Friday April 30, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 30, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
San Francisco    816  107   222   32    6   26   101   12    8  104   148  .272
Atlanta          746   81   201   29    7   20    74   10    7   62    74  .269
New York         651   74   174   33    5    9    67   14    5   80   113  .267
St. Louis        801   95   210   35    7   11    91   21   14   72   108  .262
Los Angeles      805   95   204   35    6   12    93   11    8   83   108  .253
Pittsburgh       749   84   189   27    8   20    82    4    2   56   119  .252
Cincinnati       672   68   169   28    2   17    62   10    2   62   105  .252
Montreal         467   47   115   15    2    4    40    5    4   57    71  .246
Chicago          684   69   159   24    3   11    66    7    3   60   100  .233
Philadelphia     628   63   146   19    4   13    59    3    5   67   112  .233
Houston          769   78   175   30    8    8    72   13    8   68   115  .228
San Diego        681   59   142   21    3   17    58    5    0   66   127  .209

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         21   90   16   37   2   2   1    6   5   3    3    2  .411
Joe Torre (STL)          24   93   14   34   4   1   4   17   0   1    6   12  .366
Felix Millan (ATL)       21   85    7   31   2   2   0    8   3   0    7    0  .365
Bobby Bonds (SF)         19   80   21   29   7   1   7   13   3   1    8   14  .363
Willie Mays (SF)         20   72   16   26   6   1   5   18   3   0   15   15  .361
Dave Cash (PIT)          18   73   14   26   3   0   0    3   2   1    8    9  .356
Willie Stargell (PIT)    20   75   16   26   2   0  11   27   0   0    7   24  .347
Ted Simmons (STL)        22   71    9   24   5   1   0   11   0   2   10   10  .338
Willie Davis (LA)        23   87   13   29   6   3   0   10   2   1    2    9  .333
Dick Dietz (SF)          21   72    9   24   3   0   3   16   1   0   19   11  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            21   90   16   37   2   2   1    6   5   3    3    2  .411
Felix Millan          21   85    7   31   2   2   0    8   3   0    7    0  .365
Sonny Jackson         21   86   11   28   7   1   0    4   1   0    7    5  .326
Orlando Cepeda        20   83    9   26   7   1   6   16   1   1    4    8  .313
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            19   70   13   16   2   0   8   18   0   0   12    6  .229
Gil Garrido           10   18    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    1  .222
Clete Boyer           13   41    1    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .195
Hal King              19   62    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    7   14  .194
Bob Didier             5   16    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .188
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          21   69    8   22   3   1   2    9   0   0    5    4  .319
Jose Ortiz            14   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Glenn Beckert         21   83   14   25   3   0   0    3   2   1    4    3  .301
Billy Williams        21   79    8   22   3   0   3    6   0   1    9    6  .279
Ron Santo             20   66   10   18   1   0   3   11   1   0   10   12  .273
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Johnny Callison       18   50    4   13   5   0   0    9   0   0    7    9  .260
Don Kessinger         21   84    7   19   1   2   0    6   2   0    7    6  .226
Jim Hickman           16   42    3    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    6    5  .191
Hal Breeden            8   16    1    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .125
Ken Rudolph           15   46    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    5   13  .087
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
Ernie Banks            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Lee May                7   21    4    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    6  .381
Woody Woodward        19   54    3   17   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    6  .315
Johnny Bench          20   77   22   24   3   0   9   16   1   0    8    8  .312
Pete Rose             20   83    8   25   5   0   2    5   2   0   11    8  .301
Jimmy Stewart         11   11    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .273
Tommy Helms           19   66    4   17   1   0   0    7   1   1    2    4  .258
Hal McRae             17   56    3   14   5   0   0    5   0   0    2    4  .250
Willie Smith          11   37    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .243
Dave Concepcion        9   31    2    7   0   1   0    2   2   1    2    3  .226
Tony Perez            19   81   10   18   1   1   2    7   0   0    5   20  .222
Frank Duffy           11   14    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
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
Ty Cline              12   22    3    4   1   0   0    0   2   0    6    6  .182
Bernie Carbo          16   53    4    9   3   0   1    2   1   0   13   15  .170
Bill Plummer           6   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jack Hiatt            10   20    6    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    6  .400
Rich Chiles            5    5    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Bob Watson            23   86   13   27   5   0   3   12   0   0    8    7  .314
Jesus Alou            15   43    4   13   1   0   0    3   1   1    3    3  .302
Denis Menke           23   87   10   22   4   1   0    6   1   1    7   17  .253
Jim Wynn              13   38    2    9   2   0   1    4   1   1    8    7  .237
Cesar Geronimo        16    9    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    5  .222
Roger Metzger         23   84    9   18   3   1   0    5   2   0    7    9  .214
Joe Morgan            23   89   13   19   4   1   2   13   5   3   11    2  .214
Norm Miller           11   29    2    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .207
Johnny Edwards        19   57    1   11   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    5  .193
Doug Rader            23   81    4   15   4   1   0    5   1   0    9   15  .185
Cesar Cedeno          22   83    9   15   3   2   0    7   1   1    3   16  .181
Marty Martinez         2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .000
Larry Howard           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Crawford       12   19    6    7   0   0   1    6   0   1    2    2  .368
Manny Mota            17   51    6   18   2   0   0    7   1   2    5    4  .353
Willie Davis          23   87   13   29   6   3   0   10   2   1    2    9  .333
Tom Haller            11   21    6    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    3  .333
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
Steve Garvey          23   78   13   20   6   1   2    9   0   1    9   10  .256
Wes Parker            24   94   11   24   3   0   1   11   1   0    8   11  .255
Bill Russell          24   80    8   20   5   1   0    7   3   2   10    9  .250
Maury Wills           22   89   10   21   2   0   0    5   3   1    4    7  .236
Bill Buckner          12   35    2    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .229
Dick Allen            20   66    8   15   5   0   3   12   0   0   11   12  .227
Billy Grabarkewitz     9   14    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    0  .214
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              6    4    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Rusty Staub           15   57   12   21   5   0   2    6   1   0    6    6  .368
Coco Laboy            11   12    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    0  .333
Clyde Mashore          4    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .333
Ron Swoboda            8   16    3    5   0   2   0    2   0   0    2    4  .313
John Boccabella        4   10    2    3   1   0   1    1   0   1    1    2  .300
Ron Hunt              15   50   10   14   1   0   0    3   2   0    8    4  .280
Jim Fairey            11   23    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .261
John Bateman          15   54    2   14   2   0   1    6   0   0    3    9  .259
Ron Fairly            14   39    1   10   1   0   0    6   0   1    8    3  .256
Bobby Wine            15   47    5   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .255
Boots Day             14   39    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .180
Bob Bailey            15   50    3    8   2   0   0    7   2   0   13   12  .160
Mack Jones             6   15    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .067
Gary Sutherland        5    7    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               7    2    2    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500
Ed Kranepool          12   35    8   14   1   2   0    5   0   1    4    2  .400
Dave Marshall         12   28    7   11   2   1   0    2   2   0    7    6  .393
Jerry Grote           18   57    8   18   3   0   1    6   0   0    8    9  .316
Donn Clendenon        12   47    6   14   2   0   2    5   0   1    3   10  .298
Bud Harrelson         19   71   11   21   4   1   0    1  10   0   15    5  .296
Cleon Jones           19   73    8   20   3   1   2   11   1   0    5   18  .274
Tommie Agee           19   84    8   23   5   0   3    9   1   3    5   19  .274
Tim Foli              10   23    4    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .261
Bob Aspromonte        19   67    5   16   2   0   0    6   0   0    5    4  .239
Ken Singleton         14   36    2    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    8   11  .222
Ken Boswell           15   53    3   11   6   0   0    5   0   0    5    2  .208
Duffy Dyer             4    7    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .143
Art Shamsky           12   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       16   55   12   18   4   0   4    6   0   2   10   12  .327
Ron Stone             11   22    0    7   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    1  .318
Denny Doyle           15   49    5   14   4   1   1    7   0   0    4    2  .286
Larry Hisle           10   14    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .286
Deron Johnson         19   74    8   20   4   0   1    6   0   0    6   19  .270
Joe Lis               12   27    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    9  .259
Tony Taylor           10   28    1    7   0   1   0    3   0   1    1    1  .250
Larry Bowa            19   75    8   17   1   1   0    3   2   1    6    4  .227
Roger Freed           19   65    7   14   1   1   2   10   0   0   10   20  .215
Don Money             19   76    8   16   0   0   3   10   0   0    4   12  .211
Tim McCarver          17   62    3   12   0   0   1    5   1   0    4    2  .194
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
Dave Cash             18   73   14   26   3   0   0    3   2   1    8    9  .356
Willie Stargell       20   75   16   26   2   0  11   27   0   0    7   24  .347
Jackie Hernandez      15   50    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    4   10  .280
Richie Hebner         20   75    9   20   4   2   1   10   0   0    7    5  .267
Manny Sanguillen      21   80    7   21   5   0   1    8   1   0    2    4  .263
Roberto Clemente      22   81    7   21   3   3   0    5   0   0    5   10  .259
Al Oliver             20   77    4   18   4   1   0    7   0   1    3    7  .234
Gene Alley            12   27    2    6   0   2   1    3   0   0    1    1  .222
Bob Robertson         21   72    9   15   2   0   4    6   0   0    8   18  .208
Bill Mazeroski         4   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .177
Jose Pagan             9   16    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .125
Gene Clines           10   15    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .067
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
Enzo Hernandez        12   44    3   14   1   1   0    1   0   0    8    4  .318
Nate Colbert          21   71   11   20   2   0   6   17   0   0   14   14  .282
Larry Stahl           17   54    7   15   2   1   2    8   0   0    4    4  .278
Ivan Murrell          14   31    1    8   2   0   0    0   1   0    0    9  .258
Ramon Webster          4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ollie Brown           21   75    4   18   3   0   2    8   0   0    8   10  .240
Don Mason             16   51    4   11   1   0   1    3   2   0    0    3  .216
Bob Barton             8   28    5    6   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .214
Dave Campbell         21   80   10   17   3   0   2    4   2   0    6   14  .213
Chris Cannizzaro      16   47    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    8    8  .170
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            15   15    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .067
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           19   80   21   29   7   1   7   13   3   1    8   14  .363
Willie Mays           20   72   16   26   6   1   5   18   3   0   15   15  .361
Dick Dietz            21   72    9   24   3   0   3   16   1   0   19   11  .333
George Foster         20   53    6   17   4   0   3    8   0   1    4   14  .321
Chris Speier          22   94   14   30   2   1   0    3   0   0   11   15  .319
Ken Henderson         17   61   10   17   2   2   2   10   3   1   11    8  .279
Willie McCovey        15   53    6   14   1   0   3    6   0   2    7    7  .264
Tito Fuentes          17   70    4   18   2   1   0    4   0   0    2    2  .257
Al Gallagher          22   78    5   18   3   0   1    7   0   1    7   13  .231
Jimmy Rosario         14   35    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   2    9    7  .200
Hal Lanier            13   41    2    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .195
Frank Johnson         13   20    4    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .100
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
Luis Melendez          9   17    1    7   1   0   0    3   2   0    1    2  .412
Jerry McNertney        5   10    2    4   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    1  .400
Joe Torre             24   93   14   34   4   1   4   17   0   1    6   12  .366
Ted Simmons           22   71    9   24   5   1   0   11   0   2   10   10  .338
Bob Burda              9    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .333
Lou Brock             22   88   19   29   5   1   1    8  11   4    7   10  .330
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
Julian Javier         12   39    5    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .231
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         24   84    7   17   5   1   1   14   4   0    9   11  .202
Joe Hague             23   64    4   12   2   0   1    9   0   0    8   13  .188
Dal Maxvill           18   34    4    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    8    3  .118
Dick Schofield        10   19    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .105

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  W. Parker (LA)           94
  C. Speier (SF)           94
  J. Torre (STL)           93
  M. Alou (STL)            92
  R. Garr (ATL)            90
  J. Morgan (HOU)          89
  M. Wills (LA)            89
  L. Brock (STL)           88
  W. Davis (LA)            87
  D. Menke (HOU)           87

Runs Scored:

  J. Bench (CIN)           22
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  L. Brock (STL)           19
  R. Garr (ATL)            16
  W. Mays (SF)             16
  W. Stargell (PIT)        16
  G. Beckert (CHI)         14
  D. Cash (PIT)            14
  C. Speier (SF)           14
  J. Torre (STL)           14

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            37
  J. Torre (STL)           34
  F. Millan (ATL)          31
  C. Speier (SF)           30
  B. Bonds (SF)            29
  L. Brock (STL)           29
  W. Davis (LA)            29
  S. Jackson (ATL)         28
  M. Alou (STL)            27
  B. Watson (HOU)          27

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  S. Jackson (ATL)          7
  M. Alou (STL)             6
  K. Boswell (NY)           6
  W. Davis (LA)             6
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  W. Mays (SF)              6
  T. Agee (NY)              5
  D. Allen (LA)             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
  K. Henderson (SF)         2
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        2
  E. Kranepool (NY)         2

Home Runs:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        11
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  H. Aaron (ATL)            8
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  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)        27
  H. Aaron (ATL)           18
  W. Mays (SF)             18
  N. Colbert (SD)          17
  J. Torre (STL)           17
  J. Bench (CIN)           16
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          16
  D. Dietz (SF)            16
  J. Cardenal (STL)        14
  M. Alou (STL)            13

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           11
  B. Harrelson (NY)        10
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  J. Morgan (HOU)           5
  J. Cardenal (STL)         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
  T. Agee (NY)              3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  W. McCovey (SF)           2
  W. Montanez (PHI)         2
  M. Mota (LA)              2
  J. Rosario (SF)           2
  B. Russell (LA)           2

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)            19
  B. Harrelson (NY)        15
  W. Mays (SF)             15
  N. Colbert (SD)          14
  B. Bailey (MON)          13
  B. Carbo (CIN)           13
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  D. Allen (LA)            11
  K. Henderson (SF)        11
  J. Morgan (HOU)          11

Strikeouts:

  C. Gaston (SD)           24
  W. Stargell (PIT)        24
  R. Freed (PHI)           20
  T. Perez (CIN)           20
  T. Agee (NY)             19
  D. Johnson (PHI)         19
  C. Jones (NY)            18
  B. Robertson (PIT)       18
  D. Menke (HOU)           17
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          16


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