Monday May 10, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 10, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         921  104   246   50    9   13    93   19    9  104   160  .267
San Francisco   1128  136   300   46    7   33   130   16    9  134   184  .266
Los Angeles     1075  122   284   43    6   15   118   14   11  113   148  .264
St. Louis       1068  126   281   45    9   17   121   24   18   96   148  .263
Atlanta         1045  114   273   39    8   31   106   11   14   83   113  .261
Pittsburgh      1000  124   260   38   10   26   118    8    4   75   163  .260
Montreal         717   71   177   26    4    9    62    5    6   78   112  .247
Cincinnati       981   95   240   34    4   24    88   16    4   95   162  .245
Chicago          980  101   230   36    5   19    98   10    4  100   152  .235
San Diego        947   94   222   31    5   27    93    9    2   97   171  .234
Houston         1002  102   233   39    8   10    92   23    9   89   159  .233
Philadelphia     883   78   202   32    5   17    74    7    5   91   167  .229

 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)         27   93   21   36   7   1   7   23   3   0   18   17  .387
Willie Davis (LA)        31  120   17   45   6   3   0   12   2   2    2   12  .375
Jerry Grote (NY)         26   86   15   31  10   0   1    8   0   1   10   12  .361
Lou Brock (STL)          30  121   23   43   6   1   2   10  13   6    9   16  .355
Ted Simmons (STL)        30  102   12   34   9   2   0   13   0   2   14   12  .333
Willie Stargell (PIT)    27  102   19   34   4   0  13   33   0   0    8   32  .333
Glenn Beckert (CHI)      30  120   20   39   3   1   0    4   2   1    6    6  .325
Joe Torre (STL)          32  120   19   39   5   1   4   22   0   1   11   15  .325

 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
Jose Ortiz            16   49    5   16   4   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .327
Glenn Beckert         30  120   20   39   3   1   0    4   2   1    6    6  .325
Joe Pepitone          30  104   11   31   4   1   4   14   0   0    7    7  .298
Ron Santo             29   95   14   28   3   0   4   19   1   0   19   18  .295
Billy Williams        30  111   16   31   6   0   6   12   0   1   16   12  .279
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Johnny Callison       27   83    5   19   7   0   0   12   2   0   11   15  .229
Jim Hickman           22   62    6   13   0   0   3    9   0   0    7   11  .210
Don Kessinger         30  116   11   24   2   2   0    7   3   1   10    8  .207
Hector Torres          3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .167
Ernie Banks            7   14    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .143
Danny Breeden          9   29    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .138
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
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        26   69    4   21   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    8  .304
Lee May               16   55    7   16   2   0   4    8   0   0    3   16  .291
Dave Concepcion       17   60    4   17   0   3   0    5   3   2    4    5  .283
Johnny Bench          29  117   26   33   4   0  11   20   1   0    9   18  .282
Pete Rose             29  115   10   32   5   0   2    5   4   0   19   14  .278
Tommy Helms           28  103    6   27   1   0   0   10   1   1    3    6  .262
Hal McRae             22   66    3   16   5   0   0    6   1   0    2    6  .242
Willie Smith          14   40    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    4  .225
Ty Cline              17   37    6    8   1   0   0    1   2   0   13    8  .216
Tony Perez            28  117   14   25   2   1   4   14   0   0   10   26  .214
Jimmy Stewart         17   19    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .211
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          23   73    8   14   5   0   1    3   2   1   20   22  .192
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
Buddy Bradford         1    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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            21   62    6   22   3   0   0    4   3   1    5    3  .355
Bob Watson            30  115   14   34   5   0   3   13   0   0    9    7  .296
Cesar Geronimo        21   11    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .273
Denis Menke           30  112   11   27   4   1   0    7   1   1   10   21  .241
Norm Miller           12   30    2    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .233
Joe Morgan            30  116   20   27   7   1   3   16   8   3   14    8  .233
Roger Metzger         30  113   12   26   3   1   0    5   3   1    8   13  .230
Jim Wynn              20   67    5   15   3   0   1    9   3   1    9   11  .224
Johnny Edwards        26   74    2   16   1   0   0    6   0   1    5    7  .216
Cesar Cedeno          29   96   13   19   4   2   1   10   3   1    6   21  .198
Doug Rader            29  100    4   15   4   1   0    5   1   0   10   24  .150
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
Clyde Mashore          7   11    1    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    5  .364
Ron Brand              9    6    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Rusty Staub           23   85   15   27   6   0   2    9   1   1    8    9  .318
Ron Fairly            20   54    6   17   3   0   1    8   0   1   14    6  .315
Ron Hunt              23   79   13   24   1   0   1    4   2   0   12    6  .304
Coco Laboy            18   28    0    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    3  .286
John Boccabella        9   21    3    6   3   0   1    1   0   1    1    4  .286
Ron Swoboda           15   36    5   10   2   3   0    4   0   0    4    9  .278
John Bateman          23   80    4   21   5   0   1    7   0   0    4   13  .263
Boots Day             18   52    5   12   0   1   0    2   0   1    6    6  .231
Bobby Wine            23   73    5   16   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    8  .219
Mack Jones             9   20    3    4   1   0   2    6   0   0    2    4  .200
Jim Fairey            15   32    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    2    3  .188
Bob Bailey            21   72    6   12   3   0   1    8   2   0   16   16  .167
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           26   86   15   31  10   0   1    8   0   1   10   12  .361
Dave Marshall         17   43    7   15   2   1   0    3   2   0   11   10  .349
Ed Kranepool          17   55   12   18   2   2   1    8   0   1    5    5  .327
Bud Harrelson         27  104   16   33   5   3   0    6  12   1   17    8  .317
Tim Foli              14   34    6   10   4   1   0    8   0   0    6    3  .294
Tommie Agee           23   94   10   27   6   0   3   11   1   4    5   20  .287
Donn Clendenon        17   61    7   17   2   0   3    6   0   1    5   15  .279
Bob Aspromonte        27   99    8   26   5   1   2   12   0   1    6    6  .263
Cleon Jones           27  106    9   27   3   1   2   13   3   0    7   23  .255
Don Hahn              14   21    4    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    5  .238
Ken Boswell           21   72    5   15   7   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .208
Ken Singleton         19   47    3    8   0   0   1    5   0   0   11   16  .170
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       24   85   15   27   5   0   5    8   0   2   12   17  .318
Larry Hisle           15   32    4    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    9  .281
Denny Doyle           22   76    7   20   5   1   1    7   1   0    6    6  .263
Tim McCarver          24   87    5   21   2   0   1    7   1   0    6    3  .241
Larry Bowa            27  108    8   26   2   1   0    6   5   1    6    6  .241
Ron Stone             17   34    1    8   3   0   0    2   0   1    4    6  .235
Roger Freed           26   86    7   20   3   1   2   11   0   0   12   26  .233
Deron Johnson         27  104    9   23   6   0   1    7   0   0    8   27  .221
Joe Lis               16   32    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    6   11  .219
Don Money             27  101    9   21   2   0   4   12   0   0    7   19  .208
Tony Taylor           14   36    1    7   0   1   0    3   0   1    3    3  .194
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           27   93   21   36   7   1   7   23   3   0   18   17  .387
Bobby Bonds           28  116   28   36   9   1   7   13   6   2   14   22  .310
George Foster         25   71    8   22   5   0   3    8   0   1    5   16  .310
Willie McCovey        24   86   10   25   2   0   6   14   0   2   12   10  .291
Chris Speier          31  131   16   38   3   1   0    4   0   0   13   20  .290
Dick Dietz            29   98    9   28   5   0   3   18   1   0   24   14  .286
Tito Fuentes          26  105    5   28   5   1   0    6   1   0    4    2  .267
Al Gallagher          29   99    8   26   4   0   2    9   0   1    9   15  .263
Ken Henderson         26   97   14   24   4   2   3   17   3   1   14   10  .247
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            3   13    0    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .154
Frank Johnson         17   24    4    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .125
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
Bob Burda             12   14    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .357
Lou Brock             30  121   23   43   6   1   2   10  13   6    9   16  .355
Ted Simmons           30  102   12   34   9   2   0   13   0   2   14   12  .333
Joe Torre             32  120   19   39   5   1   4   22   0   1   11   15  .325
Matty Alou            28  114    9   35   7   2   0   14   2   4    7    3  .307
Jim Beauchamp         16   42    5   12   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    6  .286
Luis Melendez         17   29    5    8   1   0   0    4   2   0    2    5  .276
Julian Javier         18   52    7   13   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .250
Ted Sizemore          26   90   10   20   0   0   0    7   1   3    8    7  .222
Leron Lee             13   15    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    8  .200
Joe Hague             29   82    6   16   2   0   3   12   0   1    8   16  .195
Jose Cardenal         32  114   13   22   7   1   3   20   5   0   13   13  .193
Dick Schofield        12   23    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    6  .174
Dal Maxvill           26   55    5    8   1   1   0    3   0   0    9    8  .146

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  C. Speier (SF)          131
  R. Garr (ATL)           125
  W. Parker (LA)          125
  L. Brock (STL)          121
  G. Beckert (CHI)        120
  W. Davis (LA)           120
  J. Torre (STL)          120
  M. Wills (LA)           120
  S. Jackson (ATL)        119
  J. Bench (CIN)          117

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            28
  J. Bench (CIN)           26
  L. Brock (STL)           23
  R. Garr (ATL)            23
  W. Mays (SF)             21
  G. Beckert (CHI)         20
  J. Morgan (HOU)          20
  H. Aaron (ATL)           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)           43
  G. Beckert (CHI)         39
  J. Torre (STL)           39
  C. Speier (SF)           38
  B. Bonds (SF)            36
  W. Mays (SF)             36
  M. Wills (LA)            36

Doubles:

  J. Grote (NY)            10
  B. Bonds (SF)             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
  R. Swoboda (MON)          3
  G. Alley (PIT)            2
  M. Alou (STL)             2
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  R. Garr (ATL)             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
  W. Mays (SF)             23
  N. Colbert (SD)          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)             6
  L. Bowa (PHI)             5
  J. Cardenal (STL)         5
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  F. Millan (ATL)           4
  P. Rose (CIN)             4
  J. Alou (HOU)             3

Caught Stealing:

  L. Brock (STL)            6
  R. Garr (ATL)             6
  T. Agee (NY)              4
  M. Alou (STL)             4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  T. Sizemore (STL)         3
  M. Wills (LA)             3
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        32
  C. Gaston (SD)           31
  D. Johnson (PHI)         27
  R. Freed (PHI)           26
  T. Perez (CIN)           26
  B. Robertson (PIT)       26
  D. Rader (HOU)           24
  C. Jones (NY)            23
  B. Bonds (SF)            22
  B. Carbo (CIN)           22

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