Saturday May 8, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 8, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         859   93   228   47    8   11    84   18    9   95   152  .265
Atlanta          977  106   259   36    8   29    98   11   13   76   103  .265
San Francisco   1028  123   271   39    6   31   117   14    9  121   170  .264
Los Angeles     1036  117   270   41    6   15   114   14   11  110   139  .261
St. Louis        993  113   255   44    9   15   108   23   16   85   135  .257
Pittsburgh       963  113   246   35   10   26   108    6    4   73   160  .256
Cincinnati       912   91   227   34    3   23    84   15    4   91   145  .249
Montreal         651   59   157   23    3    6    50    5    4   70   101  .241
Houston          944  100   224   39    8   10    91   21    9   85   146  .237
Chicago          912   95   214   34    4   17    92    9    4   94   133  .235
Philadelphia     823   76   193   27    5   17    72    6    5   87   151  .235
San Diego        916   87   213   30    4   24    86    8    2   92   165  .233

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         28  116   20   47   3   2   1    8   5   5    4    4  .405
Willie Mays (SF)         24   85   20   33   6   1   6   21   3   0   16   16  .388
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 Davis (LA)        30  115   16   42   6   3   0   12   2   2    2   11  .365
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
Willie Stargell (PIT)    26  100   19   34   4   0  13   33   0   0    8   31  .340
Joe Torre (STL)          30  113   18   38   5   1   4   20   0   1    8   14  .336
Bobby Bonds (SF)         25  105   26   35   9   1   7   13   5   2   11   19  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            28  116   20   47   3   2   1    8   5   5    4    4  .405
Felix Millan          27  105   11   40   4   2   1   10   4   2   10    0  .381
Sonny Jackson         28  111   14   34   8   2   0    5   1   1    9    7  .306
Orlando Cepeda        24   99   10   30   7   1   7   18   1   2    4    9  .303
Hank Aaron            26   92   18   25   4   0  12   27   0   0   13    6  .272
Earl Williams         20   66    8   16   3   0   5   10   0   1    4   12  .242
Marty Perez           22   64    5   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    5    8  .219
Gil Garrido           17   38    1    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    3  .211
Bob Didier            11   37    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .189
Hal King              21   65    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    8   14  .185
Clete Boyer           19   55    2   10   0   0   1    5   0   0    6    5  .182
Dusty Baker            9   17    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .177
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          28   97   11   31   4   1   4   13   0   0    7    5  .320
Jose Ortiz            15   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Glenn Beckert         28  111   18   34   3   0   0    4   2   1    6    5  .306
Ron Santo             27   89   14   27   3   0   4   19   1   0   17   16  .303
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Billy Williams        28  103   15   28   5   0   6   11   0   1   16   11  .272
Johnny Callison       25   76    4   18   6   0   0   12   2   0   10   13  .237
Don Kessinger         28  111   11   24   2   2   0    7   2   1   10    7  .216
Jim Hickman           20   54    4   10   0   0   1    5   0   0    7    7  .185
Danny Breeden          7   23    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .174
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               14   47    7   16   2   0   4    8   0   0    3   13  .340
Woody Woodward        26   69    4   21   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    8  .304
Johnny Bench          27  108   26   32   4   0  11   20   1   0    9   14  .296
Tommy Helms           26   96    6   27   1   0   0   10   1   1    2    5  .281
Dave Concepcion       15   53    4   14   0   2   0    4   3   2    4    5  .264
Pete Rose             27  108    9   28   5   0   2    5   3   0   18   12  .259
Hal McRae             22   66    3   16   5   0   0    6   1   0    2    6  .242
Willie Smith          12   38    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .237
Jimmy Stewart         15   17    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .235
Ty Cline              16   33    6    7   1   0   0    1   2   0   12    8  .212
Tony Perez            26  108   13   22   2   1   3   11   0   0   10   25  .204
Pat Corrales           4   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Angel Bravo            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Bernie Carbo          21   66    7   13   5   0   1    3   2   1   19   19  .197
Frank Duffy           13   16    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .188
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 Davis          30  115   16   42   6   3   0   12   2   2    2   11  .365
Willie Crawford       14   20    6    7   0   0   1    6   0   1    2    3  .350
Manny Mota            20   58    6   19   2   0   0    7   1   2    5    4  .328
Tom Haller            14   29    6    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    7    4  .310
Bill Buckner          16   49    6   15   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    1  .306
Jim Lefebvre          15   37    2   11   1   1   1   11   0   0    1    4  .297
Maury Wills           29  116   13   34   3   0   1    7   3   3    8    9  .293
Wes Parker            31  120   14   31   3   0   2   16   2   0   11   13  .258
Steve Garvey          27   91   15   23   6   1   2    9   0   1   12   12  .253
Duke Sims             20   50    4   12   3   0   1    4   0   0    7    5  .240
Billy Grabarkewitz    16   38    3    9   4   0   0    5   0   0   10    8  .237
Bill Russell          29   89    9   21   5   1   0    7   3   2   10   10  .236
Dick Allen            27   92   10   20   6   0   3   14   2   0   15   15  .217
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
Von Joshua             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 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
Ron Hunt              21   73   12   24   1   0   1    4   2   0    9    6  .329
Rusty Staub           21   78   13   24   6   0   2    8   1   0    6    9  .308
Coco Laboy            16   23    0    7   0   0   0    1   0   1    4    3  .304
Ron Swoboda           13   31    5    9   2   2   0    3   0   0    4    6  .290
Ron Fairly            18   49    4   14   2   0   1    8   0   1   12    4  .286
Clyde Mashore          6    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .286
John Boccabella        8   19    2    5   2   0   1    1   0   1    1    4  .263
John Bateman          21   73    2   19   4   0   1    7   0   0    4   12  .260
Bobby Wine            21   65    5   15   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .231
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            20   69    5   11   3   0   0    7   2   0   16   15  .159
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       26  100   19   34   4   0  13   33   0   0    8   31  .340
Dave Cash             22   92   17   27   3   1   0    4   2   1    8   11  .294
Roberto Clemente      27  100    9   28   3   3   0    8   0   0    5   15  .280
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
Manny Sanguillen      27  105    8   29   8   0   1   10   1   1    2    5  .276
Gene Alley            18   47    4   12   0   2   1    4   1   0    7    2  .255
Al Oliver             26  102    6   24   5   1   0    7   0   1    3   10  .235
Bill Mazeroski         8   26    1    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .231
Bob Robertson         27   95   13   19   3   0   5    8   0   0   11   26  .200
Jose Pagan            12   26    2    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    9  .154
Gene Clines           13   20    4    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .150
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            13   47    6   15   3   0   2    3   0   0    2    4  .319
Ivan Murrell          20   52    4   16   3   1   0    3   1   0    0   12  .308
Enzo Hernandez        19   72    4   22   1   1   0    1   1   1   11    6  .306
Nate Colbert          28   95   18   29   3   0   8   22   0   0   19   18  .305
Larry Stahl           23   73    8   19   2   1   2    9   1   1    6    6  .260
Ollie Brown           28  101    6   26   6   0   3   12   0   0   12   15  .257
Cito Gaston           25   97   17   23   2   1   5   12   0   0    7   29  .237
Don Mason             19   64    5   15   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .234
Dave Campbell         27  100   13   19   4   0   2    4   2   0    9   18  .190
Chris Cannizzaro      18   54    2    9   1   0   1    7   0   0    9    9  .167
Ed Spiezio             8   24    0    4   0   0   0    4   0   0    4    2  .167
Ramon Webster          8    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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           24   85   20   33   6   1   6   21   3   0   16   16  .388
Bobby Bonds           25  105   26   35   9   1   7   13   5   2   11   19  .333
George Foster         24   66    7   20   4   0   3    8   0   1    5   15  .303
Chris Speier          28  118   14   35   2   1   0    3   0   0   13   19  .297
Dick Dietz            27   95    9   27   4   0   3   17   1   0   22   13  .284
Willie McCovey        21   77    8   20   2   0   5   11   0   2    9    9  .260
Tito Fuentes          23   93    4   24   4   1   0    4   0   0    4    2  .258
Ken Henderson         23   86   12   22   3   2   3   15   3   1   12    9  .256
Al Gallagher          27   92    7   22   3   0   2    9   0   1    9   15  .239
Hal Lanier            17   47    2    9   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .192
Jimmy Rosario         17   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   2    9    8  .189
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)          120
  C. Speier (SF)          118
  R. Garr (ATL)           116
  M. Wills (LA)           116
  W. Davis (LA)           115
  J. Torre (STL)          113
  L. Brock (STL)          112
  G. Beckert (CHI)        111
  S. Jackson (ATL)        111
  D. Kessinger (CHI)      111

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            47
  W. Davis (LA)            42
  L. Brock (STL)           41
  F. Millan (ATL)          40
  J. Torre (STL)           38
  B. Bonds (SF)            35
  C. Speier (SF)           35
  G. Beckert (CHI)         34
  S. Jackson (ATL)         34
  W. Stargell (PIT)        34

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)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  N. Colbert (SD)           8
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           7
  W. Mays (SF)              6
  B. Williams (CHI)         6
  C. Gaston (SD)            5
  W. McCovey (SF)           5

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        33
  H. Aaron (ATL)           27
  N. Colbert (SD)          22
  W. Mays (SF)             21
  J. Bench (CIN)           20
  J. Cardenal (STL)        20
  J. Torre (STL)           20
  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
  M. Wills (LA)             3
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  W. Davis (LA)             2

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)            22
  B. Carbo (CIN)           19
  N. Colbert (SD)          19
  P. Rose (CIN)            18
  R. Santo (CHI)           17
  B. Bailey (MON)          16
  B. Harrelson (NY)        16
  W. Mays (SF)             16
  B. Williams (CHI)        16
  D. Allen (LA)            15

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        31
  C. Gaston (SD)           29
  R. Freed (PHI)           26
  B. Robertson (PIT)       26
  T. Perez (CIN)           25
  D. Johnson (PHI)         24
  C. Jones (NY)            22
  D. Menke (HOU)           21
  D. Rader (HOU)           21
  T. Agee (NY)             20


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