1972 NATIONAL LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Billy Williams	OF	Retired	Chi Cubs	150	574	95	191	34	6	37	122	3	1	62	59	6	0	8	14	.333	.398	.606	1004
2	Pete Rose	OF-1B	Retired	Cincinnati	154	645	107	198	31	11	6	57	10	3	73	46	7	2	2	7	.307	.382	.417	799
3	Cesar Cedeno	OF	Hitting Coach - Greeneville (2013)	Houston	139	559	103	179	39	8	22	82	55	21	56	62	5	1	4	11	.320	.385	.537	922
4	Johnny Bench	C	Retired	Cincinnati	147	538	87	145	22	2	40	125	6	6	100	84	2	0	12	18	.270	.379	.541	920
5	Willie Stargell	OF-1B	Deceased	Pittsburgh	138	495	75	145	28	2	33	112	1	1	65	129	2	0	7	7	.293	.373	.558	931
6	Joe Morgan	2B	Retired	Cincinnati	149	552	122	161	23	4	16	73	58	17	115	44	6	3	4	5	.292	.417	.435	852
7	Nate Colbert	1B	Retired	San Diego	151	563	87	141	27	2	38	111	15	6	70	127	2	3	5	12	.250	.333	.508	841
8	Jimmy Wynn	OF	Retired	Houston	145	542	117	148	29	3	24	90	17	7	103	99	2	2	3	8	.273	.389	.470	859
9	Lou Brock	OF	Retired	St. Louis	153	621	81	193	26	8	3	42	63	18	47	93	1	3	3	6	.311	.359	.393	752
10	Bobby Bonds	OF	Deceased	SF Giants	153	626	118	162	29	5	26	80	44	6	60	137	5	1	5	13	.259	.326	.446	772
11	Lee May	1B	Retired	Houston	148	592	87	168	31	2	29	98	3	1	52	145	2	0	1	13	.284	.343	.490	833
12	Ted Simmons	C-1B	Retired	St. Louis	152	594	70	180	36	6	16	96	1	3	29	57	2	1	3	18	.303	.336	.465	801
13	Hank Aaron	OF	Retired	Atlanta	129	449	75	119	10	0	34	77	4	0	92	55	1	0	2	17	.265	.390	.514	904
14	Tony Perez	1B-3B	Retired	Cincinnati	136	515	64	146	33	7	21	90	4	2	55	121	0	0	6	9	.283	.349	.497	846
15	Bob Watson	1B-OF	Retired	Houston	147	548	74	171	27	4	16	86	1	1	53	83	8	2	5	6	.312	.378	.464	842
16	Bobby Tolan	OF	Retired	Cincinnati	149	604	88	171	28	5	8	82	42	15	44	88	6	6	7	15	.283	.334	.386	720
17	Willie Davis	OF	Deceased	LA Dodgers	149	615	81	178	22	7	19	79	20	3	27	61	1	4	7	9	.289	.317	.441	758
18	Doug Rader	3B	Retired	Houston	152	553	70	131	24	7	22	90	5	5	57	120	5	2	9	18	.237	.309	.425	734
19	Earl Williams	C-1B	Deceased	Atlanta	151	565	72	146	24	2	28	87	0	0	62	118	6	0	4	17	.258	.336	.457	793
20	Darrell Evans	3B-1B	Retired	Atlanta	125	418	67	106	12	0	19	71	4	2	90	58	4	0	9	6	.254	.384	.419	803
21	Al Oliver	OF-1B	Retired	Pittsburgh	140	565	88	176	27	4	12	89	2	4	34	44	5	1	7	13	.312	.352	.437	789
22	Larry Bowa	SS	Retired	Philadelphia	152	579	67	145	11	13	1	31	17	9	32	51	2	18	2	8	.250	.291	.320	611
23	Tito Fuentes	2B	Retired	SF Giants	152	572	64	151	33	6	7	53	16	5	39	56	3	12	8	9	.264	.310	.379	689
24	Ron Santo	3B	Retired	Chi Cubs	133	464	68	140	25	5	17	74	1	4	69	75	4	2	8	13	.302	.391	.487	878
25	Richie Hebner	3B-1B	Retired	Pittsburgh	124	427	63	128	24	4	19	72	0	0	52	54	6	0	7	8	.300	.378	.508	886
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Ralph Garr	OF	Retired	Atlanta	134	554	87	180	22	0	12	53	25	9	25	41	6	6	3	9	.325	.359	.430	789
27	Roger Metzger	SS	Retired	Houston	153	641	84	142	12	3	2	38	23	9	60	71	1	9	4	7	.222	.288	.259	547
28	Ron Hunt	2B	Retired	Montreal	129	443	56	112	20	0	0	18	9	2	51	29	26	11	0	6	.253	.363	.298	661
29	Don Kessinger	SS	Retired	Chi Cubs	149	577	77	158	20	6	1	39	8	7	67	44	2	13	1	11	.274	.351	.334	685
30	Dusty Baker	OF	Manager - Cincinnati Reds (2013)	Atlanta	127	446	62	143	27	2	17	76	4	7	45	68	4	2	6	9	.321	.383	.504	887
31	Jose Cardenal	OF	Retired	Chi Cubs	143	533	96	155	24	6	17	70	25	14	55	58	1	1	3	15	.291	.356	.454	810
32	Greg Luzinski	OF	Retired	Philadelphia	150	563	66	158	33	5	18	68	0	4	42	114	3	0	3	14	.281	.332	.453	785
33	Willie Montanez	1B-OF	Retired	Philadelphia	147	531	60	131	39	3	13	64	1	3	58	108	1	2	4	5	.247	.320	.405	725
34	Joe Torre	C-1B	Retired	St. Louis	149	544	71	157	26	6	11	81	3	0	54	64	8	0	7	19	.289	.357	.419	776
35	Chris Speier	SS	Bench Coach - Cincinnati Reds (2013)	SF Giants	150	562	74	151	25	2	15	71	9	4	82	92	3	4	7	8	.269	.361	.400	761
36	Dave Kingman	OF-1B	Retired	SF Giants	135	472	65	106	17	4	29	83	16	6	51	140	4	0	4	9	.225	.303	.462	765
37	Tim Foli	SS	Retired	Montreal	149	540	45	130	12	2	2	35	11	7	25	43	6	16	5	6	.241	.280	.281	561
38	Rick Monday	OF	Retired	Chi Cubs	138	434	68	108	22	5	11	42	12	9	78	102	1	3	4	4	.249	.362	.399	761
39	Manny Sanguillen	C	Retired	Pittsburgh	136	520	55	155	18	8	7	71	1	2	21	38	0	0	6	10	.298	.322	.404	726
40	Enzo Hernandez	SS	Deceased	San Diego	114	329	33	64	11	2	1	15	24	3	22	25	0	15	3	5	.195	.243	.249	492
41	Ken Singleton	OF	Retired	Montreal	142	507	77	139	23	2	14	50	5	10	70	99	2	4	2	12	.274	.363	.410	773
42	Bernie Carbo	OF-RF	Retired	St. Louis	99	302	42	78	13	1	7	34	0	1	57	56	5	1	3	7	.258	.381	.377	758
		OF-RF	Retired	Cincinnati	19	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	0	.143	.357	.143	500
43	Garry Maddox	OF	Retired	SF Giants	125	458	62	122	26	7	12	58	13	6	14	97	4	4	2	5	.266	.293	.432	725
44	Wes Parker	1B	Retired	LA Dodgers	130	427	45	119	14	3	4	59	3	5	62	43	1	6	6	13	.279	.367	.354	721
45	Johnny Edwards	C	Retired	Houston	108	332	33	89	16	2	5	40	2	4	50	39	1	1	8	5	.268	.358	.373	731
46	Tommy Helms	2B	Retired	Houston	139	518	45	134	20	5	5	60	4	3	24	27	4	3	10	8	.259	.291	.346	637
47	Don Money	3B	Hitting Coach - Helena (2012)	Philadelphia	152	536	54	119	16	2	15	52	5	7	41	92	2	7	4	8	.222	.278	.343	621
48	Denis Menke	SS-3B	Retired	Cincinnati	140	447	41	104	19	2	9	50	0	1	58	76	5	6	8	8	.233	.322	.345	667
49	Bill Stoneman	P	Retired	Montreal	40	75	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	39	0	13	0	0	.080	.104	.080	184
50	Jerry Morales	OF	Retired	San Diego	115	347	38	83	15	7	4	18	4	6	35	54	0	9	2	5	.239	.307	.357	664
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Boots Day	OF	Hitting Coach - Evansville (2012)	Montreal	128	386	32	90	7	4	0	30	3	6	29	44	1	12	0	5	.233	.288	.272	560
52	Ed Kranepool	1B	Retired	NY Mets	122	327	28	88	15	1	8	34	1	0	34	35	1	2	4	11	.269	.336	.394	730
53	Steve Blass	P	Retired	Pittsburgh	35	82	8	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	22	0	12	0	1	.183	.202	.207	409
54	Cesar Geronimo	OF	Retired	Cincinnati	120	255	32	70	9	7	4	29	2	7	24	64	3	3	0	5	.275	.344	.412	756
55	Glenn Beckert	2B	Retired	Chi Cubs	120	474	51	128	22	2	3	43	2	1	23	17	2	7	4	16	.270	.304	.344	648
56	Wayne Garrett	3B-2B	Retired	NY Mets	111	298	41	69	13	3	2	29	3	2	70	58	0	5	4	5	.232	.374	.315	689
57	Derrel Thomas	2B-OF	Retired	San Diego	130	500	48	115	15	5	5	36	9	9	41	73	2	6	1	6	.230	.290	.310	600
58	Bob Bailey	3B-OF	Retired	Montreal	143	489	55	114	10	4	16	57	6	7	59	112	1	7	4	13	.233	.315	.368	683
59	Ross Grimsley	P	Pitching Coach - Richmond (2012)	Cincinnati	30	66	5	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	29	0	11	0	0	.121	.134	.121	255
60	Roberto Clemente	OF	Deceased	Pittsburgh	102	378	68	118	19	7	10	60	0	0	29	49	0	0	6	15	.312	.356	.479	835
61	Leron Lee	OF	Retired	San Diego	101	370	50	111	23	7	12	47	2	5	29	58	3	0	3	9	.300	.353	.497	850
62	Phil Niekro	P	Retired	Atlanta	38	93	7	18	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	22	2	11	1	2	.194	.216	.237	453
63	Reggie Cleveland	P	Retired	St. Louis	33	71	3	17	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	13	1	11	0	3	.239	.260	.239	499
64	Frank Robinson	OF	Retired	LA Dodgers	103	342	41	86	6	1	19	59	2	3	55	76	2	0	6	9	.251	.353	.442	795
65	Ted Sizemore	2B	Retired	St. Louis	120	439	53	116	17	4	2	38	8	3	37	36	4	4	5	11	.264	.324	.335	659
66	Duffy Dyer	C	Retired	NY Mets	94	325	33	75	17	3	8	36	0	1	28	71	5	2	3	8	.231	.299	.375	674
67	Don Sutton	P	Retired	LA Dodgers	33	91	4	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	1	11	0	0	.143	.170	.143	313
68	Ron Fairly	1B-OF	Retired	Montreal	140	446	51	124	15	1	17	68	3	4	46	45	3	2	2	10	.278	.348	.430	778
69	Manny Mota	OF	Assistant Coach - Los Angeles Dodgers (2013)	LA Dodgers	118	371	57	120	16	5	5	48	4	4	27	15	5	5	2	10	.323	.375	.434	809
70	Gene Alley	SS	Retired	Pittsburgh	119	347	30	86	12	2	3	36	4	3	38	52	0	3	1	6	.248	.321	.320	641
71	Garry Jestadt	3B-2B	Retired	San Diego	92	256	15	63	5	1	6	22	0	0	13	21	0	10	1	5	.246	.281	.344	625
72	Ken Henderson	OF	Retired	SF Giants	130	439	60	113	21	2	18	51	14	7	38	66	2	2	3	7	.257	.317	.437	754
73	Randy Hundley	C	Retired	Chi Cubs	114	357	23	78	12	0	5	30	1	0	22	62	0	4	4	15	.218	.261	.294	555
74	Jim McAndrew	P	Retired	NY Mets	28	43	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	1	10	0	0	.047	.128	.047	175
75	John Milner	1B-OF	Deceased	NY Mets	117	362	52	86	12	2	17	38	2	1	51	74	5	5	0	8	.238	.340	.423	763
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
76	Bill Russell	SS	Retired	LA Dodgers	129	434	47	118	19	5	4	34	14	7	34	64	2	5	2	4	.272	.326	.366	692
77	Felix Millan	2B	Retired	Atlanta	125	498	46	128	19	3	1	38	6	4	23	28	3	7	3	7	.257	.292	.313	605
78	Dave Rader	C	Retired	SF Giants	133	459	44	119	14	1	6	41	1	2	29	31	3	1	2	12	.259	.306	.333	639
79	Maury Wills	SS-3B	Retired	LA Dodgers	71	132	16	17	3	1	0	4	1	1	10	18	0	10	0	3	.129	.190	.167	357
80	Vic Davalillo	OF	Retired	Pittsburgh	117	368	59	117	19	2	4	28	14	1	26	44	3	5	1	3	.318	.367	.413	780
81	Jerry Koosman	P	Retired	NY Mets	34	47	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	0	9	0	1	.085	.085	.085	170
82	Ken Boswell	2B	Retired	NY Mets	100	355	35	75	9	1	9	33	2	2	32	35	0	9	4	15	.211	.274	.318	592
83	Johnny Jeter	OF	Retired	San Diego	110	326	25	72	4	3	7	21	11	5	18	92	2	1	0	9	.221	.266	.316	582
84	Gene Clines	OF	Retired	Pittsburgh	107	311	52	104	15	6	0	17	12	6	16	47	2	3	2	7	.334	.369	.421	790
85	Dave Concepcion	SS	Retired	Cincinnati	119	378	40	79	13	2	2	29	13	6	32	65	2	5	4	11	.209	.272	.270	542
86	Tommie Agee	OF	Deceased	NY Mets	114	422	52	96	23	0	13	47	8	9	53	92	4	1	3	18	.227	.317	.374	691

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