Friday May 14, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 14, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York        1026  124   278   57   10   18   112   19   10  112   176  .271
St. Louis       1144  140   305   48    9   21   135   24   18  102   155  .267
Los Angeles     1175  137   312   47    8   19   133   14   11  119   165  .266
San Francisco   1217  157   321   48    7   38   148   17   10  149   196  .264
Pittsburgh      1104  137   287   41   11   27   129    9    4   85   182  .260
Atlanta         1134  118   291   41    8   32   110   11   16   88   126  .257
Montreal         789   77   196   32    5   10    68    6    6   78   123  .248
Cincinnati      1079  103   264   38    5   26    96   16    4  102   175  .245
San Diego       1049  102   249   36    5   28   101    9    3  106   186  .237
Chicago         1079  119   255   41    7   26   115   11    6  111   164  .236
Houston         1100  110   254   43    8   11    99   23    9  101   183  .231
Philadelphia     983   86   223   34    5   20    82    9    5   94   191  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         33  136   23   54   5   2   1    9   5   7    5    5  .397
Willie Davis (LA)        34  132   19   52   8   4   0   15   2   2    2   12  .394
Felix Millan (ATL)       32  122   13   46   5   2   1   11   4   2   12    2  .377
Willie Mays (SF)         30  102   23   38   8   1   8   25   3   1   20   19  .373
Lou Brock (STL)          32  128   26   46   7   1   2   10  13   6   11   17  .359
Jerry Grote (NY)         29   97   16   34  10   0   1    9   0   1   11   12  .351
Rusty Staub (MON)        25   92   16   32   7   0   2   11   2   1    8    9  .348
Ted Simmons (STL)        32  112   13   38  10   2   0   16   0   2   14   13  .339
Willie McCovey (SF)      26   93   13   31   2   0   7   17   0   2   13   11  .333
Joe Torre (STL)          33  125   21   41   5   1   6   26   0   1   11   16  .328

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            33  136   23   54   5   2   1    9   5   7    5    5  .397
Felix Millan          32  122   13   46   5   2   1   11   4   2   12    2  .377
Orlando Cepeda        29  118   13   35   7   1  10   24   1   3    6    9  .297
Sonny Jackson         33  127   16   37   9   2   0    5   1   1   11    9  .291
Hank Aaron            31  107   19   28   5   0  12   28   0   0   14    8  .262
Earl Williams         25   82    8   19   3   0   5   12   0   1    4   14  .232
Bob Didier            14   46    2   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .217
Marty Perez           25   68    5   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    5    8  .206
Gil Garrido           21   47    1    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    5  .170
Clete Boyer           21   59    3   10   0   0   1    5   0   0    6    5  .170
Hal King              24   73    5   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    8   18  .164
Mike Lum              27   34    3    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    6    2  .147
Dusty Baker           12   23    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    6  .130
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         33  133   23   43   5   2   0    7   2   1    7    7  .323
Jose Ortiz            19   50    5   16   4   0   0    2   1   2    2    4  .320
Ron Santo             32  107   18   32   3   0   7   25   1   0   19   20  .299
Joe Pepitone          33  113   11   33   5   1   4   15   0   0    7    9  .292
Billy Williams        33  125   19   35   6   0   8   16   0   1   16   12  .280
J. C. Martin           7   22    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .273
Johnny Callison       30   92    7   21   7   0   2   15   2   0   14   15  .228
Don Kessinger         33  129   13   29   2   3   0    7   4   2   11    8  .225
Jim Hickman           25   69    8   13   0   0   3    9   0   0   13   12  .188
Danny Breeden         11   30    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .167
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
Hal Breeden            9   16    1    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .125
Randy Hundley          4   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .091
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

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Woody Woodward        28   70    4   21   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    8  .300
Lee May               19   67    8   20   2   0   5   10   0   0    3   20  .299
Pete Rose             32  127   11   35   6   1   2    5   4   0   19   14  .276
Johnny Bench          32  128   28   35   4   0  12   21   1   0   10   20  .273
Dave Concepcion       20   70    4   19   0   3   0    7   3   2    5    6  .271
Tommy Helms           31  115    6   31   2   0   0   11   1   1    3    8  .270
Hal McRae             25   77    6   19   6   0   0    6   1   0    3    6  .247
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            31  126   15   27   2   1   4   14   0   0   13   27  .214
Jimmy Stewart         17   19    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .211
Bernie Carbo          24   74    8   15   5   0   1    4   2   1   20   22  .203
Buddy Bradford         4   15    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
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            9   10    2    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .400
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            31  115   14   34   5   0   3   13   0   0    9    7  .296
Cesar Geronimo        22   11    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .273
Denis Menke           33  121   12   30   5   1   0    8   1   1   13   24  .248
Joe Morgan            33  126   21   31   8   1   3   18   8   3   17   10  .246
Norm Miller           15   38    2    9   2   0   1    5   0   0    2    3  .237
Roger Metzger         33  127   14   30   3   1   0    6   3   1    8   14  .236
Jim Wynn              23   78    5   16   3   0   1    9   3   1   10   14  .205
Johnny Edwards        29   84    4   17   1   0   0    6   0   1    6    8  .202
Marty Martinez         6    5    2    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .200
Cesar Cedeno          32  106   13   20   4   2   1   10   3   1    8   25  .189
Doug Rader            32  112    5   17   4   1   1    8   1   0   10   26  .152
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          34  132   19   52   8   4   0   15   2   2    2   12  .394
Willie Crawford       16   22    6    7   0   0   1    6   0   1    2    4  .318
Manny Mota            22   63    6   20   3   0   0    8   1   2    5    5  .318
Jim Lefebvre          19   54    3   17   1   1   2   13   0   0    1    6  .315
Maury Wills           32  128   16   40   3   0   1    7   3   3    9   10  .313
Bill Buckner          19   60    8   17   0   0   2    8   0   0    3    1  .283
Duke Sims             22   59    5   16   4   0   2    7   0   0    7    6  .271
Tom Haller            16   34    6    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    7    5  .265
Wes Parker            35  136   17   35   5   0   2   19   2   0   12   15  .257
Billy Grabarkewitz    18   47    4   12   4   0   0    5   0   0   11   12  .255
Steve Garvey          29   97   15   24   6   1   2    9   0   1   12   13  .247
Bill Russell          31   94   10   22   5   2   0    7   3   2   10   13  .234
Dick Allen            31  105   13   22   6   0   4   18   2   0   18   19  .210
Bill Sudakis          19   48    6    9   1   0   2    4   0   0    8   12  .188
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
Rusty Staub           25   92   16   32   7   0   2   11   2   1    8    9  .348
Ron Fairly            22   62    7   19   4   0   1    8   0   1   14    6  .307
Ron Hunt              25   87   14   26   1   1   1    4   2   0   12    7  .299
John Boccabella        9   21    3    6   3   0   1    1   0   1    1    4  .286
Ron Brand             10    7    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .286
Coco Laboy            20   36    0   10   0   0   0    4   0   1    4    5  .278
Ron Swoboda           17   38    5   10   2   3   0    4   0   0    4   10  .263
John Bateman          25   88    4   23   6   0   1    7   0   0    4   14  .261
Boots Day             20   61    7   14   0   1   1    3   0   1    6    7  .230
Bobby Wine            25   79    5   18   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    9  .228
Jim Fairey            17   34    3    7   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    3  .206
Mack Jones            11   27    4    5   2   0   2    6   0   0    2    6  .185
Bob Bailey            21   72    6   12   3   0   1    8   2   0   16   16  .167
Gary Sutherland        9   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Gosger             3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Grote           29   97   16   34  10   0   1    9   0   1   11   12  .351
Dave Marshall         20   56   10   19   2   1   1    8   2   1   11   13  .339
Ed Kranepool          20   66   15   22   4   2   2   11   0   1    6    5  .333
Bud Harrelson         30  116   18   37   5   3   0    7  12   1   19   10  .319
Tommie Agee           25   99   10   28   6   0   3   11   1   4    6   22  .283
Donn Clendenon        18   62    7   17   2   0   3    6   0   1    5   15  .274
Bob Aspromonte        28  102    9   27   5   1   3   15   0   1    7    6  .265
Cleon Jones           30  118   13   31   5   1   3   15   3   0    8   24  .263
Ken Boswell           23   80    7   21   9   0   1    8   0   0    6    4  .263
Tim Foli              17   47    8   12   5   2   0    9   0   0    7    5  .255
Don Hahn              16   28    5    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    7  .250
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           15   19    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .105
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       27   97   16   31   6   0   6   10   0   2   12   21  .320
Larry Hisle           16   33    4    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    9  .273
Ron Stone             18   35    1    9   3   0   0    2   0   1    4    6  .257
Tim McCarver          26   95    6   24   2   0   1    7   1   0    6    4  .253
Joe Lis               19   40    3   10   2   0   2    4   0   0    7   14  .250
Denny Doyle           24   82    7   20   5   1   1    8   1   0    6    6  .244
Larry Bowa            30  121   11   29   3   1   0    6   6   1    6    6  .240
Tony Taylor           17   44    3   10   0   1   1    5   1   1    4    3  .227
Deron Johnson         29  109    9   23   6   0   1    7   0   0    8   29  .211
Roger Freed           29   96    7   20   3   1   2   11   0   0   13   30  .208
Don Money             30  112    9   23   2   0   4   13   0   0    7   23  .205
Terry Harmon           5    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Johnny Briggs         10   22    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    2  .182
Mike Ryan              5   16    2    2   0   1   1    2   0   0    2    5  .125
Byron Browne          15   15    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    8  .067
Bobby Pfeil            4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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       28  105   20   34   4   0  13   33   0   0    9   33  .324
Roberto Clemente      31  119   13   35   4   3   1   14   0   0    5   15  .294
Bill Mazeroski        12   41    3   12   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .293
Dave Cash             24   94   17   27   3   1   0    4   2   1    8   12  .287
Manny Sanguillen      31  122    9   35   9   0   1   14   1   1    2    6  .287
Gene Clines           17   36    9   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    6    5  .278
Richie Hebner         25   95   13   26   5   3   2   15   0   1   10   10  .274
Jackie Hernandez      19   61    6   15   3   0   1    6   0   0    5   12  .246
Al Oliver             29  113    7   27   6   1   0    7   1   1    5   12  .239
Gene Alley            22   58    6   13   0   2   1    5   2   0   10    5  .224
Bob Robertson         28   99   13   21   3   0   5   10   0   0   11   26  .212
Jose Pagan            16   40    3    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    3   11  .175
Milt May               7   12    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .167

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Barton            16   57    8   20   3   0   3    5   0   1    4    5  .351
Ivan Murrell          24   66    7   22   3   1   1    4   2   0    2   16  .333
Nate Colbert          32  110   19   33   4   0   8   23   0   0   20   19  .300
Enzo Hernandez        23   87    5   25   2   1   0    2   1   1   13    7  .287
Ollie Brown           32  114    8   30   6   0   3   14   0   0   15   15  .263
Larry Stahl           25   75    8   19   2   1   2    9   1   1    6    6  .253
Cito Gaston           29  114   18   27   4   1   5   12   0   0    7   34  .237
Don Mason             21   64    5   15   1   0   1    3   2   0    3    4  .234
Dave Campbell         31  114   16   23   5   0   4    7   2   0   10   21  .202
Ed Spiezio            12   40    2    8   1   1   0    8   0   0    4    4  .200
Chris Cannizzaro      19   57    2   10   1   0   1    8   0   0   10    9  .175
Ramon Webster         10    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .125
Al Ferrara            17   17    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .118
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           3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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           30  102   23   38   8   1   8   25   3   1   20   19  .373
Willie McCovey        26   93   13   31   2   0   7   17   0   2   13   11  .333
Bobby Bonds           31  124   32   38   9   1   8   14   7   2   19   24  .307
George Foster         27   76    9   23   5   0   3    8   0   1    5   17  .303
Chris Speier          33  137   18   40   3   1   1    5   0   0   13   20  .292
Dick Dietz            32  107   12   30   5   0   4   19   1   0   26   16  .280
Tito Fuentes          29  115    7   30   5   1   0    9   1   0    4    2  .261
Al Gallagher          31  104    9   27   4   0   2   10   0   1   12   15  .260
Ken Henderson         29  107   15   26   4   2   3   20   3   1   15   11  .243
Hal Lanier            22   56    4   11   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    6  .196
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         18   26    4    3   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    4  .115
Bob Heise              8    7    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             13   15    1    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .400
Jerry McNertney        5   10    2    4   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    1  .400
Lou Brock             32  128   26   46   7   1   2   10  13   6   11   17  .359
Ted Simmons           32  112   13   38  10   2   0   16   0   2   14   13  .339
Joe Torre             33  125   21   41   5   1   6   26   0   1   11   16  .328
Matty Alou            30  124   11   38   7   2   0   15   2   4    7    3  .307
Jim Beauchamp         16   42    5   12   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    6  .286
Luis Melendez         19   29    6    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
Dick Schofield        14   31    4    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .226
Ted Sizemore          28   99   12   22   0   0   0    8   1   3    8    7  .222
Joe Hague             31   89    6   19   2   0   3   12   0   1   11   17  .214
Leron Lee             13   15    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    8  .200
Jose Cardenal         34  123   15   24   7   1   4   21   5   0   13   14  .195
Dal Maxvill           28   58    5    8   1   1   0    3   0   0   10    8  .138

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  C. Speier (SF)          137
  R. Garr (ATL)           136
  W. Parker (LA)          136
  G. Beckert (CHI)        133
  W. Davis (LA)           132
  D. Kessinger (CHI)      129
  J. Bench (CIN)          128
  L. Brock (STL)          128
  M. Wills (LA)           128
  S. Jackson (ATL)        127

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            32
  J. Bench (CIN)           28
  L. Brock (STL)           26
  G. Beckert (CHI)         23
  R. Garr (ATL)            23
  W. Mays (SF)             23
  J. Morgan (HOU)          21
  J. Torre (STL)           21
  W. Stargell (PIT)        20
  H. Aaron (ATL)           19

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            54
  W. Davis (LA)            52
  L. Brock (STL)           46
  F. Millan (ATL)          46
  G. Beckert (CHI)         43
  J. Torre (STL)           41
  C. Speier (SF)           40
  M. Wills (LA)            40
  M. Alou (STL)            38
  B. Bonds (SF)            38

Doubles:

  J. Grote (NY)            10
  T. Simmons (STL)         10
  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  K. Boswell (NY)           9
  S. Jackson (ATL)          9
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       9
  W. Davis (LA)             8
  W. Mays (SF)              8
  J. Morgan (HOU)           8
  M. Alou (STL)             7

Triples:

  W. Davis (LA)             4
  R. Clemente (PIT)         3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  B. Harrelson (NY)         3
  R. Hebner (PIT)           3
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        3
  R. Swoboda (MON)          3
  G. Alley (PIT)            2
  M. Alou (STL)             2
  G. Beckert (CHI)          2

Home Runs:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        13
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          10
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  N. Colbert (SD)           8
  W. Mays (SF)              8
  B. Williams (CHI)         8
  W. McCovey (SF)           7
  R. Santo (CHI)            7

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        33
  H. Aaron (ATL)           28
  J. Torre (STL)           26
  W. Mays (SF)             25
  R. Santo (CHI)           25
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          24
  N. Colbert (SD)          23
  J. Bench (CIN)           21
  J. Cardenal (STL)        21
  K. Henderson (SF)        20

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           13
  B. Harrelson (NY)        12
  J. Morgan (HOU)           8
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  L. Bowa (PHI)             6
  J. Cardenal (STL)         5
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        4
  F. Millan (ATL)           4
  P. Rose (CIN)             4

Caught Stealing:

  R. Garr (ATL)             7
  L. Brock (STL)            6
  T. Agee (NY)              4
  M. Alou (STL)             4
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           3
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  T. Sizemore (STL)         3
  M. Wills (LA)             3
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)            26
  B. Carbo (CIN)           20
  N. Colbert (SD)          20
  W. Mays (SF)             20
  B. Bonds (SF)            19
  B. Harrelson (NY)        19
  P. Rose (CIN)            19
  R. Santo (CHI)           19
  D. Allen (LA)            18
  J. Morgan (HOU)          17

Strikeouts:

  C. Gaston (SD)           34
  W. Stargell (PIT)        33
  R. Freed (PHI)           30
  D. Johnson (PHI)         29
  T. Perez (CIN)           27
  D. Rader (HOU)           26
  B. Robertson (PIT)       26
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  B. Bonds (SF)            24
  C. Jones (NY)            24

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