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1972 NL Batting Average Leaders

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Billy Williams led the NL in batting average with .333 in 1972, 8 points ahead of Ralph Garr (.325).

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Billy Williams Led the NL in 1972 Billy Williams Chicago Cubs
.333 Batting Average .008 clear of Ralph Garr
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Billy Williams Billy Williams CHN .333 150 574 191 .398
2 Ralph Garr Ralph Garr ATL .325 134 554 180 .359
3 Dusty Baker Dusty Baker ATL .321 127 446 143 .383
4 Cesar Cedeno Cesar Cedeno HOU .320 139 559 179 .385
5 Bob Watson Bob Watson HOU .312 147 548 171 .378
6 Al Oliver Al Oliver PIT .312 140 565 176 .352
7 Lou Brock Lou Brock SLN .311 153 621 193 .359
8 Pete Rose Pete Rose CIN .307 154 645 198 .382
9 Matty Alou Matty Alou SLN +1 .307 140 525 161 .350
10 Ted Simmons Ted Simmons SLN .303 152 594 180 .336
11 Ron Santo Ron Santo CHN .302 133 464 140 .391
12 Richie Hebner Richie Hebner PIT .300 124 427 128 .378
13 Manny Sanguillen Manny Sanguillen PIT .298 136 520 155 .322
14 Willie Stargell Willie Stargell PIT .293 138 495 145 .373
15 Joe Morgan Joe Morgan CIN .292 149 552 161 .417
16 Jose Cardenal Jose Cardenal CHN .291 143 533 155 .356
17 Willie Davis Willie Davis LAN .289 149 615 178 .317
18 Joe Torre Joe Torre SLN .289 149 544 157 .357
19 Lee May Lee May HOU .284 148 592 168 .343
20 Tony Perez Tony Perez CIN .283 136 515 146 .349
21 Bobby Tolan Bobby Tolan CIN .283 149 604 171 .334
22 Greg Luzinski Greg Luzinski PHI .281 150 563 158 .332
23 Wes Parker Wes Parker LAN .279 130 427 119 .367
24 Ron Fairly Ron Fairly MON .278 140 446 124 .348
25 Ken Singleton Ken Singleton MON .274 142 507 139 .363
26 Don Kessinger Don Kessinger CHN .274 149 577 158 .351
27 Jim Wynn Jim Wynn HOU .273 145 542 148 .389
28 Glenn Beckert Glenn Beckert CHN .270 120 474 128 .304
29 Johnny Bench Johnny Bench CIN .270 147 538 145 .379
30 Chris Speier Chris Speier SFN .269 150 562 151 .361
31 Garry Maddox Garry Maddox SFN .266 125 458 122 .293
32 Hank Aaron Hank Aaron ATL .265 129 449 119 .390
33 Ted Sizemore Ted Sizemore SLN .264 120 439 116 .324
34 Tito Fuentes Tito Fuentes SFN .264 152 572 151 .310
35 Dave Rader Dave Rader SFN .259 133 459 119 .306
36 Bobby Bonds Bobby Bonds SFN .259 153 626 162 .326
37 Tommy Helms Tommy Helms HOU .259 139 518 134 .291
38 Earl Williams Earl Williams ATL .258 151 565 146 .336
39 Ken Henderson Ken Henderson SFN .257 130 439 113 .317
40 Felix Millan Felix Millan ATL .257 125 498 128 .292
41 Darrell Evans Darrell Evans ATL .254 125 418 106 .384
42 Ron Hunt Ron Hunt MON .253 129 443 112 .363
43 Nate Colbert Nate Colbert SDN .250 151 563 141 .333
44 Larry Bowa Larry Bowa PHI .250 152 579 145 .291
45 Denny Doyle Denny Doyle PHI .249 123 442 110 .295
46 Rick Monday Rick Monday CHN .249 138 434 108 .362
47 Willie Montanez Willie Montanez PHI .247 147 531 131 .320
48 Tim Foli Tim Foli MON .241 149 540 130 .280
49 Doug Rader Doug Rader HOU .237 152 553 131 .309
50 Bob Bailey Bob Bailey MON .233 143 489 114 .315
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