Wednesday April 24, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 24, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        638   98   193   29    6    9    88   16    4   52    61  .303
Los Angeles      572  104   165   28    6   16    99   19   10   80    81  .289
Montreal         393   79   112   17    2    8    74    7    4   65    53  .285
Pittsburgh       535   68   151   21    3   19    65    4    3   42    85  .282
Houston          642   89   181   28    5   14    85   16    4   47    84  .282
Philadelphia     555   75   151   23    5    7    67   11    7   40   104  .272
Cincinnati       549   87   145   29    3   17    81   13    6   85    97  .264
San Diego        635   56   155   24    3    5    52    9    3   55   102  .244
New York         464   50   113   15    1   10    43    5    3   49    63  .244
Atlanta          597   73   140   25    3   13    64    4    7   65    85  .235
Chicago          432   59    99   15    2   11    53    8    8   67    64  .229
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
Ken Reitz (STL)          18   66    7   26   4   1   1   10   0   0    4    6  .394
Richie Hebner (PIT)      14   60   13   23   5   0   6   13   0   2    8    2  .383
Del Unser (PHI)          13   48   11   18   1   1   0    4   1   0    7    6  .375
Reggie Smith (STL)       18   72   11   26   5   1   3   16   1   1    8    7  .361
Tommy Helms (HOU)        18   61    7   22   5   0   1   10   1   0    1    3  .361
Pete Rose (CIN)          16   68   14   24   8   0   0    2   0   1   11    6  .353
Rick Monday (CHI)        13   51   12   18   4   0   1    3   1   1   11    5  .353
Garry Maddox (SF)        17   71   12   25   4   0   2   13   2   1    0    6  .352
Ralph Garr (ATL)         18   77    6   27   5   2   0    8   1   3    4    5  .351

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Perez           11   25    6   10   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    1  .400
Ralph Garr            18   77    6   27   5   2   0    8   1   3    4    5  .351
Dusty Baker           17   60   12   21   6   0   1    4   2   1    9    9  .350
Frank Tepedino         8   17    2    5   0   1   0    5   0   0    2    0  .294
Davey Johnson         17   51   11   13   4   0   2    7   0   0   13    6  .255
Ivan Murrell           9   17    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .235
Johnny Oates          16   52    3   12   2   0   0    6   0   2    5    6  .231
Mike Lum              14   55   10   12   1   0   3    9   0   0    1    8  .218
Hank Aaron            12   37    7    7   0   0   4    8   0   0    5    7  .189
Darrell Evans         15   51    6    9   1   0   2    6   0   0   10    9  .177
Craig Robinson        17   50    5    8   0   0   0    4   1   0    7    4  .160
Rowland Office        15   28    0    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    6  .143
Vic Correll            7   14    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .071
Leo Foster             9    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Norm Miller            6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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           13   51   12   18   4   0   1    3   1   1   11    5  .353
Bill Madlock          13   50   10   17   2   1   1    6   4   2    5    4  .340
George Mitterwald     11   38    4   11   2   0   3   10   0   1    5    7  .290
Jose Cardenal         13   49    8   14   1   0   2    7   1   1    5    6  .286
Billy Williams        13   45    9   12   4   0   2   14   0   2   10    7  .267
Jerry Morales         13   50    8   11   0   0   2    5   0   0    9    8  .220
Don Kessinger         11   31    2    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    8    4  .129
Vic Harris            13   52    5    6   1   1   0    4   1   0    7    7  .115
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             16   68   14   24   8   0   0    2   0   1   11    6  .353
Phil Gagliano          7    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .333
Tony Perez            16   61   12   20   4   0   7   19   0   0    7   12  .328
Joe Morgan            16   58   10   18   3   0   1    8   5   2   15    5  .310
Dan Driessen          16   62    9   18   2   1   0    9   2   0    7   13  .290
Dave Concepcion       16   66    9   19   8   0   3   17   2   1    3   14  .288
George Foster         11   21    3    6   1   0   1    4   1   0    5    6  .286
Merv Rettenmund       13   47    9   11   1   0   2    8   1   0    8    9  .234
Terry Crowley         11    9    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .222
Cesar Geronimo        14   24    5    5   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    2  .208
Johnny Bench          15   50   11   10   0   0   3    4   0   1   16    5  .200
Ken Griffey           11   31    2    5   0   1   0    4   2   1    3    9  .161
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         10    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
Tommy Helms           18   61    7   22   5   0   1   10   1   0    1    3  .361
Greg Gross            16   50    9   17   1   1   0    2   1   1    6    4  .340
Cesar Cedeno          19   76   15   25   6   1   4   23   9   1    3    9  .329
Milt May              12   44    7   14   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    1  .318
Bob Watson            19   69   10   21   1   1   2   10   0   1    7    7  .304
Roger Metzger         19   70   12   20   4   1   0    1   3   0   10    8  .286
Lee May               19   67    9   19   3   0   2    9   0   0    4   11  .284
Ollie Brown            9   27    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .259
Doug Rader            18   61    4   15   3   0   1   11   1   0    8   13  .246
Johnny Edwards         9   29    2    6   1   1   1    3   0   0    3    2  .207
Larry Milbourne       11   10    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .200
Denis Menke           10    7    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .143
Bob Gallagher         18   18    3    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .111
Cliff Johnson          5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dave Campbell          6    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
Steve Garvey          16   64   12   22   6   0   5   15   0   1    2    6  .344
Tom Paciorek           9   18    5    6   0   1   1    7   0   0    0    4  .333
Willie Crawford       15   55   10   18   1   2   0    7   2   2   10    9  .327
Ron Cey               17   62    8   20   3   0   0   14   0   0    9    9  .323
Bill Russell          17   59    8   18   3   1   1    9   0   1    8    4  .305
Bill Buckner          16   58    5   16   4   0   0    7   4   1    6    4  .276
Jim Wynn              17   59   17   16   3   1   7   19   3   2   15    9  .271
Davey Lopes           16   49   13   11   2   1   0    5   9   2    9    7  .225
Joe Ferguson          16   49   11    8   0   0   1    4   0   1   17   12  .163
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
Ed Kranepool           2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Ken Boswell            5    5    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Dave Schneck          10   37    3   13   1   0   2    8   1   0    3    3  .351
Bud Harrelson         12   35    4   11   2   0   0    2   1   2   10    3  .314
Rusty Staub           14   54    7   16   2   0   2    6   0   0    8    4  .296
Felix Millan          14   52    7   15   1   0   0    1   1   0    7    4  .289
Don Hahn               7   18    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .278
Cleon Jones           14   57    7   15   1   0   0    3   2   1    3    9  .263
John Milner           14   52    4   13   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            9   33    4    7   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    5  .212
Wayne Garrett         14   55    7   10   3   1   3    7   0   0    7   16  .182
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             13   48   11   18   1   1   0    4   1   0    7    6  .375
Bill Robinson         12   38    6   14   3   0   0    2   0   0    1    9  .368
Mike Anderson         15   48    7   16   4   1   1   10   0   1    7   12  .333
Billy Grabarkewitz     6    3    3    1   0   0   1    1   1   0    0    0  .333
Mike Schmidt          16   50    7   15   1   0   2    6   2   2   12   16  .300
Dave Cash             16   68    8   20   4   1   0    9   2   1    3    4  .294
Tommy Hutton          13   38   10   10   1   2   1    9   0   0    1    3  .263
Larry Bowa            16   69   11   18   3   0   0    3   5   1    4    7  .261
Greg Luzinski         15   59    4   14   2   0   2   11   0   0    1   21  .237
Bob Boone             16   55    5   12   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    3  .218
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
Mike Rogodzinski       3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Terry Harmon           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Frank Taveras         10   26    2   12   1   0   0    2   2   0    2    3  .462
Ed Kirkpatrick        11   16    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .438
Richie Hebner         14   60   13   23   5   0   6   13   0   2    8    2  .383
Dave Parker           13   52    4   18   4   0   1    6   0   1    2   17  .346
Al Oliver             14   67    9   20   2   1   2    7   1   0    0    6  .299
Rennie Stennett       14   68    8   20   4   0   2    9   1   0    2    6  .294
Paul Popovich          6    7    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Willie Stargell       14   56    7   15   0   0   3   12   0   0    5    8  .268
Manny Sanguillen       7   29    5    7   1   1   2    7   0   0    0    1  .241
Richie Zisk           12   39    3    9   1   0   2    3   0   0    6   10  .231
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           10   16    2    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
Dave Winfield         14   42    6   15   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    6  .357
Johnny Grubb          17   58    8   20   4   1   1    8   0   0    7    6  .345
Derrel Thomas         18   71    7   22   1   1   0    2   0   0    4   10  .310
Fred Kendall          18   66    6   19   2   0   1    7   0   0    3    7  .288
Bobby Tolan           16   59    6   15   2   0   0    7   2   2    3    4  .254
Willie McCovey        16   39    3    9   4   0   0    2   0   0   10   10  .231
Cito Gaston           15   27    2    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .222
Matty Alou            15   33    2    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .212
Enzo Hernandez        19   53    4   10   3   1   0    2   6   0    4    7  .189
Dave Roberts          14   43    4    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    4   11  .186
Bernie Williams        7   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .182
Nate Colbert          18   53    7    7   0   0   1    8   1   1    7   18  .132
Dave Hilton           11   21    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .048
Rich Morales           8    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             18   66    7   26   4   1   1   10   0   0    4    6  .394
Reggie Smith          18   72   11   26   5   1   3   16   1   1    8    7  .361
Ted Sizemore          18   73   10   25   3   0   0   12   1   1    9    3  .343
Ted Simmons           16   66    8   22   6   2   0   10   0   0    3    3  .333
Jim Hickman           11   16    2    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .313
Tim McCarver          10   13    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .308
Lou Brock             18   79   19   24   2   0   1   10  11   1    6    7  .304
Bake McBride          16   53   11   16   2   0   2    8   2   0    4    4  .302
Luis Melendez          9   20    4    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    1  .300
Stan Papi              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Mike Tyson            18   55    6   13   2   1   0    3   0   0    5    8  .236
Joe Torre             15   56   10   12   3   0   1    5   0   0    6    7  .214
Jose Cruz             15   13    2    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    1    1  .154
Jim Dwyer             10    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  L. Brock (STL)           79
  R. Garr (ATL)            77
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          76
  T. Sizemore (STL)        73
  R. Smith (STL)           72
  G. Maddox (SF)           71
  D. Thomas (SD)           71
  R. Metzger (HOU)         70
  L. Bowa (PHI)            69
  B. Watson (HOU)          69

Runs Scored:

  L. Brock (STL)           19
  J. Wynn (LA)             17
  B. Bonds (SF)            16
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          15
  P. Rose (CIN)            14
  R. Hebner (PIT)          13
  D. Lopes (LA)            13
  D. Baker (ATL)           12
  S. Garvey (LA)           12
  R. Hunt (MON)            12

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            27
  K. Reitz (STL)           26
  R. Smith (STL)           26
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  G. Maddox (SF)           25
  T. Sizemore (STL)        25
  L. Brock (STL)           24
  P. Rose (CIN)            24
  R. Hebner (PIT)          23
  S. Garvey (LA)           22

Doubles:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  P. Rose (CIN)             8
  D. Baker (ATL)            6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  T. Simmons (STL)          6
  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  R. Hebner (PIT)           5
  T. Helms (HOU)            5
  R. Smith (STL)            5

Triples:

  W. Crawford (LA)          2
  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. Davis (MON)            1

Home Runs:

  T. Perez (CIN)            7
  J. Wynn (LA)              7
  R. Hebner (PIT)           6
  S. Garvey (LA)            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
  J. Wynn (LA)             19
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      17
  R. Smith (STL)           16
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  B. Williams (CHI)        14
  R. Hebner (PIT)          13
  G. Maddox (SF)           13

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  D. Lopes (LA)             9
  E. Hernandez (SD)         6
  L. Bowa (PHI)             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
  D. Lopes (LA)             2
  B. Madlock (CHI)          2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  J. Oates (ATL)            2
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          2
  B. Tolan (SD)             2

Walks:

  J. Ferguson (LA)         17
  J. Bench (CIN)           16
  K. Singleton (MON)       16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          15
  J. Wynn (LA)             15
  B. Bailey (MON)          13
  D. Johnson (ATL)         13
  S. Ontiveros (SF)        12
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         12
  G. Matthews (SF)         11

Strikeouts:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        21
  D. Kingman (SF)          20
  N. Colbert (SD)          18
  D. Parker (PIT)          17
  W. Garrett (NY)          16
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         16
  B. Bonds (SF)            15
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  D. Driessen (CIN)        13
  D. Rader (HOU)           13


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