Wednesday May 5, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 5, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Atlanta          904   98   243   35    8   26    91   10   13   74    96  .269
New York         826   90   220   44    7   11    83   17    9   92   145  .266
San Francisco    956  117   252   36    6   29   111   14    9  120   162  .264
St. Louis        961  112   249   44    9   15   107   22   16   83   126  .259
Los Angeles      933  107   238   38    6   14   104   12    9  100   126  .255
Pittsburgh       891  105   227   33   10   24   101    6    4   70   142  .255
Montreal         559   54   140   22    2    5    46    5    4   65    85  .250
Cincinnati       815   82   203   33    3   19    75   15    3   78   125  .249
Chicago          851   91   203   33    4   15    88    9    3   87   127  .239
Philadelphia     789   75   185   26    5   16    71    5    5   83   145  .235
Houston          870   87   202   32    8   10    80   16    9   79   134  .232
San Diego        852   73   193   24    3   23    72    8    2   77   148  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         26  107   18   43   2   2   1    7   5   5    4    4  .402
Felix Millan (ATL)       26  102   11   39   4   2   1   10   3   2   10    0  .382
Willie Mays (SF)         22   76   17   28   6   1   5   19   3   0   16   15  .368
Lou Brock (STL)          27  109   21   39   6   1   2    9  12   6    7   13  .358
Willie Stargell (PIT)    24   91   17   32   3   0  12   31   0   0    8   29  .352
Jerry Grote (NY)         23   75   12   26   7   0   1    7   0   1   10   10  .347
Joe Torre (STL)          29  110   18   38   5   1   4   19   0   1    8   14  .346
Bobby Bonds (SF)         23   96   24   33   8   1   7   13   5   2   11   16  .344
Willie Davis (LA)        27  102   14   35   6   3   0   12   2   2    2    9  .343
Ted Simmons (STL)        27   89   11   30   9   2   0   13   0   2   13   11  .337

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            26  107   18   43   2   2   1    7   5   5    4    4  .402
Felix Millan          26  102   11   39   4   2   1   10   3   2   10    0  .382
Orlando Cepeda        22   91   10   30   7   1   7   18   1   2    4    8  .330
Sonny Jackson         26  105   13   32   8   2   0    5   1   1    9    7  .305
Hank Aaron            24   83   17   23   4   0  11   24   0   0   13    6  .277
Earl Williams         18   58    7   14   3   0   4    9   0   1    4   11  .241
Marty Perez           20   61    4   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    4    8  .230
Gil Garrido           15   31    1    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    3    3  .226
Bob Didier             9   29    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .207
Hal King              21   65    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    8   14  .185
Clete Boyer           17   54    1    9   0   0   0    3   0   0    6    5  .167
Dusty Baker            8   13    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .154
Mike Lum              21   28    3    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    1  .143
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          26   89    9   29   4   1   2   10   0   0    7    5  .326
Jose Ortiz            15   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Glenn Beckert         26  104   17   32   3   0   0    4   2   1    5    5  .308
Ron Santo             25   83   13   25   3   0   4   19   1   0   15   15  .301
Billy Williams        26   97   15   28   5   0   6   11   0   1   15   11  .289
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Johnny Callison       23   70    4   18   6   0   0   12   2   0    9   12  .257
Danny Breeden          5   18    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .222
Don Kessinger         26  102   11   22   2   2   0    7   2   0   10    7  .216
Jim Hickman           18   48    4    9   0   0   1    5   0   0    6    6  .188
Ernie Banks            6   13    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .154
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        23   60    4   20   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    7  .333
Lee May               11   35    5   11   2   0   2    5   0   0    3   10  .314
Johnny Bench          24   95   24   28   4   0   9   17   1   0    9   12  .295
Pete Rose             24   98    9   28   5   0   2    5   3   0   15   10  .286
Jimmy Stewart         13   15    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .267
Tommy Helms           23   83    6   22   1   0   0   10   1   1    2    5  .265
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       13   47    2   11   0   2   0    3   3   1    2    4  .234
Ty Cline              15   31    6    7   1   0   0    0   2   0   10    7  .226
Bernie Carbo          19   62    6   13   5   0   1    3   2   1   16   15  .210
Tony Perez            23   98   11   20   2   1   3   11   0   0    7   23  .204
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
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            7    6    2    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Jack Hiatt            11   21    6    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    7    6  .381
Jesus Alou            17   51    6   17   2   0   0    3   2   1    4    3  .333
Bob Watson            26   99   13   32   5   0   3   13   0   0    8    7  .323
Cesar Geronimo        19   11    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .273
Denis Menke           26   99   10   24   4   1   0    6   1   1    8   20  .242
Jim Wynn              16   50    4   12   2   0   1    6   2   1    9    8  .240
Norm Miller           12   30    2    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .233
Roger Metzger         26   95    9   22   3   1   0    5   2   1    8   10  .232
Joe Morgan            26  101   15   21   5   1   3   14   5   3   12    5  .208
Cesar Cedeno          25   93   11   18   3   2   1    9   2   1    5   20  .194
Johnny Edwards        22   62    1   11   0   0   0    3   0   1    3    6  .177
Doug Rader            25   86    4   15   4   1   0    5   1   0    9   18  .174
Marty Martinez         4    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .000
Larry Howard           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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          27  102   14   35   6   3   0   12   2   2    2    9  .343
Manny Mota            19   55    6   18   2   0   0    7   1   2    5    4  .327
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
Maury Wills           26  104   12   29   3   0   1    7   3   1    6    9  .279
Bill Buckner          14   40    4   11   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    1  .275
Wes Parker            28  109   13   29   3   0   2   15   2   0    9   11  .266
Duke Sims             18   46    3   12   3   0   1    4   0   0    7    5  .261
Steve Garvey          27   91   15   23   6   1   2    9   0   1   12   12  .253
Bill Russell          28   88    9   21   5   1   0    7   3   2   10    9  .239
Dick Allen            24   81    9   17   6   0   3   12   0   0   13   15  .210
Billy Grabarkewitz    13   26    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   0   10    3  .192
Bill Sudakis          16   42    6    8   1   0   2    4   0   0    5   11  .191
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           18   67   13   23   6   0   2    8   1   0    6    7  .343
Ron Hunt              18   63   12   21   1   0   1    4   2   0    8    5  .333
John Boccabella        6   15    2    5   2   0   1    1   0   1    1    3  .333
Clyde Mashore          5    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .333
Ron Swoboda           10   22    4    7   1   2   0    2   0   0    4    5  .318
Coco Laboy            13   16    0    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    2  .313
John Bateman          18   64    2   18   4   0   1    7   0   0    4    9  .281
Ron Fairly            16   42    3   11   2   0   0    6   0   1   11    4  .262
Bobby Wine            18   57    5   14   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    6  .246
Jim Fairey            13   29    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    3  .207
Boots Day             15   42    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .167
Bob Bailey            18   62    4   10   3   0   0    7   2   0   14   13  .161
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         16   40    7   14   2   1   0    3   2   0   10    9  .350
Jerry Grote           23   75   12   26   7   0   1    7   0   1   10   10  .347
Ed Kranepool          16   52   11   17   1   2   1    8   0   1    4    5  .327
Bud Harrelson         24   92   13   29   5   2   0    4  11   1   16    7  .315
Tommie Agee           22   93   10   27   6   0   3   11   1   4    5   20  .290
Cleon Jones           24   95    9   26   3   1   2   13   3   0    5   21  .274
Tim Foli              12   26    4    7   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    3  .269
Donn Clendenon        15   53    6   14   2   0   2    5   0   1    4   13  .264
Bob Aspromonte        24   88    7   21   4   1   1   10   0   1    5    5  .239
Ken Boswell           19   67    5   15   7   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .224
Ken Singleton         17   42    2    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    9   15  .191
Don Hahn              11   12    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .167
Duffy Dyer             4    7    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .143
Art Shamsky           14   18    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .111
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       21   74   14   23   4   0   5    8   0   2   11   16  .311
Denny Doyle           19   65    7   19   4   1   1    7   1   0    5    3  .292
Larry Hisle           14   28    4    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .286
Joe Lis               13   27    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    9  .259
Ron Stone             15   28    0    7   2   0   0    2   0   1    3    5  .250
Deron Johnson         24   93    9   23   6   0   1    7   0   0    7   24  .247
Larry Bowa            24   96    8   23   2   1   0    6   3   1    6    6  .240
Roger Freed           24   81    7   19   3   1   2   11   0   0   12   24  .235
Tim McCarver          21   76    5   17   0   0   1    5   1   0    6    3  .224
Tony Taylor           12   32    1    7   0   1   0    3   0   1    2    1  .219
Don Money             24   93    8   19   1   0   3   11   0   0    7   16  .204
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       24   91   17   32   3   0  12   31   0   0    8   29  .352
Dave Cash             22   92   17   27   3   1   0    4   2   1    8   11  .294
Jackie Hernandez      15   50    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    4   10  .280
Manny Sanguillen      25   97    8   27   7   0   1   10   1   1    2    5  .278
Richie Hebner         24   90   13   25   5   3   2   15   0   1   10    8  .278
Gene Alley            16   38    4   10   0   2   1    4   1   0    7    1  .263
Roberto Clemente      25   91    8   23   3   3   0    7   0   0    5   13  .253
Al Oliver             24   94    5   22   5   1   0    7   0   1    3    9  .234
Bill Mazeroski         6   19    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .211
Bob Robertson         25   88   12   18   3   0   5    7   0   0   10   22  .205
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
Bob Barton            12   43    6   15   3   0   2    3   0   0    1    3  .349
Nate Colbert          26   90   14   28   2   0   8   21   0   0   16   17  .311
Enzo Hernandez        17   66    3   19   1   1   0    1   1   1    8    5  .288
Larry Stahl           22   71    8   19   2   1   2    9   1   1    5    4  .268
Ivan Murrell          18   45    2   12   2   0   0    0   1   0    0   11  .267
Don Mason             18   60    5   15   1   0   1    3   2   0    1    3  .250
Ollie Brown           26   94    5   23   3   0   3   10   0   0   10   14  .245
Cito Gaston           23   88   14   18   2   1   4    8   0   0    6   26  .205
Dave Campbell         26   97   12   19   4   0   2    4   2   0    8   17  .196
Chris Cannizzaro      17   50    2    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    9    8  .180
Ed Spiezio             6   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .167
Ramon Webster          7    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
Al Ferrara            16   16    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .125
Tommy Dean            13   31    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    6  .032
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           2    2    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           23   96   24   33   8   1   7   13   5   2   11   16  .344
George Foster         24   66    7   20   4   0   3    8   0   1    5   15  .303
Chris Speier          26  110   14   33   2   1   0    3   0   0   13   19  .300
Dick Dietz            25   87    9   26   4   0   3   17   1   0   22   12  .299
Willie McCovey        19   70    8   19   1   0   5   10   0   2    8    9  .271
Tito Fuentes          21   85    4   22   3   1   0    4   0   0    4    2  .259
Al Gallagher          26   90    7   22   3   0   2    9   0   1    9   14  .244
Ken Henderson         21   78   11   19   3   2   2   12   3   1   12    9  .244
Jimmy Rosario         16   36    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   2    9    7  .194
Hal Lanier            15   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             11   10    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .400
Jerry McNertney        5   10    2    4   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    1  .400
Lou Brock             27  109   21   39   6   1   2    9  12   6    7   13  .358
Joe Torre             29  110   18   38   5   1   4   19   0   1    8   14  .346
Ted Simmons           27   89   11   30   9   2   0   13   0   2   13   11  .337
Matty Alou            25  103    9   29   7   2   0   13   2   4    6    3  .282
Jim Beauchamp         15   37    4   10   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    6  .270
Luis Melendez         14   26    4    7   1   0   0    3   2   0    2    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
Jose Cardenal         29  103   10   21   7   1   3   20   4   0   10   12  .204
Ted Sizemore          23   80    9   16   0   0   0    5   1   2    7    5  .200
Joe Hague             26   75    4   13   2   0   1    9   0   0    8   14  .173
Dal Maxvill           23   49    5    8   1   1   0    3   0   0    9    4  .163
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)          110
  J. Torre (STL)          110
  L. Brock (STL)          109
  W. Parker (LA)          109
  R. Garr (ATL)           107
  S. Jackson (ATL)        105
  G. Beckert (CHI)        104
  M. Wills (LA)           104
  M. Alou (STL)           103
  J. Cardenal (STL)       103

Runs Scored:

  J. Bench (CIN)           24
  B. Bonds (SF)            24
  L. Brock (STL)           21
  R. Garr (ATL)            18
  J. Torre (STL)           18
  H. Aaron (ATL)           17
  G. Beckert (CHI)         17
  D. Cash (PIT)            17
  W. Mays (SF)             17
  W. Stargell (PIT)        17

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            43
  L. Brock (STL)           39
  F. Millan (ATL)          39
  J. Torre (STL)           38
  W. Davis (LA)            35
  B. Bonds (SF)            33
  C. Speier (SF)           33
  G. Beckert (CHI)         32
  S. Jackson (ATL)         32
  W. Stargell (PIT)        32

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)          9
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  S. Jackson (ATL)          8
  M. Alou (STL)             7
  K. Boswell (NY)           7
  J. Cardenal (STL)         7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  J. Grote (NY)             7
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       7
  T. Agee (NY)              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
  N. Colbert (SD)           8
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           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)           24
  N. Colbert (SD)          21
  J. Cardenal (STL)        20
  W. Mays (SF)             19
  R. Santo (CHI)           19
  J. Torre (STL)           19
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          18
  J. Bench (CIN)           17
  D. Dietz (SF)            17

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           12
  B. Harrelson (NY)        11
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  J. Morgan (HOU)           5
  J. Cardenal (STL)         4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  K. Henderson (SF)         3
  C. Jones (NY)             3

Caught Stealing:

  L. Brock (STL)            6
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  T. Agee (NY)              4
  M. Alou (STL)             4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           2
  W. Davis (LA)             2
  W. McCovey (SF)           2
  F. Millan (ATL)           2

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)            22
  B. Carbo (CIN)           16
  N. Colbert (SD)          16
  B. Harrelson (NY)        16
  W. Mays (SF)             16
  P. Rose (CIN)            15
  R. Santo (CHI)           15
  B. Williams (CHI)        15
  B. Bailey (MON)          14
  H. Aaron (ATL)           13

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        29
  C. Gaston (SD)           26
  R. Freed (PHI)           24
  D. Johnson (PHI)         24
  T. Perez (CIN)           23
  B. Robertson (PIT)       22
  C. Jones (NY)            21
  T. Agee (NY)             20
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          20
  D. Menke (HOU)           20

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