Saturday May 2, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 2, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          797  129   230   41    5   31   120    7    6   86   103  .289
St. Louis        620   85   164   26    5   17    79   11    5   62    87  .265
Cincinnati       804  123   212   36    8   34   115   15    8   88   142  .264
San Francisco    803  136   211   39    3   28   128   13    1  137   162  .263
Houston          781  103   199   37   10   23    95   17   11   73   128  .255
Chicago          646   92   158   19    8   22    88    7    2   75   118  .245
New York         712   81   163   31    9   12    74   22    8   82   130  .229
Los Angeles      733   67   164   24    5    7    61   22    7   70   105  .224
Pittsburgh       687   79   147   28    9   13    72    9    2   58   132  .214
San Diego        740   73   158   28    3   18    64    8   10   65   170  .214
Philadelphia     684   50   145   23    6   11    47    5    6   67   126  .212
Montreal         649   56   133   23    7    5    53   12    4   96   125  .205

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty (ATL)         23   85   25   37   8   0   8   24   0   1   14    8  .435
Tony Perez (CIN)         24   84   22   36   2   0  10   27   0   1   19   16  .429
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   18   69    7   27   5   3   1   15   1   0    6   10  .391
Ron Hunt (SF)            20   63   13   23   3   0   2   11   1   1   11    4  .365
Dick Dietz (SF)          20   74   10   27   5   0   7   24   0   0    9   23  .365
Ken Henderson (SF)       24   85   23   31   7   0   2   17   1   0   23    9  .365
Jose Cardenal (STL)      18   77   15   27   5   2   1   12   7   1    6    4  .351
Bobby Bonds (SF)         24   92   26   32   5   1   5   13   9   0   18   28  .348
Orlando Cepeda (ATL)     22   85   15   29   9   0   5   15   0   1    7   11  .341
Hank Aaron (ATL)         22   85   22   28   2   0   9   22   2   0   14    8  .329

 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            23   85   25   37   8   0   8   24   0   1   14    8  .435
Hal King               8   17    2    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    8    5  .412
Orlando Cepeda        22   85   15   29   9   0   5   15   0   1    7   11  .341
Hank Aaron            22   85   22   28   2   0   9   22   2   0   14    8  .329
Sonny Jackson         19   72   15   23   6   1   0    6   2   0   17    8  .319
Tony Gonzalez         23   95   17   30   6   2   1   16   0   1    5   10  .316
Felix Millan          23   96   13   29   2   1   2    6   2   2    5    3  .302
Bob Tillman           12   42    4   10   1   0   2    6   0   0    1   11  .238
Clete Boyer           21   78    6   15   3   0   2   12   1   1    6   15  .192
Bob Didier            10   26    1    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    1  .192
Bob Aspromonte         7   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .154
Mike Lum              16   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
Boots Day              7    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Glenn Beckert         20   77   16   25   0   2   1    6   1   0    7    3  .325
Johnny Callison       20   75    8   22   3   1   4   16   3   1    6    7  .293
Jim Hickman           18   52    6   15   3   1   3    5   0   0   14   14  .289
Don Kessinger         20   74   18   21   3   2   1    4   2   1   14   10  .284
Billy Williams        20   80   17   21   1   0   8   26   1   0    5   11  .263
Paul Popovich          5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Randy Hundley          6   21    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .238
Ernie Banks           17   60    5   14   3   0   1   10   0   0    7   10  .233
Ron Santo             20   74   10   17   4   2   2   12   0   0   10   15  .230
Willie Smith           7   14    3    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .214
Cleo James             9    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
J. C. Martin          14   39    4    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .128
Jimmie Hall            6    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .111
Ken Rudolph            4    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .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            24   84   22   36   2   0  10   27   0   1   19   16  .429
Darrel Chaney          8    9    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .333
Hal McRae             14   31    4   10   1   1   2    3   0   0    2    2  .323
Bernie Carbo          19   55    8   16   2   1   4    9   3   1   15   10  .291
Lee May               18   65    8   18   5   0   4   15   0   0    7   12  .277
Bobby Tolan           24   97   21   26   9   1   5   19   7   2    9   17  .268
Johnny Bench          24   94   10   25   4   2   6   19   0   2    3   18  .266
Pete Rose             24   93   17   24   4   1   2    6   3   1   13   10  .258
Dave Concepcion       22   70    7   17   4   0   1    4   1   0    7   10  .243
Tommy Helms           24  103   16   22   4   0   0    6   0   1    3    4  .214
Pat Corrales           5   14    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .143
Woody Woodward         4    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Jimmy Stewart         14   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .077

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Keith Lampard         12   15    2    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .400
Jesus Alou             9   25    5    9   5   0   0    5   0   0    1    0  .360
Jim Beauchamp         12   14    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   1    2    3  .357
Tommy Davis           20   72    7   23   3   2   1    9   3   2    2    8  .319
Denis Menke           23   87    9   27   6   1   1   15   0   0    8   13  .310
Jim Wynn              23   85   14   24   5   0   6   16   6   2   12   14  .282
Norm Miller           13   42    6   11   2   0   1    8   0   0    5    7  .262
Doug Rader            23   81   13   21   2   1   4   11   1   0    8   13  .259
Joe Morgan            23   88   15   22   3   3   0    5   4   5   16   10  .250
Joe Pepitone          21   76   12   19   3   3   5    6   1   1    6    8  .250
John Mayberry         15   45    8    9   1   0   3    6   1   0    5    9  .200
Johnny Edwards        22   76    6   12   2   0   1    3   1   0    3   15  .158
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    19   51    6   17   1   1   2    8   3   0   12   17  .333
Von Joshua             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Manny Mota            11   28    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    5  .286
Wes Parker            22   84    6   23   6   0   1   12   2   0    8    5  .274
Ted Sizemore          18   61    6   16   2   0   0    3   1   0    7    2  .262
Tom Haller            12   33    4    8   0   2   0    4   1   0    2    3  .242
Willie Crawford       20   58    7   13   1   1   1    5   0   0    4   22  .224
Bill Sudakis          12   27    2    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    6    1  .222
Jeff Torborg          10   18    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .222
Andy Kosco            17   64    9   14   5   0   3    8   0   0    1   14  .219
Jim Lefebvre           9   23    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .217
Maury Wills           22   83   10   18   1   1   0    5   7   2   15    3  .217
Willie Davis          22   83    7   15   4   0   0    6   5   4    2    8  .181
Bill Buckner          14   33    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    4  .121
Steve Garvey           9   23    0    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    4  .087
Len Gabrielson         4    4    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
Jack Hiatt            11   28    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   0   11    8  .357
Rusty Staub           20   71    9   22   2   2   1   12   3   1   18   10  .310
Don Hahn               4   16    3    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .250
Ron Fairly            20   70    7   17   2   0   3    9   4   0   16   12  .243
Bobby Wine            20   72    4   17   3   1   1    7   0   0    6   15  .236
Marv Staehle          14   48    6   10   3   1   0    4   1   0    7    3  .208
Ron Brand             11   24    4    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .208
Gary Sutherland       14   40    4    8   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .200
Jim Fairey             9   25    6    5   0   1   0    1   1   1    1    5  .200
Mack Jones            17   61    4   12   3   1   0    6   1   0   10   15  .197
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
John Bateman           5   17    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    0    5  .118
Coco Laboy            17   53    0    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    7   10  .113
Bob Bailey            15   27    3    2   0   1   0    0   0   1    6    7  .074
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         21   82   16   26   7   4   1    6   6   2   12    6  .317
Ken Boswell           14   41    2   12   1   0   1    6   1   0    5    4  .293
Art Shamsky           16   50    7   14   5   0   0    4   1   0    6    4  .280
Donn Clendenon        16   47    7   13   1   0   3   13   0   0    2   12  .277
Ron Swoboda           19   44    2   11   1   1   0    4   1   0   13   12  .250
Dave Marshall          9   17    3    4   0   1   1    4   1   1    0    4  .235
Tommie Agee           19   79   12   18   2   0   3    6   3   1    9   19  .228
Ed Kranepool          10   18    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .222
Cleon Jones           19   70   10   15   3   1   0    9   1   1    8   15  .214
Mike Jorgensen        14   24    6    5   1   0   2    2   1   0    4    6  .208
Wayne Garrett          8   20    1    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    5    3  .200
Al Weis               10   20    4    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    5  .200
Joe Foy               19   71    6   14   2   0   1    8   6   2    7    6  .197
Duffy Dyer             9   32    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .188
Jerry Grote           12   41    1    6   3   1   0    3   0   0    2    6  .146

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Money             17   59    8   22   3   2   2    7   0   0    6    9  .373
Mike Ryan              3    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Rick Joseph           10   13    2    4   0   1   2    4   0   0    0    1  .308
Jim Hutto              7    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Tim McCarver          19   69    4   17   4   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .246
Denny Doyle           20   82    7   19   3   3   0    3   1   1    5   14  .232
Tony Taylor           13   40    2    9   0   0   0    1   0   2    2    8  .225
Larry Hisle           21   69    6   15   4   0   1    6   1   0   12   22  .217
Byron Browne          18   44    3    9   3   0   0    0   1   1    6   10  .205
Ron Stone             10   20    0    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Terry Harmon           7    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Deron Johnson         21   73    8   14   3   0   5   11   0   0   10   19  .192
Johnny Briggs         21   74    5   12   1   0   1    8   1   0   10   16  .162
Larry Bowa            21   69    1   11   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      18   69    7   27   5   3   1   15   1   0    6   10  .391
Manny Sanguillen      12   45    4   16   2   0   3    8   1   0    0    7  .356
Freddie Patek         10   12    4    4   0   2   0    1   1   0    2    4  .333
Richie Hebner         17   61    9   19   9   1   0    5   1   1    4   10  .312
Bob Robertson         10   25    2    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .280
Matty Alou            21   89   17   20   2   1   0    6   3   0    5    3  .225
Jose Pagan            11   24    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .208
Al Oliver             21   71    7   13   2   2   2    4   0   1    2    4  .183
Jerry May             10   26    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .154
Bill Mazeroski        20   72    6   11   3   0   1   10   1   0    6   10  .153
Willie Stargell       18   61    7    9   1   0   3   11   0   0    7   19  .148
Gene Alley            19   64    5    9   2   0   1    3   1   0    5   21  .141
Johnny Jeter           8   10    4    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    0  .100
Jose Martinez          9    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .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           23   90   10   26   7   1   2   10   1   1    4   19  .289
Tommy Dean             8   28    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    6  .286
Dave Campbell         23   81   10   23   4   0   0    4   3   3    6   16  .284
Chris Cannizzaro      19   57    2   16   2   0   0    7   0   3    5    8  .281
Ivan Murrell          11   11    1    3   0   0   1    3   1   0    0    5  .273
Ed Spiezio            14   37    4   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    6    4  .270
Ollie Brown           20   73    7   18   3   0   2    6   0   0    6   12  .247
Al Ferrara            23   47    5   11   4   0   2    2   0   0   11   11  .234
Nate Colbert          23   81   13   17   2   1   6   14   1   2    8   22  .210
Ramon Webster         16   16    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .188
Jerry Morales         21   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
Steve Huntz            5   20    2    2   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    3  .100
Jose Arcia            16   33    1    3   0   0   0    1   2   1    4    5  .091
Bob Barton             7   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .071
Ron Slocum            12    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              20   63   13   23   3   0   2   11   1   1   11    4  .365
Dick Dietz            20   74   10   27   5   0   7   24   0   0    9   23  .365
Ken Henderson         24   85   23   31   7   0   2   17   1   0   23    9  .365
Bobby Bonds           24   92   26   32   5   1   5   13   9   0   18   28  .348
Al Gallagher          21   78   12   23   5   1   0    8   0   0    8   10  .295
Bob Heise             16   38    3   10   1   0   0    8   0   0    3    4  .263
Willie Mays           19   60   11   15   3   0   2    8   1   0   12    9  .250
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        24   79   16   16   3   0   7   21   0   0   28   20  .203
Jim Davenport          7   20    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .200
Hal Lanier            15   42    4    8   0   0   2    4   1   0    3    3  .191
Bob Burda             14    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .143
Steve Whitaker        12   23    2    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    2   13  .130
Bob Taylor            12   18    3    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .111
Don Mason              9    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jose Cardenal         18   77   15   27   5   2   1   12   7   1    6    4  .351
Joe Torre             18   71    9   21   5   0   2   13   0   2    7    8  .296
Joe Hague             17   51    4   15   1   1   3    8   0   0   11   12  .294
Dick Allen            18   69   15   20   3   1   7   16   0   0    8   13  .290
Lou Brock             18   77   15   22   4   0   2    5   4   0    6   10  .286
Leron Lee             18   70    7   19   5   0   1    8   0   1    5   12  .271
Julian Javier         14   49    5   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    4  .225
Jim Campbell           9    9    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .222
Carl Taylor            9   16    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    1  .188
Dal Maxvill           16   40    5    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    9   12  .175
Cookie Rojas           9   18    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .111
Vic Davalillo          9    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .111
Milt Ramirez           7   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Phil Gagliano          4    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Helms (CIN)          103
  B. Tolan (CIN)           97
  F. Millan (ATL)          96
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        95
  J. Bench (CIN)           94
  P. Rose (CIN)            93
  B. Bonds (SF)            92
  C. Gaston (SD)           90
  M. Alou (PIT)            89
  J. Morgan (HOU)          88

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            26
  R. Carty (ATL)           25
  K. Henderson (SF)        23
  H. Aaron (ATL)           22
  T. Perez (CIN)           22
  B. Tolan (CIN)           21
  D. Kessinger (CHI)       18
  M. Alou (PIT)            17
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        17
  P. Rose (CIN)            17

Hits:

  R. Carty (ATL)           37
  T. Perez (CIN)           36
  B. Bonds (SF)            32
  K. Henderson (SF)        31
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        30
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          29
  F. Millan (ATL)          29
  H. Aaron (ATL)           28
  J. Cardenal (STL)        27
  R. Clemente (PIT)        27

Doubles:

  O. Cepeda (ATL)           9
  R. Hebner (PIT)           9
  B. Tolan (CIN)            9
  R. Carty (ATL)            8
  C. Gaston (SD)            7
  B. Harrelson (NY)         7
  K. Henderson (SF)         7
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)         6
  S. Jackson (ATL)          6
  D. Menke (HOU)            6

Triples:

  B. Harrelson (NY)         4
  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  D. Doyle (PHI)            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)            9
  R. Carty (ATL)            8
  B. Williams (CHI)         8
  D. Allen (STL)            7
  D. Dietz (SF)             7
  W. McCovey (SF)           7
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  N. Colbert (SD)           6
  J. Wynn (HOU)             6

RBI:

  T. Perez (CIN)           27
  B. Williams (CHI)        26
  R. Carty (ATL)           24
  D. Dietz (SF)            24
  H. Aaron (ATL)           22
  W. McCovey (SF)          21
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  B. Tolan (CIN)           19
  K. Henderson (SF)        17
  D. Allen (STL)           16

Stolen Bases:

  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  J. Cardenal (STL)         7
  B. Tolan (CIN)            7
  M. Wills (LA)             7
  J. Foy (NY)               6
  B. Harrelson (NY)         6
  J. Wynn (HOU)             6
  W. Davis (LA)             5
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  R. Fairly (MON)           4

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  W. McCovey (SF)          28
  K. Henderson (SF)        23
  T. Perez (CIN)           19
  B. Bonds (SF)            18
  R. Staub (MON)           18
  S. Jackson (ATL)         17
  R. Fairly (MON)          16
  J. Morgan (HOU)          16
  B. Carbo (CIN)           15
  M. Wills (LA)            15

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SF)            28
  D. Dietz (SF)            23
  N. Colbert (SD)          22
  W. Crawford (LA)         22
  L. Hisle (PHI)           22
  G. Alley (PIT)           21
  W. McCovey (SF)          20
  T. Agee (NY)             19
  C. Gaston (SD)           19
  D. Johnson (PHI)         19


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