Tuesday April 16, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 16, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        399   56   122   14    4    7    48    9    3   33    38  .306
Houston          383   51   111   20    2    7    50    8    1   22    45  .290
Los Angeles      383   67   110   19    2    8    63   13    4   51    60  .287
Cincinnati       327   49    90   16    2    9    45    7    4   45    54  .275
Philadelphia     302   37    82   14    2    3    33    6    4   21    69  .272
Montreal         192   38    52   10    1    2    34    1    0   31    29  .271
New York         273   31    73    7    0    5    26    3    2   33    32  .267
Pittsburgh       343   45    90   19    1   10    42    3    3   38    54  .262
Chicago          191   27    46    7    0    4    25    3    6   40    29  .241
Atlanta          357   53    81   11    1   10    45    1    3   46    57  .227
San Francisco    347   38    78   12    3    7    34    5    4   37    50  .225
San Diego        357   22    80    8    2    1    20    1    2   27    61  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Parker (PIT)         9   36    3   16   4   0   1    6   0   1    2   10  .444
Ron Cey (LA)             11   40    6   16   2   0   0   11   0   0    5    6  .400
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       11   46   11   18   6   0   1   13   6   0    0    3  .391
Ken Reitz (STL)          11   41    5   16   3   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .390
Richie Hebner (PIT)       9   39    9   15   5   0   3    7   0   2    7    1  .385
Pete Rose (CIN)           9   42    8   16   5   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .381
Felix Millan (NY)         8   30    5   11   0   0   0    1   1   0    6    3  .367
Derrel Thomas (SD)       10   34    3   12   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    4  .353
Dusty Baker (ATL)        10   37    8   13   3   0   0    2   1   1    4    8  .351
Reggie Smith (STL)       11   46    6   16   3   1   2    7   1   1    6    3  .348

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Perez            5    9    5    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .444
Dusty Baker           10   37    8   13   3   0   0    2   1   1    4    8  .351
Ivan Murrell           4    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Frank Tepedino         5    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .333
Ralph Garr            11   46    2   14   2   1   0    5   0   2    2    4  .304
Davey Johnson         11   28   10    8   2   0   2    6   0   0   13    4  .286
Johnny Oates          10   29    3    8   1   0   0    4   0   0    4    5  .276
Darrell Evans         10   35    6    7   1   0   2    6   0   0    7    5  .200
Craig Robinson        10   31    4    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .194
Mike Lum              11   44    8    8   0   0   2    6   0   0    1    7  .182
Hank Aaron             7   21    5    3   0   0   3    6   0   0    4    4  .143
Rowland Office        10   16    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .125
Vic Correll            4   11    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Norm Miller            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Leo Foster             5    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Mitterwald      4   12    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    3  .417
Jose Cardenal          6   24    4    7   0   0   1    4   0   1    2    2  .292
Bill Madlock           6   24    2    7   1   0   0    2   1   1    1    3  .292
Billy Williams         6   21    5    6   2   0   2    9   0   2    6    4  .286
Don Kessinger          5   11    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .273
Rick Monday            6   21    5    5   2   0   0    1   1   0    8    1  .238
Jerry Morales          6   23    5    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    5  .217
Vic Harris             6   22    3    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    6    1  .182
Dave Rosello           3    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .111
Tom Lundstedt          3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .000
Chris Ward             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Matt Alexander         2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Adrian Garrett         2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Andre Thornton         1    0    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
Phil Gagliano          2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Pete Rose              9   42    8   16   5   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .381
George Foster          6   11    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .364
Joe Morgan             9   34    3   11   0   0   0    2   3   2    9    2  .324
Merv Rettenmund        8   31    8   10   1   0   2    7   1   0    5    7  .323
Dave Concepcion        9   38    7   12   6   0   2    8   2   0    1    8  .316
Tony Perez             9   33    6    9   1   0   3    9   0   0    6    5  .273
Dan Driessen           9   38    4   10   2   0   0    7   1   0    4    7  .263
Johnny Bench           9   33    7    7   0   0   2    2   0   1    9    4  .212
Andy Kosco             6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Cesar Geronimo         7   11    2    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .182
Ken Griffey            8   23    1    3   0   1   0    3   0   1    2    9  .130
Terry Crowley          6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Darrel Chaney          5    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bill Plummer           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Greg Gross             8   24    5   12   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .500
Denis Menke            5    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Cesar Cedeno          11   46   11   18   6   0   1   13   6   0    0    3  .391
Lee May               11   37    5   11   1   0   2    7   0   0    4    5  .297
Bob Watson            11   42    6   12   1   1   1    8   0   1    3    4  .286
Tommy Helms           10   35    3   10   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .286
Doug Rader            11   39    2   11   2   0   1    8   1   0    5    8  .282
Roger Metzger         11   43    9   12   3   1   0    0   1   0    4    4  .279
Ollie Brown            6   23    3    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .261
Milt May               8   29    3    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .241
Johnny Edwards         4   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .167
Larry Milbourne        6    8    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .125
Bob Gallagher         10   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .091
Cliff Johnson          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dave Campbell          4    2    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
Rick Auerbach          2    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ron Cey               11   40    6   16   2   0   0   11   0   0    5    6  .400
Steve Yeager           1    5    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Lee Lacy               5   18    5    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    3  .389
Tom Paciorek           6   13    4    5   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    2  .385
Manny Mota             7    8    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .375
Steve Garvey          10   40    7   13   4   0   2    7   0   1    2    6  .325
Jim Wynn              11   40   12   12   3   1   5   14   1   1    8    4  .300
Bill Russell          11   39    5   11   3   0   0    5   0   0    7    3  .282
Willie Crawford        9   34    5    9   0   0   0    3   2   0    6    6  .265
Davey Lopes           10   27    6    7   1   0   0    3   6   1    6    5  .259
Bill Buckner          10   37    3    9   2   0   0    6   3   0    4    3  .243
Joe Ferguson          10   35    8    6   0   0   0    2   0   1   11   10  .171
Von Joshua             9   13    1    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .154
Ken McMullen           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Lintz            1    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Ron Woods              3    2    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Ron Fairly             4   13    2    5   2   0   1    7   0   0    1    2  .385
Ken Singleton          5   16    4    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    9    2  .375
Hal Breeden            3    9    2    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .333
Terry Humphrey         2    6    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Willie Davis           5   25    4    8   2   1   0    4   1   0    0    5  .320
Jim Cox                5   23    4    6   1   0   0    5   0   0    1    1  .261
Ron Hunt               5   23    5    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .261
Bob Bailey             5   17    6    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    6    6  .235
Tim Foli               5   17    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    1  .235
Barry Foote            4   16    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .188
Mike Jorgensen         4    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Boots Day              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Lyttle             4    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000
Pepe Frias             2    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
Ken Boswell            2    2    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ed Kranepool           1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Don Hahn               4    9    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .444
Dave Schneck           6   24    1   10   1   0   0    4   1   0    1    2  .417
Felix Millan           8   30    5   11   0   0   0    1   1   0    6    3  .367
Duffy Dyer             1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Jerry Grote            4   16    4    5   0   0   2    6   0   0    1    1  .313
Bud Harrelson          8   23    3    7   2   0   0    2   1   1    8    1  .304
John Milner            8   31    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    4  .258
Rusty Staub            8   32    5    8   0   0   2    3   0   0    5    2  .250
Cleon Jones            8   33    3    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .242
Wayne Garrett          8   35    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    3   10  .143
Ron Hodges             3   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .091
George Theodore        4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ted Martinez           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Taylor            6    6    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Billy Grabarkewitz     4    2    3    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Del Unser              7   21    6   10   0   1   0    3   1   0    5    3  .476
Bill Robinson          8   25    1    9   3   0   0    1   0   0    0    6  .360
Bob Boone              9   26    5    9   3   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .346
Mike Schmidt           9   29    3    9   1   0   1    4   2   1    4   12  .310
Larry Bowa             9   37    6   11   3   0   0    3   1   1    3    3  .297
Dave Cash              9   38    5   11   0   1   0    3   2   1    2    3  .290
Mike Anderson          8   23    3    6   2   0   0    5   0   0    3    7  .261
Tommy Hutton           7   15    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .200
Willie Montanez        8   25    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    1   10  .120
Greg Luzinski          9   37    1    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    1   16  .108
Jim Essian             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Parker            9   36    3   16   4   0   1    6   0   1    2   10  .444
Ed Kirkpatrick         9   14    3    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .429
Richie Hebner          9   39    9   15   5   0   3    7   0   2    7    1  .385
Frank Taveras          6   15    2    5   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .333
Al Oliver              9   44    5   13   2   0   1    6   1   0    0    4  .296
Paul Popovich          6    7    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Rennie Stennett        9   43    7    9   4   0   2    8   1   0    2    3  .209
Willie Stargell        9   34    3    7   0   0   1    6   0   0    5    4  .206
Dal Maxvill            6   16    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .188
Gene Clines            7   11    1    2   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182
Richie Zisk            7   23    2    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    5    6  .174
Bob Robertson          7   18    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .167
Manny Sanguillen       2    8    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .125
Mike Ryan              5   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    7  .077
Kurt Bevacqua          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Glenn Beckert          8   20    0    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .400
Bernie Williams        4    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Derrel Thomas         10   34    3   12   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    4  .353
Fred Kendall          11   40    5   13   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    5  .325
Cito Gaston            9   11    1    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .273
Johnny Grubb          11   34    2    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    4  .265
Bobby Tolan           10   39    3    9   2   0   0    4   1   2    1    3  .231
Matty Alou             9   26    2    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .231
Willie McCovey        10   27    2    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    7  .222
Dave Winfield          6    9    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .222
Enzo Hernandez        11   29    1    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    5  .138
Dave Roberts           8   22    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    8  .136
Nate Colbert          10   30    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3   12  .067
Dave Hilton            8   15    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Rich Morales           5    0    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
Tito Fuentes           1    4    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Mike Phillips         11   34    0   11   1   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .324
Garry Maddox          11   48    9   14   1   0   2    8   2   1    0    5  .292
Bobby Bonds           11   42    9   11   2   1   1    3   1   1    6    7  .262
Steve Ontiveros       11   32    5    8   1   1   1    4   0   0    9    2  .250
Dave Kingman          11   37    4    9   2   0   2    5   0   1    5   15  .243
Gary Matthews         11   42    3   10   0   1   1    9   2   0    4    2  .238
Chris Speier          11   37    4    7   3   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .189
Ken Rudolph           10   29    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .103
Gary Thomasson         5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
John Boccabella        2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ed Goodson             4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Chris Arnold           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Dave Rader             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Howarth            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bruce Miller           1    0    0    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
Tim McCarver           5    4    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .750
Ken Reitz             11   41    5   16   3   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .390
Jim Hickman            7   13    2    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .385
Reggie Smith          11   46    6   16   3   1   2    7   1   1    6    3  .348
Ted Simmons           11   47    6   15   3   2   0    5   0   0    2    2  .319
Ted Sizemore          11   47    4   15   2   0   0    8   1   0    5    2  .319
Bake McBride          10   33    6   10   1   0   1    3   2   0    1    3  .303
Lou Brock             11   48    9   14   0   0   1    9   5   1    4    5  .292
Luis Melendez          7   14    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .286
Joe Torre              8   29    7    7   0   0   1    3   0   0    5    4  .241
Mike Tyson            11   34    4    8   1   1   0    1   0   0    4    6  .235
Jose Cruz              9    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    0  .222
Stan Papi              5    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Dwyer              6    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  L. Brock (STL)           48
  G. Maddox (SF)           48
  T. Simmons (STL)         47
  T. Sizemore (STL)        47
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          46
  R. Garr (ATL)            46
  R. Smith (STL)           46
  M. Lum (ATL)             44
  A. Oliver (PIT)          44
  R. Metzger (HOU)         43

Runs Scored:

  J. Wynn (LA)             12
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          11
  D. Johnson (ATL)         10
  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  L. Brock (STL)            9
  R. Hebner (PIT)           9
  G. Maddox (SF)            9
  R. Metzger (HOU)          9
  D. Baker (ATL)            8
  J. Ferguson (LA)          8

Hits:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18
  R. Cey (LA)              16
  D. Parker (PIT)          16
  K. Reitz (STL)           16
  P. Rose (CIN)            16
  R. Smith (STL)           16
  R. Hebner (PIT)          15
  T. Simmons (STL)         15
  T. Sizemore (STL)        15
  L. Brock (STL)           14

Doubles:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6
  R. Hebner (PIT)           5
  P. Rose (CIN)             5
  S. Garvey (LA)            4
  D. Parker (PIT)           4
  R. Stennett (PIT)         4
  D. Baker (ATL)            3
  B. Boone (PHI)            3
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3

Triples:

  T. Simmons (STL)          2
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  D. Cash (PHI)             1
  G. Clines (PIT)           1
  W. Davis (MON)            1
  R. Garr (ATL)             1
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         1
  K. Griffey (CIN)          1
  E. Hernandez (SD)         1
  G. Matthews (SF)          1

Home Runs:

  J. Wynn (LA)              5
  H. Aaron (ATL)            3
  R. Hebner (PIT)           3
  T. Perez (CIN)            3
  J. Bench (CIN)            2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  D. Evans (ATL)            2
  S. Garvey (LA)            2
  J. Grote (NY)             2
  D. Johnson (ATL)          2

RBI:

  J. Wynn (LA)             14
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  R. Cey (LA)              11
  L. Brock (STL)            9
  G. Matthews (SF)          9
  T. Perez (CIN)            9
  B. Williams (CHI)         9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  G. Maddox (SF)            8
  D. Rader (HOU)            8

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  B. Buckner (LA)           3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  D. Cash (PHI)             2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  W. Crawford (LA)          2
  G. Maddox (SF)            2
  G. Matthews (SF)          2

Caught Stealing:

  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  R. Hebner (PIT)           2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  B. Tolan (SD)             2
  B. Williams (CHI)         2
  D. Baker (ATL)            1
  J. Bench (CIN)            1
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1

Walks:

  D. Johnson (ATL)         13
  J. Ferguson (LA)         11
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  S. Ontiveros (SF)         9
  K. Singleton (MON)        9
  B. Harrelson (NY)         8
  R. Monday (CHI)           8
  J. Wynn (LA)              8
  D. Evans (ATL)            7

Strikeouts:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        16
  D. Kingman (SF)          15
  N. Colbert (SD)          12
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         12
  J. Ferguson (LA)         10
  W. Garrett (NY)          10
  W. Montanez (PHI)        10
  D. Parker (PIT)          10
  K. Griffey (CIN)          9
  D. Baker (ATL)            8

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