1973 National League Batting Leaders

1972 Season 1974 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 971 games, 12 teams, approx. 161 games in season

Attendance: n/a

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Register Menu

League Player Batting

Sort By:
Minimum 161 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Pete Rose#	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	160	752	680	115	230	36	8	5	64	10	7	65	42	.338	.401	.437	.838	297	14	6	1	0	6
2	Richie Zisk	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	103	354	333	44	108	23	7	10	54	0	0	21	63	.324	.364	.526	.890	175	8	0	0	0	0
3	César Cedeño	22	HOU	Maj	HOU	139	576	525	86	168	35	2	25	70	56	15	41	79	.320	.376	.537	.913	282	19	7	1	2	7
4	Garry Maddox	23	SFN	Maj	SFG	144	622	587	81	187	30	10	11	76	24	10	24	73	.319	.350	.460	.810	270	6	6	2	3	2
5	Manny Mota	35	LAN	Maj	LAD	89	327	293	33	92	11	2	0	23	1	3	25	12	.314	.368	.365	.733	107	11	1	6	2	9
6	Tony Pérez	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	151	647	564	73	177	33	3	27	101	3	1	74	117	.314	.393	.527	.919	297	13	3	0	6	10
7	Bob Watson	27	HOU	Maj	HOU	158	666	573	97	179	24	3	16	94	1	4	85	73	.312	.403	.449	.852	257	18	4	1	3	8
8	Johnny Grubb*	24	SDN	Maj	SDP	113	432	389	52	121	22	3	8	37	9	3	37	50	.311	.373	.445	.818	173	6	2	3	1	2
9	Ted Simmons#	23	SLN	Maj	STL	161	690	619	62	192	36	2	13	91	2	2	61	47	.310	.370	.438	.808	271	29	2	1	7	15
10	Ron Hunt	32	MON	Maj	MON	113	486	401	61	124	14	0	0	18	10	7	52	19	.309	.418	.344	.763	138	9	24	8	1	3
11	Steve Garvey	24	LAN	Maj	LAD	114	366	349	37	106	17	3	8	50	0	2	11	42	.304	.328	.438	.766	153	8	3	0	3	4
12	José Cardenal	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	145	593	522	80	158	33	2	11	68	19	7	58	62	.303	.375	.437	.812	228	16	5	4	4	9
13	Ed Goodson*	25	SFN	Maj	SFG	102	403	384	37	116	20	1	12	53	0	1	15	44	.302	.331	.453	.784	174	10	2	1	1	4
14	Ken Singleton#	26	MON	Maj	MON	162	692	560	100	169	26	2	23	103	2	8	123	91	.302	.425	.479	.904	268	27	2	1	6	13
15	Henry Aaron	39	ATL	Maj	ATL	120	465	392	84	118	12	1	40	96	1	1	68	51	.301	.402	.643	1.045	252	7	1	0	4	13
16	Dan Driessen*	21	CIN	Maj	CIN	102	394	366	49	110	15	2	4	47	8	3	24	37	.301	.346	.385	.731	141	8	2	1	1	4
17	Gary Matthews	22	SFN	Maj	SFG	148	605	540	74	162	22	10	12	58	17	5	58	83	.300	.367	.444	.812	240	12	1	3	3	7
18	Ralph Garr*	27	ATL	Maj	ATL	148	698	668	94	200	32	6	11	55	35	11	22	64	.299	.323	.415	.737	277	12	2	4	2	5
19	Willie Stargell*	33	PIT	Maj	PIT	148	609	522	106	156	43	3	44	119	0	0	80	129	.299	.392	.646	1.038	337	6	3	0	4	22
20	Ron Fairly*	34	MON	Maj	MON	142	505	413	70	123	13	1	17	49	2	2	86	33	.298	.422	.458	.880	189	8	3	3	0	11
21	Lou Brock*	34	SLN	Maj	STL	160	727	650	110	193	29	8	7	63	70	20	71	112	.297	.364	.398	.762	259	9	0	1	5	15
22	Willie Crawford*	26	LAN	Maj	LAD	145	543	457	75	135	26	2	14	66	12	5	78	91	.295	.396	.453	.849	207	6	1	3	4	12
23	Mike Lum*	27	ATL	Maj	ATL	138	568	513	74	151	26	6	16	82	2	5	41	89	.294	.351	.462	.813	237	3	6	4	4	7
24	Al Oliver*	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	158	690	654	90	191	38	7	20	99	6	0	22	52	.292	.316	.463	.779	303	18	5	0	9	1
25	Félix Millán	29	NYN	Maj	NYM	153	699	638	82	185	23	4	3	37	2	2	35	22	.290	.332	.353	.685	225	20	6	18	2	3
26	Joe Morgan*	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	157	698	576	116	167	35	2	26	82	67	15	111	61	.290	.406	.493	.899	284	12	4	3	4	3
27	Del Unser*	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	136	498	440	64	127	20	4	11	52	5	8	47	55	.289	.354	.427	.781	188	3	1	3	7	7
28	Dusty Baker	24	ATL	Maj	ATL	159	686	604	101	174	29	4	21	99	24	3	67	72	.288	.359	.454	.813	274	14	5	1	9	8
29	Bill Robinson	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	124	487	452	62	130	32	1	25	65	5	4	27	91	.288	.326	.529	.855	239	12	1	3	4	1
30	Billy Williams*	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	156	659	576	72	166	22	2	20	86	4	3	76	72	.288	.369	.438	.806	252	13	1	0	6	14
31	Dave Concepción	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	89	357	328	39	94	18	3	8	46	22	5	21	55	.287	.327	.433	.760	142	7	1	2	5	3
32	Tommy Helms	32	HOU	Maj	HOU	146	584	543	44	156	28	2	4	61	1	1	32	21	.287	.325	.368	.694	200	11	0	6	3	12
33	Joe Torre	32	SLN	Maj	STL	141	596	519	67	149	17	2	13	69	2	0	65	78	.287	.376	.403	.779	209	20	10	1	1	14
34	Bernie Carbo*	25	SLN	Maj	STL	111	371	308	42	88	18	0	8	40	2	0	58	52	.286	.397	.422	.819	130	6	1	1	3	7
35	Dave Roberts	22	SDN	Maj	SDP	127	503	479	56	137	20	3	21	64	11	2	17	83	.286	.310	.472	.782	226	6	1	3	3	3
36	Willie Davis*	33	LAN	Maj	LAD	152	641	599	82	171	29	9	16	77	17	5	29	62	.285	.320	.444	.764	266	7	5	1	7	12
37	Greg Luzinski	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	161	671	610	76	174	26	4	29	97	3	3	51	135	.285	.346	.484	.829	295	11	7	0	3	9
38	Gary Thomasson*	21	SFN	Maj	SFG	112	261	235	35	67	10	4	4	30	2	0	22	43	.285	.345	.413	.758	97	1	0	3	1	2
39	Bobby Bonds	27	SFN	Maj	SFG	160	738	643	131	182	34	4	39	96	43	17	87	148	.283	.370	.530	.900	341	8	4	0	4	9
40	Fred Kendall	24	SDN	Maj	SDP	145	551	507	39	143	22	3	10	59	3	1	30	35	.282	.320	.396	.717	201	17	1	8	5	4
41	Manny Sanguillén	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	149	619	589	64	166	26	7	12	65	2	5	17	29	.282	.301	.411	.712	242	17	3	2	8	8
42	Ted Sizemore	28	SLN	Maj	STL	142	620	521	69	147	22	1	1	54	6	4	68	34	.282	.365	.334	.699	174	9	2	25	4	0
43	Darrell Evans*	26	ATL	Maj	ATL	161	733	595	114	167	25	8	41	104	6	3	124	104	.281	.403	.556	.959	331	9	3	3	8	8
44	Jerry Morales	24	SDN	Maj	SDP	122	420	388	47	109	23	2	9	34	6	5	27	55	.281	.325	.420	.745	163	14	0	1	4	3
45	Rusty Staub*	29	NYN	Maj	NYM	152	666	585	77	163	36	1	15	76	1	1	74	52	.279	.361	.421	.781	246	16	3	1	3	10
46	Tito Fuentes#	29	SFN	Maj	SFG	160	731	656	78	182	25	5	6	63	12	6	45	62	.277	.328	.358	.686	235	11	7	17	6	0
47	Hal Breeden	29	MON	Maj	MON	105	290	258	36	71	10	6	15	43	0	1	29	45	.275	.353	.535	.888	138	7	2	1	0	3
48	Bill Buckner*	23	LAN	Maj	LAD	140	606	575	68	158	20	0	8	46	12	2	17	34	.275	.297	.351	.648	202	15	3	6	5	5
49	Boots Day*	25	MON	Maj	MON	101	234	207	36	57	7	0	4	28	0	3	21	28	.275	.342	.367	.709	76	3	0	6	0	1
50	Davey Lopes	28	LAN	Maj	LAD	142	615	535	77	147	13	5	6	37	36	16	62	77	.275	.352	.351	.703	188	14	5	7	6	6
51	Bob Bailey	30	MON	Maj	MON	151	607	513	77	140	25	4	26	86	5	8	88	99	.273	.379	.489	.868	251	23	1	3	2	10
52	Denny Doyle*	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	116	409	370	45	101	9	3	3	26	1	3	31	32	.273	.327	.338	.665	125	4	0	5	3	8
53	Dave Cash	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	116	479	436	59	118	21	2	2	31	2	5	38	36	.271	.328	.342	.669	149	8	0	3	2	0
54	Richie Hebner*	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	144	576	509	73	138	28	1	25	74	0	1	56	60	.271	.346	.477	.823	243	8	4	3	4	12
55	Nate Colbert	27	SDN	Maj	SDP	145	598	529	73	143	25	2	22	80	9	8	54	146	.270	.343	.450	.793	238	12	8	1	6	9
56	Davey Johnson	30	ATL	Maj	ATL	157	651	559	84	151	25	0	43	99	5	3	81	93	.270	.370	.546	.916	305	8	9	0	2	9
57	Lee May	30	HOU	Maj	HOU	148	590	545	65	147	24	3	28	105	1	1	34	122	.270	.310	.479	.789	261	13	2	0	9	10
58	Milt May*	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	101	322	283	29	76	8	1	7	31	0	1	34	26	.269	.349	.378	.727	107	9	2	1	2	12
59	César Tovar	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	97	364	328	49	88	18	4	1	21	6	4	29	35	.268	.335	.357	.692	117	3	5	0	2	2
60	Luis Meléndez	23	SLN	Maj	STL	121	376	341	35	91	18	1	2	35	2	7	27	50	.267	.319	.343	.662	117	11	0	6	2	2
61	Rick Monday*	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	149	651	554	93	148	24	5	26	56	5	12	92	124	.267	.372	.469	.841	260	3	1	3	1	7
62	Ron Santo	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	149	604	536	65	143	29	2	20	77	1	2	63	97	.267	.348	.440	.788	236	27	4	0	1	8
63	Tim McCarver*	31	SLN	Maj	STL	130	382	331	30	88	16	4	3	49	2	0	38	31	.266	.339	.366	.704	121	4	2	4	7	6
64	Willie McCovey*	35	SFN	Maj	SFG	130	495	383	52	102	14	3	29	75	1	0	105	78	.266	.420	.546	.966	209	6	1	0	6	25
65	Bill Russell	24	LAN	Maj	LAD	162	666	615	55	163	26	3	4	56	15	7	34	63	.265	.301	.337	.638	207	9	1	9	7	20
66	Gene Clines	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	110	337	304	42	80	11	3	1	23	8	7	26	36	.263	.327	.329	.656	100	12	3	4	0	0
67	Joe Ferguson	26	LAN	Maj	LAD	136	585	487	84	128	26	0	25	88	1	1	87	81	.263	.369	.470	.839	229	5	1	0	10	9
68	Tom Hutton*	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	106	282	247	31	65	11	0	5	29	3	1	32	31	.263	.346	.368	.715	91	8	0	2	1	6
69	Willie Montañez*	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	146	609	552	69	145	16	5	11	65	2	6	46	80	.263	.324	.370	.694	204	11	6	1	4	7
70	Don Kessinger#	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	160	643	577	52	151	22	3	0	43	6	6	57	44	.262	.327	.310	.637	179	15	0	7	2	18
71	Tom Paciorek	26	LAN	Maj	LAD	96	210	195	26	51	8	0	5	18	3	3	11	35	.262	.304	.379	.684	74	8	1	3	0	2
72	Bob Boone	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	145	575	521	42	136	20	2	10	61	3	4	41	36	.261	.311	.365	.675	190	7	0	5	8	8
73	Cleon Jones	31	NYN	Maj	NYM	92	379	339	48	88	13	0	11	48	1	1	28	51	.260	.315	.395	.710	134	11	3	1	8	6
74	Bud Harrelson#	29	NYN	Maj	NYM	106	408	356	35	92	12	3	0	20	5	1	48	49	.258	.348	.309	.657	110	4	1	3	0	4
75	Wayne Garrett*	25	NYN	Maj	NYM	140	589	504	76	129	20	3	16	58	6	5	72	74	.256	.348	.403	.751	203	8	1	9	3	4
76	Jerry Grote	30	NYN	Maj	NYM	84	305	285	17	73	10	2	1	32	0	0	13	23	.256	.290	.316	.606	90	11	1	5	1	1
77	Glenn Beckert	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	114	410	372	38	95	13	0	0	29	0	2	30	15	.255	.313	.290	.603	108	15	2	4	2	1
78	Ted Martínez	25	NYN	Maj	NYM	92	280	263	34	67	11	0	1	14	3	5	13	38	.255	.294	.308	.602	81	6	2	1	1	2
79	Mike Anderson	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	87	215	193	32	49	9	1	9	28	0	3	19	53	.254	.321	.451	.772	87	2	1	0	2	4
80	Doug Rader	28	HOU	Maj	HOU	154	632	574	79	146	26	0	21	89	4	3	46	97	.254	.310	.409	.719	235	10	3	3	6	6
81	Johnny Bench	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	152	651	557	83	141	17	3	25	104	4	1	83	83	.253	.345	.429	.774	239	22	0	1	10	14
82	Cito Gaston	29	SDN	Maj	SDP	133	500	476	51	119	18	4	16	57	0	0	20	88	.250	.281	.405	.686	193	10	1	1	2	3
83	Roger Metzger#	25	HOU	Maj	HOU	154	637	580	67	145	11	14	1	35	10	4	39	70	.250	.299	.322	.622	187	10	3	12	3	0
84	Marty Perez	27	ATL	Maj	ATL	141	567	501	66	125	15	5	8	57	2	3	49	66	.250	.316	.347	.663	174	18	2	10	5	1
85	Chris Speier	23	SFN	Maj	SFG	153	617	542	58	135	17	4	11	71	4	5	66	69	.249	.332	.356	.688	193	18	2	5	2	4
86	Johnny Oates*	27	ATL	Maj	ATL	93	351	322	27	80	6	0	4	27	1	4	22	31	.248	.299	.304	.603	98	8	1	6	0	4
87	Ron Cey	25	LAN	Maj	LAD	152	595	507	60	124	18	4	15	80	1	1	74	77	.245	.338	.385	.723	195	19	2	4	8	7
88	Johnny Edwards*	35	HOU	Maj	HOU	79	276	250	24	61	10	2	5	27	1	0	19	23	.244	.301	.360	.661	90	4	2	4	1	7
89	Jim Hickman	36	CHN	Maj	CHC	92	249	201	27	49	1	2	3	20	1	1	42	42	.244	.368	.313	.682	63	8	0	2	4	2
90	Mike Tyson	23	SLN	Maj	STL	144	506	469	48	114	15	4	1	33	2	5	23	66	.243	.279	.299	.577	140	9	2	7	5	10
91	Rennie Stennett	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	128	491	466	45	113	18	3	10	55	2	3	16	63	.242	.265	.358	.623	167	8	0	4	5	3
92	Tim Foli	22	MON	Maj	MON	126	500	458	37	110	11	0	2	36	6	3	28	40	.240	.284	.277	.561	127	18	1	10	3	11
93	Ed Kranepool*	28	NYN	Maj	NYM	100	320	284	28	68	12	2	1	35	1	0	30	28	.239	.310	.306	.616	87	7	0	4	2	4
94	John Milner*	23	NYN	Maj	NYM	129	519	451	69	108	12	3	23	72	1	1	62	84	.239	.329	.432	.762	195	15	1	0	5	6
95	Bob Robertson	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	119	455	397	43	95	16	0	14	40	0	4	55	77	.239	.332	.385	.717	153	12	1	0	2	4
96	Derrel Thomas#	22	SDN	Maj	SDP	113	449	404	41	96	7	1	0	22	15	5	34	52	.238	.299	.260	.559	105	2	2	7	2	3
97	Leron Lee*	25	SDN	Maj	SDP	118	369	333	36	79	7	2	3	30	4	0	33	61	.237	.306	.297	.604	99	9	1	0	2	3
98	Paul Popovich#	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	99	308	280	24	66	6	3	2	24	3	2	18	27	.236	.280	.300	.580	84	8	1	4	5	5
99	Ken Reitz	22	SLN	Maj	STL	147	446	426	40	100	20	2	6	42	0	1	9	25	.235	.256	.333	.589	142	18	4	4	3	2
100	John Boccabella	32	MON	Maj	MON	118	440	403	25	94	13	0	7	46	1	1	26	57	.233	.279	.318	.597	128	15	1	7	3	8