1972 NLCS
Cincinnati Reds over Pittsburgh Pirates (3-2)

1971 NLCS 1973 NLCS

Dates: October 7 - 11, 1972

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Series Scores

Game 1, October 7
Cincinnati Reds	1	Final
Pittsburgh Pirates	5

W	Steve Blass (1-0)
L	Don Gullett (0-1)
S	Ramón Hernández (1)

Game 2, October 8
Cincinnati Reds	5	Final
Pittsburgh Pirates	3

W	Tom Hall (1-0)
L	Bob Moose (0-1)

Game 3, October 9
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Final
Cincinnati Reds	2

W	Bruce Kison (1-0)
L	Clay Carroll (0-1)
S	Dave Giusti (1)

Game 4, October 10
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Final
Cincinnati Reds	7

W	Ross Grimsley (1-0)
L	Dock Ellis (0-1)

Game 5, October 11
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Final
Cincinnati Reds	4

W	Clay Carroll (1-1)
L	Dave Giusti (0-1)

Series Batting Stats

Cincinnati Reds Batting

Cincinnati Reds Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Johnny Bench	5	18	3	6	1	1	1	2	1	3	.333	.350	.667	1.017	2	0	1	0.47	22.65%	147	538	87	145	40	125	6	.270	.920
Jack Billingham	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0.01	0.22%	36	71	2	5	0	2	0	.070	.180
Pedro Borbón	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	62	21	0	1	0	1	0	.048	.178
Clay Carroll	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	65	11	2	2	0	1	0	.182	.364
Darrel Chaney#	5	16	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.188	.235	.188	.423	1	0	3	-0.21	-9.01%	83	196	29	49	2	19	1	.250	.682
Dave Concepción	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.02	-0.44%	119	378	40	79	2	29	13	.209	.541
George Foster	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0		0.38	17.45%	59	145	15	29	2	12	2	.200	.513
César Gerónimo*	5	20	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	.100	.100	.250	.350	0	0	0	-0.12	0.53%	120	255	32	70	4	29	2	.275	.756
Ross Grimsley*	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	0	0	0	0.03	0.67%	30	66	5	8	0	1	0	.121	.256
Don Gullett	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0.00	-0.71%	31	38	7	8	0	3	0	.211	.487
Joe Hague*	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0		0.05	4.00%	*96	214	25	52	7	31	1	.243	.766
Tom Hall*	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.01	-0.23%	47	30	5	3	0	0	0	.100	.256
Jim McGlothlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	31	46	6	8	1	1	0	.174	.516
Hal McRae	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0		0.00	0.00%	61	97	9	27	5	26	0	.278	.769
Denis Menke	5	16	1	4	1	0	0	0	4	3	.250	.400	.313	.713	0	0	0	-0.21	-3.60%	140	447	41	104	9	50	0	.233	.667
Joe Morgan*	5	19	5	5	0	0	2	3	1	2	.263	.300	.579	.879	1	0	0	0.03	-5.22%	149	552	122	161	16	73	58	.292	.851
Gary Nolan	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.05	-1.16%	25	60	5	7	0	2	0	.117	.305
Tony Pérez	5	20	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	7	.200	.200	.250	.450	0	0	0	0.00	-0.13%	136	515	64	146	21	90	4	.283	.846
Pete Rose#	5	20	1	9	4	0	0	2	1	2	.450	.476	.650	1.126	0	0	0	0.26	8.41%	154	645	107	198	6	57	10	.307	.799
Bobby Tolan*	5	21	3	5	1	1	0	4	0	4	.238	.238	.381	.619	0	1	0	-0.17	-9.60%	149	604	88	171	8	82	42	.283	.720
Ted Uhlaender*	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0		-0.01	-0.93%	73	113	9	18	0	6	0	.159	.432
Totals	63	166	19	42	9	2	4	16	10	28	.253	.294	.404	.697	4	1		0.44	22.90%	154	5241	707	1317	124		140	.251	.710

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Gene Alley	5	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	0	2	-0.31	-9.70%	119	347	30	86	3	36	4	.248	.641
Steve Blass	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.11	-5.31%	35	82	8	15	0	3	0	.183	.410
Nelson Briles	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.04	-0.84%	28	70	6	11	0	4	0	.157	.350
Dave Cash	5	19	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	.211	.211	.211	.421	0	0	1	-0.15	-0.46%	99	425	58	120	3	30	9	.282	.690
Roberto Clemente	5	17	1	4	1	0	1	2	3	5	.235	.350	.471	.821	0	0	0	-0.02	0.18%	102	378	68	118	10	60	0	.312	.835
Gene Clines	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.06	-1.29%	107	311	52	104	0	17	12	.334	.790
Vic Davalillo*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0		0.01	0.34%	117	368	60	117	4	28	14	.318	.780
Dock Ellis#	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0.01	0.36%	36	59	6	9	0	1	0	.153	.319
Dave Giusti	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.01	-0.33%	54	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Richie Hebner*	5	16	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	.188	.278	.250	.528	0	0	0	0.15	9.34%	124	427	63	128	19	72	0	.300	.886
Ramón Hernández#	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	53	12	1	2	0	0	0	.167	.417
Bob Johnson*	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.01	-0.22%	31	35	2	5	0	2	0	.143	.338
Bruce Kison	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	32	53	3	10	0	9	0	.189	.506
Milt May*	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0.06	1.21%	57	139	12	39	0	14	0	.281	.677
Bill Mazeroski	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0		0.05	1.08%	34	64	3	12	0	3	0	.188	.467
Bob Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Bob Moose	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	32	71	7	12	0	6	1	.169	.447
Al Oliver*	5	20	3	5	2	1	1	3	0	4	.250	.250	.600	.850	0	0	0	0.21	2.68%	140	565	88	176	12	89	2	.312	.789
Bob Robertson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0.05	1.16%	115	306	25	59	12	41	1	.193	.637
Manny Sanguillén	5	16	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	.313	.313	.563	.875	0	0	1	0.29	7.76%	136	520	55	155	7	71	1	.298	.726
Willie Stargell*	5	16	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	.063	.167	.125	.292	0	0	0	-0.31	-9.72%	138	495	74	145	33	112	1	.293	.930
Rennie Stennett	5	21	2	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	.286	.318	.286	.604	0	1	0	0.12	2.32%	109	370	43	106	3	30	4	.286	.683
Luke Walker*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	.083	.203
Totals	70	158	15	30	6	1	3	14	9	27	.190	.243	.297	.540	0	1		-0.06	-1.44%	155	5490	691	1505	110		49	.274	.721

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

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Cincinnati Reds over Pittsburgh Pirates (3-2)