Friday April 17, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 17, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
San Francisco    420   70   124   24    3   12    66    5    0   67    73  .295
Atlanta          352   61   103   18    4   11    57    3    4   32    43  .293
St. Louis        279   47    80   13    3    7    46    5    3   35    42  .287
Cincinnati       438   62   117   17    5   18    58    6    7   37    78  .267
Chicago          261   29    67   10    3    5    27    3    1   23    41  .257
Houston          373   54    91   16    5   16    48   13    2   37    52  .244
Philadelphia     291   20    69   16    3    4    19    0    4   28    55  .237
New York         270   33    64   14    4    1    31    6    3   39    50  .237
San Diego        371   36    87   16    1    9    31    3    2   20    75  .235
Montreal         264   21    55    9    2    2    21    4    1   35    50  .208
Pittsburgh       269   27    55   10    3    5    24    4    2   22    55  .205
Los Angeles      311   19    60    4    0    4    18    5    5   22    35  .193

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Henderson (SF)       12   46   13   22   5   0   1   13   1   0   10    3  .478
Dick Dietz (SF)          10   39    6   17   5   0   4   12   0   0    5    9  .436
Al Gallagher (SF)        12   49   10   21   5   1   0    6   0   0    5    4  .429
Tony Perez (CIN)         13   46   10   19   1   0   5   12   0   1    9    7  .413
Jose Cardenal (STL)       8   34    8   14   1   1   1    8   4   0    4    2  .412
Orlando Cepeda (ATL)     10   39    9   16   5   0   3    7   0   1    4    5  .410
Roberto Clemente (PIT)    7   27    0   11   0   1   0    7   1   0    4    5  .407
Rico Carty (ATL)         10   37   10   15   3   0   2   10   0   0    6    4  .405
Bernie Carbo (CIN)       11   34    3   13   2   1   2    6   1   1    5    6  .382
Rusty Staub (MON)         8   29    4   11   1   1   1    8   1   0    7    3  .379

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Hal King               1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Orlando Cepeda        10   39    9   16   5   0   3    7   0   1    4    5  .410
Rico Carty            10   37   10   15   3   0   2   10   0   0    6    4  .405
Hank Aaron             9   35   11   13   2   0   4   14   1   0    6    3  .371
Felix Millan          10   40    7   14   1   1   0    1   1   2    2    2  .350
Sonny Jackson         10   40    9   12   2   1   0    2   0   0    5    3  .300
Tony Gonzalez         10   41    5   12   3   2   0    9   0   1    1    4  .293
Bob Tillman            6   25    3    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    5  .240
Bob Didier             4   14    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .214
Clete Boyer           10   34    3    6   1   0   1    7   1   0    4    5  .177
Mike Lum               8    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .111
Bob Aspromonte         1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ralph Garr             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tommie Aaron           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Paul Popovich          2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Willie Smith           2    2    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Jim Hickman            8   24    1    9   3   0   1    3   0   0    4    5  .375
Ernie Banks            8   27    3    9   2   0   0    4   0   0    5    2  .333
Randy Hundley          4   15    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .333
Cleo James             5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Glenn Beckert          8   30    6    9   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .300
Don Kessinger          8   31    4    9   1   1   0    0   1   1    4    2  .290
Billy Williams         8   33    6    9   1   0   2    7   1   0    1    5  .273
Ron Santo              8   30    3    7   1   1   0    1   0   0    4    7  .233
Johnny Callison        8   30    4    5   1   1   2    9   0   0    1    3  .167
J. C. Martin           4   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .091
Ken Rudolph            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Boots Day              3    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jimmie Hall            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Angel Bravo            5    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Tony Perez            13   46   10   19   1   0   5   12   0   1    9    7  .413
Lee May                7   26    4   10   2   0   3    8   0   0    1    5  .385
Bernie Carbo          11   34    3   13   2   1   2    6   1   1    5    6  .382
Darrel Chaney          5    8    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .375
Pete Rose             13   44   11   14   2   1   1    3   2   1   11    8  .318
Woody Woodward         2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Hal McRae              8   17    2    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .235
Johnny Bench          13   54    5   12   1   1   3    8   0   2    0    9  .222
Tommy Helms           13   55    6   12   2   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .218
Bobby Tolan           13   55    9   12   3   1   3   12   2   1    3   11  .218
Dave Concepcion       12   39    4    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .205
Jimmy Stewart          9    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .111
Pat Corrales           3   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .091

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Denis Menke           11   42    8   14   5   0   1    7   0   0    3    4  .333
Jim Beauchamp          6    6    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Norm Miller            8   25    5    8   2   0   1    6   0   0    4    3  .320
Tommy Davis           11   41    5   13   2   1   1    5   3   0    0    5  .317
Jim Wynn              11   43    8   12   2   0   4    8   5   0    6    7  .279
Joe Pepitone           9   33    7    9   3   1   3    4   1   0    3    1  .273
Doug Rader            11   39    6   10   0   1   3    8   0   0    4    6  .256
Joe Morgan            11   43    6   11   1   2   0    2   4   2    7    4  .256
John Mayberry          7   18    5    3   0   0   2    4   0   0    4    5  .167
Jesus Alou             3    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Johnny Edwards        11   37    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .081
Bob Watson             3    8    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .000
Keith Lampard          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Marty Martinez         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Leon McFadden          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Sizemore           6   16    1    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .375
Manny Mota             4   10    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .300
Bill Sudakis           5   11    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .273
Tom Haller             5   15    1    4   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .267
Billy Grabarkewitz     7   13    1    3   0   0   1    3   1   0    4    4  .231
Maury Wills           10   33    4    7   0   0   0    1   0   2    7    1  .212
Jeff Torborg           3   10    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Willie Crawford        9   26    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    9  .192
Wes Parker            10   37    2    7   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    3  .189
Jim Lefebvre           6   17    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .177
Andy Kosco             6   18    2    3   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    2  .167
Willie Davis          10   37    2    6   0   0   0    2   2   2    0    2  .162
Bill Buckner           6   24    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .125
Steve Garvey           7   21    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    4  .048
Len Gabrielson         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rusty Staub            8   29    4   11   1   1   1    8   1   0    7    3  .379
Bobby Wine             8   28    2    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .286
Ron Fairly             8   33    3    9   2   0   1    5   1   0    3    5  .273
Gary Sutherland        5    8    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Marv Staehle           7   27    5    6   2   1   0    3   0   0    5    1  .222
Jim Fairey             1    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Coco Laboy             8   28    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .179
Adolfo Phillips        8   23    0    4   0   0   0    0   1   0    3    9  .174
Jack Hiatt             3    6    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .167
Bob Bailey             6    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    1  .111
John Boccabella        7   19    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .105
Mack Jones             7   29    2    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    9  .103
Ron Brand              3    6    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Jose Herrera           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Angel Hermoso          2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Cleon Jones            8   30    7   11   3   1   0    7   1   0    5    7  .367
Art Shamsky            6   20    3    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .350
Donn Clendenon         6   15    2    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    4  .333
Ken Boswell            5   12    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .333
Bud Harrelson          8   29    5    8   1   1   1    2   1   0    6    4  .276
Al Weis                4    8    3    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .250
Jerry Grote            8   28    1    6   3   1   0    3   0   0    1    2  .214
Ron Swoboda            8   28    2    6   1   1   0    3   0   0    8    8  .214
Mike Jorgensen         7    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Tommie Agee            8   35    5    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    4    6  .171
Joe Foy                8   32    1    5   1   0   0    3   2   2    4    5  .156
Wayne Garrett          3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Ed Kranepool           4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Dave Marshall          3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Joseph            5    4    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Don Money              7   24    3    9   2   1   0    3   0   0    2    3  .375
Tim McCarver           9   33    3   12   4   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .364
Larry Hisle            9   29    1    9   3   0   0    2   0   0    6   11  .310
Denny Doyle            9   39    2   11   2   2   0    2   0   1    1    8  .282
Ron Stone              4   11    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .273
Byron Browne           7    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Deron Johnson          9   32    5    6   2   0   3    7   0   0    5    8  .188
Tony Taylor            8   23    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    6  .174
Larry Bowa             9   35    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   2    4    5  .171
Johnny Briggs          9   31    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    8  .129
Sam Parrilla           4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Terry Harmon           3    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Hutto              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Compton           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Robertson          4   11    1    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .546
Roberto Clemente       7   27    0   11   0   1   0    7   1   0    4    5  .407
Richie Hebner          5   15    2    6   4   0   0    2   0   1    1    2  .400
Al Oliver              8   30    3    8   1   1   1    1   0   1    0    2  .267
Matty Alou             8   34   10    8   1   1   0    2   2   0    2    1  .235
Jose Pagan             6   17    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .177
Jerry May              8   21    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .143
Gene Alley             8   30    1    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1   11  .133
Bill Mazeroski         8   30    2    4   1   0   1    3   1   0    3    5  .133
Willie Stargell        8   27    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    9  .037
Johnny Jeter           4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jose Martinez          4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Freddie Patek          4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Dave Ricketts          3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Spiezio             6   15    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .400
Ivan Murrell           5    5    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .400
Cito Gaston           11   43    5   15   5   0   1    4   1   1    3   10  .349
Tommy Dean             8   28    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    6  .286
Dave Campbell         11   40    6   11   3   0   0    1   2   0    1    5  .275
Chris Cannizzaro      10   32    1    8   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    4  .250
Al Ferrara            11   24    1    6   4   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .250
Ramon Webster          7    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Nate Colbert          11   38    9    9   0   1   5   12   0   0    5   10  .237
Ollie Brown           11   44    1    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    7  .205
Jose Arcia             7   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Van Kelly              9   32    3    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    9  .156
Jerry Morales         10   23    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .130
Bob Barton             2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ron Slocum             4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Henderson         12   46   13   22   5   0   1   13   1   0   10    3  .478
Dick Dietz            10   39    6   17   5   0   4   12   0   0    5    9  .436
Al Gallagher          12   49   10   21   5   1   0    6   0   0    5    4  .429
Ron Hunt               8   22    5    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .364
Willie Mays            9   30    4    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    5    2  .300
Bobby Bonds           12   44   12   13   1   1   1    6   4   0   12   12  .296
Bob Heise              9   23    1    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .261
Bob Burda              7    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .250
Willie McCovey        12   41    9    9   1   0   4   11   0   0   14   12  .220
Tito Fuentes           9   32    4    7   2   1   1    3   0   0    4    3  .219
Bob Taylor             7   10    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .200
Hal Lanier             6   17    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .177
Steve Whitaker         7   17    1    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    9  .177
Russ Gibson            2    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .111
Don Mason              5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Jim Davenport          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Campbell           3    3    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .667
Cookie Rojas           3    3    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .667
Jose Cardenal          8   34    8   14   1   1   1    8   4   0    4    2  .412
Dick Allen             8   35    8   11   3   0   4    9   0   0    2    8  .314
Joe Torre              8   32    5   10   2   0   1    8   0   1    4    3  .313
Joe Hague              8   26    2    8   0   1   1    5   0   0    6    5  .308
Julian Javier          8   32    4    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .250
Leron Lee              8   32    5    8   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    6  .250
Vic Davalillo          4    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Lou Brock              8   33    7    7   4   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .212
Dal Maxvill            8   20    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    7    7  .100
Phil Gagliano          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Carl Taylor            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Milt Ramirez           2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Helms (CIN)           55
  B. Tolan (CIN)           55
  J. Bench (CIN)           54
  A. Gallagher (SF)        49
  K. Henderson (SF)        46
  T. Perez (CIN)           46
  B. Bonds (SF)            44
  O. Brown (SD)            44
  P. Rose (CIN)            44
  C. Gaston (SD)           43

Runs Scored:

  K. Henderson (SF)        13
  B. Bonds (SF)            12
  H. Aaron (ATL)           11
  P. Rose (CIN)            11
  M. Alou (PIT)            10
  R. Carty (ATL)           10
  A. Gallagher (SF)        10
  T. Perez (CIN)           10
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           9
  N. Colbert (SD)           9

Hits:

  K. Henderson (SF)        22
  A. Gallagher (SF)        21
  T. Perez (CIN)           19
  D. Dietz (SF)            17
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          16
  R. Carty (ATL)           15
  C. Gaston (SD)           15
  J. Cardenal (STL)        14
  D. Menke (HOU)           14
  F. Millan (ATL)          14

Doubles:

  O. Cepeda (ATL)           5
  D. Dietz (SF)             5
  A. Gallagher (SF)         5
  C. Gaston (SD)            5
  K. Henderson (SF)         5
  D. Menke (HOU)            5
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  A. Ferrara (SD)           4
  R. Hebner (PIT)           4
  T. McCarver (PHI)         4

Triples:

  D. Doyle (PHI)            2
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)         2
  J. Morgan (HOU)           2
  M. Alou (PIT)             1
  J. Bench (CIN)            1
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  J. Callison (CHI)         1
  B. Carbo (CIN)            1
  J. Cardenal (STL)         1
  R. Clemente (PIT)         1

Home Runs:

  N. Colbert (SD)           5
  T. Perez (CIN)            5
  H. Aaron (ATL)            4
  D. Allen (STL)            4
  D. Dietz (SF)             4
  W. McCovey (SF)           4
  J. Wynn (HOU)             4
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           3
  D. Johnson (PHI)          3

RBI:

  H. Aaron (ATL)           14
  K. Henderson (SF)        13
  N. Colbert (SD)          12
  D. Dietz (SF)            12
  T. Perez (CIN)           12
  B. Tolan (CIN)           12
  W. McCovey (SF)          11
  R. Carty (ATL)           10
  D. Allen (STL)            9
  J. Callison (CHI)         9

Stolen Bases:

  J. Wynn (HOU)             5
  B. Bonds (SF)             4
  J. Cardenal (STL)         4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           4
  T. Davis (HOU)            3
  M. Alou (PIT)             2
  D. Campbell (SD)          2
  W. Davis (LA)             2
  J. Foy (NY)               2
  P. Rose (CIN)             2

Caught Stealing:

  J. Bench (CIN)            2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  W. Davis (LA)             2
  J. Foy (NY)               2
  F. Millan (ATL)           2
  J. Morgan (HOU)           2
  M. Wills (LA)             2
  T. Agee (NY)              1
  B. Bailey (MON)           1
  B. Buckner (LA)           1

Walks:

  W. McCovey (SF)          14
  B. Bonds (SF)            12
  P. Rose (CIN)            11
  K. Henderson (SF)        10
  T. Perez (CIN)            9
  R. Swoboda (NY)           8
  D. Maxvill (STL)          7
  J. Morgan (HOU)           7
  R. Staub (MON)            7
  M. Wills (LA)             7

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SF)            12
  W. McCovey (SF)          12
  G. Alley (PIT)           11
  L. Hisle (PHI)           11
  B. Tolan (CIN)           11
  N. Colbert (SD)          10
  C. Gaston (SD)           10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  W. Crawford (LA)          9
  D. Dietz (SF)             9

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