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1972 NL Championship Series (3-2): Cincinnati Reds (95-59) over Pittsburgh Pirates (96-59)

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WS: OAK-CIN / ALCS: OAK-DET / NLCS: CIN-PIT
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1972 at 3 Rivers Std (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  8  0
    Pittsburgh Pirates           3  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  x     5  6  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Gullett, Borbon (7)
              PIT - Blass, Hernandez (9)

               WP - Steve Blass
	       LP - Don Gullett
             SAVE - Ramon Hernandez

   HOME RUNS: CIN - Morgan
              PIT - Oliver

  ATTENDANCE: 50,476

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1972 at 3 Rivers Std (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              4  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     5  8  1
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0     3  7  1

    PITCHERS: CIN - Billingham, Hall (5)
              PIT - Moose, Johnson (1), Kison (6), Hernandez (7), Giusti (9)

               WP - Tom Hall
	       LP - Bob Moose
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - Morgan
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,584

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1972 at Cinergy Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  1  0    1  1  0     3  7  0
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  8  1

    PITCHERS: PIT - Briles, Kison (7), Giusti (8)
              CIN - Nolan, Borbon (7), Carroll (7), McGlothlin (9)

               WP - Bruce Kison
	       LP - Clay Carroll
             SAVE - Dave Giusti

   HOME RUNS: PIT - Sanguillen
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 52,420

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1972 at Cinergy Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  2  3
    Cincinnati Reds              1  0  0    2  0  2    2  0  x     7 11  1

    PITCHERS: PIT - Ellis, Johnson (6), Walker (7), Miller (8)
              CIN - Grimsley

               WP - Ross Grimsley
	       LP - Dock Ellis
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - Clemente
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 39,447

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1972 at Cinergy Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     3  8  0
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  2     4  7  1

    PITCHERS: PIT - Blass, Hernandez (8), Giusti (9), Moose (9)
              CIN - Gullett, Borbon (4), Hall (6), Carroll (9)

               WP - Clay Carroll
	       LP - Dave Giusti
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              CIN - Bench, Geronimo

  ATTENDANCE: 41,887

Series Batting Stats

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Cincinnati Reds

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Johnny Bench        5  18  3  6  1  1  1   2  1  3  .333  .350  .667  2 | 538 145 40  .270  .920   6
 Jack Billingham     1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  71   5  0  .070  .181   0
 Pedro Borbon        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  21   1  0  .048  .178   0
 Clay Carroll        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  11   2  0  .182  .364   0
#Darrel Chaney       5  16  3  3  0  0  0   1  1  1  .188  .235  .188  1 | 196  49  2  .250  .682   1
 Dave Concepcion     3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 378  79  2  .209  .542  13
 George Foster       1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 145  29  2  .200  .513   2
*Cesar Geronimo      5  20  2  2  0  0  1   1  0  2  .100  .100  .250  0 | 255  70  4  .275  .756   2
*Ross Grimsley       1   4  0  2  1  0  0   1  0  1  .500  .500  .750  0 |  66   8  0  .121  .255   0
 Don Gullett         2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |  38   8  0  .211  .487   0
*Joe Hague           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  0       1.000        0 |+214  52  7  .243  .766   1
*Tom Hall            2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  30   3  0  .100  .256   0
 Jim McGlothlin      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  46   8  1  .174  .516   0
 Hal McRae           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  97  27  5  .278  .769   0
 Denis Menke         5  16  1  4  1  0  0   0  4  3  .250  .400  .313  0 | 447 104  9  .233  .667   0
*Joe Morgan          5  19  5  5  0  0  2   3  1  2  .263  .300  .579  1 | 552 161 16  .292  .852  58
 Gary Nolan          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  60   7  0  .117  .305   0
 Tony Perez          5  20  0  4  1  0  0   2  0  7  .200  .200  .250  0 | 515 146 21  .283  .846   4
#Pete Rose           5  20  1  9  4  0  0   2  1  2  .450  .476  .650  0 | 645 198  6  .307  .799  10
*Bobby Tolan         5  21  3  5  1  1  0   4  0  4  .238  .238  .381  0 | 604 171  8  .283  .720  42
*Ted Uhlaender       2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 | 113  18  0  .159  .432   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 166 19 42  9  2  4  16 10 28  .253  .294  .404  4 |        124  .251  .709 140

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Pittsburgh Pirates

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Gene Alley          5  16  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .059  .000  0 | 347  86  3  .248  .641   4
 Steve Blass         2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  82  15  0  .183  .409   0
 Nelson Briles       1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  70  11  0  .157  .349   0
 Dave Cash           5  19  0  4  0  0  0   3  0  0  .211  .211  .211  0 | 425 120  3  .282  .690   9
 Roberto Clemente    5  17  1  4  1  0  1   2  3  5  .235  .350  .471  0 | 378 118 10  .312  .835   0
 Gene Clines         3   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 311 104  0  .334  .790  12
*Vic Davalillo       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 | 368 117  4  .318  .780  14
#Dock Ellis          2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  59   9  0  .153  .320   0
 Dave Giusti         3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  10   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Richie Hebner       5  16  2  3  1  0  0   1  1  3  .188  .278  .250  0 | 427 128 19  .300  .886   0
#Ramon Hernandez     3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  12   2  0  .167  .417   0
*Bob Johnson         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  35   5  0  .143  .338   0
 Bruce Kison         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  53  10  0  .189  .506   0
*Milt May            1   2  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 | 139  39  0  .281  .678   0
 Bill Mazeroski      2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  64  12  0  .188  .467   0
 Bob Miller          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Bob Moose           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  71  12  0  .169  .447   1
*Al Oliver           5  20  3  5  2  1  1   3  0  4  .250  .250  .600  0 | 565 176 12  .312  .789   2
 Bob Robertson       4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 | 306  59 12  .193  .637   1
 Manny Sanguillen    5  16  4  5  1  0  1   2  0  0  .313  .313  .563  0 | 520 155  7  .298  .726   1
*Willie Stargell     5  16  1  1  1  0  0   1  2  5  .063  .167  .125  0 | 495 145 33  .293  .931   1
 Rennie Stennett     5  21  2  6  0  0  0   1  1  0  .286  .318  .286  0 | 370 106  3  .286  .683   4
*Luke Walker         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  24   2  0  .083  .203   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 158 15 30  6  1  3  14  9 27  .190  .243  .297  0 |        110  .274  .721  49

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Cincinnati Reds

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Ross Grimsley       1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  2  1  0  5 | 14-8  198  3.05  1.23  79  1
*Don Gullett         2   8.00 0-1  0  0  9.0 12  8  0  5 |  9-10 135  3.94  1.26  96  2
*Tom Hall            2   1.23 1-0  0  0  7.3  3  1  3  8 | 10-1  124  2.61  1.07 134  8
 Gary Nolan          1   1.50 0-0  0  0  6.0  4  1  1  4 | 15-5  176  1.99  1.01  90   
 Jack Billingham     1   3.86 0-0  0  0  4.7  5  2  2  4 | 12-12 218  3.18  1.20 137  1
 Pedro Borbon        3   2.08 0-0  0  0  4.3  2  1  0  1 |  8-3  122  3.17  1.20  48 11
 Clay Carroll        2   3.38 1-1  0  0  2.7  2  1  3  0 |  6-4   96  2.25  1.26  51 37
 Jim McGlothlin      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  0 |  9-8  145  3.91  1.48  69   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.07 3-2  0  1 44.0 30 15  9 27 |            3.21 1.240   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Pittsburgh Pirates

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Steve Blass         2   1.72 1-0  0  0 15.7 12  3  6  5 | 19-8  250  2.49  1.25 117   
 Nelson Briles       1   3.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  6  2  1  3 | 14-11 196  3.08  1.17 120   
 Bob Johnson         2   3.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  4  2  2  7 |  4-4  116  2.96  1.24  79  3
 Dock Ellis          1   0.00 0-1  0  0  5.0  5  0  1  3 | 15-7  163  2.70  1.16  96   
*Ramon Hernandez     3   2.70 0-0  0  0  3.3  1  1  0  3 |  5-0   70  1.67  1.03  47 14
 Dave Giusti         3   6.75 0-1  1  0  2.7  5  2  0  3 |  7-4   75  1.93  1.06  54 22
 Bruce Kison         2   0.00 1-0  0  0  2.3  1  0  0  3 |  9-7  152  3.26  1.26 102  3
 Bob Miller          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  1 |  5-2   54  2.65  1.44  18  3
*Luke Walker         1  18.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  3  2  0  0 |  4-6   93  3.40  1.42  48  2
 Bob Moose           2  54.00 0-1  0  0  0.7  5  4  0  0 | 13-10 226  2.91  1.15 144  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.30 2-3  1  0 43.7 42 16 10 28 |            2.81 1.210   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: OAK-CIN / ALCS: OAK-DET / NLCS: CIN-PIT

 1971 NLCS /  1973 NLCS

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