Wednesday April 29, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 29, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          706  113   204   35    5   24   105    6    5   68    89  .289
St. Louis        553   79   151   25    5   14    74    9    3   53    73  .273
San Francisco    716  125   194   36    3   25   117   11    1  124   140  .271
Cincinnati       744  110   194   35    7   33   104   12    8   75   132  .261
Chicago          554   86   143   18    8   18    82    7    1   67    96  .258
Houston          704   89   176   34   10   22    82   17    9   68   111  .250
New York         614   71   141   28    6   10    64   19    7   74   116  .230
Los Angeles      638   57   144   21    5    7    51   19    7   58    94  .226
Philadelphia     623   48   137   22    6   10    46    5    6   61   112  .220
San Diego        682   67   146   24    3   17    59    8    9   60   157  .214
Pittsburgh       616   73   130   26    9   11    66    9    2   51   122  .211
Montreal         554   49   116   20    7    4    46   11    4   82   113  .209

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Perez (CIN)         22   77   21   35   2   0  10   26   0   1   17   14  .455
Rico Carty (ATL)         20   73   20   30   7   0   5   18   0   1   13    7  .411
Ron Hunt (SF)            17   55   12   22   3   0   2   11   1   1    8    3  .400
Orlando Cepeda (ATL)     19   73   15   29   9   0   5   15   0   1    7    9  .397
Dick Dietz (SF)          17   63    9   25   5   0   6   21   0   0    8   16  .397
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   17   64    6   25   5   3   1   15   1   0    6   10  .391
Ken Henderson (SF)       21   76   22   29   6   0   2   16   1   0   20    8  .382
Jose Cardenal (STL)      16   68   15   24   5   2   1   11   6   0    5    3  .353
Bobby Bonds (SF)         21   80   24   28   5   1   4   10   7   0   18   24  .350
Glenn Beckert (CHI)      17   65   16   22   0   2   1    6   1   0    7    2  .339

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tommie Aaron           5    7    1    4   2   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .571
Rico Carty            20   73   20   30   7   0   5   18   0   1   13    7  .411
Hal King               7   15    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    4  .400
Orlando Cepeda        19   73   15   29   9   0   5   15   0   1    7    9  .397
Hank Aaron            19   77   19   26   2   0   7   20   1   0    9    8  .338
Tony Gonzalez         20   84   16   27   5   2   1   15   0   1    4    7  .321
Sonny Jackson         16   64   12   20   5   1   0    6   2   0   11    8  .313
Felix Millan          20   84   11   26   1   1   1    4   2   2    3    3  .310
Bob Tillman           10   36    4    9   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    8  .250
Bob Didier             9   25    1    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    1  .200
Clete Boyer           18   67    5   11   2   0   2   11   1   0    6   14  .164
Bob Aspromonte         7   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .154
Mike Lum              15   14    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .143
Gil Garrido            4   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Ralph Garr             9    6    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Smith           5    8    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .375
Glenn Beckert         17   65   16   22   0   2   1    6   1   0    7    2  .339
Boots Day              7    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Johnny Callison       17   64    8   21   3   1   4   16   3   0    6    6  .328
Jim Hickman           16   46    5   14   3   1   2    4   0   0   13   12  .304
Billy Williams        17   69   16   20   1   0   7   25   1   0    4    8  .290
Don Kessinger         17   63   17   18   3   2   1    4   2   1   13    8  .286
Cleo James             7    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Paul Popovich          4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ernie Banks           16   57    5   14   3   0   1   10   0   0    6   10  .246
Randy Hundley          6   21    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .238
Ron Santo             17   62    9   14   3   2   1    9   0   0   10   14  .226
J. C. Martin          12   34    4    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .147
Jimmie Hall            4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Ken Rudolph            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Angel Bravo            8    2    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0 1.000
Tony Perez            22   77   21   35   2   0  10   26   0   1   17   14  .455
Darrel Chaney          7    9    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .333
Bernie Carbo          17   51    7   16   2   1   4    9   3   1   14    9  .314
Hal McRae             13   28    4    8   1   1   2    3   0   0    1    1  .286
Lee May               16   60    6   16   5   0   4   14   0   0    5   10  .267
Bobby Tolan           22   91   18   24   8   1   5   19   5   2    7   16  .264
Pete Rose             22   85   16   21   4   1   2    5   2   1   12   10  .247
Dave Concepcion       20   65    5   16   4   0   1    4   1   0    5    9  .246
Johnny Bench          22   90    9   22   4   2   5   16   0   2    2   17  .244
Tommy Helms           22   94   15   20   4   0   0    5   0   1    3    4  .213
Woody Woodward         4    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Pat Corrales           4   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .091
Jimmy Stewart         13   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .077

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Beauchamp         10   11    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   1    2    3  .455
Keith Lampard         10   14    2    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .429
Tommy Davis           18   65    7   21   3   2   1    7   3   1    1    7  .323
Denis Menke           21   78    8   23   6   1   1   13   0   0    7   11  .295
Jim Wynn              21   82   14   24   5   0   6   16   6   1   11   13  .293
Joe Pepitone          19   67   10   18   3   3   4    5   1   1    5    6  .269
Norm Miller           12   38    6   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    5    6  .263
Jesus Alou             7   19    2    5   3   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .263
Doug Rader            21   73   11   18   2   1   4   10   1   0    8   11  .247
Joe Morgan            21   79    9   17   2   3   0    3   4   5   15    9  .215
John Mayberry         14   40    8    7   1   0   3    6   1   0    5    9  .175
Johnny Edwards        20   69    6   11   2   0   1    3   1   0    3   13  .159
Bob Watson             7   16    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    6  .125
Marty Martinez         5    8    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125
Leon McFadden          2    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
Billy Grabarkewitz    16   42    6   14   0   1   2    8   2   0   10   14  .333
Wes Parker            19   73    6   20   5   0   1    8   1   0    7    5  .274
Manny Mota            10   26    2    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    5    4  .269
Ted Sizemore          15   51    3   13   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .255
Tom Haller            12   33    4    8   0   2   0    4   1   0    2    3  .242
Maury Wills           19   71    9   17   1   1   0    5   7   2   14    3  .239
Willie Crawford       17   47    5   11   1   1   1    4   0   0    4   19  .234
Bill Sudakis           9   18    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .222
Jeff Torborg           9   18    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .222
Jim Lefebvre           9   23    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .217
Andy Kosco            14   55    7   11   4   0   3    8   0   0    0   12  .200
Willie Davis          19   76    7   15   4   0   0    6   5   4    1    7  .197
Bill Buckner          12   30    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    4  .133
Steve Garvey           9   23    0    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    4  .087
Len Gabrielson         3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Hahn               1    4    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .500
Jack Hiatt            10   24    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   0   10    7  .417
Rusty Staub           17   59    7   19   2   2   1   11   3   1   16    9  .322
Bobby Wine            17   61    3   16   3   1   0    6   0   0    6   13  .262
Ron Fairly            17   61    7   15   2   0   3    9   3   0   12   10  .246
Marv Staehle          13   47    6   10   3   1   0    4   1   0    7    3  .213
John Bateman           3   10    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    0    4  .200
Mack Jones            14   53    4   10   2   1   0    3   1   0    8   14  .189
Gary Sutherland       11   28    4    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .179
Jim Fairey             7   23    5    4   0   1   0    1   1   1    1    4  .174
Adolfo Phillips       10   31    0    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    3   12  .161
John Boccabella        9   21    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .143
Ron Brand              8   14    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .143
Coco Laboy            17   53    0    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    7   10  .113
Bob Bailey            14   26    3    2   0   1   0    0   0   1    6    6  .077
Jim Qualls             5    7    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Angel Hermoso          4    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jose Herrera           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bud Harrelson         18   70   13   22   5   3   1    6   6   2   11    6  .314
Art Shamsky           14   45    7   14   5   0   0    3   1   0    5    4  .311
Ken Boswell           13   40    2   12   1   0   1    6   1   0    5    4  .300
Ron Swoboda           17   40    2   10   1   1   0    4   1   0   12   11  .250
Mike Jorgensen        13   20    6    5   1   0   2    2   1   0    4    5  .250
Donn Clendenon        13   38    6    9   1   0   3   11   0   0    2   12  .237
Tommie Agee           16   66    9   15   2   0   1    3   3   1    9   16  .227
Cleon Jones           16   58    9   13   3   1   0    8   1   0    7   14  .224
Ed Kranepool           9   18    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .222
Al Weis                9   18    4    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    3  .222
Duffy Dyer             6   23    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .217
Dave Marshall          8   16    2    3   0   0   1    4   1   1    0    4  .188
Joe Foy               16   59    6   10   1   0   1    6   4   2    7    5  .170
Jerry Grote           12   41    1    6   3   1   0    3   0   0    2    6  .146
Wayne Garrett          6   15    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .133

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Money             15   51    7   20   3   2   1    6   0   0    6    7  .392
Rick Joseph            8   11    2    4   0   1   2    4   0   0    0    0  .364
Mike Ryan              2    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Tim McCarver          17   64    4   17   4   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .266
Byron Browne          16   38    3    9   3   0   0    0   1   1    6    9  .237
Larry Hisle           19   64    6   15   4   0   1    6   1   0   10   21  .234
Denny Doyle           18   74    7   17   2   3   0    3   1   1    5   13  .230
Tony Taylor           13   40    2    9   0   0   0    1   0   2    2    8  .225
Terry Harmon           6    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Jim Hutto              5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Deron Johnson         19   66    8   13   3   0   5   11   0   0    9   16  .197
Johnny Briggs         19   68    4   12   1   0   1    8   1   0    8   15  .177
Ron Stone              8   17    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .177
Larry Bowa            19   63    1   10   1   0   0    4   1   2    6    8  .159
Sam Parrilla           6    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Mike Compton           2    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
Roberto Clemente      17   64    6   25   5   3   1   15   1   0    6   10  .391
Manny Sanguillen      10   37    4   14   2   0   3    8   1   0    0    7  .378
Bob Robertson          9   21    2    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    5  .333
Freddie Patek         10   12    4    4   0   2   0    1   1   0    2    4  .333
Richie Hebner         15   52    8   17   8   1   0    5   1   1    3    9  .327
Matty Alou            19   79   16   17   2   1   0    6   3   0    5    3  .215
Jose Pagan             9   22    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .182
Bill Mazeroski        19   68    6   11   3   0   1   10   1   0    6    9  .162
Al Oliver             19   63    6   10   1   2   1    2   0   1    2    4  .159
Gene Alley            17   57    5    9   2   0   1    3   1   0    4   17  .158
Jerry May             10   26    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .154
Johnny Jeter           8   10    4    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    0  .100
Willie Stargell       16   54    6    5   1   0   2    7   0   0    5   17  .093
Jose Martinez          8    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Dave Ricketts          4    2    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
Cito Gaston           21   82   10   26   7   1   2   10   1   1    4   17  .317
Dave Campbell         21   75   10   23   4   0   0    3   3   3    5   13  .307
Tommy Dean             8   28    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    6  .286
Ivan Murrell          11   11    1    3   0   0   1    3   1   0    0    5  .273
Chris Cannizzaro      17   51    1   13   1   0   0    6   0   2    5    7  .255
Ollie Brown           18   66    6   16   2   0   2    5   0   0    6   11  .242
Al Ferrara            21   40    5    9   4   0   2    2   0   0   10    9  .225
Ed Spiezio            12   32    2    7   0   0   1    3   0   0    5    4  .219
Nate Colbert          21   74   12   16   1   1   6   14   1   2    7   20  .216
Ramon Webster         15   15    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .200
Jerry Morales         20   55    5    8   0   1   1    4   0   0    3   11  .146
Van Kelly             16   47    5    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    6   16  .128
Jose Arcia            15   33    1    3   0   0   0    1   2   1    4    5  .091
Steve Huntz            3   13    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .077
Bob Barton             7   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .071
Ron Slocum            11    2    1    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
Ron Hunt              17   55   12   22   3   0   2   11   1   1    8    3  .400
Dick Dietz            17   63    9   25   5   0   6   21   0   0    8   16  .397
Ken Henderson         21   76   22   29   6   0   2   16   1   0   20    8  .382
Bobby Bonds           21   80   24   28   5   1   4   10   7   0   18   24  .350
Al Gallagher          20   74   12   22   5   1   0    8   0   0    8   10  .297
Willie Mays           17   53    9   14   3   0   2    8   1   0   11    8  .264
Bob Heise             15   38    3   10   1   0   0    8   0   0    3    4  .263
Russ Gibson            5   21    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .238
Tito Fuentes          11   34    4    7   2   1   1    3   0   0    4    4  .206
Willie McCovey        21   69   14   14   2   0   6   17   0   0   26   19  .203
Hal Lanier            12   34    4    6   0   0   2    4   1   0    3    3  .177
Bob Burda             12    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .167
Jim Davenport          5   14    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .143
Steve Whitaker        11   22    2    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    2   12  .136
Bob Taylor            11   15    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .133
Don Mason              8    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jose Cardenal         16   68   15   24   5   2   1   11   6   0    5    3  .353
Joe Torre             16   64    9   20   5   0   2   13   0   1    6    7  .313
Lou Brock             16   68   13   21   4   0   1    3   3   0    6    8  .309
Joe Hague             15   43    3   13   1   1   2    7   0   0   11    9  .302
Dick Allen            16   63   14   19   3   1   6   15   0   0    6   12  .302
Jim Campbell           7    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Leron Lee             16   63    7   16   4   0   1    8   0   1    3   11  .254
Julian Javier         14   49    5   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    4  .225
Carl Taylor            7   15    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .200
Dal Maxvill           14   35    3    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    8   11  .143
Vic Davalillo          7    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .143
Cookie Rojas           8   15    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .133
Milt Ramirez           6   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Phil Gagliano          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Helms (CIN)           94
  B. Tolan (CIN)           91
  J. Bench (CIN)           90
  P. Rose (CIN)            85
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        84
  F. Millan (ATL)          84
  C. Gaston (SD)           82
  J. Wynn (HOU)            82
  B. Bonds (SF)            80
  M. Alou (PIT)            79

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            24
  K. Henderson (SF)        22
  T. Perez (CIN)           21
  R. Carty (ATL)           20
  H. Aaron (ATL)           19
  B. Tolan (CIN)           18
  D. Kessinger (CHI)       17
  M. Alou (PIT)            16
  G. Beckert (CHI)         16
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        16

Hits:

  T. Perez (CIN)           35
  R. Carty (ATL)           30
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          29
  K. Henderson (SF)        29
  B. Bonds (SF)            28
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        27
  H. Aaron (ATL)           26
  C. Gaston (SD)           26
  F. Millan (ATL)          26
  R. Clemente (PIT)        25

Doubles:

  O. Cepeda (ATL)           9
  R. Hebner (PIT)           8
  B. Tolan (CIN)            8
  R. Carty (ATL)            7
  C. Gaston (SD)            7
  K. Henderson (SF)         6
  D. Menke (HOU)            6
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  J. Cardenal (STL)         5
  R. Clemente (PIT)         5

Triples:

  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  D. Doyle (PHI)            3
  B. Harrelson (NY)         3
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  J. Pepitone (HOU)         3
  G. Beckert (CHI)          2
  J. Bench (CIN)            2
  J. Cardenal (STL)         2
  T. Davis (HOU)            2
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)         2

Home Runs:

  T. Perez (CIN)           10
  H. Aaron (ATL)            7
  B. Williams (CHI)         7
  D. Allen (STL)            6
  N. Colbert (SD)           6
  D. Dietz (SF)             6
  W. McCovey (SF)           6
  J. Wynn (HOU)             6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5
  R. Carty (ATL)            5

RBI:

  T. Perez (CIN)           26
  B. Williams (CHI)        25
  D. Dietz (SF)            21
  H. Aaron (ATL)           20
  B. Tolan (CIN)           19
  R. Carty (ATL)           18
  W. McCovey (SF)          17
  J. Bench (CIN)           16
  J. Callison (CHI)        16
  K. Henderson (SF)        16

Stolen Bases:

  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  M. Wills (LA)             7
  J. Cardenal (STL)         6
  B. Harrelson (NY)         6
  J. Wynn (HOU)             6
  W. Davis (LA)             5
  B. Tolan (CIN)            5
  J. Foy (NY)               4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           4
  T. Agee (NY)              3

Caught Stealing:

  J. Morgan (HOU)           5
  W. Davis (LA)             4
  D. Campbell (SD)          3
  J. Bench (CIN)            2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  C. Cannizzaro (SD)        2
  N. Colbert (SD)           2
  J. Foy (NY)               2
  B. Harrelson (NY)         2
  F. Millan (ATL)           2

Walks:

  W. McCovey (SF)          26
  K. Henderson (SF)        20
  B. Bonds (SF)            18
  T. Perez (CIN)           17
  R. Staub (MON)           16
  J. Morgan (HOU)          15
  B. Carbo (CIN)           14
  M. Wills (LA)            14
  R. Carty (ATL)           13
  J. Hickman (CHI)         13

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SF)            24
  L. Hisle (PHI)           21
  N. Colbert (SD)          20
  W. Crawford (LA)         19
  W. McCovey (SF)          19
  G. Alley (PIT)           17
  J. Bench (CIN)           17
  C. Gaston (SD)           17
  W. Stargell (PIT)        17
  T. Agee (NY)             16

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