Monday April 23, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       411   68   126   15    5   19    64    0    1   34    48  .307
San Francisco    623   87   175   26    9   16    78   13    5   60    89  .281
Cincinnati       542   77   144   20    4   14    71   20    7   65    78  .266
Chicago          464   58   115   14    1    6    53    5    6   62    64  .248
Los Angeles      590   53   144   23    0   11    51    7    5   39    99  .244
Philadelphia     421   55   102   19    6    5    49    3    7   49    77  .242
Atlanta          534   47   124   17    4   14    45    2    4   52    71  .232
St. Louis        449   41   102   18    3    4    36    5    3   40    73  .227
San Diego        582   48   132   19    0    6    47    4    3   55   103  .227
Montreal         419   47    93   11    0   10    40    3    4   53    76  .222
Houston          618   69   137   23    8   13    66   11    8   53   113  .222
New York         428   41    87   18    2    7    38    1    4   55    75  .203

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Oliver (PIT)          11   48    9   19   5   1   2   11   0   0    2    2  .396
Ed Goodson (SF)          14   56    7   22   3   1   1    8   0   0    4    7  .393
Garry Maddox (SF)        18   72   10   27   1   3   1    9   4   2    2    8  .375
Jose Cardenal (CHI)      14   56   14   20   5   0   1    7   1   1    5    7  .357
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   11   51    8   18   3   2   1    5   0   0    0    3  .353
Ted Sizemore (STL)       13   49    6   17   3   0   0    8   1   1    6    4  .347
Pete Rose (CIN)          16   67   10   23   3   1   0    6   1   1    6    4  .343
John Milner (NY)         14   44   10   15   0   0   5   11   0   1   11    8  .341
Tito Fuentes (SF)        18   80    8   27   3   1   1    5   4   1    2    6  .338
Joe Morgan (CIN)         16   57   12   19   3   2   3   13   9   2   13    2  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dick Dietz             6    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Johnny Oates          15   53    4   16   2   0   1    2   0   2    4    5  .302
Davey Johnson         15   56    4   16   3   0   1    3   0   0    9    6  .286
Rod Gilbreath         15   58    5   16   1   1   0    2   1   1    3    8  .276
Mike Lum              10   23    3    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    0    4  .261
Dusty Baker           15   62   10   16   2   0   2    6   1   0    5    5  .258
Marty Perez           15   49    3   12   4   2   1    7   0   1    6    5  .245
Darrell Evans         15   54    8   13   3   0   4    9   0   0    8    8  .241
Oscar Brown            6   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .182
Ralph Garr            14   68    4   12   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .177
Sonny Jackson          6    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .143
Hank Aaron            13   38    6    5   1   0   4    7   0   0   13    6  .132
Larvell Blanks         7    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Paul Casanova          3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jose Cardenal         14   56   14   20   5   0   1    7   1   1    5    7  .357
Gene Hiser            10    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .333
Billy Williams        14   52   11   17   2   0   0    6   1   0    7    8  .327
Ron Santo             13   47    5   15   3   0   1    8   0   1    9    7  .319
Paul Popovich          3   10    4    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .300
Joe Pepitone          13   44    5   11   1   0   1   11   0   0    3    3  .250
Glenn Beckert         12   46    2   11   2   0   0    6   0   0    5    1  .239
Don Kessinger         14   47    2   11   0   0   0    3   0   1    7    3  .234
Rick Monday           12   43    8   10   0   0   3    5   0   2   12    8  .233
Cleo James             4    9    2    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    0    1  .222
Ken Rudolph            3   10    1    2   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    3  .200
Randy Hundley         12   41    0    7   1   0   0    2   0   1    3    0  .171
Jim Hickman            7   15    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .067
Adrian Garrett         3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Carmen Fanzone         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Tony Larussa           1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Hague              3    3    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .667
Larry Stahl            5    4    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500
Dave Concepcion       11   40    8   16   2   1   2   14   1   0    2    6  .400
Pete Rose             16   67   10   23   3   1   0    6   1   1    6    4  .343
Joe Morgan            16   57   12   19   3   2   3   13   9   2   13    2  .333
Tony Perez            16   61    8   20   3   0   3   10   1   0    4    9  .328
Phil Gagliano          8   20    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .300
Bobby Tolan           16   65    7   18   2   0   1    7   5   3    3    6  .277
Denis Menke           13   30    4    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    8    7  .267
Cesar Geronimo        16   57    9   14   3   0   1    4   3   0    1    9  .246
Bill Plummer           2    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .200
Johnny Bench          16   53    7   10   1   0   3    7   0   1   16   14  .189
Richie Scheinblum      6   10    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .100
Darrel Chaney         10   23    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .044
Gene Locklear          6    4    3    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Bob Barton             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Watson            18   64    8   21   2   1   1   12   1   1   10   11  .328
Cesar Cedeno          18   67    9   20   8   1   2    7   6   2   10   13  .299
Tommie Agee           11   25    2    7   0   1   0    0   0   2    2    4  .280
Jim Wynn              18   74   16   20   3   1   6   12   2   2    7   16  .270
Tommy Helms           18   70    7   17   1   0   0    5   1   0    5    6  .243
Johnny Edwards        15   50    5   12   3   2   1    8   0   0    3    4  .240
Doug Rader            18   65    5   13   1   0   2    9   0   1    8   17  .200
Larry Howard           8   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .177
Lee May               13   52    5    9   3   0   1    4   0   0    1   10  .173
Hector Torres          4    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125
Roger Metzger         17   59    3    5   0   2   0    4   1   0    3    6  .085
Bob Gallagher          7    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .000
Norm Miller            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Jesus Alou             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jimmy Stewart          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken McMullen           6   19    0    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .368
Von Joshua            10   24    3    8   0   0   1    6   1   1    2    1  .333
Manny Mota             6   17    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .294
Joe Ferguson          17   62    8   18   6   0   4   11   0   0   10   10  .290
Bill Buckner          17   73    7   20   3   0   1    5   2   0    1    4  .274
Willie Davis          17   70   12   19   3   0   4   12   2   1    2    6  .271
Bill Russell          17   66    6   17   3   0   0    1   1   0    1    8  .258
Steve Garvey          12   34    0    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .235
Lee Lacy              16   62    5   14   1   0   0    3   0   2    8   17  .226
Willie Crawford       15   50    7   10   3   0   0    4   1   1    7   10  .200
Ron Cey               15   45    1    9   0   0   1    6   0   0    2    9  .200
Davey Lopes            8    5    3    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .200
Tom Paciorek           8   17    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .177
Chris Cannizzaro       1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Paul Powell            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Steve Yeager           2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Boots Day              5    4    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500
Ron Fairly            11   30    7   12   2   0   3    6   0   0   15    0  .400
Hal Breeden            4   10    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .400
Ron Woods              7    9    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .333
John Boccabella       10   32    1    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    5  .281
Ron Hunt              10   32    7    8   0   0   0    0   1   2    5    3  .250
Tim Foli              13   54    4   12   1   0   1    5   1   0    2    8  .222
Jorge Roque           12   40    7    8   2   0   1    6   1   1    2   12  .200
Mike Jorgensen         9   35    2    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .200
Terry Humphrey         6   16    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .188
Pepe Frias             7   22    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .182
Ken Singleton         13   40    7    7   0   0   1    5   0   1   10    8  .175
Coco Laboy            11   23    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    5    7  .174
Pepe Mangual           8   20    1    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    7  .150
Bob Bailey             8   18    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .111
Bob Stinson            1    0    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
Jim Beauchamp          1    1    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ken Boswell            4    5    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .400
John Milner           14   44   10   15   0   0   5   11   0   1   11    8  .341
Ed Kranepool           6   11    2    3   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    1  .273
Ted Martinez           6   11    4    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .273
Wayne Garrett          7   19    1    5   3   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .263
Jim Fregosi            9   28    1    7   2   0   0    3   0   1    5    7  .250
Jerry Grote            5   12    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Cleon Jones           11   37    4    9   1   0   2    6   0   0    3    7  .243
Bud Harrelson         12   44    2    9   1   0   0    0   1   1    5    7  .205
George Theodore        4   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .200
Felix Millan          14   49    6    9   3   1   0    1   0   0    6    5  .184
Duffy Dyer            11   35    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    7  .143
Rich Chiles            7   22    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .136
Rusty Staub           14   45    3    5   2   0   0    1   0   0   10    3  .111
Willie Mays            6   22    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .046

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Robinson         13   32    7   10   6   0   1    6   1   0    2    6  .313
Larry Bowa            13   52    6   16   1   1   0    8   1   1    5    4  .308
Terry Harmon           6   13    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .308
Tommy Hutton           8   20    4    6   1   0   0    5   1   0    0    1  .300
Mike Ryan              5   14    4    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    5  .286
Del Unser              7   18    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   3    1    1  .278
Mike Schmidt           3   11    1    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    5  .273
Greg Luzinski         13   50    5   13   3   1   0    1   0   0    3   11  .260
Bob Boone              8   28    4    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    0  .250
Denny Doyle            9   24    5    6   1   1   0    1   0   0    6    6  .250
Mike Anderson          8    8    3    2   0   0   1    3   0   1    2    1  .250
Cesar Tovar            8   30    5    7   2   1   0    2   0   0    5    2  .233
Willie Montanez       13   47    3   10   0   1   1    9   0   2    8   12  .213
Deron Johnson         10   31    3    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    5    7  .194
Jose Pagan             6   12    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .083
Larry Cox              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chuck Goggin           1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Fernando Gonzalez      1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Dave Parker            1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Gene Clines            5    5    2    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    1  .400
Al Oliver             11   48    9   19   5   1   2   11   0   0    2    2  .396
Willie Stargell       10   39   11   15   1   0   5   13   0   0    5    9  .385
Manny Sanguillen      11   51    8   18   3   2   1    5   0   0    0    3  .353
Dave Cash              5   21    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .333
Vic Davalillo          6    9    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Milt May              10   41    5   13   0   0   2    8   0   0    3    2  .317
Bob Robertson         11   43    9   13   2   0   3    7   0   0    7    6  .302
Gene Alley            11   37    7    9   0   0   2    6   0   0    7    7  .243
Richie Hebner         11   42    5   10   3   0   1    3   0   0    6    1  .238
Rennie Stennett        8   35    4    8   0   1   2    5   0   0    1    4  .229
Richie Zisk            2    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Jackie Hernandez       2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dal Maxvill            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pat Corrales           2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Dave Marshall         12   26    3   10   4   0   0    2   0   1    4    3  .385
Cito Gaston           14   43    4   13   1   0   2    6   0   0    3   10  .302
Leron Lee             17   61    5   16   0   0   0    5   2   0   10   14  .262
Derrel Thomas         16   47    4   12   2   0   0    1   1   0    7    6  .255
Fred Kendall          15   48    4   12   4   0   1    6   0   0    3    3  .250
Jerry Morales         17   37    3    9   2   0   2    7   0   0    2    4  .243
Nate Colbert          18   64    5   15   2   0   1    7   0   2    9   17  .234
Johnny Grubb          13   41    5    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    1   10  .220
Dave Hilton           18   62    7   13   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    6  .210
Dave Campbell          8   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .188
Enzo Hernandez        17   54    4   10   0   0   0    4   1   0    4    1  .185
Ivan Murrell          11   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .154
Dave Roberts          11   22    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .091
Bob Davis              5   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .091

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Phillips          3    1    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ed Goodson            14   56    7   22   3   1   1    8   0   0    4    7  .393
Garry Maddox          18   72   10   27   1   3   1    9   4   2    2    8  .375
Tito Fuentes          18   80    8   27   3   1   1    5   4   1    2    6  .338
Mike Sadek             3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bobby Bonds           18   79   16   23   7   1   4   12   3   1    5   17  .291
Chris Speier          18   74   10   21   3   0   2   10   1   1    7   12  .284
Willie McCovey        17   47    9   13   2   0   5   12   0   0   15    7  .277
Gary Matthews         13   30    2    8   1   2   0    3   0   0    4    4  .267
Dave Rader            18   57    8   13   4   0   0    6   0   0    7    5  .228
Al Gallagher           5    9    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .222
Gary Thomasson        12   35    4    7   0   1   1    4   0   0    2    4  .200
Jim Howarth            6    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Dave Kingman          13   23    4    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    4    7  .130
Jim Ray Hart           5    3    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .000
Chris Arnold           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Damaso Blanco          6    0    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
Ted Sizemore          13   49    6   17   3   0   0    8   1   1    6    4  .347
Joe Torre             13   48    4   16   1   0   1    8   0   0    5    7  .333
Bill Stein             7    9    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .333
Tim McCarver           9   10    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .300
Jose Cruz             13   49    9   14   4   1   2    4   0   0    5    8  .286
Luis Melendez          9   18    2    5   1   0   0    1   1   1    2    5  .278
Ted Simmons           13   50    2   13   2   1   0    4   0   0    5    5  .260
Dwain Anderson         5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Lou Brock             12   54    5   10   2   0   0    3   2   1    2    4  .185
Ken Reitz             12   44    2    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .182
Bernie Carbo          10   30    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .167
Ed Crosby              7   13    2    2   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .154
Ray Busse             13   37    4    4   2   0   1    2   0   0    1   13  .108
Mike Tyson             5    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bobby Fenwick          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)          80
  B. Bonds (SF)            79
  C. Speier (SF)           74
  J. Wynn (HOU)            74
  B. Buckner (LA)          73
  G. Maddox (SF)           72
  W. Davis (LA)            70
  T. Helms (HOU)           70
  R. Garr (ATL)            68
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          67

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            16
  J. Wynn (HOU)            16
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        14
  W. Davis (LA)            12
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  W. Stargell (PIT)        11
  B. Williams (CHI)        11
  D. Baker (ATL)           10
  G. Maddox (SF)           10
  J. Milner (NY)           10

Hits:

  T. Fuentes (SF)          27
  G. Maddox (SF)           27
  B. Bonds (SF)            23
  P. Rose (CIN)            23
  E. Goodson (SF)          22
  C. Speier (SF)           21
  B. Watson (HOU)          21
  B. Buckner (LA)          20
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        20
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          20

Doubles:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  J. Ferguson (LA)          6
  B. Robinson (PHI)         6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  A. Oliver (PIT)           5
  J. Cruz (STL)             4
  F. Kendall (SD)           4
  D. Marshall (SD)          4
  M. Perez (ATL)            4

Triples:

  G. Maddox (SF)            3
  J. Edwards (HOU)          2
  G. Matthews (SF)          2
  R. Metzger (HOU)          2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  M. Perez (ATL)            2
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       2
  T. Agee (HOU)             1
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1

Home Runs:

  J. Wynn (HOU)             6
  W. McCovey (SF)           5
  J. Milner (NY)            5
  W. Stargell (PIT)         5
  H. Aaron (ATL)            4
  B. Bonds (SF)             4
  W. Davis (LA)             4
  D. Evans (ATL)            4
  J. Ferguson (LA)          4
  J. Bench (CIN)            3

RBI:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  J. Morgan (CIN)          13
  W. Stargell (PIT)        13
  B. Bonds (SF)            12
  W. Davis (LA)            12
  W. McCovey (SF)          12
  B. Watson (HOU)          12
  J. Wynn (HOU)            12
  J. Ferguson (LA)         11
  J. Milner (NY)           11

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  B. Tolan (CIN)            5
  T. Fuentes (SF)           4
  G. Maddox (SF)            4
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         3
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  B. Buckner (LA)           2
  W. Davis (LA)             2

Caught Stealing:

  B. Tolan (CIN)            3
  D. Unser (PHI)            3
  T. Agee (HOU)             2
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  N. Colbert (SD)           2
  R. Hunt (MON)             2
  L. Lacy (LA)              2
  G. Maddox (SF)            2
  R. Monday (CHI)           2
  W. Montanez (PHI)         2

Walks:

  J. Bench (CIN)           16
  R. Fairly (MON)          15
  W. McCovey (SF)          15
  H. Aaron (ATL)           13
  J. Morgan (CIN)          13
  R. Monday (CHI)          12
  J. Milner (NY)           11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  J. Ferguson (LA)         10
  L. Lee (SD)              10

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SF)            17
  N. Colbert (SD)          17
  L. Lacy (LA)             17
  D. Rader (HOU)           17
  J. Wynn (HOU)            16
  J. Bench (CIN)           14
  L. Lee (SD)              14
  R. Busse (STL)           13
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  W. Montanez (PHI)        12

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