Friday April 16, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 16, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          312   37    86   10    5    7    35    2    2   31    21  .276
St. Louis        344   49    93   18    3    7    45    6    4   28    34  .270
New York         186   12    49    8    2    3    11    1    1   22    24  .263
Cincinnati       249   27    65   11    0    8    24    3    1   22    38  .261
Pittsburgh       329   37    85   12    0   11    36    2    1   24    58  .258
San Francisco    353   52    91   14    4   15    49    2    2   44    68  .258
Los Angeles      367   39    93   14    3    6    38    7    3   35    42  .253
Philadelphia     267   36    65    5    3    5    34    2    1   29    50  .243
Montreal         153   17    37    2    1    1    15    3    0   25    28  .242
Houston          398   44    91   18    2    4    40    6    2   45    61  .229
Chicago          323   29    68   12    1    5    28    2    1   21    53  .211
San Diego        290   31    60   11    0    9    31    1    0   25    64  .207

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Brock (STL)           9   36    8   16   3   1   1    5   1   1    2    1  .444
Ted Simmons (STL)        10   27    5   12   3   1   0    5   0   1    9    4  .444
Ralph Garr (ATL)          9   39    8   16   1   1   0    2   2   1    1    0  .410
Nate Colbert (SD)         9   32    8   13   2   0   5   14   0   0    5    6  .406
Jackie Hernandez (PIT)    9   32    3   13   3   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .406
Willie Mays (SF)          9   35    8   14   2   1   4   12   0   0    6    9  .400
Johnny Bench (CIN)        7   29    8   11   2   0   4    7   0   0    2    1  .379
Felix Millan (ATL)        9   32    4   12   0   2   0    2   0   0    6    0  .375
Larry Bowa (PHI)          8   35    5   13   0   1   0    3   1   0    2    3  .371
Joe Pepitone (CHI)       10   36    3   13   3   0   2    7   0   0    1    1  .361

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Earl Williams          4    7    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .571
Ralph Garr             9   39    8   16   1   1   0    2   2   1    1    0  .410
Felix Millan           9   32    4   12   0   2   0    2   0   0    6    0  .375
Sonny Jackson          9   34    3    9   2   1   0    3   0   0    2    1  .265
Hal King               9   34    4    9   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .265
Hank Aaron             9   37    7    9   0   0   5   10   0   0    4    3  .243
Orlando Cepeda         9   37    2    9   3   1   2    7   0   0    2    3  .243
Marty Perez            9   29    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .241
Clete Boyer            8   30    1    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .200
Dusty Baker            4    6    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Mike Lum               7    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          10   36    3   13   3   0   2    7   0   0    1    1  .361
Billy Williams        10   35    6   12   2   0   3    6   0   0    4    1  .343
Jose Ortiz             9   30    3    9   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    3  .300
Glenn Beckert         10   40    8   11   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .275
Ron Santo              9   30    3    8   1   0   0    4   1   0    2    6  .267
J. C. Martin           5   14    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .214
Johnny Callison       10   27    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .148
Don Kessinger         10   40    2    5   0   1   0    3   0   0    1    4  .125
Jim Hickman            6   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .100
Ken Rudolph            6   18    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .056
Paul Popovich          5    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Hal Breeden            4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Garry Jestadt          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Randy Hundley          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Hector Torres          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             3    7    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .429
Jesus Alou             9   25    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .320
Denis Menke           12   46    4   13   2   1   0    6   0   1    4   11  .283
Bob Watson            12   42    8   11   3   0   2    5   0   0    6    4  .262
Norm Miller            7   21    2    5   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    1  .238
Roger Metzger         12   39    5    9   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    4  .231
Cesar Cedeno          12   48    8   11   2   1   0    5   1   0    2   10  .229
Johnny Edwards        11   35    1    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .229
Joe Morgan            12   47    5   10   3   0   0    5   1   1    6    1  .213
Jim Wynn               6   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    0  .200
Doug Rader            12   42    3    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    6   10  .167
Cesar Geronimo        11    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .167
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             5    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .667
Duke Sims              8   19    1    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .368
Bill Russell          11   35    4   12   3   1   0    3   3   1    3    3  .343
Willie Davis          11   40    4   13   4   1   0    8   1   1    0    2  .325
Jim Lefebvre           5   13    0    4   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .308
Willie Crawford        5    7    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Wes Parker            11   43    4   12   1   0   0    4   0   0    4    2  .279
Manny Mota             6   23    2    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    1    1  .261
Steve Garvey          11   35    6    9   2   0   2    4   0   0    7    4  .257
Maury Wills           11   46    6   11   0   0   0    4   2   1    3    4  .239
Bill Buckner           6   19    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    0  .211
Bill Sudakis           8   20    5    4   0   0   2    3   0   0    4    7  .200
Dick Allen            10   36    2    5   3   0   1    3   0   0    3    7  .139
Bobby Valentine        4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Billy Grabarkewitz     3    1    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
Donn Clendenon         6   25    4   10   2   0   1    2   0   0    0    5  .400
Jerry Grote            6   19    2    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .368
Bud Harrelson          6   18    3    6   1   1   0    0   1   0    6    0  .333
Cleon Jones            6   24    1    7   1   1   1    3   0   0    0    2  .292
Ken Singleton          3    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .286
Tommie Agee            6   25    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    5  .240
Bob Aspromonte         6   18    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .222
Ken Boswell            6   20    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .200
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                5    8    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .375
Larry Bowa             8   35    5   13   0   1   0    3   1   0    2    3  .371
Willie Montanez        7   24    5    8   2   0   1    2   0   1    3    3  .333
Tim McCarver           8   25    3    8   0   0   1    5   1   0    2    0  .320
Roger Freed            8   27    4    8   0   1   1    7   0   0    4    7  .296
Denny Doyle            6   19    2    5   1   1   0    4   0   0    0    1  .263
Tony Taylor            4   13    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .231
Don Money              8   34    3    6   0   0   2    7   0   0    1    8  .177
Larry Hisle            5    6    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .167
Ron Stone              5    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .167
Johnny Briggs          8   20    3    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    2  .150
Deron Johnson          8   31    5    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    4   11  .129
Byron Browne           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Ryan              1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Alley             4    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jackie Hernandez       9   32    3   13   3   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .406
Willie Stargell        9   36    9   12   1   0   5   12   0   0    2   11  .333
Dave Cash              5   21    2    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    3  .333
Roberto Clemente       9   37    2   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .270
Bob Robertson          9   31    7    8   1   0   3    4   0   0    7    6  .258
Al Oliver              9   36    3    9   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .250
Vic Davalillo          4    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .250
Manny Sanguillen       9   39    5    9   1   0   1    6   1   0    1    1  .231
Richie Hebner          9   40    3    9   3   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .225
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
Milt May               2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Jose Pagan             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Nate Colbert           9   32    8   13   2   0   5   14   0   0    5    6  .406
Larry Stahl            8   31    6   10   1   0   2    5   0   0    1    3  .323
Dave Campbell          9   38    6   11   2   0   1    2   1   0    2    6  .290
Don Mason              5   11    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .273
Cito Gaston            9   34    5    8   1   0   1    2   0   0    4   10  .235
Ed Spiezio             4   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .200
Ollie Brown            9   31    1    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .194
Chris Cannizzaro       7   23    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .174
Tommy Dean             7   21    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .000
Ron Slocum             6   18    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    8  .000
Bob Barton             3    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Al Ferrara             7    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000
Ivan Murrell           5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Dave Robinson          5    5    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            9   35    8   14   2   1   4   12   0   0    6    9  .400
Ken Henderson          8   28    6   10   1   0   1    6   2   0    5    5  .357
Bobby Bonds           10   43   12   14   4   1   3    5   0   1    4   10  .326
Tito Fuentes           5   19    1    6   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .316
George Foster          7   13    2    4   2   0   2    3   0   0    0    3  .308
Jimmy Rosario          5   13    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .308
Dick Dietz             9   30    5    8   1   0   3    8   0   0    9    5  .267
Chris Speier           9   35    8    9   2   1   0    2   0   0    7    5  .257
Al Gallagher          10   42    1   10   1   0   1    6   0   0    2    7  .238
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              4    3    1    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
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
Ted Simmons           10   27    5   12   3   1   0    5   0   1    9    4  .444
Luis Melendez          3    5    1    2   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .400
Joe Torre             10   41    8   13   2   0   3    7   0   0    1    7  .317
Jim Beauchamp          7   20    3    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    3  .300
Jose Cardenal         10   34    6    9   1   0   1    9   2   0    6    1  .265
Dick Schofield         3    8    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Matty Alou            10   46    4   10   3   0   0    2   0   1    3    2  .217
Ted Sizemore           9   36    4    7   0   0   0    3   1   1    1    2  .194
Joe Hague              9   18    3    3   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    4  .167
Dal Maxvill            7   18    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .111
Julian Javier          6   19    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .105
Leron Lee              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

At Bats:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          48
  J. Morgan (HOU)          47
  M. Alou (STL)            46
  D. Menke (HOU)           46
  M. Wills (LA)            46
  B. Bonds (SF)            43
  W. Parker (LA)           43
  A. Gallagher (SF)        42
  D. Rader (HOU)           42
  B. Watson (HOU)          42

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
  R. Garr (ATL)             8
  W. Mays (SF)              8
  C. Speier (SF)            8

Hits:

  L. Brock (STL)           16
  R. Garr (ATL)            16
  B. Bonds (SF)            14
  W. Mays (SF)             14
  L. Bowa (PHI)            13
  N. Colbert (SD)          13
  W. Davis (LA)            13
  J. Hernandez (PIT)       13
  D. Menke (HOU)           13
  J. Pepitone (CHI)        13

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)             4
  W. Davis (LA)             4
  D. Allen (LA)             3
  M. Alou (STL)             3
  L. Brock (STL)            3
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           3
  R. Hebner (PIT)           3
  J. Hernandez (PIT)        3
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  J. Pepitone (CHI)         3

Triples:

  F. Millan (ATL)           2
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           1
  W. Davis (LA)             1
  D. Doyle (PHI)            1
  R. Freed (PHI)            1
  T. Fuentes (SF)           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
  D. Dietz (SF)             3
  B. Robertson (PIT)        3
  J. Torre (STL)            3
  B. Williams (CHI)         3

RBI:

  N. Colbert (SD)          14
  W. Mays (SF)             12
  W. Stargell (PIT)        12
  H. Aaron (ATL)           10
  J. Cardenal (STL)         9
  W. Davis (LA)             8
  D. Dietz (SF)             8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  R. Freed (PHI)            7

Stolen Bases:

  B. Russell (LA)           3
  J. Cardenal (STL)         2
  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  K. Henderson (SF)         2
  R. Hunt (MON)             2
  M. Wills (LA)             2
  J. Alou (HOU)             1
  B. Bailey (MON)           1
  J. Beauchamp (STL)        1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             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)             9
  T. Simmons (STL)          9
  B. Carbo (CIN)            7
  S. Garvey (LA)            7
  B. Robertson (PIT)        7
  C. Speier (SF)            7
  B. Bailey (MON)           6
  J. Briggs (PHI)           6
  J. Cardenal (STL)         6
  B. Harrelson (NY)         6

Strikeouts:

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


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report