Wednesday May 6, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 6, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          891  149   253   45    5   37   139   10    7  100   120  .284
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
Los Angeles      841   90   200   31    6    9    80   25    9   85   123  .238
Chicago          708   95   168   19    8   23    91    7    2   81   123  .237
Pittsburgh       836   95   190   32    9   15    87    9    3   60   155  .227
New York         841   92   191   34    9   12    83   28    9  100   159  .227
Philadelphia     851   83   193   32    8   18    75    9    6   85   159  .227
San Diego        883   93   198   33    4   24    83   11   12   74   193  .224
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)         26   96   28   41   9   0   8   26   0   1   16   10  .427
Tony Perez (CIN)         27   95   24   39   4   0  10   29   0   1   22   19  .411
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   20   78    8   30   6   3   1   16   1   0    6   10  .385
Don Money (PHI)          21   76   13   29   6   2   2   10   0   0   10   10  .382
Dick Dietz (SF)          22   83   12   31   6   1   7   25   0   0   10   25  .374
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
Orlando Cepeda (ATL)     25   94   18   32  10   0   6   16   1   1    9   13  .340
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            26   96   28   41   9   0   8   26   0   1   16   10  .427
Hal King               9   20    2    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    8    6  .350
Orlando Cepeda        25   94   18   32  10   0   6   16   1   1    9   13  .340
Hank Aaron            25   97   26   32   2   0  11   27   3   0   14    9  .330
Tony Gonzalez         26  105   18   32   6   2   1   16   0   1    7   12  .305
Felix Millan          26  107   15   32   3   1   2    9   2   2    7    3  .299
Sonny Jackson         22   83   18   23   6   1   0    7   2   0   20    9  .277
Bob Tillman           12   42    4   10   1   0   2    6   0   0    1   11  .238
Clete Boyer           24   88    8   19   4   0   4   17   1   2    7   17  .216
Bob Didier            13   34    1    6   0   1   0    2   1   0    2    2  .177
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
Gary Moore             1    2    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Billy Grabarkewitz    22   63    7   23   4   1   2   15   3   1   13   21  .365
Von Joshua             4   17    4    6   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    3  .353
Ted Sizemore          21   73    8   21   2   0   1    5   1   0    8    2  .288
Wes Parker            25   92    9   26   7   0   1   15   2   0   11    5  .283
Manny Mota            12   29    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    5  .276
Willie Crawford       23   66   12   17   2   1   2    8   0   1    9   24  .258
Tom Haller            12   33    4    8   0   2   0    4   1   0    2    3  .242
Maury Wills           25   95   13   22   2   1   0    5   8   2   16    3  .232
Jeff Torborg          11   18    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .222
Andy Kosco            20   73   10   16   5   0   3   10   1   0    1   14  .219
Willie Davis          25   89    8   18   4   0   0    6   5   4    2   10  .202
Bill Sudakis          15   40    3    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    8    4  .200
Jim Lefebvre          11   26    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .192
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         6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .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
Bud Harrelson         25   97   19   30   7   4   1    7   8   2   15    7  .309
Ken Boswell           16   48    2   14   1   0   1    7   2   0    6    6  .292
Art Shamsky           20   64    7   18   5   0   0    7   1   0    8    7  .281
Tommie Agee           23   96   16   24   3   0   3    7   4   1   11   24  .250
Ron Swoboda           21   45    2   11   1   1   0    4   1   0   13   13  .244
Donn Clendenon        18   55    7   13   1   0   3   13   0   0    2   13  .236
Duffy Dyer            13   44    1   10   0   0   0    2   0   1    7    6  .227
Ed Kranepool          10   18    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .222
Joe Foy               23   86    8   18   4   0   1    9   7   2    9    7  .209
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           23   81   11   16   3   1   0    9   1   1    9   17  .198
Mike Jorgensen        17   32    6    6   1   0   2    2   2   0    5   11  .188
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             21   76   13   29   6   2   2   10   0   0   10   10  .382
Jim Hutto             10   12    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Mike Ryan              3    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Rick Joseph           11   19    2    5   0   1   2    4   0   0    0    4  .263
Denny Doyle           23   93   10   23   3   4   0    3   1   1    8   16  .247
Tim McCarver          19   69    4   17   4   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .246
Mike Compton           6   13    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .231
Larry Hisle           25   88   10   20   5   0   3   11   1   0   14   30  .227
Tony Taylor           17   58    8   13   0   0   0    5   2   2    6   10  .224
Johnny Briggs         25   92    8   20   3   1   2   12   2   0   10   16  .217
Ron Stone             13   25    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .200
Deron Johnson         25   87   10   17   3   0   7   17   0   0   12   24  .195
Larry Bowa            24   82    3   16   2   0   0    4   1   2    7    9  .195
Byron Browne          20   47    3    9   3   0   0    0   1   1    6   11  .192
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
Del Bates              1    2    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      20   78    8   30   6   3   1   16   1   0    6   10  .385
Bob Robertson         14   38    6   14   1   0   3    7   0   0    4    8  .368
Manny Sanguillen      16   61    5   21   3   0   3    8   1   0    0    9  .344
Freddie Patek         10   12    4    4   0   2   0    1   1   0    2    4  .333
Johnny Jeter          11   16    7    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .313
Richie Hebner         21   73    9   22   9   1   0    5   1   1    4   11  .301
Matty Alou            25  108   19   23   2   1   0    7   3   1    5    4  .213
Jerry May             11   29    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    7  .207
Jose Pagan            14   32    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .188
Bill Mazeroski        24   87    7   16   3   0   1   13   1   0    7   14  .184
Willie Stargell       22   78    7   14   1   0   3   15   0   0    8   22  .180
Al Oliver             24   80    7   14   3   2   2    4   0   1    2    5  .175
Gene Alley            23   78    8   13   3   0   1    3   1   0    5   25  .167
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
Tommy Dean             9   28    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    6  .286
Cito Gaston           27  108   13   30   7   1   4   14   1   1    4   22  .278
Al Ferrara            27   59    7   16   4   1   3    5   0   0   13   13  .271
Dave Campbell         27  100   10   27   4   0   0    7   4   3    6   17  .270
Chris Cannizzaro      23   67    4   18   2   0   0    7   0   3    8    9  .269
Ollie Brown           24   86   12   23   4   0   3    7   0   0    7   14  .267
Ron Slocum            15    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Nate Colbert          27   95   16   22   3   1   7   15   1   3    8   24  .232
Ivan Murrell          15   20    1    4   0   0   1    4   1   0    0    8  .200
Steve Huntz            9   36    4    7   1   0   3    4   0   0    4    6  .194
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             18   51    6    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    6   16  .137
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
  M. Alou (PIT)           108
  C. Gaston (SD)          108
  F. Millan (ATL)         107
  P. Rose (CIN)           106
  J. Bench (CIN)          105
  B. Bonds (SF)           105
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)       105
  J. Morgan (HOU)         105

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  R. Carty (ATL)           41
  T. Perez (CIN)           39
  B. Bonds (SF)            36
  B. Tolan (CIN)           35
  K. Henderson (SF)        34
  D. Menke (HOU)           34
  H. Aaron (ATL)           32
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          32
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)        32
  F. Millan (ATL)          32

Doubles:

  O. Cepeda (ATL)          10
  B. Tolan (CIN)           10
  R. Carty (ATL)            9
  R. Hebner (PIT)           9
  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:

  D. Doyle (PHI)            4
  B. Harrelson (NY)         4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           4
  R. Clemente (PIT)         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)           11
  T. Perez (CIN)           10
  D. Allen (STL)            8
  R. Carty (ATL)            8
  B. Williams (CHI)         8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  N. Colbert (SD)           7
  D. Dietz (SF)             7
  D. Johnson (PHI)          7
  W. McCovey (SF)           7

RBI:

  T. Perez (CIN)           29
  H. Aaron (ATL)           27
  R. Carty (ATL)           26
  B. Williams (CHI)        26
  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. Harrelson (NY)         8
  B. Tolan (CIN)            8
  M. Wills (LA)             8
  J. Cardenal (STL)         7
  J. Foy (NY)               7
  J. Wynn (HOU)             7
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  W. Davis (LA)             5
  T. Agee (NY)              4

Caught Stealing:

  J. Morgan (HOU)           5
  W. Davis (LA)             4
  D. Campbell (SD)          3
  C. Cannizzaro (SD)        3
  N. Colbert (SD)           3
  J. Arcia (SD)             2
  J. Bench (CIN)            2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  C. Boyer (ATL)            2
  T. Davis (HOU)            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)           30
  G. Alley (PIT)           25
  D. Dietz (SF)            25
  T. Agee (NY)             24
  N. Colbert (SD)          24
  W. Crawford (LA)         24
  D. Johnson (PHI)         24
  C. Gaston (SD)           22
  W. McCovey (SF)          22


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