Saturday May 1, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 1, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          778   88   211   30    7   23    81   10    8   65    78  .271
San Francisco    848  109   229   33    6   27   103   12    8  106   150  .270
New York         683   75   179   33    5    9    68   14    5   80   117  .262
St. Louis        824   97   213   35    8   11    93   21   15   73   112  .259
Los Angeles      842  100   217   37    6   12    98   11    8   87   112  .258
Pittsburgh       788   89   200   28    9   22    87    5    4   60   124  .254
Cincinnati       704   71   178   29    2   17    65   10    2   64   109  .253
Montreal         493   49   122   19    2    4    42    5    4   59    74  .248
Chicago          714   76   170   26    4   13    73    7    3   64   103  .238
Philadelphia     663   67   155   19    4   15    63    3    5   67   119  .234
Houston          800   81   183   31    8    9    75   13    8   71   123  .229
San Diego        725   63   158   21    3   17    62    7    0   69   132  .218

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         22   92   17   38   2   2   1    6   5   3    4    2  .413
Bobby Bonds (SF)         20   84   21   31   7   1   7   13   3   1    8   14  .369
Felix Millan (ATL)       22   90    9   33   3   2   1   10   3   0    7    0  .367
Joe Torre (STL)          25   96   15   35   4   1   4   17   0   1    6   12  .365
Willie Stargell (PIT)    21   80   16   29   3   0  11   27   0   0    7   25  .363
Willie Mays (SF)         21   73   16   26   6   1   5   18   3   0   15   15  .356
Willie Davis (LA)        24   89   14   31   6   3   0   12   2   1    2    9  .348
Dave Cash (PIT)          19   78   15   27   3   1   0    4   2   1    8   10  .346
Willie Montanez (PHI)    17   59   13   20   4   0   5    8   0   2   10   12  .339
Bob Watson (HOU)         24   90   13   30   5   0   3   13   0   0    8    7  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            22   92   17   38   2   2   1    6   5   3    4    2  .413
Felix Millan          22   90    9   33   3   2   1   10   3   0    7    0  .367
Orlando Cepeda        21   87    9   29   7   1   6   16   1   2    4    8  .333
Sonny Jackson         22   89   12   28   7   1   0    4   1   0    8    5  .315
Earl Williams         15   47    7   13   2   0   4    8   0   1    4    8  .277
Hank Aaron            20   73   15   18   2   0  10   22   0   0   13    6  .247
Marty Perez           18   58    4   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    4    8  .241
Gil Garrido           11   21    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    1  .238
Hal King              19   62    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    7   14  .194
Clete Boyer           14   45    1    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .178
Bob Didier             6   19    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .158
Mike Lum              18   20    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .150
Dusty Baker            7    9    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .111
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
Danny Breeden          1    4    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Joe Pepitone          22   73    9   24   3   1   2   10   0   0    5    4  .329
Jose Ortiz            14   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Billy Williams        22   82   11   25   4   0   5   10   0   1   10    6  .305
Glenn Beckert         22   87   15   26   3   0   0    4   2   1    4    3  .299
Ron Santo             21   69   10   19   1   0   3   11   1   0   11   13  .275
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Ernie Banks            3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Johnny Callison       19   54    4   13   5   0   0    9   0   0    7    9  .241
Don Kessinger         22   87    7   19   1   2   0    6   2   0    8    6  .218
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
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                8   24    4    9   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    7  .375
Woody Woodward        20   54    3   17   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    6  .315
Johnny Bench          21   81   23   25   3   0   9   16   1   0    8    8  .309
Pete Rose             21   86    8   26   5   0   2    5   2   0   12    9  .302
Jimmy Stewart         11   11    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .273
Tommy Helms           20   70    5   19   1   0   0    8   1   1    2    4  .271
Hal McRae             18   57    3   14   5   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .246
Willie Smith          11   37    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .243
Dave Concepcion       10   34    2    8   0   1   0    2   2   1    2    3  .235
Frank Duffy           11   14    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
Tony Perez            20   85   10   18   1   1   2    7   0   0    5   20  .212
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          17   56    5   11   4   0   1    3   1   0   13   15  .196
Ty Cline              13   26    3    5   1   0   0    0   2   0    6    7  .192
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            24   90   13   30   5   0   3   13   0   0    8    7  .333
Jesus Alou            15   43    4   13   1   0   0    3   1   1    3    3  .302
Denis Menke           24   91   10   24   4   1   0    6   1   1    7   18  .264
Jim Wynn              14   41    3   10   2   0   1    5   1   1    9    8  .244
Joe Morgan            24   93   15   21   5   1   3   14   5   3   11    2  .226
Cesar Geronimo        17    9    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    5  .222
Roger Metzger         24   87    9   18   3   1   0    5   2   0    8    9  .207
Norm Miller           11   29    2    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .207
Johnny Edwards        20   60    1   11   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    5  .183
Doug Rader            24   85    4   15   4   1   0    5   1   0    9   18  .177
Cesar Cedeno          23   86    9   15   3   2   0    7   1   1    4   18  .174
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       13   19    6    7   0   0   1    6   0   1    2    2  .368
Willie Davis          24   89   14   31   6   3   0   12   2   1    2    9  .348
Manny Mota            18   54    6   18   2   0   0    7   1   2    5    4  .333
Tom Haller            11   21    6    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    3  .333
Jim Lefebvre          12   25    0    8   0   1   0    7   0   0    1    3  .320
Steve Garvey          24   82   14   22   6   1   2    9   0   1   10   10  .268
Duke Sims             16   41    3   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    4  .268
Wes Parker            25   98   11   26   3   0   1   13   1   0    8   11  .265
Maury Wills           23   94   11   24   3   0   0    5   3   1    4    8  .255
Bill Russell          25   84    9   21   5   1   0    7   3   2   10    9  .250
Dick Allen            21   70    9   16   6   0   3   12   0   0   11   12  .229
Bill Buckner          12   35    2    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .229
Bill Sudakis          15   40    6    8   1   0   2    4   0   0    5   11  .200
Billy Grabarkewitz    10   16    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    7    0  .188
Bobby Valentine       11   16    1    2   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    5  .125

 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           16   60   12   23   6   0   2    7   1   0    6    6  .383
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
John Bateman          16   56    2   16   3   0   1    7   0   0    4    9  .286
Ron Hunt              16   54   10   15   1   0   0    3   2   0    8    5  .278
Ron Fairly            15   41    2   11   2   0   0    6   0   1    9    3  .268
Bobby Wine            16   49    5   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .245
Jim Fairey            12   26    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    2  .231
Bob Bailey            16   54    4    9   3   0   0    7   2   0   13   12  .167
Boots Day             15   42    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .167
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
Dave Marshall         13   32    7   12   2   1   0    2   2   0    7    6  .375
Ed Kranepool          13   39    8   14   1   2   0    5   0   1    4    3  .359
Jerry Grote           19   60    8   18   3   0   1    6   0   0    8    9  .300
Donn Clendenon        12   47    6   14   2   0   2    5   0   1    3   10  .298
Bud Harrelson         20   75   11   22   4   1   0    1  10   0   15    5  .293
Cleon Jones           20   77    8   22   3   1   2   12   1   0    5   18  .286
Tommie Agee           20   88    9   24   5   0   3    9   1   3    5   20  .273
Tim Foli              10   23    4    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .261
Bob Aspromonte        20   70    5   16   2   0   0    6   0   0    5    4  .229
Ken Singleton         14   36    2    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    8   11  .222
Ken Boswell           16   56    3   11   6   0   0    5   0   0    5    2  .196
Duffy Dyer             4    7    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .143
Art Shamsky           13   17    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    0  .118
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       17   59   13   20   4   0   5    8   0   2   10   12  .339
Denny Doyle           16   53    7   16   4   1   1    7   0   0    4    3  .302
Larry Hisle           10   14    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .286
Ron Stone             12   26    0    7   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    3  .269
Joe Lis               12   27    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    9  .259
Deron Johnson         20   78    8   20   4   0   1    7   0   0    6   19  .256
Tony Taylor           11   29    1    7   0   1   0    3   0   1    1    1  .241
Roger Freed           20   69    7   15   1   1   2   10   0   0   10   22  .217
Larry Bowa            20   79    8   17   1   1   0    3   2   1    6    5  .215
Don Money             20   80    8   17   0   0   3   10   0   0    4   13  .213
Tim McCarver          18   66    3   14   0   0   1    5   1   0    4    2  .212
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         12   33    5   13   1   0   1    4   1   0    0    4  .394
Willie Stargell       21   80   16   29   3   0  11   27   0   0    7   25  .363
Dave Cash             19   78   15   27   3   1   0    4   2   1    8   10  .346
Jackie Hernandez      15   50    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    4   10  .280
Richie Hebner         21   79   10   22   4   2   2   12   0   1    8    6  .279
Manny Sanguillen      22   84    7   22   5   0   1    8   1   1    2    4  .262
Roberto Clemente      23   82    7   21   3   3   0    5   0   0    5   10  .256
Al Oliver             21   82    4   19   4   1   0    7   0   1    3    8  .232
Gene Alley            13   31    2    7   0   2   1    4   0   0    2    1  .226
Bob Robertson         22   76   10   15   2   0   4    6   0   0    9   19  .197
Bill Mazeroski         4   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .177
Jose Pagan            10   17    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .118
Milt May               5   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Gene Clines           11   16    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .063

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Enzo Hernandez        13   50    3   16   1   1   0    1   1   0    8    4  .320
Nate Colbert          22   75   12   22   2   0   6   18   0   0   15   14  .293
Ivan Murrell          15   36    2   10   2   0   0    0   1   0    0   10  .278
Larry Stahl           18   59    8   16   2   1   2    8   1   0    4    4  .271
Ollie Brown           22   80    4   20   3   0   2    9   0   0    8   11  .250
Don Mason             17   56    5   14   1   0   1    3   2   0    1    3  .250
Bob Barton             9   32    5    8   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Dave Campbell         22   84   10   17   3   0   2    4   2   0    6   14  .202
Ramon Webster          5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
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            16   16    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .125
Tommy Dean            10   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           20   84   21   31   7   1   7   13   3   1    8   14  .369
Willie Mays           21   73   16   26   6   1   5   18   3   0   15   15  .356
George Foster         21   56    7   18   4   0   3    8   0   1    5   14  .321
Dick Dietz            22   76    9   24   3   0   3   16   1   0   19   11  .316
Chris Speier          23   98   14   30   2   1   0    3   0   0   11   16  .306
Ken Henderson         18   65   10   18   3   2   2   10   3   1   11    8  .277
Tito Fuentes          18   73    4   19   2   1   0    4   0   0    2    2  .260
Willie McCovey        16   56    6   14   1   0   3    6   0   2    8    7  .250
Al Gallagher          23   81    6   20   3   0   2    9   0   1    7   13  .247
Jimmy Rosario         15   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         14   21    4    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .095
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             25   96   15   35   4   1   4   17   0   1    6   12  .365
Luis Melendez         10   20    1    7   1   0   0    3   2   0    1    3  .350
Bob Burda              9    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .333
Lou Brock             23   91   19   30   5   1   1    8  11   5    7   11  .330
Ted Simmons           23   74    9   24   5   1   0   11   0   2   10   11  .324
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
Julian Javier         13   40    6    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .225
Ted Sizemore          21   77    9   16   0   0   0    4   1   2    7    5  .208
Jose Cardenal         25   87    7   17   5   1   1   14   4   0    9   11  .195
Joe Hague             24   67    4   12   2   0   1    9   0   0    8   13  .179
Dal Maxvill           19   36    4    5   1   1   0    3   0   0    8    3  .139
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)           98
  C. Speier (SF)           98
  J. Torre (STL)           96
  M. Wills (LA)            94
  J. Morgan (HOU)          93
  M. Alou (STL)            92
  R. Garr (ATL)            92
  L. Brock (STL)           91
  D. Menke (HOU)           91
  F. Millan (ATL)          90

Runs Scored:

  J. Bench (CIN)           23
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  L. Brock (STL)           19
  R. Garr (ATL)            17
  W. Mays (SF)             16
  W. Stargell (PIT)        16
  H. Aaron (ATL)           15
  G. Beckert (CHI)         15
  D. Cash (PIT)            15
  J. Morgan (HOU)          15

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            38
  J. Torre (STL)           35
  F. Millan (ATL)          33
  B. Bonds (SF)            31
  W. Davis (LA)            31
  L. Brock (STL)           30
  C. Speier (SF)           30
  B. Watson (HOU)          30
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          29
  W. Stargell (PIT)        29

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  S. Jackson (ATL)          7
  D. Allen (LA)             6
  M. Alou (STL)             6
  K. Boswell (NY)           6
  W. Davis (LA)             6
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  W. Mays (SF)              6
  R. Staub (MON)            6

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
  H. Aaron (ATL)           10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           6
  N. Colbert (SD)           6
  W. Mays (SF)              5
  W. Montanez (PHI)         5
  B. Williams (CHI)         5
  B. Robertson (PIT)        4

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        27
  H. Aaron (ATL)           22
  N. Colbert (SD)          18
  W. Mays (SF)             18
  J. Torre (STL)           17
  J. Bench (CIN)           16
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          16
  D. Dietz (SF)            16
  J. Cardenal (STL)        14
  J. Morgan (HOU)          14

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:

  L. Brock (STL)            5
  M. Alou (STL)             4
  T. Agee (NY)              3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           2
  W. McCovey (SF)           2
  W. Montanez (PHI)         2
  M. Mota (LA)              2
  J. Rosario (SF)           2

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        25
  C. Gaston (SD)           24
  R. Freed (PHI)           22
  T. Agee (NY)             20
  T. Perez (CIN)           20
  D. Johnson (PHI)         19
  B. Robertson (PIT)       19
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18
  C. Jones (NY)            18
  D. Menke (HOU)           18


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