who hit most home runs as a rookie in 1972

Dave Kingman launched the most homers by a rookie in 1972, with 29 home runs.

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	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	29	1972	SFG	135	472	65	106	17	4	83	51	4	140	16	6	531	218	50	0	4	2	9	.225	.303	.462	.765	68	16.4	.347	116	9.2
2	Bobby Darwin B. Darwin	22	1972	MIN	145	513	48	137	20	2	80	38	8	145	2	3	562	227	44	1	2	4	24	.267	.326	.442	.769	73	18.2	.349	128	15.9
3	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	22	1972	BOS	131	457	74	134	28	9	61	52	4	83	5	2	514	246	59	1	0	6	11	.293	.370	.538	.909	88	37.6	.407	165	33.4
4	Greg Luzinski G. Luzinski	18	1972	PHI	150	563	66	158	33	5	68	42	3	114	0	4	611	255	56	0	3	4	14	.281	.332	.453	.785	82	22.2	.355	120	13.3
5	Dusty Baker D. Baker	17	1972	ATL	127	446	62	143	27	2	76	45	4	68	4	7	503	225	46	2	6	2	9	.321	.383	.504	.888	84	34.3	.400	145	25
6	John Milner J. Milner	17	1972	NYM	117	362	52	86	12	2	38	51	5	74	2	1	423	153	31	5	0	1	8	.238	.340	.423	.762	56	14.5	.352	123	10.4
7	Eric Soderholm E. Soderholm	13	1972	MIN	93	287	28	54	10	0	39	19	3	48	3	3	313	103	23	3	1	2	6	.188	.245	.359	.604	25	-5.9	.277	77	-7.3
8	Bobby Grich B. Grich	12	1972	BAL	133	460	66	128	21	3	50	53	7	96	13	6	528	191	36	3	5	3	8	.278	.358	.415	.773	70	18.5	.353	135	18.4
9	Garry Maddox G. Maddox	12	1972	SFG	125	458	62	122	26	7	58	14	4	97	13	6	482	198	45	4	2	3	5	.266	.293	.432	.725	55	7.7	.326	102	1.2
10	Leroy Stanton L. Stanton	12	1972	CAL	127	402	44	101	15	3	39	22	4	100	2	3	432	158	30	2	2	4	16	.251	.295	.393	.688	45	2.5	.312	109	4
11	Don Baylor D. Baylor	11	1972	BAL	102	320	33	81	13	3	38	29	9	50	24	2	363	133	27	2	3	0	9	.253	.330	.416	.745	45	9.9	.342	127	9.8
12	Buddy Bell B. Bell	9	1972	CLE	132	466	49	119	21	1	36	34	3	29	5	6	505	169	31	1	1	8	5	.255	.310	.363	.672	50	0.2	.304	93	-3.4
13	Carmen Fanzone C. Fanzone	8	1972	CHC	86	222	26	50	11	0	42	35	3	45	2	3	264	85	19	0	4	6	7	.225	.333	.383	.716	30	3.8	.324	94	-1.6
14	Ben Oglivie B. Oglivie	8	1972	BOS	94	253	27	61	10	2	30	18	1	61	1	1	273	99	20	0	1	2	4	.241	.293	.391	.684	28	1.4	.311	97	-0.8
15	Ed Goodson E. Goodson	6	1972	SFG	58	150	15	42	1	1	30	8	1	12	0	0	161	63	8	1	1	2	6	.280	.319	.420	.739	19	3.4	.333	107	1.2
16	Dave Rader D. Rader	6	1972	SFG	133	459	44	119	14	1	41	29	3	31	1	2	494	153	21	1	2	4	12	.259	.306	.333	.640	45	-3.9	.293	81	-10.5
17	Jim Breazeale J. Breazeale	5	1972	ATL	52	85	10	21	2	0	17	6	0	12	0	1	91	38	7	0	0	1	2	.247	.297	.447	.744	11	2.1	.337	105	0.5
18	Jack Brohamer J. Brohamer	5	1972	CLE	136	527	49	123	13	2	35	27	1	46	3	2	567	155	20	9	3	0	8	.233	.271	.294	.565	38	-17.1	.261	63	-21.1
19	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	5	1972	SDP	100	418	38	102	17	0	33	18	0	64	7	2	443	134	22	6	1	1	5	.244	.275	.321	.595	34	-9.7	.273	74	-12.6
20	Derrel Thomas D. Thomas	5	1972	SDP	130	500	48	115	15	5	36	41	2	73	9	9	550	155	25	6	1	1	6	.230	.290	.310	.600	44	-9.7	.279	78	-13.3
21	George Hendrick G. Hendrick	4	1972	OAK	58	121	10	22	1	1	15	3	1	22	3	2	129	37	6	2	2	0	3	.182	.205	.306	.511	6	-6.5	.233	53	-6.1
22	Tom Hutton T. Hutton	4	1972	PHI	134	381	40	99	16	2	38	56	0	24	5	8	443	131	22	5	1	4	9	.260	.354	.344	.698	50	6.2	.323	99	-0.3
23	Gary Matthews G. Matthews	4	1972	SFG	20	62	11	18	1	1	14	7	0	13	0	1	71	33	6	1	1	2	1	.290	.357	.532	.889	11	4.4	.391	144	3.4
24	Jerry Morales J. Morales	4	1972	SDP	115	347	38	83	15	7	18	35	0	54	4	6	393	124	26	9	2	3	5	.239	.307	.357	.665	38	-0.2	.303	93	-2.8
25	Johnny Oates J. Oates	4	1972	BAL	85	253	20	66	12	1	21	28	0	31	5	7	288	92	17	5	2	8	5	.261	.332	.364	.696	30	1.5	.311	105	1.4

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