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1972 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Pittsbgh PIT 96 59 .619 -- ChicagoC CHC 85 70 .548 11.0 NewYorkM NYM 83 73 .532 13.5 St.Louis STL 75 81 .481 21.5 Montreal MON 70 86 .449 26.5 Phildlpa PHI 59 97 .378 37.5 West Division Team W L WL% GB Cincnnti CIN 95 59 .617 -- LosAngls LAD 85 70 .548 10.5 Houston HOU 84 69 .549 10.5 Atlanta ATL 70 84 .455 25.0 SanFranc SFG 69 86 .445 26.5 SanDiego SDP 58 95 .379 36.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-3):   Oakland Athletics over Cincinnati Reds NL Championship Series (3-2):   Cincinnati Reds over Pittsburgh Pirates BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1972 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 HOU  4.63   708  153  5267  1359  233  38  134  524   907  .258  .325  .393  111   56 113  4.77  4.49
 CIN  4.59   707  154  5241  1317  214  44  124  606   914  .251  .329  .380  140   63 117  3.95  5.22
 PIT  4.46   691  155  5490  1505  251  47  110  404   871  .274  .324  .397   49   30 113  4.50  4.42
 CHC  4.39   685  156  5247  1346  206  40  133  565   815  .257  .329  .387   69   47 103  5.09  3.71
 SFG  4.27   662  155  5245  1281  211  36  150  480   964  .244  .308  .384  123   45 102  4.36  4.18
 ATL  4.05   628  155  5278  1363  186  17  144  532   770  .258  .326  .382   47   35 102  4.35  3.75
 LAD  3.77   584  155  5270  1349  178  39   98  480   786  .256  .318  .360   82   39 101  3.56  3.96
 STL  3.64   568  156  5326  1383  214  42   70  437   793  .260  .316  .355  104   48  97  3.87  3.42
 NYM  3.38   528  156  5135  1154  175  31  105  589   990  .225  .305  .332   41   41  91  3.26  3.51
 MON  3.29   513  156  5156  1205  156  22   91  474   828  .234  .298  .325   68   66  85  3.23  3.35
 PHI  3.22   503  156  5248  1240  200  36   98  487   930  .236  .301  .344   42   50  87  3.11  3.34
 SDP  3.19   488  153  5213  1181  168  38  102  407   976  .227  .283  .332   78   46  88  2.71  3.71
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  3.91  7265 1860 63116 15683 2392 430 1359 5985 10544  .248  .315  .365  954  566

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 LAD  3.40   527  155  2.78  1403  1196   7.7   429  2.8   83   856   50    21    23  29 120  2.95  3.83
 PIT  3.30   512  155  2.81  1414  1282   8.3   433  2.8   90   838   39     9    15  48 119  3.32  3.29
 CIN  3.62   557  154  3.21  1412  1313   8.5   435  2.8  129   806   25     9    15  60 100  3.50  3.73
 CHC  3.63   567  156  3.22  1398  1329   8.5   421  2.7  112   824   54    18    19  32 118  3.96  3.32
 NYM  3.71   578  156  3.26  1414  1263   8.1   486  3.1  118  1059   32     8    12  41 103  3.38  4.03
 STL  3.85   600  156  3.42  1399  1290   8.3   531  3.4   87   912   64    12    13  13 100  4.00  3.70
 MON  3.90   609  156  3.59  1401  1281   8.2   579  3.7  103   888   39    10    11  23  98  4.15  3.65
 PHI  4.07   635  156  3.66  1400  1318   8.4   536  3.4  117   927   43    13    13  15  98  4.00  4.14
 SFG  4.19   649  155  3.69  1386  1309   8.4   507  3.3  130   771   44     7     8  23  95  4.17  4.21
 HOU  4.16   636  153  3.77  1385  1340   8.8   498  3.3  114   971   38    13    14  31  89  4.61  3.70
 SDP  4.35   665  153  3.78  1403  1350   8.8   618  4.0  121   960   39    15    17  19  87  3.94  4.79
 ATL  4.71   730  155  4.27  1377  1412   9.1   512  3.3  155   732   40     4     4  27  89  5.03  4.39
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  3.91  7265 1860  3.45 16792 15683   8.4  5985  3.2 1359 10544  507         164 361

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 PIT  136  171  .978   .711  1,427,460  18,301   98-57  49-29 47-30  99  97 28.1 27.9   3   5  28 Virdon
 CIN  110  143  .982   .718  1,611,459  21,203   94-60  42-34 53-25  94  93 27.2 25.5   3   4  32 Anderson
 CHC  132  148  .979   .706  1,299,163  16,872   91-64  46-31 39-39 110 110 29.9 28.7   2   5  30 Durocher and Lockman
 LAD  162  145  .974   .720  1,860,858  24,811   85-70  41-34 44-36  98  97 28.5 30.3   3   1  43 Alston
 HOU  114  151  .981   .695  1,469,247  19,081   84-69  41-36 43-33  98  97 27.3 26.3   0   2  16 Walker, Parker, and Durocher
 NYM  116  122  .980   .709  2,134,185  27,361   72-84  41-37 42-36  97  97 27.3 26.1   2   3  30 Berra
 STL  140  146  .976   .701  1,196,894  15,544   74-82  40-37 35-44  99  99 27.6 27.9   2   4  17 Schoendienst
 ATL  156  130  .974   .700    752,973   9,654   66-88  36-41 34-43 109 110 27.1 28.2   3   1  22 Harris and Mathews
 MON  134  141  .978   .707  1,142,145  14,643   66-90  35-43 35-43 101 102 26.9 25.9   0   1  15 Mauch
 SFG  154  121  .974   .712    647,744   8,412   79-76  34-43 35-43 102 102 25.4 27.0   3   1  19 Fox
 PHI  116  142  .981   .703  1,343,329  17,004   62-94  28-51 31-46 102 104 26.2 27.0   2   1  19 Lucchesi and Owens
 SDP  144  146  .976   .695    644,273   8,053   55-98  26-54 32-41  92  95 25.1 25.2   0   1  12 Gomez and Zimmer
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Johnny Bench CIN .270/.379/.541 Cy Young Award Steve Carlton PHI 27-10  1.97 310 SO Rookie of the Year Jon Matlack NYM 15-10  2.32 169 SO Triple Crown Winner Steve Carlton PHI 27-10  1.97 310 SO

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Bob Gibson Catcher Johnny Bench First Base Wes Parker Second Base Felix Millan Third Base Doug Rader Shortstop Larry Bowa Outfield Cesar Cedeno, Roberto Clemente, and Willie Davis

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Williams-CHC .333 Garr-ATL .325 Baker-ATL .321 Cedeno-HOU .320 Watson-HOU .312	On-base % Morgan-CIN .417 Williams-CHC .398 Santo-CHC .391 Aaron-ATL .390 Wynn-HOU .389	Slugging % Williams-CHC .606 Stargell-PIT .558 Bench-CIN .541 Cedeno-HOU .537 Aaron-ATL .514	OPS Williams-CHC 1.005 Stargell-PIT .930 Cedeno-HOU .921 Bench-CIN .920 Aaron-ATL .904
Games Rose-CIN 154 Bonds-SFG 153 Brock-STL 153 Metzger-HOU 153 Bowa-PHI 152 Fuentes-SFG 152 Money-PHI 152 Rader-HOU 152 Simmons-STL 152	At Bats Rose-CIN 645 Metzger-HOU 641 Bonds-SFG 626 Brock-STL 621 Davis-LAD 615	Plate Appearances (approx.) Rose-CIN 729 Metzger-HOU 715 Bonds-SFG 697 Morgan-CIN 680 Brock-STL 675	Runs Morgan-CIN 122 Bonds-SFG 118 Wynn-HOU 117 Rose-CIN 107 Cedeno-HOU 103
Hits Rose-CIN 198 Brock-STL 193 Williams-CHC 191 Garr-ATL 180 Simmons-STL 180	Total Bases Williams-CHC 348 Cedeno-HOU 300 Bench-CIN 291 May-HOU 290 Colbert-SDP 286	Doubles Cedeno-HOU 39 Montanez-PHI 39 Simmons-STL 36 Williams-CHC 34 Fuentes-SFG 33 Luzinski-PHI 33 Perez-CIN 33	Triples Bowa-PHI 13 Rose-CIN 11 Brock-STL 8 Cedeno-HOU 8 Sanguillen-PIT 8
Home Runs Bench-CIN 40 Colbert-SDP 38 Williams-CHC 37 Aaron-ATL 34 Stargell-PIT 33	RBI Bench-CIN 125 Williams-CHC 122 Stargell-PIT 112 Colbert-SDP 111 May-HOU 98	Bases on Balls Morgan-CIN 115 Wynn-HOU 103 Bench-CIN 100 Aaron-ATL 92 Evans-ATL 90	Strikeouts May-HOU 145 Kingman-SFG 140 Bonds-SFG 137 Stargell-PIT 129 Colbert-SDP 127
Stolen Bases Brock-STL 63 Morgan-CIN 58 Cedeno-HOU 55 Bonds-SFG 44 Tolan-CIN 42	Singles Brock-STL 156 Rose-CIN 150 Garr-ATL 146 Oliver-PIT 133 Kessinger-CHC 131	Adjusted OPS+ Williams-CHC 172 Bench-CIN 166 Stargell-PIT 163 Cedeno-HOU 162 Hebner-PIT 152	Runs Created Williams-CHC 137 Morgan-CIN 117 Cedeno-HOU 115 Bench-CIN 110 Rose-CIN 109
Adjusted Batting Runs Williams-CHC 56 Bench-CIN 50 Cedeno-HOU 45 Morgan-CIN 43 Stargell-PIT 41	Batting Wins Williams-CHC 5.7 Bench-CIN 5.1 Cedeno-HOU 4.7 Morgan-CIN 4.5 Stargell-PIT 4.3	Extra-Base Hits Williams-CHC 77 Cedeno-HOU 69 Colbert-SDP 67 Bench-CIN 64 Stargell-PIT 63	Times on Base Morgan-CIN 282 Rose-CIN 278 Williams-CHC 259 Wynn-HOU 253 Bench-CIN 247
Offensive Win% Williams-CHC .815 Stargell-PIT .766 Morgan-CIN .756 Cedeno-HOU .752 Hebner-PIT .746	Hit By Pitch Hunt-MON 26 Torre-STL 8 Watson-HOU 8 Rose-CIN 7 Carbo-TOT 6 Foli-MON 6 Garr-ATL 6 Hebner-PIT 6 Morgan-CIN 6 Tolan-CIN 6 Williams-CHC 6 Williams-ATL 6	Sac. Hits Bowa-PHI 18 Foli-MON 16 Hernandez-SDP 15 Kessinger-CHC 13 Stoneman-MON 13	Sac. Flies Bench-CIN 12 Helms-HOU 10 Evans-ATL 9 Rader-HOU 9 Edwards-HOU 8 Fuentes-SFG 8 Menke-CIN 8 Santo-CHC 8 Williams-CHC 8
Intentional Walks Bench-CIN 23 Williams-CHC 20 Aaron-ATL 15 Perez-CIN 15 Stargell-PIT 15	Grounded into Double Plays Perez-ATL 21 Torre-STL 19 Agee-NYM 18 Bench-CIN 18 Rader-HOU 18 Simmons-STL 18	Caught Stealing Cedeno-HOU 21 Brock-STL 18 Morgan-CIN 17 Tolan-CIN 15 Cardenal-CHC 14	Power/Speed Number Bonds-SFG 32.7 Cedeno-HOU 31.4 Morgan-CIN 25.1 Colbert-SDP 21.5 Kingman-SFG 20.6
At Bats per Strikeout Beckert-CHC 27.9 Helms-HOU 19.2 Millan-ATL 17.8 Hunt-MON 15.3 Rader-SFG 14.8	At Bats per Home Run Aaron-ATL 13.2 Bench-CIN 13.5 Colbert-SDP 14.8 Stargell-PIT 15.0 Williams-CHC 15.5	Outs Metzger-HOU 528 Bonds-SFG 489 Tolan-CIN 476 Bowa-PHI 471 Rose-CIN 461	ERA Carlton-PHI 1.97 Nolan-CIN 1.99 Sutton-LAD 2.08 Matlack-NYM 2.32 Gibson-STL 2.46
Wins Carlton-PHI 27 Seaver-NYM 21 Jenkins-CHC 20 Osteen-LAD 20 Blass-PIT 19 Gibson-STL 19 Sutton-LAD 19	Won-Loss % Nolan-CIN .750 Carlton-PHI .730 Pappas-CHC .708 Blass-PIT .704 John-LAD .688	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sutton-LAD 0.913 Carlton-PHI 0.993 Nolan-CIN 1.006 McAndrew-NYM 1.064 Niekro-ATL 1.087	Hits Allowed/9IP Sutton-LAD 6.14 Carlton-PHI 6.68 Gibson-STL 7.32 Seaver-NYM 7.39 Bryant-SFG 7.40
Bases on Balls/9IP Pappas-CHC 1.34 Nolan-CIN 1.53 Niekro-ATL 1.69 Ellis-PIT 1.82 Moose-PIT 1.87	Strikeouts/9IP Seaver-NYM 8.55 Reuss-HOU 8.16 Koosman-NYM 8.12 Carlton-PHI 8.06 Norman-SDP 7.10	Games Carroll-CIN 65 Marshall-MON 65 Borbon-CIN 62 Ross-SDP 60 Giusti-PIT 54 McGraw-NYM 54 Ray-HOU 54	Saves Carroll-CIN 37 McGraw-NYM 27 Giusti-PIT 22 Marshall-MON 18 Aker-CHC 17 Brewer-LAD 17
Innings Carlton-PHI 346.3 Jenkins-CHC 289.3 Niekro-ATL 282.3 Gibson-STL 278.0 Sutton-LAD 272.7	Strikeouts Carlton-PHI 310 Seaver-NYM 249 Gibson-STL 208 Sutton-LAD 207 Jenkins-CHC 184	Games Started Carlton-PHI 41 Arlin-SDP 37 Jenkins-CHC 36 Niekro-ATL 36 Seaver-NYM 35 Stoneman-MON 35 Wise-STL 35	Comp. Games Carlton-PHI 30 Gibson-STL 23 Jenkins-CHC 23 Wise-STL 20 Sutton-LAD 18
Shutouts Sutton-LAD 9 Carlton-PHI 8 Norman-SDP 6 Dierker-HOU 5 Jenkins-CHC 5	Home Runs Allow. Jenkins-CHC 32 Seaver-NYM 23 Niekro-ATL 22 Cleveland-STL 21 Kirby-SDP 21	Bases On Balls Allow. Arlin-SDP 122 Kirby-SDP 116 Torrez-MON 103 Stoneman-MON 102 Gibson-STL 88 Norman-SDP 88	Hits Allowed Carlton-PHI 257 Niekro-ATL 254 Jenkins-CHC 253 Wise-STL 250 Osteen-LAD 232
SO to Walk Carlton-PHI 3.56 Sutton-LAD 3.29 Seaver-NYM 3.23 Niekro-ATL 3.09 Moose-PIT 3.06	Losses Arlin-SDP 21 Greif-SDP 16 Marichal-SFG 16 Singer-LAD 16 Wise-STL 16	Earned Runs Allow. Jenkins-CHC 103 Cleveland-STL 101 Arlin-SDP 100 Niekro-ATL 96 Roberts-HOU 96	Wild Pitches Arlin-SDP 15 Norman-SDP 13 McDowell-SFG 11 Reed-ATL 11 Wilson-HOU 11
Hit Batsmen Reuss-HOU 10 Arlin-SDP 9 Kison-PIT 9 Greif-SDP 8 Pappas-CHC 8	Batters Faced Carlton-PHI 1351 Jenkins-CHC 1176 Niekro-ATL 1150 Gibson-STL 1119 Wise-STL 1089	Games Finished Marshall-MON 56 Carroll-CIN 54 McGraw-NYM 47 Giusti-PIT 44 Brewer-LAD 41	Adjusted ERA+ Carlton-PHI 182 Sutton-LAD 161 Nolan-CIN 161 Matlack-NYM 144 Gibson-STL 139
Oldest Player Wilhelm-LAD 1922-07-26 (49) McMahon-SFG 1930-01-04 (42) Mays-TOT 1931-05-06 (41) Wills-LAD 1932-10-02 (39) Aaron-ATL 1934-02-05 (38)	Youngest Player Office-ATL 1952-10-25 (19) Gilbreath-ATL 1952-09-24 (19) Downs-PHI 1952-06-21 (20) Mangual-MON 1952-05-23 (20) Gilbert-MON 1952-04-20 (20)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Bob Gibson (STL) C. Johnny Bench (CIN) 1B. Lee May (HOU) 2B. Joe Morgan (CIN) 3B. Joe Torre (STL) SS. Don Kessinger (CHC) LF. Willie Stargell (PIT) CF. Willie Mays (NYM) RF. Hank Aaron (ATL)		Glenn Beckert* (CHC) Steve Blass* (PIT) Lou Brock (STL) Steve Carlton* (PHI) Clay Carroll (CIN) Cesar Cedeno* (HOU) Roberto Clemente (PIT) Nate Colbert* (SDP) Fergie Jenkins (CHC)		Tug McGraw* (NYM) Gary Nolan (CIN) Al Oliver* (PIT) Manny Sanguillen* (PIT) Ron Santo* (CHC) Tom Seaver (NYM) Ted Simmons (STL) Chris Speier* (SFG) Bill Stoneman* (MON)		Don Sutton* (LAD) Billy Williams* (CHC)

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