Saturday May 9, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 9, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          956  162   274   46    5   41   152   12    7  108   131  .287
Cincinnati      1005  159   273   48    8   46   144   17    9  110   178  .272
San Francisco   1029  172   270   50    6   36   161   19    1  160   204  .262
Houston         1016  140   262   47   14   28   130   18   12   97   164  .258
St. Louis        817  107   207   31    6   22   101   14    6   85   129  .253
Chicago          812  115   202   24   10   29   111    7    2   94   134  .249
Los Angeles      978  114   240   41   11   11   103   29   11   98   145  .245
San Diego       1041  124   249   40    5   35   110   13   16   90   235  .239
Pittsburgh       945  115   224   33   13   20   104   11    3   76   173  .237
New York         948  111   218   37    9   14    99   33   11  123   181  .230
Philadelphia     972   93   215   37    9   22    84    9    6   98   187  .221
Montreal         857   81   184   32    7   10    76   13    4  134   163  .215

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rico Carty (ATL)         28  103   30   44   9   0   8   27   0   1   17   11  .427
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   22   84    9   34   6   4   1   17   1   0    6   10  .405
Tony Perez (CIN)         30  107   26   43   4   0  12   33   0   1   22   22  .402
Don Money (PHI)          23   84   15   31   7   2   3   11   0   0   11   12  .369
Dick Dietz (SF)          25   93   13   34   7   1   7   29   0   0   13   26  .366
Ken Henderson (SF)       30  110   28   39   9   0   4   23   2   0   25   14  .355
Orlando Cepeda (ATL)     27  101   19   35  10   0   7   19   1   1   10   15  .347
Bobby Bonds (SF)         30  119   31   40   6   2   7   19  12   0   21   33  .336
Hank Aaron (ATL)         27  105   28   35   2   0  13   32   3   0   15   11  .333
Denis Menke (HOU)        30  112   14   37   8   1   2   21   0   0   13   16  .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            28  103   30   44   9   0   8   27   0   1   17   11  .427
Orlando Cepeda        27  101   19   35  10   0   7   19   1   1   10   15  .347
Hank Aaron            27  105   28   35   2   0  13   32   3   0   15   11  .333
Hal King              11   25    4    8   1   0   2    5   0   0   10    6  .320
Felix Millan          28  115   16   35   4   1   2   11   2   2    7    4  .304
Tony Gonzalez         28  112   19   33   6   2   1   16   1   1    8   13  .295
Sonny Jackson         24   90   21   26   6   1   0    7   3   0   22    9  .289
Bob Tillman           12   42    4   10   1   0   2    6   0   0    1   11  .238
Clete Boyer           26   96    8   21   4   0   4   18   1   2    7   18  .219
Bob Didier            14   35    1    7   0   1   0    2   1   0    2    2  .200
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
Ralph Garr            10    7    3    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .143
Gil Garrido            4   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Hickman           21   64    9   20   4   1   5   11   0   0   15   15  .313
Glenn Beckert         25   98   17   29   0   2   1    9   1   0    7    3  .296
Johnny Callison       24   92   11   27   4   1   4   16   3   1    6    9  .294
Don Kessinger         25   96   19   28   4   3   1    6   2   1   15   11  .292
Billy Williams        25   99   19   25   1   0  10   31   1   0    8   13  .253
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
Ron Santo             25   95   12   23   4   2   3   14   0   0   11   18  .242
Randy Hundley          6   21    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .238
Ernie Banks           22   79    8   18   4   0   2   12   0   0    9   11  .228
Cleo James            12   10    1    2   0   1   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          19   49    8    8   0   0   1    3   0   0   11    4  .163
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            9    3    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .667
Tony Perez            30  107   26   43   4   0  12   33   0   1   22   22  .402
Hal McRae             17   37    7   12   1   1   4    6   0   0    5    3  .324
Bobby Tolan           30  123   28   38  11   1   6   22   8   2    9   25  .309
Dave Concepcion       28   86   10   26   4   0   1    4   1   0   10   12  .302
Lee May               24   91   14   26   7   0   7   20   0   0    7   17  .286
Bernie Carbo          23   67    9   19   2   1   5   12   4   1   17   12  .284
Johnny Bench          30  116   16   32   7   2   8   24   0   2    8   21  .276
Pete Rose             30  117   21   31   6   1   3    8   3   2   16   13  .265
Darrel Chaney          9   12    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .250
Tommy Helms           30  126   18   26   5   0   0    8   0   1    4    4  .206
Woody Woodward         5   10    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Pat Corrales           5   14    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .143
Jimmy Stewart         17   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .133
Jay Ward               1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Denis Menke           30  112   14   37   8   1   2   21   0   0   13   16  .330
Jesus Alou            12   31    6   10   5   0   0    6   0   0    2    0  .323
Tommy Davis           25   88    9   28   3   2   1   11   3   2    2   11  .318
Jim Beauchamp         15   16    3    5   0   0   1    4   0   1    2    3  .313
Doug Rader            30  107   16   31   2   1   5   17   1   1   11   17  .290
Jim Wynn              30  108   19   31   6   0   7   22   7   2   17   16  .287
Joe Morgan            30  116   21   31   5   5   0    9   4   5   20   14  .267
Norm Miller           18   59    8   15   3   0   2   10   0   0    6    8  .254
Joe Pepitone          28  104   16   26   5   3   5    8   1   1    7   12  .250
Keith Lampard         17   32    4    8   3   1   0    3   0   0    1   12  .250
Marty Martinez         7    9    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .222
John Mayberry         16   48    8    9   1   0   3    6   1   0    6   11  .188
Johnny Edwards        29  101    8   14   3   0   2    6   1   0    5   17  .139
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
Billy Grabarkewitz    25   67    8   25   5   1   2   17   3   1   13   21  .373
Manny Mota            15   39    6   13   0   3   0    5   2   1    7    6  .333
Wes Parker            28  109   13   32  10   1   2   20   2   0   12    8  .294
Von Joshua             6   24    5    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    6  .292
Ted Sizemore          24   87   10   24   2   0   1    5   2   0   11    3  .276
Jeff Torborg          14   29    3    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .276
Gary Moore             2    4    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Tom Haller            13   37    4    9   0   2   0    4   1   0    2    4  .243
Maury Wills           28  107   15   26   3   1   0    6   9   3   17    4  .243
Willie Davis          28  105   11   25   6   1   0   11   5   4    3   10  .238
Willie Crawford       26   73   13   17   2   1   2    8   1   1   11   26  .233
Jim Lefebvre          13   32    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .219
Bill Sudakis          17   51    4   11   2   0   1    5   1   0    8    8  .216
Andy Kosco            23   79   10   17   6   0   3   12   1   0    1   15  .215
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         8    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jack Hiatt            16   42    4   14   2   0   0    7   0   0   14   14  .333
Rusty Staub           26   89   12   27   2   2   2   15   3   1   26   15  .303
Jim Fairey            13   36    9   10   2   1   1    6   1   1    3    7  .278
Ron Fairly            25   86   10   23   4   0   3   12   4   0   22   14  .267
Marv Staehle          19   62    9   16   3   1   0    6   1   0   12    4  .258
Ron Brand             17   47    5   12   2   0   0    3   1   0    5    5  .255
Don Hahn               8   27    3    6   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .222
Bobby Wine            26   90    5   19   4   1   1    8   0   0    7   19  .211
Mack Jones            21   71    8   14   3   1   1    7   1   0   17   19  .197
Adolfo Phillips       14   47    1    9   1   0   1    2   1   0    3   14  .192
Gary Sutherland       17   53    5   10   3   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .189
John Boccabella        9   21    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .143
Bob Bailey            19   34    4    4   0   1   0    0   0   1    8    8  .118
Jim Qualls             8    9    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .111
Coco Laboy            19   59    0    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    7   11  .102
John Bateman           8   29    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    7  .069
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           23   76   10   24   6   0   1   10   1   0   10    7  .316
Ken Boswell           19   62    5   19   1   0   2   10   2   1    6    8  .307
Bud Harrelson         28  111   23   34   7   4   1    9   9   2   17    8  .306
Dave Marshall         13   27    4    8   0   1   1    8   1   1    0    5  .296
Tommie Agee           26  108   18   27   3   0   3    9   7   2   14   26  .250
Donn Clendenon        20   61    8   15   1   0   3   14   0   0    2   14  .246
Ron Swoboda           24   47    2   11   1   1   0    4   1   0   15   14  .234
Ed Kranepool          11   19    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .211
Joe Foy               25   89    9   18   4   0   1    9   8   2   14    9  .202
Al Weis               11   21    4    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    6  .191
Duffy Dyer            16   54    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   1   10   12  .185
Cleon Jones           25   88   11   16   3   1   0    9   1   1   11   18  .182
Mike Jorgensen        20   39    6    7   2   0   2    2   2   0    5   11  .180
Wayne Garrett         12   29    3    5   2   1   0    1   1   0   10    5  .172
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             23   84   15   31   7   2   3   11   0   0   11   12  .369
Jim Hutto             13   20    1    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    2  .350
Mike Ryan              3    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Rick Joseph           12   19    2    5   0   1   2    4   0   0    0    4  .263
Terry Harmon          10   16    2    4   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .250
Tim McCarver          19   69    4   17   4   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .246
Denny Doyle           25  104   10   25   4   4   0    4   1   1    8   18  .240
Byron Browne          23   59    7   14   4   1   2    2   1   1    6   14  .237
Mike Compton           8   17    3    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .235
Tony Taylor           20   73    8   15   0   0   0    5   2   2    7   12  .206
Johnny Briggs         27   98    8   20   3   1   2   12   2   0   10   19  .204
Larry Hisle           28   98   10   20   5   0   3   11   1   0   19   37  .204
Larry Bowa            27   90    4   17   2   0   0    4   1   2    8    9  .189
Deron Johnson         28  102   11   19   3   0   8   18   0   0   12   25  .186
Ron Stone             15   27    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .185
Sam Parrilla          10   13    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .154
Del Bates              4   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .100

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Robertson         17   49   10   20   1   0   6   13   1   0    7    9  .408
Roberto Clemente      22   84    9   34   6   4   1   17   1   0    6   10  .405
Manny Sanguillen      17   66    5   22   3   0   3    8   1   0    0   10  .333
Richie Hebner         24   83   12   26   9   3   0    7   1   1    5   12  .313
Johnny Jeter          13   16    8    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .313
Freddie Patek         13   23    5    6   0   2   0    2   1   0    5    8  .261
Matty Alou            28  122   21   27   3   1   0    8   3   1    5    6  .221
Jerry May             13   34    3    7   1   1   0    3   0   0    7    8  .206
Willie Stargell       25   89   11   18   1   0   4   18   0   0   11   25  .202
Jose Pagan            16   36    2    7   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    5  .194
Gene Alley            24   82    9   15   3   0   2    4   2   0    6   25  .183
Al Oliver             26   89    9   16   3   2   2    5   0   1    2    5  .180
Bill Mazeroski        26   95    7   17   3   0   1   13   1   0    8   14  .179
Jose Martinez         12    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Dave Ricketts          7    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Cito Gaston           31  125   17   40   7   2   4   17   2   1    6   26  .320
Dave Campbell         31  120   15   35   7   0   2    9   4   3    7   23  .292
Ed Spiezio            19   56    8   16   2   0   1    5   2   0    7    8  .286
Tommy Dean             9   28    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    6  .286
Chris Cannizzaro      25   75    7   21   2   0   1    9   0   4    9   11  .280
Ollie Brown           25   91   12   24   4   0   3    7   0   0    7   15  .264
Al Ferrara            31   73   10   19   4   1   4    8   0   0   17   15  .260
Bob Barton             9   24    1    6   2   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .250
Ron Slocum            15    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Nate Colbert          31  110   21   27   3   1  10   20   1   3   11   27  .246
Ivan Murrell          19   34    3    8   2   0   1    6   1   1    0   12  .235
Ramon Webster         21   22    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .227
Steve Huntz           13   54    6    9   1   0   4    7   0   2    7   12  .167
Van Kelly             21   63    7    9   2   0   1    7   0   0    6   18  .143
Jerry Morales         25   56    5    8   0   1   1    4   0   0    3   11  .143
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            25   93   13   34   7   1   7   29   0   0   13   26  .366
Ken Henderson         30  110   28   39   9   0   4   23   2   0   25   14  .355
Bobby Bonds           30  119   31   40   6   2   7   19  12   0   21   33  .336
Ron Hunt              26   86   16   28   4   0   2   11   1   1   12    6  .326
Al Gallagher          24   84   13   24   5   2   0    8   0   0    8   13  .286
Russ Gibson            6   25    2    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .280
Willie Mays           25   83   20   23   3   0   6   15   2   0   15   15  .277
Tito Fuentes          15   50    7   13   2   1   1    4   1   0    6    4  .260
Bob Heise             17   39    3   10   1   0   0    8   0   0    3    4  .256
Willie McCovey        30  100   19   21   6   0   7   25   0   0   34   23  .210
Jim Davenport          9   24    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .208
Hal Lanier            21   69    5   14   0   0   2    7   1   0    3    5  .203
Bob Burda             17   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .200
Steve Whitaker        16   27    3    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    2   14  .111
Bob Taylor            16   21    4    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         24  104   18   34   6   2   1   13   8   1    6    9  .327
Joe Hague             22   68    5   20   1   1   3    8   1   0   14   15  .294
Dick Allen            24   90   18   25   3   1   8   18   0   1   14   21  .278
Lou Brock             24  103   18   28   5   0   3    9   5   0    7   15  .272
Leron Lee             24   82   10   22   5   0   2    9   0   1    9   15  .268
Julian Javier         16   54    8   14   2   0   0    7   0   0    1    4  .259
Joe Torre             24   93   10   24   5   0   3   15   0   2   11   16  .258
Jim Campbell          12   12    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Dal Maxvill           22   53    7    9   1   0   0    2   0   0   10   15  .170
Carl Taylor           14   31    2    5   1   0   1    6   0   0    6    3  .161
Vic Davalillo         12   13    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .154
Cookie Rojas          14   32    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .094
Milt Ramirez          11   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .083
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)          126
  C. Gaston (SD)          125
  B. Tolan (CIN)          123
  M. Alou (PIT)           122
  D. Campbell (SD)        120
  B. Bonds (SF)           119
  P. Rose (CIN)           117
  J. Bench (CIN)          116
  J. Morgan (HOU)         116
  F. Millan (ATL)         115

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            31
  R. Carty (ATL)           30
  H. Aaron (ATL)           28
  K. Henderson (SF)        28
  B. Tolan (CIN)           28
  T. Perez (CIN)           26
  B. Harrelson (NY)        23
  M. Alou (PIT)            21
  N. Colbert (SD)          21
  S. Jackson (ATL)         21

Hits:

  R. Carty (ATL)           44
  T. Perez (CIN)           43
  B. Bonds (SF)            40
  C. Gaston (SD)           40
  K. Henderson (SF)        39
  B. Tolan (CIN)           38
  D. Menke (HOU)           37
  H. Aaron (ATL)           35
  D. Campbell (SD)         35
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          35

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  J. Morgan (HOU)           5
  R. Clemente (PIT)         4
  D. Doyle (PHI)            4
  B. Harrelson (NY)         4
  R. Hebner (PIT)           3
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        3
  M. Mota (LA)              3
  J. Pepitone (HOU)         3
  G. Beckert (CHI)          2
  J. Bench (CIN)            2

Home Runs:

  H. Aaron (ATL)           13
  T. Perez (CIN)           12
  N. Colbert (SD)          10
  B. Williams (CHI)        10
  D. Allen (STL)            8
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  R. Carty (ATL)            8
  D. Johnson (PHI)          8
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7

RBI:

  T. Perez (CIN)           33
  H. Aaron (ATL)           32
  B. Williams (CHI)        31
  D. Dietz (SF)            29
  R. Carty (ATL)           27
  W. McCovey (SF)          25
  J. Bench (CIN)           24
  K. Henderson (SF)        23
  B. Tolan (CIN)           22
  J. Wynn (HOU)            22

Stolen Bases:

  B. Bonds (SF)            12
  B. Harrelson (NY)         9
  M. Wills (LA)             9
  J. Cardenal (STL)         8
  J. Foy (NY)               8
  B. Tolan (CIN)            8
  T. Agee (NY)              7
  J. Wynn (HOU)             7
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  W. Davis (LA)             5

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  W. McCovey (SF)          34
  R. Staub (MON)           26
  K. Henderson (SF)        25
  R. Fairly (MON)          22
  S. Jackson (ATL)         22
  T. Perez (CIN)           22
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  J. Morgan (HOU)          20
  L. Hisle (PHI)           19
  B. Carbo (CIN)           17

Strikeouts:

  L. Hisle (PHI)           37
  B. Bonds (SF)            33
  N. Colbert (SD)          27
  T. Agee (NY)             26
  W. Crawford (LA)         26
  D. Dietz (SF)            26
  C. Gaston (SD)           26
  G. Alley (PIT)           25
  D. Johnson (PHI)         25
  W. Stargell (PIT)        25

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