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1972 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Eastern Division Team W L % GB OFF PIT DEF HOME ROAD 1-RUN L42 MANAGER(S) Pittsburgh PIN 95 67 .586 ---- 5 6 5 45-36 50-31 30-23 29-13 Dave Jackson, Darren Dawson New York NL NYN 80 82 .494 15.0 9 12 15 39-42 41-40 27-29 23-19 Ray Cappocchi St. Louis SLN 73 89 .451 22.0 13 8 17 33-48 40-41 22-31 16-26 Michael Stucchi Chicago NL CHN 67 95 .414 28.0 10 20 20 32-49 35-46 16-34 15-27 Alan Bosslet Montreal MON 58 104 .358 37.0 20 18 18 30-51 28-53 21-28 17-25 Steve Bivens Western Division Team W L % GB OFF PIT DEF HOME ROAD 1-RUN L42 MANAGER(S) San Francisco SFN 110 52 .679 ---- 1 5 12 51-30 59-22 30-18 29-13 Raul Camacho Cincinnati CIN 106 56 .654 4.0 6 2 4 51-30 55-26 37-19 28-14 Alan Boodman Los Angeles LAN 78 84 .481 32.0 8 17 16 35-46 43-38 24-24 16-26 Scott Campbell Atlanta ATN 75 87 .463 35.0 4 19 13 40-41 35-46 19-23 22-20 Rich McCoy, Tom Austad San Diego SDN 68 94 .420 42.0 19 14 19 40-41 28-53 24-21 15-27 Mike Tomeo OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 20 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense. HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L42 - W-L records at Home, on the Road, in one-run games, and over the final 42 games of the season. Postseason World Series (4-1):   New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants NL Championship Series (3-2):   San Francisco Giants over Pittsburgh Pirates

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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 SFN  5.14   833  5564  1436  241  29  202  498  1094  .258  .322  .421   93   25   13   42  105   40  105
 ATN  4.56   739  5581  1441  232  20  171  518   817  .258  .323  .399   60   29   16   27   70   29  127
 PIN  4.54   736  5660  1526  274  44  121  404   887  .270  .319  .398   58   20   18   31  105   45  106
 CIN  4.35   704  5640  1464  278  37   98  513   844  .260  .324  .374   92   28   23   46  101   39  108
 LAN  4.09   662  5636  1472  232  50  120  470   956  .261  .318  .384   64   20   20   22   58   39  139
 NYN  3.93   637  5410  1263  203  28  139  551   974  .233  .308  .358   43   16   13   40   75   27  132
 CHN  3.93   636  5627  1475  222  27  102  472   838  .262  .321  .366   45   27   22   33   95   38  119
 SLN  3.83   620  5643  1448  213  32   74  481   823  .257  .316  .345   61   24   18   31   85   38  138
 SDN  3.33   539  5341  1224  169  33  104  493   930  .229  .296  .332   47   22   11   27  163   32  104
 MON  3.24   525  5392  1237  195  28   95  436  1050  .229  .288  .329   31    6   14   20  104   26  126
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  4.09  6631 55494 13986 2259 328 1226 4836  9213  .252  .314  .371  594  217  168  319  961  353 1204

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 CIN  3.43   555  2.96  1492  1297  114   399  1024  33  15  49  .336  795  578  .727
 SFN  3.69   597  3.18  1472  1344  126   486   775  43   8  50  .196  811  566  .698
 PIN  3.73   604  3.38  1466  1406  114   461   903  20  19  48  .318  757  539  .712
 SLN  4.01   649  3.42  1482  1385  114   489  1022  19  15  38  .270  841  561  .667
 NYN  4.09   663  3.59  1455  1456  114   483   960   6   8  60  .362  848  570  .672
 SDN  4.25   688  3.62  1454  1391  132   451   914  47  10  17  .275  822  534  .650
 LAN  4.31   699  3.87  1456  1397  119   531   934  30  11  32  .253  819  549  .670
 MON  4.38   709  3.87  1444  1361  128   597   849  13   5  37  .281  821  542  .660
 ATN  4.49   728  3.96  1454  1462  140   494   886  25  13  32  .418  791  551  .697
 CHN  4.56   739  3.77  1454  1487  125   445   946  24  10  29  .343  814  453  .557
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  4.09  6631  3.56 14632 13986 1226  4836  9213 260 114 392       8119 5443  .670

League Awards
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Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting Billy Williams  (520) Jim Wynn  (498) Ted Simmons  (436) Joe Morgan  (435) Chris Speier  (434) Johnny Bench  (433) Bobby Bonds  (422) Willie Stargell  (421) Nate Colbert  (415) Willie Davis  (415) Lee May  (390) Hank Aaron  (383) Ron Santo  (379) Pete Rose  (376) Richie Hebner  (368) Lou Piniella  (363) Earl Williams  (360) Al Oliver  (360) Tony Perez  (357) Doug Rader  (353)

Cy Young Award Voting Don Sutton  (340) Bob Gibson  (334) Tom Seaver  (327) Gaylord Perry  (279) Steve Blass  (254) Phil Niekro  (253) Claude Osteen  (228) Don Wilson  (223) Jim Brewer  (205) Jon Matlack  (201) Bob Moose  (195) Jack Billingham  (190) Tug McGraw  (181) Mike Marshall  (181) Steve Stone  (172) Dave Giusti  (172) Clyde Wright  (167) Burt Hooton  (162) Jerry Koosman  (145) Gary Nolan  (143)

All Stars

Glenn Beckert Steve Blass Bill Buckner Reggie Cleveland Willie Davis Ray Fosse Bob Gibson Richie Hebner Jerry Koosman Mike Marshall

Tug McGraw Joe Morgan Al Oliver Gaylord Perry Lou Piniella Dave Rader Doug Rader Bill Russell Ron Santo

Tom Seaver Ted Simmons Ken Singleton Chris Speier Willie Stargell Don Sutton Bobby Tolan Billy Williams Jim Wynn

Gold Gloves

P: Milt Pappas C: Ray Fosse 1B: Nate Colbert 2B: Doug Griffin 3B: Doug Rader SS: Chris Speier OF: Bobby Tolan OF: Willie Davis OF: Boots Day

Major League Leaderboard
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Batting Average Ted Simmons .337 John Mayberry .334 Billy Williams .333 Dave Rader .329 Chris Chambliss .328 Lou Piniella .327 Roy White .322 Ralph Garr .322 Richie Hebner .319 Dusty Baker .317 Dick Allen .313 Al Oliver .313	On Base Percentage Roy White .447 John Mayberry .437 Darrell Evans .423 Joe Morgan .421 Richie Scheinblum .416 Dick Allen .406 Mike Epstein .399 Jim Wynn .395 Reggie Jackson .391 Carlos May .390 Richie Hebner .390 Billy Williams .389	Slugging Percentage Billy Williams .603 Dick Allen .594 John Mayberry .564 Jim Wynn .554 Willie Stargell .553 Bobby Murcer .539 Richie Hebner .537 Mike Epstein .509 Ted Simmons .505 Carlton Fisk .500 Lou Piniella .499 Ron Santo .493	On Base + Slugging John Mayberry 1.001 Dick Allen 1.000 Billy Williams 0.993 Jim Wynn 0.948 Willie Stargell 0.935 Richie Hebner 0.928 Mike Epstein 0.907 Roy White 0.897 Bobby Murcer 0.889 Ron Santo 0.882 Ted Simmons 0.875 Reggie Jackson 0.865
At Bats Lou Brock 705 Willie Davis 681 Joe Rudi 677 Ted Simmons 677 Pete Rose 666 Bobby Murcer 659 Tito Fuentes 653 Larry Bowa 649 Bob Oliver 645 Aurelio Rodriguez 643 Chris Speier 643 Billy Williams 643	Runs Scored Bobby Murcer 131 Jim Wynn 131 Roy White 123 Chris Speier 121 Pete Rose 118 Joe Morgan 114 Billy Williams 114 Bobby Bonds 103 Lou Brock 102 Willie Stargell 100 Johnny Bench 99 Dick Allen 98	Hits Ted Simmons 228 Billy Williams 214 Ralph Garr 201 Pete Rose 201 Willie Davis 199 Al Oliver 198 Lou Brock 195 Lou Piniella 195 Bobby Murcer 187 Tito Fuentes 186 Roy White 185 Dick Allen 183	Total Bases Billy Williams 388 Bobby Murcer 355 Dick Allen 347 Ted Simmons 342 Jim Wynn 340 Willie Davis 308 Willie Stargell 308 John Mayberry 304 Lou Piniella 298 Bobby Bonds 290 Lee May 287 Bob Oliver 282
Doubles Tito Fuentes 47 Freddie Patek 45 Lou Piniella 44 Ted Simmons 43 Pete Rose 40 Billy Williams 40 Roy White 38 Cookie Rojas 36 Bobby Tolan 35 Tony Perez 34	Triples Larry Bowa 15 Lou Brock 12 Joe Rudi 10 Carlton Fisk 9 Tommy McCraw 9	Home Runs Billy Williams 42 Bobby Murcer 41 Jim Wynn 40 Dick Allen 39 Nate Colbert 39 Hank Aaron 38 Johnny Bench 35 Lee May 35 Bobby Bonds 34 Willie Stargell 34 John Mayberry 31 Harmon Killebrew 29	RBI Bobby Murcer 153 John Mayberry 143 Billy Williams 135 Jim Wynn 121 Lee May 119 Willie Stargell 117 Lou Piniella 115 Bobby Bonds 110 Johnny Bench 105 Ted Simmons 105 Nate Colbert 103 Dick Allen 101
Walks Roy White 126 Joe Morgan 125 Darrell Evans 109 Hank Aaron 101 Jim Wynn 101 John Mayberry 99 Dick Allen 91 Mike Epstein 91 Harmon Killebrew 91 Johnny Bench 89 Reggie Jackson 87 Chris Speier 86	Batters Strikeouts Bobby Darwin 176 Dick Allen 158 Dave Kingman 152 Lee May 149 Bobby Bonds 145 Bob Oliver 143 Nate Colbert 142 Earl Williams 139 Willie Stargell 137 Bob Bailey 136 Jim Wynn 132	Stolen Bases Larry Bowa 63 Dave Nelson 62 Lou Brock 48 Amos Otis 47 Bobby Tolan 36 Bert Campaneris 34 Cesar Cedeno 32 Bobby Bonds 31 Pat Kelly 31 Joe Morgan 31 Roy White 31	Caught Stealing Dave Nelson 17 Lou Brock 15 Larry Bowa 14 Ken Henderson 14 Dave May 13 Jose Cardenal 12 Amos Otis 12 Bobby Murcer 10 Roy White 10 Dick Allen 9 Joe Morgan 9
Hit by Pitch Ron Hunt 24 Reggie Jackson 16 Carlos May 15 Bob Watson 14 Bobby Tolan 13 Horace Clarke 12 Sal Bando 11 Mike Epstein 11 Ellie Rodriguez 11 Cesar Tovar 11	GIDP Joe Torre 28 Ted Simmons 25 Cookie Rojas 24 Bob Oliver 23 Johnny Briggs 22 Jose Cardenal 22 Willie Davis 22 Earl Williams 22 Jim Northrup 21 Rick Auerbach 20 Bobby Bonds 20	Errors Aurelio Rodriguez 79 Bill Russell 36 Derrel Thomas 34 Danny Thompson 34 Joe Torre 33 Tim Foli 30 Tito Fuentes 28 Don Kessinger 28 Dave Roberts 28 Rick Auerbach 27 Dick Allen 25	Earned Run Average Bob Gibson 2.01 Don Sutton 2.30 Phil Niekro 2.42 Gaylord Perry 2.51 Don Wilson 2.52 Dock Ellis 2.56 Gary Nolan 2.64 Wilbur Wood 2.70 Jack Billingham 2.70 Steve Kline 2.75 Tom Seaver 2.78 Pat Dobson 2.84
Wins Wilbur Wood 25 Bob Gibson 24 Phil Niekro 24 Paul Splittorff 24 Catfish Hunter 23 Don Sutton 23 Steve Blass 22 Dick Drago 22 Claude Osteen 22 Rick Wise 22	Losses Steve Carlton 21 Stan Bahnsen 20 Bert Blyleven 20 Mike Torrez 20 Ernie McAnally 19 Dave McNally 19 Fergie Jenkins 18 Jim Palmer 18 Dick Woodson 18	Winning Percentage Steve Blass .815 Tom Seaver .808 Don Wilson .800 Steve Stone .778 Jim Barr .733 Bob Gibson .727 Paul Splittorff .727 Bob Moose .720 Claude Osteen .710 Don Sutton .697 John Curtis .696 Steve Kline .690	Games Pitched Dave Laroche 83 Tug McGraw 80 George Culver 78 Doyle Alexander 76 Frank Linzy 74 Rick Reuschel 73 Ray Corbin 71 Mike Marshall 69 Rollie Fingers 67 Al Fitzmorris 67 Sparky Lyle 67 Jerry Bell 65
Games Started Wilbur Wood 44 Stan Bahnsen 42 Catfish Hunter 42 Mel Stottlemyre 42 Bert Blyleven 41 Steve Carlton 41 Ken Holtzman 41 Fergie Jenkins 41 Phil Niekro 41 Fritz Peterson 41 Don Sutton 41 Rick Wise 41	Complete Games Wilbur Wood 26 Gaylord Perry 23 Steve Carlton 21 Pat Dobson 17 Jim Palmer 16 Phil Niekro 15 Catfish Hunter 14 Claude Osteen 14 Don Sutton 14 Fergie Jenkins 13	Games Finished Doyle Alexander 69 Tug McGraw 61 Mike Marshall 60 Sparky Lyle 59 Rollie Fingers 54 Dave Laroche 50 Cecil Upshaw 46 Dave Giusti 42 Frank Linzy 40 Rick Reuschel 40 Wayne Granger 37 Pedro Borbon 35	Saves Doyle Alexander 54 Sparky Lyle 34 Dave Giusti 33 Tug McGraw 33 Mike Marshall 29 Rollie Fingers 28 Cecil Upshaw 28 Jim Brewer 18 Clay Carroll 16 Paul Lindblad 16 Steve Barber 15
Shutouts Bob Gibson 9 Don Sutton 6 Steve Blass 5 Mike Cuellar 5 Mickey Lolich 5 Pat Dobson 4 Phil Niekro 4 Tom Seaver 4	Innings Pitched Wilbur Wood 363.7 Steve Carlton 339.7 Catfish Hunter 322.7 Phil Niekro 319.3 Bob Gibson 317.7 Fergie Jenkins 315.7 Gaylord Perry 315.0 Pat Dobson 313.7 Jim Palmer 313.7 Don Sutton 313.0 Rick Wise 304.3	Hits Allowed Mel Stottlemyre 312 Dave McNally 304 Fritz Peterson 303 Phil Niekro 296 Wilbur Wood 294 Steve Carlton 292 Fergie Jenkins 290 Jim Palmer 286 Rick Wise 277 Clyde Wright 276 Bert Blyleven 271 Reggie Cleveland 269	Home Runs Allowed Fergie Jenkins 39 Catfish Hunter 35 Bert Blyleven 34 Ken Holtzman 30 Nolan Ryan 30 Dick Woodson 30 Dave McNally 28 Reggie Cleveland 27 Dick Drago 26 Jim Palmer 26 Wilbur Wood 26
Walks Allowed Nolan Ryan 176 Dick Woodson 126 Joe Coleman 119 Mike Torrez 116 Rich Hand 111 Mike Cuellar 110 Clay Kirby 106 Jerry Reuss 102 Ernie McAnally 101 Bill Stoneman 100 Mike Kekich 98 Clyde Wright 98	Pitchers Strikeouts Steve Carlton 306 Nolan Ryan 284 Tom Seaver 275 Gaylord Perry 253 Don Sutton 251 Bob Gibson 229 Joe Coleman 224 Bert Blyleven 222 Mickey Lolich 214 Jerry Reuss 208 Balor Moore 200 Phil Niekro 200

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