1972 Chicago Cubs

85-70 • 0.548 Win% • 2nd in NL E

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
70 Losses
0.548 Win %
2nd Rank
685 R 567 RA
Diff +118

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685 Runs Scored
567 Runs Allowed
+118 Run Diff
1,299K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 NL Average

Batting Avg .256 3% above the 1972 league average (.248)
OBP .328 5% above the 1972 league average (.313)
SLG .332 6% above the 1972 league average (.313)
Team ERA 3.22 7% better than the 1972 league average (3.45)
Runs Scored 685 13% above the 1972 league average (605 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,299,163
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Avg per Game 16,872

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Billy Williams 0.333 2 Ron Santo 0.302 3 Jose Cardenal 0.291 4 Don Kessinger 0.274 5 Jim Hickman 0.272

Home Runs

1 Billy Williams 37 2 Jose Cardenal 17 3 Jim Hickman 17 4 Ron Santo 17 5 Rick Monday 11

RBI

1 Billy Williams 122 2 Ron Santo 74 3 Jose Cardenal 70 4 Jim Hickman 64 5 Glenn Beckert 43
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Don Kessinger 149 577 77 158 0 0 1 39 67 44 8 0.274
Billy Williams 150 574 95 191 0 0 37 122 62 59 3 0.333
Jose Cardenal 143 533 96 155 0 0 17 70 55 58 25 0.291
Glenn Beckert 120 474 51 128 0 0 3 43 23 17 2 0.270
Ron Santo 133 464 68 140 0 0 17 74 69 75 1 0.302
Rick Monday 138 434 68 108 0 0 11 42 78 102 12 0.249
Jim Hickman 115 368 65 100 0 0 17 64 52 64 3 0.272
Randy Hundley 114 357 23 78 0 0 5 30 22 62 1 0.218
Carmen Fanzone 86 222 26 50 0 0 8 42 35 45 2 0.225
Joe Pepitone 66 214 23 56 0 0 8 21 13 22 1 0.262
Paul Popovich 58 129 8 25 0 0 1 11 12 8 0 0.194
Bill North 66 127 22 23 0 0 0 4 13 33 6 0.181
Fergie Jenkins 36 109 8 20 0 0 1 8 5 34 0 0.183
Ken Rudolph 42 106 10 25 0 0 2 9 6 14 1 0.236
Burt Hooton 33 72 4 9 0 0 1 6 4 37 0 0.125
Milt Pappas 29 68 5 13 0 0 1 8 2 33 0 0.191
Bill Hands 32 57 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 30 0 0.018
J. C. Martin 25 50 3 12 0 0 0 7 5 9 1 0.240
Gene Hiser 32 46 2 9 0 0 0 4 6 8 1 0.196
Rick Reuschel 21 44 3 6 0 0 0 3 2 15 0 0.136
Elrod Hendricks 17 43 7 5 0 0 2 6 13 8 0 0.116
Pat Bourque 11 27 3 7 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 0.259
Tommy Davis 15 26 3 7 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 0.269
Juan Pizarro 16 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.143
Art Shamsky 15 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.125
Tom Phoebus 38 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.133
Bill Bonham 19 14 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.286
Dave Rosello 5 12 2 3 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 0.250
Al Montreuil 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.091
Dan McGinn 43 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Jim Tyrone 13 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.000
Jack Aker 48 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Pete LaCock 5 6 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0.500
Frank Fernandez 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Joe Decker 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Coggins 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Larry Gura 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Steve Hamilton 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chris Ward 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clint Compton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Regan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Milt Pappas 2.77 2 Burt Hooton 2.80 3 Rick Reuschel 2.93 4 Jack Aker 2.96 5 Bill Hands 3.00

Wins

1 Fergie Jenkins 20 2 Milt Pappas 17 3 Bill Hands 11 4 Burt Hooton 11 5 Rick Reuschel 10

Strikeouts

1 Fergie Jenkins 184 2 Burt Hooton 132 3 Bill Hands 96 4 Rick Reuschel 87 5 Milt Pappas 80
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Fergie Jenkins 20 12 3.20 36 36 0 289.1 62 184
Burt Hooton 11 14 2.80 33 31 0 218.1 81 132
Milt Pappas 17 7 2.77 29 28 0 195.0 29 80
Bill Hands 11 8 3.00 32 28 0 189.0 47 96
Rick Reuschel 10 8 2.93 21 18 0 129.0 29 87
Tom Phoebus 3 3 3.78 37 1 6 83.1 45 59
Jack Aker 6 6 2.96 48 0 17 67.0 23 36
Dan McGinn 0 5 5.89 42 2 4 62.2 29 42
Juan Pizarro 4 5 3.94 16 7 1 59.1 32 24
Bill Bonham 1 1 3.12 19 4 4 57.2 25 49
Steve Hamilton 1 0 4.76 22 0 0 17.0 8 13
Joe Decker 1 0 2.13 5 1 0 12.2 4 7
Larry Gura 0 0 3.65 7 0 0 12.1 3 13
Phil Regan 0 1 2.25 5 0 0 4.0 2 2
Clint Compton 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 0

👥 Roster (41)

Jack Aker Glenn Beckert Bill Bonham Pat Bourque Jose Cardenal Frank Coggins Clint Compton Tommy Davis Joe Decker Carmen Fanzone Frank Fernandez Larry Gura +29 more

41 players

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