Sunday May 9, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 9, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         891  102   240   49    9   13    91   19    9  102   155  .269
San Francisco   1100  133   292   44    7   33   127   15    9  128   182  .266
Los Angeles     1075  122   284   43    6   15   118   14   11  113   148  .264
Atlanta         1045  114   273   39    8   31   106   11   14   83   113  .261
St. Louis       1033  118   269   44    9   15   113   23   16   87   141  .260
Pittsburgh      1000  124   260   38   10   26   118    8    4   75   163  .260
Cincinnati       948   93   236   34    4   23    86   16    4   95   157  .249
Montreal         681   66   168   24    3    9    57    5    6   73   105  .247
Houston          975  101   229   39    8   10    92   22    9   85   151  .235
San Diego        947   94   222   31    5   27    93    9    2   97   171  .234
Chicago          945   98   221   35    5   18    95    9    4   97   144  .234
Philadelphia     851   78   198   30    5   17    74    6    5   91   155  .233

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         30  125   23   52   5   2   1    8   5   6    4    4  .416
Felix Millan (ATL)       29  112   12   44   5   2   1   10   4   2   11    1  .393
Willie Mays (SF)         26   91   21   35   7   1   7   22   3   0   16   17  .385
Willie Davis (LA)        31  120   17   45   6   3   0   12   2   2    2   12  .375
Lou Brock (STL)          29  117   23   42   6   1   2    9  13   6    8   16  .359
Jerry Grote (NY)         25   83   14   29   9   0   1    8   0   1   10   11  .349
Ted Simmons (STL)        29   98   11   33   9   2   0   13   0   2   13   11  .337
Joe Torre (STL)          31  117   18   39   5   1   4   22   0   1    9   14  .333
Willie Stargell (PIT)    27  102   19   34   4   0  13   33   0   0    8   32  .333
Willie Montanez (PHI)    23   81   15   27   5   0   5    8   0   2   12   16  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            30  125   23   52   5   2   1    8   5   6    4    4  .416
Felix Millan          29  112   12   44   5   2   1   10   4   2   11    1  .393
Orlando Cepeda        26  106   12   32   7   1   9   23   1   2    6    9  .302
Sonny Jackson         30  119   15   34   8   2   0    5   1   1   10    8  .286
Hank Aaron            28   97   19   26   4   0  12   28   0   0   13    7  .268
Earl Williams         22   75    8   18   3   0   5   12   0   1    4   12  .240
Marty Perez           24   68    5   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    5    8  .206
Gil Garrido           18   40    1    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    4  .200
Clete Boyer           19   55    2   10   0   0   1    5   0   0    6    5  .182
Bob Didier            12   40    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .175
Hal King              23   70    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    8   16  .171
Dusty Baker           11   19    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .158
Mike Lum              24   31    3    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    6    1  .129
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
Glenn Beckert         29  115   19   37   3   1   0    4   2   1    6    5  .322
Jose Ortiz            15   48    5   15   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .313
Joe Pepitone          29  101   11   31   4   1   4   13   0   0    7    6  .307
Ron Santo             28   92   14   27   3   0   4   19   1   0   18   18  .294
Billy Williams        29  107   15   30   5   0   6   12   0   1   16   11  .280
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Johnny Callison       26   79    5   19   7   0   0   12   2   0   11   14  .241
Don Kessinger         29  115   11   24   2   2   0    7   2   1   10    8  .209
Jim Hickman           21   58    5   11   0   0   2    7   0   0    7   10  .190
Danny Breeden          8   26    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .154
Ernie Banks            7   14    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .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
Brock Davis            2    2    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
Lee May               15   51    7   16   2   0   4    8   0   0    3   15  .314
Woody Woodward        26   69    4   21   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    8  .304
Dave Concepcion       16   57    4   17   0   3   0    5   3   2    4    5  .298
Johnny Bench          28  113   26   33   4   0  11   20   1   0    9   17  .292
Tommy Helms           27   99    6   27   1   0   0   10   1   1    3    6  .273
Pete Rose             28  112   10   29   5   0   2    5   4   0   19   14  .259
Hal McRae             22   66    3   16   5   0   0    6   1   0    2    6  .242
Willie Smith          13   39    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    4  .231
Jimmy Stewart         16   18    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .222
Ty Cline              17   37    6    8   1   0   0    1   2   0   13    8  .216
Tony Perez            27  113   13   24   2   1   3   12   0   0   10   26  .212
Bernie Carbo          22   69    8   14   5   0   1    3   2   1   20   19  .203
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
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            20   60    6   21   3   0   0    4   2   1    4    3  .350
Bob Watson            29  112   13   32   5   0   3   13   0   0    8    7  .286
Cesar Geronimo        20   11    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .273
Joe Morgan            29  112   20   27   7   1   3   16   8   3   14    6  .241
Denis Menke           29  109   11   26   4   1   0    7   1   1   10   21  .239
Roger Metzger         29  109   12   26   3   1   0    5   3   1    8   10  .239
Jim Wynn              19   63    5   15   3   0   1    9   3   1    9   11  .238
Norm Miller           12   30    2    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .233
Johnny Edwards        25   72    2   16   1   0   0    6   0   1    4    7  .222
Cesar Cedeno          28   95   13   19   4   2   1   10   3   1    6   20  .200
Doug Rader            28   98    4   15   4   1   0    5   1   0    9   23  .153
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          31  120   17   45   6   3   0   12   2   2    2   12  .375
Willie Crawford       15   21    6    7   0   0   1    6   0   1    2    4  .333
Manny Mota            21   60    6   19   2   0   0    8   1   2    5    5  .317
Tom Haller            14   29    6    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    7    4  .310
Jim Lefebvre          16   42    2   13   1   1   1   11   0   0    1    5  .310
Maury Wills           30  120   14   36   3   0   1    7   3   3    9    9  .300
Bill Buckner          17   52    6   15   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    1  .289
Billy Grabarkewitz    17   43    4   12   4   0   0    5   0   0   10   10  .279
Duke Sims             21   55    4   15   4   0   1    5   0   0    7    6  .273
Wes Parker            32  125   15   32   4   0   2   17   2   0   11   14  .256
Steve Garvey          27   91   15   23   6   1   2    9   0   1   12   12  .253
Bill Russell          29   89    9   21   5   1   0    7   3   2   10   10  .236
Dick Allen            28   94   11   20   6   0   3   15   2   0   17   16  .213
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             2    2    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 Fairly            19   52    6   17   3   0   1    8   0   1   13    4  .327
Ron Hunt              22   77   12   24   1   0   1    4   2   0    9    6  .312
Rusty Staub           22   81   14   25   6   0   2    8   1   1    7    9  .309
Coco Laboy            17   24    0    7   0   0   0    1   0   1    4    3  .292
Clyde Mashore          6    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .286
Ron Swoboda           14   32    5    9   2   2   0    3   0   0    4    7  .281
John Bateman          22   76    3   20   4   0   1    7   0   0    4   12  .263
John Boccabella        8   19    2    5   2   0   1    1   0   1    1    4  .263
Bobby Wine            22   68    5   16   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .235
Boots Day             18   52    5   12   0   1   0    2   0   1    6    6  .231
Jim Fairey            14   31    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    2    3  .194
Bob Bailey            21   72    6   12   3   0   1    8   2   0   16   16  .167
Mack Jones             8   19    3    3   1   0   2    5   0   0    2    4  .158
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
Jerry Grote           25   83   14   29   9   0   1    8   0   1   10   11  .349
Dave Marshall         17   43    7   15   2   1   0    3   2   0   11   10  .349
Tim Foli              13   30    6   10   4   1   0    8   0   0    6    3  .333
Ed Kranepool          17   55   12   18   2   2   1    8   0   1    5    5  .327
Bud Harrelson         26  100   16   32   5   3   0    4  12   1   17    8  .320
Tommie Agee           22   93   10   27   6   0   3   11   1   4    5   20  .290
Donn Clendenon        16   57    7   16   2   0   3    6   0   1    5   13  .281
Bob Aspromonte        26   95    8   26   5   1   2   12   0   1    6    6  .274
Cleon Jones           26  103    9   26   3   1   2   13   3   0    6   23  .252
Don Hahn              13   18    3    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    4  .222
Ken Boswell           21   72    5   15   7   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .208
Ken Singleton         18   45    3    8   0   0   1    5   0   0   10   15  .178
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       23   81   15   27   5   0   5    8   0   2   12   16  .333
Larry Hisle           15   32    4    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    9  .281
Denny Doyle           21   72    7   19   4   1   1    7   1   0    6    4  .264
Ron Stone             16   31    1    8   3   0   0    2   0   1    4    5  .258
Joe Lis               15   29    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    6    9  .241
Tim McCarver          23   84    5   20   1   0   1    7   1   0    6    3  .238
Roger Freed           25   85    7   20   3   1   2   11   0   0   12   26  .235
Larry Bowa            26  104    8   24   2   1   0    6   4   1    6    6  .231
Deron Johnson         26  100    9   23   6   0   1    7   0   0    8   25  .230
Don Money             26   98    9   21   2   0   4   12   0   0    7   17  .214
Tony Taylor           13   35    1    7   0   1   0    3   0   1    3    2  .200
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          12   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           4    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
Charlie Sands          1    1    1    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0 1.000
Vic Davalillo         13   35    6   13   1   0   1    4   1   0    0    4  .371
Willie Stargell       27  102   19   34   4   0  13   33   0   0    8   32  .333
Dave Cash             22   92   17   27   3   1   0    4   2   1    8   11  .294
Roberto Clemente      28  105    9   30   3   3   0   11   0   0    5   15  .286
Gene Clines           14   25    7    7   2   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .280
Richie Hebner         24   90   13   25   5   3   2   15   0   1   10    8  .278
Manny Sanguillen      28  109    9   30   8   0   1   11   1   1    2    6  .275
Jackie Hernandez      16   51    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    4   10  .275
Al Oliver             27  106    7   26   5   1   0    7   1   1    4   11  .245
Bill Mazeroski         9   29    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    0  .241
Gene Alley            19   51    4   12   0   2   1    5   1   0    7    2  .235
Bob Robertson         27   95   13   19   3   0   5    8   0   0   11   26  .200
Milt May               6   11    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .182
Jose Pagan            13   30    3    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    9  .167

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ivan Murrell          21   55    5   18   3   1   0    3   2   0    1   13  .327
Bob Barton            14   50    7   16   3   0   3    5   0   0    3    4  .320
Nate Colbert          29   98   19   29   3   0   8   22   0   0   20   18  .296
Enzo Hernandez        20   75    4   22   1   1   0    1   1   1   12    7  .293
Larry Stahl           23   73    8   19   2   1   2    9   1   1    6    6  .260
Ollie Brown           29  104    7   27   6   0   3   12   0   0   13   15  .260
Cito Gaston           26  101   17   24   2   1   5   12   0   0    7   31  .238
Don Mason             19   64    5   15   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .234
Dave Campbell         28  104   15   22   5   0   4    6   2   0    9   18  .212
Ed Spiezio             9   28    1    5   0   1   0    7   0   0    4    3  .179
Chris Cannizzaro      18   54    2    9   1   0   1    7   0   0    9    9  .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           26   91   21   35   7   1   7   22   3   0   16   17  .385
George Foster         25   71    8   22   5   0   3    8   0   1    5   16  .310
Bobby Bonds           27  114   26   35   9   1   7   13   5   2   12   22  .307
Chris Speier          30  127   16   38   3   1   0    4   0   0   13   20  .299
Willie McCovey        23   85   10   25   2   0   6   14   0   2   10   10  .294
Dick Dietz            29   98    9   28   5   0   3   18   1   0   24   14  .286
Ken Henderson         25   93   14   24   4   2   3   16   3   1   14    9  .258
Tito Fuentes          25  101    5   26   4   1   0    5   1   0    4    2  .257
Al Gallagher          28   95    7   24   3   0   2    9   0   1    9   15  .253
Hal Lanier            19   50    3   10   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .200
Jimmy Rosario         18   38    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   2    9    8  .184
Russ Gibson            2    9    0    1   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .111
Frank Johnson         16   23    4    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .087
Bob Heise              7    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             29  117   23   42   6   1   2    9  13   6    8   16  .359
Bob Burda             12   14    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .357
Ted Simmons           29   98   11   33   9   2   0   13   0   2   13   11  .337
Joe Torre             31  117   18   39   5   1   4   22   0   1    9   14  .333
Matty Alou            27  111    9   33   7   2   0   14   2   4    6    3  .297
Jim Beauchamp         16   42    5   12   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    6  .286
Luis Melendez         16   28    5    8   1   0   0    4   2   0    2    5  .286
Julian Javier         18   52    7   13   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .250
Ted Sizemore          25   86    9   18   0   0   0    6   1   2    7    7  .209
Leron Lee             13   15    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    8  .200
Jose Cardenal         31  110   11   21   7   1   3   20   4   0   12   13  .191
Dick Schofield        11   21    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .191
Joe Hague             28   77    4   13   2   0   1    9   0   0    8   14  .169
Dal Maxvill           25   54    5    8   1   1   0    3   0   0    9    7  .148

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  C. Speier (SF)          127
  R. Garr (ATL)           125
  W. Parker (LA)          125
  W. Davis (LA)           120
  M. Wills (LA)           120
  S. Jackson (ATL)        119
  L. Brock (STL)          117
  J. Torre (STL)          117
  G. Beckert (CHI)        115
  D. Kessinger (CHI)      115

Runs Scored:

  J. Bench (CIN)           26
  B. Bonds (SF)            26
  L. Brock (STL)           23
  R. Garr (ATL)            23
  W. Mays (SF)             21
  J. Morgan (HOU)          20
  H. Aaron (ATL)           19
  G. Beckert (CHI)         19
  N. Colbert (SD)          19
  W. Stargell (PIT)        19

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            52
  W. Davis (LA)            45
  F. Millan (ATL)          44
  L. Brock (STL)           42
  J. Torre (STL)           39
  C. Speier (SF)           38
  G. Beckert (CHI)         37
  M. Wills (LA)            36
  B. Bonds (SF)            35
  W. Mays (SF)             35

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       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
  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  K. Henderson (SF)         2

Home Runs:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        13
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           9
  N. Colbert (SD)           8
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  W. Mays (SF)              7
  W. McCovey (SF)           6
  B. Williams (CHI)         6
  C. Gaston (SD)            5

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        33
  H. Aaron (ATL)           28
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          23
  N. Colbert (SD)          22
  W. Mays (SF)             22
  J. Torre (STL)           22
  J. Bench (CIN)           20
  J. Cardenal (STL)        20
  R. Santo (CHI)           19
  D. Dietz (SF)            18

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
  P. Rose (CIN)             4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           3

Caught Stealing:

  L. Brock (STL)            6
  R. Garr (ATL)             6
  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)            24
  B. Carbo (CIN)           20
  N. Colbert (SD)          20
  P. Rose (CIN)            19
  R. Santo (CHI)           18
  D. Allen (LA)            17
  B. Harrelson (NY)        17
  B. Bailey (MON)          16
  W. Mays (SF)             16
  B. Williams (CHI)        16

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        32
  C. Gaston (SD)           31
  R. Freed (PHI)           26
  T. Perez (CIN)           26
  B. Robertson (PIT)       26
  D. Johnson (PHI)         25
  C. Jones (NY)            23
  D. Rader (HOU)           23
  B. Bonds (SF)            22
  D. Menke (HOU)           21

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