Friday April 23, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          493   56   135   17    6   15    53    7    3   38    42  .274
St. Louis        578   77   157   30    5    9    73   13   11   48    68  .272
San Francisco    580   80   153   23    4   21    76    9    6   80   111  .264
New York         392   32   100   16    3    6    30    8    4   47    75  .255
Montreal         296   31    75    6    1    3    29    4    2   48    45  .253
Los Angeles      573   70   145   26    5    9    68    8    5   66    72  .253
Cincinnati       439   39   106   20    0   11    36    3    1   36    72  .242
Pittsburgh       550   60   132   17    6   18    58    3    1   41    94  .240
Houston          574   66   137   25    6    7    60    7    4   52    83  .239
Philadelphia     431   53   102   11    3   11    50    2    2   44    79  .237
Chicago          523   44   115   18    3    9    42    5    3   44    85  .220
San Diego        446   39    89   14    0    9    38    3    0   46    80  .200

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons (STL)        17   53    8   21   5   1   0    9   0   2   10    8  .396
Ralph Garr (ATL)         14   59   12   23   1   2   0    3   4   1    2    1  .390
Joe Torre (STL)          17   68   13   26   4   1   4   15   0   1    2   10  .382
Willie Davis (LA)        17   67   10   25   6   2   0    9   1   1    1    5  .373
Bobby Bonds (SF)         15   60   18   22   6   1   5    8   2   1    7   13  .367
Willie Mays (SF)         15   51   11   18   4   1   5   16   2   0   13   10  .353
Lou Brock (STL)          15   60   14   21   4   1   1    6   6   2    4    5  .350
Joe Pepitone (CHI)       16   52    3   18   3   1   2    9   0   0    4    2  .346
Nate Colbert (SD)        14   47    8   16   2   0   5   14   0   0   10    8  .340
Pete Rose (CIN)          13   56    5   19   4   0   2    4   1   0    5    5  .339

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Earl Williams          9   27    7   11   2   0   4    8   0   1    2    3  .407
Ralph Garr            14   59   12   23   1   2   0    3   4   1    2    1  .390
Felix Millan          14   54    4   18   0   2   0    5   1   0    6    0  .333
Orlando Cepeda        14   60    5   19   4   1   4   11   1   0    2    5  .317
Sonny Jackson         14   57    7   18   3   1   0    3   1   0    2    2  .316
Marty Perez           14   48    3   12   3   0   0    3   0   1    4    7  .250
Hank Aaron            12   47    8   11   1   0   6   12   0   0    7    4  .234
Hal King              13   47    5   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    8  .213
Clete Boyer            9   30    1    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .200
Dusty Baker            6    8    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125
Mike Lum              11    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .111
Bob Didier             2    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Marv Staehle           6    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Gil Garrido            4    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          16   52    3   18   3   1   2    9   0   0    4    2  .346
Glenn Beckert         16   63   12   21   3   0   0    3   1   1    3    1  .333
Jose Ortiz            13   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Billy Williams        16   58    6   17   3   0   3    6   0   1    8    4  .293
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Ron Santo             15   52    6   12   1   0   2    8   1   0    6   11  .231
Don Kessinger         16   62    5   11   0   2   0    3   1   0    6    6  .177
Jim Hickman           11   27    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .148
Johnny Callison       13   34    1    5   2   0   0    4   0   0    5    8  .147
Hal Breeden            8   16    1    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .125
Ken Rudolph           10   30    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3   11  .067
Paul Popovich          9   13    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
Ernie Banks            1    1    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        13   39    2   16   2   0   0    4   1   0    5    4  .410
Pete Rose             13   56    5   19   4   0   2    4   1   0    5    5  .339
Jimmy Stewart          8    9    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .333
Pat Corrales           1    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Willie Smith           9   30    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .300
Johnny Bench          13   51   11   13   2   0   5    9   0   0    4    6  .255
Hal McRae             12   47    3   11   4   0   0    4   0   0    1    3  .234
Frank Duffy            8   14    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
Tony Perez            13   54    6   11   1   0   1    3   0   0    4   15  .204
Angel Bravo            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Tommy Helms           12   44    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    4  .159
Bernie Carbo          11   38    4    6   3   0   1    2   1   0    9   11  .158
Bill Plummer           4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Dave Concepcion        2    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Ty Cline               5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Lee May                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
Jack Hiatt             7   15    6    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    2  .533
Rich Chiles            2    2    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Jesus Alou            13   41    4   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .293
Jim Wynn               7   14    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    6    1  .286
Denis Menke           17   66    9   18   4   1   0    6   0   1    6   14  .273
Bob Watson            17   63   12   17   5   0   3    8   0   0    6    4  .270
Norm Miller            9   23    2    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    1  .261
Cesar Cedeno          17   68    9   15   3   2   0    6   1   1    2   15  .221
Roger Metzger         17   60    7   13   2   1   0    5   1   0    6    6  .217
Johnny Edwards        13   42    1    9   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .214
Doug Rader            17   61    3   13   3   1   0    4   1   0    7   13  .213
Joe Morgan            17   67    7   13   3   0   1   11   2   2    7    1  .194
Cesar Geronimo        12    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .143
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          17   67   10   25   6   2   0    9   1   1    1    5  .373
Bill Russell          17   55    6   16   4   1   0    7   3   2    8    5  .291
Manny Mota            10   33    4    9   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .273
Duke Sims             11   30    2    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    4  .267
Jim Lefebvre           7   15    0    4   0   1   0    4   0   0    0    0  .267
Steve Garvey          16   50    8   13   4   1   2    8   0   1    9    6  .260
Maury Wills           16   70   10   18   2   0   0    5   3   1    4    6  .257
Dick Allen            16   56    8   14   5   0   3   12   0   0    9   10  .250
Willie Crawford        7    8    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Wes Parker            17   66    8   16   2   0   1    8   0   0    8    6  .242
Bill Sudakis          12   30    6    6   0   0   2    4   0   0    5    8  .200
Bill Buckner           9   26    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .192
Billy Grabarkewitz     7   11    2    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    0  .182
Bobby Valentine        6    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Coco Laboy             8    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           10   37    9   15   1   0   2    6   1   0    4    4  .405
Ron Swoboda            5    9    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    3  .333
Clyde Mashore          4    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .333
Bobby Wine            10   31    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .323
Ron Hunt              10   31    8    9   1   0   0    1   2   0    8    3  .290
Jim Fairey             7   11    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .273
Ron Fairly             9   27    1    7   1   0   0    6   0   1    6    1  .259
Boots Day              9   29    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .241
John Bateman          10   35    1    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    5  .229
Bob Bailey            10   30    2    4   2   0   0    4   1   0   11    7  .133
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          7   13    1    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .462
Ed Kranepool           7   13    2    5   0   1   0    0   0   1    2    1  .385
Donn Clendenon         9   38    5   12   2   0   1    2   0   1    2   10  .316
Jerry Grote           11   32    3   10   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    4  .313
Ken Singleton          9   21    1    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    8  .286
Bud Harrelson         12   39    5   11   2   1   0    0   6   0   11    1  .282
Tommie Agee           12   49    3   12   1   0   1    2   1   2    3   10  .245
Bob Aspromonte        12   39    2    9   0   0   0    4   0   0    3    4  .231
Cleon Jones           12   48    4   11   1   1   2    7   1   0    3   14  .229
Ken Boswell           11   39    2    8   5   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .205
Duffy Dyer             4    7    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .143
Tim Foli               4    7    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .143
Art Shamsky            9   15    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .133
Al Weis                2    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Don Hahn               4    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Montanez       11   38   10   13   2   0   3    4   0   1    6    6  .342
Joe Lis                9   19    2    6   2   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .316
Larry Hisle            7   10    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .300
Roger Freed           13   45    6   12   0   1   1    8   0   0    6   12  .267
Larry Bowa            13   53    6   14   1   1   0    3   1   0    4    3  .264
Denny Doyle           10   31    3    8   2   1   1    6   0   0    2    2  .258
Deron Johnson         13   52    7   12   3   0   1    4   0   0    4   16  .231
Don Money             13   54    7   12   0   0   3    9   0   0    2   10  .222
Tim McCarver          12   42    3    9   0   0   1    5   1   0    3    2  .214
Ron Stone              8   14    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .214
Johnny Briggs         10   22    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    2  .182
Tony Taylor            6   17    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .177
Mike Ryan              2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Byron Browne           4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Terry Harmon           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Bobby Pfeil            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
Vic Davalillo          8   20    1    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .350
Dave Cash             12   48    9   16   1   0   0    2   2   0    6    6  .333
Willie Stargell       15   55   14   18   1   0  10   21   0   0    6   19  .327
Jackie Hernandez      13   44    4   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    3    9  .318
Roberto Clemente      16   58    4   15   2   3   0    2   0   0    3    8  .259
Gene Alley             7   12    1    3   0   1   1    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Manny Sanguillen      16   61    5   14   3   0   1    7   1   0    1    4  .230
Al Oliver             15   59    4   13   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    6  .220
Bob Robertson         16   55    8   12   2   0   4    6   0   0    8   12  .218
Richie Hebner         16   64    7   13   3   2   0    6   0   0    6    5  .203
Gene Clines            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
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             4    5    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
Enzo Hernandez         5   15    1    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .467
Nate Colbert          14   47    8   16   2   0   5   14   0   0   10    8  .340
Larry Stahl           11   41    6   11   1   0   2    6   0   0    2    4  .268
Dave Campbell         14   54    8   13   2   0   1    3   2   0    6    9  .241
Don Mason              9   23    1    5   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .217
Cito Gaston           14   53    7   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    4   15  .208
Ollie Brown           14   49    1   10   3   0   0    2   0   0    6    7  .204
Bob Barton             6   20    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Ed Spiezio             6   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .167
Chris Cannizzaro      11   31    1    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    4    4  .129
Ivan Murrell           9   12    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .083
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            11   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .000
Dave Robinson          7    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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
Bobby Bonds           15   60   18   22   6   1   5    8   2   1    7   13  .367
Willie Mays           15   51   11   18   4   1   5   16   2   0   13   10  .353
Ken Henderson         11   37    9   13   2   0   2    7   2   1    7    5  .351
Chris Speier          16   64   11   20   2   1   0    3   0   0   10   10  .313
Dick Dietz            15   50    5   14   1   0   3   10   1   0   12    9  .280
George Foster         14   38    5   10   3   0   2    5   0   0    4   10  .263
Tito Fuentes          11   42    2   11   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .262
Al Gallagher          17   65    4   15   2   0   1    7   0   1    5   11  .231
Jimmy Rosario         11   31    4    7   1   0   0    0   1   2    7    3  .226
Hal Lanier             9   29    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .172
Willie McCovey         9   29    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   1    4    5  .172
Frank Johnson          9   16    3    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .125
Russ Gibson            1    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Heise              5    4    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              4    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Luis Melendez          5    9    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .444
Ted Simmons           17   53    8   21   5   1   0    9   0   2   10    8  .396
Joe Torre             17   68   13   26   4   1   4   15   0   1    2   10  .382
Lou Brock             15   60   14   21   4   1   1    6   6   2    4    5  .350
Matty Alou            17   76    8   21   4   1   0    9   1   3    4    2  .276
Jim Beauchamp          9   23    3    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    3  .261
Jose Cardenal         17   60    7   15   4   0   1   12   3   0    8    6  .250
Leron Lee              5    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Jerry McNertney        3    4    0    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Ted Sizemore          16   60    7   13   0   0   0    3   1   2    4    4  .217
Joe Hague             16   44    4    8   2   0   1    8   0   0    6    9  .182
Dal Maxvill           14   28    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .143
Dick Schofield         9   18    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .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)            76
  M. Wills (LA)            70
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          68
  J. Torre (STL)           68
  W. Davis (LA)            67
  J. Morgan (HOU)          67
  D. Menke (HOU)           66
  W. Parker (LA)           66
  A. Gallagher (SF)        65
  R. Hebner (PIT)          64

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            18
  L. Brock (STL)           14
  W. Stargell (PIT)        14
  J. Torre (STL)           13
  G. Beckert (CHI)         12
  R. Garr (ATL)            12
  B. Watson (HOU)          12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  W. Mays (SF)             11
  C. Speier (SF)           11

Hits:

  J. Torre (STL)           26
  W. Davis (LA)            25
  R. Garr (ATL)            23
  B. Bonds (SF)            22
  M. Alou (STL)            21
  G. Beckert (CHI)         21
  L. Brock (STL)           21
  T. Simmons (STL)         21
  C. Speier (SF)           20
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          19

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  W. Davis (LA)             6
  D. Allen (LA)             5
  K. Boswell (NY)           5
  T. Simmons (STL)          5
  B. Watson (HOU)           5
  M. Alou (STL)             4
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  J. Cardenal (STL)         4
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           4

Triples:

  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  W. Davis (LA)             2
  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  R. Hebner (PIT)           2
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        2
  F. Millan (ATL)           2
  G. Alley (PIT)            1
  M. Alou (STL)             1
  B. Bonds (SF)             1

Home Runs:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        10
  H. Aaron (ATL)            6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  N. Colbert (SD)           5
  W. Mays (SF)              5
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           4
  B. Robertson (PIT)        4
  J. Torre (STL)            4
  E. Williams (ATL)         4

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        21
  W. Mays (SF)             16
  J. Torre (STL)           15
  N. Colbert (SD)          14
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  D. Allen (LA)            12
  J. Cardenal (STL)        12
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          11
  J. Morgan (HOU)          11
  D. Dietz (SF)            10

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)            6
  B. Harrelson (NY)         6
  R. Garr (ATL)             4
  J. Cardenal (STL)         3
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  M. Wills (LA)             3
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  D. Campbell (SD)          2
  D. Cash (PIT)             2
  K. Henderson (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. Simmons (STL)          2
  T. Sizemore (STL)         2
  G. Beckert (CHI)          1
  B. Bonds (SF)             1

Walks:

  W. Mays (SF)             13
  D. Dietz (SF)            12
  B. Bailey (MON)          11
  B. Harrelson (NY)        11
  N. Colbert (SD)          10
  T. Simmons (STL)         10
  C. Speier (SF)           10
  D. Allen (LA)             9
  B. Carbo (CIN)            9
  S. Garvey (LA)            9

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        19
  D. Johnson (PHI)         16
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          15
  C. Gaston (SD)           15
  T. Perez (CIN)           15
  C. Jones (NY)            14
  D. Menke (HOU)           14
  B. Bonds (SF)            13
  D. Rader (HOU)           13
  R. Freed (PHI)           12


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