Thursday April 29, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 29, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
San Francisco    779  100   210   30    5   25    95   12    8   99   146  .270
New York         608   70   163   30    4    9    63   13    4   74   104  .268
Atlanta          712   74   190   26    7   20    70   10    7   60    71  .267
St. Louis        770   91   200   35    6   11    87   19   14   67   103  .260
Los Angeles      771   93   195   35    6   12    91   11    8   81   105  .253
Cincinnati       636   63   160   28    2   15    57   10    2   57    94  .252
Montreal         435   45   109   13    2    4    40    5    4   54    68  .251
Pittsburgh       715   79   176   25    7   20    77    4    2   53   115  .246
Chicago          657   69   155   24    3   11    66    7    3   56    98  .236
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        647   56   134   18    3   16    55    4    0   64   123  .207

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         20   85   15   35   1   2   1    6   5   3    3    2  .412
Joe Torre (STL)          23   91   13   34   4   1   4   17   0   1    4   12  .374
Felix Millan (ATL)       20   81    5   29   2   2   0    7   3   0    7    0  .358
Willie Stargell (PIT)    19   71   16   25   2   0  11   26   0   0    7   24  .352
Willie Davis (LA)        22   83   13   29   6   3   0   10   2   1    2    7  .349
Dave Cash (PIT)          17   69   12   24   3   0   0    3   2   1    7    9  .348
Willie Mays (SF)         19   69   13   24   5   1   5   18   3   0   13   15  .348
Bobby Bonds (SF)         18   75   20   26   6   1   6   10   3   1    8   14  .347
Ted Simmons (STL)        21   68    8   23   5   1   0   10   0   2   10   10  .338
Chris Speier (SF)        21   89   14   30   2   1   0    3   0   0   11   13  .337

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            20   85   15   35   1   2   1    6   5   3    3    2  .412
Felix Millan          20   81    5   29   2   2   0    7   3   0    7    0  .358
Orlando Cepeda        19   80    9   26   7   1   6   15   1   1    4    8  .325
Sonny Jackson         20   81   10   25   6   1   0    3   1   0    7    5  .309
Earl Williams         14   46    7   13   2   0   4    8   0   1    4    7  .283
Marty Perez           18   58    4   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    4    8  .241
Hank Aaron            18   67   12   15   2   0   8   18   0   0   11    5  .224
Gil Garrido            9   15    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .200
Hal King              19   62    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    7   14  .194
Clete Boyer           12   37    1    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .189
Bob Didier             4   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .154
Dusty Baker            7    9    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .111
Mike Lum              17   19    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .105
Marv Staehle           9    6    3    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Pepitone          20   67    8   22   3   1   2    9   0   0    5    3  .328
Jose Ortiz            14   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Glenn Beckert         20   79   14   24   3   0   0    3   2   1    4    3  .304
Billy Williams        20   75    8   21   3   0   3    6   0   1    9    6  .280
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Ron Santo             19   63   10   17   1   0   3   11   1   0    9   12  .270
Johnny Callison       17   49    4   12   5   0   0    9   0   0    5    9  .245
Don Kessinger         20   80    7   19   1   2   0    6   2   0    7    6  .238
Jim Hickman           15   39    3    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    5    5  .205
Hal Breeden            8   16    1    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .125
Ken Rudolph           14   43    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    5   13  .093
Paul Popovich         10   17    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .059
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
Lee May                6   17    2    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .412
Woody Woodward        18   53    3   17   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    5  .321
Johnny Bench          19   73   19   22   3   0   7   14   1   0    7    8  .301
Pete Rose             19   80    8   24   5   0   2    5   2   0    9    8  .300
Tommy Helms           18   62    4   17   1   0   0    7   1   1    2    4  .274
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
Ty Cline              11   18    3    4   1   0   0    0   2   0    6    4  .222
Frank Duffy           10   14    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
Tony Perez            18   76   10   16   1   1   2    7   0   0    5   19  .211
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          15   50    4    9   3   0   1    2   1   0   13   13  .180
Dave Concepcion        8   28    2    5   0   1   0    1   2   1    1    3  .179
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
Manny Mota            16   47    6   17   2   0   0    6   1   2    5    4  .362
Willie Crawford       11   17    6    6   0   0   1    5   0   1    2    2  .353
Willie Davis          22   83   13   29   6   3   0   10   2   1    2    7  .349
Tom Haller            10   17    5    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    3  .294
Jim Lefebvre          11   24    0    7   0   1   0    6   0   0    1    3  .292
Duke Sims             15   39    3   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    4  .282
Wes Parker            23   90   11   24   3   0   1   11   1   0    8   10  .267
Bill Russell          23   76    8   19   5   1   0    7   3   2   10    9  .250
Billy Grabarkewitz     8   12    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    0  .250
Steve Garvey          22   74   12   18   6   1   2    9   0   1    9   10  .243
Dick Allen            19   64    8   15   5   0   3   12   0   0    9   12  .234
Maury Wills           21   86   10   20   2   0   0    5   3   1    4    7  .233
Bill Buckner          12   35    2    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .229
Bill Sudakis          14   37    6    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5   10  .189
Bobby Valentine       10   15    1    2   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    5  .133

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Brand              5    3    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .667
Rusty Staub           14   54   11   20   5   0   2    6   1   0    5    6  .370
Ron Swoboda            7   15    3    5   0   2   0    2   0   0    2    4  .333
Coco Laboy            11   12    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    0  .333
John Boccabella        3    9    2    3   1   0   1    1   0   1    1    2  .333
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 Hunt              14   48   10   14   1   0   0    3   2   0    8    4  .292
Bobby Wine            14   43    4   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .279
John Bateman          14   51    2   12   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    9  .235
Ron Fairly            13   35    1    8   1   0   0    6   0   1    8    3  .229
Boots Day             13   36    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .194
Bob Bailey            14   47    3    8   2   0   0    7   2   0   11   11  .170
Mack Jones             5   14    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000
Gary Sutherland        4    6    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
Don Hahn               6    2    2    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500
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           17   53    8   17   3   0   1    6   0   0    7    8  .321
Donn Clendenon        11   46    6   14   2   0   2    5   0   1    3   10  .304
Bud Harrelson         18   66    9   19   4   1   0    1   9   0   14    5  .288
Cleon Jones           18   67    7   18   2   1   2    9   1   0    5   16  .269
Tim Foli              10   23    4    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .261
Tommie Agee           18   78    8   20   3   0   3    9   1   2    5   17  .256
Bob Aspromonte        18   61    5   15   2   0   0    6   0   0    5    4  .246
Ken Singleton         13   36    2    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    7   11  .222
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

 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       19   71   16   25   2   0  11   26   0   0    7   24  .352
Dave Cash             17   69   12   24   3   0   0    3   2   1    7    9  .348
Jackie Hernandez      15   50    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    4   10  .280
Roberto Clemente      21   77    6   20   3   3   0    4   0   0    5   10  .260
Manny Sanguillen      20   76    6   19   5   0   1    7   1   0    2    4  .250
Gene Alley            11   24    2    6   0   2   1    3   0   0    0    1  .250
Richie Hebner         19   71    8   17   3   2   1    9   0   0    7    5  .239
Bob Robertson         20   68    9   14   2   0   4    6   0   0    8   15  .206
Al Oliver             19   73    4   15   3   0   0    6   0   1    3    7  .206
Bill Mazeroski         4   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .177
Jose Pagan             8   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .133
Gene Clines            9   14    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .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          3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Enzo Hernandez        11   40    3   13   1   1   0    1   0   0    8    4  .325
Larry Stahl           16   50    7   14   1   1   2    8   0   0    4    4  .280
Nate Colbert          20   68   10   19   2   0   6   17   0   0   13   14  .279
Ollie Brown           20   71    3   17   3   0   1    5   0   0    8   10  .239
Dave Campbell         20   76   10   17   3   0   2    4   2   0    6   12  .224
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             15   47    3   10   1   0   1    3   1   0    0    3  .213
Chris Cannizzaro      15   44    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    7    7  .182
Cito Gaston           20   77   10   13   2   1   2    5   0   0    5   24  .169
Ed Spiezio             6   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .167
Al Ferrara            14   14    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .071
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
Willie Mays           19   69   13   24   5   1   5   18   3   0   13   15  .348
Bobby Bonds           18   75   20   26   6   1   6   10   3   1    8   14  .347
Chris Speier          21   89   14   30   2   1   0    3   0   0   11   13  .337
Dick Dietz            20   68    8   22   3   0   3   15   1   0   18   11  .324
George Foster         19   52    6   16   4   0   3    8   0   1    4   14  .308
Ken Henderson         16   57   10   16   2   1   2    9   3   1   11    8  .281
Tito Fuentes          16   66    3   18   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    2  .273
Willie McCovey        14   49    6   12   1   0   3    6   0   2    7    7  .245
Al Gallagher          21   77    5   18   3   0   1    7   0   1    7   13  .234
Jimmy Rosario         13   35    4    7   1   0   0    0   1   2    8    7  .200
Hal Lanier            12   38    2    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .184
Frank Johnson         12   19    3    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .105
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
Luis Melendez          8   13    1    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .385
Joe Torre             23   91   13   34   4   1   4   17   0   1    4   12  .374
Ted Simmons           21   68    8   23   5   1   0   10   0   2   10   10  .338
Bob Burda              9    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .333
Lou Brock             21   83   17   26   5   1   1    8  10   4    7    9  .313
Matty Alou            22   92    9   27   6   2   0   13   2   4    5    3  .294
Jim Beauchamp         13   33    4    9   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    5  .273
Leron Lee             10   13    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    6  .231
Ted Sizemore          21   77    9   16   0   0   0    4   1   2    7    5  .208
Jose Cardenal         23   80    7   16   5   0   1   12   4   0    9    9  .200
Julian Javier         11   35    5    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Joe Hague             22   60    4   11   2   0   1    9   0   0    8   13  .183
Dal Maxvill           17   33    4    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .121
Dick Schofield        10   19    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .105

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  M. Alou (STL)            92
  J. Torre (STL)           91
  W. Parker (LA)           90
  C. Speier (SF)           89
  M. Wills (LA)            86
  R. Garr (ATL)            85
  J. Morgan (HOU)          84
  L. Brock (STL)           83
  W. Davis (LA)            83
  D. Menke (HOU)           83

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)         14
  C. Speier (SF)           14
  W. Davis (LA)            13
  W. Mays (SF)             13
  J. Torre (STL)           13

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            35
  J. Torre (STL)           34
  C. Speier (SF)           30
  W. Davis (LA)            29
  F. Millan (ATL)          29
  M. Alou (STL)            27
  B. Bonds (SF)            26
  L. Brock (STL)           26
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          26
  S. Jackson (ATL)         25

Doubles:

  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  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. Callison (CHI)         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
  N. Colbert (SD)          17
  J. Torre (STL)           17
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          15
  D. Dietz (SF)            15
  J. Bench (CIN)           14
  M. Alou (STL)            13
  D. Allen (LA)            12

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           10
  B. Harrelson (NY)         9
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  J. Cardenal (STL)         4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           4
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  K. Henderson (SF)         3
  W. Mays (SF)              3
  F. Millan (ATL)           3
  B. Russell (LA)           3

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)            18
  B. Harrelson (NY)        14
  B. Carbo (CIN)           13
  N. Colbert (SD)          13
  W. Mays (SF)             13
  H. Aaron (ATL)           11
  B. Bailey (MON)          11
  K. Henderson (SF)        11
  C. Speier (SF)           11
  R. Freed (PHI)           10

Strikeouts:

  C. Gaston (SD)           24
  W. Stargell (PIT)        24
  R. Freed (PHI)           19
  T. Perez (CIN)           19
  T. Agee (NY)             17
  D. Johnson (PHI)         17
  D. Menke (HOU)           17
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          16
  C. Jones (NY)            16
  W. Mays (SF)             15


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