Thursday May 7, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 7, 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       936  151   253   46    8   40   136   17    9  104   162  .270
San Francisco    956  160   250   46    6   32   149   19    1  154   190  .262
Houston          951  130   242   44   13   26   121   18   11   94   150  .255
St. Louis        745   97   188   28    6   21    91   13    6   79   108  .252
Los Angeles      879   97   212   35    7   10    87   26   10   89   127  .241
Chicago          738   97   173   21    9   23    93    7    2   85   126  .234
Pittsburgh       872  104   202   32   10   17    93    9    3   68   161  .232
San Diego        921  101   213   36    4   27    90   12   13   80   201  .231
Philadelphia     883   85   199   34    8   18    77    9    6   92   167  .225
New York         876   96   196   34    9   12    85   31   10  108   167  .224
Montreal         754   73   165   29    7    8    69   13    4  113   144  .219

 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)         28   98   24   40   4   0  10   30   0   1   22   21  .408
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   20   78    8   30   6   3   1   16   1   0    6   10  .385
Dick Dietz (SF)          23   88   12   33   7   1   7   29   0   0   10   25  .375
Don Money (PHI)          22   80   14   30   7   2   2   10   0   0   10   10  .375
Ken Henderson (SF)       28  102   27   35   7   0   3   20   2   0   24   14  .343
Orlando Cepeda (ATL)     25   94   18   32  10   0   6   16   1   1    9   13  .340
Bobby Bonds (SF)         28  109   28   36   5   2   6   17  12   0   21   32  .330
Hank Aaron (ATL)         25   97   26   32   2   0  11   27   3   0   14    9  .330
Jose Cardenal (STL)      22   94   17   31   6   2   1   13   7   1    6    7  .330

 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
Jim Hickman           19   56    6   16   3   1   3    5   0   0   14   14  .286
Glenn Beckert         23   88   16   25   0   2   1    8   1   0    7    3  .284
Don Kessinger         23   86   19   24   3   3   1    4   2   1   15   11  .279
Johnny Callison       23   87    8   24   3   1   4   16   3   1    6    9  .276
Ron Santo             23   86   11   22   4   2   3   14   0   0   10   16  .256
Willie Smith           9   16    3    4   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    4  .250
Boots Day              9    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .250
Randy Hundley          6   21    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .238
Billy Williams        23   91   17   21   1   0   8   26   1   0    6   12  .231
Ernie Banks           20   70    6   15   4   0   1   10   0   0    9   11  .214
Paul Popovich          6    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Cleo James            10    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
J. C. Martin          17   44    4    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    8    3  .136
Jimmie Hall            8   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .091
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            28   98   24   40   4   0  10   30   0   1   22   21  .408
Bobby Tolan           28  114   27   36  11   1   6   22   8   2    9   20  .316
Hal McRae             16   33    5   10   1   1   2    3   0   0    4    3  .303
Bernie Carbo          22   65    9   19   2   1   5   12   4   1   16   11  .292
Dave Concepcion       26   79   10   23   4   0   1    4   1   0   10   10  .291
Johnny Bench          28  109   15   31   7   2   7   23   0   2    6   19  .284
Pete Rose             28  110   21   30   6   1   3    8   3   2   15   12  .273
Lee May               22   82   12   22   5   0   6   19   0   0    7   16  .268
Darrel Chaney          9   12    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .250
Tommy Helms           28  119   18   24   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
Jim Beauchamp         14   15    3    5   0   0   1    4   0   1    2    3  .333
Tommy Davis           23   80    8   26   3   2   1   11   3   2    2    9  .325
Denis Menke           28  105   13   34   7   1   2   20   0   0   12   14  .324
Jesus Alou            11   31    6   10   5   0   0    6   0   0    2    0  .323
Keith Lampard         15   26    4    8   3   1   0    3   0   0    1    8  .308
Jim Wynn              28  101   18   28   6   0   6   19   7   2   17   16  .277
Doug Rader            28   99   14   27   2   1   4   15   1   0   11   16  .273
Joe Pepitone          26   96   16   25   5   3   5    8   1   1    7   11  .260
Norm Miller           17   59    7   15   3   0   2   10   0   0    5    8  .254
Joe Morgan            28  109   18   27   4   4   0    7   4   5   19   13  .248
John Mayberry         16   48    8    9   1   0   3    6   1   0    6   11  .188
Johnny Edwards        27   93    8   13   2   0   2    6   1   0    5   16  .140
Marty Martinez         6    8    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125
Bob Watson             8   17    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    7  .118
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    23   67    8   25   5   1   2   16   3   1   13   21  .373
Von Joshua             5   18    4    6   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .333
Wes Parker            26   97   11   30   8   1   2   18   2   0   11    5  .309
Ted Sizemore          22   76    9   21   2   0   1    5   2   0   10    2  .276
Jeff Torborg          12   23    2    6   3   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .261
Manny Mota            13   31    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   1    6    5  .258
Willie Crawford       24   68   12   17   2   1   2    8   0   1    9   24  .250
Tom Haller            12   33    4    8   0   2   0    4   1   0    2    3  .242
Maury Wills           26  100   14   23   2   1   0    6   8   2   16    4  .230
Willie Davis          26   93    9   21   5   0   0    7   5   4    3   10  .226
Andy Kosco            21   77   10   16   5   0   3   10   1   0    1   15  .208
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         7    7    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            14   37    4   14   2   0   0    7   0   0   14   10  .378
Rusty Staub           23   81   10   24   2   2   1   13   3   1   19   14  .296
Ron Brand             14   37    4   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    4    5  .270
Jim Fairey            11   31    9    8   1   1   1    5   1   1    2    6  .258
Ron Fairly            23   78    9   20   3   0   3   11   4   0   20   13  .256
Marv Staehle          17   56    8   14   3   1   0    6   1   0   10    3  .250
Don Hahn               6   20    3    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .250
Mack Jones            19   67    7   14   3   1   1    7   1   0   13   18  .209
Bobby Wine            23   82    5   17   3   1   1    7   0   0    7   18  .207
Adolfo Phillips       12   39    1    8   1   0   1    1   1   0    3   13  .205
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         26  100   21   31   7   4   1    7   9   2   17    7  .310
Ken Boswell           17   53    3   16   1   0   1    9   2   0    6    7  .302
Art Shamsky           21   67    8   19   5   0   0    7   1   0   10    7  .284
Tommie Agee           24  100   16   25   3   0   3    7   5   2   11   25  .250
Ron Swoboda           22   46    2   11   1   1   0    4   1   0   14   14  .239
Donn Clendenon        19   56    7   13   1   0   3   13   0   0    2   13  .232
Ed Kranepool          10   18    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .222
Duffy Dyer            14   48    1   10   0   0   0    2   0   1    8    7  .208
Joe Foy               24   89    8   18   4   0   1    9   8   2   11    9  .202
Dave Marshall         11   20    3    4   0   1   1    4   1   1    0    5  .200
Al Weis               11   21    4    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    6  .191
Cleon Jones           24   86   11   16   3   1   0    9   1   1    9   18  .186
Mike Jorgensen        18   35    6    6   1   0   2    2   2   0    5   11  .171
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             22   80   14   30   7   2   2   10   0   0   10   10  .375
Jim Hutto             11   12    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    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
Tim McCarver          19   69    4   17   4   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .246
Denny Doyle           24   98   10   24   4   4   0    4   1   1    8   17  .245
Tony Taylor           18   62    8   15   0   0   0    5   2   2    7   11  .242
Mike Compton           6   13    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .231
Larry Hisle           26   89   10   20   5   0   3   11   1   0   17   31  .225
Johnny Briggs         26   97    8   20   3   1   2   12   2   0   10   19  .206
Del Bates              2    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Deron Johnson         26   91   10   18   3   0   7   17   0   0   12   24  .198
Ron Stone             14   26    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .192
Larry Bowa            25   85    4   16   2   0   0    4   1   2    8    9  .188
Byron Browne          21   48    3    9   3   0   0    0   1   1    6   12  .188
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         15   42    8   16   1   0   4    8   0   0    5    8  .381
Freddie Patek         11   16    5    6   0   2   0    1   1   0    3    5  .375
Manny Sanguillen      16   61    5   21   3   0   3    8   1   0    0    9  .344
Johnny Jeter          12   16    8    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .313
Richie Hebner         22   76   10   23   9   1   0    5   1   1    5   11  .303
Matty Alou            26  113   20   25   2   1   0    7   3   1    5    4  .221
Jerry May             12   32    3    7   1   1   0    3   0   0    7    8  .219
Jose Pagan            15   32    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    5  .188
Bill Mazeroski        25   91    7   17   3   0   1   13   1   0    8   14  .187
Willie Stargell       23   82    9   15   1   0   4   18   0   0    9   23  .183
Al Oliver             25   85    8   15   3   2   2    5   0   1    2    5  .177
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            18   54    8   16   2   0   1    5   2   0    7    7  .296
Tommy Dean             9   28    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    6  .286
Cito Gaston           28  113   13   32   7   1   4   15   1   1    4   25  .283
Dave Campbell         28  104   12   29   6   0   0    7   4   3    7   18  .279
Chris Cannizzaro      23   67    4   18   2   0   0    7   0   3    8    9  .269
Ollie Brown           25   91   12   24   4   0   3    7   0   0    7   15  .264
Al Ferrara            28   63    7   16   4   1   3    5   0   0   14   13  .254
Ron Slocum            15    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Nate Colbert          28   99   18   24   3   1   9   17   1   3    9   24  .242
Steve Huntz           10   39    5    9   1   0   4    7   0   1    6    6  .231
Bob Barton             8   19    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .211
Ivan Murrell          16   20    1    4   0   0   1    4   1   0    0    8  .200
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

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dick Dietz            23   88   12   33   7   1   7   29   0   0   10   25  .375
Ken Henderson         28  102   27   35   7   0   3   20   2   0   24   14  .343
Bobby Bonds           28  109   28   36   5   2   6   17  12   0   21   32  .330
Ron Hunt              24   79   15   26   4   0   2   11   1   1   12    5  .329
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           23   75   16   20   3   0   4   12   2   0   14   12  .267
Bob Heise             16   38    3   10   1   0   0    8   0   0    3    4  .263
Tito Fuentes          13   42    7   10   2   1   1    4   1   0    6    4  .238
Hal Lanier            19   61    5   14   0   0   2    6   1   0    3    4  .230
Jim Davenport          8   24    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .208
Willie McCovey        28   90   18   18   5   0   7   22   0   0   34   22  .200
Bob Burda             17   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .200
Steve Whitaker        15   26    3    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    2   13  .115
Bob Taylor            15   21    3    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .095
Don Mason             13   11    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)          119
  B. Tolan (CIN)          114
  M. Alou (PIT)           113
  C. Gaston (SD)          113
  P. Rose (CIN)           110
  J. Bench (CIN)          109
  B. Bonds (SF)           109
  J. Morgan (HOU)         109
  F. Millan (ATL)         107
  T. Gonzalez (ATL)       105

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            28
  R. Carty (ATL)           28
  K. Henderson (SF)        27
  B. Tolan (CIN)           27
  H. Aaron (ATL)           26
  T. Perez (CIN)           24
  B. Harrelson (NY)        21
  P. Rose (CIN)            21
  M. Alou (PIT)            20
  D. Kessinger (CHI)       19

Hits:

  R. Carty (ATL)           41
  T. Perez (CIN)           40
  B. Bonds (SF)            36
  B. Tolan (CIN)           36
  K. Henderson (SF)        35
  D. Menke (HOU)           34
  D. Dietz (SF)            33
  H. Aaron (ATL)           32
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          32
  C. Gaston (SD)           32

Doubles:

  B. Tolan (CIN)           11
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          10
  R. Carty (ATL)            9
  R. Hebner (PIT)           9
  W. Parker (LA)            8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  D. Dietz (SF)             7
  C. Gaston (SD)            7
  B. Harrelson (NY)         7
  K. Henderson (SF)         7

Triples:

  D. Doyle (PHI)            4
  B. Harrelson (NY)         4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           4
  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        3
  J. Pepitone (HOU)         3
  G. Beckert (CHI)          2
  J. Bench (CIN)            2
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  J. Cardenal (STL)         2

Home Runs:

  H. Aaron (ATL)           11
  T. Perez (CIN)           10
  N. Colbert (SD)           9
  D. Allen (STL)            8
  R. Carty (ATL)            8
  B. Williams (CHI)         8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  D. Dietz (SF)             7
  D. Johnson (PHI)          7
  W. McCovey (SF)           7

RBI:

  T. Perez (CIN)           30
  D. Dietz (SF)            29
  H. Aaron (ATL)           27
  R. Carty (ATL)           26
  B. Williams (CHI)        26
  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)         9
  J. Foy (NY)               8
  B. Tolan (CIN)            8
  M. Wills (LA)             8
  J. Cardenal (STL)         7
  J. Wynn (HOU)             7
  T. Agee (NY)              5
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  W. Davis (LA)             5

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  W. McCovey (SF)          34
  K. Henderson (SF)        24
  T. Perez (CIN)           22
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  R. Fairly (MON)          20
  S. Jackson (ATL)         20
  J. Morgan (HOU)          19
  R. Staub (MON)           19
  B. Harrelson (NY)        17
  L. Hisle (PHI)           17

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SF)            32
  L. Hisle (PHI)           31
  T. Agee (NY)             25
  G. Alley (PIT)           25
  D. Dietz (SF)            25
  C. Gaston (SD)           25
  N. Colbert (SD)          24
  W. Crawford (LA)         24
  D. Johnson (PHI)         24
  W. Stargell (PIT)        23


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