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Playing in the AL, For single seasons, For 1972, (requiring Qualified for league batting title), sorted by greatest OPS
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Cnt Player **OPS** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG Positions ----+-----------------+---------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+--------- 1 Dick Allen 1.023 1972 30 CHW AL 148 609 506 90 156 28 5 37 113 99 16 126 1 0 3 13 19 8 .308 .420 .603 *3/5 2 Carlton Fisk .908 1972 24 BOS AL 131 514 457 74 134 28 9 22 61 52 6 83 4 1 0 11 5 2 .293 .370 .538 *2 3 John Mayberry .901 1972 23 KCR AL 149 588 503 65 150 24 3 25 100 78 13 74 3 1 3 12 0 2 .298 .394 .507 *3 4 Bobby Murcer .898 1972 26 NYY AL 153 654 585 102 171 30 7 33 96 63 7 67 2 0 4 6 11 9 .292 .361 .537 *8 5 Mike Epstein .866 1972 29 OAK AL 138 537 455 63 123 18 2 26 70 68 9 68 11 0 3 7 0 1 .270 .376 .490 *3 6 Carlos May .843 1972 24 CHW AL 148 615 523 83 161 26 3 12 68 79 14 70 9 0 4 10 23 14 .308 .405 .438 *7/3 7 Reggie Smith .840 1972 27 BOS AL 131 543 467 75 126 25 4 21 74 68 12 63 4 0 4 8 15 4 .270 .365 .475 *9/8 8 Joe Rudi .831 1972 25 OAK AL 147 653 593 94 181 32 9 19 75 37 6 62 2 15 6 15 3 4 .305 .345 .486 *7/5 9 Reggie Jackson .823 1972 26 OAK AL 135 572 499 72 132 25 2 25 75 59 7 125 8 4 2 5 9 8 .265 .350 .473 *89 10 Harmon Killebrew .817 1972 36 MIN AL 139 532 433 53 100 13 2 26 74 94 12 91 1 0 4 16 0 1 .231 .367 .450 *3 11 Johnny Briggs .802 1972 28 MIL AL 135 481 418 58 111 14 1 21 65 54 4 67 1 2 6 8 1 2 .266 .347 .455 *738 12 Richie Scheinblum .801 1972 29 KCR AL 134 518 450 60 135 21 4 8 66 58 3 40 4 3 3 19 0 1 .300 .383 .418 *9/7 13 Lou Piniella .797 1972 28 KCR AL 151 624 574 65 179 33 4 11 72 34 9 59 8 4 4 25 7 2 .312 .356 .441 *7 14 Norm Cash .783 1972 37 DET AL 137 501 440 51 114 16 0 22 61 50 13 64 4 4 3 9 0 2 .259 .338 .445 *3 15 Boog Powell .780 1972 30 BAL AL 140 539 465 53 117 20 1 21 81 65 14 92 4 1 4 13 4 0 .252 .346 .434 *3 16 Bobby Grich .773 1972 23 BAL AL 133 528 460 66 128 21 3 12 50 53 3 96 7 3 5 8 13 6 .278 .358 .415 *643/5 17 Bobby Darwin .768 1972 29 MIN AL 145 562 513 48 137 20 2 22 80 38 4 145 8 1 2 24 2 3 .267 .326 .442 *89/7 18 Amos Otis .765 1972 25 KCR AL 143 605 540 75 158 28 2 11 54 50 3 59 3 6 6 6 28 12 .293 .352 .413 *8 19 Roy White .760 1972 28 NYY AL 155 666 556 76 150 29 0 10 54 99 10 59 5 4 2 11 23 7 .270 .384 .376 *7 20 Carl Yastrzemski .748 1972 32 BOS AL 125 535 455 70 120 18 2 12 68 67 3 44 4 0 9 13 5 4 .264 .357 .391 *73 21 Rod Carew .748 1972 26 MIN AL 142 591 535 61 170 21 6 0 51 43 9 60 2 9 2 11 12 6 .318 .369 .379 *4 22 George Scott .747 1972 28 MIL AL 152 629 578 71 154 24 4 20 88 43 4 130 4 2 2 19 16 4 .266 .321 .426 *35 23 Bob Oliver .735 1972 29 TOT AL 150 609 572 54 154 22 5 20 76 29 8 109 3 0 5 17 5 3 .269 .305 .430 9/7 24 Tommy Harper .729 1972 31 BOS AL 144 641 556 92 141 29 2 14 49 67 1 104 9 5 4 4 25 7 .254 .341 .388 *8 25 Chris Chambliss .724 1972 23 CLE AL 121 499 466 51 136 27 2 6 44 26 2 63 0 3 4 8 3 4 .292 .327 .397 *3 ----+-----------------+---------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+--------- Cnt Player **OPS** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG Positions ----+-----------------+---------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+--------- 26 Graig Nettles .720 1972 27 CLE AL 150 623 557 65 141 28 0 17 70 57 5 50 4 2 3 9 2 3 .253 .325 .395 *5 27 Sal Bando .709 1972 28 OAK AL 152 631 535 64 126 20 3 15 77 78 17 55 9 6 3 13 3 1 .236 .341 .368 *5/4 28 Thurman Munson .707 1972 25 NYY AL 140 567 511 54 143 16 3 7 46 47 5 58 3 4 2 13 6 7 .280 .343 .364 *2 29 Ken McMullen .704 1972 30 CAL AL 137 523 472 36 127 18 1 9 34 48 2 59 0 1 2 12 1 2 .269 .335 .369 *5 30 Rico Petrocelli .702 1972 29 BOS AL 147 607 521 62 125 15 2 15 75 78 9 91 2 2 4 8 0 1 .240 .339 .363 *5 31 Vada Pinson .697 1972 33 CAL AL 136 527 484 56 133 24 2 7 49 30 12 54 5 4 4 7 17 6 .275 .321 .376 *798/3 32 Ted Ford .679 1972 25 TEX AL 129 481 429 43 101 19 1 14 50 37 2 80 3 7 5 6 4 3 .235 .297 .382 *97 33 Danny Thompson .674 1972 25 MIN AL 144 624 573 54 158 22 6 4 48 34 1 57 2 13 2 14 3 4 .276 .318 .356 *6 34 Buddy Bell .673 1972 20 CLE AL 132 505 466 49 119 21 1 9 36 34 8 29 3 1 1 5 5 6 .255 .310 .363 98/5 35 Ray Fosse .666 1972 25 CLE AL 134 508 457 42 110 20 1 10 41 45 15 46 3 1 2 18 5 1 .241 .312 .354 *2/3 36 Cesar Tovar .663 1972 31 MIN AL 141 607 548 86 145 20 6 2 31 39 6 39 14 5 1 6 21 10 .265 .329 .334 *97/8 37 Paul Schaal .649 1972 29 KCR AL 127 503 435 47 99 19 3 6 41 61 1 59 2 2 3 14 1 3 .228 .323 .326 *5/6 38 Dave May .646 1972 28 MIL AL 143 556 500 49 119 20 2 9 45 47 8 56 3 4 2 12 11 13 .238 .306 .340 *8 39 Cookie Rojas .646 1972 33 KCR AL 137 541 487 49 127 25 0 3 53 41 5 35 1 5 7 17 2 8 .261 .315 .331 *4/56 40 Brooks Robinson .645 1972 35 BAL AL 153 612 556 48 139 23 2 8 64 43 4 45 2 4 7 12 1 0 .250 .303 .342 *5 41 Aurelio Rodriguez .628 1972 24 DET AL 153 639 601 65 142 23 5 13 56 28 4 104 2 7 1 14 2 3 .236 .272 .356 *5/6 42 Doug Griffin .627 1972 25 BOS AL 129 535 470 43 122 12 1 2 35 45 6 48 2 15 3 7 9 2 .260 .325 .302 *4 43 Paul Blair .625 1972 28 BAL AL 142 514 477 47 111 20 8 8 49 25 0 78 0 5 7 16 7 8 .233 .267 .358 *8 44 Dick Billings .618 1972 29 TEX AL 133 508 469 41 119 15 1 5 58 29 5 77 2 2 6 13 1 5 .254 .296 .322 *27/593 45 Horace Clarke .617 1972 32 NYY AL 147 613 547 65 132 20 2 3 37 56 4 44 4 3 3 7 18 6 .241 .315 .302 *4 46 Mike Andrews .610 1972 28 CHW AL 148 602 505 58 111 18 0 7 50 70 3 78 2 18 7 4 2 2 .220 .313 .297 *4/3 47 Dave Nelson .607 1972 28 TEX AL 145 580 499 68 113 16 3 2 28 67 3 81 5 9 0 4 51 17 .226 .324 .283 *58/7 48 Bert Campaneris .603 1972 30 OAK AL 149 681 625 85 150 25 2 8 32 32 0 88 2 20 2 9 52 14 .240 .278 .325 *6 49 Don Buford .593 1972 35 BAL AL 125 485 408 46 84 6 2 5 22 69 10 83 4 3 1 5 8 3 .206 .326 .267 *7/9 50 Sandy Alomar .579 1972 28 CAL AL 155 666 610 65 146 20 3 1 25 47 5 55 0 6 3 8 20 12 .239 .292 .287 *4/6 ----+-----------------+---------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+--------- Cnt Player **OPS** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG Positions ----+-----------------+---------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+--------- 51 Jack Brohamer .565 1972 22 CLE AL 136 567 527 49 123 13 2 5 35 27 0 46 1 9 3 8 3 2 .233 .271 .294 *4/5 52 Freddie Patek .556 1972 27 KCR AL 136 577 518 59 110 25 4 0 32 47 4 64 3 6 3 9 33 7 .212 .280 .276 *6 53 Leo Cardenas .555 1972 33 CAL AL 150 602 551 25 123 11 2 6 42 35 4 73 2 13 1 15 1 2 .223 .272 .283 *6 54 Rick Auerbach .546 1972 22 MIL AL 153 605 554 50 121 16 3 2 30 43 5 62 2 5 1 14 24 8 .218 .277 .269 *6 55 Ed Brinkman .538 1972 30 DET AL 156 571 516 42 105 19 1 6 49 38 9 51 3 7 7 14 0 0 .203 .259 .279 *6
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