1972 NL News Recap

July 1, 1972

Standings and League Leaders at the end of June for the 1972 NL season. Chicago Cub Billy Williams has lost his hold on a Triple Crown season, but he's still in the top 3 in those categories. Philadelphia pitcher Steve Carlton is putting up some impressive numbers on a sub-.500 ballclub.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1972 National League                 Date: 7/1/1972
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1972 PIN  42  23    C.Cedeno  HON .375  B.William CHN   26  J.Bench   CIN   57
1972 CHN  38  28    R.Staub   NYN .355  D.Rader   HON   17  L.May     HON   55
1972 NYN  37  30    B.William CHN .352  N.Colbert SDN   17  B.William CHN   54
1972 SLN  36  31    L.Brock   SLN .344  J.Bench   CIN   16  B.Tolan   CIN   54
1972 PHN  31  35    M.Sanguil PIN .338  OTHERS TIED W   15  D.Rader   HON   51
1972 MON  28  39
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1972 CIN  43  25    F.Jenkins CHN   12  T.McGraw  NYN   11  S.Carlton PHN 1.54
1972 LAN  37  31    S.Carlton PHN   11  C.Carroll CIN   10  D.Sutton  LAN 1.85
1972 HON  32  37    S.Blass   PIN   10  J.Brewer  LAN    7  B.Moose   PIN 1.97
1972 SFN  31  43    OTHERS TIED W    9  D.Giusti  PIN    6  W.Simpson CIN 2.08
1972 SDN  27  41                        OTHERS TIED W    5  T.Seaver  NYN 2.31
1972 ATN  24  43
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    L.Brock   SLN   10  L.Brock   SLN   44  S.Carlton PHN  149
                    K.Henders SFN   10  J.Morgan  CIN   31  T.Seaver  NYN  108
                    OTHERS TIED W    8  C.Cedeno  HON   22  F.Norman  SDN  102
                                        B.Tolan   CIN   21  C.Kirby   SDN   99
                                        B.Bonds   SFN   18  F.Jenkins CHN   94
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
ATN  8  at  HON  5  CHN-Jenkins(12-5, 2.88) at PIN-Moose(5-3, 1.97)
NYN  1  at  MON  2  LAN-Downing(4-10, 5.44) at SFN-Maricha(6-6, 3.82)
SLN  8  at  PHN  0  ATN-Niekro(8-7, 2.97) at HON-Wilson(4-5, 2.65)
CHN  5  at  PIN  7  NYN-Koosman(7-2, 3.07) at MON-Torrez(1-11, 5.51)
CIN  6  at  SDN  0  CIN-Sprague(0-2, 8.02) at SDN-Arlin(5-10, 3.63)
LAN  2  at  SFN  4  SLN-Gibson(6-5, 2.59) at PHN-Nash(1-1, 5.19)
                    SLN-Gibson(6-5, 2.59) at PHN-Reynold(1-3, 5.76)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
B.Tolan       CIN SDN  5  1  5  5  0  0  0  2
A.Oliver      PIN CHN  4  1  2  3  0  0  1  0
C.Speier      SFN LAN  3  1  1  3  1  0  1  0
D.Rader       HON ATN  4  1  1  3  0  1  1  0
E.Williams    ATN HON  5  2  2  2  0  1  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Moore       MON NYN  9.0  4  1  0  3 12  0 W  
S.Spinks      SLN PHN  9.0  1  0  0  4  4  0 W  
W.Simpson     CIN SDN  9.0  5  0  0  2  7  0 W  
B.Rauch       NYN MON  2.0  0  0  0  0  2  0    
G.Ross        SDN CIN  3.0  1  0  0  2  3  0    
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.Lis         PHN .281 32  9 16  4  3  T.John        LAN 18  9  2  0 17  1 200
C.Gaston      SDN .282 39 11 13  5  4  R.Reed        ATN 27 21  4  5 13  1 300
D.Rader       HON .302 43 13 14  1  5  S.Carlton     PHN 23 17  3  0 21  1 120
C.Cedeno      HON .432 37 16  5  6  3  T.Seaver      NYN 18  6  4  6 14  0 110
W.Stargell    PIN .281 32  9  9  6  2  J.Cumberland  SLN  9  2  1  2  2  0 100
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Foli        MON .125 32  4  0  1  0  G.Gentry      NYN  6 18 13  4  3  2 020
J.Fregosi     NYN .167 36  6  1  0  0  B.Stoneman    MON 11 15 12  7  2  0 020
E.Hernandez   SDN .171 35  6  0  1  0  M.Torrez      MON 14 18 14  8  6  3 020
T.Helms       HON .171 41  7  1  1  0  D.Carrithers  SFN 11 14 11  8  7  3 020
B.Bonds       SFN .143 35  5  0  3  0  J.McAndrew    NYN  6 10  6  3  0  0 010
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report