Wednesday April 28, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 28, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          667   72   180   24    7   20    68   10    6   55    69  .270
San Francisco    732   95   197   30    5   25    90   10    8   93   145  .269
St. Louis        741   91   197   35    6   11    87   17   13   59    92  .266
New York         572   63   151   25    4    8    56   13    4   69   101  .264
Los Angeles      739   91   188   33    6   12    89   11    7   78    98  .254
Pittsburgh       683   78   170   23    7   20    76    4    2   52   112  .249
Cincinnati       599   59   146   26    2   15    53   10    2   55    93  .244
Montreal         393   38    93   11    1    4    34    5    3   53    64  .237
Chicago          625   63   146   23    3   11    60    5    3   51    94  .234
Philadelphia     594   62   138   18    4   13    58    2    4   63   106  .232
Houston          724   75   166   29    8    7    69   12    8   65   105  .229
San Diego        617   54   129   17    2   16    53    4    0   58   114  .209

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         19   80   15   34   1   2   1    6   5   3    3    2  .425
Joe Torre (STL)          22   88   13   34   4   1   4   17   0   1    3   11  .386
Willie Stargell (PIT)    18   67   16   25   2   0  11   26   0   0    7   22  .373
Dave Cash (PIT)          16   66   12   24   3   0   0    3   2   1    7    9  .364
Bobby Bonds (SF)         17   70   20   25   6   1   6    9   2   1    7   14  .357
Felix Millan (ATL)       19   76    4   27   2   2   0    7   3   0    6    0  .355
Willie Davis (LA)        21   83   13   29   6   3   0   10   2   1    1    7  .349
Willie Mays (SF)         18   63   12   22   5   1   5   18   2   0   13   15  .349
Ted Simmons (STL)        20   64    8   22   5   1   0   10   0   2   10    9  .344
Joe Pepitone (CHI)       19   64    6   21   3   1   2    9   0   0    4    3  .328

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            19   80   15   34   1   2   1    6   5   3    3    2  .425
Felix Millan          19   76    4   27   2   2   0    7   3   0    6    0  .355
Orlando Cepeda        18   74    9   24   5   1   6   13   1   1    4    8  .324
Sonny Jackson         19   77   10   24   6   1   0    3   1   0    5    5  .312
Earl Williams         14   46    7   13   2   0   4    8   0   1    4    7  .283
Marty Perez           17   57    4   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    4    8  .246
Hank Aaron            17   62   11   15   2   0   8   18   0   0   10    5  .242
Hal King              18   62    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    7   14  .194
Clete Boyer           11   32    1    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .188
Gil Garrido            8   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182
Mike Lum              16   18    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .111
Dusty Baker            7    9    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .111
Bob Didier             3    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Marv Staehle           8    5    3    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Pepitone          19   64    6   21   3   1   2    9   0   0    4    3  .328
Glenn Beckert         19   75   13   24   3   0   0    3   1   1    4    1  .320
Jose Ortiz            13   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Billy Williams        19   70    8   21   3   0   3    6   0   1    9    5  .300
Ron Santo             18   62   10   17   1   0   3   11   1   0    9   12  .274
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Johnny Callison       16   45    3   10   4   0   0    8   0   0    5    9  .222
Don Kessinger         19   76    6   16   1   2   0    6   1   0    6    6  .211
Jim Hickman           14   36    3    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    4    5  .167
Hal Breeden            8   16    1    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .125
Ken Rudolph           13   41    3    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3   12  .098
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        17   53    3   17   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    5  .321
Lee May                5   13    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    3  .308
Johnny Bench          18   69   19   21   3   0   7   13   1   0    7    8  .304
Pete Rose             18   75    7   21   4   0   2    5   2   0    9    8  .280
Tommy Helms           17   58    4   16   1   0   0    6   1   1    2    4  .276
Jimmy Stewart         11   11    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .273
Hal McRae             16   55    3   14   5   0   0    5   0   0    2    4  .255
Willie Smith          11   37    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .243
Frank Duffy           10   14    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
Tony Perez            17   71    9   15   1   1   2    6   0   0    5   19  .211
Dave Concepcion        7   24    2    5   0   1   0    1   2   1    1    2  .208
Angel Bravo            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Pat Corrales           2    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Bernie Carbo          14   47    4    8   3   0   1    2   1   0   12   13  .170
Ty Cline              10   13    1    1   1   0   0    0   2   0    6    4  .077
Bill Plummer           5   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rich Chiles            4    4    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Jack Hiatt             9   18    6    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    4  .444
Jesus Alou            14   42    4   13   1   0   0    3   1   1    3    3  .310
Bob Watson            22   81   13   24   5   0   3   11   0   0    7    6  .296
Denis Menke           22   83   10   22   4   1   0    6   1   1    7   17  .265
Jim Wynn              12   32    2    8   1   0   1    4   1   1    8    7  .250
Cesar Geronimo        15    8    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .250
Norm Miller           11   29    2    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .207
Roger Metzger         22   78    8   16   3   1   0    5   2   0    7    7  .205
Johnny Edwards        18   54    1   11   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    4  .204
Doug Rader            22   77    4   15   4   1   0    5   1   0    8   14  .195
Cesar Cedeno          21   78    9   15   3   2   0    7   1   1    3   16  .192
Joe Morgan            22   84   11   16   4   1   1   11   4   3   10    2  .191
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
Willie Crawford       11   17    6    6   0   0   1    5   0   1    2    2  .353
Willie Davis          21   83   13   29   6   3   0   10   2   1    1    7  .349
Manny Mota            15   43    5   15   2   0   0    6   1   1    5    4  .349
Tom Haller            10   17    5    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    3  .294
Jim Lefebvre          10   21    0    6   0   1   0    6   0   0    0    1  .286
Wes Parker            22   86   11   23   2   0   1   10   1   0    8   10  .267
Duke Sims             14   38    3   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    6    4  .263
Bill Russell          22   72    7   18   4   1   0    7   3   2   10    8  .250
Billy Grabarkewitz     8   12    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    0  .250
Dick Allen            18   61    8   15   5   0   3   12   0   0    9   12  .246
Steve Garvey          21   70   12   17   6   1   2    9   0   1    9   10  .243
Maury Wills           20   84   10   20   2   0   0    5   3   1    4    7  .238
Bill Buckner          12   35    2    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .229
Bill Sudakis          13   34    6    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5    9  .206
Bobby Valentine        9   13    1    2   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .154

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Brand              4    3    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .667
Rusty Staub           13   50   11   19   5   0   2    6   1   0    4    6  .380
Clyde Mashore          4    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .333
Jim Fairey            10   20    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .300
Ron Swoboda            6   10    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    3  .300
Coco Laboy            10    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .286
Bobby Wine            13   40    3   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .275
John Boccabella        2    4    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   1    1    0  .250
Ron Fairly            12   34    1    8   1   0   0    6   0   1    8    3  .235
Ron Hunt              13   43    9   10   1   0   0    2   2   0    8    4  .233
John Bateman          13   46    1   10   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    9  .217
Boots Day             12   36    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .194
Bob Bailey            13   42    2    6   2   0   0    5   2   0   11   11  .143
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

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Kranepool          11   30    8   14   1   2   0    5   0   1    3    1  .467
Dave Marshall         11   25    6   10   2   0   0    2   2   0    6    4  .400
Jerry Grote           16   49    7   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    7    8  .327
Bud Harrelson         17   61    9   19   4   1   0    1   9   0   14    4  .312
Donn Clendenon        10   42    5   12   2   0   1    2   0   1    2   10  .286
Tim Foli               9   20    4    5   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    3  .250
Tommie Agee           17   73    7   18   3   0   3    8   1   2    5   15  .247
Ken Singleton         12   33    1    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    5   11  .242
Cleon Jones           17   63    5   15   1   1   2    9   1   0    4   16  .238
Bob Aspromonte        17   57    5   13   0   0   0    5   0   0    5    4  .228
Ken Boswell           14   48    3   10   6   0   0    3   0   0    5    2  .208
Duffy Dyer             4    7    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .143
Art Shamsky           11   16    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    0  .125
Al Weis                2    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Don Hahn               5    1    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       15   52   12   17   4   0   4    6   0   2    9   11  .327
Denny Doyle           14   45    5   14   4   1   1    7   0   0    4    2  .311
Larry Hisle           10   14    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .286
Deron Johnson         18   70    8   19   4   0   1    6   0   0    6   17  .271
Ron Stone             10   19    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .263
Joe Lis               12   27    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    9  .259
Roger Freed           18   61    7   14   1   1   2   10   0   0   10   19  .230
Larry Bowa            18   72    7   16   1   1   0    3   1   1    5    4  .222
Tony Taylor            9   27    1    6   0   1   0    3   0   0    1    1  .222
Don Money             18   71    8   15   0   0   3    9   0   0    4   11  .211
Tim McCarver          16   58    3   11   0   0   1    5   1   0    4    2  .190
Johnny Briggs         10   22    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    2  .182
Byron Browne           9   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .091
Mike Ryan              3    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Bobby Pfeil            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Terry Harmon           3    1    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Vic Davalillo         11   29    4   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    0    4  .414
Willie Stargell       18   67   16   25   2   0  11   26   0   0    7   22  .373
Dave Cash             16   66   12   24   3   0   0    3   2   1    7    9  .364
Gene Alley            10   21    2    6   0   2   1    3   0   0    0    1  .286
Jackie Hernandez      15   50    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    4   10  .280
Roberto Clemente      20   73    6   20   3   3   0    4   0   0    5   10  .274
Manny Sanguillen      19   72    6   17   3   0   1    7   1   0    2    4  .236
Bob Robertson         19   64    9   14   2   0   4    6   0   0    8   14  .219
Al Oliver             18   69    4   15   3   0   0    6   0   1    3    7  .217
Richie Hebner         18   67    8   14   3   2   1    8   0   0    7    5  .209
Bill Mazeroski         4   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .177
Gene Clines            8   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .071
Jose Pagan             7   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .071
Milt May               4    9    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ramon Webster          2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Enzo Hernandez        10   36    2   13   1   1   0    1   0   0    7    3  .361
Nate Colbert          19   65   10   19   2   0   6   16   0   0   12   12  .292
Larry Stahl           15   47    6   12   1   0   2    7   0   0    3    4  .255
Ollie Brown           19   68    3   16   3   0   1    5   0   0    7    8  .235
Dave Campbell         19   72   10   16   3   0   2    4   2   0    6   12  .222
Ivan Murrell          13   27    1    6   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    8  .222
Bob Barton             8   28    5    6   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .214
Don Mason             14   44    3    9   0   0   1    3   1   0    0    3  .205
Chris Cannizzaro      14   42    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    5    6  .191
Cito Gaston           19   73   10   13   2   1   2    5   0   0    5   23  .178
Ed Spiezio             6   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .167
Al Ferrara            13   13    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .077
Tommy Dean             9   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
Dave Robinson          7    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Fred Kendall           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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           17   70   20   25   6   1   6    9   2   1    7   14  .357
Willie Mays           18   63   12   22   5   1   5   18   2   0   13   15  .349
Chris Speier          20   83   13   27   2   1   0    3   0   0   11   13  .325
Dick Dietz            19   65    7   21   3   0   3   14   1   0   15   11  .323
George Foster         18   51    6   16   4   0   3    8   0   1    4   14  .314
Ken Henderson         15   51    9   15   2   1   2    8   3   1   11    7  .294
Tito Fuentes          15   60    3   16   2   1   0    3   0   0    1    2  .267
Willie McCovey        13   44    6   11   1   0   3    6   0   2    6    7  .250
Al Gallagher          21   77    5   18   3   0   1    7   0   1    7   13  .234
Jimmy Rosario         12   35    4    7   1   0   0    0   1   2    7    7  .200
Hal Lanier            11   33    2    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    4  .182
Frank Johnson         11   18    3    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .111
Russ Gibson            1    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Heise              6    5    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
Jerry McNertney        5   10    2    4   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    1  .400
Joe Torre             22   88   13   34   4   1   4   17   0   1    3   11  .386
Luis Melendez          8   13    1    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .385
Ted Simmons           20   64    8   22   5   1   0   10   0   2   10    9  .344
Bob Burda              8    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .333
Lou Brock             20   80   17   26   5   1   1    8   9   3    5    7  .325
Leron Lee              9   10    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   1    1    3  .300
Matty Alou            22   92    9   27   6   2   0   13   2   4    5    3  .294
Jim Beauchamp         12   32    4    9   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    5  .281
Jose Cardenal         22   77    7   16   5   0   1   12   3   0    8    8  .208
Ted Sizemore          21   77    9   16   0   0   0    4   1   2    7    5  .208
Julian Javier         10   31    5    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .194
Joe Hague             21   57    4   10   2   0   1    9   0   0    7   13  .175
Dal Maxvill           16   31    4    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .129
Dick Schofield         9   18    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .111

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  M. Alou (STL)            92
  J. Torre (STL)           88
  W. Parker (LA)           86
  J. Morgan (HOU)          84
  M. Wills (LA)            84
  W. Davis (LA)            83
  D. Menke (HOU)           83
  C. Speier (SF)           83
  B. Watson (HOU)          81
  L. Brock (STL)           80

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            20
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  L. Brock (STL)           17
  W. Stargell (PIT)        16
  R. Garr (ATL)            15
  G. Beckert (CHI)         13
  W. Davis (LA)            13
  C. Speier (SF)           13
  J. Torre (STL)           13
  B. Watson (HOU)          13

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            34
  J. Torre (STL)           34
  W. Davis (LA)            29
  M. Alou (STL)            27
  F. Millan (ATL)          27
  C. Speier (SF)           27
  L. Brock (STL)           26
  B. Bonds (SF)            25
  W. Stargell (PIT)        25
  G. Beckert (CHI)         24

Doubles:

  M. Alou (STL)             6
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  K. Boswell (NY)           6
  W. Davis (LA)             6
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  S. Jackson (ATL)          6
  D. Allen (LA)             5
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  J. Cardenal (STL)         5
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           5

Triples:

  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  W. Davis (LA)             3
  G. Alley (PIT)            2
  M. Alou (STL)             2
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  R. Hebner (PIT)           2
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        2
  E. Kranepool (NY)         2
  F. Millan (ATL)           2

Home Runs:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        11
  H. Aaron (ATL)            8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           6
  N. Colbert (SD)           6
  W. Mays (SF)              5
  W. Montanez (PHI)         4
  B. Robertson (PIT)        4
  J. Torre (STL)            4

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        26
  H. Aaron (ATL)           18
  W. Mays (SF)             18
  J. Torre (STL)           17
  N. Colbert (SD)          16
  D. Dietz (SF)            14
  M. Alou (STL)            13
  J. Bench (CIN)           13
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          13
  D. Allen (LA)            12

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)            9
  B. Harrelson (NY)         9
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  J. Morgan (HOU)           4
  J. Cardenal (STL)         3
  K. Henderson (SF)         3
  F. Millan (ATL)           3
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  M. Wills (LA)             3
  M. Alou (STL)             2

Caught Stealing:

  M. Alou (STL)             4
  L. Brock (STL)            3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  T. Agee (NY)              2
  W. McCovey (SF)           2
  W. Montanez (PHI)         2
  J. Rosario (SF)           2
  B. Russell (LA)           2
  T. Simmons (STL)          2

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)            15
  B. Harrelson (NY)        14
  W. Mays (SF)             13
  B. Carbo (CIN)           12
  N. Colbert (SD)          12
  B. Bailey (MON)          11
  K. Henderson (SF)        11
  C. Speier (SF)           11
  H. Aaron (ATL)           10
  R. Freed (PHI)           10

Strikeouts:

  C. Gaston (SD)           23
  W. Stargell (PIT)        22
  R. Freed (PHI)           19
  T. Perez (CIN)           19
  D. Johnson (PHI)         17
  D. Menke (HOU)           17
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          16
  C. Jones (NY)            16
  T. Agee (NY)             15
  W. Mays (SF)             15

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