1972 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1972 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1972 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Johnny Bench led with 40 home runs, Johnny Bench led with 125 RBI, and Pete Rose led with 198 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 480 plate appearances at 155 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (155 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 480 plate appearances at 155 team games. 113 of the 249 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1972 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1972 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Billy Williams CHN 150 650 574 95 191 34 6 37 122 3 62 59 .333 .398 .606 1.005
Ralph Garr ATL 134 594 554 87 180 22 0 12 53 25 25 41 .325 .359 .430 .788
Dusty Baker ATL 127 503 446 62 143 27 2 17 76 4 45 68 .321 .383 .504 .888
Cesar Cedeno HOU 139 625 559 103 179 39 8 22 82 55 56 62 .320 .385 .537 .921
Rod Carew MIN 142 591 535 61 170 21 6 0 51 12 43 60 .318 .369 .379 .749
Bob Watson HOU 147 616 548 74 171 27 4 16 86 1 53 83 .312 .378 .464 .841
Lou Piniella KCA 151 624 574 65 179 33 4 11 72 7 34 59 .312 .356 .441 .797
Al Oliver PIT 140 612 565 88 176 27 4 12 89 2 34 44 .312 .352 .437 .789
Lou Brock SLN 153 675 621 81 193 26 8 3 42 63 47 93 .311 .359 .393 .752
Dick Allen CHA 148 609 506 90 156 28 5 37 113 19 99 126 .308 .420 .603 1.023
Carlos May CHA 148 615 523 83 161 26 3 12 68 23 79 70 .308 .405 .438 .843
Pete Rose CIN 154 729 645 107 198 31 11 6 57 10 73 46 .307 .382 .417 .799
Matty Alou 2 teams 140 567 525 57 161 22 2 4 47 13 35 35 .307 .350 .379 .729
Joe Rudi OAK 147 653 593 94 181 32 9 19 75 3 37 62 .305 .345 .486 .830
Ted Simmons SLN 152 629 594 70 180 36 6 16 96 1 29 57 .303 .336 .465 .801
Ron Santo CHN 133 547 464 68 140 25 5 17 74 1 69 75 .302 .391 .487 .878
Richie Scheinblum KCA 134 518 450 60 135 21 4 8 66 0 58 40 .300 .383 .418 .800
Richie Hebner PIT 124 492 427 63 128 24 4 19 72 0 52 54 .300 .378 .508 .886
John Mayberry KCA 149 588 503 65 150 24 3 25 100 0 78 74 .298 .394 .507 .900
Manny Sanguillen PIT 136 547 520 55 155 18 8 7 71 1 21 38 .298 .322 .404 .726
Carlton Fisk BOS 131 514 457 74 134 28 9 22 61 5 52 83 .293 .370 .538 .909
Willie Stargell PIT 138 569 495 74 145 28 2 33 112 1 65 129 .293 .373 .558 .930
Amos Otis KCA 143 605 540 75 158 28 2 11 54 28 50 59 .293 .352 .413 .765
Bobby Murcer NYA 153 654 585 102 171 30 7 33 96 11 63 67 .292 .361 .537 .898
Chris Chambliss CLE 121 499 466 51 136 27 2 6 44 3 26 63 .292 .327 .397 .724
Joe Morgan CIN 149 680 552 122 161 23 4 16 73 58 115 44 .292 .417 .435 .851
Jose Cardenal CHN 143 593 533 96 155 24 6 17 70 25 55 58 .291 .356 .454 .810
Willie Davis LAN 149 654 615 81 178 22 7 19 79 20 27 61 .289 .317 .441 .758
Joe Torre SLN 149 613 544 71 157 26 6 11 81 3 54 64 .289 .357 .419 .776
Lee May HOU 148 647 592 87 168 31 2 29 98 3 52 145 .284 .343 .490 .833
Tony Perez CIN 136 576 515 64 146 33 7 21 90 4 55 121 .283 .349 .497 .846
Bobby Tolan CIN 149 667 604 88 171 28 5 8 82 42 44 88 .283 .334 .386 .720
Greg Luzinski PHI 150 611 563 66 158 33 5 18 68 0 42 114 .281 .332 .453 .785
Thurman Munson NYA 140 567 511 54 143 16 3 7 46 6 47 58 .280 .343 .364 .707
Wes Parker LAN 130 502 427 45 119 14 3 4 59 3 62 43 .279 .367 .354 .721
Bobby Grich BAL 133 528 460 66 128 21 3 12 50 13 53 96 .278 .358 .415 .773
Ron Fairly MON 140 499 446 51 124 15 1 17 68 3 46 45 .278 .348 .430 .779
Danny Thompson MIN 144 624 573 54 158 22 6 4 48 3 34 57 .276 .318 .356 .674
Vada Pinson CAL 136 527 484 56 133 24 2 7 49 17 30 54 .275 .321 .376 .697
Ken Singleton MON 142 585 507 77 139 23 2 14 50 5 70 99 .274 .363 .410 .773
Don Kessinger CHN 149 660 577 77 158 20 6 1 39 8 67 44 .274 .351 .334 .685
Jim Wynn HOU 145 652 542 117 148 29 3 24 90 17 103 99 .273 .389 .470 .860
Mike Epstein OAK 138 537 455 63 123 18 2 26 70 0 68 68 .270 .376 .490 .866
Glenn Beckert CHN 120 510 474 51 128 22 2 3 43 2 23 17 .270 .304 .344 .648
Reggie Smith BOS 131 543 467 75 126 25 4 21 74 15 68 63 .270 .365 .475 .840
Roy White NYA 155 666 556 76 150 29 0 10 54 23 99 59 .270 .384 .376 .760
Johnny Bench CIN 147 652 538 87 145 22 2 40 125 6 100 84 .270 .379 .541 .920
Bob Oliver 2 teams 150 609 572 54 154 22 5 20 76 5 29 109 .269 .305 .430 .735
Ken McMullen CAL 137 523 472 36 127 18 1 9 34 1 48 59 .269 .335 .369 .704
Chris Speier SFN 150 658 562 74 151 25 2 15 71 9 82 92 .269 .361 .400 .761
Bobby Darwin MIN 145 562 513 48 137 20 2 22 80 2 38 145 .267 .326 .442 .769
George Scott ML4 152 629 578 71 154 24 4 20 88 16 43 130 .266 .321 .426 .746
Garry Maddox SFN 125 482 458 62 122 26 7 12 58 13 14 97 .266 .293 .432 .725
John Briggs ML4 135 481 418 58 111 14 1 21 65 1 54 67 .266 .347 .455 .801
Hank Aaron ATL 129 544 449 75 119 10 0 34 77 4 92 55 .265 .390 .514 .904
Cesar Tovar MIN 141 607 548 86 145 20 6 2 31 21 39 39 .265 .329 .334 .663
Reggie Jackson OAK 135 572 499 72 132 25 2 25 75 9 59 125 .265 .350 .473 .823
Ted Sizemore SLN 120 489 439 53 116 17 4 2 38 8 37 36 .264 .324 .335 .659
Tito Fuentes SFN 152 634 572 64 151 33 6 7 53 16 39 56 .264 .310 .379 .690
Carl Yastrzemski BOS 125 535 455 70 120 18 2 12 68 5 67 44 .264 .357 .391 .748
Cookie Rojas KCA 137 541 487 49 127 25 0 3 53 2 41 35 .261 .315 .331 .646
Doug Griffin BOS 129 535 470 43 122 12 1 2 35 9 45 48 .260 .325 .302 .627
Dave Rader SFN 133 494 459 44 119 14 1 6 41 1 29 31 .259 .306 .333 .640
Norm Cash DET 137 501 440 51 114 16 0 22 61 0 50 64 .259 .338 .445 .783
Bobby Bonds SFN 153 697 626 118 162 29 5 26 80 44 60 137 .259 .326 .446 .772
Tommy Helms HOU 139 559 518 45 134 20 5 5 60 4 24 27 .259 .291 .346 .637
Earl Williams ATL 151 637 565 72 146 24 2 28 87 0 62 118 .258 .336 .457 .793
Ken Henderson SFN 130 484 439 60 113 21 2 18 51 14 38 66 .257 .317 .437 .755
Felix Millan ATL 125 534 498 46 128 19 3 1 38 6 23 28 .257 .292 .313 .605
Buddy Bell CLE 132 505 466 49 119 21 1 9 36 5 34 29 .255 .310 .363 .672
Dick Billings TEX 133 508 469 41 119 15 1 5 58 1 29 77 .254 .296 .322 .618
Tommy Harper BOS 144 641 556 92 141 29 2 14 49 25 67 104 .254 .341 .388 .730
Darrell Evans ATL 125 521 418 67 106 12 0 19 71 4 90 58 .254 .384 .419 .803
Graig Nettles CLE 150 623 557 65 141 28 0 17 70 2 57 50 .253 .325 .395 .720
Ron Hunt MON 129 531 443 56 112 20 0 0 18 9 51 29 .253 .363 .298 .661
Boog Powell BAL 140 539 465 53 117 20 1 21 81 4 65 92 .252 .346 .434 .780
Nate Colbert SDN 151 643 563 87 141 27 2 38 111 15 70 127 .250 .333 .508 .841
Larry Bowa PHI 152 633 579 67 145 11 13 1 31 17 32 51 .250 .291 .320 .611
Brooks Robinson BAL 153 612 556 48 139 23 2 8 64 1 43 45 .250 .303 .342 .644
Denny Doyle PHI 123 484 442 33 110 14 2 1 26 6 31 33 .249 .295 .296 .591
Rick Monday CHN 138 520 434 68 108 22 5 11 42 12 78 102 .249 .362 .399 .760
Willie Montanez PHI 147 596 531 60 131 39 3 13 64 1 58 108 .247 .320 .405 .725
Horace Clarke NYA 147 613 547 65 132 20 2 3 37 18 56 44 .241 .315 .302 .616
Tim Foli MON 149 592 540 45 130 12 2 2 35 11 25 43 .241 .280 .281 .561
Ray Fosse CLE 134 508 457 42 110 20 1 10 41 5 45 46 .241 .312 .354 .666
Bert Campaneris OAK 149 681 625 85 150 25 2 8 32 52 32 88 .240 .278 .325 .603
Rico Petrocelli BOS 147 607 521 62 125 15 2 15 75 0 78 91 .240 .339 .363 .702
Sandy Alomar CAL 155 666 610 65 146 20 3 1 25 20 47 55 .239 .292 .287 .579
Dave May ML4 143 556 500 49 119 20 2 9 45 11 47 56 .238 .306 .340 .646
Doug Rader HOU 152 626 553 70 131 24 7 22 90 5 57 120 .237 .309 .425 .734
Aurelio Rodriguez DET 153 639 601 65 142 23 5 13 56 2 28 104 .236 .272 .356 .628
Sal Bando OAK 152 631 535 64 126 20 3 15 77 3 78 55 .236 .341 .368 .709
Ted Ford TEX 129 481 429 43 101 19 1 14 50 4 37 80 .235 .297 .382 .680
Jack Brohamer CLE 136 567 527 49 123 13 2 5 35 3 27 46 .233 .271 .294 .565
Bob Bailey MON 143 560 489 55 114 10 4 16 57 6 59 112 .233 .315 .368 .683
Paul Blair BAL 142 514 477 47 111 20 8 8 49 7 25 78 .233 .267 .358 .626
Denis Menke CIN 140 524 447 41 104 19 2 9 50 0 58 76 .233 .322 .345 .667
Harmon Killebrew MIN 139 532 433 53 100 13 2 26 74 0 94 91 .231 .367 .450 .817
Derrel Thomas SDN 130 550 500 48 115 15 5 5 36 9 41 73 .230 .290 .310 .600
Paul Schaal KCA 127 503 435 47 99 19 3 6 41 1 61 59 .228 .323 .326 .650
Marty Perez ATL 141 518 479 33 109 13 1 1 28 0 30 55 .228 .276 .265 .541
Tommie Agee NYN 114 483 422 52 96 23 0 13 47 8 53 92 .227 .317 .374 .692
Dave Nelson TEX 145 580 499 68 113 16 3 2 28 51 67 81 .226 .324 .283 .607
Dave Kingman SFN 135 531 472 65 106 17 4 29 83 16 51 140 .225 .303 .462 .765
Leo Cardenas CAL 150 602 551 25 123 11 2 6 42 1 35 73 .223 .272 .283 .555
Don Money PHI 152 590 536 54 119 16 2 15 52 5 41 92 .222 .278 .343 .621
Roger Metzger HOU 153 715 641 84 142 12 3 2 38 23 60 71 .222 .288 .259 .547
Mike Andrews CHA 148 602 505 58 111 18 0 7 50 2 70 78 .220 .313 .297 .610
Rick Auerbach ML4 153 605 554 50 121 16 3 2 30 24 43 62 .218 .277 .269 .546
Bud Harrelson NYN 115 490 418 54 90 10 4 1 24 12 58 57 .215 .313 .266 .578
Freddie Patek KCA 136 577 518 59 110 25 4 0 32 33 47 64 .212 .280 .276 .556
Don Buford BAL 125 485 408 46 84 6 2 5 22 8 69 83 .206 .326 .267 .593
Ed Brinkman DET 156 571 516 42 105 19 1 6 49 0 38 51 .203 .259 .279 .538
Gene Clines UNQ PIT 107 334 311 52 104 15 6 0 17 12 16 47 .334 .369 .421 .790
Manny Mota UNQ LAN 118 410 371 57 120 16 5 5 48 4 27 15 .323 .375 .434 .809
Bill Buckner UNQ LAN 105 405 383 47 122 14 3 5 37 10 17 13 .319 .348 .410 .758
Vic Davalillo UNQ PIT 117 403 368 60 117 19 2 4 28 14 26 44 .318 .367 .413 .780
Al Kaline UNQ DET 106 314 278 46 87 11 2 10 32 1 28 33 .313 .374 .475 .849
Roberto Clemente UNQ PIT 102 413 378 68 118 19 7 10 60 0 29 49 .312 .356 .479 .835
Tony Taylor UNQ DET 78 247 228 33 69 12 4 1 20 5 14 34 .303 .346 .404 .749
Leron Lee UNQ SDN 101 405 370 50 111 23 7 12 47 2 29 58 .300 .353 .497 .850
Rusty Staub UNQ NYN 66 278 239 32 70 11 0 9 38 0 31 13 .293 .372 .452 .824
Steve Braun UNQ MIN 121 455 402 40 116 21 0 2 50 4 45 38 .289 .360 .356 .716
Ken Berry UNQ CAL 119 459 409 41 118 15 3 5 39 5 35 47 .289 .347 .377 .723
Rennie Stennett UNQ PIT 109 381 370 43 106 14 5 3 30 4 9 43 .286 .307 .376 .683
Ellie Rodriguez UNQ ML4 116 422 355 31 101 14 2 2 35 1 52 43 .285 .382 .352 .734
Terry Harmon UNQ PHI 73 251 218 35 62 8 2 2 13 3 29 28 .284 .372 .367 .739
Dave Cash UNQ PIT 99 452 425 58 120 22 4 3 30 9 22 31 .282 .316 .374 .690
Felipe Alou UNQ NYA 120 351 324 33 90 18 1 6 37 1 22 27 .278 .326 .395 .721
Rico Carty UNQ ATL 86 315 271 31 75 12 2 6 29 0 44 33 .277 .378 .402 .780
Ed Kirkpatrick UNQ KCA 113 423 364 43 100 15 1 9 43 3 51 50 .275 .365 .396 .761
Cesar Geronimo UNQ CIN 120 285 255 32 70 9 7 4 29 2 24 64 .275 .344 .412 .756
Bobby Valentine UNQ LAN 119 434 391 42 107 11 2 3 32 5 27 33 .274 .319 .335 .654
Bill Russell UNQ LAN 129 477 434 47 118 19 5 4 34 14 34 64 .272 .326 .366 .693
Jim Hickman UNQ CHN 115 425 368 65 100 15 2 17 64 3 52 64 .272 .364 .462 .826
Steve Hovley UNQ KCA 105 226 196 24 53 5 1 3 24 3 24 29 .270 .351 .352 .703
Cito Gaston UNQ SDN 111 403 379 30 102 14 0 7 44 0 22 76 .269 .313 .361 .674
Ed Kranepool UNQ NYN 122 368 327 28 88 15 1 8 34 1 34 35 .269 .336 .394 .731
Steve Garvey UNQ LAN 96 317 294 36 79 14 2 9 30 4 19 36 .269 .312 .422 .734
Johnny Edwards UNQ HOU 108 392 332 33 89 16 2 5 40 2 50 39 .268 .358 .373 .732
Ron Blomberg UNQ NYA 107 341 299 36 80 22 1 14 49 0 38 26 .268 .355 .488 .843
Bob Heise UNQ ML4 95 293 271 23 72 10 1 0 12 1 12 14 .266 .301 .310 .611
Bill Freehan UNQ DET 111 430 374 51 98 18 2 10 56 0 48 51 .262 .354 .401 .755
Joe Pepitone UNQ CHN 66 233 214 23 56 5 0 8 21 1 13 22 .262 .309 .397 .706
Pat Kelly UNQ CHA 119 464 402 57 105 14 7 5 24 32 55 69 .261 .355 .368 .723
Johnny Oates UNQ BAL 85 288 253 20 66 12 1 4 21 5 28 31 .261 .332 .364 .696
Jim Northrup UNQ DET 134 469 426 40 111 15 2 8 42 4 38 47 .261 .324 .362 .686
Tom Hutton UNQ PHI 134 443 381 40 99 16 2 4 38 5 56 24 .260 .354 .344 .698
Toby Harrah UNQ TEX 116 419 374 47 97 14 3 1 31 16 34 31 .259 .316 .321 .637
Lee Lacy UNQ LAN 60 266 243 34 63 7 3 0 12 5 19 37 .259 .312 .313 .625
Larry Biittner UNQ TEX 137 422 382 34 99 18 1 3 31 1 29 37 .259 .312 .335 .648
Tommy McCraw UNQ CLE 129 442 391 43 101 12 5 7 33 12 41 47 .258 .333 .368 .701
Johnny Callison UNQ NYA 92 300 275 28 71 10 0 9 34 3 18 34 .258 .299 .393 .691
Ron Woods UNQ MON 97 249 221 21 57 5 1 10 31 3 22 33 .258 .321 .425 .746
Luis Aparicio UNQ BOS 110 474 436 47 112 26 3 3 39 3 26 28 .257 .299 .351 .649
Mike Ferraro UNQ ML4 124 406 381 19 97 18 1 2 29 0 17 41 .255 .284 .323 .606
Don Baylor UNQ BAL 102 363 320 33 81 13 3 11 38 24 29 50 .253 .330 .416 .745
Elliott Maddox UNQ TEX 98 349 294 40 74 7 2 0 10 20 49 53 .252 .361 .289 .650
Frank Robinson UNQ LAN 103 405 342 41 86 6 1 19 59 2 55 76 .251 .353 .442 .795
Leroy Stanton UNQ CAL 127 432 402 44 101 15 3 12 39 2 22 100 .251 .295 .393 .688
Willie Crawford UNQ LAN 96 283 243 28 61 7 3 8 27 4 35 55 .251 .349 .403 .752
Rick Reichardt UNQ CHA 101 328 291 31 73 14 4 8 43 2 28 63 .251 .321 .409 .730
Bernie Carbo UNQ 2 teams 118 396 323 44 81 13 1 7 34 0 63 59 .251 .380 .362 .742
Darrel Chaney UNQ CIN 83 230 196 29 49 7 2 2 19 1 29 28 .250 .345 .337 .682
Willie Mays UNQ 2 teams 88 309 244 35 61 11 1 8 22 4 60 48 .250 .400 .402 .802
Walt Williams UNQ CHA 77 236 221 22 55 7 1 2 11 6 13 20 .249 .289 .317 .606
Ed Herrmann UNQ CHA 116 405 354 23 88 9 0 10 40 0 43 37 .249 .333 .359 .692
Celerino Sanchez UNQ NYA 71 269 250 18 62 8 3 0 21 0 12 30 .248 .292 .304 .596
Gene Alley UNQ PIT 119 389 347 30 86 12 2 3 36 4 38 52 .248 .321 .320 .641
Ollie Brown UNQ 2 teams 109 336 303 29 75 11 0 4 32 1 28 47 .248 .310 .323 .634
Angel Mangual UNQ OAK 91 292 272 19 67 13 2 5 32 0 14 48 .246 .285 .364 .649
Garry Jestadt UNQ SDN 92 280 256 15 63 5 1 6 22 0 13 21 .246 .281 .344 .625
Tim McCarver UNQ 2 teams 122 432 391 33 96 13 1 7 34 5 36 29 .246 .312 .338 .650
Cleon Jones UNQ NYN 106 415 375 39 92 15 1 5 52 1 30 83 .245 .305 .331 .636
John Kennedy UNQ BOS 71 237 212 22 52 11 1 2 22 0 18 40 .245 .311 .335 .646
Bill Melton UNQ CHA 57 232 208 22 51 5 0 7 30 1 23 31 .245 .319 .370 .689
Dave Roberts UNQ SDN 100 443 418 38 102 17 0 5 33 7 18 64 .244 .275 .321 .595
Frank Howard UNQ 2 teams 109 368 320 29 78 10 0 10 38 1 46 63 .244 .340 .369 .708
Joe Hague UNQ 2 teams 96 255 214 25 52 12 2 7 31 1 37 36 .243 .350 .416 .766
Steve Brye UNQ MIN 100 272 253 18 61 9 3 0 12 3 17 38 .241 .292 .300 .592
Ben Oglivie UNQ BOS 94 273 253 27 61 10 2 8 30 1 18 61 .241 .293 .391 .684
Duke Sims UNQ 2 teams 89 290 249 18 60 11 0 6 30 0 36 41 .241 .341 .357 .699
Dick McAuliffe UNQ DET 122 470 408 47 98 16 3 8 30 0 59 59 .240 .339 .353 .692
Chris Cannizzaro UNQ LAN 73 233 200 14 48 6 0 2 18 0 31 38 .240 .341 .300 .641
Jerry Morales UNQ SDN 115 393 347 38 83 15 7 4 18 4 35 54 .239 .307 .357 .665
Frank Duffy UNQ CLE 130 428 385 23 92 16 4 3 27 6 31 54 .239 .297 .325 .621
Alex Johnson UNQ CLE 108 384 356 31 85 10 1 8 37 6 22 40 .239 .283 .340 .623
Luis Melendez UNQ SLN 118 360 332 32 79 11 3 5 28 5 25 34 .238 .292 .334 .627
Del Unser UNQ CLE 132 422 383 29 91 12 0 1 17 5 28 46 .238 .288 .277 .565
John Milner UNQ NYN 117 423 362 52 86 12 2 17 38 2 51 74 .238 .340 .423 .762
Joe Lahoud UNQ ML4 111 363 316 35 75 9 3 12 34 3 45 54 .237 .331 .399 .730
Danny Cater UNQ BOS 92 342 317 32 75 17 1 8 39 0 15 33 .237 .270 .372 .642
Jose Cruz UNQ SLN 117 374 332 33 78 14 4 2 23 9 36 54 .235 .309 .319 .628
Mickey Stanley UNQ DET 142 475 435 45 102 16 6 14 55 1 29 49 .234 .278 .395 .673
Glenn Borgmann UNQ MIN 56 203 175 11 41 4 0 3 14 0 25 25 .234 .325 .309 .634
Boots Day UNQ MON 128 428 386 32 90 7 4 0 30 3 29 44 .233 .288 .272 .560
Andy Kosco UNQ 2 teams 66 201 189 20 44 6 3 9 19 1 7 32 .233 .265 .439 .704
Gene Michael UNQ NYA 126 430 391 29 91 7 4 1 32 4 32 45 .233 .290 .279 .568
Merv Rettenmund UNQ BAL 102 346 301 40 70 10 2 6 21 6 41 37 .233 .325 .339 .663
Jim Fregosi UNQ NYN 101 382 340 31 79 15 4 5 32 0 38 71 .232 .311 .344 .655
Wayne Garrett UNQ NYN 111 377 298 41 69 13 3 2 29 3 70 58 .232 .374 .315 .689
Willie Horton UNQ DET 108 367 333 44 77 9 5 11 36 0 27 47 .231 .293 .387 .681
Mike Jorgensen UNQ MON 113 438 372 48 86 12 3 13 47 12 53 75 .231 .332 .384 .716
Terry Crowley UNQ BAL 97 283 247 30 57 10 0 11 29 0 32 26 .231 .319 .405 .724
Duffy Dyer UNQ NYN 94 363 325 33 75 17 3 8 36 0 28 71 .231 .299 .375 .675
Billy Conigliaro UNQ ML4 52 201 191 22 44 6 2 7 16 1 8 54 .230 .261 .393 .654
Gates Brown UNQ DET 103 283 252 33 58 5 0 10 31 3 26 28 .230 .304 .369 .673
Ed Spiezio UNQ 2 teams 94 326 306 22 70 12 1 2 26 1 14 49 .229 .265 .294 .560
Mike Lum UNQ ATL 123 424 369 40 84 14 2 9 38 1 50 52 .228 .323 .350 .673
Bernie Allen UNQ NYA 84 248 220 26 50 9 0 9 22 0 23 42 .227 .296 .391 .686
Clyde Mashore UNQ MON 93 202 176 23 40 7 1 3 23 6 14 41 .227 .278 .330 .608
John Boccabella UNQ MON 83 222 207 14 47 8 1 1 10 1 9 29 .227 .259 .290 .549
Larry Stahl UNQ SDN 107 331 297 31 67 9 3 7 20 1 31 67 .226 .298 .347 .645
Carmen Fanzone UNQ CHN 86 264 222 26 50 11 0 8 42 2 35 45 .225 .333 .383 .716
Gene Tenace UNQ OAK 82 256 227 22 51 5 3 5 32 0 24 42 .225 .307 .339 .646
Dal Maxvill UNQ 2 teams 132 352 312 24 70 7 1 1 24 0 32 58 .224 .296 .263 .558
Joe Lovitto UNQ TEX 117 373 330 23 74 9 1 1 19 13 37 54 .224 .306 .267 .573
Ted Martinez UNQ NYN 103 347 330 22 74 5 5 1 19 7 12 49 .224 .254 .279 .532
John Bateman UNQ 2 teams 100 297 281 10 63 10 0 3 20 0 11 43 .224 .253 .292 .545
Al Gallagher UNQ SFN 82 274 233 19 52 3 1 2 18 2 33 39 .223 .317 .270 .588
Jim Spencer UNQ CAL 82 225 212 13 47 5 0 1 14 0 12 25 .222 .262 .259 .522
Johnny Jeter UNQ SDN 110 347 326 25 72 4 3 7 21 11 18 92 .221 .266 .316 .582
Davey Johnson UNQ BAL 118 436 376 31 83 22 3 5 32 1 52 68 .221 .320 .335 .655
Ron Theobald UNQ ML4 125 474 391 45 86 11 0 1 19 0 68 38 .220 .342 .256 .598
Randy Hundley UNQ CHN 114 387 357 23 78 12 0 5 30 1 22 62 .218 .261 .294 .555
Dave Duncan UNQ OAK 121 450 403 39 88 13 0 19 59 0 34 68 .218 .283 .392 .676
Rich Reese UNQ MIN 132 223 197 23 43 3 2 5 26 0 25 27 .218 .305 .330 .635
Ed Crosby UNQ SLN 101 300 276 27 60 9 1 0 19 1 18 27 .217 .269 .257 .527
Don Mincher UNQ 2 teams 108 307 245 25 53 11 0 6 44 2 56 39 .216 .363 .335 .697
Fred Kendall UNQ SDN 91 289 273 18 59 3 4 6 18 0 11 42 .216 .247 .322 .569
Deron Johnson UNQ PHI 96 262 230 19 49 4 1 9 31 0 26 69 .213 .298 .357 .654
Willie McCovey UNQ SFN 81 304 263 30 56 8 0 14 35 0 38 45 .213 .316 .403 .719
Luis Alvarado UNQ CHA 103 269 254 30 54 4 1 4 29 2 13 36 .213 .254 .283 .537
Ken Boswell UNQ NYN 100 400 355 35 75 9 1 9 33 2 32 35 .211 .274 .318 .592
Rusty Torres UNQ NYA 80 219 199 15 42 7 0 3 13 0 18 44 .211 .280 .291 .571
Jerry Grote UNQ NYN 64 241 205 15 43 5 1 3 21 1 26 27 .210 .304 .288 .592
Dave Concepcion UNQ CIN 119 421 378 40 79 13 2 2 29 13 32 65 .209 .272 .270 .541
Rich Morales UNQ CHA 110 310 287 24 59 7 1 2 20 2 19 49 .206 .261 .258 .519
Ted Kubiak UNQ 2 teams 97 234 210 19 43 7 1 0 15 0 21 23 .205 .278 .248 .525
Jim Nettles UNQ MIN 102 268 235 28 48 5 2 4 15 4 32 52 .204 .302 .294 .596
Andy Etchebarren UNQ BAL 71 210 188 11 38 6 1 2 21 0 17 43 .202 .276 .277 .553
Eddie Leon UNQ CLE 89 251 225 14 45 2 1 4 16 0 20 47 .200 .265 .271 .536
Enzo Hernandez UNQ SDN 114 369 329 33 64 11 2 1 15 24 22 25 .195 .243 .249 .492
Bob Robertson UNQ PIT 115 354 306 25 59 11 0 12 41 1 41 84 .193 .291 .346 .637
Lenny Randle UNQ TEX 74 267 249 23 48 13 0 2 21 4 13 51 .193 .235 .269 .504
Eric Soderholm UNQ MIN 93 313 287 28 54 10 0 13 39 3 19 48 .188 .245 .359 .604
Jay Johnstone UNQ CHA 113 290 261 27 49 9 0 4 17 2 25 42 .188 .259 .268 .527
Terry Humphrey UNQ MON 69 237 215 13 40 8 0 1 9 4 16 38 .186 .248 .237 .485
Mark Belanger UNQ BAL 113 313 285 36 53 9 1 2 16 6 18 53 .186 .236 .246 .482
Showing 1-50 of 249 batters listed (113 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 155 innings at 155 team games. 85 of the 213 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1972 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Luis Tiant BOS 15 6 43 19 12 6 3 179.0 128 38 65 123 1.91 1.08
Gaylord Perry CLE 24 16 41 40 29 5 1 342.2 253 73 82 234 1.92 0.98
Steve Carlton PHI 27 10 41 41 30 8 0 346.1 257 76 87 310 1.97 0.99
Gary Nolan CIN 15 5 25 25 6 2 0 176.0 147 39 30 90 1.99 1.01
Catfish Hunter OAK 21 7 38 37 16 5 0 295.1 200 67 70 191 2.04 0.91
Jim Palmer BAL 21 10 36 36 18 3 0 274.1 219 63 70 184 2.07 1.05
Roger Nelson KCA 11 6 34 19 10 6 2 173.1 120 40 31 120 2.08 0.87
Don Sutton LAN 19 9 33 33 18 9 0 272.2 186 63 63 207 2.08 0.91
Mike Paul TEX 8 9 49 20 2 1 1 161.2 149 39 52 108 2.17 1.24
Nolan Ryan CAL 19 16 39 39 20 9 0 284.0 166 72 157 329 2.28 1.14
Jon Matlack NYN 15 10 34 32 8 4 0 244.0 215 63 71 169 2.32 1.17
Steve Kline NYA 16 9 32 32 11 4 0 236.1 210 63 44 58 2.40 1.07
Bob Gibson SLN 19 11 34 34 23 4 0 278.0 226 76 88 208 2.46 1.13
Steve Blass PIT 19 8 33 32 11 2 0 249.2 227 69 84 117 2.49 1.25
Blue Moon Odom OAK 15 6 31 30 4 2 0 194.1 164 54 87 86 2.50 1.29
Mickey Lolich DET 22 14 41 41 23 4 0 327.1 282 91 74 250 2.50 1.09
Wilbur Wood CHA 24 17 49 49 20 8 0 376.2 325 105 74 193 2.51 1.06
Ken Holtzman OAK 19 11 39 37 16 4 0 265.1 232 74 52 134 2.51 1.07
Mike Cuellar BAL 18 12 35 35 17 4 0 248.1 197 71 71 132 2.57 1.08
Ray Corbin MIN 8 9 31 19 5 3 0 161.2 135 47 53 83 2.62 1.16
Claude Osteen LAN 20 11 33 33 14 4 0 252.0 232 74 69 100 2.64 1.19
Pat Dobson BAL 16 18 38 36 13 3 0 268.1 220 79 69 161 2.65 1.08
Don Wilson HOU 15 10 33 33 13 3 0 228.1 196 68 66 172 2.68 1.15
Dock Ellis PIT 15 7 25 25 4 1 0 163.1 156 49 33 96 2.70 1.16
Dick Woodson MIN 14 14 36 36 9 3 0 251.2 193 76 101 150 2.72 1.17
Bert Blyleven MIN 17 17 39 38 11 3 0 287.1 247 87 69 228 2.73 1.10
Dick Tidrow CLE 14 15 39 34 10 3 0 237.1 200 73 70 123 2.77 1.14
Milt Pappas CHN 17 7 29 28 10 3 0 195.0 187 60 29 80 2.77 1.11
Joe Coleman DET 19 14 40 39 9 3 0 280.0 216 87 110 222 2.80 1.16
Jim McAndrew NYN 11 8 28 23 4 0 1 160.2 133 50 38 81 2.80 1.06
Burt Hooton CHN 11 14 33 31 9 3 0 218.1 201 68 81 132 2.80 1.29
Andy Messersmith CAL 8 11 25 21 10 3 2 169.2 125 53 68 142 2.81 1.14
Jim Lonborg ML4 14 12 33 30 11 2 1 223.0 197 70 76 143 2.83 1.22
Jim Barr SFN 8 10 44 18 8 2 2 179.0 166 57 41 86 2.87 1.16
Tommy John LAN 11 5 29 29 4 1 0 186.2 172 60 40 117 2.89 1.14
Ron Bryant SFN 14 7 35 28 11 4 0 214.0 176 69 77 107 2.90 1.18
Bob Moose PIT 13 10 31 30 6 3 1 226.0 213 73 47 144 2.91 1.15
Tom Seaver NYN 21 12 35 35 13 3 0 262.0 215 85 77 249 2.92 1.11
Rudy May CAL 12 11 35 30 10 3 1 205.1 162 67 82 169 2.94 1.19
Dave McNally BAL 13 17 36 36 12 6 0 241.0 220 79 68 120 2.95 1.20
Al Downing LAN 9 9 31 30 7 4 0 202.2 196 67 67 117 2.98 1.30
Clyde Wright CAL 18 11 35 35 15 2 0 251.0 229 83 80 87 2.98 1.23
Tom Bradley CHA 15 14 40 40 11 2 0 260.0 225 86 65 209 2.98 1.12
Bill Stoneman MON 12 14 36 35 13 4 0 250.2 213 83 102 171 2.98 1.26
Bill Hands CHN 11 8 32 28 6 3 0 189.0 168 63 47 96 3.00 1.14
Dick Drago KCA 12 17 34 33 11 2 0 239.1 230 80 51 135 3.01 1.17
Ross Grimsley CIN 14 8 30 28 4 1 1 197.2 194 67 50 79 3.05 1.23
Phil Niekro ATL 16 12 38 36 17 1 0 282.1 254 96 53 164 3.06 1.09
Nelson Briles PIT 14 11 28 27 9 2 0 195.2 185 67 43 120 3.08 1.17
Rick Wise SLN 16 16 35 35 20 2 0 269.0 250 93 71 142 3.11 1.19
Paul Splittorff KCA 12 12 35 33 12 2 0 216.0 189 75 67 140 3.12 1.19
Clay Kirby SDN 12 14 34 34 9 2 0 238.2 197 83 116 175 3.13 1.31
Jack Billingham CIN 12 12 36 31 8 4 1 217.2 197 77 64 137 3.18 1.20
Fergie Jenkins CHN 20 12 36 36 23 5 0 289.1 253 103 62 184 3.20 1.09
Mel Stottlemyre NYA 14 18 36 36 9 7 0 260.0 250 93 85 110 3.22 1.29
Fritz Peterson NYA 17 15 35 35 12 3 0 250.1 270 90 44 100 3.24 1.25
Marty Pattin BOS 17 13 38 35 13 4 0 253.0 232 91 65 168 3.24 1.17
Woodie Fryman 2 teams 14 13 39 31 9 3 1 233.1 224 84 70 141 3.24 1.26
Rich Hand TEX 10 14 30 28 2 1 0 170.2 139 63 103 109 3.32 1.42
Mike Torrez MON 16 12 34 33 13 0 0 243.1 215 90 103 112 3.33 1.31
Jim Perry MIN 13 16 35 35 5 2 0 217.2 191 81 60 85 3.35 1.15
Larry Dierker HOU 15 8 31 31 12 5 0 214.2 209 81 51 115 3.40 1.21
Milt Wilcox CLE 7 14 32 27 4 2 0 156.0 145 59 72 90 3.40 1.39
Fred Norman SDN 9 11 42 28 10 6 2 211.2 195 81 88 167 3.44 1.34
Steve Arlin SDN 10 21 38 37 12 3 0 250.0 217 100 122 159 3.60 1.36
Skip Lockwood ML4 8 15 29 27 5 3 0 170.0 148 68 71 106 3.60 1.29
Stan Bahnsen CHA 21 16 43 41 5 1 0 252.1 263 101 73 157 3.60 1.33
Dick Bosman TEX 8 10 29 29 1 1 0 173.1 183 70 48 105 3.63 1.33
Bill Singer LAN 6 16 26 25 4 3 0 169.1 148 69 60 101 3.67 1.23
Mike Kekich NYA 10 13 29 28 2 0 0 175.1 172 72 76 78 3.70 1.41
Juan Marichal SFN 6 16 25 24 6 0 0 165.0 176 68 46 72 3.71 1.35
Sonny Siebert BOS 12 12 32 30 7 3 0 196.1 204 83 59 123 3.80 1.34
Ernie McAnally MON 6 15 29 27 4 2 0 170.0 165 72 71 102 3.81 1.39
Bill Parsons ML4 13 13 33 30 10 2 0 214.0 194 93 68 111 3.91 1.22
Ken Forsch HOU 6 8 30 24 1 0 0 156.1 163 68 62 113 3.91 1.44
Carl Morton MON 7 13 27 27 3 1 0 172.0 170 75 53 51 3.92 1.30
Ron Reed ATL 11 15 31 30 11 1 0 213.0 222 93 60 111 3.93 1.32
Reggie Cleveland SLN 14 15 33 33 11 3 0 230.2 229 101 60 153 3.94 1.25
Gary Gentry NYN 7 10 32 26 3 0 0 164.0 153 73 75 120 4.01 1.39
Mike Caldwell SDN 7 11 42 20 4 2 2 163.2 183 73 49 102 4.01 1.42
Jerry Koosman NYN 11 12 34 24 4 1 1 163.0 155 75 52 147 4.14 1.27
Jerry Reuss HOU 9 13 33 30 4 1 1 192.0 177 89 83 174 4.17 1.35
Pete Broberg TEX 5 12 39 25 3 2 1 176.1 153 84 85 133 4.29 1.35
Sam McDowell SFN 10 8 28 25 4 0 0 164.1 155 79 86 122 4.33 1.47
Dave Roberts HOU 12 7 35 28 7 3 2 192.0 227 96 57 111 4.50 1.48
Jim Brewer UNQ LAN 8 7 51 0 0 0 17 78.1 41 11 25 69 1.26 0.84
Darold Knowles UNQ OAK 5 1 54 0 0 0 11 65.2 49 10 37 36 1.37 1.31
Jerry Bell UNQ ML4 5 1 25 3 0 0 0 70.2 50 13 33 20 1.66 1.17
Ramon Hernandez UNQ PIT 5 0 53 0 0 0 14 70.0 50 13 22 47 1.67 1.03
Ted Abernathy UNQ KCA 3 4 45 0 0 0 5 58.1 44 11 19 28 1.70 1.08
Tug McGraw UNQ NYN 8 6 54 0 0 0 27 106.0 71 20 40 92 1.70 1.05
Mike Marshall UNQ MON 14 8 65 0 0 0 18 116.0 82 23 47 95 1.78 1.11
Sparky Lyle UNQ NYA 9 5 59 0 0 0 35 107.2 84 23 29 75 1.92 1.05
Dave Giusti UNQ PIT 7 4 54 0 0 0 22 74.2 59 16 20 54 1.93 1.06
Jim Kaat UNQ MIN 10 2 15 15 5 0 0 113.1 94 26 20 64 2.06 1.01
Clay Carroll UNQ CIN 6 4 65 0 0 0 37 96.0 89 24 32 51 2.25 1.26
Terry Forster UNQ CHA 6 5 62 0 0 0 29 100.0 75 25 44 104 2.25 1.19
Lindy McDaniel UNQ NYA 3 1 37 0 0 0 0 68.0 54 17 25 47 2.25 1.16
Pete Richert UNQ LAN 2 3 37 0 0 0 6 52.0 42 13 18 38 2.25 1.15
Roric Harrison UNQ BAL 3 4 39 2 0 0 4 94.0 68 24 34 62 2.30 1.09
Fred Beene UNQ NYA 1 3 29 1 0 0 3 57.2 55 15 24 37 2.34 1.37
Jim Willoughby UNQ SFN 6 4 11 11 7 0 0 87.2 72 23 14 40 2.36 0.98
Doyle Alexander UNQ BAL 6 8 35 9 2 2 2 106.1 78 29 30 49 2.45 1.02
Gary Ross UNQ SDN 4 3 60 0 0 0 3 91.2 87 25 49 46 2.45 1.48
Denny Riddleberger UNQ CLE 1 3 38 0 0 0 0 54.0 45 15 22 34 2.50 1.24
Rollie Fingers UNQ OAK 11 9 65 0 0 0 21 111.1 85 31 32 113 2.51 1.05
Tom Hall UNQ CIN 10 1 47 7 1 1 8 124.1 77 36 56 134 2.61 1.07
Paul Lindblad UNQ TEX 5 8 66 0 0 0 9 99.2 95 29 29 51 2.62 1.24
Bob Miller UNQ PIT 5 2 36 0 0 0 3 54.1 54 16 24 18 2.65 1.44
Bob Locker UNQ OAK 6 1 56 0 0 0 10 78.0 69 23 16 47 2.65 1.09
Scipio Spinks UNQ SLN 5 5 16 16 6 0 0 118.0 96 35 59 93 2.67 1.31
Dave Goltz UNQ MIN 3 3 15 11 2 0 1 91.0 75 27 26 38 2.67 1.11
Phil Hennigan UNQ CLE 5 3 38 1 0 0 6 67.1 54 20 18 44 2.67 1.07
Vida Blue UNQ OAK 6 10 25 23 5 4 0 151.0 117 47 48 111 2.80 1.09
Steve Barber UNQ 2 teams 4 4 39 3 0 0 2 73.2 55 23 36 40 2.81 1.24
Dave LaRoche UNQ MIN 5 7 62 0 0 0 10 95.1 72 30 39 79 2.83 1.16
Tom Timmermann UNQ DET 8 10 34 25 3 2 0 149.2 121 48 41 88 2.89 1.08
Chuck Seelbach UNQ DET 9 8 61 3 0 0 14 112.0 96 36 39 76 2.89 1.21
Tom Walker UNQ MON 2 2 46 0 0 0 2 74.2 71 24 22 42 2.89 1.25
Rick Reuschel UNQ CHN 10 8 21 18 5 4 0 129.0 127 42 29 87 2.93 1.21
Dave Hamilton UNQ OAK 6 6 25 14 1 0 0 101.1 94 33 31 55 2.93 1.23
Dave Lemonds UNQ CHA 4 7 31 18 0 0 0 94.2 87 31 38 69 2.95 1.32
Bob Johnson UNQ PIT 4 4 31 11 1 0 3 115.2 98 38 46 79 2.96 1.24
Jack Aker UNQ 2 teams 6 6 52 0 0 0 17 73.0 70 24 26 37 2.96 1.32
Steve Stone UNQ SFN 6 8 27 16 4 1 0 123.2 97 41 49 85 2.98 1.18
Joe Horlen UNQ OAK 3 4 32 6 0 0 1 84.0 74 28 20 58 3.00 1.12
Wayne Granger UNQ MIN 4 6 63 0 0 0 19 89.2 83 30 28 45 3.01 1.24
Frank Linzy UNQ ML4 2 2 47 0 0 0 12 77.1 70 26 27 24 3.03 1.25
Monty Montgomery UNQ KCA 3 3 9 8 1 1 0 56.1 55 19 17 24 3.04 1.28
Barry Lersch UNQ PHI 4 6 36 8 3 1 0 100.2 86 34 33 48 3.04 1.18
George Culver UNQ HOU 6 2 45 0 0 0 2 97.1 73 33 43 82 3.05 1.19
Rob Gardner UNQ NYA 8 5 20 14 1 0 0 97.0 91 33 28 58 3.06 1.23
Ray Sadecki UNQ NYN 2 1 34 2 0 0 0 75.2 73 26 31 38 3.09 1.37
Ray Lamb UNQ CLE 5 6 34 9 0 0 0 107.2 101 37 29 64 3.09 1.21
Jim Colborn UNQ ML4 7 7 39 12 4 1 0 147.2 135 51 43 97 3.11 1.21
Ken Sanders UNQ ML4 2 9 62 0 0 0 17 92.1 88 32 31 51 3.12 1.29
Bill Bonham UNQ CHN 1 1 19 4 0 0 4 57.2 56 20 25 49 3.12 1.40
Pedro Borbon UNQ CIN 8 3 62 2 0 0 11 122.0 115 43 32 48 3.17 1.20
Bill Slayback UNQ DET 5 6 23 13 3 1 0 81.2 74 29 25 65 3.20 1.21
Horacio Pina UNQ TEX 2 7 60 0 0 0 15 76.0 61 27 43 60 3.20 1.37
Bill Lee UNQ BOS 7 4 47 0 0 0 5 84.1 75 30 32 43 3.20 1.27
Diego Segui UNQ 2 teams 3 2 40 3 0 0 9 78.1 72 28 39 65 3.22 1.42
Tom Griffin UNQ HOU 5 4 39 5 1 1 3 94.1 92 34 38 83 3.24 1.38
Earl Stephenson UNQ ML4 3 5 35 8 1 0 0 80.1 79 29 33 33 3.25 1.39
Bruce Kison UNQ PIT 9 7 32 18 6 1 3 152.0 123 55 69 102 3.26 1.26
Steve Dunning UNQ CLE 6 4 16 16 1 0 0 105.0 98 38 43 52 3.26 1.34
Steve Kealey UNQ CHA 3 2 40 0 0 0 4 57.1 50 21 12 37 3.30 1.08
Vicente Romo UNQ CHA 3 0 28 0 0 0 1 51.2 47 19 18 46 3.31 1.26
Danny Frisella UNQ NYN 5 8 39 0 0 0 9 67.1 63 25 20 46 3.34 1.23
Tom Murphy UNQ 2 teams 4 4 24 9 1 1 1 80.1 90 30 24 36 3.36 1.42
Luke Walker UNQ PIT 4 6 26 12 2 0 2 92.2 98 35 34 48 3.40 1.42
Bruce Dal Canton UNQ KCA 6 6 35 16 1 0 2 132.1 135 50 29 75 3.40 1.24
Lynn McGlothen UNQ BOS 8 7 22 22 4 1 0 145.0 135 55 59 112 3.41 1.34
Darrell Brandon UNQ PHI 7 7 42 6 0 0 2 104.1 106 40 46 67 3.45 1.46
Jim Shellenback UNQ TEX 2 4 22 6 0 0 1 57.0 46 22 16 30 3.47 1.09
Balor Moore UNQ MON 9 9 22 22 6 3 0 147.2 122 57 59 161 3.47 1.23
Lloyd Allen UNQ CAL 3 7 42 6 0 0 5 85.1 76 33 55 53 3.48 1.54
John Strohmayer UNQ MON 1 2 48 0 0 0 3 76.2 73 30 31 50 3.52 1.36
Mike Corkins UNQ SDN 6 9 47 9 2 1 6 140.0 125 55 62 108 3.54 1.34
Gary Ryerson UNQ ML4 3 8 20 14 4 1 0 102.0 119 41 21 45 3.62 1.37
Fred Scherman UNQ DET 7 3 57 3 0 0 12 94.0 91 38 53 53 3.64 1.53
Ron Schueler UNQ ATL 5 8 37 18 3 0 2 144.2 122 59 60 96 3.67 1.26
Cecil Upshaw UNQ ATL 3 5 42 0 0 0 13 53.2 50 22 19 23 3.69 1.29
Randy Moffitt UNQ SFN 1 5 40 0 0 0 4 70.2 72 29 30 37 3.69 1.44
Don McMahon UNQ SFN 3 3 44 0 0 0 5 63.0 46 26 21 45 3.71 1.06
John Curtis UNQ BOS 11 8 26 21 8 3 0 154.1 161 64 50 106 3.73 1.37
Al Fitzmorris UNQ KCA 2 5 38 2 0 0 3 101.0 99 42 28 51 3.74 1.26
Mike Kilkenny UNQ 2 teams 4 1 29 7 1 0 1 64.1 59 27 42 49 3.78 1.57
Don Stanhouse UNQ TEX 2 9 24 16 1 0 0 104.2 83 44 73 78 3.78 1.49
Eddie Fisher UNQ 2 teams 4 6 49 5 0 0 4 103.2 104 45 40 42 3.91 1.39
Jim McGlothlin UNQ CIN 9 8 31 21 3 1 0 145.0 165 63 49 69 3.91 1.48
Don Gullett UNQ CIN 9 10 31 16 2 0 2 134.2 127 59 43 96 3.94 1.26
Juan Pizarro UNQ CHN 4 5 16 7 1 0 1 59.1 66 26 32 24 3.94 1.65
Steve Mingori UNQ CLE 0 6 41 0 0 0 10 57.0 67 25 36 47 3.95 1.81
Frank Reberger UNQ SFN 3 4 20 11 2 0 0 99.1 97 44 37 52 3.99 1.35
Tom Phoebus UNQ 2 teams 3 4 38 2 0 0 6 89.0 79 40 51 67 4.04 1.46
Pete Mikkelsen UNQ LAN 5 5 33 0 0 0 5 57.2 65 26 23 41 4.06 1.53
Wayne Twitchell UNQ PHI 5 9 49 15 1 1 1 139.2 138 63 56 112 4.06 1.39
Pat Jarvis UNQ ATL 11 7 37 6 0 0 2 98.2 94 45 44 56 4.10 1.40
Al Santorini UNQ SLN 8 11 30 19 3 3 0 133.2 136 61 46 72 4.11 1.36
Ed Sprague UNQ CIN 3 3 33 1 0 0 0 56.2 55 26 26 25 4.13 1.43
Jim Panther UNQ TEX 5 9 58 4 0 0 0 93.2 101 43 46 44 4.13 1.57
Wayne Simpson UNQ CIN 8 5 24 22 1 0 0 130.1 124 60 49 70 4.14 1.33
Tom Burgmeier UNQ KCA 6 2 51 0 0 0 9 55.1 67 26 33 18 4.23 1.81
Bill Gogolewski UNQ TEX 4 11 36 21 2 1 2 150.2 136 71 58 95 4.24 1.29
Ken Reynolds UNQ PHI 2 15 33 23 2 0 0 154.1 149 73 60 87 4.26 1.35
Rich Gossage UNQ CHA 7 1 36 1 0 0 2 80.0 72 38 44 57 4.28 1.45
Jim Ray UNQ HOU 10 9 54 0 0 0 8 90.1 77 43 44 50 4.28 1.34
Gary Peters UNQ BOS 3 3 33 4 0 0 1 85.1 91 41 38 67 4.32 1.51
Jim Rooker UNQ KCA 5 6 18 10 4 2 0 72.0 78 35 24 44 4.38 1.42
Ed Farmer UNQ CLE 2 5 46 1 0 0 7 61.1 51 30 27 33 4.40 1.27
Jim Hardin UNQ ATL 5 2 26 9 1 0 2 79.2 93 39 24 25 4.41 1.47
Jerry Johnson UNQ SFN 8 6 48 0 0 0 8 73.1 73 36 40 57 4.42 1.54
Casey Cox UNQ 2 teams 3 6 40 5 0 0 4 77.0 86 38 29 31 4.44 1.49
Ed Acosta UNQ SDN 3 6 46 2 0 0 0 89.0 105 44 30 53 4.45 1.52
Ray Culp UNQ BOS 5 8 16 16 4 1 0 105.0 104 52 53 52 4.46 1.50
Rickey Clark UNQ CAL 4 9 26 15 2 0 1 109.2 105 55 55 61 4.51 1.46
Ken Brett UNQ ML4 7 12 26 22 2 1 0 133.0 121 67 49 74 4.53 1.28
Tom Kelley UNQ ATL 5 7 27 14 2 1 0 116.1 122 59 65 59 4.56 1.61
Vince Colbert UNQ CLE 1 7 22 11 1 1 0 74.2 74 38 38 36 4.58 1.50
Buzz Capra UNQ NYN 3 2 14 6 0 0 0 53.0 50 27 27 45 4.58 1.45
Mike McQueen UNQ ATL 0 5 23 7 1 0 1 78.1 79 40 44 40 4.60 1.57
Mike Hedlund UNQ KCA 5 7 29 16 1 0 0 113.0 119 60 41 52 4.78 1.42
Bill Champion UNQ PHI 4 14 30 22 2 0 0 132.2 155 75 54 54 5.09 1.58
Steve Renko UNQ MON 1 10 30 12 0 0 0 97.0 96 56 67 66 5.20 1.68
George Stone UNQ ATL 6 11 31 16 2 1 1 111.0 143 68 44 63 5.51 1.68
Dick Selma UNQ PHI 2 9 46 10 1 0 3 98.2 91 61 73 58 5.56 1.66
Bill Greif UNQ SDN 5 16 34 22 2 1 2 125.1 143 78 47 91 5.60 1.52
Don Carrithers UNQ SFN 4 8 25 14 2 0 1 90.0 108 58 42 42 5.80 1.67
Dan McGinn UNQ CHN 0 5 42 2 0 0 4 62.2 78 41 29 42 5.89 1.71
Jim Nash UNQ 2 teams 1 9 20 12 0 0 1 68.2 81 45 42 25 5.90 1.79
Denny McLain UNQ 2 teams 4 7 20 13 2 0 1 76.1 92 54 26 29 6.37 1.55
Lew Krausse UNQ BOS 1 3 24 7 0 0 1 60.2 74 43 28 35 6.38 1.68
Showing 1-50 of 213 pitchers listed (85 qualified)

Reading the 1972 leader tables

Of the 249 batting lines shown for 1972, 113 are qualified. The first qualified row belongs to Billy Williams, a .333 hitter, ahead of Ralph Garr (.325). The UNQ tag explains why Gene Clines's .334 (334 plate appearances) does not head the average column. Sorting by home runs brings Johnny Bench (40) to the top. Of 213 pitchers shown for 1972, the ERA and WHIP races include 85. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Luis Tiant, 1.91, and Roger Nelson has the best WHIP, 0.87.

1972 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1972?
Johnny Bench led with 40 home runs in 1972.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1972?
Johnny Bench led with 125 RBI in 1972.
Who led MLB in hits in 1972?
Pete Rose led with 198 hits in 1972.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1972?
Billy Williams led at .333 in 1972, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1972?
Steve Carlton led with 27 wins in 1972.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1972?
Nolan Ryan led with 329 strikeouts in 1972.