Monday May 4, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 4, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          829  134   239   42    5   33   125    8    6   90   113  .288
Cincinnati       872  141   235   43    8   37   128   15    8   99   150  .270
San Francisco    887  148   232   43    6   31   138   15    1  142   178  .262
St. Louis        716   96   185   28    6   20    90   12    6   76   103  .258
Houston          885  122   227   41   11   25   114   17   11   84   139  .257
Chicago          679   94   164   19    8   22    90    7    2   79   120  .242
Los Angeles      771   82   180   27    6    7    72   24    8   79   108  .234
Pittsburgh       769   89   175   31    9   14    81    9    2   59   139  .228
New York         776   87   176   33    9   12    80   24    9   91   149  .227
Philadelphia     779   71   174   27    6   15    67    6    6   76   148  .223
San Diego        808   79   175   30    4   19    70   10   11   69   181  .217
Montreal         683   57   142   24    7    5    54   12    4   98   127  .208

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty (ATL)         24   88   25   38   8   0   8   25   0   1   15   10  .432
Tony Perez (CIN)         26   92   24   39   4   0  10   29   0   1   21   18  .424
Don Money (PHI)          19   69   10   27   4   2   2    9   0   0    8    9  .391
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   20   78    8   30   6   3   1   16   1   0    6   10  .385
Dick Dietz (SF)          21   80   11   30   5   1   7   25   0   0    9   24  .375
Ken Henderson (SF)       26   94   25   33   7   0   3   20   2   0   23   12  .351
Ron Hunt (SF)            22   72   15   25   4   0   2   11   1   1   11    5  .347
Orlando Cepeda (ATL)     23   89   16   30   9   0   6   16   0   1    7   13  .337
Denis Menke (HOU)        26   98   13   33   7   1   2   20   0   0   10   13  .337
Bobby Bonds (SF)         26  101   27   34   5   2   6   14   9   0   20   29  .337

 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            24   88   25   38   8   0   8   25   0   1   15   10  .432
Hal King               8   17    2    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    8    5  .412
Orlando Cepeda        23   89   16   30   9   0   6   16   0   1    7   13  .337
Hank Aaron            23   88   23   29   2   0   9   23   2   0   14    9  .330
Tony Gonzalez         24   99   17   31   6   2   1   16   0   1    5   11  .313
Felix Millan          24  100   13   31   2   1   2    6   2   2    5    3  .310
Sonny Jackson         20   75   17   23   6   1   0    6   2   0   19    9  .307
Bob Tillman           12   42    4   10   1   0   2    6   0   0    1   11  .238
Bob Didier            11   30    1    6   0   1   0    2   1   0    2    2  .200
Clete Boyer           22   82    6   16   4   0   2   13   1   1    6   15  .195
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         21   81   16   25   0   2   1    7   1   0    7    3  .309
Don Kessinger         21   78   18   23   3   2   1    4   2   1   15   10  .295
Jim Hickman           19   56    6   16   3   1   3    5   0   0   14   14  .286
Johnny Callison       21   79    8   22   3   1   4   16   3   1    6    8  .279
Ron Santo             21   78   10   20   4   2   2   13   0   0   10   15  .256
Billy Williams        21   83   17   21   1   0   8   26   1   0    6   11  .253
Randy Hundley          6   21    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .238
Ernie Banks           18   64    5   14   3   0   1   10   0   0    7   10  .219
Willie Smith           8   15    3    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .200
Cleo James             9    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Paul Popovich          6    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
J. C. Martin          15   41    4    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .122
Jimmie Hall            7   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .100
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            26   92   24   39   4   0  10   29   0   1   21   18  .424
Hal McRae             15   31    5   10   1   1   2    3   0   0    3    2  .323
Bobby Tolan           26  106   25   32  10   1   5   20   7   2    9   18  .302
Johnny Bench          26  101   13   29   6   2   7   23   0   2    6   18  .287
Bernie Carbo          21   61    8   17   2   1   4   10   3   1   16   11  .279
Pete Rose             26  102   19   28   5   1   3    7   3   1   14   11  .275
Lee May               20   74   10   20   5   0   5   17   0   0    7   14  .270
Dave Concepcion       24   73    9   19   4   0   1    4   1   0    9   10  .260
Darrel Chaney          9   12    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .250
Tommy Helms           26  111   18   23   5   0   0    8   0   1    4    4  .207
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
Jesus Alou            10   27    5   10   5   0   0    6   0   0    1    0  .370
Keith Lampard         14   22    4    8   3   1   0    3   0   0    1    6  .364
Jim Beauchamp         13   14    3    5   0   0   1    4   0   1    2    3  .357
Denis Menke           26   98   13   33   7   1   2   20   0   0   10   13  .337
Tommy Davis           22   75    7   24   3   2   1   10   3   2    2    8  .320
Doug Rader            26   92   14   25   2   1   4   13   1   0    9   15  .272
Joe Pepitone          24   88   16   23   4   3   5    6   1   1    7    8  .261
Norm Miller           16   55    6   14   3   0   1    9   0   0    5    7  .255
Jim Wynn              26   95   15   24   5   0   6   18   6   2   14   16  .253
Joe Morgan            26  101   17   25   3   3   0    7   4   5   18   12  .248
John Mayberry         16   48    8    9   1   0   3    6   1   0    6   11  .188
Johnny Edwards        25   86    8   13   2   0   2    6   1   0    5   16  .151
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
Von Joshua             2    8    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .500
Gary Moore             1    2    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Billy Grabarkewitz    20   55    7   20   3   1   2   13   3   1   13   17  .364
Manny Mota            11   28    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    5  .286
Wes Parker            23   86    7   24   6   0   1   13   2   0    9    5  .279
Ted Sizemore          19   65    7   18   2   0   0    4   1   0    8    2  .277
Tom Haller            12   33    4    8   0   2   0    4   1   0    2    3  .242
Maury Wills           23   87   12   20   1   1   0    5   8   2   15    3  .230
Jeff Torborg          10   18    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .222
Andy Kosco            18   68   10   15   5   0   3   10   1   0    1   14  .221
Willie Crawford       21   59   10   13   1   1   1    5   0   0    8   22  .220
Bill Sudakis          13   32    2    7   2   0   0    2   1   0    7    3  .219
Jim Lefebvre          10   25    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .200
Willie Davis          23   84    8   16   4   0   0    6   5   4    2    8  .191
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         5    5    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            12   30    3   12   2   0   0    5   0   0   11    8  .400
Rusty Staub           21   73    9   23   2   2   1   12   3   1   18   10  .315
Ron Fairly            21   72    7   18   2   0   3    9   4   0   16   13  .250
Don Hahn               5   20    3    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .250
Bobby Wine            21   75    4   17   3   1   1    7   0   0    6   15  .227
Ron Brand             12   27    4    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .222
Marv Staehle          15   48    6   10   3   1   0    4   1   0    8    3  .208
Adolfo Phillips       11   35    0    7   1   0   0    0   1   0    3   12  .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
Gary Sutherland       15   44    4    8   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .182
John Boccabella        9   21    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .143
Coco Laboy            18   55    0    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    7   11  .109
Bob Bailey            16   30    4    3   0   1   0    0   0   1    6    7  .100
John Bateman           6   21    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    0    5  .095
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         23   88   18   27   7   4   1    6   7   2   15    7  .307
Ken Boswell           14   41    2   12   1   0   1    6   1   0    5    4  .293
Art Shamsky           18   57    7   16   5   0   0    6   1   0    7    6  .281
Donn Clendenon        17   51    7   13   1   0   3   13   0   0    2   13  .255
Ron Swoboda           20   44    2   11   1   1   0    4   1   0   13   12  .250
Tommie Agee           21   88   13   21   2   0   3    7   3   1    9   22  .239
Duffy Dyer            11   38    1    9   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    5  .237
Ed Kranepool          10   18    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .222
Joe Foy               21   79    8   17   4   0   1    9   7   2    8    7  .215
Cleon Jones           21   75   10   15   3   1   0    9   1   1    8   17  .200
Dave Marshall         10   20    3    4   0   1   1    4   1   1    0    5  .200
Al Weis               10   20    4    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    5  .200
Mike Jorgensen        15   28    6    5   1   0   2    2   1   0    4    9  .179
Wayne Garrett         10   26    2    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    7    4  .154
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             19   69   10   27   4   2   2    9   0   0    8    9  .391
Mike Ryan              3    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Jim Hutto              8   10    1    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .300
Rick Joseph           11   19    2    5   0   1   2    4   0   0    0    4  .263
Tony Taylor           15   50    6   13   0   0   0    5   0   2    5   10  .260
Tim McCarver          19   69    4   17   4   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .246
Denny Doyle           21   88    8   21   3   3   0    3   1   1    5   15  .239
Larry Hisle           23   79    9   18   5   0   2    9   1   0   14   27  .228
Ron Stone             11   23    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .217
Deron Johnson         23   79    9   16   3   0   6   16   0   0   11   21  .203
Byron Browne          19   47    3    9   3   0   0    0   1   1    6   11  .192
Johnny Briggs         23   83    7   15   1   0   2   10   1   0   10   16  .181
Terry Harmon           8   12    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .167
Mike Compton           4    6    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Larry Bowa            22   74    2   12   1   0   0    4   1   2    6    9  .162
Sam Parrilla           7   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .100

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Roberto Clemente      20   78    8   30   6   3   1   16   1   0    6   10  .385
Manny Sanguillen      14   54    5   20   3   0   3    8   1   0    0    7  .370
Bob Robertson         12   31    5   11   1   0   2    4   0   0    4    6  .355
Richie Hebner         19   66    9   22   9   1   0    5   1   1    4   10  .333
Freddie Patek         10   12    4    4   0   2   0    1   1   0    2    4  .333
Johnny Jeter          10   12    5    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .250
Matty Alou            23   99   18   21   2   1   0    6   3   0    5    4  .212
Bill Mazeroski        22   80    7   16   3   0   1   12   1   0    7   10  .200
Jose Pagan            13   31    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .194
Al Oliver             23   76    7   14   3   2   2    4   0   1    2    4  .184
Willie Stargell       20   71    7   12   1   0   3   14   0   0    7   21  .169
Jerry May             10   26    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .154
Gene Alley            21   71    7   10   2   0   1    3   1   0    5   23  .141
Jose Martinez         11    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Dave Ricketts          5    3    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            16   45    5   14   2   0   1    5   1   0    6    5  .311
Chris Cannizzaro      21   61    3   18   2   0   0    7   0   3    6    8  .295
Tommy Dean             9   28    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    6  .286
Cito Gaston           25   99   11   28   7   1   3   12   1   1    4   19  .283
Dave Campbell         25   90   10   25   4   0   0    5   4   3    6   16  .278
Al Ferrara            25   51    6   13   4   1   2    3   0   0   12   11  .255
Ollie Brown           22   78    8   19   3   0   2    6   0   0    6   13  .244
Ivan Murrell          13   19    1    4   0   0   1    4   1   0    0    8  .211
Nate Colbert          25   86   14   18   3   1   6   14   1   2    8   23  .209
Ramon Webster         18   19    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .158
Jerry Morales         21   55    5    8   0   1   1    4   0   0    3   11  .146
Steve Huntz            7   28    2    4   0   0   2    2   0   0    3    5  .143
Van Kelly             17   47    5    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    6   16  .128
Jose Arcia            17   33    1    3   0   0   0    1   2   2    4    5  .091
Bob Barton             7   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .071
Ron Slocum            14    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dick Dietz            21   80   11   30   5   1   7   25   0   0    9   24  .375
Ken Henderson         26   94   25   33   7   0   3   20   2   0   23   12  .351
Ron Hunt              22   72   15   25   4   0   2   11   1   1   11    5  .347
Bobby Bonds           26  101   27   34   5   2   6   14   9   0   20   29  .337
Al Gallagher          23   83   13   24   5   2   0    8   0   0    8   12  .289
Russ Gibson            6   25    2    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .280
Willie Mays           21   68   14   18   3   0   3   10   2   0   12   10  .265
Bob Heise             16   38    3   10   1   0   0    8   0   0    3    4  .263
Bob Burda             15    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .250
Jim Davenport          8   24    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .208
Tito Fuentes          11   34    4    7   2   1   1    3   0   0    4    4  .206
Willie McCovey        26   86   17   17   4   0   7   22   0   0   30   22  .198
Hal Lanier            17   52    4   10   0   0   2    5   1   0    3    3  .192
Steve Whitaker        14   25    2    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    2   13  .120
Bob Taylor            14   20    3    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .100
Don Mason             11    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jose Cardenal         21   90   17   30   6   2   1   13   7   1    6    6  .333
Joe Hague             19   59    5   18   1   1   3    8   1   0   12   13  .305
Lou Brock             21   90   17   26   4   0   3    9   4   0    6   12  .289
Dick Allen            21   77   15   22   3   1   7   17   0   1   13   15  .286
Joe Torre             21   82   10   23   5   0   3   15   0   2    9   10  .281
Leron Lee             21   81   10   22   5   0   2    9   0   1    7   15  .272
Julian Javier         14   49    5   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    4  .225
Jim Campbell          10   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .200
Dal Maxvill           19   48    6    8   1   0   0    2   0   0   10   14  .167
Carl Taylor           11   19    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    5    1  .158
Cookie Rojas          12   28    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .107
Vic Davalillo         10   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .100
Milt Ramirez           8   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Phil Gagliano          6    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Helms (CIN)          111
  B. Tolan (CIN)          106
  P. Rose (CIN)           102
  J. Bench (CIN)          101
  B. Bonds (SF)           101
  J. Morgan (HOU)         101
  F. Millan (ATL)         100
  M. Alou (PIT)            99
  C. Gaston (SD)           99
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        99

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            27
  R. Carty (ATL)           25
  K. Henderson (SF)        25
  B. Tolan (CIN)           25
  T. Perez (CIN)           24
  H. Aaron (ATL)           23
  P. Rose (CIN)            19
  M. Alou (PIT)            18
  B. Harrelson (NY)        18
  T. Helms (CIN)           18

Hits:

  T. Perez (CIN)           39
  R. Carty (ATL)           38
  B. Bonds (SF)            34
  K. Henderson (SF)        33
  D. Menke (HOU)           33
  B. Tolan (CIN)           32
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        31
  F. Millan (ATL)          31
  J. Cardenal (STL)        30
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          30

Doubles:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           10
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           9
  R. Hebner (PIT)           9
  R. Carty (ATL)            8
  C. Gaston (SD)            7
  B. Harrelson (NY)         7
  K. Henderson (SF)         7
  D. Menke (HOU)            7
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  J. Cardenal (STL)         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
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  J. Cardenal (STL)         2
  T. Davis (HOU)            2

Home Runs:

  T. Perez (CIN)           10
  H. Aaron (ATL)            9
  R. Carty (ATL)            8
  B. Williams (CHI)         8
  D. Allen (STL)            7
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  D. Dietz (SF)             7
  W. McCovey (SF)           7
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           6

RBI:

  T. Perez (CIN)           29
  B. Williams (CHI)        26
  R. Carty (ATL)           25
  D. Dietz (SF)            25
  H. Aaron (ATL)           23
  J. Bench (CIN)           23
  W. McCovey (SF)          22
  K. Henderson (SF)        20
  D. Menke (HOU)           20
  B. Tolan (CIN)           20

Stolen Bases:

  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  M. Wills (LA)             8
  J. Cardenal (STL)         7
  J. Foy (NY)               7
  B. Harrelson (NY)         7
  B. Tolan (CIN)            7
  J. Wynn (HOU)             6
  W. Davis (LA)             5
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  D. Campbell (SD)          4

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  W. McCovey (SF)          30
  K. Henderson (SF)        23
  T. Perez (CIN)           21
  B. Bonds (SF)            20
  S. Jackson (ATL)         19
  J. Morgan (HOU)          18
  R. Staub (MON)           18
  B. Carbo (CIN)           16
  R. Fairly (MON)          16
  R. Carty (ATL)           15

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SF)            29
  L. Hisle (PHI)           27
  D. Dietz (SF)            24
  G. Alley (PIT)           23
  N. Colbert (SD)          23
  T. Agee (NY)             22
  W. Crawford (LA)         22
  W. McCovey (SF)          22
  D. Johnson (PHI)         21
  W. Stargell (PIT)        21

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