Tuesday April 23, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        601   94   182   29    6    8    84   16    4   49    61  .303
Los Angeles      543   98   157   27    5   15    93   18    8   76    79  .289
Montreal         393   79   112   17    2    8    74    7    4   65    53  .285
Houston          606   80   170   27    5   13    77   16    4   42    80  .281
Pittsburgh       495   63   138   20    3   16    60    3    3   41    74  .279
Philadelphia     521   74   144   22    5    7    66   11    7   39    97  .276
Cincinnati       516   86   140   27    3   17    80   11    6   79    88  .271
New York         433   47   108   14    1    9    41    5    3   45    60  .249
San Diego        601   52   144   20    3    3    48    8    2   50    99  .240
Atlanta          563   70   132   24    3   12    62    4    7   61    82  .235
Chicago          401   59    94   15    2   11    53    8    8   64    58  .234
San Francisco    542   62   123   21    3    9    56    6    5   56    92  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Singleton (MON)      11   36    9   15   3   0   1    9   1   0   16    4  .417
Richie Hebner (PIT)      13   55   12   22   5   0   5   12   0   2    8    2  .400
Del Unser (PHI)          12   44   11   17   1   1   0    4   1   0    7    6  .386
Dave Parker (PIT)        12   47    4   18   4   0   1    6   0   1    2   13  .383
Greg Gross (HOU)         15   46    9   17   1   1   0    2   1   1    5    4  .370
Ken Reitz (STL)          17   63    7   23   4   1   1   10   0   0    3    6  .365
Rick Monday (CHI)        12   47   12   17   4   0   1    3   1   1   11    4  .362
Pete Rose (CIN)          15   64   14   23   7   0   0    2   0   1   10    5  .359
Ralph Garr (ATL)         17   73    5   26   5   2   0    8   1   3    3    5  .356
Reggie Smith (STL)       17   68   10   24   5   1   2   13   1   1    7    7  .353

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Perez           10   25    6   10   2   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .400
Ralph Garr            17   73    5   26   5   2   0    8   1   3    3    5  .356
Dusty Baker           16   56   10   18   5   0   0    3   2   1    9    9  .321
Frank Tepedino         7   13    2    4   0   1   0    4   0   0    2    0  .308
Davey Johnson         16   47   11   13   4   0   2    7   0   0   13    6  .277
Ivan Murrell           8   16    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .250
Johnny Oates          15   48    3   11   2   0   0    6   0   2    5    6  .229
Mike Lum              14   55   10   12   1   0   3    9   0   0    1    8  .218
Hank Aaron            11   36    7    7   0   0   4    8   0   0    5    7  .194
Darrell Evans         14   48    6    9   1   0   2    6   0   0    9    8  .188
Craig Robinson        16   48    5    8   0   0   0    4   1   0    7    4  .167
Rowland Office        14   24    0    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    5  .125
Vic Correll            7   14    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .071
Norm Miller            5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Leo Foster             8    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Paul Casanova          1    3    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         1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Rick Monday           12   47   12   17   4   0   1    3   1   1   11    4  .362
Bill Madlock          12   47   10   16   2   1   1    6   4   2    4    4  .340
George Mitterwald     10   35    4   11   2   0   3   10   0   1    4    6  .314
Billy Williams        12   41    9   12   4   0   2   14   0   2   10    7  .293
Jose Cardenal         12   45    8   13   1   0   2    7   1   1    5    4  .289
Jerry Morales         12   47    8   10   0   0   2    5   0   0    8    7  .213
Vic Harris            12   49    5    6   1   1   0    4   1   0    7    7  .122
Don Kessinger         10   27    2    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    8    4  .111
Dave Rosello           5   15    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .067
Tom Lundstedt          4    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .000
Chris Ward             6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Adrian Garrett         5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Matt Alexander         4    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Andre Thornton         2    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
Pete Rose             15   64   14   23   7   0   0    2   0   1   10    5  .359
Tony Perez            15   57   12   19   4   0   7   19   0   0    7   11  .333
Phil Gagliano          7    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .333
Joe Morgan            15   54   10   17   3   0   1    8   5   2   14    3  .315
Dave Concepcion       15   62    9   18   7   0   3   17   2   1    3   12  .290
Dan Driessen          15   59    9   17   2   1   0    9   2   0    6   12  .288
George Foster         10   21    3    6   1   0   1    3   1   0    4    6  .286
Terry Crowley         10    8    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Merv Rettenmund       13   47    9   11   1   0   2    8   1   0    8    9  .234
Cesar Geronimo        13   22    4    5   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .227
Johnny Bench          14   46   11   10   0   0   3    4   0   1   16    5  .217
Ken Griffey           10   27    2    5   0   1   0    4   0   1    3    9  .185
Andy Kosco             8    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Bill Plummer           4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Darrel Chaney          9    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Greg Gross            15   46    9   17   1   1   0    2   1   1    5    4  .370
Cesar Cedeno          18   71   15   25   6   1   4   23   9   1    3    7  .352
Tommy Helms           17   57    5   18   4   0   1    6   1   0    1    3  .316
Roger Metzger         18   66   12   20   4   1   0    1   3   0    9    8  .303
Milt May              11   40    5   12   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    1  .300
Bob Watson            18   65    9   19   1   1   2   10   0   1    7    7  .292
Lee May               18   62    7   18   3   0   2    9   0   0    4   11  .290
Ollie Brown            9   27    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .259
Doug Rader            17   60    3   14   3   0   1   10   1   0    7   13  .233
Johnny Edwards         9   29    2    6   1   1   1    3   0   0    3    2  .207
Larry Milbourne       10   10    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .200
Denis Menke            9    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .200
Bob Gallagher         17   18    3    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    3  .111
Cliff Johnson          5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dave Campbell          5    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
Rick Auerbach          4    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Manny Mota            10   11    2    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .546
Steve Yeager           2    8    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Ken McMullen           2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Lee Lacy               7   19    6    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    3  .368
Ron Cey               16   59    7   20   3   0   0   14   0   0    8    9  .339
Tom Paciorek           9   18    5    6   0   1   1    7   0   0    0    4  .333
Steve Garvey          15   61   12   20   5   0   5   14   0   1    2    6  .328
Willie Crawford       14   51    8   16   1   1   0    5   2   2   10    8  .314
Bill Russell          16   55    8   17   3   1   1    8   0   1    8    4  .309
Bill Buckner          15   54    5   16   4   0   0    7   4   1    6    4  .296
Jim Wynn              16   56   15   14   3   1   6   17   3   1   14    8  .250
Davey Lopes           15   47   12   10   2   1   0    5   8   1    8    7  .213
Joe Ferguson          15   46   11    8   0   0   1    4   0   1   16   12  .174
Von Joshua             9   13    1    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .154

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Woods              4    2    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Ken Singleton         11   36    9   15   3   0   1    9   1   0   16    4  .417
Hal Breeden            7   21    5    8   3   0   0    6   0   0    2    1  .381
Willie Davis          11   51    8   17   3   1   0    7   3   0    2    8  .333
Terry Humphrey         2    6    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Bob Bailey            11   37   11   12   1   0   3    7   0   1   13   11  .324
Ron Hunt              11   46   12   14   0   0   0    3   0   1    9    1  .304
Ron Fairly             7   20    5    6   2   0   1    8   0   0    4    3  .300
Jim Cox               11   44    8   12   2   0   1   10   1   1    3    3  .273
Tim Foli              11   41    5   11   0   1   0    9   0   0    5    3  .268
Mike Jorgensen        10    8    5    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .250
Larry Lintz            4    4    2    1   1   0   0    0   2   0    0    0  .250
Barry Foote           10   36    4    6   1   0   2    5   0   1    6    6  .167
Boots Day              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Lyttle             9    2    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            4    4    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Ed Kranepool           2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Dave Schneck           9   34    3   13   1   0   2    8   1   0    2    3  .382
Rusty Staub           13   51    7   16   2   0   2    6   0   0    7    4  .314
Bud Harrelson         11   32    4   10   2   0   0    2   1   2    9    3  .313
Felix Millan          13   49    7   14   1   0   0    1   1   0    7    4  .286
Cleon Jones           13   53    7   15   1   0   0    3   2   1    3    7  .283
Don Hahn               7   18    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .278
John Milner           13   48    3   12   2   0   0    6   0   0    7    5  .250
Duffy Dyer             2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Jerry Grote            8   29    4    7   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    5  .241
Wayne Garrett         13   52    5    8   2   1   2    5   0   0    6   15  .154
Ted Martinez           5    8    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .125
Ron Hodges             4   15    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .067
George Theodore        6    5    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           10   10    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Del Unser             12   44   11   17   1   1   0    4   1   0    7    6  .386
Bill Robinson         12   38    6   14   3   0   0    2   0   0    1    9  .368
Mike Anderson         14   44    7   15   4   1   1   10   0   1    7   10  .341
Billy Grabarkewitz     6    3    3    1   0   0   1    1   1   0    0    0  .333
Mike Schmidt          15   47    7   14   1   0   2    5   2   2   11   16  .298
Dave Cash             15   64    8   18   3   1   0    9   2   1    3    4  .281
Larry Bowa            15   65   11   18   3   0   0    3   5   1    4    6  .277
Tommy Hutton          12   34    9    9   1   2   1    9   0   0    1    2  .265
Greg Luzinski         14   55    4   13   2   0   2   11   0   0    1   20  .236
Bob Boone             15   51    5   12   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    3  .235
Willie Montanez       11   30    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   1    1   10  .133
Jim Essian             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Terry Harmon           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Rogodzinski       2    1    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
Ed Kirkpatrick        11   16    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .438
Frank Taveras          9   22    2    9   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    3  .409
Richie Hebner         13   55   12   22   5   0   5   12   0   2    8    2  .400
Dave Parker           12   47    4   18   4   0   1    6   0   1    2   13  .383
Rennie Stennett       13   63    8   18   4   0   2    9   1   0    2    6  .286
Paul Popovich          6    7    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Al Oliver             13   62    8   17   2   1   2    7   1   0    0    6  .274
Willie Stargell       13   51    6   13   0   0   2   10   0   0    5    6  .255
Manny Sanguillen       6   25    4    6   1   1   1    5   0   0    0    1  .240
Richie Zisk           11   36    3    8   1   0   2    3   0   0    5    8  .222
Dal Maxvill            8   22    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .182
Bob Robertson          9   26    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .154
Gene Clines            9   16    1    2   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    1  .125
Mike Ryan              5   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    7  .077
Kurt Bevacqua          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Barton             1    4    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Glenn Beckert          8   20    0    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .400
Johnny Grubb          16   54    8   19   4   1   1    8   0   0    6    5  .352
Dave Winfield         13   38    4   13   1   0   1    5   0   0    0    6  .342
Derrel Thomas         17   66    6   21   0   1   0    2   0   0    4    9  .318
Fred Kendall          17   63    6   18   2   0   1    7   0   0    2    7  .286
Bobby Tolan           16   59    6   15   2   0   0    7   2   2    3    4  .254
Willie McCovey        15   38    3    9   4   0   0    2   0   0   10   10  .237
Matty Alou            14   32    2    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .219
Cito Gaston           14   25    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .200
Bernie Williams        7   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .182
Enzo Hernandez        18   50    4    9   3   1   0    2   5   0    4    7  .180
Dave Roberts          13   40    4    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    3   11  .175
Nate Colbert          17   48    6    5   0   0   0    5   1   0    7   18  .104
Dave Hilton           11   21    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .048
Rich Morales           7    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
Garry Maddox          17   71   12   25   4   0   2   13   2   1    0    6  .352
Bruce Miller           5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dave Rader             9   14    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .286
Mike Phillips         17   59    0   16   2   0   0    5   0   1    2    8  .271
Bobby Bonds           17   66   16   16   3   1   3    5   2   1    9   15  .242
Dave Kingman          15   47    4   11   3   0   2    5   0   1    7   20  .234
Chris Speier          17   60    5   14   3   0   0    8   0   0    5   11  .233
Gary Matthews         17   56    8   11   0   1   1    9   2   1   11    5  .196
Steve Ontiveros       17   52    7   10   1   1   1    5   0   0   12    5  .192
Chris Arnold           6    6    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .167
Ed Goodson             6    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Ken Rudolph           13   34    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .118
Gary Thomasson        11   18    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .111
John Boccabella        2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Howarth            2    1    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
Ken Reitz             17   63    7   23   4   1   1   10   0   0    3    6  .365
Reggie Smith          17   68   10   24   5   1   2   13   1   1    7    7  .353
Ted Sizemore          17   68    9   23   3   0   0   12   1   1    9    3  .338
Ted Simmons           16   66    8   22   6   2   0   10   0   0    3    3  .333
Tim McCarver           9    9    3    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .333
Lou Brock             17   74   18   24   2   0   1   10  11   1    6    7  .324
Jim Hickman           10   16    2    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .313
Luis Melendez          8   16    3    5   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    1  .313
Bake McBride          16   53   11   16   2   0   2    8   2   0    4    4  .302
Joe Torre             14   51   10   12   3   0   1    5   0   0    6    7  .235
Mike Tyson            17   52    6   12   2   1   0    3   0   0    5    8  .231
Jose Cruz             15   13    2    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    1    1  .154
Jim Dwyer              9    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Stan Papi              7    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  L. Brock (STL)           74
  R. Garr (ATL)            73
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          71
  G. Maddox (SF)           71
  T. Sizemore (STL)        68
  R. Smith (STL)           68
  B. Bonds (SF)            66
  R. Metzger (HOU)         66
  T. Simmons (STL)         66
  D. Thomas (SD)           66

Runs Scored:

  L. Brock (STL)           18
  B. Bonds (SF)            16
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          15
  J. Wynn (LA)             15
  P. Rose (CIN)            14
  S. Garvey (LA)           12
  R. Hebner (PIT)          12
  R. Hunt (MON)            12
  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  G. Maddox (SF)           12

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            26
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  G. Maddox (SF)           25
  L. Brock (STL)           24
  R. Smith (STL)           24
  K. Reitz (STL)           23
  P. Rose (CIN)            23
  T. Sizemore (STL)        23
  R. Hebner (PIT)          22
  T. Simmons (STL)         22

Doubles:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       7
  P. Rose (CIN)             7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  T. Simmons (STL)          6
  D. Baker (ATL)            5
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  S. Garvey (LA)            5
  R. Hebner (PIT)           5
  R. Smith (STL)            5
  M. Anderson (PHI)         4

Triples:

  R. Garr (ATL)             2
  T. Hutton (PHI)           2
  T. Simmons (STL)          2
  M. Anderson (PHI)         1
  B. Bonds (SF)             1
  D. Cash (PHI)             1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  G. Clines (PIT)           1
  W. Crawford (LA)          1
  W. Davis (MON)            1

Home Runs:

  T. Perez (CIN)            7
  J. Wynn (LA)              6
  S. Garvey (LA)            5
  R. Hebner (PIT)           5
  H. Aaron (ATL)            4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  B. Bailey (MON)           3
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3

RBI:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          23
  T. Perez (CIN)           19
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      17
  J. Wynn (LA)             17
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  S. Garvey (LA)           14
  B. Williams (CHI)        14
  G. Maddox (SF)           13
  R. Smith (STL)           13
  R. Hebner (PIT)          12

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  D. Lopes (LA)             8
  L. Bowa (PHI)             5
  E. Hernandez (SD)         5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  B. Buckner (LA)           4
  B. Madlock (CHI)          4
  W. Davis (MON)            3
  R. Metzger (HOU)          3

Caught Stealing:

  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  W. Crawford (LA)          2
  B. Harrelson (NY)         2
  R. Hebner (PIT)           2
  B. Madlock (CHI)          2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  J. Oates (ATL)            2
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          2
  B. Tolan (SD)             2
  B. Williams (CHI)         2

Walks:

  J. Bench (CIN)           16
  J. Ferguson (LA)         16
  K. Singleton (MON)       16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  J. Wynn (LA)             14
  B. Bailey (MON)          13
  D. Johnson (ATL)         13
  S. Ontiveros (SF)        12
  G. Matthews (SF)         11
  R. Monday (CHI)          11

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          20
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        20
  N. Colbert (SD)          18
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         16
  B. Bonds (SF)            15
  W. Garrett (NY)          15
  D. Parker (PIT)          13
  D. Rader (HOU)           13
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      12
  D. Driessen (CIN)        12

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