1972 NL Final Standings with League Leaders

October 5, 1972

Chicago Cub Billy Williams won the NL Batting and HR Crowns and finished 2nd to Cincinnati's Johnny Bench for the RBI Crown. Philadelphia's Steve Carlton won the NL Triple Crown in Pitching with 22 Wins, 327 Strikeouts and an ERA of 2.01. New York Met Tom Seaver had an excellent season, finishing 2nd to Carlton in the top three pitching categories.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1972 National League                 Date: 10/5/1972
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1972 PIN 100  55    B.William CHN .353  B.William CHN   50  J.Bench   CIN  145
1972 CHN  89  66    M.Sanguil PIN .342  J.Bench   CIN   44  B.William CHN  131
1972 NYN  84  72    L.Brock   SLN .341  N.Colbert SDN   37  W.Stargel PIN  110
1972 SLN  75  81    C.Cedeno  HON .339  H.Aaron   ATN   35  L.May     HON  109
1972 PHN  66  90    M.Alou    SLN .333  D.Kingman SFN   35  T.Perez   CIN  102
1972 MON  62  94
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1972 CIN  86  68    S.Carlton PHN   22  T.McGraw  NYN   27  S.Carlton PHN 2.01
1972 SFN  82  73    T.Seaver  NYN   20  C.Carroll CIN   20  T.Seaver  NYN 2.09
1972 LAN  82  73    S.Blass   PIN   20  J.Aker    CHN   13  D.Sutton  LAN 2.30
1972 HON  76  77    F.Jenkins CHN   19  M.Marshal MON   12  B.Singer  LAN 2.32
1972 ATN  67  87    D.Sutton  LAN   19  F.Gladdin HON   11  B.Moose   PIN 2.38
1972 SDN  60  93
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Morgan  CIN   12  L.Brock   SLN   81  S.Carlton PHN  327
                    G.Maddox  SFN   12  J.Morgan  CIN   73  T.Seaver  NYN  263
                    D.Cash    PIN    8  C.Cedeno  HON   71  B.Gibson  SLN  211
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  B.Tolan   CIN   53  J.Reuss   HON  201
                                        B.Bonds   SFN   35  D.Wilson  HON  195