League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1972

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
CarewR66 .367 CarewR66 .406 BenchGLA .580
Alou,MNYM .325 May,CWWM .404 MurcerR66 .566
May,CWWM .318 MurcerR66 .394 PowellELE .522
BakerWWM .315 ScheinblumGLA .384 Jackson,RR66 .521
MurcerR66 .313 EpsteinR66 .380 EpsteinR66 .515
BrockDAY .311 BakerWWM .377 CedenoWWM .497
ScheinblumGLA .310 GrichNAN .377 Scott,GR66 .489
GarrGLA .307 Jackson,RR66 .374 Cash,NCOL .482
Jackson,RR66 .303 CedenoWWM .369 WynnDAY .481
CedenoWWM .297 MunsonR66 .368 RudiDAY .480
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
CarewR66207 MurcerR6697 BenchGLA137
Alou,MNYM187 CedenoWWM93 Scott,GR66113
BrockDAY187 BenchGLA93 Jackson,RR6698
May,CWWM175 Scott,GR6691 MurcerR6695
Scott,GR66174 CarewR6688 WynnDAY84
Rose,PR66171 WynnDAY88 LuzinskiCOL84
GarrGLA170 Rose,PR6684 Lee,LLAA82
CedenoWWM166 GarrGLA83 EpsteinR6682
RudiDAY165 GrichNAN82 Cash,NCOL82
CardenalELE164 Jackson,RR6678 PowellELE80
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
CedenoWWM44 Rodriguez,AEKL12 BenchGLA49
May,CWWM34 Lee,LLAA9 WynnDAY30
MontanezWWM32 MurcerR669 EpsteinR6628
PowellELE31 OglivieNYM7 FiskELE27
Jackson,RR6629 KellyCOL7 PowellELE27
RudiDAY29 StennettDAY7 Jackson,RR6627
CarewR6629 BrockDAY7 Scott,GR6627
Rose,PR6628 Scott,GR667 MurcerR6626
RojasEKL26 Rose,PR667 Cash,NCOL25
GrichNAN26 BryeCOL6 May,LDAY23
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
BenchGLA71 BrockDAY37-22 PatekEKL .903
CedenoWWM67 GarrGLA35-15 BaylorNAN .880
Scott,GR6660 PatekEKL28-3 MetzgerWWM .824
PowellELE58 CampanerisR6625-13 CardenalELE .800
Jackson,RR6657 BaylorNAN22-3 ClarkeELE .762
WynnDAY57 CedenoWWM17-13 GarrGLA .700
MurcerR6656 CardenalELE16-4 CampanerisR66 .658
RudiDAY56 ClarkeELE16-5 BrockDAY .627
FiskELE53 MetzgerWWM14-3 HendersonWWM .588
EpsteinR6649 KellyCOL13-3 CedenoWWM .567
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
WynnDAY91 Rader,DoWWM10 Scott,GR66133
SingletonLAA82 CedenoWWM10 LuzinskiCOL127
BenchGLA77 GarrGLA8 WynnDAY113
SpeierDAY75 FreehanELE7 Rodriguez,AEKL111
May,CWWM74 BriggsLAA7 Rader,DoWWM110
Rodriguez,ENAN73 EpsteinR667 MoneyNYM109
MondayCOL70 DarwinLAA6 GrichNAN107
Rose,PR6670 KellyCOL5 Jackson,RR66106
EpsteinR6668 FiskELE5 SpeierDAY104
BriggsLAA67 Evans,DwNAN4 SingletonLAA96
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
MetzgerWWM18 TorreGLA10 BaylorNAN22
ColemanEKL15 CardenalELE9 GrichNAN11
SuttonWWM14 WynnDAY8 EpsteinR669
StonemanDAY13 ValentineNAN7 Manuel 8
DowningELE11 Cash,DLAA7 MotaDAY8
AparicioNYM11 BenchGLA7 May,CWWM8
Perry,JLAA10 Scott,GR667 HerrmannNYM7
LonborgWWM9 CrowleyEKL6 HendersonWWM7
CarltonR669 HickmanCOL6 PinsonEKL6
PatekEKL9 Robinson,FGLA6 Scott,GR666
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
Rader,DoWWM29 BenchGLA 110.9 MurcerR66 8.4
PowellELE26 MurcerR66 103.8 Jackson,RR66 7.3
TorreGLA26 Jackson,RR66 100.9 EpsteinR66 7.2
BenchGLA26 CarewR66 100.1 CarewR66 7.1
Scott,GR6625 WynnDAY 98.4 BakerWWM 6.9
FosseCOL21 May,CWWM 98.2 BenchGLA 6.8
Cash,DLAA20 CedenoWWM 98.1 May,CWWM 6.5
ScheinblumGLA20 Lee,LLAA 90.9 WynnDAY 6.3
StennettDAY19 EpsteinR66 88.1 CedenoWWM 6.3
CardenalELE19 Scott,GR66 87.0 Cash,NCOL 6.1
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
BenchGLA .305 MurcerR66 .988 BenchGLA323
MurcerR66 .253 BenchGLA .937 Scott,GR66295
EpsteinR66 .241 EpsteinR66 .923 CedenoWWM278
PowellELE .240 Jackson,RR66 .894 RudiDAY269
WynnDAY .223 WynnDAY .860 Jackson,RR66267
Jackson,RR66 .219 CedenoWWM .855 MurcerR66262
Cash,NCOL .203 PowellELE .837 WynnDAY259
Scott,GR66 .201 May,CWWM .836 CarewR66257
CedenoWWM .200 BakerWWM .818 PowellELE244
RudiDAY .185 CarewR66 .803 May,CWWM242
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
MurcerR66 .959 BenchGLA .445 BenchGLA 11.4
BenchGLA .941 EpsteinR66 .398 EpsteinR66 15.5
Jackson,RR66 .895 WynnDAY .397 PowellELE 17.3
EpsteinR66 .895 MurcerR66 .391 MurcerR66 17.8
PowellELE .879 PowellELE .364 Cash,NCOL 17.9
CedenoWWM .866 Jackson,RR66 .332 WynnDAY 18.0
CarewR66 .862 CedenoWWM .320 Jackson,RR66 19.0
May,CWWM .844 Cash,NCOL .317 Scott,GR66 22.3
BakerWWM .843 BriggsLAA .304 BriggsLAA 24.3
WynnDAY .841 SpeierDAY .269 CedenoWWM 25.4
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
Rose,PR66605 Rose,PR66685 Robinson,BrELE160
Scott,GR66603 BrockDAY650 Scott,GR66160
BrockDAY602 CardenalELE649 CampanerisR66159
CampanerisR66597 SpeierDAY649 MoneyNYM158
Robinson,BrELE590 CampanerisR66648 May,DELE157
CardenalELE587 Scott,GR66646 MetzgerWWM157
LuzinskiCOL578 BenchGLA643 BenchGLA155
Rodriguez,AEKL576 WynnDAY638 WynnDAY155
Alou,MNYM575 Robinson,BrELE637 CardenalELE154
CarewR66564 May,CWWM636 CedenoWWM154
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
EpsteinR669 EpsteinR669    
MoneyNYM7 CarewR668    
Rose,PR664 GrichNAN7    
BriggsLAA3 MoneyNYM7    
Jackson,RR663 MurcerR667    
MenkeLAA3 Evans,DwNAN6    
ReeseNYM3 FaireyNAN6    
SlaybackNAN3 Jackson,RR666    
UhlaenderNYM3 MeltonR666    
Lee,LLAA2 MunsonR666    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
BenchGLA402 BenchGLA .625 Rose,PR664.57
WynnDAY350 MurcerR66 .614 Alou,MNYM4.54
CedenoWWM342 EpsteinR66 .583 BrockDAY4.36
Scott,GR66331 PowellELE .569 SpeierDAY4.24
Jackson,RR66327 Jackson,RR66 .569 CardenalELE4.21
MurcerR66326 WynnDAY .549 RojasEKL4.21
May,CWWM324 CedenoWWM .548 ClarkeELE4.19
EpsteinR66301 Cash,NCOL .533 May,CWWM4.18
PowellELE300 Scott,GR66 .512 BenchGLA4.15
RudiDAY298 BakerWWM .511 WynnDAY4.12
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
BenchGLA400 BenchGLA .622 Alou,MNYM4.23
WynnDAY350 MurcerR66 .614 BrockDAY4.04
CedenoWWM341 PowellELE .569 Rose,PR664.03
MurcerR66326 Jackson,RR66 .567 GarrGLA3.87
Jackson,RR66326 EpsteinR66 .566 RojasEKL3.87
Scott,GR66325 WynnDAY .549 Rodriguez,AEKL3.84
May,CWWM316 CedenoWWM .546 CarewR663.84
PowellELE300 Cash,NCOL .529 CardenalELE3.81
RudiDAY297 BakerWWM .510 LuzinskiCOL3.80
CarewR66293 Scott,GR66 .503 ClarkeELE3.80
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
Rose,PR66564 CarewR66 .398 MurcerR66 0.6
Alou,MNYM549 BrockDAY .358 Rose,PR66 0.6
Robinson,BrELE528 BakerWWM .348 ScheinblumGLA 0.8
BrockDAY519 GrichNAN .344 EpsteinR66 0.8
CarewR66513 May,CWWM .343 ClarkeELE 0.8
GarrGLA512 Jackson,RR66 .335 May,CWWM 0.8
CardenalELE509 ScheinblumGLA .330 May,DELE 0.8
CampanerisR66506 Alou,MNYM .330 Alou,MNYM 0.8
TorreGLA493 Scott,GR66 .327 MunsonR66 0.9
May,CWWM484 Rodriguez,AEKL .322 MetzgerWWM 1.0
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
GrichNAN .394 Rodriguez,ENAN .503 GrichNAN .582
Rodriguez,ENAN .375 GrichNAN .457 MunsonR66 .574
Rose,PR66 .354 MunsonR66 .427 CedenoWWM .552
MunsonR66 .352 FreehanELE .425 FreehanELE .542
TorreGLA .351 Rose,PR66 .403 BakerWWM .533
Alou,MNYM .344 KalineR66 .393 KalineR66 .530
KalineR66 .341 DarwinLAA .392 Rodriguez,ENAN .500
FreehanELE .338 May,CWWM .391 ClementeR66 .494
ClementeR66 .338 Alou,MNYM .389 DarwinLAA .483
Bell,BEKL .325 TorreGLA .389 Bell,BEKL .472
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
Rose,PR6667 MunsonR6642 GrichNAN1.039
GrichNAN65 CedenoWWM29 Rodriguez,ENAN1.003
MunsonR6662 Scott,GR6628 MunsonR661.001
Alou,MNYM56 BenchGLA26 FreehanELE .967
KalineR6656 CardenalELE26 KalineR66 .924
CedenoWWM56 ClementeR6626 BakerWWM .915
TorreGLA53 SoderholmCOL26 CedenoWWM .905
Bell,BEKL53 CampanerisR6626 ClementeR66 .878
ClementeR6652 Oliver,BDAY25 DarwinLAA .875
BrockDAY51 DarwinLAA25 TorreGLA .846
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
CedenoWWM21 BryeCOL6 BenchGLA11
ClementeR6616 StennettDAY6 MunsonR6610
PatekEKL15 MotaDAY5 Oliver,BDAY8
DarwinLAA13 Rodriguez,AEKL5 SoderholmCOL8
Bell,BEKL12 SchaalNAN4 RobertsonNAN7
GrichNAN12 HeiseLAA3 SpeierDAY7
May,CWWM12 WynnDAY3 BakerWWM7
BakerWWM11 RudiDAY3 MoneyNYM7
HickmanCOL11 JeterELE3 Scott,GR667
DyerDAY10 FreehanELE3 KalineR667
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
CedenoWWM29 MunsonR66101 CedenoWWM .243
ClementeR6619 CedenoWWM100 BenchGLA .235
GrichNAN19 GrichNAN96 MunsonR66 .222
PatekEKL18 KalineR6687 BakerWWM .213
DarwinLAA18 BakerWWM80 FreehanELE .204
BakerWWM18 Rose,PR6679 SpeierDAY .200
MunsonR6618 FreehanELE77 Scott,GR66 .197
RudiDAY17 Bell,BEKL77 Rodriguez,AEKL .190
FreehanELE16 ClementeR6676 KalineR66 .189
Rodriguez,AEKL16 Oliver,BDAY75 GrichNAN .188
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
HickmanCOL35 Foster,GNAN42 Manuel 8
Rodriguez,ENAN32 LuzinskiCOL40 HerrmannNYM6
Robinson,FGLA30 Mays,WGLA38 MotaDAY5
BenchGLA29 RobertsonNAN37 EpsteinR664
SpeierDAY26 DarwinLAA37 PinsonEKL4
MeltonR6625 Scott,GR6636 JorgensenNAN3
TheobaldNAN25 JeterELE35 DyerDAY3
MunsonR6623 SoderholmCOL34 HarmonLAA3
WynnDAY22 ChamblissEKL32 May,CWWM3
FreehanELE22 Rodriguez,AEKL32 SchmidtNYM2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
ColemanEKL10 May,DELE4 Rose,PR66189
MetzgerWWM6 HickmanCOL4 CampanerisR66187
CarltonR665 OglivieNYM3 CedenoWWM181
SplittorffDAY4 LovittoNAN3 StennettDAY177
LonborgWWM4 FosseCOL3 MunsonR66176
DowningELE4 Alou,MNYM3 ClarkeELE169
RojasEKL4 LeonNAN2 LuzinskiCOL169
CulverEKL3 Garrido 2 BrockDAY166
DunningLAA3 CrowleyEKL2 May,CWWM166
WilloughbyNYM3 Lee,LLAA2 GrichNAN165
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
BenchGLA 13.5 CedenoWWM 8.6 Rose,PR66206
MunsonR66 17.6 ClementeR66 9.6 CampanerisR66204
SoderholmCOL 20.5 DarwinLAA 11.5 MunsonR66200
SpeierDAY 20.7 Bell,BEKL 13.6 CedenoWWM193
BakerWWM 21.4 BakerWWM 13.6 May,CWWM192
MoneyNYM 22.0 HickmanCOL 13.6 HickmanCOL191
Scott,GR66 22.4 GrichNAN 13.8 GrichNAN188
KalineR66 23.4 May,CWWM 13.8 Alou,MNYM182
LuzinskiCOL 24.1 TheobaldNAN 13.9 ClarkeELE181
CardenalELE 25.5 Rodriguez,ENAN 17.1 LuzinskiCOL181
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
CarewR66 .363 KellyCOL .414 BenchGLA .620
Lee,LLAA .355 Lee,LLAA .411 Lee,LLAA .611
GarrGLA .332 May,CWWM .410 MurcerR66 .587
May,CWWM .326 CarewR66 .404 PowellELE .524
KellyCOL .325 MurcerR66 .396 FiskELE .512
MurcerR66 .320 ScheinblumGLA .394 EpsteinR66 .510
Alou,MNYM .318 Mincher,DNAN .386 Jackson,RR66 .509
ScheinblumGLA .317 CedenoWWM .376 KellyCOL .509
Rader,DaCOL .315 BakerWWM .375 Scott,GR66 .498
BakerWWM .313 Jackson,RR66 .375 Cash,NCOL .494
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
CarewR66178 BenchGLA111 Lee,LLAA1.022
BrockDAY136 MurcerR6685 MurcerR66 .983
Jackson,RR66132 Scott,GR6685 BenchGLA .981
Scott,GR66132 Jackson,RR6679 KellyCOL .923
Alou,MNYM131 PowellELE77 Jackson,RR66 .884
GarrGLA130 Cash,NCOL76 PowellELE .879
MurcerR66127 EpsteinR6671 EpsteinR66 .867
May,CWWM125 Lee,LLAA69 CarewR66 .864
PowellELE123 WynnDAY69 FiskELE .863
Rodriguez,AEKL121 MontanezWWM65 Cash,NCOL .852
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
PowellELE30 Lee,LLAA9 BenchGLA38
MontanezWWM27 MurcerR669 EpsteinR6627
CarewR6627 OglivieNYM7 WynnDAY26
Jackson,RR6625 KellyCOL7 PowellELE26
Johnson,DaELE23 Rose,PR667 Cash,NCOL25
CedenoWWM23 Rodriguez,AEKL7 FiskELE24
May,CWWM22 BrockDAY6 MurcerR6623
Rose,PR6622 CarewR666 Jackson,RR6622
May,DELE20 GarveyNYM5 Scott,GR6620
Alou,MNYM20 FiskELE5 May,LDAY19
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
BenchGLA58 BenchGLA253 BenchGLA .331
PowellELE56 MurcerR66233 MurcerR66 .267
MurcerR6651 PowellELE231 EpsteinR66 .260
FiskELE48 CarewR66226 Lee,LLAA .256
Jackson,RR6647 Jackson,RR66223 PowellELE .245
EpsteinR6646 Scott,GR66222 FiskELE .240
WynnDAY46 FiskELE215 WynnDAY .234
Scott,GR6645 Cash,NCOL206 May,LDAY .221
MontanezWWM42 WynnDAY202 Cash,NCOL .211
Lee,LLAA40 EpsteinR66196 Jackson,RR66 .208
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
WynnDAY69 Scott,GR6697 BaylorNAN22
SingletonLAA68 Jackson,RR6692 GrichNAN10
MondayCOL67 Rader,DoWWM89 Scott,GR666
Mincher,DNAN61 WynnDAY89 KennedyCOL5
EpsteinR6661 LuzinskiCOL87 Pepitone 5
BriggsLAA59 MoneyNYM84 HendersonWWM5
Rose,PR6655 GrichNAN81 LuzinskiCOL5
Garrett,WCOL54 FiskELE81 Rodriguez,AEKL5
PowellELE54 MondayCOL79 May,CWWM5
MurcerR6653 Rodriguez,AEKL79 Rader,DoWWM5
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
MetzgerWWM12 TorreGLA9 CarewR66491
SuttonWWM11 ValentineNAN7 Scott,GR66446
StonemanDAY10 BenchGLA7 PowellELE441
AparicioNYM8 Scott,GR667 Jackson,RR66438
PatekEKL8 CardenalELE7 Robinson,BrELE437
JarvisWWM7 Cash,DLAA6 BrockDAY436
DowningELE7 WynnDAY6 CardenalELE434
Perry,JLAA7 Robinson,FGLA5 RudiDAY424
BosmanEKL6 ChamblissEKL5 Rodriguez,AEKL423
TidrowELE6 DuncanLAA5 FiskELE420
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
BenchGLA 10.7 PowellELE 14.7 CarewR66528
EpsteinR66 14.2 MontanezWWM 14.9 PowellELE499
WynnDAY 16.1 ChamblissEKL 16.0 WynnDAY494
Cash,NCOL 16.7 CedenoWWM 16.4 Jackson,RR66493
May,LDAY 16.7 May,CWWM 17.5 CardenalELE483
PowellELE 17.0 Jackson,RR66 17.5 Rose,PR66479
MurcerR66 17.3 Lee,LLAA 17.7 Scott,GR66477
FiskELE 17.5 CarewR66 18.2 FiskELE476
Jackson,RR66 19.9 Rose,PR66 18.9 SpeierDAY476
Lee,LLAA 21.5 Garrett,WCOL 19.0 BrockDAY474