League batting leaders

League batting leaders -- American
Regular season -- as of 10/18/1972

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Allen,D	HAM	.318	Allen,D	HAM	.417	Allen,D	HAM	.584
Hebner	OKI	.315	Clarke	NOR	.382	Murcer	HAM	.560
Singleton	CST	.312	Singleton	CST	.382	Hebner	OKI	.514
Fairly	OKI	.309	Hebner	OKI	.377	Simmons	CST	.508
Simmons	CST	.306	May,C	HAM	.376	Fairly	OKI	.502
Piniella	PHI	.304	White	AND	.374	Epstein	AND	.501
Murcer	HAM	.304	Fairly	OKI	.364	Grich	OKI	.448
May,C	HAM	.303	Murcer	HAM	.362	Bench	HAM	.444
Clarke	NOR	.302	Epstein	AND	.361	Singleton	CST	.425
Bowa	ASP	.295	Powell	SPP	.360	Bonds	AND	.416


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Bowa	ASP	173	Allen,D	HAM	104	Epstein	AND	103
Clarke	NOR	171	Bonds	AND	102	Allen,D	HAM	103
Murcer	HAM	164	White	AND	96	Murcer	HAM	102
Simmons	CST	159	Grich	OKI	88	Bonds	AND	91
Bonds	AND	159	Brock	OKI	88	Hebner	OKI	89
Brock	OKI	157	Murcer	HAM	87	Bench	HAM	86
White	AND	155	Bench	HAM	86	Fairly	OKI	81
Singleton	CST	154	May,C	HAM	86	Stargell	HAM	79
Piniella	PHI	154	Simmons	CST	85	Powell	SPP	71
Sanguillen	AND	153	Hebner	OKI	84	Robinson,Br	SPP	70


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Simmons	CST	40	Kendall	CST	8	Stargell	HAM	34
Perez,T	PHI	31	Morales,J	SPP	8	Allen,D	HAM	32
Clarke	NOR	31	Blair	NOR	8	Murcer	HAM	32
Murcer	HAM	30	Sanguillen	AND	8	Epstein	AND	31
Grich	OKI	27	Geronimo	PHI	7	Bonds	AND	26
Piniella	PHI	27	Monday	OKI	7	Fairly	OKI	24
White	AND	27	Bowa	ASP	7	Bench	HAM	23
Johnson,Da	CST	26	Rader,Do	AND	6	Milner	OKI	22
Stargell	HAM	25	Stahl	SPP	6	Hebner	OKI	22
Torre	PHI	25	McCraw	SPP	6	Simmons	CST	19


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Murcer	HAM	68	Brock	OKI	55-24	Bonds	AND	.864
Simmons	CST	63	Bonds	AND	51-8	Harper	AND	.810
Stargell	HAM	60	White	AND	24-8	White	AND	.750
Allen,D	HAM	58	Clarke	NOR	22-10	Baylor	AND	.720
Bonds	AND	54	Campaneris	OKI	22-14	Brock	OKI	.696
Epstein	AND	50	Baylor	AND	18-7	Clarke	NOR	.688
Perez,T	PHI	48	Harper	AND	17-4	Metzger	CST	.680
Grich	OKI	46	Metzger	CST	17-8	Grich	OKI	.667
Hebner	OKI	44	Bowa	ASP	17-10	Bowa	ASP	.630
Monday	OKI	43	Tovar	SPP	16-15	Campaneris	OKI	.611


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

White	AND	99	Oates	OKI	7	Bonds	AND	158
Allen,D	HAM	78	Geronimo	PHI	5	Kingman	AND	126
Clarke	NOR	72	Stargell	HAM	5	Allen,D	HAM	114
Monday	OKI	70	Epstein	AND	5	Bailey	CST	104
Bench	HAM	70	Kranepool	ASP	4	Perez,T	PHI	103
Powell	SPP	69	Kingman	AND	4	Grich	OKI	95
Epstein	AND	65	Perez,T	PHI	4	Monday	OKI	91
Petrocelli	NOR	63	Murcer	HAM	4	Jones,C	NOR	87
McAuliffe	AND	62	Lis	ASP	3	Singleton	CST	85
Harrelson	AND	55	Kessinger	HAM	3	Campaneris	OKI	85


Sacrifice bunts			Sacrifice flies			Hit by pitch

Perry,G	AND	16	Bowa	ASP	10	Tovar	SPP	18
Osteen	PHI	14	Blair	NOR	8	Hunt	OKI	14
Parker,W	CST	14	Epstein	AND	8	Epstein	AND	12
Stottlemyre	AND	12	Schaal	ASP	7	Torre	PHI	10
Cardenas	NOR	12	Sanguillen	AND	7	Freehan	SPP	9
Coleman	AND	11	Rodriguez,E	OKI	6	Johnson,Da	CST	9
Splittorff	NOR	10	Milner	OKI	6	Grich	OKI	7
Peterson	SPP	10	Yastrzemski	SPP	6	May,C	HAM	7
Lolich,M	HAM	10	Torre	PHI	6	Allen,D	HAM	7
Hunter	OKI	10	Santo	HAM	5	Baylor	AND	6


Ground ball DP			Runs created			Runs created/27 outs

Torre	PHI	25	Allen,D	HAM	118.3	Allen,D	HAM	9.2
Powell	SPP	22	Murcer	HAM	109.1	Hebner	OKI	7.6
Bench	HAM	21	Stargell	HAM	105.4	Murcer	HAM	7.6
Northrup	NOR	20	Epstein	AND	92.6	Epstein	AND	6.9
Schaal	ASP	19	Hebner	OKI	92.6	Fairly	OKI	6.8
Santo	HAM	18	Simmons	CST	89.9	Simmons	CST	6.4
Bonds	AND	18	Clarke	NOR	88.8	May,C	HAM	5.9
Humphrey	ASP	17	White	AND	86.7	Singleton	CST	5.8
Cardenas	NOR	17	Fairly	OKI	85.5	Clarke	NOR	5.7
Beckert	ASP	16	Bonds	AND	82.8	Grich	OKI	5.6


Isolated power			Total average			Total bases

Allen,D	HAM	.266	Allen,D	HAM	1.076	Murcer	HAM	302
Murcer	HAM	.256	Murcer	HAM	.925	Allen,D	HAM	279
Epstein	AND	.237	Epstein	AND	.893	Bonds	AND	269
Simmons	CST	.202	Hebner	OKI	.889	Stargell	HAM	265
Hebner	OKI	.199	Fairly	OKI	.844	Simmons	CST	264
Fairly	OKI	.193	Simmons	CST	.804	Epstein	AND	239
Bench	HAM	.183	Grich	OKI	.779	Hebner	OKI	238
Bonds	AND	.170	Bench	HAM	.774	Fairly	OKI	234
Grich	OKI	.164	Clarke	NOR	.767	Clarke	NOR	223
Powell	SPP	.140	May,C	HAM	.765	Grich	OKI	218


On-base plus slugging			Secondary average			AB per homerun

Allen,D	HAM	1.001	Allen,D	HAM	.435	Allen,D	HAM	14.9
Murcer	HAM	.922	Epstein	AND	.375	Epstein	AND	15.4
Hebner	OKI	.891	Murcer	HAM	.354	Murcer	HAM	16.8
Fairly	OKI	.866	Bench	HAM	.338	Fairly	OKI	19.4
Epstein	AND	.862	Bonds	AND	.311	Bench	HAM	20.9
Simmons	CST	.857	Powell	SPP	.300	Hebner	OKI	21.0
Singleton	CST	.807	Hebner	OKI	.296	Bonds	AND	24.8
Grich	OKI	.803	Fairly	OKI	.285	Simmons	CST	27.4
Bench	HAM	.800	White	AND	.283	Grich	OKI	32.5
May,C	HAM	.779	Grich	OKI	.277	Powell	SPP	37.5


Atbats			Plate appearances			Games

Bonds	AND	646	Bonds	AND	705	Bonds	AND	162
Bowa	ASP	587	White	AND	696	Bowa	ASP	161
White	AND	583	Bowa	ASP	645	Campaneris	OKI	155
Brock	OKI	576	Clarke	NOR	644	Murcer	HAM	154
Clarke	NOR	566	Brock	OKI	620	Brinkman,E	SPP	154
Campaneris	OKI	562	Campaneris	OKI	609	Clarke	NOR	153
Robinson,Br	SPP	557	Robinson,Br	SPP	605	Harrelson	AND	152
Torre	PHI	550	Torre	PHI	604	White	AND	151
Sanguillen	AND	542	Tovar	SPP	592	Metzger	CST	150
Tovar	SPP	541	Murcer	HAM	591	Kessinger	HAM	150


Current hit streak			Longest hit streak

Allen,D	HAM	11	Fairly	OKI	20
Clarke	NOR	10	Harper	AND	19
Soderholm	CST	9	Hebner	OKI	16
Johnson,Da	CST	8	Brown,G	ASP	14
Piniella	PHI	8	Stargell	HAM	14
Milner	OKI	8	Perez,T	PHI	14
Felske	HAM	7	May,C	HAM	14
Blair	NOR	6	McCarver	ASP	14
Kendall	CST	6	Buckner	PHI	14
Fosse	NOR	5	Allen,D	HAM	13


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Plate appearances per game

Allen,D	HAM	364	Allen,D	HAM	.641	White	AND	4.61
Murcer	HAM	352	Murcer	HAM	.596	Brock	OKI	4.37
Bonds	AND	323	Epstein	AND	.562	Bonds	AND	4.35
Epstein	AND	316	Hebner	OKI	.555	Tovar	SPP	4.26
Stargell	HAM	312	Fairly	OKI	.538	May,C	HAM	4.26
White	AND	307	Simmons	CST	.536	Clarke	NOR	4.21
Simmons	CST	300	Bench	HAM	.513	Sanguillen	AND	4.12
Clarke	NOR	297	Grich	OKI	.500	Hebner	OKI	4.10
Hebner	OKI	287	Singleton	CST	.482	Torre	PHI	4.08
Bench	HAM	287	Powell	SPP	.480	Robinson,Br	SPP	4.06


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			AB per game

Allen,D	HAM	357	Allen,D	HAM	.629	Brock	OKI	4.06
Murcer	HAM	352	Murcer	HAM	.596	Sanguillen	AND	4.01
Bonds	AND	317	Hebner	OKI	.547	Bonds	AND	3.99
Stargell	HAM	311	Epstein	AND	.541	Tovar	SPP	3.89
Epstein	AND	304	Simmons	CST	.534	White	AND	3.86
White	AND	304	Fairly	OKI	.530	May,C	HAM	3.75
Simmons	CST	299	Bench	HAM	.506	Robinson,Br	SPP	3.74
Clarke	NOR	295	Grich	OKI	.487	Torre	PHI	3.72
Hebner	OKI	283	Singleton	CST	.477	Clarke	NOR	3.70
Bench	HAM	283	Powell	SPP	.476	Hebner	OKI	3.67


Balls in park			In-play average			Strikeout/walk ratio

Bowa	ASP	573	Singleton	CST	.357	Clarke	NOR	0.3
Clarke	NOR	541	Allen,D	HAM	.356	White	AND	0.5
White	AND	540	Piniella	PHI	.325	Parker,W	CST	0.8
Sanguillen	AND	513	Grich	OKI	.322	May,C	HAM	0.8
Robinson,Br	SPP	505	May,C	HAM	.318	Murcer	HAM	0.9
Brock	OKI	502	Hebner	OKI	.312	Epstein	AND	0.9
Tovar	SPP	501	Simmons	CST	.308	Bowa	ASP	0.9
Torre	PHI	484	Clarke	NOR	.307	Powell	SPP	1.0
Campaneris	OKI	484	Bowa	ASP	.302	Bench	HAM	1.0
Bonds	AND	467	Fairly	OKI	.301	Hebner	OKI	1.1


Batting average vs LHP			On-base percentage vs LHP			Slugging percentage vs LHP

Bowa	ASP	.335	Petrocelli	NOR	.416	Murcer	HAM	.677
Grich	OKI	.335	Allen,D	HAM	.408	Allen,D	HAM	.578
Piniella	PHI	.331	Grich	OKI	.395	Grich	OKI	.536
Petrocelli	NOR	.331	White	AND	.383	Robertson	OKI	.489
Allen,D	HAM	.325	Bowa	ASP	.374	Singleton	CST	.488
Murcer	HAM	.323	Morales,J	SPP	.371	Robinson,Br	SPP	.466
Singleton	CST	.315	Piniella	PHI	.371	Piniella	PHI	.459
Clarke	NOR	.311	Clarke	NOR	.371	Petrocelli	NOR	.436
Robinson,Br	SPP	.309	Santo	HAM	.367	Johnson,De	NOR	.433
Morales,J	SPP	.299	Bonds	AND	.360	Bonds	AND	.432


Hits vs LHP			Runs batted in vs LHP			On-base plus slugging vs LHP

Grich	OKI	65	Robinson,Br	SPP	37	Murcer	HAM	1.037
Bowa	ASP	58	Murcer	HAM	35	Allen,D	HAM	.987
Sanguillen	AND	56	Allen,D	HAM	32	Grich	OKI	.931
Clarke	NOR	55	Hebner	OKI	29	Petrocelli	NOR	.852
Robinson,Br	SPP	55	White	AND	29	Robertson	OKI	.849
White	AND	55	Grich	OKI	29	Singleton	CST	.847
Allen,D	HAM	54	Bonds	AND	27	Piniella	PHI	.830
Bonds	AND	54	Robertson	OKI	26	Robinson,Br	SPP	.822
Singleton	CST	53	Campaneris	OKI	26	Bonds	AND	.791
Piniella	PHI	52	Santo	HAM	23	Morales,J	SPP	.785


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Grich	OKI	16	Kendall	CST	6	Murcer	HAM	14
Roof	PHI	12	Sanguillen	AND	4	Allen,D	HAM	10
Clarke	NOR	12	Monday	OKI	3	Hebner	OKI	8
Morales,J	SPP	11	Rader,Do	AND	3	Robertson	OKI	8
Bonds	AND	11	North	CST	3	Stargell	HAM	7
Johnson,Da	CST	10	Santo	HAM	3	Epstein	AND	7
Simmons	CST	10	Murcer	HAM	3	Bench	HAM	7
Freehan	SPP	10	Bowa	ASP	3	Robinson,Br	SPP	7
Allen,D	HAM	10	Blair	NOR	3	Grich	OKI	7
Torre	PHI	10	McCraw	SPP	2	Milner	OKI	6


Extra base hits vs LHP			Total bases vs LHP			Isolated power vs LHP

Murcer	HAM	24	Murcer	HAM	105	Murcer	HAM	.355
Grich	OKI	24	Grich	OKI	104	Allen,D	HAM	.253
Allen,D	HAM	21	Allen,D	HAM	96	Robertson	OKI	.227
Bonds	AND	17	Robinson,Br	SPP	83	Grich	OKI	.201
Sanguillen	AND	17	Sanguillen	AND	83	Singleton	CST	.173
Stargell	HAM	16	Singleton	CST	82	Santo	HAM	.169
Robertson	OKI	16	Bonds	AND	82	Bench	HAM	.164
Simmons	CST	16	White	AND	73	Robinson,Br	SPP	.157
Singleton	CST	16	Piniella	PHI	72	Perez,T	PHI	.148
Freehan	SPP	14	Robertson	OKI	69	Bonds	AND	.147


Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP			Hit by pitch vs LHP

Santo	HAM	31	Johnson,De	NOR	46	Hunt	OKI	5
Bench	HAM	30	Kingman	AND	44	Tovar	SPP	4
White	AND	28	Bonds	AND	44	Carbo	PHI	3
Johnson,Da	CST	23	Perez,T	PHI	37	Freehan	SPP	3
Allen,D	HAM	23	Allen,D	HAM	37	Torre	PHI	3
Robertson	OKI	21	Milner	OKI	34	Humphrey	ASP	2
Bonds	AND	21	Bailey	CST	33	Kennedy	SPP	2
Mays	HAM	20	Singleton	CST	33	Baylor	AND	2
Petrocelli	NOR	20	Campaneris	OKI	33	Fairly	OKI	2
Freehan	SPP	19	Conigliaro	NOR	31	Helms	HAM	2


Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP

Splittorff	NOR	5	Parker,W	CST	3	Sanguillen	AND	205
Osteen	PHI	5	Santo	HAM	3	Campaneris	OKI	200
Perry,G	AND	5	Kaat	OKI	2	Grich	OKI	194
Cardenas	NOR	5	Swoboda	SPP	2	White	AND	191
Coleman	AND	4	Stahl	SPP	2	Bonds	AND	190
Palmer,J	SPP	4	North	CST	2	Robinson,Br	SPP	178
Blyleven	AND	4	McAuliffe	AND	2	Clarke	NOR	177
Peterson	SPP	4	May,C	HAM	2	Blair	NOR	175
Harrelson	AND	4	Stennett	SPP	2	Tovar	SPP	175
Caldwell	ASP	3	Epstein	AND	2	Bowa	ASP	173


AB per homerun vs LHP			AB per double vs LHP			Plate appearances vs LHP

Murcer	HAM	11.1	Grich	OKI	12.1	White	AND	225
Allen,D	HAM	16.6	Johnson,Da	CST	12.8	Campaneris	OKI	220
Robertson	OKI	17.6	Morales,J	SPP	14.3	Grich	OKI	215
Bench	HAM	22.7	Clarke	NOR	14.8	Bonds	AND	214
Milner	OKI	23.5	Freehan	SPP	15.4	Sanguillen	AND	211
Robinson,Br	SPP	25.4	Allen,D	HAM	16.6	Robinson,Br	SPP	195
Johnson,De	NOR	26.2	Torre	PHI	16.6	Clarke	NOR	194
Grich	OKI	27.7	Petrocelli	NOR	16.6	Tovar	SPP	194
Singleton	CST	28.0	Harrelson	AND	17.1	Allen,D	HAM	191
Perez,T	PHI	35.5	Bonds	AND	17.3	Hunt	OKI	190


Batting average vs RHP			On-base percentage vs RHP			Slugging percentage vs RHP

Stargell	HAM	.354	Allen,D	HAM	.422	Stargell	HAM	.682
Simmons	CST	.332	Stargell	HAM	.417	Allen,D	HAM	.587
Hebner	OKI	.316	Singleton	CST	.392	Fairly	OKI	.548
Perez,T	PHI	.316	Clarke	NOR	.387	Simmons	CST	.540
Alou,M	SPP	.316	May,C	HAM	.386	Epstein	AND	.525
Allen,D	HAM	.314	Simmons	CST	.382	Murcer	HAM	.513
Fairly	OKI	.313	Yastrzemski	SPP	.382	Hebner	OKI	.503
Singleton	CST	.310	McAuliffe	AND	.378	Perez,T	PHI	.498
May,C	HAM	.309	Epstein	AND	.377	Bench	HAM	.467
Clarke	NOR	.298	Hebner	OKI	.375	Yastrzemski	SPP	.459


Hits vs RHP			Runs batted in vs RHP			On-base plus slugging vs RHP

May,C	HAM	125	Epstein	AND	85	Stargell	HAM	1.099
Simmons	CST	124	Allen,D	HAM	71	Allen,D	HAM	1.008
Brock	OKI	122	Fairly	OKI	70	Simmons	CST	.922
Clarke	NOR	116	Murcer	HAM	67	Fairly	OKI	.919
Fairly	OKI	115	Bench	HAM	64	Epstein	AND	.902
Bowa	ASP	115	Bonds	AND	64	Hebner	OKI	.878
Murcer	HAM	114	Stargell	HAM	61	Murcer	HAM	.876
Hebner	OKI	112	Powell	SPP	61	Perez,T	PHI	.859
Stargell	HAM	107	Hebner	OKI	60	Yastrzemski	SPP	.841
Rader,Da	PHI	106	Monday	OKI	48	Bench	HAM	.822


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Simmons	CST	30	Morales,J	SPP	6	Stargell	HAM	27
Perez,T	PHI	24	Geronimo	PHI	6	Epstein	AND	24
Murcer	HAM	23	Blair	NOR	5	Fairly	OKI	23
Alou,M	SPP	21	Stahl	SPP	4	Allen,D	HAM	22
Piniella	PHI	21	Rettenmund	ASP	4	Bonds	AND	21
Powell	SPP	19	McCraw	SPP	4	Murcer	HAM	18
Clarke	NOR	19	Johnson,Da	CST	4	Milner	OKI	16
McAuliffe	AND	18	Allen,D	HAM	4	Bench	HAM	16
White	AND	18	Monday	OKI	4	Kingman	AND	15
May,C	HAM	18	Parker,W	CST	4	Hebner	OKI	14


Extra base hits vs RHP			Total bases vs RHP			Isolated power vs RHP

Simmons	CST	47	Stargell	HAM	206	Stargell	HAM	.328
Stargell	HAM	44	Simmons	CST	202	Allen,D	HAM	.272
Murcer	HAM	44	Fairly	OKI	201	Epstein	AND	.243
Epstein	AND	40	Murcer	HAM	197	Fairly	OKI	.234
Fairly	OKI	40	Epstein	AND	192	Murcer	HAM	.216
Allen,D	HAM	37	Bonds	AND	187	Simmons	CST	.209
Bonds	AND	37	Allen,D	HAM	183	Kingman	AND	.207
Perez,T	PHI	36	Hebner	OKI	178	Monday	OKI	.193
Hebner	OKI	34	May,C	HAM	162	Bench	HAM	.193
Monday	OKI	33	Perez,T	PHI	156	Hebner	OKI	.186


Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP			Hit by pitch vs RHP

White	AND	71	Bonds	AND	114	Tovar	SPP	14
McAuliffe	AND	57	Kingman	AND	82	Epstein	AND	10
Powell	SPP	56	Allen,D	HAM	77	Hunt	OKI	9
Allen,D	HAM	55	Monday	OKI	74	Johnson,Da	CST	7
Monday	OKI	55	Bailey	CST	71	Torre	PHI	7
Clarke	NOR	55	Grich	OKI	69	May,C	HAM	7
Epstein	AND	50	Perez,T	PHI	66	Freehan	SPP	6
May,C	HAM	46	Jones,C	NOR	64	Grich	OKI	6
Petrocelli	NOR	43	Petrocelli	NOR	58	Allen,D	HAM	6
Singleton	CST	43	Cruz	NOR	55	Campaneris	OKI	6


Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP

Parker,W	CST	13	Bowa	ASP	8	Bonds	AND	456
Perry,G	AND	11	Blair	NOR	7	Brock	OKI	436
Kessinger	HAM	10	Epstein	AND	6	Bowa	ASP	414
Stottlemyre	AND	9	Rodriguez,E	OKI	5	May,C	HAM	405
Osteen	PHI	9	Schaal	ASP	5	White	AND	392
Lolich,M	HAM	8	Stargell	HAM	5	Clarke	NOR	389
Coleman	AND	7	Sanguillen	AND	5	Murcer	HAM	384
Hunter	OKI	7	Yastrzemski	SPP	5	Torre	PHI	384
Cardenas	NOR	7	Bench	HAM	5	Robinson,Br	SPP	379
Bowa	ASP	7	Hebner	OKI	5	Simmons	CST	374


AB per homerun vs RHP			AB per double vs RHP			Plate appearances vs RHP

Stargell	HAM	11.2	Simmons	CST	12.5	Bonds	AND	491
Allen,D	HAM	14.2	Perez,T	PHI	13.0	Brock	OKI	472
Epstein	AND	15.3	Alou,M	SPP	15.8	White	AND	471
Fairly	OKI	16.0	Piniella	PHI	16.6	May,C	HAM	461
Kingman	AND	19.3	Murcer	HAM	16.7	Bowa	ASP	456
Bench	HAM	20.1	Johnson,Da	CST	17.3	Clarke	NOR	450
Murcer	HAM	21.3	McAuliffe	AND	18.2	Epstein	AND	432
Bonds	AND	21.7	Stargell	HAM	18.9	Murcer	HAM	424
Monday	OKI	25.1	Powell	SPP	19.1	Torre	PHI	424
Hebner	OKI	25.3	Monday	OKI	20.4	Powell	SPP	424

League batting leaders -- AmericanRegular season -- as of 10/18/1972

League batting leaders -- American
Regular season -- as of 10/18/1972