Saturday May 15, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 15, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York        1066  133   293   59   10   20   121   19   10  113   178  .275
St. Louis       1180  146   317   50   10   21   141   26   18  104   156  .269
Los Angeles     1207  137   318   48    8   19   133   15   11  121   167  .264
Pittsburgh      1141  142   298   44   12   27   133    9    4   87   189  .261
San Francisco   1242  158   323   49    7   38   149   17   10  153   204  .260
Atlanta         1168  124   302   43    8   34   115   12   16   90   130  .259
Cincinnati      1112  109   275   39    5   27   102   16    5  106   179  .247
Montreal         815   78   199   32    5   10    68    6    6   82   125  .244
Chicago         1108  125   264   44    8   28   121   11    7  115   169  .238
San Diego       1083  106   257   38    5   29   105   10    3  106   195  .237
Houston         1137  115   266   46   10   11   103   23   10  101   185  .234
Philadelphia    1014   88   228   34    5   21    84   10    5   95   197  .225

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr (ATL)         34  141   26   56   5   2   2   10   5   7    5    5  .397
Willie Davis (LA)        35  136   19   53   8   4   0   15   2   2    2   12  .390
Felix Millan (ATL)       33  127   14   48   5   2   1   11   4   2   12    2  .378
Willie Mays (SF)         31  106   24   39   9   1   8   25   3   1   20   20  .368
Lou Brock (STL)          33  132   26   47   7   1   2   10  14   6   12   17  .356
Rusty Staub (MON)        26   95   16   33   7   0   2   11   2   1    9   10  .347
Joe Torre (STL)          34  129   22   44   5   1   6   26   0   1   12   16  .341
Bud Harrelson (NY)       31  121   20   41   5   3   0   10  12   1   19   11  .339
Jerry Grote (NY)         30  101   16   34  10   0   1    9   0   1   11   12  .337
Ted Simmons (STL)        33  117   14   39  10   2   0   16   0   2   14   13  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            34  141   26   56   5   2   2   10   5   7    5    5  .397
Felix Millan          33  127   14   48   5   2   1   11   4   2   12    2  .378
Orlando Cepeda        30  121   14   36   7   1  10   24   2   3    7    9  .298
Sonny Jackson         34  127   16   37   9   2   0    5   1   1   11    9  .291
Hank Aaron            32  111   19   30   6   0  12   29   0   0   14    9  .270
Bob Didier            15   49    2   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .245
Earl Williams         25   82    8   19   3   0   5   12   0   1    4   14  .232
Marty Perez           26   71    5   14   3   1   0    3   0   1    5    8  .197
Clete Boyer           22   63    4   11   0   0   2    8   0   0    6    6  .175
Gil Garrido           21   47    1    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    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           13   27    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    8  .111
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            20   54    6   18   6   0   0    2   1   2    2    4  .333
Glenn Beckert         34  136   23   43   5   2   0    8   2   1    7    7  .316
Joe Pepitone          33  113   11   33   5   1   4   15   0   0    7    9  .292
Ron Santo             33  110   18   32   3   0   7   25   1   0   20   20  .291
Randy Hundley          5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Billy Williams        34  127   20   36   6   0   9   17   0   2   17   12  .284
J. C. Martin           8   23    3    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .261
Don Kessinger         34  133   14   30   2   4   0    7   4   2   11   10  .226
Johnny Callison       31   95    8   21   7   0   2   15   2   0   15   15  .221
Jim Hickman           26   71    9   14   0   0   3    9   0   0   14   12  .197
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
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        29   71    4   22   3   0   0    5   2   0    7    8  .310
Lee May               20   69   10   21   2   0   6   12   0   0    4   20  .304
Johnny Bench          33  131   29   36   5   0  12   22   1   0   11   22  .275
Pete Rose             33  132   11   36   6   1   2    5   4   0   19   15  .273
Dave Concepcion       21   74    4   20   0   3   0    7   3   3    5    7  .270
Tommy Helms           32  119    6   32   2   0   0   13   1   1    3    8  .269
Hal McRae             26   79    6   20   6   0   0    6   1   0    3    6  .253
Willie Smith          14   40    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    4  .225
Bernie Carbo          25   76    8   17   5   0   1    4   2   1   20   22  .224
Tony Perez            32  130   16   29   2   1   4   15   0   0   13   27  .223
Ty Cline              17   37    6    8   1   0   0    1   2   0   13    8  .216
Jimmy Stewart         18   20    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .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
Buddy Bradford         5   18    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .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
Jack Hiatt            11   21    6    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    7    6  .381
Jesus Alou            22   66    7   25   4   0   0    4   3   1    5    3  .379
Rich Chiles           10   11    2    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .364
Bob Watson            32  119   14   34   5   0   3   13   0   0    9    7  .286
Cesar Geronimo        23   11    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .273
Joe Morgan            34  130   22   34  10   1   3   20   8   3   17   10  .262
Roger Metzger         34  131   15   32   3   1   0    7   3   2    8   14  .244
Denis Menke           34  125   12   30   5   1   0    8   1   1   13   25  .240
Norm Miller           16   39    2    9   2   0   1    5   0   0    2    3  .231
Johnny Edwards        30   86    4   18   1   1   0    6   0   1    6    8  .209
Jim Wynn              24   79    5   16   3   0   1    9   3   1   10   14  .203
Cesar Cedeno          33  110   14   21   4   3   1   11   3   1    8   25  .191
Marty Martinez         7    6    2    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .167
Doug Rader            33  116    6   19   4   1   1    8   1   0   10   27  .164
Larry Howard           3    3    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          35  136   19   53   8   4   0   15   2   2    2   12  .390
Manny Mota            22   63    6   20   3   0   0    8   1   2    5    5  .318
Willie Crawford       17   23    6    7   0   0   1    6   0   1    2    5  .304
Maury Wills           33  132   16   40   3   0   1    7   3   3    9   10  .303
Jim Lefebvre          20   57    3   17   1   1   2   13   0   0    2    6  .298
Duke Sims             23   62    5   17   4   0   2    7   0   0    8    6  .274
Bill Buckner          20   64    8   17   0   0   2    8   0   0    3    1  .266
Tom Haller            16   34    6    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    7    5  .265
Wes Parker            36  140   17   36   5   0   2   19   2   0   12   15  .257
Steve Garvey          29   97   15   24   6   1   2    9   0   1   12   13  .247
Billy Grabarkewitz    19   50    4   12   4   0   0    5   1   0   11   12  .240
Bill Russell          31   94   10   22   5   2   0    7   3   2   10   13  .234
Dick Allen            32  109   13   25   7   0   4   18   2   0   18   19  .229
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
Rusty Staub           26   95   16   33   7   0   2   11   2   1    9   10  .347
Clyde Mashore          8   12    1    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    5  .333
Ron Fairly            23   64    7   19   4   0   1    8   0   1   15    6  .297
Ron Hunt              26   91   14   26   1   1   1    4   2   0   12    7  .286
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
John Bateman          26   91    4   24   6   0   1    7   0   0    4   14  .264
Coco Laboy            21   39    0   10   0   0   0    4   0   1    4    5  .256
Ron Swoboda           18   39    5   10   2   3   0    4   0   0    4   10  .256
Bobby Wine            26   82    5   18   2   0   0    3   0   0    5   10  .220
Boots Day             21   64    7   14   0   1   1    3   0   1    6    7  .219
Mack Jones            12   28    5    6   2   0   2    6   0   0    3    6  .214
Jim Fairey            17   34    3    7   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    3  .206
Bob Bailey            22   72    6   12   3   0   1    8   2   0   17   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
Bud Harrelson         31  121   20   41   5   3   0   10  12   1   19   11  .339
Jerry Grote           30  101   16   34  10   0   1    9   0   1   11   12  .337
Dave Marshall         21   61   11   20   2   1   2   10   2   1   11   13  .328
Ed Kranepool          21   71   15   23   4   2   2   11   0   1    6    5  .324
Tommie Agee           26  103   11   31   6   0   3   13   1   4    7   23  .301
Cleon Jones           31  123   14   34   6   1   4   17   3   0    8   24  .276
Tim Foli              18   51   10   14   6   2   0    9   0   0    7    5  .275
Donn Clendenon        18   62    7   17   2   0   3    6   0   1    5   15  .274
Ken Boswell           23   80    7   21   9   0   1    8   0   0    6    4  .263
Bob Aspromonte        29  107    9   27   5   1   3   15   0   1    7    6  .252
Don Hahn              17   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       28  101   16   31   6   0   6   10   0   2   12   22  .307
Larry Hisle           16   33    4    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    9  .273
Tim McCarver          27   99    7   26   2   0   2    9   2   0    6    4  .263
Ron Stone             19   36    1    9   3   0   0    2   0   1    4    7  .250
Denny Doyle           25   85    7   20   5   1   1    8   1   0    6    7  .235
Larry Bowa            31  125   11   29   3   1   0    6   6   1    6    7  .232
Joe Lis               20   44    3   10   2   0   2    4   0   0    7   16  .227
Tony Taylor           17   44    3   10   0   1   1    5   1   1    4    3  .227
Roger Freed           30   98    8   22   3   1   2   11   0   0   14   30  .225
Deron Johnson         30  112    9   23   6   0   1    7   0   0    8   29  .205
Terry Harmon           5    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Don Money             31  116    9   23   2   0   4   13   0   0    7   23  .198
Johnny Briggs         10   22    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    2  .182
Byron Browne          16   16    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    8  .125
Mike Ryan              5   16    2    2   0   1   1    2   0   0    2    5  .125
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         14   39    6   13   1   0   1    4   1   0    0    5  .333
Willie Stargell       29  109   20   35   4   0  13   33   0   0    9   33  .321
Dave Cash             25   99   19   30   4   1   0    5   2   1    8   13  .303
Manny Sanguillen      32  124   11   37   9   0   1   15   1   1    2    6  .298
Bill Mazeroski        12   41    3   12   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .293
Roberto Clemente      32  120   13   35   4   3   1   14   0   0    5   15  .292
Richie Hebner         26  100   13   28   7   3   2   17   0   1   10   10  .280
Gene Clines           18   37    9   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    6    5  .270
Jackie Hernandez      19   61    6   15   3   0   1    6   0   0    5   12  .246
Al Oliver             30  117    7   27   6   1   0    7   1   1    5   13  .231
Gene Alley            23   62    7   14   0   3   1    5   2   0   10    6  .226
Bob Robertson         29  102   13   22   3   0   5   10   0   0   12   27  .216
Milt May               8   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .214
Jose Pagan            16   40    3    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    3   11  .175

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Angel Bravo            1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bob Barton            17   60    8   21   3   0   3    5   0   1    4    6  .350
Ivan Murrell          25   70    8   23   4   1   1    4   2   0    2   17  .329
Nate Colbert          33  114   19   33   4   0   8   23   0   0   20   20  .290
Enzo Hernandez        24   91    6   26   2   1   0    2   2   1   13    7  .286
Ollie Brown           33  118    8   30   6   0   3   14   0   0   15   17  .254
Larry Stahl           25   75    8   19   2   1   2    9   1   1    6    6  .253
Cito Gaston           30  118   19   29   4   1   6   14   0   0    7   35  .246
Don Mason             22   65    5   15   1   0   1    3   2   0    3    5  .231
Ed Spiezio            13   44    2    9   2   1   0    9   0   0    4    4  .205
Dave Campbell         32  118   16   24   5   0   4    8   2   0   10   22  .203
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           31  106   24   39   9   1   8   25   3   1   20   20  .368
Willie McCovey        27   96   13   31   2   0   7   17   0   2   13   11  .323
George Foster         27   76    9   23   5   0   3    8   0   1    5   17  .303
Bobby Bonds           32  128   32   38   9   1   8   14   7   2   19   25  .297
Dick Dietz            33  109   12   31   5   0   4   20   1   0   27   17  .284
Chris Speier          34  141   18   40   3   1   1    5   0   0   13   22  .284
Al Gallagher          32  106    9   27   4   0   2   10   0   1   13   16  .255
Tito Fuentes          30  118    7   30   5   1   0    9   1   0    4    3  .254
Ken Henderson         30  108   15   26   4   2   3   20   3   1   17   12  .241
Hal Lanier            23   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             14   16    1    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .438
Jerry McNertney        5   10    2    4   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    1  .400
Lou Brock             33  132   26   47   7   1   2   10  14   6   12   17  .356
Joe Torre             34  129   22   44   5   1   6   26   0   1   12   16  .341
Ted Simmons           33  117   14   39  10   2   0   16   0   2   14   13  .333
Matty Alou            31  128   11   40   7   2   0   15   2   4    7    3  .313
Luis Melendez         20   29    6    8   1   0   0    4   2   0    2    5  .276
Jim Beauchamp         17   45    7   12   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    6  .267
Julian Javier         19   55    8   14   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    4  .255
Ted Sizemore          29  103   12   24   1   0   0    9   1   3    8    7  .233
Dick Schofield        14   31    4    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .226
Joe Hague             32   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         35  128   16   25   7   2   4   23   5   0   13   14  .195
Dal Maxvill           29   58    5    8   1   1   0    3   0   0   10    8  .138

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  R. Garr (ATL)           141
  C. Speier (SF)          141
  W. Parker (LA)          140
  G. Beckert (CHI)        136
  W. Davis (LA)           136
  D. Kessinger (CHI)      133
  L. Brock (STL)          132
  P. Rose (CIN)           132
  M. Wills (LA)           132
  J. Bench (CIN)          131

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            32
  J. Bench (CIN)           29
  L. Brock (STL)           26
  R. Garr (ATL)            26
  W. Mays (SF)             24
  G. Beckert (CHI)         23
  J. Morgan (HOU)          22
  J. Torre (STL)           22
  B. Harrelson (NY)        20
  W. Stargell (PIT)        20

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            56
  W. Davis (LA)            53
  F. Millan (ATL)          48
  L. Brock (STL)           47
  J. Torre (STL)           44
  G. Beckert (CHI)         43
  B. Harrelson (NY)        41
  M. Alou (STL)            40
  C. Speier (SF)           40
  M. Wills (LA)            40

Doubles:

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

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        13
  H. Aaron (ATL)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          10
  B. Williams (CHI)         9
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  N. Colbert (SD)           8
  W. Mays (SF)              8
  W. McCovey (SF)           7
  R. Santo (CHI)            7

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        33
  H. Aaron (ATL)           29
  J. Torre (STL)           26
  W. Mays (SF)             25
  R. Santo (CHI)           25
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          24
  J. Cardenal (STL)        23
  N. Colbert (SD)          23
  J. Bench (CIN)           22
  D. Dietz (SF)            20

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           14
  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
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  J. Morgan (HOU)           3
  T. Sizemore (STL)         3
  M. Wills (LA)             3
  B. Bonds (SF)             2

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)            27
  B. Carbo (CIN)           20
  N. Colbert (SD)          20
  W. Mays (SF)             20
  R. Santo (CHI)           20
  B. Bonds (SF)            19
  B. Harrelson (NY)        19
  P. Rose (CIN)            19
  D. Allen (LA)            18
  B. Bailey (MON)          17

Strikeouts:

  C. Gaston (SD)           35
  W. Stargell (PIT)        33
  R. Freed (PHI)           30
  D. Johnson (PHI)         29
  T. Perez (CIN)           27
  D. Rader (HOU)           27
  B. Robertson (PIT)       27
  B. Bonds (SF)            25
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  D. Menke (HOU)           25


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