CLN 111 Bailey MON 110 Scott CLN 107 Rettenmund MON 103
Hits Agee CLN 191 McRae MON 179 Rojas CLN 178 Horton STL 177 Martinez   173	Total Bases Scott CLN 348 Bonds PIT 342 Santo STL 328 Agee CLN 315 Rojas CLN 295	Singles Martinez   137 Uhlaender SDP 130 Bell SDP 128 Causey SDP 127 Baker MON 126	Doubles McRae MON 48 Rojas CLN 42 Brown WAS 39 Agee CLN 36 Blomberg MON 36
Triples Bonds PIT 10 Grabarkewitz BSN 7 Shannon PIT 7 Uhlaender SDP 7 Causey SDP 6	Homeruns Bonds PIT 44 Santo STL 44 Scott CLN 43 Fairly STL 31 Swoboda WAS 31	RBIs Scott CLN 140 Bonds PIT 117 Santo STL 111 Horton STL 106 Blomberg MON 105	Stolen Bases Lopes COL 58 Donaldson LAD 37 Harrelson LAD 33 Fregosi COL 26 Grabarkewitz BSN 20
Caught Stealing Harrelson LAD 16 Lopes COL 15 Donaldson LAD 13 Fregosi COL 12 Grabarkewitz BSN 12	Walks Blefary LAD 111 Dietz LAD 101 Ferguson COL 97 Bailey MON 95 Brooks MON 90	Strikeouts Fregosi COL 152 Grabarkewitz BSN 150 Pointer LAD 150 Killebrew MON 130 Petrocelli SDP 130

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Hiller MON 1.58 Marichal MON 2.40 Landis CLN 2.89 Hargan WAS 2.91 Morris LAD 2.91	Wins Landis CLN 22 Marichal MON 22 Hargan WAS 21 Veale STL 21 Hiller MON 20	Losses Gentry BSN 21 Reynolds BSN 21 Ellsworth NYG 20 McDowell SDP 20 Matlack NYG 19	Winning Pct Hiller MON .870 Blue MON .760 Hargan WAS .750 Landis CLN .710 Marichal MON .710
Saves Hunter PIT 23 Guinn CLN 21 Stafford MON 20 Kurtz STL 12 Miller WAS 12	Games Pitched Guinn CLN 73 Hunter PIT 73 Bradley COL 65 Wilson STL 62 Butler BSN 59	Games Started Derrington CLN 37 Hernandez CLN 37 Landis CLN 37 Matlack NYG 36 Ryan PIT 36	Complete Games Marichal MON 22 Hargan WAS 16 Jenkins PIT 16 Matlack NYG 16 Reuschel PIT 13
Shutouts Marichal MON 6 Hargan WAS 5 Reuss NYG 4 Stoneman LAD 4 Derrington CLN 3	Innings Pitched Matlack NYG 286.3 Marichal MON 274.0 Hernandez CLN 273.7 Hargan WAS 272.3 Billingham WAS 263.0	Hits Allowed Ellsworth NYG 347 Billingham WAS 296 Hernandez CLN 295 Matlack NYG 287 McAndrew PIT 277	Homeruns Allowed Tidrow SDP 40 Stoneman LAD 38 Ellsworth NYG 37 McDowell SDP 36 McAndrew PIT 34
Strikeouts Ryan PIT 302 Derrington CLN 218 Stoneman LAD 218 Lauzerique LAD 212 Landis CLN 193	Walks Allowed Ryan PIT 166 McDowell SDP 149 Derrington CLN 123 Sparma SDP 121 Reynolds BSN 115	Walks per 9IP Marichal MON 1.1 Nolan COL 1.7 Borbon STL 2.0 Hiller MON 2.1 Ellsworth NYG 2.1	Hits per 9IP Hiller MON 5.3 Ryan PIT 6.7 Derrington CLN 7.2 Lauzerique LAD 7.5 Butler BSN 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan PIT 10.7 Hiller MON 8.3 Lauzerique LAD 8.2 Laroche COL 8.2 Stoneman LAD 7.9	WHiP Hiller MON 0.82 Marichal MON 1.03 Nolan COL 1.05 Butler BSN 1.14 York COL 1.18	OAVG Hiller MON .169 Ryan PIT .205 Derrington CLN .218 Butler BSN .224 Lauzerique LAD .224	OOBP Hiller MON .221 Marichal MON .267 Nolan COL .272 Butler BSN .284 Lauzerique LAD .290
OSLG Hiller MON .231 Marichal MON .308 Hargan WAS .313 Morris LAD .316 Marshall WAS .323	OOPS Hiller MON .452 Marichal MON .575 Hargan WAS .628 Morris LAD .631 Nolan COL .633

League All-Stars
Tommie Agee	Bob Bailey	Curt Blefary
Ron Blomberg	Walt Bond	Bobby Bonds
Dick Dietz	Roy Foster	Skip Guinn
Steve Hargan	Jim Ray Hart	Ramon Hernandez
John Hiller	Willie Horton	Bill Landis
Juan Marichal	Marty Martinez	Hal McRae
Joe Moeller	John Morris	Cookie Rojas
Ron Santo	George Scott	Ralph Terry
Bill Zepp

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Earl Robinson	MON	$ 15,000,000
2.	Tommie Agee	CLN	$ 13,500,000
3.	Joe Moeller	PIT	$ 13,000,000
4.	Harmon Killebrew	MON	$ 12,000,000
5.	George Brunet	SDP	$ 11,250,000
6.	Juan Marichal	MON	$ 10,000,000
7.	Denis Menke	STL	$ 9,500,000
	Gaylord Perry	BSN	$ 9,500,000
9.	Gary Peters	CLN	$ 9,300,000
10.	Curt Blefary	LAD	$ 8,600,000
11.	Bob Bailey	MON	$ 8,500,000
12.	Cookie Rojas	CLN	$ 7,500,000
	Dick Dietz	LAD	$ 7,500,000
14.	Jim O'Toole	STL	$ 7,100,000
15.	Joe Horlen	WAS	$ 7,000,000
16.	Ron Santo	STL	$ 6,560,000
17.	John Hiller	MON	$ 6,500,000
18.	Mike Marshall	WAS	$ 6,290,000
19.	Jim Fregosi	COL	$ 6,184,739
20.	Tony Perez	CLN	$ 6,150,000
21.	Walt Bond	WAS	$ 6,000,000
	Jim Ray Hart	WAS	$ 6,000,000
23.	Nolan Ryan	PIT	$ 5,500,000
	Bill Singer	WAS	$ 5,500,000
25.	Curt Flood	LAD	$ 5,000,000
	Jim Kaat	CLN	$ 5,000,000
	Dick Howser	STL	$ 5,000,000
	Ellis Burton	MON	$ 5,000,000

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