Monday May 3, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 3, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          808   92   218   32    8   25    85   10    8   66    81  .270
New York         763   84   204   41    7    9    77   15    7   87   132  .267
San Francisco    893  113   235   33    6   29   107   13    8  113   156  .263
St. Louis        889  100   228   38    8   11    95   22   15   77   118  .257
Pittsburgh       820   94   210   29   10   22    91    6    4   63   126  .256
Los Angeles      872  101   222   38    6   13    99   11    9   89   115  .255
Cincinnati       750   74   189   30    3   17    68   12    2   69   113  .252
Montreal         528   49   131   20    2    4    42    5    4   60    76  .248
Chicago          782   85   186   30    4   15    82    7    3   74   113  .238
Philadelphia     725   71   172   23    4   15    67    5    5   76   130  .237
Houston          842   86   196   32    8   10    80   14    8   74   127  .233
San Diego        758   64   165   22    3   17    63    7    0   70   135  .218

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         23   95   17   38   2   2   1    7   5   3    4    3  .400
Willie Mays (SF)         22   76   17   28   6   1   5   19   3   0   16   15  .368
Felix Millan (ATL)       23   94    9   34   4   2   1   10   3   0    7    0  .362
Willie Stargell (PIT)    22   82   16   29   3   0  11   28   0   0    8   25  .354
Lou Brock (STL)          25   99   20   35   6   1   1    8  12   5    7   11  .354
Bobby Bonds (SF)         21   88   22   31   7   1   7   13   4   1   10   15  .352
Jerry Grote (NY)         21   69   11   24   6   0   1    7   0   0    9    9  .348
Willie Davis (LA)        25   93   14   32   6   3   0   12   2   2    2    9  .344
Joe Torre (STL)          27  103   15   35   4   1   4   17   0   1    7   14  .340
Ted Simmons (STL)        25   81    9   27   7   1   0   12   0   2   11   11  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            23   95   17   38   2   2   1    7   5   3    4    3  .400
Felix Millan          23   94    9   34   4   2   1   10   3   0    7    0  .362
Orlando Cepeda        22   91   10   30   7   1   7   18   1   2    4    8  .330
Sonny Jackson         23   93   13   29   7   2   0    4   1   0    8    5  .312
Earl Williams         15   47    7   13   2   0   4    8   0   1    4    8  .277
Hank Aaron            21   77   17   20   3   0  11   23   0   0   13    6  .260
Marty Perez           18   58    4   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    4    8  .241
Bob Didier             7   22    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .227
Gil Garrido           12   24    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .208
Hal King              19   62    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    7   14  .194
Clete Boyer           15   47    1    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    5    4  .170
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
Joe Pepitone          24   82    9   26   3   1   2   10   0   0    5    4  .317
Jose Ortiz            14   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Billy Williams        24   90   14   28   5   0   6   11   0   1   12    8  .311
Glenn Beckert         24   95   16   29   3   0   0    4   2   1    4    4  .305
Ron Santo             23   75   11   22   2   0   4   17   1   0   13   14  .293
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Johnny Callison       21   63    4   16   5   0   0   11   0   0    7   10  .254
Don Kessinger         24   94   10   20   2   2   0    6   2   0    9    6  .213
Danny Breeden          3   10    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Jim Hickman           16   42    3    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    6    5  .191
Ernie Banks            5   11    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .182
Hal Breeden            8   16    1    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .125
Ken Rudolph           16   47    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    5   14  .085
Paul Popovich         11   18    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .056
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
Woody Woodward        21   56    4   19   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    6  .339
Lee May                9   27    4    9   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    8  .333
Pete Rose             22   91    8   28   5   0   2    5   2   0   13    9  .308
Johnny Bench          22   87   23   26   3   0   9   16   1   0    8    9  .299
Tommy Helms           21   75    6   21   1   0   0   10   1   1    2    4  .280
Hal McRae             19   59    3   14   5   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .237
Willie Smith          12   38    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .237
Dave Concepcion       11   39    2    9   0   2   0    3   2   1    2    3  .231
Bernie Carbo          18   59    6   13   5   0   1    3   2   0   14   15  .220
Frank Duffy           11   14    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
Jimmy Stewart         12   14    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .214
Ty Cline              14   29    3    6   1   0   0    0   2   0    7    7  .207
Tony Perez            21   90   10   18   1   1   2    7   0   0    6   21  .200
Angel Bravo            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Pat Corrales           3    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
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
Rich Chiles            6    6    2    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Jack Hiatt            11   21    6    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    7    6  .381
Jesus Alou            16   48    6   17   2   0   0    3   1   1    3    3  .354
Bob Watson            25   95   13   31   5   0   3   13   0   0    8    7  .326
Denis Menke           25   96   10   24   4   1   0    6   1   1    7   19  .250
Jim Wynn              15   46    3   11   2   0   1    6   1   1    9    8  .239
Norm Miller           12   30    2    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .233
Joe Morgan            25   97   15   21   5   1   3   14   5   3   12    3  .217
Roger Metzger         25   91    9   19   3   1   0    5   2   0    8   10  .209
Cesar Geronimo        18   10    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .200
Cesar Cedeno          24   91   11   18   3   2   1    9   2   1    4   18  .198
Johnny Edwards        21   61    1   11   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    5  .180
Doug Rader            25   86    4   15   4   1   0    5   1   0    9   18  .174
Marty Martinez         3    2    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       14   20    6    7   0   0   1    6   0   1    2    3  .350
Willie Davis          25   93   14   32   6   3   0   12   2   2    2    9  .344
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
Duke Sims             17   43    3   12   3   0   1    4   0   0    7    4  .279
Maury Wills           24   98   12   26   3   0   1    6   3   1    4    8  .265
Steve Garvey          25   84   14   22   6   1   2    9   0   1   11   10  .262
Wes Parker            26  102   11   26   3   0   1   13   1   0    8   11  .255
Bill Russell          26   87    9   21   5   1   0    7   3   2   10    9  .241
Dick Allen            22   74    9   17   6   0   3   12   0   0   11   12  .230
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    11   20    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    7    2  .150
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              7    4    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Rusty Staub           17   64   12   23   6   0   2    7   1   0    6    6  .359
John Boccabella        5   14    2    5   2   0   1    1   0   1    1    2  .357
Clyde Mashore          4    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .333
Ron Swoboda            9   19    3    6   0   2   0    2   0   0    3    4  .316
Coco Laboy            12   16    0    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    2  .313
Ron Hunt              17   58   10   17   1   0   0    3   2   0    8    5  .293
John Bateman          17   60    2   17   3   0   1    7   0   0    4    9  .283
Ron Fairly            15   41    2   11   2   0   0    6   0   1    9    3  .268
Jim Fairey            12   26    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    2  .231
Bobby Wine            17   53    5   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .226
Bob Bailey            17   58    4   10   3   0   0    7   2   0   13   12  .172
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        6    8    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         14   35    7   13   2   1   0    2   2   0    8    7  .371
Jerry Grote           21   69   11   24   6   0   1    7   0   0    9    9  .348
Ed Kranepool          14   44    9   15   1   2   0    6   0   1    4    4  .341
Bud Harrelson         22   84   12   25   5   2   0    3  10   0   15    6  .298
Tommie Agee           22   93   10   27   6   0   3   11   1   4    5   20  .290
Cleon Jones           22   87    9   24   3   1   2   13   2   0    5   20  .276
Donn Clendenon        13   51    6   14   2   0   2    5   0   1    4   13  .275
Tim Foli              11   26    4    7   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    3  .269
Bob Aspromonte        22   80    6   19   3   1   0    8   0   1    5    5  .238
Ken Boswell           17   61    4   14   7   0   0    5   0   0    5    2  .230
Ken Singleton         16   41    2    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    9   14  .195
Don Hahn               9    6    2    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .167
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       19   66   14   22   4   0   5    8   0   2   11   14  .333
Denny Doyle           18   61    7   18   4   1   1    7   1   0    5    3  .295
Larry Hisle           12   22    3    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .273
Joe Lis               12   27    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    9  .259
Ron Stone             14   27    0    7   2   0   0    2   0   1    3    4  .259
Larry Bowa            22   88    8   22   2   1   0    5   3   1    6    5  .250
Deron Johnson         22   86    8   21   5   0   1    7   0   0    6   22  .244
Roger Freed           22   74    7   18   3   1   2   11   0   0   11   23  .243
Tony Taylor           11   29    1    7   0   1   0    3   0   1    1    1  .241
Tim McCarver          20   72    5   16   0   0   1    5   1   0    6    2  .222
Don Money             22   86    8   17   0   0   3   10   0   0    6   15  .198
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       22   82   16   29   3   0  11   28   0   0    8   25  .354
Dave Cash             20   82   16   27   3   1   0    4   2   1    8   10  .329
Gene Alley            14   34    3   10   0   2   1    4   1   0    3    1  .294
Jackie Hernandez      15   50    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    4   10  .280
Richie Hebner         22   83   11   23   4   3   2   13   0   1    8    6  .277
Manny Sanguillen      23   88    7   23   5   0   1    9   1   1    2    4  .261
Roberto Clemente      23   82    7   21   3   3   0    5   0   0    5   10  .256
Al Oliver             22   86    4   20   4   1   0    7   0   1    3    8  .233
Bob Robertson         23   80   11   16   3   0   4    6   0   0    9   20  .200
Bill Mazeroski         5   18    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .167
Gene Clines           12   20    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .150
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

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ivan Murrell          16   40    2   12   2   0   0    0   1   0    0   10  .300
Enzo Hernandez        14   54    3   16   1   1   0    1   1   0    8    4  .296
Nate Colbert          23   79   12   23   2   0   6   18   0   0   15   15  .291
Bob Barton            10   35    5   10   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .286
Larry Stahl           19   62    8   16   2   1   2    8   1   0    5    4  .258
Don Mason             18   60    5   15   1   0   1    3   2   0    1    3  .250
Ollie Brown           23   84    4   20   3   0   2    9   0   0    8   12  .238
Dave Campbell         23   87   11   18   3   0   2    4   2   0    6   15  .207
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
Ramon Webster          6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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             4    6    2    5   0   0   2    5   1   0    1    1  .833
Willie Mays           22   76   17   28   6   1   5   19   3   0   16   15  .368
Bobby Bonds           21   88   22   31   7   1   7   13   4   1   10   15  .352
George Foster         22   58    7   18   4   0   3    8   0   1    5   15  .310
Chris Speier          24  104   14   31   2   1   0    3   0   0   11   18  .298
Dick Dietz            23   81    9   24   3   0   3   16   1   0   20   11  .296
Willie McCovey        17   62    8   16   1   0   5    9   0   2    8    8  .258
Ken Henderson         19   70   10   18   3   2   2   10   3   1   12    9  .257
Tito Fuentes          19   78    4   20   2   1   0    4   0   0    3    2  .256
Al Gallagher          24   84    6   20   3   0   2    9   0   1    8   13  .238
Jimmy Rosario         15   35    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   2    9    7  .200
Hal Lanier            14   42    2    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .191
Frank Johnson         15   22    4    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .091
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
Bob Burda             10    7    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .429
Jerry McNertney        5   10    2    4   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    1  .400
Lou Brock             25   99   20   35   6   1   1    8  12   5    7   11  .354
Joe Torre             27  103   15   35   4   1   4   17   0   1    7   14  .340
Ted Simmons           25   81    9   27   7   1   0   12   0   2   11   11  .333
Matty Alou            23   95    9   27   6   2   0   13   2   4    6    3  .284
Luis Melendez         12   25    1    7   1   0   0    3   2   0    1    4  .280
Jim Beauchamp         14   33    4    9   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    5  .273
Leron Lee             11   13    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    6  .231
Julian Javier         15   47    6   10   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .213
Ted Sizemore          22   77    9   16   0   0   0    4   1   2    7    5  .208
Jose Cardenal         27   94    8   17   5   1   1   14   4   0   10   11  .181
Joe Hague             26   75    4   13   2   0   1    9   0   0    8   14  .173
Dal Maxvill           21   42    5    7   1   1   0    3   0   0    8    3  .167
Dick Schofield        10   19    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .105

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  C. Speier (SF)          104
  J. Torre (STL)          103
  W. Parker (LA)          102
  L. Brock (STL)           99
  M. Wills (LA)            98
  J. Morgan (HOU)          97
  D. Menke (HOU)           96
  M. Alou (STL)            95
  G. Beckert (CHI)         95
  R. Garr (ATL)            95

Runs Scored:

  J. Bench (CIN)           23
  B. Bonds (SF)            22
  L. Brock (STL)           20
  H. Aaron (ATL)           17
  R. Garr (ATL)            17
  W. Mays (SF)             17
  G. Beckert (CHI)         16
  D. Cash (PIT)            16
  W. Stargell (PIT)        16
  J. Morgan (HOU)          15

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            38
  L. Brock (STL)           35
  J. Torre (STL)           35
  F. Millan (ATL)          34
  W. Davis (LA)            32
  B. Bonds (SF)            31
  C. Speier (SF)           31
  B. Watson (HOU)          31
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          30
  G. Beckert (CHI)         29

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  K. Boswell (NY)           7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  S. Jackson (ATL)          7
  T. Simmons (STL)          7
  T. Agee (NY)              6
  D. Allen (LA)             6
  M. Alou (STL)             6
  L. Brock (STL)            6
  W. Davis (LA)             6

Triples:

  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  W. Davis (LA)             3
  R. Hebner (PIT)           3
  G. Alley (PIT)            2
  M. Alou (STL)             2
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  B. Harrelson (NY)         2
  K. Henderson (SF)         2

Home Runs:

  H. Aaron (ATL)           11
  W. Stargell (PIT)        11
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  N. Colbert (SD)           6
  B. Williams (CHI)         6
  W. Mays (SF)              5
  W. McCovey (SF)           5
  W. Montanez (PHI)         5

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        28
  H. Aaron (ATL)           23
  W. Mays (SF)             19
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          18
  N. Colbert (SD)          18
  R. Santo (CHI)           17
  J. Torre (STL)           17
  J. Bench (CIN)           16
  D. Dietz (SF)            16
  J. Cardenal (STL)        14

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           12
  B. Harrelson (NY)        10
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  J. Morgan (HOU)           5
  B. Bonds (SF)             4
  J. Cardenal (STL)         4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  K. Henderson (SF)         3
  W. Mays (SF)              3
  F. Millan (ATL)           3

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)            20
  W. Mays (SF)             16
  N. Colbert (SD)          15
  B. Harrelson (NY)        15
  B. Carbo (CIN)           14
  H. Aaron (ATL)           13
  B. Bailey (MON)          13
  P. Rose (CIN)            13
  R. Santo (CHI)           13
  K. Henderson (SF)        12

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        25
  C. Gaston (SD)           24
  R. Freed (PHI)           23
  D. Johnson (PHI)         22
  T. Perez (CIN)           21
  T. Agee (NY)             20
  C. Jones (NY)            20
  B. Robertson (PIT)       20
  D. Menke (HOU)           19
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18


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