Friday May 7, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 7, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
San Francisco    994  121   265   38    6   29   115   14    9  120   168  .267
New York         859   93   228   47    8   11    84   18    9   95   152  .265
Atlanta          943  101   250   36    8   27    93   11   13   74    99  .265
St. Louis        993  113   255   44    9   15   108   23   16   85   135  .257
Los Angeles      998  114   256   41    6   15   111   13   10  105   133  .257
Pittsburgh       924  108   234   34   10   25   103    6    4   72   153  .253
Cincinnati       847   84   212   33    3   20    77   15    4   81   128  .250
Montreal         623   59   154   23    3    6    50    5    4   69    95  .247
Chicago          884   92   210   33    4   16    89    9    3   88   129  .238
Houston          944  100   224   39    8   10    91   21    9   85   146  .237
Philadelphia     823   76   193   27    5   17    72    6    5   87   151  .235
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)         27  112   19   45   3   2   1    8   5   5    4    4  .402
Willie Mays (SF)         23   81   19   31   6   1   5   20   3   0   16   16  .383
Felix Millan (ATL)       27  105   11   40   4   2   1   10   4   2   10    0  .381
Lou Brock (STL)          28  112   22   41   6   1   2    9  13   6    8   13  .366
Willie Stargell (PIT)    25   95   18   33   3   0  13   32   0   0    8   29  .347
Bobby Bonds (SF)         24  101   26   35   9   1   7   13   5   2   11   19  .347
Willie Davis (LA)        29  110   15   38   6   3   0   12   2   2    2   10  .346
Ted Simmons (STL)        28   93   11   32   9   2   0   13   0   2   13   11  .344
Jerry Grote (NY)         24   79   13   27   8   0   1    8   0   1   10   11  .342
Joe Torre (STL)          30  113   18   38   5   1   4   20   0   1    8   14  .336

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            27  112   19   45   3   2   1    8   5   5    4    4  .402
Felix Millan          27  105   11   40   4   2   1   10   4   2   10    0  .381
Orlando Cepeda        23   95   10   30   7   1   7   18   1   2    4    9  .316
Sonny Jackson         27  110   14   34   8   2   0    5   1   1    9    7  .309
Hank Aaron            25   88   17   23   4   0  11   24   0   0   13    6  .261
Earl Williams         19   62    8   15   3   0   5   10   0   1    4   12  .242
Marty Perez           21   61    4   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    4    8  .230
Gil Garrido           16   35    1    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    3    3  .200
Hal King              21   65    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    8   14  .185
Bob Didier            10   33    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .182
Clete Boyer           18   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              22   29    3    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    1  .138
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          27   93   10   30   4   1   3   11   0   0    7    5  .323
Glenn Beckert         27  108   17   34   3   0   0    4   2   1    5    5  .315
Jose Ortiz            15   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Ron Santo             26   87   13   26   3   0   4   19   1   0   15   15  .299
Billy Williams        27   99   15   28   5   0   6   11   0   1   16   11  .283
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Johnny Callison       24   74    4   18   6   0   0   12   2   0    9   12  .243
Don Kessinger         27  106   11   24   2   2   0    7   2   0   10    7  .226
Jim Hickman           19   52    4   10   0   0   1    5   0   0    6    6  .192
Danny Breeden          6   21    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .191
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
Brock Davis            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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               12   39    5   13   2   0   2    5   0   0    3   11  .333
Woody Woodward        24   64    4   21   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    7  .328
Johnny Bench          25   99   25   30   4   0  10   19   1   0    9   12  .303
Tommy Helms           24   87    6   24   1   0   0   10   1   1    2    5  .276
Pete Rose             25  102    9   28   5   0   2    5   3   0   15   10  .275
Jimmy Stewart         13   15    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .267
Dave Concepcion       14   49    3   12   0   2   0    3   3   2    4    4  .245
Hal McRae             21   66    3   16   5   0   0    5   1   0    2    6  .242
Willie Smith          12   38    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .237
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
Angel Bravo            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Tony Perez            24  101   11   20   2   1   3   11   0   0    8   23  .198
Frank Duffy           13   16    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .188
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            19   57    6   20   3   0   0    4   2   1    4    3  .351
Bob Watson            28  108   13   32   5   0   3   13   0   0    8    7  .296
Cesar Geronimo        19   11    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .273
Jim Wynn              18   59    5   15   3   0   1    9   3   1    9   10  .254
Roger Metzger         28  105   12   26   3   1   0    5   3   1    8   10  .248
Denis Menke           28  106   11   26   4   1   0    7   1   1   10   21  .245
Joe Morgan            28  108   20   26   7   1   3   16   8   3   14    5  .241
Norm Miller           12   30    2    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .233
Johnny Edwards        24   69    2   14   1   0   0    5   0   1    4    7  .203
Cesar Cedeno          27   95   12   19   4   2   1   10   2   1    6   20  .200
Doug Rader            27   95    4   15   4   1   0    5   1   0    9   21  .158
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          29  110   15   38   6   3   0   12   2   2    2   10  .346
Manny Mota            20   58    6   19   2   0   0    7   1   2    5    4  .328
Jim Lefebvre          14   33    2   10   1   1   1    9   0   0    1    4  .303
Maury Wills           28  111   13   32   3   0   1    7   3   2    8    9  .288
Bill Buckner          15   44    4   12   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    1  .273
Tom Haller            13   26    6    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    4  .269
Billy Grabarkewitz    15   34    3    9   4   0   0    5   0   0   10    6  .265
Wes Parker            30  117   14   30   3   0   2   16   2   0    9   12  .256
Steve Garvey          27   91   15   23   6   1   2    9   0   1   12   12  .253
Duke Sims             19   49    4   12   3   0   1    4   0   0    7    5  .245
Bill Russell          28   88    9   21   5   1   0    7   3   2   10    9  .239
Dick Allen            26   88   10   19   6   0   3   13   1   0   14   15  .216
Bill Sudakis          18   45    6    9   1   0   2    4   0   0    7   11  .200
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              8    5    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Coco Laboy            15   20    0    7   0   0   0    1   0   1    4    3  .350
Ron Swoboda           12   27    5    9   2   2   0    3   0   0    4    6  .333
Clyde Mashore          5    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .333
Rusty Staub           20   75   13   24   6   0   2    8   1   0    6    8  .320
Ron Hunt              20   70   12   22   1   0   1    4   2   0    9    6  .314
John Boccabella        7   16    2    5   2   0   1    1   0   1    1    3  .313
Ron Fairly            18   49    4   14   2   0   1    8   0   1   12    4  .286
John Bateman          20   70    2   19   4   0   1    7   0   0    4   11  .271
Bobby Wine            20   62    5   14   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .226
Boots Day             17   49    5   10   0   1   0    1   0   0    5    6  .204
Jim Fairey            14   31    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    2    3  .194
Bob Bailey            19   66    5   11   3   0   0    7   2   0   15   14  .167
Mack Jones             7   16    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .063
Gary Sutherland        8    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Gosger             1    1    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         17   43    7   15   2   1   0    3   2   0   11   10  .349
Jerry Grote           24   79   13   27   8   0   1    8   0   1   10   11  .342
Ed Kranepool          17   55   12   18   2   2   1    8   0   1    5    5  .327
Bud Harrelson         25   97   14   31   5   3   0    4  12   1   16    8  .320
Tommie Agee           22   93   10   27   6   0   3   11   1   4    5   20  .290
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
Cleon Jones           25   99    9   26   3   1   2   13   3   0    5   22  .263
Bob Aspromonte        25   92    7   23   5   1   1   10   0   1    5    6  .250
Ken Boswell           20   71    5   15   7   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .211
Don Hahn              12   15    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .200
Ken Singleton         17   42    2    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    9   15  .191
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       22   77   14   25   4   0   5    8   0   2   12   16  .325
Larry Hisle           15   32    4    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    9  .281
Denny Doyle           20   70    7   19   4   1   1    7   1   0    5    4  .271
Joe Lis               14   27    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    5    9  .259
Ron Stone             15   28    0    7   2   0   0    2   0   1    3    5  .250
Deron Johnson         25   96    9   23   6   0   1    7   0   0    8   24  .240
Larry Bowa            25  101    8   24   2   1   0    6   4   1    6    6  .238
Roger Freed           25   85    7   20   3   1   2   11   0   0   12   26  .235
Tim McCarver          22   80    5   18   0   0   1    5   1   0    6    3  .225
Tony Taylor           12   32    1    7   0   1   0    3   0   1    2    1  .219
Don Money             25   97    9   21   2   0   4   12   0   0    7   16  .217
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          11   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .083
Bobby Pfeil            4    3    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       25   95   18   33   3   0  13   32   0   0    8   29  .347
Dave Cash             22   92   17   27   3   1   0    4   2   1    8   11  .294
Manny Sanguillen      26  101    8   29   8   0   1   10   1   1    2    5  .287
Jackie Hernandez      15   50    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    4   10  .280
Richie Hebner         24   90   13   25   5   3   2   15   0   1   10    8  .278
Gene Alley            17   42    4   11   0   2   1    4   1   0    7    2  .262
Roberto Clemente      26   95    8   24   3   3   0    7   0   0    5   15  .253
Al Oliver             25   98    6   23   5   1   0    7   0   1    3   10  .235
Bill Mazeroski         7   22    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .227
Bob Robertson         26   91   13   18   3   0   5    7   0   0   11   24  .198
Gene Clines           12   20    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .150
Milt May               5   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Jose Pagan            11   21    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    7  .095

 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           23   81   19   31   6   1   5   20   3   0   16   16  .383
Bobby Bonds           24  101   26   35   9   1   7   13   5   2   11   19  .347
Chris Speier          27  114   14   35   2   1   0    3   0   0   13   19  .307
George Foster         24   66    7   20   4   0   3    8   0   1    5   15  .303
Dick Dietz            26   91    9   27   4   0   3   17   1   0   22   13  .297
Willie McCovey        20   74    8   20   2   0   5   11   0   2    8    9  .270
Tito Fuentes          22   89    4   23   3   1   0    4   0   0    4    2  .258
Ken Henderson         22   82   11   20   3   2   2   14   3   1   12    9  .244
Al Gallagher          27   92    7   22   3   0   2    9   0   1    9   15  .239
Jimmy Rosario         16   36    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   2    9    7  .194
Hal Lanier            16   44    2    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .182
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
Jerry McNertney        5   10    2    4   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    1  .400
Lou Brock             28  112   22   41   6   1   2    9  13   6    8   13  .366
Bob Burda             12   14    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .357
Ted Simmons           28   93   11   32   9   2   0   13   0   2   13   11  .344
Joe Torre             30  113   18   38   5   1   4   20   0   1    8   14  .336
Matty Alou            26  106    9   30   7   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         15   27    4    7   1   0   0    3   2   0    2    5  .259
Julian Javier         17   51    7   12   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .235
Leron Lee             12   14    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    7  .214
Jose Cardenal         30  106   10   21   7   1   3   20   4   0   11   13  .198
Ted Sizemore          24   83    9   16   0   0   0    5   1   2    7    6  .193
Joe Hague             27   76    4   13   2   0   1    9   0   0    8   14  .171
Dal Maxvill           24   52    5    8   1   1   0    3   0   0    9    7  .154
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)          117
  C. Speier (SF)          114
  J. Torre (STL)          113
  L. Brock (STL)          112
  R. Garr (ATL)           112
  M. Wills (LA)           111
  W. Davis (LA)           110
  S. Jackson (ATL)        110
  G. Beckert (CHI)        108
  J. Morgan (HOU)         108

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            26
  J. Bench (CIN)           25
  L. Brock (STL)           22
  J. Morgan (HOU)          20
  R. Garr (ATL)            19
  W. Mays (SF)             19
  W. Stargell (PIT)        18
  J. Torre (STL)           18
  H. Aaron (ATL)           17
  G. Beckert (CHI)         17

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            45
  L. Brock (STL)           41
  F. Millan (ATL)          40
  W. Davis (LA)            38
  J. Torre (STL)           38
  B. Bonds (SF)            35
  C. Speier (SF)           35
  G. Beckert (CHI)         34
  S. Jackson (ATL)         34
  W. Stargell (PIT)        33

Doubles:

  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  T. Simmons (STL)          9
  J. Grote (NY)             8
  S. Jackson (ATL)          8
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       8
  M. Alou (STL)             7
  K. Boswell (NY)           7
  J. Cardenal (STL)         7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  J. Morgan (HOU)           7

Triples:

  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  W. Davis (LA)             3
  B. Harrelson (NY)         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
  K. Henderson (SF)         2

Home Runs:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        13
  H. Aaron (ATL)           11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  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)        32
  H. Aaron (ATL)           24
  N. Colbert (SD)          21
  J. Cardenal (STL)        20
  W. Mays (SF)             20
  J. Torre (STL)           20
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  R. Santo (CHI)           19
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          18
  D. Dietz (SF)            17

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           13
  B. Harrelson (NY)        12
  J. Morgan (HOU)           8
  B. Bonds (SF)             5
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  L. Bowa (PHI)             4
  J. Cardenal (STL)         4
  F. Millan (ATL)           4
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  K. Henderson (SF)         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
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  W. Davis (LA)             2
  W. McCovey (SF)           2

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

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


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