Tuesday May 4, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 4, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          840   94   227   33    8   26    87   10   11   69    85  .270
New York         792   86   211   41    7   10    79   15    8   90   133  .266
San Francisco    927  115   243   34    6   29   109   13    9  116   159  .262
Pittsburgh       862  104   224   32   10   23   100    6    4   67   139  .260
St. Louis        928  107   241   41    9   13   102   22   16   79   123  .260
Los Angeles      902  103   229   38    6   14   101   11    9   92   121  .254
Montreal         528   49   131   20    2    4    42    5    4   60    76  .248
Cincinnati       779   74   192   30    3   17    68   14    2   72   118  .247
Philadelphia     757   74   178   24    5   16    70    5    5   80   140  .235
Chicago          814   86   190   33    4   15    83    9    3   82   121  .233
Houston          842   86   196   32    8   10    80   14    8   74   127  .233
San Diego        788   67   174   23    3   20    66    7    0   72   138  .221

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         24   99   17   40   2   2   1    7   5   4    4    3  .404
Felix Millan (ATL)       24   97    9   36   4   2   1   10   3   1    7    0  .371
Willie Mays (SF)         22   76   17   28   6   1   5   19   3   0   16   15  .368
Lou Brock (STL)          26  104   20   38   6   1   1    8  12   6    7   11  .365
Willie Stargell (PIT)    23   87   17   31   3   0  12   31   0   0    8   28  .356
Jerry Grote (NY)         22   71   12   25   6   0   1    7   0   0   10    9  .352
Joe Torre (STL)          28  107   17   37   5   1   4   19   0   1    8   14  .346
Ted Simmons (STL)        26   85   10   29   8   2   0   13   0   2   12   11  .341
Bobby Bonds (SF)         22   92   23   31   7   1   7   13   4   2   11   15  .337
Willie Davis (LA)        26   97   14   32   6   3   0   12   2   2    2    9  .330

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            24   99   17   40   2   2   1    7   5   4    4    3  .404
Felix Millan          24   97    9   36   4   2   1   10   3   1    7    0  .371
Orlando Cepeda        22   91   10   30   7   1   7   18   1   2    4    8  .330
Sonny Jackson         24   96   13   30   7   2   0    5   1   1    9    5  .313
Hank Aaron            22   78   17   21   4   0  11   23   0   0   13    6  .269
Earl Williams         16   51    7   13   2   0   4    8   0   1    4    9  .255
Marty Perez           19   58    4   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    4    8  .241
Bob Didier             8   25    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .240
Hal King              20   63    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    7   14  .191
Gil Garrido           13   27    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    3  .185
Mike Lum              19   24    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    1  .167
Clete Boyer           16   50    1    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    6    4  .160
Dusty Baker            7    9    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .111
Marv Staehle          10    7    3    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Pepitone          25   85    9   28   4   1   2   10   0   0    6    5  .329
Jose Ortiz            14   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Billy Williams        25   94   14   28   5   0   6   11   0   1   13   10  .298
Glenn Beckert         25   99   16   29   3   0   0    4   2   1    5    5  .293
Ron Santo             24   80   12   23   3   0   4   17   1   0   13   15  .288
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Johnny Callison       22   65    4   17   6   0   0   12   2   0    9   11  .262
Don Kessinger         25   98   10   20   2   2   0    6   2   0   10    6  .204
Jim Hickman           17   43    3    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    6    5  .186
Ernie Banks            6   13    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .154
Danny Breeden          4   14    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Hal Breeden            9   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         12   19    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .053
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        22   59    4   19   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    7  .322
Pete Rose             23   94    8   28   5   0   2    5   3   0   14    9  .298
Lee May               10   31    4    9   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    9  .290
Johnny Bench          23   90   23   26   3   0   9   16   1   0    9   10  .289
Tommy Helms           22   78    6   21   1   0   0   10   1   1    2    4  .269
Hal McRae             20   62    3   16   5   0   0    5   1   0    2    5  .258
Willie Smith          12   38    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .237
Dave Concepcion       12   43    2   10   0   2   0    3   2   1    2    3  .233
Bernie Carbo          18   59    6   13   5   0   1    3   2   0   14   15  .220
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
Frank Duffy           12   15    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .200
Angel Bravo            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Tony Perez            22   93   10   18   1   1   2    7   0   0    7   23  .194
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
Manny Mota            18   54    6   18   2   0   0    7   1   2    5    4  .333
Willie Davis          26   97   14   32   6   3   0   12   2   2    2    9  .330
Jim Lefebvre          12   25    0    8   0   1   0    7   0   0    1    3  .320
Tom Haller            12   25    6    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    4  .280
Duke Sims             17   43    3   12   3   0   1    4   0   0    7    4  .279
Maury Wills           25  102   12   28   3   0   1    7   3   1    4    9  .275
Bill Buckner          13   38    2   10   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .263
Wes Parker            27  106   12   27   3   0   2   14   1   0    8   11  .255
Steve Garvey          26   87   15   22   6   1   2    9   0   1   12   11  .253
Bill Russell          27   87    9   21   5   1   0    7   3   2   10    9  .241
Dick Allen            23   77    9   17   6   0   3   12   0   0   12   13  .221
Bill Sudakis          15   40    6    8   1   0   2    4   0   0    5   11  .200
Billy Grabarkewitz    12   23    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    8    3  .174
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         15   38    7   14   2   1   0    2   2   0    9    7  .368
Jerry Grote           22   71   12   25   6   0   1    7   0   0   10    9  .352
Ed Kranepool          15   48    9   15   1   2   0    6   0   1    4    4  .313
Bud Harrelson         23   88   12   27   5   2   0    4  10   1   15    6  .307
Tommie Agee           22   93   10   27   6   0   3   11   1   4    5   20  .290
Cleon Jones           23   91    9   25   3   1   2   13   2   0    5   21  .275
Donn Clendenon        14   52    6   14   2   0   2    5   0   1    4   13  .269
Tim Foli              11   26    4    7   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    3  .269
Bob Aspromonte        23   84    7   20   3   1   1    9   0   1    5    5  .238
Ken Boswell           18   63    4   14   7   0   0    5   0   0    6    2  .222
Don Hahn              10    9    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .222
Ken Singleton         16   41    2    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    9   14  .195
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                3    4    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       20   70   14   23   4   0   5    8   0   2   11   15  .329
Denny Doyle           18   61    7   18   4   1   1    7   1   0    5    3  .295
Joe Lis               13   27    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    9  .259
Ron Stone             14   27    0    7   2   0   0    2   0   1    3    4  .259
Larry Bowa            23   92    8   23   2   1   0    6   3   1    6    6  .250
Deron Johnson         23   90    8   22   6   0   1    7   0   0    6   23  .244
Roger Freed           23   78    7   19   3   1   2   11   0   0   11   24  .244
Larry Hisle           13   25    4    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .240
Tim McCarver          20   72    5   16   0   0   1    5   1   0    6    2  .222
Tony Taylor           12   32    1    7   0   1   0    3   0   1    2    1  .219
Don Money             23   89    8   17   0   0   3   10   0   0    7   16  .191
Johnny Briggs         10   22    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    2  .182
Mike Ryan              4   12    2    2   0   1   1    2   0   0    2    3  .167
Byron Browne          10   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .083
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       23   87   17   31   3   0  12   31   0   0    8   28  .356
Dave Cash             21   88   17   27   3   1   0    4   2   1    8   11  .307
Manny Sanguillen      24   93    8   27   7   0   1   10   1   1    2    5  .290
Richie Hebner         23   87   13   25   5   3   2   15   0   1    9    7  .287
Jackie Hernandez      15   50    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    4   10  .280
Gene Alley            15   36    4   10   0   2   1    4   1   0    6    1  .278
Roberto Clemente      24   87    8   23   3   3   0    7   0   0    5   12  .264
Al Oliver             23   91    5   21   4   1   0    7   0   1    3    9  .231
Bill Mazeroski         6   19    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .211
Bob Robertson         24   85   11   17   3   0   4    6   0   0    9   22  .200
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
Nate Colbert          24   83   13   26   2   0   7   19   0   0   15   15  .313
Bob Barton            11   39    5   12   3   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .308
Enzo Hernandez        15   58    3   16   1   1   0    1   1   0    8    4  .276
Ivan Murrell          17   44    2   12   2   0   0    0   1   0    0   11  .273
Larry Stahl           20   63    8   16   2   1   2    8   1   0    5    4  .254
Don Mason             18   60    5   15   1   0   1    3   2   0    1    3  .250
Ollie Brown           24   87    4   21   3   0   2    9   0   0    9   12  .241
Dave Campbell         24   90   11   18   3   0   2    4   2   0    7   15  .200
Cito Gaston           21   81   12   15   2   1   4    7   0   0    5   25  .185
Chris Cannizzaro      16   47    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    8    8  .170
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            11   26    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .039
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             5    7    2    6   0   0   2    5   1   0    1    1  .857
Willie Mays           22   76   17   28   6   1   5   19   3   0   16   15  .368
Bobby Bonds           22   92   23   31   7   1   7   13   4   2   11   15  .337
Chris Speier          25  107   14   32   2   1   0    3   0   0   12   18  .299
Dick Dietz            24   85    9   25   3   0   3   17   1   0   20   12  .294
George Foster         23   62    7   18   4   0   3    8   0   1    5   15  .290
Willie McCovey        18   66    8   18   1   0   5   10   0   2    8    8  .273
Tito Fuentes          20   82    4   22   3   1   0    4   0   0    3    2  .268
Ken Henderson         20   74   11   18   3   2   2   10   3   1   12    9  .243
Al Gallagher          25   87    6   21   3   0   2    9   0   1    9   14  .241
Jimmy Rosario         16   36    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   2    9    7  .194
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             26  104   20   38   6   1   1    8  12   6    7   11  .365
Joe Torre             28  107   17   37   5   1   4   19   0   1    8   14  .346
Ted Simmons           26   85   10   29   8   2   0   13   0   2   12   11  .341
Matty Alou            24   99    9   28   6   2   0   13   2   4    6    3  .283
Jim Beauchamp         15   37    4   10   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    6  .270
Luis Melendez         13   26    3    7   1   0   0    3   2   0    1    4  .269
Julian Javier         16   51    7   12   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .235
Leron Lee             11   13    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    6  .231
Ted Sizemore          22   77    9   16   0   0   0    4   1   2    7    5  .208
Jose Cardenal         28   99    9   19   6   1   2   17   4   0   10   12  .192
Joe Hague             26   75    4   13   2   0   1    9   0   0    8   14  .173
Dal Maxvill           22   46    5    7   1   1   0    3   0   0    8    4  .152
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)          107
  J. Torre (STL)          107
  W. Parker (LA)          106
  L. Brock (STL)          104
  M. Wills (LA)           102
  M. Alou (STL)            99
  G. Beckert (CHI)         99
  J. Cardenal (STL)        99
  R. Garr (ATL)            99
  D. Kessinger (CHI)       98

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            40
  L. Brock (STL)           38
  J. Torre (STL)           37
  F. Millan (ATL)          36
  W. Davis (LA)            32
  C. Speier (SF)           32
  B. Bonds (SF)            31
  W. Stargell (PIT)        31
  B. Watson (HOU)          31
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          30

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)          8
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  K. Boswell (NY)           7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  S. Jackson (ATL)          7
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       7
  T. Agee (NY)              6
  D. Allen (LA)             6
  M. Alou (STL)             6
  L. Brock (STL)            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:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        12
  H. Aaron (ATL)           11
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  N. Colbert (SD)           7
  B. Williams (CHI)         6
  W. Mays (SF)              5
  W. McCovey (SF)           5
  W. Montanez (PHI)         5

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        31
  H. Aaron (ATL)           23
  N. Colbert (SD)          19
  W. Mays (SF)             19
  J. Torre (STL)           19
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          18
  J. Cardenal (STL)        17
  D. Dietz (SF)            17
  R. Santo (CHI)           17
  J. Bench (CIN)           16

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)            6
  T. Agee (NY)              4
  M. Alou (STL)             4
  R. Garr (ATL)             4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           2
  W. Davis (LA)             2
  W. McCovey (SF)           2
  W. Montanez (PHI)         2

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        28
  C. Gaston (SD)           25
  R. Freed (PHI)           24
  D. Johnson (PHI)         23
  T. Perez (CIN)           23
  B. Robertson (PIT)       22
  C. Jones (NY)            21
  T. Agee (NY)             20
  D. Menke (HOU)           19
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18


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