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TB3

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MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

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STL7

SEA5

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WSH6

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SF6

KC1

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MIL13

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HOU4

TB14

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MIA6

CLE9

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ATL3

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Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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CLE7

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PHI3

WSH6

DET10

TOR1

BAL7

NYM5

ATL6

CHC3

NYY8

MIN1

SF10

STL3

BOS2

TEX4

KC2

HOU4

SD3

COL9

SEA1

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NL · 85–70 (.548) · Rank 2 · Attendance 1299163

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Don Kessinger	149	577	158	1	39	8	.274	.685
Billy Williams	150	574	191	37	122	3	.333	1.004
Jose Cardenal	143	533	155	17	70	25	.291	.810
Glenn Beckert	120	474	128	3	43	2	.270	.648
Ron Santo	133	464	140	17	74	1	.302	.878
Rick Monday	138	434	108	11	42	12	.249	.761
Jim Hickman	115	368	100	17	64	3	.272	.826
Randy Hundley	114	357	78	5	30	1	.218	.555
Carmen Fanzone	86	222	50	8	42	2	.225	.716
Joe Pepitone	66	214	56	8	21	1	.262	.706
Paul Popovich	58	129	25	1	11	0	.194	.532
Bill North	66	127	23	0	4	6	.181	.506
Fergie Jenkins	36	109	20	1	8	0	.183	.458
Ken Rudolph	42	106	25	2	9	1	.236	.604
Burt Hooton	33	72	9	1	6	0	.125	.352
Milt Pappas	29	68	13	1	8	0	.191	.486
Bill Hands	32	57	1	0	0	0	.018	.115
J. C. Martin	25	50	12	0	7	1	.240	.604
Gene Hiser	32	46	9	0	4	1	.196	.484
Rick Reuschel	21	44	6	0	3	0	.136	.333
Elrod Hendricks	17	43	5	2	6	0	.116	.600
Pat Bourque	11	27	7	0	5	0	.259	.606
Tommy Davis	15	26	7	0	6	0	.269	.629
Juan Pizarro	16	21	3	0	0	0	.143	.325
Art Shamsky	15	16	2	0	1	0	.125	.388
Tom Phoebus	38	15	2	0	0	0	.133	.266
Bill Bonham	19	14	4	0	1	0	.286	.661
Dave Rosello	5	12	3	1	3	0	.250	.900
Al Montreuil	5	11	1	0	0	0	.091	.258
Dan McGinn	43	8	2	0	1	0	.250	.750
Jim Tyrone	13	8	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Jack Aker	48	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143
Pete LaCock	5	6	3	0	4	1	.500	.929
Frank Fernandez	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Joe Decker	5	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Frank Coggins	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500
Larry Gura	7	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Steve Hamilton	22	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Chris Ward	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Clint Compton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Regan	5	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Fergie Jenkins	20	12	3.20	36	0	184	1.089
Burt Hooton	11	14	2.80	33	0	132	1.292
Milt Pappas	17	7	2.77	29	0	80	1.108
Bill Hands	11	8	3.00	32	0	96	1.138
Rick Reuschel	10	8	2.93	21	0	87	1.209
Tom Phoebus	3	3	3.78	37	6	59	1.452
Jack Aker	6	6	2.96	48	17	36	1.313
Dan McGinn	0	5	5.89	42	4	42	1.707
Juan Pizarro	4	5	3.94	16	1	24	1.652
Bill Bonham	1	1	3.12	19	4	49	1.405
Steve Hamilton	1	0	4.76	22	0	13	1.882
Joe Decker	1	0	2.13	5	0	7	1.026
Larry Gura	0	0	3.65	7	0	13	1.135
Phil Regan	0	1	2.25	5	0	2	2.000
Clint Compton	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	2.000

Schedule (156 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1972-04-15	vs PHI	L 2–4
1972-04-16	vs PHI	W 4–0
1972-04-18	@ PIT	W 6–4
1972-04-19	@ PIT	L 2–5
1972-04-20	@ PIT	L 5–7
1972-04-21	@ NYN	L 0–2
1972-04-23	@ NYN	L 2–8
1972-04-23	@ NYN	L 6–7
1972-04-24	@ HOU	L 2–3
1972-04-25	@ HOU	L 4–5
1972-04-26	@ HOU	L 4–5
1972-04-28	vs CIN	W 10–8
1972-04-29	vs CIN	L 2–3
1972-04-30	vs CIN	W 6–4
1972-05-02	vs ATL	W 12–1
1972-05-03	vs ATL	W 12–1
1972-05-04	vs ATL	W 8–0
1972-05-05	vs HOU	L 0–3
1972-05-06	vs HOU	W 6–4
1972-05-09	@ CIN	W 7–1
1972-05-10	@ CIN	W 4–2
1972-05-12	@ ATL	W 2–0
1972-05-14	@ ATL	L 1–2
1972-05-15	@ PHI	L 0–4
1972-05-16	@ PHI	W 8–1
1972-05-17	@ PHI	W 3–2
1972-05-18	@ SLN	W 6–4
1972-05-19	@ SLN	L 3–4
1972-05-20	@ SLN	L 2–3
1972-05-21	@ SLN	W 3–2
1972-05-23	vs NYN	W 2–1
1972-05-24	vs NYN	W 5–1
1972-05-25	vs NYN	L 2–3
1972-05-26	vs MON	W 5–3
1972-05-27	vs MON	W 5–3
1972-05-28	vs MON	L 5–7
1972-05-29	vs MON	W 5–2
1972-05-31	vs SLN	L 0–1
1972-06-01	vs SLN	W 7–3
1972-06-02	@ SDN	W 2–1
1972-06-03	@ SDN	W 8–3
1972-06-04	@ SDN	W 3–1
1972-06-06	@ LAN	L 0–5
1972-06-07	@ LAN	W 5–1
1972-06-08	@ LAN	L 1–2
1972-06-10	@ SFN	W 4–2
1972-06-11	@ SFN	W 4–0
1972-06-11	@ SFN	L 1–3
1972-06-13	vs SDN	L 3–4
1972-06-14	vs SDN	W 12–9
1972-06-15	vs SDN	W 10–1
1972-06-16	vs LAN	W 4–0
1972-06-17	vs LAN	W 7–2
1972-06-18	vs LAN	W 5–4
1972-06-19	vs SFN	W 7–6
1972-06-20	vs SFN	W 15–8
1972-06-21	vs SFN	L 0–4
1972-06-23	vs PIT	L 2–4
1972-06-24	vs PIT	L 1–3
1972-06-25	vs PIT	L 2–9
1972-06-26	vs PHI	W 11–1
1972-06-27	vs PHI	W 6–3
1972-06-27	vs PHI	L 4–7
1972-06-28	@ SLN	L 4–8
1972-06-29	@ SLN	L 2–4
1972-06-30	@ PIT	W 4–3
1972-07-01	@ PIT	L 3–4
1972-07-02	@ PIT	L 4–7
1972-07-03	@ PIT	L 2–3
1972-07-04	@ ATL	L 1–5
1972-07-04	@ ATL	T 3–3
1972-07-05	@ ATL	W 4–1
1972-07-05	@ ATL	L 2–3
1972-07-06	@ ATL	L 3–4
1972-07-07	@ CIN	W 2–1
1972-07-08	@ CIN	L 2–3
1972-07-09	@ CIN	W 5–0
1972-07-09	@ CIN	W 10–5
1972-07-11	vs HOU	L 5–6
1972-07-11	vs HOU	W 9–5
1972-07-12	vs HOU	L 6–10
1972-07-13	vs HOU	L 2–7
1972-07-14	vs ATL	W 9–8
1972-07-15	vs ATL	L 2–4
1972-07-16	vs ATL	W 5–3
1972-07-17	vs CIN	L 2–7
1972-07-18	vs CIN	W 2–1
1972-07-19	vs CIN	L 1–6
1972-07-21	@ HOU	W 11–3
1972-07-22	@ HOU	L 2–7
1972-07-23	@ HOU	L 5–6
1972-07-27	@ PHI	W 4–0
1972-07-27	@ PHI	L 2–3
1972-07-28	@ PHI	L 0–2
1972-07-29	vs SLN	W 3–2
1972-07-30	vs SLN	W 4–0
1972-07-30	vs SLN	W 5–4
1972-07-31	vs SLN	W 4–0
1972-08-01	@ MON	L 2–3
1972-08-02	@ MON	W 5–4
1972-08-03	@ MON	L 1–2
1972-08-03	@ MON	W 3–0
1972-08-04	@ NYN	L 1–6
1972-08-05	@ NYN	W 3–2
1972-08-06	@ NYN	L 2–12
1972-08-08	vs MON	W 6–5
1972-08-09	vs MON	L 2–8
1972-08-10	vs MON	W 8–0
1972-08-11	vs NYN	W 7–2
1972-08-12	vs NYN	L 1–2
1972-08-13	vs NYN	W 7–4
1972-08-15	@ SFN	L 5–7
1972-08-16	@ SFN	L 9–14
1972-08-17	@ SFN	W 2–1
1972-08-18	@ LAN	W 5–0
1972-08-19	@ LAN	L 2–4
1972-08-20	@ LAN	W 5–3
1972-08-21	@ SDN	L 5–6
1972-08-22	@ SDN	W 4–3
1972-08-23	@ SDN	W 7–5
1972-08-25	vs SFN	L 2–11
1972-08-26	vs SFN	W 10–9
1972-08-27	vs SFN	W 9–3
1972-08-29	vs LAN	W 2–1
1972-08-30	vs LAN	W 9–8
1972-08-31	vs LAN	L 3–5
1972-09-01	vs SDN	W 14–3
1972-09-02	vs SDN	W 8–0
1972-09-03	vs SDN	L 0–3
1972-09-04	@ NYN	W 2–0
1972-09-04	@ NYN	L 2–7
1972-09-05	@ NYN	W 3–0
1972-09-06	@ PIT	L 0–4
1972-09-07	@ PIT	W 4–2
1972-09-08	@ PHI	W 4–3
1972-09-09	@ PHI	W 7–4
1972-09-10	@ PHI	W 5–3
1972-09-12	vs PIT	L 0–7
1972-09-13	vs PIT	L 4–6
1972-09-14	vs PIT	L 2–5
1972-09-15	vs NYN	W 9–3
1972-09-16	vs NYN	W 18–5
1972-09-17	vs NYN	W 6–4
1972-09-19	vs MON	L 2–7
1972-09-20	vs MON	W 6–2
1972-09-23	@ SLN	W 2–0
1972-09-23	@ SLN	W 15–1
1972-09-24	@ SLN	L 1–2
1972-09-26	@ MON	W 6–0
1972-09-27	@ MON	W 8–0
1972-09-29	vs SLN	L 1–4
1972-09-30	vs SLN	L 1–2
1972-10-01	vs SLN	W 3–0
1972-10-02	vs PHI	W 4–3
1972-10-03	vs PHI	L 1–11
1972-10-04	vs PHI	L 1–2