1972 Season

24 teams competing across 6 divisions

🏆 Postseason

1972 Bracket
World Series OAK def. CIN (4-3)
AL Championship OAK def. DET (3-2)
NL Championship CIN def. PIT (3-2)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1972 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Gene Clines 0.334 2 Billy Williams 0.333 3 Ralph Garr 0.325 4 Manny Mota 0.323 5 Dusty Baker 0.321

Home Runs

1 Johnny Bench 40 2 Nate Colbert 38 3 Dick Allen 37 4 Billy Williams 37 5 Hank Aaron 34

RBI

1 Johnny Bench 125 2 Billy Williams 122 3 Dick Allen 113 4 Willie Stargell 112 5 Nate Colbert 111

Stolen Bases

1 Lou Brock 63 2 Joe Morgan 58 3 Cesar Cedeno 55 4 Bert Campaneris 52 5 Dave Nelson 51

Hits

1 Pete Rose 198 2 Lou Brock 193 3 Billy Williams 191 4 Joe Rudi 181 5 Ralph Garr 180

Runs

1 Joe Morgan 122 2 Bobby Bonds 118 3 Jim Wynn 117 4 Pete Rose 107 5 Cesar Cedeno 103
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1972 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Jim Brewer 1.26 2 Darold Knowles 1.37 3 Chris Zachary 1.41 4 Cy Acosta 1.56 5 Steve Busby 1.57

Wins

1 Steve Carlton 27 2 Gaylord Perry 24 3 Wilbur Wood 24 4 Mickey Lolich 22 5 Stan Bahnsen 21

Strikeouts

1 Nolan Ryan 329 2 Steve Carlton 310 3 Mickey Lolich 250 4 Tom Seaver 249 5 Gaylord Perry 234

Saves

1 Clay Carroll 37 2 Sparky Lyle 35 3 Terry Forster 29 4 Tug McGraw 27 5 Dave Giusti 22

WHIP

1 Jim Brewer 0.84 2 Roger Nelson 0.87 3 Doug Rau 0.89 4 Steve Busby 0.90 5 Don Sutton 0.91
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📋 Standings

AL East

Detroit Tigers ★ 86-70 Boston Red Sox 85-70 Baltimore Orioles 80-74 New York Yankees 79-76 Cleveland Indians 72-84 Milwaukee Brewers 65-91

AL West

Oakland Athletics ★ 93-62 Chicago White Sox 87-67 Minnesota Twins 77-77 Kansas City Royals 76-78 California Angels 75-80 Texas Rangers 54-100

NL East

Pittsburgh Pirates ★ 96-59 Chicago Cubs 85-70 New York Mets 83-73 St. Louis Cardinals 75-81 Montreal Expos 70-86 Philadelphia Phillies 59-97

NL West

Cincinnati Reds ★ 95-59 Los Angeles Dodgers 85-70 Houston Astros 84-69 Atlanta Braves 70-84 San Francisco Giants 69-86 San Diego Padres 58-95
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