Thursday April 26, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 26, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       444   73   134   18    5   20    69    0    1   38    53  .302
San Francisco    734  103   206   28    9   18    91   15    6   68   119  .281
Cincinnati       598   86   156   21    4   15    78   22    8   80    92  .261
Atlanta          599   63   149   21    5   16    61    6    4   58    78  .249
Chicago          566   63   139   19    1    8    56    5    7   69    75  .246
Philadelphia     490   59   120   19    6    5    53    3    7   51    92  .245
Los Angeles      657   58   155   25    1   11    54   11    6   48   105  .236
San Diego        621   55   144   20    1    7    54    5    3   58   114  .232
St. Louis        519   46   117   20    4    5    40    6    3   44    82  .225
Montreal         486   58   109   14    0   10    51    4    5   57    85  .224
Houston          711   76   157   31    9   15    73   12    8   61   128  .221
New York         527   50   108   20    2    9    47    2    5   70    85  .205

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Garry Maddox (SF)        19   77   12   30   2   3   1    9   5   2    2    9  .390
Ed Goodson (SF)          15   57    7   22   3   1   1    8   0   0    4    8  .386
Al Oliver (PIT)          12   52   10   20   5   1   2   11   0   0    2    2  .385
Joe Morgan (CIN)         18   66   14   23   4   2   4   16  10   2   13    4  .349
Bob Watson (HOU)         21   75   10   26   5   1   1   13   1   1   11   11  .347
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   12   55    9   19   3   2   1    5   0   0    0    3  .346
Tito Fuentes (SF)        21   92   12   31   3   1   1    5   5   1    3    8  .337
Ted Sizemore (STL)       15   54    6   18   4   0   0    9   1   1    6    4  .333
Jose Cardenal (CHI)      16   61   14   20   5   0   1    7   1   1    8    8  .328
John Milner (NY)         16   52   11   17   1   0   5   13   0   1   12    9  .327

 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
Mike Lum              12   29    5    9   1   0   2    7   0   0    1    6  .310
Johnny Oates          17   62    5   19   2   0   2    6   0   2    4    5  .307
Dusty Baker           17   69   13   20   2   0   2    6   3   0    6    5  .290
Davey Johnson         17   63    5   18   3   0   1    5   0   0   10    6  .286
Rod Gilbreath         17   59    5   16   1   1   0    2   1   1    3    8  .271
Marty Perez           17   54    4   14   4   2   1    8   0   1    7    6  .259
Darrell Evans         17   62    9   15   4   1   4   11   0   0    8   10  .242
Ralph Garr            16   76    6   16   2   1   0    2   2   0    2    6  .211
Oscar Brown            6   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .182
Hank Aaron            15   45    8    6   1   0   4    7   0   0   14    7  .133
Larvell Blanks         7    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Sonny Jackson          7    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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
Carmen Fanzone         2    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500
Jose Cardenal         16   61   14   20   5   0   1    7   1   1    8    8  .328
Ron Santo             16   59    8   19   3   0   3   10   0   1    9    7  .322
Billy Williams        17   64   11   19   2   0   0    6   1   0    7    9  .297
Paul Popovich          4   14    4    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .286
Gene Hiser            11    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .286
Joe Pepitone          15   52    5   14   2   0   1   11   0   0    3    4  .269
Glenn Beckert         15   58    2   15   4   0   0    7   0   0    7    1  .259
Rick Monday           14   51    8   13   1   0   3    5   0   3   13   10  .255
Don Kessinger         17   55    2   13   0   0   0    3   0   1    7    3  .236
Cleo James             5   13    2    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .231
Ken Rudolph            4   14    1    3   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    3  .214
Randy Hundley         15   49    0    7   1   0   0    2   0   1    3    0  .143
Jim Hickman           10   21    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .143
Adrian Garrett         4    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .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              4    3    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .667
Larry Stahl            7    7    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .429
Dave Concepcion       13   48    9   19   2   1   2   14   2   0    3    8  .396
Joe Morgan            18   66   14   23   4   2   4   16  10   2   13    4  .349
Pete Rose             18   71   11   23   3   1   0    6   1   2    8    6  .324
Tony Perez            18   66    9   21   3   0   3   10   1   0    7    9  .318
Bobby Tolan           16   65    7   18   2   0   1    7   5   3    3    6  .277
Phil Gagliano          9   22    3    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .273
Denis Menke           15   35    4    9   2   0   0    4   0   0    9    9  .257
Cesar Geronimo        18   64    9   15   3   0   1    5   3   0    1   12  .234
Bill Plummer           2    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .200
Johnny Bench          18   61    7   11   1   0   3    9   0   1   17   15  .180
Richie Scheinblum      7   12    2    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    1  .083
Darrel Chaney         10   23    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .044
Gene Locklear          7    4    4    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            21   75   10   26   5   1   1   13   1   1   11   11  .347
Cesar Cedeno          21   77   10   23  10   1   2    9   7   2   11   14  .299
Tommie Agee           14   36    3   10   0   1   0    0   0   2    3    8  .278
Jim Wynn              21   85   16   21   4   1   6   13   2   2    7   17  .247
Tommy Helms           21   81    8   20   1   1   0    5   1   0    6    6  .247
Johnny Edwards        16   53    5   12   3   2   1    8   0   0    3    5  .226
Doug Rader            21   73    7   16   2   0   4   11   0   1   11   17  .219
Lee May               15   54    5    9   3   0   1    4   0   0    1   11  .167
Larry Howard          10   24    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .167
Hector Torres          5    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125
Roger Metzger         20   68    3    6   0   2   0    5   1   0    3    9  .088
Bob Gallagher          7    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .000
Jesus Alou             4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Norm Miller            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Jimmy Stewart          4    3    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
Joe Ferguson          19   70   10   21   6   0   4   11   0   1   11   11  .300
Manny Mota             7   21    1    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Bill Buckner          19   80    8   21   3   0   1    5   3   0    2    5  .263
Willie Davis          19   79   12   20   3   1   4   13   2   1    2    7  .253
Bill Russell          19   75    6   18   3   0   0    1   1   0    1    9  .240
Ron Cey               17   51    1   12   1   0   1    7   0   0    4   10  .235
Steve Garvey          13   35    0    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .229
Lee Lacy              18   64    5   14   1   0   0    3   0   2    8   17  .219
Davey Lopes           10   10    3    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    4    3  .200
Willie Crawford       17   56    8   10   3   0   0    4   3   1    9   10  .179
Tom Paciorek          10   22    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .136
Chris Cannizzaro       1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Paul Powell            2    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              7    6    2    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .500
Ron Fairly            13   34    9   14   2   0   3    7   0   1   16    0  .412
Ron Woods              9   14    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .357
Hal Breeden            5   13    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .308
John Boccabella       12   37    2   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    0    5  .270
Ron Hunt              12   40    7   10   0   0   0    1   1   2    5    4  .250
Tim Foli              15   63    6   14   1   0   1    5   2   0    2    8  .222
Ken Singleton         15   45    8   10   0   0   1    6   0   1   10    8  .222
Jorge Roque           14   47    7    9   2   0   1    6   1   1    2   14  .192
Mike Jorgensen        11   38    3    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    6  .184
Pepe Frias             9   28    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .179
Coco Laboy            11   23    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    5    7  .174
Terry Humphrey         7   18    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .167
Pepe Mangual           9   23    1    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    9  .130
Bob Bailey            10   19    2    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    3  .105
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
Ted Martinez           9   21    4    7   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    5  .333
Jim Beauchamp          3    6    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .333
Ken Boswell            5    6    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
John Milner           16   52   11   17   1   0   5   13   0   1   12    9  .327
Wayne Garrett         10   23    1    7   3   0   0    2   1   1    5    3  .304
Ed Kranepool           7   14    2    4   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    1  .286
Jerry Grote            7   20    1    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .250
Cleon Jones           11   37    4    9   1   0   2    6   0   0    3    7  .243
Jim Fregosi           11   31    1    7   2   0   0    3   0   1    6    8  .226
George Theodore        7   18    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .222
Bud Harrelson         14   51    3   10   1   0   0    0   1   1    7    8  .196
Rusty Staub           17   57    6    9   2   0   2    3   0   0   11    3  .158
Felix Millan          17   64    7   10   3   1   0    1   0   0    6    5  .156
Duffy Dyer            12   38    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .132
Rich Chiles            8   25    2    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .120
Willie Mays            8   25    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .040

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Robinson         14   36    8   12   6   0   1    6   1   0    2    6  .333
Del Unser              9   25    2    8   0   0   0    2   0   3    1    2  .320
Larry Bowa            15   60    7   19   1   1   0    8   1   1    5    5  .317
Tommy Hutton           8   20    4    6   1   0   0    5   1   0    0    1  .300
Denny Doyle           11   31    6    9   1   1   0    1   0   0    6    6  .290
Terry Harmon           7   14    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .286
Mike Ryan              5   14    4    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    5  .286
Bob Boone             10   35    4    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    0  .257
Greg Luzinski         15   55    5   14   3   1   0    1   0   0    3   15  .255
Willie Montanez       15   55    4   13   0   1   1   10   0   2    8   12  .236
Mike Schmidt           5   18    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    8  .222
Cesar Tovar            9   34    5    7   2   1   0    2   0   0    5    2  .206
Mike Anderson          9   10    3    2   0   0   1    3   0   1    2    1  .200
Deron Johnson         12   36    3    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    5   10  .167
Jose Pagan             7   13    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .077
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
Willie Stargell       11   41   13   16   1   0   6   14   0   0    7    9  .390
Al Oliver             12   52   10   20   5   1   2   11   0   0    2    2  .385
Manny Sanguillen      12   55    9   19   3   2   1    5   0   0    0    3  .346
Vic Davalillo          7   10    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .300
Milt May              11   44    5   13   0   0   2    8   0   0    4    3  .296
Gene Alley            12   41    7   12   2   0   2    8   0   0    7    7  .293
Bob Robertson         12   47    9   13   2   0   3    7   0   0    7    8  .277
Dave Cash              6   26    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   1    2    3  .269
Richie Hebner         12   45    6   12   4   0   1    5   0   0    7    1  .267
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         13   27    3   10   4   0   0    2   0   1    4    4  .370
Cito Gaston           15   48    5   15   1   0   2    7   0   0    3   11  .313
Leron Lee             18   65    7   18   0   0   1    6   2   0   11   14  .277
Derrel Thomas         17   51    4   14   2   0   0    2   2   0    8    6  .275
Fred Kendall          16   53    5   14   4   1   1    7   0   0    3    3  .264
Dave Campbell          9   20    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .250
Nate Colbert          19   69    6   16   2   0   1    8   0   2    9   19  .232
Johnny Grubb          13   41    5    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    1   10  .220
Jerry Morales         18   41    4    9   2   0   2    7   0   0    3    7  .220
Dave Hilton           19   66    7   14   3   0   0    5   0   0    5    7  .212
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          4    1    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Garry Maddox          19   77   12   30   2   3   1    9   5   2    2    9  .390
Ed Goodson            15   57    7   22   3   1   1    8   0   0    4    8  .386
Tito Fuentes          21   92   12   31   3   1   1    5   5   1    3    8  .337
Mike Sadek             3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Chris Speier          21   87   14   26   4   0   3   13   1   1    8   16  .299
Willie McCovey        20   57    9   16   2   0   5   14   0   0   18   10  .281
Bobby Bonds           21   92   18   25   7   1   4   12   3   2    6   23  .272
Gary Thomasson        15   48    5   13   0   1   1    9   0   0    3    7  .271
Gary Matthews         15   37    2   10   1   2   0    3   0   0    4    5  .270
Al Gallagher           5    9    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .222
Dave Rader            21   70    8   15   4   0   0    6   0   0    8    5  .214
Jim Howarth            6    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Dave Kingman          16   36    5    5   1   0   1    2   1   0    4   12  .139
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          15   54    6   18   4   0   0    9   1   1    6    4  .333
Luis Melendez         10   19    2    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    2    5  .316
Joe Torre             15   56    5   17   1   0   1    8   0   0    5    8  .304
Bill Stein             8   10    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .300
Jose Cruz             15   57    9   16   4   1   2    5   0   0    5    8  .281
Tim McCarver          11   19    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .263
Dwain Anderson         5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ted Simmons           15   57    2   13   2   1   0    4   0   0    6    5  .228
Lou Brock             14   63    6   14   3   0   0    3   3   1    2    6  .222
Bobby Fenwick          2    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .200
Ken Reitz             14   52    2    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .173
Bernie Carbo          11   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             15   44    5    5   2   1   1    2   0   0    2   14  .114
Mike Tyson             5    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Bonds (SF)            92
  T. Fuentes (SF)          92
  C. Speier (SF)           87
  J. Wynn (HOU)            85
  T. Helms (HOU)           81
  B. Buckner (LA)          80
  W. Davis (LA)            79
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          77
  G. Maddox (SF)           77
  R. Garr (ATL)            76

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            18
  J. Wynn (HOU)            16
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        14
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  C. Speier (SF)           14
  D. Baker (ATL)           13
  W. Stargell (PIT)        13
  W. Davis (LA)            12
  T. Fuentes (SF)          12
  G. Maddox (SF)           12

Hits:

  T. Fuentes (SF)          31
  G. Maddox (SF)           30
  C. Speier (SF)           26
  B. Watson (HOU)          26
  B. Bonds (SF)            25
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          23
  J. Morgan (CIN)          23
  P. Rose (CIN)            23
  E. Goodson (SF)          22
  B. Buckner (LA)          21

Doubles:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  J. Ferguson (LA)          6
  B. Robinson (PHI)         6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  A. Oliver (PIT)           5
  B. Watson (HOU)           5
  G. Beckert (CHI)          4
  J. Cruz (STL)             4
  D. Evans (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:

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

RBI:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  W. McCovey (SF)          14
  W. Stargell (PIT)        14
  W. Davis (LA)            13
  J. Milner (NY)           13
  C. Speier (SF)           13
  B. Watson (HOU)          13
  J. Wynn (HOU)            13
  B. Bonds (SF)            12

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          10
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  T. Fuentes (SF)           5
  G. Maddox (SF)            5
  B. Tolan (CIN)            5
  D. Baker (ATL)            3
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  L. Brock (STL)            3
  B. Buckner (LA)           3
  W. Crawford (LA)          3

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  W. McCovey (SF)          18
  J. Bench (CIN)           17
  R. Fairly (MON)          16
  H. Aaron (ATL)           14
  R. Monday (CHI)          13
  J. Morgan (CIN)          13
  J. Milner (NY)           12
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          11
  J. Ferguson (LA)         11
  L. Lee (SD)              11

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SF)            23
  N. Colbert (SD)          19
  L. Lacy (LA)             17
  D. Rader (HOU)           17
  J. Wynn (HOU)            17
  C. Speier (SF)           16
  J. Bench (CIN)           15
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        15
  R. Busse (STL)           14
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          14

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