Wednesday May 26, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 26, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis       1528  210   432   71   14   28   204   37   21  141   204  .283
New York        1436  170   384   73   11   28   157   23   13  139   240  .267
Los Angeles     1520  176   402   56    9   21   169   23   15  145   204  .265
San Francisco   1562  208   409   59   10   48   198   24   11  188   266  .262
Pittsburgh      1484  181   386   58   15   37   170   17    5  127   243  .260
Atlanta         1563  173   398   56   10   48   161   19   19  133   194  .255
Chicago         1458  174   369   61    9   38   166   14    7  151   223  .253
Montreal        1193  131   298   47    8   21   117   11    8  132   187  .250
Cincinnati      1466  146   354   54    6   36   135   21    8  132   233  .242
Houston         1517  158   365   62   15   13   141   28   15  134   255  .241
San Diego       1538  154   369   53    9   33   147   15    5  145   276  .240
Philadelphia    1383  123   310   48    7   32   118   11    9  126   262  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Davis (LA)        44  174   26   66   9   4   0   21   4   2    4   12  .379
Lou Brock (STL)          43  177   40   65  13   1   2   14  19   7   14   26  .367
Ralph Garr (ATL)         45  190   35   69   7   3   5   14   9   7    7   15  .363
Glenn Beckert (CHI)      43  175   31   63   7   2   0   14   2   1    9    8  .360
Rusty Staub (MON)        37  131   27   46  11   0   4   18   3   1   20   11  .351
Willie Mays (SF)         39  134   28   47  11   1   9   30   5   1   24   28  .351
Joe Torre (STL)          44  166   31   57   5   1   7   34   0   1   17   18  .343
Felix Millan (ATL)       44  176   19   58   7   2   1   18   4   2   14    7  .330
Ted Simmons (STL)        39  140   17   46  12   3   0   21   0   2   16   16  .329
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   41  153   13   49  10   0   1   18   1   2    4    8  .320

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            45  190   35   69   7   3   5   14   9   7    7   15  .363
Felix Millan          44  176   19   58   7   2   1   18   4   2   14    7  .330
Orlando Cepeda        41  163   21   50   9   1  12   32   3   4   15   12  .307
Sonny Jackson         45  175   25   50  11   2   1    6   2   2   15   16  .286
Hank Aaron            42  142   26   39   7   0  14   33   1   0   24   14  .275
Clete Boyer           30   98   10   24   1   0   6   19   0   0    8   11  .245
Bob Didier            23   75    3   17   1   0   0    2   0   0    4   11  .227
Earl Williams         32   87    8   19   3   0   5   12   0   1    4   16  .218
Marty Perez           37  107    6   22   5   2   0    5   0   1    7   14  .206
Mike Lum              35   44    5    8   0   0   3    7   0   0    9    4  .182
Gil Garrido           26   52    1    9   0   0   0    3   0   1    5    7  .173
Dusty Baker           17   30    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    8  .167
Hal King              30   83    5   13   2   0   1    5   0   0   15   20  .157
Darrell Evans          4   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .091
Marv Staehle          12    9    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
Brock Davis            7   12    3    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .417
Glenn Beckert         43  175   31   63   7   2   0   14   2   1    9    8  .360
Ron Santo             43  150   23   46   6   0  10   34   2   0   24   29  .307
Billy Williams        44  167   27   49   7   1  11   26   0   2   22   16  .293
Joe Pepitone          34  114   11   33   5   1   4   15   0   0    7    9  .290
Randy Hundley          5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Jose Ortiz            29   81    8   23   7   0   0    3   1   2    4    7  .284
J. C. Martin          12   32    5    9   1   0   2    5   1   0    3    4  .281
Don Kessinger         44  171   23   42   4   4   0   10   6   2   17   12  .246
Chris Cannizzaro       6   21    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    2  .238
Jim Hickman           36  111   13   26   1   0   6   18   0   0   17   22  .234
Hector Torres          6    9    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .222
Johnny Callison       41  129   10   28   9   0   2   18   2   0   19   23  .217
Danny Breeden         13   35    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    8  .200
Hal Breeden           15   25    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    5  .120
Ernie Banks           10   17    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .118
Ken Rudolph           16   47    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    5   14  .085
Paul Popovich         15   24    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .042
Garry Jestadt          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Cleo James             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               31  109   17   35   2   0   8   17   0   0    7   23  .321
Woody Woodward        36   79    5   22   3   0   0    5   2   0    9   10  .279
Tommy Helms           43  159    8   43   7   0   0   18   2   1    3    9  .270
Jimmy Stewart         27   26    1    7   1   0   0    0   0   1    2    5  .269
Pete Rose             44  171   17   46   8   1   4    8   4   2   23   17  .269
Hal McRae             26   79    6   20   6   0   0    6   1   0    3    6  .253
Johnny Bench          44  172   33   43   6   0  14   25   2   0   16   32  .250
Dave Concepcion       32  104    6   26   1   3   1   11   4   3    6   13  .250
Al Ferrara             4    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .250
Bernie Carbo          34  108   10   25   7   1   1    7   2   1   23   29  .232
Tony Perez            43  175   21   39   4   1   6   23   1   0   14   31  .223
Ty Cline              25   50    8   11   1   0   0    1   2   0   15    9  .220
Angel Bravo            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Willie Smith          20   46    3    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    6  .196
Frank Duffy           13   16    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .188
Buddy Bradford        16   49    5    9   3   0   0    3   1   0    5    8  .184
Pat Corrales           5   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .182
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           15   17    2    7   2   1   0    2   0   0    2    4  .412
Jack Hiatt            18   38    6   15   2   0   0    4   0   0    9    8  .395
Jesus Alou            33  107   10   40   7   1   0    7   3   2    6    5  .374
Marty Martinez         8    7    2    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .286
Bob Watson            40  142   16   40   5   0   3   14   0   0   12    8  .282
Cesar Geronimo        30   15    2    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    8  .267
Denis Menke           41  145   16   37   7   1   0   12   1   2   21   28  .255
Joe Morgan            45  172   26   43  10   2   3   20  10   4   21   13  .250
Norm Miller           22   52    4   13   4   0   1    8   0   0    2    9  .250
Roger Metzger         45  179   19   42   4   2   0   10   5   3   10   19  .235
John Mayberry          6   22    5    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    3    6  .227
Jim Wynn              34  107    8   24   4   0   1   12   3   2   14   19  .224
Johnny Edwards        38  107    6   23   2   2   1   13   1   1    6   12  .215
Doug Rader            43  153   13   30   6   1   2   14   1   0   13   35  .196
Cesar Cedeno          44  138   18   25   6   3   1   14   3   1    9   34  .181
Larry Howard           4    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          44  174   26   66   9   4   0   21   4   2    4   12  .379
Willie Crawford       25   37    9   14   1   0   1    7   0   1    2    6  .378
Maury Wills           41  169   18   52   3   0   1   11   5   5    9   11  .308
Jim Lefebvre          28   82    7   25   1   1   3   18   0   0    6   10  .305
Manny Mota            27   73    6   22   3   0   0   10   1   2    7    5  .301
Duke Sims             29   83    7   24   5   1   2   11   0   1    9    8  .289
Tom Haller            21   43    8   12   1   0   1    7   0   0    8    5  .279
Wes Parker            45  169   21   46   8   0   3   24   2   0   19   18  .272
Bill Buckner          27   94   11   23   1   0   2    9   0   0    3    5  .245
Billy Grabarkewitz    20   51    4   12   4   0   0    5   1   0   11   12  .235
Steve Garvey          32  107   15   25   6   1   2   10   1   1   12   15  .234
Dick Allen            40  135   19   31   7   0   4   20   4   0   22   29  .230
Bill Russell          34  101   10   22   5   2   0    7   3   2   10   15  .218
Bobby Valentine       19   45    3    8   1   0   0    2   2   0    3    6  .178
Bill Sudakis          21   52    6    9   1   0   2    4   0   1    9   12  .173
Von Joshua             6    4    2    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           37  131   27   46  11   0   4   18   3   1   20   11  .351
Clyde Mashore         17   28    6    9   0   0   1    5   0   0    1    8  .321
Ron Fairly            33   91    9   27   6   0   2   13   0   1   21   12  .297
Coco Laboy            28   61    4   18   3   0   0    6   0   1    6   11  .295
Ron Brand             15   14    1    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    1  .286
Ron Hunt              34  122   21   34   2   2   1    6   3   0   17   12  .279
Ron Swoboda           24   49    6   13   2   3   0    5   0   0    7   10  .265
John Bateman          36  129    8   33   6   0   3   14   0   0    6   20  .256
Bob Bailey            33  110   12   26   4   1   3   22   3   0   24   25  .236
Jim Gosger            12   30    4    7   2   1   0    3   0   1    1    3  .233
John Boccabella       16   35    5    8   4   0   2    2   0   1    2    5  .229
Jim Fairey            22   47    5   10   2   0   0    4   1   1    4    3  .213
Gary Sutherland       13   24    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .208
Boots Day             27   78    7   16   0   1   1    4   0   1    6    8  .205
Bobby Wine            36  114    6   23   2   0   0    4   0   0    7   14  .202
Mack Jones            19   36    5    6   2   0   2    6   0   0    5    8  .167

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Kranepool          27   88   20   29   7   2   3   12   0   1    6    6  .330
Jerry Grote           40  138   17   42  12   0   1   12   0   3   13   16  .304
Bud Harrelson         41  165   21   49   5   3   0   11  12   1   21   16  .297
Tim Foli              27   88   14   25   7   2   0    9   1   0    7   11  .284
Cleon Jones           41  166   18   47   8   1   4   20   3   1   10   27  .283
Tommie Agee           36  143   18   40   7   0   6   18   4   4   14   29  .280
Dave Marshall         28   79   11   22   2   1   2   10   2   1   13   20  .279
Don Hahn              24   40    6   11   2   0   0    2   1   0    6   11  .275
Bob Aspromonte        38  141   12   38   6   1   5   22   0   1    8   10  .270
Donn Clendenon        25   91   12   24   4   0   5   12   0   1    8   20  .264
Ken Boswell           30   95   10   24   9   1   1   11   0   0    9    4  .253
Ken Singleton         23   56    4   11   0   0   1    5   0   0   12   17  .196
Duffy Dyer             5    8    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .125
Art Shamsky           21   26    1    3   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    1  .115
Al Weis                5    7    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Montanez       39  143   21   42   9   1   9   18   0   2   17   32  .294
Terry Harmon          13   27    2    7   1   1   0    6   0   0    3    4  .259
Bobby Pfeil            6    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Joe Lis               30   73    9   18   5   0   3    6   0   1   12   23  .247
Tim McCarver          35  123    8   30   3   0   2    9   2   0    6    6  .244
Larry Hisle           25   42    5   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    4   11  .238
Tony Taylor           28   89    7   21   1   1   1    5   2   2    9    8  .236
Roger Freed           41  137   10   32   6   1   2   12   0   0   18   38  .234
Denny Doyle           30   97    8   22   5   1   2   10   1   0    6    9  .227
Larry Bowa            42  169   14   38   5   1   0    7   6   3    7   11  .225
Deron Johnson         41  148   14   32   6   0   4   16   0   0   13   35  .216
Ron Stone             24   42    2    9   3   0   0    2   0   1    5    8  .214
Don Money             34  126    9   25   2   0   4   14   0   0    7   24  .198
Johnny Briggs         10   22    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    2  .182
Mike Ryan             11   37    5    5   0   1   3    4   0   0    2    7  .135
Byron Browne          20   19    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3   10  .105

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Sands          4    2    3    2   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    0 1.000
Manny Sanguillen      41  153   13   49  10   0   1   18   1   2    4    8  .320
Dave Cash             35  136   23   43   6   1   0    6   4   1   17   15  .316
Roberto Clemente      41  160   20   50   6   5   4   23   0   0    6   21  .313
Willie Stargell       35  129   23   39   4   0  15   38   0   0   11   41  .302
Bill Mazeroski        16   44    4   13   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    2  .296
Vic Davalillo         23   72   10   21   3   1   1    9   4   0    2    8  .292
Richie Hebner         36  134   16   38   8   3   3   21   0   1   15   15  .284
Bob Robertson         39  139   18   34   5   0   8   16   0   0   17   34  .245
Al Oliver             36  137    8   32   7   1   0    9   2   1    8   14  .234
Jackie Hernandez      22   65    6   15   3   0   1    6   0   0    5   13  .231
Gene Clines           23   48   10   10   2   1   0    4   2   0    7    7  .208
Gene Alley            33   91   12   18   2   3   1    5   3   0   13   11  .198
Jose Pagan            19   44    3    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    4   11  .159
Milt May              14   28    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    7  .143

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Barton            27   92   12   29   5   0   3    7   0   1    9   12  .315
Ivan Murrell          31   85    8   25   4   1   1    4   2   0    3   20  .294
Nate Colbert          45  151   24   44   8   1   8   25   0   0   24   24  .291
Larry Stahl           37  109   12   30   3   1   3   13   1   1    8   15  .275
Ollie Brown           44  159   10   43   8   0   3   17   0   0   16   24  .270
Cito Gaston           41  166   24   44   5   1   7   25   1   0    8   40  .265
Enzo Hernandez        37  151   12   40   3   3   0    5   4   2   16   12  .265
Garry Jestadt          2    8    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Don Mason             33   98   13   23   1   0   1    6   2   0    9    7  .235
Dave Campbell         44  161   23   36   7   1   5   15   3   1   15   31  .224
Ed Spiezio            25   80    5   16   3   1   1   12   1   0    8   14  .200
Chris Cannizzaro      21   63    2   12   1   0   1    8   0   0   11   10  .191
Angel Bravo           12   23    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .174
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
Fred Kendall           7   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .071
Tommy Dean            14   32    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    6  .031
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
Leron Lee              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Fran Healy             9   14    3    8   1   0   2    8   1   0    2    3  .571
Willie Mays           39  134   28   47  11   1   9   30   5   1   24   28  .351
Willie McCovey        35  124   17   39   3   0   8   24   0   2   20   14  .315
Bobby Bonds           41  168   41   50  10   3  11   24   8   2   23   31  .298
Dick Dietz            41  138   16   41   6   0   6   25   1   0   36   23  .297
Al Gallagher          41  139   17   39   5   0   2   15   0   1   16   20  .281
Chris Speier          42  169   21   47   4   1   2    7   0   0   15   23  .278
George Foster         34  100   11   27   5   0   3    8   0   1    5   24  .270
Tito Fuentes          39  152   11   40   6   1   0   10   4   0    7    8  .263
Ken Henderson         34  122   18   30   4   2   3   22   3   1   18   13  .246
Jimmy Rosario         23   47    7   10   1   1   0    2   2   3   10    9  .213
Hal Lanier            28   65    6   13   1   0   1    6   0   0    6    7  .200
Russ Gibson            3   13    0    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .154
Frank Johnson         23   34    4    3   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    6  .088
Bob Heise             11   10    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             16   18    1    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .389
Lou Brock             43  177   40   65  13   1   2   14  19   7   14   26  .367
Jerry McNertney       10   25    4    9   1   1   2    9   0   0    3    3  .360
Joe Torre             44  166   31   57   5   1   7   34   0   1   17   18  .343
Julian Javier         29   89   15   30   2   2   2   15   2   0    5    8  .337
Ted Simmons           39  140   17   46  12   3   0   21   0   2   16   16  .329
Matty Alou            41  172   16   55  12   2   0   20   3   4    8    5  .320
Jim Beauchamp         23   59   13   16   3   0   1    4   3   1    5    7  .271
Ted Sizemore          38  132   15   34   2   1   0   15   1   3   12    9  .258
Joe Hague             41  112   12   27   2   0   6   17   0   1   17   22  .241
Jose Cardenal         45  168   22   40   9   2   5   31   7   1   17   18  .238
Luis Melendez         27   36    9    8   1   0   0    4   2   0    2    6  .222
Dick Schofield        17   33    4    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .212
Leron Lee             17   19    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   1    3   10  .211
Dal Maxvill           36   62    5    8   1   1   0    3   0   0   11    8  .129

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  R. Garr (ATL)           190
  R. Metzger (HOU)        179
  L. Brock (STL)          177
  F. Millan (ATL)         176
  G. Beckert (CHI)        175
  S. Jackson (ATL)        175
  T. Perez (CIN)          175
  W. Davis (LA)           174
  M. Alou (STL)           172
  J. Bench (CIN)          172

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            41
  L. Brock (STL)           40
  R. Garr (ATL)            35
  J. Bench (CIN)           33
  G. Beckert (CHI)         31
  J. Torre (STL)           31
  W. Mays (SF)             28
  R. Staub (MON)           27
  B. Williams (CHI)        27
  H. Aaron (ATL)           26

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            69
  W. Davis (LA)            66
  L. Brock (STL)           65
  G. Beckert (CHI)         63
  F. Millan (ATL)          58
  J. Torre (STL)           57
  M. Alou (STL)            55
  M. Wills (LA)            52
  B. Bonds (SF)            50
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          50

Doubles:

  L. Brock (STL)           13
  M. Alou (STL)            12
  J. Grote (NY)            12
  T. Simmons (STL)         12
  S. Jackson (ATL)         11
  W. Mays (SF)             11
  R. Staub (MON)           11
  B. Bonds (SF)            10
  J. Morgan (HOU)          10
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      10

Triples:

  R. Clemente (PIT)         5
  W. Davis (LA)             4
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        4
  G. Alley (PIT)            3
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  B. Harrelson (NY)         3
  R. Hebner (PIT)           3

Home Runs:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        15
  H. Aaron (ATL)           14
  J. Bench (CIN)           14
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          12
  B. Bonds (SF)            11
  B. Williams (CHI)        11
  R. Santo (CHI)           10
  W. Mays (SF)              9
  W. Montanez (PHI)         9
  N. Colbert (SD)           8

RBI:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        38
  R. Santo (CHI)           34
  J. Torre (STL)           34
  H. Aaron (ATL)           33
  O. Cepeda (ATL)          32
  J. Cardenal (STL)        31
  W. Mays (SF)             30
  B. Williams (CHI)        26
  J. Bench (CIN)           25
  N. Colbert (SD)          25

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           19
  B. Harrelson (NY)        12
  J. Morgan (HOU)          10
  R. Garr (ATL)             9
  B. Bonds (SF)             8
  J. Cardenal (STL)         7
  L. Bowa (PHI)             6
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        6
  W. Mays (SF)              5
  R. Metzger (HOU)          5

Caught Stealing:

  L. Brock (STL)            7
  R. Garr (ATL)             7
  M. Wills (LA)             5
  T. Agee (NY)              4
  M. Alou (STL)             4
  O. Cepeda (ATL)           4
  J. Morgan (HOU)           4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  J. Grote (NY)             3

Walks:

  D. Dietz (SF)            36
  H. Aaron (ATL)           24
  B. Bailey (MON)          24
  N. Colbert (SD)          24
  W. Mays (SF)             24
  R. Santo (CHI)           24
  B. Bonds (SF)            23
  B. Carbo (CIN)           23
  P. Rose (CIN)            23
  D. Allen (LA)            22

Strikeouts:

  W. Stargell (PIT)        41
  C. Gaston (SD)           40
  R. Freed (PHI)           38
  D. Johnson (PHI)         35
  D. Rader (HOU)           35
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          34
  B. Robertson (PIT)       34
  J. Bench (CIN)           32
  W. Montanez (PHI)        32
  B. Bonds (SF)            31

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