Thursday April 15, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 15, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       299   37    82   12    0   11    36    2    1   24    44  .274
St. Louis        308   42    83   15    3    6    39    5    3   26    28  .270
Atlanta          275   29    73   10    4    7    28    0    1   26    18  .266
New York         155   11    41    8    2    2    10    1    1   21    17  .265
Cincinnati       249   27    65   11    0    8    24    3    1   22    38  .261
Los Angeles      329   33    82   12    2    6    32    6    3   31    36  .249
Montreal         153   17    37    2    1    1    15    3    0   25    28  .242
San Francisco    318   43    76   11    2   13    40    2    2   43    66  .239
Philadelphia     231   29    55    5    3    4    28    2    1   22    42  .238
Houston          358   39    81   15    2    4    35    6    2   45    57  .226
Chicago          295   29    66   12    1    5    28    2    1   20    48  .224
San Diego        256   30    53   10    0    9    30    1    0   24    55  .207

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons (STL)         9   24    4   12   3   1   0    5   0   0    8    2  .500
Lou Brock (STL)           9   36    8   16   3   1   1    5   1   1    2    1  .444
Jackie Hernandez (PIT)    8   30    3   13   3   0   1    6   0   0    2    2  .433
Ralph Garr (ATL)          8   34    6   13   1   1   0    2   0   1    1    0  .382
Joe Pepitone (CHI)        9   34    3   13   3   0   2    7   0   0    1    1  .382
Johnny Bench (CIN)        7   29    8   11   2   0   4    7   0   0    2    1  .379
Nate Colbert (SD)         8   29    8   11   2   0   5   14   0   0    4    5  .379
Willie Mays (SF)          8   32    7   12   2   1   4   11   0   0    6    9  .375
Bill Russell (LA)        10   30    3   11   3   0   0    3   2   1    3    3  .367
Willie Stargell (PIT)     8   33    9   12   1   0   5   12   0   0    2    9  .364

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Earl Williams          3    3    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .667
Ralph Garr             8   34    6   13   1   1   0    2   0   1    1    0  .382
Felix Millan           8   27    3    9   0   2   0    1   0   0    6    0  .333
Sonny Jackson          8   30    3    9   2   1   0    2   0   0    2    1  .300
Hal King               8   31    3    9   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .290
Orlando Cepeda         8   32    2    8   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    2  .250
Hank Aaron             8   33    6    8   0   0   5    9   0   0    3    3  .242
Clete Boyer            8   30    1    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .200
Marty Perez            8   26    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .192
Dusty Baker            4    6    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Mike Lum               6    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Marv Staehle           4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Gil Garrido            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Pepitone           9   34    3   13   3   0   2    7   0   0    1    1  .382
Billy Williams         9   33    6   12   2   0   3    6   0   0    4    0  .364
Jose Ortiz             8   28    3    9   2   0   0    2   0   1    1    3  .321
Glenn Beckert          9   38    8   11   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .290
Ron Santo              8   28    3    8   1   0   0    4   1   0    2    6  .286
J. C. Martin           4   13    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .231
Johnny Callison        9   24    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .167
Don Kessinger          9   37    2    5   0   1   0    3   0   0    1    4  .135
Ken Rudolph            5   15    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    8  .000
Jim Hickman            5    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Paul Popovich          4    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Hal Breeden            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Randy Hundley          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Garry Jestadt          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jimmy Stewart          2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Johnny Bench           7   29    8   11   2   0   4    7   0   0    2    1  .379
Willie Smith           5   17    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .353
Woody Woodward         7   21    1    7   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    2  .333
Angel Bravo            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Tony Perez             7   30    6    8   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    8  .267
Pete Rose              7   31    2    8   1   0   1    2   1   0    4    4  .258
Hal McRae              7   29    2    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .241
Tommy Helms            7   30    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    3  .200
Frank Duffy            5   10    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .200
Bernie Carbo           7   24    2    3   2   0   1    1   1   0    7    7  .125
Bill Plummer           2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ty Cline               1    0    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
Jack Hiatt             2    4    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .750
Jesus Alou             9   25    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .320
Denis Menke           11   42    3   11   2   1   0    6   0   1    4   11  .262
Joe Morgan            11   42    5   10   3   0   0    5   1   1    6    1  .238
Bob Watson            11   38    7    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    6    4  .237
Norm Miller            6   17    2    4   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .235
Cesar Cedeno          11   47    8   11   2   1   0    5   1   0    2    9  .234
Roger Metzger         11   35    4    8   1   0   0    0   1   0    5    4  .229
Johnny Edwards        10   34    1    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .206
Cesar Geronimo        10    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Jim Wynn               5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    0  .200
Doug Rader            11   38    2    6   2   0   0    0   1   0    6   10  .158
Marty Martinez         1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tom Haller             4    2    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Duke Sims              7   15    1    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .400
Bill Russell          10   30    3   11   3   0   0    3   2   1    3    3  .367
Willie Crawford        4    6    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Jim Lefebvre           5   13    0    4   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .308
Willie Davis          10   36    2   11   3   1   0    6   1   1    0    1  .306
Wes Parker            10   39    3   11   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .282
Manny Mota             6   23    2    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    1    1  .261
Maury Wills           10   41    5    9   0   0   0    4   2   1    3    4  .220
Steve Garvey          10   32    6    7   2   0   2    3   0   0    6    4  .219
Bill Sudakis           8   20    5    4   0   0   2    3   0   0    4    7  .200
Bill Buckner           5   16    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .188
Dick Allen             9   32    1    4   2   0   1    2   0   0    2    7  .125
Bobby Valentine        4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Billy Grabarkewitz     2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Swoboda            2    2    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Rusty Staub            5   19    4    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .421
Boots Day              5   19    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .316
Ron Hunt               5   16    5    5   1   0   0    0   2   0    5    2  .313
John Bateman           5   20    1    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    4  .300
Ron Fairly             5   15    0    4   0   0   0    5   0   0    4    0  .267
Bobby Wine             5   12    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .250
Bob Bailey             5   14    2    3   1   0   0    3   1   0    6    4  .214
Mack Jones             4   13    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000
Jim Fairey             3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Gary Sutherland        1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ron Brand              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Coco Laboy             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Clyde Mashore          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
Ken Singleton          2    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .500
Donn Clendenon         5   21    3    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .381
Jerry Grote            5   16    2    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .375
Bud Harrelson          5   14    3    4   1   1   0    0   1   0    6    0  .286
Bob Aspromonte         5   15    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .267
Cleon Jones            5   20    1    5   1   1   1    3   0   0    0    2  .250
Ken Boswell            5   16    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .250
Tommie Agee            5   21    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    4  .238
Art Shamsky            5   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .071
Dave Marshall          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tim Foli               1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ed Kranepool           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Don Hahn               1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Lis                4    7    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .429
Larry Bowa             7   31    4   11   0   1   0    2   1   0    1    2  .355
Willie Montanez        6   21    5    7   2   0   1    2   0   1    3    3  .333
Tim McCarver           7   20    2    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    2    0  .300
Denny Doyle            5   17    2    5   1   1   0    4   0   0    0    1  .294
Tony Taylor            3   11    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .273
Roger Freed            7   23    3    6   0   1   1    6   0   0    4    6  .261
Larry Hisle            4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Ron Stone              4    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Don Money              7   29    2    5   0   0   2    7   0   0    1    7  .172
Johnny Briggs          7   19    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .158
Deron Johnson          7   27    4    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    8  .111
Mike Ryan              1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Byron Browne           1    1    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
Gene Alley             3    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jackie Hernandez       8   30    3   13   3   0   1    6   0   0    2    2  .433
Willie Stargell        8   33    9   12   1   0   5   12   0   0    2    9  .364
Dave Cash              4   17    2    6   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    2  .353
Roberto Clemente       8   33    2   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .303
Bob Robertson          8   28    7    8   1   0   3    4   0   0    7    5  .286
Vic Davalillo          3    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .286
Richie Hebner          8   36    3    9   3   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .250
Manny Sanguillen       8   36    5    9   1   0   1    6   1   0    1    0  .250
Al Oliver              8   33    3    7   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .212
Bill Mazeroski         4   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .177
Gene Clines            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jose Pagan             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Milt May               1    1    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
Nate Colbert           8   29    8   11   2   0   5   14   0   0    4    5  .379
Larry Stahl            7   27    5    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    1    3  .333
Dave Campbell          8   34    6   10   2   0   1    2   1   0    2    5  .294
Don Mason              4    7    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .286
Cito Gaston            8   30    5    8   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    9  .267
Chris Cannizzaro       6   19    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .211
Ed Spiezio             4   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .200
Ollie Brown            8   27    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .185
Tommy Dean             7   21    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .000
Ron Slocum             5   15    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .000
Bob Barton             3    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Al Ferrara             6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000
Ivan Murrell           4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Dave Robinson          4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Fran Healy             1    1    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Willie Mays            8   32    7   12   2   1   4   11   0   0    6    9  .375
Bobby Bonds            9   39   12   14   4   1   3    4   0   1    4    9  .359
Ken Henderson          8   28    6   10   1   0   1    6   2   0    5    5  .357
Dick Dietz             8   27    4    7   1   0   2    5   0   0    8    5  .259
Al Gallagher           9   39    1    9   0   0   1    6   0   0    2    7  .231
George Foster          6    9    1    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    3  .222
Jimmy Rosario          4    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .222
Chris Speier           8   30    5    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    7    5  .200
Tito Fuentes           4   15    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Willie McCovey         6   21    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    3  .143
Hal Lanier             7   24    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .125
Frank Johnson          5   11    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .091
Russ Gibson            1    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Heise              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Burda              2    2    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ted Simmons            9   24    4   12   3   1   0    5   0   0    8    2  .500
Jerry McNertney        1    2    0    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Lou Brock              9   36    8   16   3   1   1    5   1   1    2    1  .444
Jim Beauchamp          6   16    3    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    2  .375
Joe Torre              9   37    7   11   1   0   3    7   0   0    1    6  .297
Jose Cardenal          9   31    5    8   1   0   1    8   2   0    5    0  .258
Dick Schofield         3    8    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Matty Alou             9   41    3    9   2   0   0    2   0   1    3    2  .220
Ted Sizemore           8   32    3    6   0   0   0    3   1   1    1    2  .188
Joe Hague              8   17    3    3   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    4  .177
Julian Javier          6   19    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .105
Dal Maxvill            6   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .071
Leron Lee              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Luis Melendez          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          47
  D. Menke (HOU)           42
  J. Morgan (HOU)          42
  M. Alou (STL)            41
  M. Wills (LA)            41
  B. Bonds (SF)            39
  A. Gallagher (SF)        39
  W. Parker (LA)           39
  G. Beckert (CHI)         38
  D. Rader (HOU)           38

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            12
  W. Stargell (PIT)         9
  G. Beckert (CHI)          8
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  L. Brock (STL)            8
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8
  N. Colbert (SD)           8
  W. Mays (SF)              7
  B. Robertson (PIT)        7
  J. Torre (STL)            7

Hits:

  L. Brock (STL)           16
  B. Bonds (SF)            14
  R. Garr (ATL)            13
  J. Hernandez (PIT)       13
  J. Pepitone (CHI)        13
  W. Mays (SF)             12
  T. Simmons (STL)         12
  W. Stargell (PIT)        12
  B. Williams (CHI)        12
  G. Beckert (CHI)         11

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)             4
  L. Brock (STL)            3
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           3
  W. Davis (LA)             3
  R. Hebner (PIT)           3
  J. Hernandez (PIT)        3
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  J. Pepitone (CHI)         3
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  T. Simmons (STL)          3

Triples:

  F. Millan (ATL)           2
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  W. Davis (LA)             1
  D. Doyle (PHI)            1
  R. Freed (PHI)            1
  R. Garr (ATL)             1
  B. Harrelson (NY)         1

Home Runs:

  H. Aaron (ATL)            5
  N. Colbert (SD)           5
  W. Stargell (PIT)         5
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  W. Mays (SF)              4
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  B. Robertson (PIT)        3
  J. Torre (STL)            3
  B. Williams (CHI)         3
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           2

RBI:

  N. Colbert (SD)          14
  W. Stargell (PIT)        12
  W. Mays (SF)             11
  H. Aaron (ATL)            9
  J. Cardenal (STL)         8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  D. Money (PHI)            7
  J. Pepitone (CHI)         7
  J. Torre (STL)            7

Stolen Bases:

  J. Cardenal (STL)         2
  K. Henderson (SF)         2
  R. Hunt (MON)             2
  B. Russell (LA)           2
  M. Wills (LA)             2
  J. Alou (HOU)             1
  B. Bailey (MON)           1
  J. Beauchamp (STL)        1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1

Caught Stealing:

  T. Agee (NY)              1
  M. Alou (STL)             1
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  W. Davis (LA)             1
  R. Garr (ATL)             1
  T. Helms (CIN)            1
  W. McCovey (SF)           1
  D. Menke (HOU)            1
  W. Montanez (PHI)         1

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)             8
  T. Simmons (STL)          8
  B. Carbo (CIN)            7
  B. Robertson (PIT)        7
  C. Speier (SF)            7
  B. Bailey (MON)           6
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  B. Harrelson (NY)         6
  W. Mays (SF)              6
  F. Millan (ATL)           6

Strikeouts:

  D. Menke (HOU)           11
  D. Rader (HOU)           10
  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  C. Gaston (SD)            9
  W. Mays (SF)              9
  W. Stargell (PIT)         9
  D. Johnson (PHI)          8
  T. Perez (CIN)            8
  K. Rudolph (CHI)          8


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