Tuesday April 20, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 20, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          422   50   120   16    6   14    48    7    3   36    34  .284
San Francisco    516   75   141   22    4   19    71    9    5   73    99  .273
St. Louis        477   61   129   23    3    8    57    8    9   40    56  .270
Montreal         264   28    67    5    1    2    26    4    2   45    44  .254
Cincinnati       379   37    96   17    0   11    34    3    1   33    57  .253
Los Angeles      494   57   120   19    4    8    55    7    5   57    61  .243
Houston          504   58   122   23    4    6    54    7    4   50    79  .242
New York         310   20    74   11    2    5    19    5    3   36    58  .239
Philadelphia     362   43    84    9    3    7    41    2    2   38    71  .232
Pittsburgh       449   43   103   13    3   13    42    2    1   34    84  .229
Chicago          448   37    97   14    3    8    36    2    2   34    70  .217
San Diego        412   37    80   12    0    9    37    2    0   44    75  .194

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         12   50   11   21   1   2   0    3   4   1    2    1  .420
Willie Mays (SF)         14   47   11   18   4   1   5   15   2   0   13   10  .383
Ted Simmons (STL)        14   42    5   16   4   1   0    7   0   1   10    7  .381
Joe Torre (STL)          14   56   10   21   3   0   3    9   0   1    2    9  .375
Joe Pepitone (CHI)       14   48    3   18   3   1   2    8   0   0    4    1  .375
Bobby Bonds (SF)         15   60   18   22   6   1   5    8   2   1    7   13  .367
Nate Colbert (SD)        13   44    8   16   2   0   5   14   0   0    9    8  .364
Lou Brock (STL)          12   47   10   17   3   1   1    5   2   2    3    5  .362
Felix Millan (ATL)       12   45    4   16   0   2   0    3   1   0    6    0  .356
Orlando Cepeda (ATL)     12   51    5   18   4   1   4   11   1   0    2    3  .353

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Earl Williams          7   20    6    9   2   0   3    6   0   1    2    3  .450
Ralph Garr            12   50   11   21   1   2   0    3   4   1    2    1  .420
Felix Millan          12   45    4   16   0   2   0    3   1   0    6    0  .356
Orlando Cepeda        12   51    5   18   4   1   4   11   1   0    2    3  .353
Sonny Jackson         12   48    5   14   3   1   0    3   1   0    2    1  .292
Marty Perez           12   41    2   10   2   0   0    3   0   1    4    6  .244
Hal King              11   42    5   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .238
Hank Aaron            12   47    8   11   1   0   6   12   0   0    7    4  .234
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
Bob Didier             1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Lum               9    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          14   48    3   18   3   1   2    8   0   0    4    1  .375
Glenn Beckert         14   53   10   18   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    1  .340
Billy Williams        14   51    6   15   3   0   3    6   0   0    5    2  .294
Jose Ortiz            12   42    4   12   3   0   0    2   0   1    2    3  .286
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Ron Santo             13   44    6   11   1   0   2    8   1   0    4    9  .250
Don Kessinger         14   55    3    8   0   2   0    3   0   0    3    6  .146
Johnny Callison       12   33    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    8  .121
Jim Hickman            9   17    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .118
Ken Rudolph            8   24    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2   10  .083
Paul Popovich          7   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Hal Breeden            6    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Garry Jestadt          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Hector Torres          2    2    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

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Woody Woodward        11   33    1   12   2   0   0    4   1   0    5    4  .364
Pete Rose             11   48    5   16   3   0   2    3   1   0    5    5  .333
Jimmy Stewart          6    9    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .333
Pat Corrales           1    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Willie Smith           8   26    3    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    1  .308
Johnny Bench          11   45   10   13   2   0   5    9   0   0    2    3  .289
Hal McRae             10   40    3   11   4   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .275
Tony Perez            11   46    6   11   1   0   1    3   0   0    4   11  .239
Angel Bravo            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Tommy Helms           10   38    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    3  .184
Frank Duffy            7   11    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .182
Bernie Carbo          10   35    4    6   3   0   1    2   1   0    9    9  .171
Bill Plummer           3    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ty Cline               4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Dave Concepcion        1    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jack Hiatt             6   15    6    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    2  .533
Jesus Alou            11   33    3   10   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .303
Jim Wynn               7   14    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    6    1  .286
Denis Menke           15   58    6   16   3   1   0    6   0   1    5   13  .276
Norm Miller            8   22    2    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    1  .273
Bob Watson            15   55   11   14   4   0   2    6   0   0    6    4  .255
Roger Metzger         15   53    7   13   2   1   0    3   1   0    5    6  .245
Johnny Edwards        11   35    1    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .229
Cesar Cedeno          15   60    8   13   3   1   0    6   1   1    2   13  .217
Doug Rader            15   53    3   11   3   1   0    3   1   0    7   13  .208
Joe Morgan            15   58    7   12   3   0   1   10   2   2    7    1  .207
Cesar Geronimo        12    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .143
Rich Chiles            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Larry Howard           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
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             7    8    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .375
Willie Davis          15   57    8   19   6   1   0    8   1   1    1    5  .333
Duke Sims             10   25    2    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    4  .320
Bill Russell          15   49    4   14   3   1   0    5   3   2    5    4  .286
Willie Crawford        5    7    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Jim Lefebvre           7   15    0    4   0   1   0    4   0   0    0    0  .267
Wes Parker            15   57    8   15   2   0   1    7   0   0    7    3  .263
Steve Garvey          14   45    8   11   2   1   2    6   0   1    8    5  .244
Maury Wills           14   60    8   14   1   0   0    4   2   1    4    6  .233
Manny Mota             8   26    2    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .231
Dick Allen            14   48    5   10   3   0   2    8   0   0    7    9  .208
Bill Sudakis          11   25    5    5   0   0   2    3   0   0    5    7  .200
Bill Buckner           8   26    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .192
Billy Grabarkewitz     6    7    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    0  .143
Bobby Valentine        5    8    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
Coco Laboy             7    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .500
Ron Brand              2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Rusty Staub            9   33    8   14   1   0   1    4   1   0    4    4  .424
Bobby Wine             9   27    2    9   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .333
Ron Swoboda            5    9    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    3  .333
Clyde Mashore          3    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .333
Ron Fairly             8   24    1    7   1   0   0    6   0   1    5    1  .292
Ron Hunt               9   28    7    8   1   0   0    1   2   0    8    3  .286
Boots Day              8   26    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .269
Jim Fairey             6    8    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .250
John Bateman           9   32    1    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    5  .219
Bob Bailey             9   25    2    3   1   0   0    4   1   0   11    6  .120
Mack Jones             4   13    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000
Gary Sutherland        3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
John Boccabella        1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Marshall          5   10    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Ed Kranepool           5    9    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    1  .444
Donn Clendenon         8   32    4   10   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    8  .313
Bud Harrelson         10   31    4    9   1   1   0    0   4   0    9    1  .290
Jerry Grote            9   25    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .280
Ken Singleton          7   16    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    7  .250
Tommie Agee           10   39    1    9   1   0   1    2   0   2    2    7  .231
Cleon Jones           10   39    3    9   1   1   2    6   1   0    1   10  .231
Ken Boswell            9   32    1    7   4   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .219
Duffy Dyer             3    5    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Bob Aspromonte        10   32    1    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .188
Art Shamsky            7   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .071
Tim Foli               2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Don Hahn               3    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Al Weis                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
Larry Bowa            11   45    6   14   1   1   0    3   1   0    3    3  .311
Willie Montanez       10   33    7   10   2   0   2    3   0   1    6    5  .303
Roger Freed           11   38    5   10   0   1   1    8   0   0    5   11  .263
Denny Doyle            9   28    2    7   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    2  .250
Joe Lis                7   12    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .250
Tim McCarver          11   38    3    9   0   0   1    5   1   0    2    2  .237
Tony Taylor            5   13    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .231
Don Money             11   45    5   10   0   0   3    9   0   0    2   10  .222
Ron Stone              8   14    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .214
Deron Johnson         11   43    6    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    4   15  .186
Johnny Briggs         10   22    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    2  .182
Larry Hisle            6    6    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .167
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
Terry Harmon           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Alley             6    8    1    3   0   1   1    1   0   0    0    0  .375
Jackie Hernandez      11   37    3   13   3   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .351
Dave Cash              9   37    3   12   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    6  .324
Vic Davalillo          7   16    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .313
Willie Stargell       13   48   10   14   1   0   6   15   0   0    5   16  .292
Roberto Clemente      13   47    3   12   2   2   0    2   0   0    1    7  .255
Manny Sanguillen      13   50    5   11   1   0   1    7   1   0    1    4  .220
Bob Robertson         13   43    7    9   1   0   3    4   0   0    8    9  .209
Gene Clines            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Al Oliver             12   47    3    9   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    6  .192
Richie Hebner         13   51    5    9   3   0   0    1   0   0    6    5  .177
Bill Mazeroski         4   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .177
Milt May               3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Jose Pagan             3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Nate Colbert          13   44    8   16   2   0   5   14   0   0    9    8  .364
Enzo Hernandez         4   11    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .364
Larry Stahl           10   37    6   11   1   0   2    6   0   0    2    3  .297
Dave Campbell         13   50    7   12   2   0   1    3   2   0    6    7  .240
Cito Gaston           13   49    7   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    4   14  .225
Ollie Brown           13   45    1    9   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    7  .200
Ed Spiezio             6   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .167
Don Mason              8   19    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .158
Chris Cannizzaro      11   31    1    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    4    4  .129
Bob Barton             5   16    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Ivan Murrell           8   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .091
Tommy Dean             8   24    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .000
Ron Slocum             7   18    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    8  .000
Al Ferrara            10   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    4  .000
Dave Robinson          6    6    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             3    6    2    5   0   0   2    5   1   0    1    1  .833
Willie Mays           14   47   11   18   4   1   5   15   2   0   13   10  .383
Bobby Bonds           15   60   18   22   6   1   5    8   2   1    7   13  .367
Ken Henderson          9   31    6   11   2   0   1    6   2   0    5    5  .355
Chris Speier          14   56   10   18   2   1   0    3   0   0    9    7  .321
Tito Fuentes           9   33    2   10   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .303
Dick Dietz            13   44    5   12   1   0   3   10   1   0   11    8  .273
Jimmy Rosario         10   27    4    7   1   0   0    0   1   2    7    3  .259
Al Gallagher          15   60    4   15   2   0   1    7   0   1    4   10  .250
George Foster         12   30    5    7   2   0   2    5   0   0    4    8  .233
Hal Lanier             9   29    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .172
Willie McCovey         7   22    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    4  .136
Frank Johnson          8   15    3    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    2  .133
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              3    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Luis Melendez          5    9    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .444
Ted Simmons           14   42    5   16   4   1   0    7   0   1   10    7  .381
Joe Torre             14   56   10   21   3   0   3    9   0   1    2    9  .375
Lou Brock             12   47   10   17   3   1   1    5   2   2    3    5  .362
Jerry McNertney        2    3    0    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Matty Alou            14   63    6   19   3   0   0    6   1   3    4    2  .302
Jim Beauchamp          8   22    3    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    3  .273
Leron Lee              4    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Jose Cardenal         14   50    6   12   3   0   1   10   2   0    6    5  .240
Joe Hague             13   34    4    7   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    8  .206
Ted Sizemore          13   48    6    9   0   0   0    3   1   2    4    2  .188
Dick Schofield         6   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Dal Maxvill           11   27    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .111
Julian Javier          6   19    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .105

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  M. Alou (STL)            63
  B. Bonds (SF)            60
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          60
  A. Gallagher (SF)        60
  M. Wills (LA)            60
  D. Menke (HOU)           58
  J. Morgan (HOU)          58
  W. Davis (LA)            57
  W. Parker (LA)           57
  C. Speier (SF)           56

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            18
  R. Garr (ATL)            11
  W. Mays (SF)             11
  B. Watson (HOU)          11
  G. Beckert (CHI)         10
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  L. Brock (STL)           10
  C. Speier (SF)           10
  W. Stargell (PIT)        10
  J. Torre (STL)           10

Hits:

  B. Bonds (SF)            22
  R. Garr (ATL)            21
  J. Torre (STL)           21
  M. Alou (STL)            19
  W. Davis (LA)            19
  G. Beckert (CHI)         18
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          18
  W. Mays (SF)             18
  J. Pepitone (CHI)        18
  C. Speier (SF)           18

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  W. Davis (LA)             6
  K. Boswell (NY)           4
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           4
  W. Mays (SF)              4
  H. McRae (CIN)            4
  T. Simmons (STL)          4
  B. Watson (HOU)           4
  D. Allen (LA)             3
  M. Alou (STL)             3

Triples:

  R. Clemente (PIT)         2
  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        2
  F. Millan (ATL)           2
  G. Alley (PIT)            1
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           1

Home Runs:

  H. Aaron (ATL)            6
  W. Stargell (PIT)         6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  N. Colbert (SD)           5
  W. Mays (SF)              5
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           4
  D. Dietz (SF)             3
  D. Money (PHI)            3
  B. Robertson (PIT)        3

RBI:

  W. Mays (SF)             15
  W. Stargell (PIT)        15
  N. Colbert (SD)          14
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          11
  J. Cardenal (STL)        10
  D. Dietz (SF)            10
  J. Morgan (HOU)          10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  D. Money (PHI)            9

Stolen Bases:

  R. Garr (ATL)             4
  B. Harrelson (NY)         4
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  D. Campbell (SD)          2
  J. Cardenal (STL)         2
  K. Henderson (SF)         2
  R. Hunt (MON)             2
  W. Mays (SF)              2

Caught Stealing:

  M. Alou (STL)             3
  T. Agee (NY)              2
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  J. Morgan (HOU)           2
  J. Rosario (SF)           2
  B. Russell (LA)           2
  T. Sizemore (STL)         2
  G. Beckert (CHI)          1
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1

Walks:

  W. Mays (SF)             13
  B. Bailey (MON)          11
  D. Dietz (SF)            11
  T. Simmons (STL)         10
  B. Carbo (CIN)            9
  N. Colbert (SD)           9
  B. Harrelson (NY)         9
  C. Speier (SF)            9
  S. Garvey (LA)            8
  R. Hunt (MON)             8

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        16
  D. Johnson (PHI)         15
  C. Gaston (SD)           14
  B. Bonds (SF)            13
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  D. Menke (HOU)           13
  D. Rader (HOU)           13
  R. Freed (PHI)           11
  T. Perez (CIN)           11
  A. Gallagher (SF)        10

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