1972 National League Stats

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1972 National League Standings

1972 American League <<1971 National League 1973 National League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Pittsburgh Pirates96-59 (0.619)-69151298-57 (0.634)102-53 (0.658)1,427,46056.127.94.224.0
2Chicago Cubs85-70 (0.548)11.068556791-64 (0.586)96-59 (0.619)1,299,16350.117.95.926.4
3New York Mets83-73 (0.532)13.552857871-84 (0.459)70-85 (0.452)2,134,18524.78.1-0.617.1
4St. Louis Cardinals75-81 (0.481)21.556860074-81 (0.475)76-79 (0.490)1,196,89430.413.82.314.3
5Montreal Expos70-86 (0.449)26.551360965-90 (0.422)65-90 (0.419)1,142,14519.11.54.013.5
6Philadelphia Phillies59-97 (0.378)37.550363561-94 (0.395)64-91 (0.413)1,343,32918.83.63.611.6

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Cincinnati Reds95-59 (0.617)-70755794-61 (0.607)97-58 (0.626)1,611,45951.129.04.517.6
2Los Angeles Dodgers85-70 (0.548)10.558452785-70 (0.547)91-64 (0.587)1,860,85845.121.82.720.6
3Houston Astros84-69 (0.549)10.570863685-70 (0.549)82-73 (0.529)1,469,24736.828.62.65.6
4Atlanta Braves70-84 (0.455)25.062873067-88 (0.432)66-89 (0.426)752,97320.317.92.40.0
5San Francisco Giants69-86 (0.445)26.566264979-76 (0.509)74-81 (0.477)647,74428.218.61.97.7
6San Diego Padres58-95 (0.379)36.548866556-99 (0.362)49-106 (0.316)644,2734.03.6-0.10.4

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Billy Williams CHN LF 34 9.5 9.4 150 650 191 34 6 37 62 3 1 122.306 0.399 0.606
2 Cesar Cedeno HOU CF 21 8.7 9.1 139 625 179 39 8 22 56 55 21 102.410 0.385 0.537
3 Joe Morgan CIN 2B 28 8.6 9.1 149 680 161 23 4 16 115 58 17 101.235 0.416 0.435
4 Johnny Bench CIN C 24 8.2 8.9 147 652 145 22 2 40 100 6 6 105.541 0.379 0.541
5 Willie Stargell PIT 1B 32 7.4 4.7 138 569 145 28 2 33 65 1 1 94.069 0.373 0.558
6 Jim Wynn HOU RF 30 7.3 7.6 145 652 148 29 3 24 103 17 7 96.720 0.389 0.470
7 Nate Colbert SDN 1B 26 6.4 6.4 151 643 141 27 2 38 70 15 6 88.455 0.333 0.508
8 Pete Rose CIN LF 31 6.4 7.2 154 729 198 31 11 6 73 10 3 94.626 0.382 0.417
9 Hank Aaron ATL 1B 38 6.3 6.9 129 544 119 10 0 34 92 4 0 87.961 0.390 0.514
10 Lee May HOU 1B 29 6.1 4.6 148 647 168 31 2 29 52 3 1 88.895 0.343 0.490
11 Bob Watson HOU LF 26 6.1 5.6 147 616 171 27 4 16 53 1 1 86.834 0.378 0.464
12 Richie Hebner PIT 3B 24 5.6 5.0 124 492 128 24 4 19 52 0 0 75.326 0.378 0.508
13 Tony Perez CIN 1B 30 5.6 6.0 136 576 146 33 7 21 55 4 2 80.268 0.349 0.497
14 Bobby Bonds SFN RF 26 5.4 6.1 153 697 162 29 5 26 60 44 6 81.963 0.326 0.446
15 Ron Santo CHN 3B 32 5.0 6.2 133 547 140 25 5 17 69 1 4 82.690 0.391 0.487
16 Lou Brock SLN LF 33 4.9 4.4 153 675 193 26 8 3 47 63 18 76.061 0.359 0.393
17 Dusty Baker ATL CF 23 4.8 5.9 127 503 143 27 2 17 45 4 7 77.297 0.383 0.504
18 Willie Davis LAN CF 32 4.6 5.1 149 654 178 22 7 19 27 20 3 72.182 0.317 0.441
19 Ted Simmons SLN C 22 4.4 6.1 152 629 180 36 6 16 29 1 3 78.985 0.336 0.465
20 Al Oliver PIT CF 25 4.4 4.4 140 612 176 27 4 12 34 2 4 75.241 0.352 0.437
21 Joe Torre SLN 3B 31 4.1 2.7 149 613 157 26 6 11 54 3 0 74.061 0.357 0.419
22 Chris Speier SFN SS 22 4.1 5.6 150 658 151 25 2 15 82 9 4 77.355 0.361 0.400
23 Ralph Garr ATL LF 26 4.1 4.0 134 594 180 22 0 12 25 25 9 73.261 0.359 0.430
24 Jose Cardenal CHN RF 28 4.0 3.4 143 593 155 24 6 17 55 25 14 77.528 0.356 0.454
25 Earl Williams ATL C 23 4.0 2.8 151 637 146 24 2 28 62 0 0 79.765 0.336 0.457
26 Leron Lee SDN LF 24 3.8 4.2 101 405 111 23 7 12 29 2 5 57.143 0.353 0.497
27 Darrell Evans ATL 3B 25 3.8 5.4 125 521 106 12 0 19 90 4 2 69.199 0.384 0.419
28 Bobby Tolan CIN CF 26 3.8 4.5 149 667 171 28 5 8 44 42 15 67.595 0.334 0.386
29 Roberto Clemente PIT RF 37 3.8 4.5 102 413 118 19 7 10 29 0 0 55.985 0.356 0.479
30 Greg Luzinski PHI LF 21 3.6 3.5 150 611 158 33 5 18 42 0 4 74.282 0.332 0.453
31 Manny Mota LAN LF 34 3.6 3.4 118 410 120 16 5 5 27 4 4 53.313 0.375 0.434
32 Vic Davalillo PIT LF 32 3.5 3.9 117 403 117 19 2 4 26 14 1 48.887 0.367 0.413
33 Ken Singleton MON LF 25 3.4 3.2 142 585 139 23 2 14 70 5 10 71.168 0.363 0.410
34 Jim Hickman CHN 1B 35 3.3 4.4 115 425 100 15 2 17 52 3 1 58.166 0.364 0.462
35 Frank Robinson LAN RF 36 3.3 3.2 103 405 86 6 1 19 55 2 3 51.447 0.353 0.442
36 Ron Fairly MON RF 33 3.2 3.8 140 499 124 15 1 17 46 3 4 60.806 0.348 0.430
37 Dave Kingman SFN 3B 23 3.1 3.8 135 531 106 17 4 29 51 16 6 60.826 0.303 0.462
38 Doug Rader HOU 3B 27 3.0 5.1 152 626 131 24 7 22 57 5 5 65.380 0.309 0.425
39 Bill Buckner LAN RF 22 2.9 3.1 105 405 122 14 3 5 17 10 3 45.943 0.348 0.410
40 John Milner NYN LF 22 2.9 3.0 117 423 86 12 2 17 51 2 1 49.618 0.340 0.423
41 Wes Parker LAN 1B 32 2.7 1.8 130 502 119 14 3 4 62 3 5 53.169 0.367 0.354
42 Willie Mays 2 teams CF 41 2.6 2.5 88 309 61 11 1 8 60 4 5 41.643 0.395 0.402
43 Ken Henderson SFN LF 26 2.6 3.1 130 484 113 21 2 18 38 14 7 54.093 0.317 0.437
44 Gene Clines PIT RF 25 2.6 2.4 107 334 104 15 6 0 16 12 6 41.017 0.369 0.421
45 Rick Monday CHN CF 26 2.5 2.3 138 520 108 22 5 11 78 12 9 61.382 0.362 0.399
46 Rusty Staub NYN RF 28 2.4 2.2 66 278 70 11 0 9 31 0 1 37.488 0.372 0.452
47 Bernie Carbo 2 teams RF 24 2.4 2.5 118 396 81 13 1 7 63 0 1 46.413 0.379 0.362
48 Matty Alou SLN 1B 33 2.4 2.7 108 431 127 17 2 3 24 11 4 47.437 0.353 0.389
49 Manny Sanguillen PIT C 28 2.3 1.5 136 547 155 18 8 7 21 1 2 55.318 0.322 0.404
50 Willie Montanez PHI CF 24 2.2 2.5 147 596 131 39 3 13 58 1 3 61.529 0.320 0.405

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Steve Carlton PHI 27 14.4 13.8 41 41 346.33 27 10 30 0 84 87 310 113.84 1.98 0.99 8.06
2 Bob Gibson SLN 36 7.7 7.5 34 34 278.00 19 11 23 0 83 88 208 68.55 2.46 1.13 6.73
3 Don Sutton LAN 27 7.7 6.7 33 33 272.67 19 9 18 0 78 63 207 69.88 2.08 0.91 6.83
4 Fergie Jenkins CHN 29 6.5 5.6 36 36 289.33 20 12 23 0 111 62 184 52.08 3.20 1.09 5.72
5 Jon Matlack NYN 22 6.0 5.3 34 32 244.00 15 10 8 0 79 71 169 52.43 2.32 1.17 6.23
6 Phil Niekro ATL 33 5.9 5.3 38 36 282.33 16 12 17 0 112 53 164 46.78 3.06 1.09 5.23
7 Gary Nolan CIN 24 5.8 5.1 25 25 176.00 15 5 6 0 48 30 90 46.09 1.99 1.01 4.60
8 Steve Blass PIT 30 5.6 5.0 33 32 249.67 19 8 11 0 80 84 117 49.17 2.49 1.25 4.22
9 Tom Seaver NYN 27 5.4 5.0 35 35 262.00 21 12 13 0 92 77 249 47.09 2.92 1.11 8.55
10 Burt Hooton CHN 22 5.4 4.5 33 31 218.33 11 14 9 0 78 81 132 43.21 2.80 1.29 5.44
11 Don Wilson HOU 27 5.2 4.0 33 33 228.33 15 10 13 0 79 66 172 40.67 2.68 1.15 6.78
12 Milt Pappas CHN 33 5.0 4.5 29 28 195.00 17 7 10 0 72 29 80 39.72 2.77 1.11 3.69
13 Claude Osteen LAN 32 4.9 5.5 33 33 252.00 20 11 14 0 82 69 100 44.81 2.64 1.19 3.57
14 Bill Stoneman MON 28 4.8 3.5 36 35 250.67 12 14 13 0 93 102 171 38.18 2.98 1.26 6.14
15 Rick Wise SLN 26 4.8 3.9 35 35 269.00 16 16 20 0 98 71 142 42.30 3.11 1.19 4.75
16 Mike Marshall MON 29 4.6 4.3 65 0 116.00 14 8 0 18 26 47 95 36.01 1.78 1.11 7.37
17 Ron Bryant SFN 24 4.1 3.4 35 28 214.00 14 7 11 0 81 77 107 31.97 2.90 1.18 4.50
18 Bill Hands CHN 32 3.9 2.6 32 28 189.00 11 8 6 0 73 47 96 31.48 3.00 1.14 4.57
19 Bob Moose PIT 24 3.8 3.4 31 30 226.00 13 10 6 1 84 47 144 33.15 2.91 1.15 5.73
20 Tug McGraw NYN 27 3.7 3.5 54 0 106.00 8 6 0 27 26 40 92 32.35 1.70 1.05 7.81
21 Rick Reuschel CHN 23 3.4 2.9 21 18 129.00 10 8 5 0 46 29 87 27.52 2.93 1.21 6.07
22 Mike Torrez MON 25 3.3 2.4 34 33 243.33 16 12 13 0 97 103 112 25.92 3.33 1.31 4.14
23 Jim McAndrew NYN 28 3.2 2.5 28 23 160.67 11 8 4 1 54 38 81 27.96 2.80 1.06 4.54
24 Jack Billingham CIN 29 3.1 1.8 36 31 217.67 12 12 8 1 83 64 137 24.61 3.18 1.20 5.66
25 Clay Kirby SDN 24 3.1 1.8 34 34 238.67 12 14 9 0 87 116 175 26.83 3.13 1.31 6.60
26 Jim Brewer LAN 34 3.1 3.1 51 0 78.33 8 7 0 17 16 25 69 27.94 1.26 0.84 7.93
27 Dock Ellis PIT 27 3.1 2.3 25 25 163.33 15 7 4 0 60 33 96 27.11 2.70 1.16 5.29
28 Jim Barr SFN 24 3.1 2.7 44 18 179.00 8 10 8 2 66 41 86 24.21 2.87 1.16 4.32
29 Ross Grimsley CIN 22 3.0 2.2 30 28 197.67 14 8 4 1 73 50 79 23.98 3.05 1.23 3.60
30 Clay Carroll CIN 31 3.0 2.9 65 0 96.00 6 4 0 37 27 32 51 23.91 2.25 1.26 4.78
31 Jim Willoughby SFN 23 2.9 2.8 11 11 87.67 6 4 7 0 25 14 40 23.19 2.36 0.98 4.11
32 Tommy John LAN 29 2.6 1.9 29 29 186.67 11 5 4 0 68 40 117 24.00 2.89 1.14 5.64
33 Dave Giusti PIT 32 2.6 2.3 54 0 74.67 7 4 0 22 18 20 54 22.53 1.93 1.06 6.51
34 Scipio Spinks SLN 24 2.4 1.8 16 16 118.00 5 5 6 0 39 59 93 21.62 2.67 1.31 7.09
35 Larry Dierker HOU 25 2.4 1.6 31 31 214.67 15 8 12 0 87 51 115 19.19 3.40 1.21 4.82
36 Nelson Briles PIT 28 2.4 1.6 28 27 195.67 14 11 9 0 83 43 120 21.33 3.08 1.17 5.52
37 Ramon Hernandez PIT 31 2.4 2.3 53 0 70.00 5 0 0 14 14 22 47 21.24 1.67 1.03 6.04
38 Tom Hall CIN 24 2.4 2.0 47 7 124.33 10 1 1 8 43 56 134 19.00 2.61 1.07 9.70
39 Steve Stone SFN 24 2.3 1.8 27 16 123.67 6 8 4 0 48 49 85 18.23 2.98 1.18 6.19
40 Balor Moore MON 21 2.2 1.5 22 22 147.67 9 9 6 0 61 59 161 17.24 3.47 1.23 9.81
41 Al Downing LAN 31 2.1 1.3 31 30 202.67 9 9 7 0 81 67 117 19.45 2.98 1.30 5.20
42 Fred Norman SDN 29 1.6 1.0 42 28 211.67 9 11 10 2 88 88 167 14.20 3.44 1.34 7.10
43 Bruce Kison PIT 22 1.6 1.4 32 18 152.00 9 7 6 3 61 69 102 14.32 3.26 1.26 6.04
44 Bob Johnson PIT 29 1.6 1.2 31 11 115.67 4 4 1 3 40 46 79 13.97 2.96 1.25 6.15
45 Barry Lersch PHI 27 1.6 0.9 36 8 100.67 4 6 3 0 37 33 48 12.40 3.04 1.18 4.29
46 Pedro Borbon CIN 25 1.5 1.1 62 2 122.00 8 3 0 11 45 32 48 12.00 3.17 1.20 3.54
47 George Culver HOU 28 1.5 1.4 45 0 97.33 6 2 0 2 33 43 82 11.92 3.05 1.19 7.58
48 Tom Walker MON 23 1.3 1.2 46 0 74.67 2 2 0 2 27 22 42 9.92 2.89 1.25 5.06
49 Gary Ross SDN 24 1.2 1.0 60 0 91.67 4 3 0 3 35 49 46 10.19 2.45 1.48 4.52
50 Fred Gladding HOU 36 1.1 1.0 42 0 48.67 5 6 0 14 16 12 18 9.02 2.77 1.03 3.33

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Duffy Dyer NYN 26 2.9 91.0 815.0 690.0 61.0 5.0 12.0 28.031
2 Ted Simmons SLN 22 1.5 135.0 1194.0 842.0 78.0 8.0 6.0 11.538
3 Fred Kendall SDN 23 1.3 82.0 657.0 504.0 41.0 3.0 11.0 12.856
4 John Boccabella MON 31 1.1 73.0 452.0 316.0 33.0 6.0 6.0 10.737
5 Jerry Grote NYN 29 1.1 59.0 530.0 405.0 42.0 1.0 5.0 10.619
6 Tim McCarver 2 teams 30 1.0 85.0 707.0 530.0 44.0 6.0 2.0 9.322
7 Johnny Bench CIN 24 0.9 129.0 1140.0 735.0 56.0 6.0 9.0 8.365
8 Randy Hundley CHN 30 0.8 113.0 893.0 569.0 53.0 3.0 7.0 7.757
1B 1 Jim Hickman CHN 35 1.0 77.0 628.0 670.0 70.0 6.0 61.0 10.071
2 Mike Jorgensen MON 23 0.9 76.0 680.0 757.0 56.0 4.0 66.0 8.694
3 Hank Aaron ATL 38 0.7 109.0 932.0 968.0 66.0 14.0 79.0 6.623
4 Donn Clendenon SLN 36 0.5 36.0 279.0 259.0 26.0 4.0 34.0 3.969
5 Ron Fairly MON 33 0.5 68.0 502.0 521.0 38.0 4.0 37.0 4.783
6 Matty Alou SLN 33 0.5 66.0 538.0 535.0 40.0 7.0 53.0 3.808
7 Tony Perez CIN 30 0.4 136.0 1187.0 1207.0 68.0 9.0 111.0 3.727
8 Bob Robertson PIT 25 0.3 89.0 531.0 502.0 60.0 4.0 57.0 2.574
2B 1 Dave Cash PIT 24 3.4 97.0 873.0 260.0 342.0 5.0 81.0 26.788
2 Tommy Helms HOU 31 2.2 139.0 1247.0 353.0 441.0 17.0 115.0 21.034
3 Rennie Stennett PIT 21 1.5 49.0 425.0 129.0 162.0 7.0 42.0 11.771
4 Glenn Beckert CHN 31 1.3 118.0 1018.0 256.0 396.0 16.0 71.0 12.138
5 Ted Sizemore SLN 27 1.0 111.0 940.0 222.0 342.0 14.0 68.0 7.676
6 Paul Popovich CHN 31 0.8 36.0 225.0 59.0 98.0 3.0 22.0 7.454
7 Terry Harmon PHI 28 0.6 50.0 382.0 106.0 136.0 1.0 31.0 6.116
8 Ron Hunt MON 31 0.6 122.0 984.0 257.0 353.0 11.0 61.0 5.695
3B 1 Don Money PHI 25 2.3 151.0 1276.0 139.0 316.0 10.0 31.0 22.210
2 Doug Rader HOU 27 2.1 152.0 1357.0 119.0 340.0 20.0 31.0 20.395
3 Steve Garvey LAN 23 1.6 85.0 670.0 71.0 187.0 28.0 18.0 12.240
4 Darrell Evans ATL 25 1.5 123.0 1093.0 126.0 273.0 25.0 20.0 14.869
5 Dave Kingman SFN 23 1.1 59.0 507.0 54.0 138.0 14.0 10.0 10.587
6 Ron Santo CHN 32 1.1 129.0 1116.0 108.0 274.0 21.0 19.0 10.206
7 Denis Menke CIN 31 0.9 130.0 1092.0 85.0 258.0 16.0 20.0 8.597
8 Wayne Garrett NYN 24 0.7 82.0 646.0 66.0 150.0 9.0 13.0 6.726
SS 1 Gene Alley PIT 31 2.3 114.0 888.0 181.0 339.0 16.0 88.0 18.366
2 Bill Russell LAN 23 1.8 121.0 1060.0 197.0 439.0 34.0 69.0 14.484
3 Chris Speier SFN 22 1.5 150.0 1320.0 243.0 517.0 20.0 69.0 14.376
4 Tim Foli MON 21 1.4 148.0 1283.0 281.0 487.0 27.0 94.0 13.160
5 Larry Bowa PHI 26 1.4 150.0 1308.0 212.0 494.0 9.0 88.0 13.131
6 Don Kessinger CHN 29 1.4 146.0 1290.0 259.0 504.0 28.0 90.0 13.102
7 Dave Concepcion CIN 24 1.3 114.0 962.0 194.0 365.0 18.0 75.0 12.451
8 Roger Metzger HOU 24 1.0 153.0 1373.0 238.0 504.0 22.0 101.0 9.264
LF 1 Pete Rose CIN 31 0.8 154.0 1408.0 323.0 15.0 2.0 2.0 7.813
2 Ken Henderson SFN 26 0.4 95.0 790.0 180.0 13.0 4.0 3.0 3.806
3 Rico Carty ATL 32 0.3 78.0 578.7 140.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 3.287
4 Leron Lee SDN 24 0.3 96.0 829.7 187.0 6.0 5.0 2.0 3.283
5 Vic Davalillo PIT 32 0.3 63.0 495.3 114.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 2.524
6 John Milner NYN 22 0.2 88.0 728.3 157.0 7.0 4.0 0.0 1.966
7 Jerry Morales SDN 23 0.2 36.0 226.3 54.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 1.898
8 Bill Buckner LAN 22 0.2 9.0 76.0 22.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.207
CF 1 Dusty Baker ATL 23 1.0 120.0 1022.3 343.0 8.0 4.0 1.0 9.933
2 Bobby Tolan CIN 26 0.8 149.0 1323.7 404.0 9.0 4.0 3.0 7.283
3 Willie Davis LAN 32 0.5 146.0 1318.0 370.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 3.646
4 Willie Montanez PHI 24 0.4 130.0 1110.7 317.0 14.0 5.0 2.0 4.096
5 Johnny Jeter SDN 27 0.4 91.0 744.7 224.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 3.737
6 Cesar Cedeno HOU 21 0.3 137.0 1217.3 344.0 9.0 7.0 1.0 3.239
7 Jose Cruz SLN 24 0.3 87.0 694.7 204.0 7.0 5.0 4.0 2.395
8 Bill Robinson PHI 29 0.2 30.0 236.3 75.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.952
RF 1 Mike Lum ATL 26 0.8 62.0 523.7 158.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 7.632
2 Roberto Clemente PIT 37 0.7 94.0 812.3 199.0 5.0 0.0 2.0 5.887
3 Bobby Bonds SFN 26 0.7 141.0 1242.0 301.0 10.0 5.0 3.0 6.368
4 Jim Wynn HOU 30 0.4 136.0 1207.0 266.0 11.0 4.0 2.0 3.593
5 Tom Hutton PHI 26 0.3 39.0 299.0 78.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 3.036
6 Bill Buckner LAN 22 0.3 52.0 433.3 102.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.168
7 Cesar Geronimo CIN 24 0.2 91.0 598.0 136.0 9.0 2.0 1.0 2.023
8 Ron Fairly MON 33 0.2 70.0 572.0 125.0 10.0 2.0 2.0 1.748