Tuesday May 5, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 5, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          865  146   249   44    5   36   136    8    6   96   118  .288
Cincinnati       902  146   242   44    8   39   132   16    8  102   154  .268
San Francisco    919  152   239   44    6   31   142   18    1  150   188  .260
Houston          919  125   236   44   12   26   117   18   11   84   146  .257
St. Louis        745   97   188   28    6   21    91   13    6   79   108  .252
Chicago          708   95   168   19    8   23    91    7    2   81   123  .237
Los Angeles      805   86   189   31    6    7    76   25    9   84   115  .235
Pittsburgh       804   95   185   31    9   15    87    9    2   59   145  .230
Philadelphia     820   79   187   32    6   17    73    8    6   80   154  .228
New York         808   87   182   34    9   12    80   24    9   96   155  .225
San Diego        847   90   188   32    4   23    81   11   11   73   186  .222
Montreal         716   58   150   24    7    6    55   13    4  102   139  .210

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty (ATL)         25   92   28   40   8   0   8   25   0   1   16   10  .435
Tony Perez (CIN)         27   95   24   39   4   0  10   29   0   1   22   19  .411
Don Money (PHI)          20   73   12   29   6   2   2   10   0   0    9    9  .397
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   20   78    8   30   6   3   1   16   1   0    6   10  .385
Dick Dietz (SF)          22   83   12   31   6   1   7   25   0   0   10   25  .374
Orlando Cepeda (ATL)     24   92   18   32  10   0   6   16   0   1    9   13  .348
Ken Henderson (SF)       27   98   26   34   7   0   3   20   2   0   23   14  .347
Bobby Bonds (SF)         27  105   28   36   5   2   6   16  12   0   21   30  .343
Ron Hunt (SF)            23   74   15   25   4   0   2   11   1   1   12    5  .338
Denis Menke (HOU)        27  102   13   34   7   1   2   20   0   0   10   14  .333

 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            25   92   28   40   8   0   8   25   0   1   16   10  .435
Hal King               9   20    2    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    8    6  .350
Orlando Cepeda        24   92   18   32  10   0   6   16   0   1    9   13  .348
Hank Aaron            24   93   24   30   2   0  10   25   2   0   14    9  .323
Tony Gonzalez         25  103   18   32   6   2   1   16   0   1    6   11  .311
Felix Millan          25  105   14   32   3   1   2    9   2   2    5    3  .305
Sonny Jackson         21   79   18   23   6   1   0    7   2   0   20    9  .291
Bob Tillman           12   42    4   10   1   0   2    6   0   0    1   11  .238
Clete Boyer           23   86    8   18   4   0   4   17   1   1    6   17  .209
Bob Didier            12   31    1    6   0   1   0    2   1   0    2    2  .194
Bob Aspromonte         7   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .154
Mike Lum              17   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              8    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Glenn Beckert         22   85   16   25   0   2   1    7   1   0    7    3  .294
Jim Hickman           19   56    6   16   3   1   3    5   0   0   14   14  .286
Don Kessinger         22   82   18   23   3   2   1    4   2   1   15   11  .281
Johnny Callison       22   83    8   23   3   1   4   16   3   1    6    8  .277
Ron Santo             22   82   11   21   4   2   3   14   0   0   10   16  .256
Billy Williams        22   87   17   21   1   0   8   26   1   0    6   11  .241
Randy Hundley          6   21    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .238
Ernie Banks           19   68    5   14   3   0   1   10   0   0    7   11  .206
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          16   42    4    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .143
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            27   95   24   39   4   0  10   29   0   1   22   19  .411
Bobby Tolan           27  110   26   35  10   1   6   22   8   2    9   18  .318
Hal McRae             16   33    5   10   1   1   2    3   0   0    4    3  .303
Johnny Bench          27  105   15   30   7   2   7   23   0   2    6   18  .286
Bernie Carbo          21   61    8   17   2   1   4   10   3   1   16   11  .279
Pete Rose             27  106   20   29   5   1   3    7   3   1   14   11  .274
Lee May               21   78   11   21   5   0   6   19   0   0    7   15  .269
Dave Concepcion       25   75    9   20   4   0   1    4   1   0   10   10  .267
Darrel Chaney          9   12    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .250
Tommy Helms           27  114   18   23   5   0   0    8   0   1    4    4  .202
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         15   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .071

 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
Jim Beauchamp         13   14    3    5   0   0   1    4   0   1    2    3  .357
Denis Menke           27  102   13   34   7   1   2   20   0   0   10   14  .333
Tommy Davis           22   75    7   24   3   2   1   10   3   2    2    8  .320
Keith Lampard         15   26    4    8   3   1   0    3   0   0    1    8  .308
Jim Wynn              27   99   16   27   6   0   6   19   7   2   14   16  .273
Doug Rader            27   96   14   26   2   1   4   13   1   0    9   16  .271
Joe Pepitone          25   92   16   24   5   3   5    7   1   1    7   10  .261
Joe Morgan            27  105   18   27   4   4   0    7   4   5   18   12  .257
Norm Miller           17   59    7   15   3   0   2   10   0   0    5    8  .254
John Mayberry         16   48    8    9   1   0   3    6   1   0    6   11  .188
Johnny Edwards        26   89    8   13   2   0   2    6   1   0    5   16  .146
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             3   12    4    6   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .500
Gary Moore             1    2    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Billy Grabarkewitz    21   59    7   21   4   1   2   15   3   1   13   20  .356
Wes Parker            24   89    8   25   7   0   1   15   2   0   10    5  .281
Manny Mota            12   29    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    5  .276
Ted Sizemore          20   69    7   19   2   0   0    4   1   0    8    2  .275
Tom Haller            12   33    4    8   0   2   0    4   1   0    2    3  .242
Maury Wills           24   91   13   22   2   1   0    5   8   2   16    3  .242
Willie Crawford       22   62   11   14   2   1   1    5   0   1    9   23  .226
Andy Kosco            19   72   10   16   5   0   3   10   1   0    1   14  .222
Jeff Torborg          11   18    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .222
Jim Lefebvre          10   25    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .200
Bill Sudakis          14   36    2    7   2   0   0    2   1   0    8    4  .194
Willie Davis          24   85    8   16   4   0   0    6   5   4    2    8  .188
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            13   33    3   13   2   0   0    5   0   0   12    9  .394
Rusty Staub           22   77    9   23   2   2   1   12   3   1   18   13  .299
Ron Brand             13   31    4    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    4  .258
Ron Fairly            22   75    7   19   2   0   3    9   4   0   17   13  .253
Don Hahn               5   20    3    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .250
Marv Staehle          16   52    6   12   3   1   0    4   1   0    9    3  .231
Bobby Wine            22   78    4   17   3   1   1    7   0   0    6   17  .218
Adolfo Phillips       12   39    1    8   1   0   1    1   1   0    3   13  .205
Jim Fairey            10   26    6    5   0   1   0    1   1   1    1    6  .192
Mack Jones            18   64    4   12   3   1   0    6   1   0   11   17  .188
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
Jim Qualls             6    8    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .125
Coco Laboy            18   55    0    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    7   11  .109
Bob Bailey            17   31    4    3   0   1   0    0   0   1    6    7  .097
John Bateman           6   21    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    0    5  .095
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
Art Shamsky           19   61    7   18   5   0   0    6   1   0    7    7  .295
Bud Harrelson         24   92   18   27   7   4   1    6   7   2   15    7  .294
Ken Boswell           15   44    2   12   1   0   1    6   1   0    6    5  .273
Tommie Agee           22   93   13   23   3   0   3    7   3   1    9   23  .247
Ron Swoboda           21   45    2   11   1   1   0    4   1   0   13   13  .244
Duffy Dyer            12   41    1   10   0   0   0    2   0   1    6    6  .244
Donn Clendenon        18   55    7   13   1   0   3   13   0   0    2   13  .236
Ed Kranepool          10   18    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .222
Joe Foy               22   82    8   18   4   0   1    9   7   2    9    7  .220
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
Cleon Jones           22   78   10   15   3   1   0    9   1   1    9   17  .192
Mike Jorgensen        16   28    6    5   1   0   2    2   1   0    5    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             20   73   12   29   6   2   2   10   0   0    9    9  .397
Jim Hutto              9   11    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .364
Mike Ryan              3    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Mike Compton           5   11    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .273
Rick Joseph           11   19    2    5   0   1   2    4   0   0    0    4  .263
Tim McCarver          19   69    4   17   4   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .246
Tony Taylor           16   54    7   13   0   0   0    5   1   2    6   10  .241
Denny Doyle           22   90    9   21   3   3   0    3   1   1    7   16  .233
Larry Hisle           24   84   10   19   5   0   3   11   1   0   14   28  .226
Johnny Briggs         24   88    8   19   3   0   2   11   2   0   10   16  .216
Ron Stone             12   24    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .208
Byron Browne          20   47    3    9   3   0   0    0   1   1    6   11  .192
Deron Johnson         24   84    9   16   3   0   6   16   0   0   11   23  .191
Larry Bowa            23   79    3   15   2   0   0    4   1   2    6    9  .190
Terry Harmon           8   12    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .167
Sam Parrilla           8   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .091

 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
Bob Robertson         13   35    6   13   1   0   3    7   0   0    4    7  .371
Manny Sanguillen      15   57    5   20   3   0   3    8   1   0    0    8  .351
Freddie Patek         10   12    4    4   0   2   0    1   1   0    2    4  .333
Richie Hebner         20   69    9   22   9   1   0    5   1   1    4   10  .319
Johnny Jeter          11   16    7    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .313
Matty Alou            24  104   19   22   2   1   0    7   3   0    5    4  .212
Jerry May             11   29    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    7  .207
Jose Pagan            13   31    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .194
Bill Mazeroski        23   83    7   16   3   0   1   13   1   0    7   10  .193
Willie Stargell       21   75    7   14   1   0   3   15   0   0    7   21  .187
Al Oliver             23   76    7   14   3   2   2    4   0   1    2    4  .184
Gene Alley            22   75    8   11   2   0   1    3   1   0    5   25  .147
Jose Martinez         11    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Dave Ricketts          6    4    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            17   50    6   15   2   0   1    5   1   0    6    5  .300
Cito Gaston           26  104   13   30   7   1   4   14   1   1    4   20  .289
Chris Cannizzaro      22   63    4   18   2   0   0    7   0   3    8    8  .286
Tommy Dean             9   28    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    6  .286
Dave Campbell         26   95   10   26   4   0   0    7   4   3    6   16  .274
Al Ferrara            26   55    7   15   4   1   3    5   0   0   13   12  .273
Ollie Brown           23   82   11   21   3   0   3    7   0   0    7   13  .256
Ron Slocum            15    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Steve Huntz            8   33    4    7   1   0   3    4   0   0    3    6  .212
Ivan Murrell          14   19    1    4   0   0   1    4   1   0    0    8  .211
Nate Colbert          26   91   15   19   3   1   6   14   1   2    8   24  .209
Ramon Webster         19   20    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .150
Jerry Morales         22   55    5    8   0   1   1    4   0   0    3   11  .146
Van Kelly             17   47    5    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    6   16  .128
Jose Arcia            18   33    1    3   0   0   0    1   3   2    4    5  .091
Bob Barton             7   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .071

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dick Dietz            22   83   12   31   6   1   7   25   0   0   10   25  .374
Ken Henderson         27   98   26   34   7   0   3   20   2   0   23   14  .347
Bobby Bonds           27  105   28   36   5   2   6   16  12   0   21   30  .343
Ron Hunt              23   74   15   25   4   0   2   11   1   1   12    5  .338
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           22   72   14   19   3   0   3   11   2   0   13   12  .264
Bob Heise             16   38    3   10   1   0   0    8   0   0    3    4  .263
Bob Burda             16    9    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .222
Tito Fuentes          12   38    5    8   2   1   1    4   0   0    5    4  .211
Jim Davenport          8   24    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .208
Willie McCovey        27   87   17   17   4   0   7   22   0   0   33   22  .195
Hal Lanier            18   57    4   11   0   0   2    5   1   0    3    4  .193
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             12   10    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         22   94   17   31   6   2   1   13   7   1    6    7  .330
Joe Hague             20   61    5   18   1   1   3    8   1   0   13   13  .295
Dick Allen            22   81   16   23   3   1   8   18   0   1   13   16  .284
Joe Torre             22   85   10   24   5   0   3   15   0   2   10   11  .282
Lou Brock             22   93   17   26   4   0   3    9   5   0    7   13  .280
Leron Lee             22   82   10   22   5   0   2    9   0   1    7   15  .268
Julian Javier         14   49    5   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    4  .225
Jim Campbell          11   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .182
Dal Maxvill           20   50    6    8   1   0   0    2   0   0   10   14  .160
Carl Taylor           12   23    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    5    1  .130
Vic Davalillo         10   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .100
Milt Ramirez           9   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Cookie Rojas          13   31    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .097
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)          114
  B. Tolan (CIN)          110
  P. Rose (CIN)           106
  J. Bench (CIN)          105
  B. Bonds (SF)           105
  F. Millan (ATL)         105
  J. Morgan (HOU)         105
  M. Alou (PIT)           104
  C. Gaston (SD)          104
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)       103

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            28
  R. Carty (ATL)           28
  K. Henderson (SF)        26
  B. Tolan (CIN)           26
  H. Aaron (ATL)           24
  T. Perez (CIN)           24
  P. Rose (CIN)            20
  M. Alou (PIT)            19
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          18
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        18

Hits:

  R. Carty (ATL)           40
  T. Perez (CIN)           39
  B. Bonds (SF)            36
  B. Tolan (CIN)           35
  K. Henderson (SF)        34
  D. Menke (HOU)           34
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          32
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        32
  F. Millan (ATL)          32
  J. Cardenal (STL)        31

Doubles:

  O. Cepeda (ATL)          10
  B. Tolan (CIN)           10
  R. Hebner (PIT)           9
  R. Carty (ATL)            8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  C. Gaston (SD)            7
  B. Harrelson (NY)         7
  K. Henderson (SF)         7
  D. Menke (HOU)            7
  W. Parker (LA)            7

Triples:

  B. Harrelson (NY)         4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           4
  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  D. Doyle (PHI)            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:

  H. Aaron (ATL)           10
  T. Perez (CIN)           10
  D. Allen (STL)            8
  R. Carty (ATL)            8
  B. Williams (CHI)         8
  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
  H. Aaron (ATL)           25
  R. Carty (ATL)           25
  D. Dietz (SF)            25
  J. Bench (CIN)           23
  W. McCovey (SF)          22
  B. Tolan (CIN)           22
  K. Henderson (SF)        20
  D. Menke (HOU)           20

Stolen Bases:

  B. Bonds (SF)            12
  B. Tolan (CIN)            8
  M. Wills (LA)             8
  J. Cardenal (STL)         7
  J. Foy (NY)               7
  B. Harrelson (NY)         7
  J. Wynn (HOU)             7
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  W. Davis (LA)             5
  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)          33
  K. Henderson (SF)        23
  T. Perez (CIN)           22
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  S. Jackson (ATL)         20
  J. Morgan (HOU)          18
  R. Staub (MON)           18
  R. Fairly (MON)          17
  B. Carbo (CIN)           16
  R. Carty (ATL)           16

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SF)            30
  L. Hisle (PHI)           28
  G. Alley (PIT)           25
  D. Dietz (SF)            25
  N. Colbert (SD)          24
  T. Agee (NY)             23
  W. Crawford (LA)         23
  D. Johnson (PHI)         23
  W. McCovey (SF)          22
  W. Stargell (PIT)        21

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