Sunday April 28, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 28, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        751  114   231   36    7   10   103   18    4   61    79  .308
Houston          755  105   218   34    6   16   101   17    6   55   102  .289
Pittsburgh       672   88   192   27    4   22    82    6    4   52   101  .286
Los Angeles      690  121   196   36    7   19   116   25   14  100    96  .284
Cincinnati       659   96   178   38    5   17    88   17    6   95   109  .270
Philadelphia     683   83   174   28    5   10    75   14    9   53   127  .255
San Diego        768   74   194   32    3    6    68   10    4   70   122  .253
Montreal         510   84   128   19    2    9    79    8    5   78    81  .251
Atlanta          723   93   178   29    4   18    84    7    9   77    99  .246
New York         629   76   154   22    1   15    67    8    3   72    90  .245
San Francisco    704   85   165   27    7   12    75    6    6   74   118  .234
Chicago          537   68   123   18    2   13    62    9   11   74    79  .229

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (STL)          21   80    8   34   6   1   1   14   0   0    4    8  .425
Reggie Smith (STL)       21   86   15   33   5   1   4   19   1   1    8    9  .384
Richie Hebner (PIT)      17   72   15   27   6   0   6   14   0   2    9    3  .375
Del Unser (PHI)          16   58   12   21   1   1   1    6   1   0    7    7  .362
Greg Gross (HOU)         19   56   11   20   1   1   0    2   1   1    8    5  .357
Johnny Grubb (SD)        21   73   13   26   4   1   1    9   0   0    8    7  .356
Ralph Garr (ATL)         22   93    9   33   6   3   0   10   2   5    6    7  .355
Dusty Baker (ATL)        21   75   16   26   7   0   2    6   4   1    9   11  .347
Pete Rose (CIN)          19   81   15   28   9   0   0    2   0   1   12    7  .346
Tommy Helms (HOU)        21   70    7   24   5   0   1   11   1   1    1    3  .343

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Perez           13   30    7   14   3   0   1    2   0   0    3    1  .467
Ralph Garr            22   93    9   33   6   3   0   10   2   5    6    7  .355
Dusty Baker           21   75   16   26   7   0   2    6   4   1    9   11  .347
Ivan Murrell          11   23    0    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .261
Davey Johnson         20   61   12   15   4   0   2    7   0   0   14    8  .246
Johnny Oates          20   63    5   14   2   0   0    7   0   2    8    7  .222
Mike Lum              14   55   10   12   1   0   3    9   0   0    1    8  .218
Hank Aaron            15   47    9   10   0   0   6   14   0   0    6    7  .213
Frank Tepedino        10   24    2    5   0   1   0    5   0   0    3    0  .208
Craig Robinson        21   67    6   13   0   0   0    7   1   0    7    5  .194
Darrell Evans         19   63   10   12   1   0   3    8   0   0   14   11  .191
Norm Miller            7    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Rowland Office        19   33    0    5   2   0   0    5   0   0    0    6  .152
Vic Correll            7   14    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .071
Leo Foster            10    5    1    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           16   64   13   21   5   0   1    3   1   1   12    8  .328
Jose Cardenal         16   61    9   19   3   0   2    9   1   2    5    6  .312
Bill Madlock          16   62   12   18   2   1   1    6   4   2    5    6  .290
George Mitterwald     14   47    4   13   2   0   3   11   0   1    6    9  .277
Billy Williams        16   56   12   15   4   0   3   16   0   2   11    9  .268
Jerry Morales         16   63    9   15   0   0   3    7   1   2   10    8  .238
Don Kessinger         14   41    3    6   1   0   0    2   1   0   10    5  .146
Chris Ward             8    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Dave Rosello           7   22    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .136
Vic Harris            14   56    5    6   1   1   0    4   1   0    7    8  .107
Tom Lundstedt          6   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .000
Adrian Garrett         6    4    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
Phil Gagliano          8    4    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .500
Pete Rose             19   81   15   28   9   0   0    2   0   1   12    7  .346
Tony Perez            19   73   12   25   5   0   7   20   0   0    9   15  .343
Joe Morgan            19   72   13   24   3   1   1    8   7   2   16    5  .333
Dave Concepcion       19   79    9   22   9   0   3   18   3   1    4   14  .279
Dan Driessen          19   72    9   20   3   1   0   10   2   0    7   13  .278
George Foster         13   26    4    7   2   0   1    4   1   0    6    8  .269
Andy Kosco            11   12    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .250
Merv Rettenmund       15   51   10   12   1   0   2    8   2   0    9    9  .235
Cesar Geronimo        16   30    6    7   1   2   0    2   0   0    3    3  .233
Johnny Bench          18   61   11   13   2   0   3    5   0   1   17    6  .213
Ken Griffey           13   37    2    7   0   1   0    4   2   1    4    9  .189
Terry Crowley         13   11    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .182
Bill Plummer           4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Darrel Chaney         12    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Greg Gross            19   56   11   20   1   1   0    2   1   1    8    5  .357
Tommy Helms           21   70    7   24   5   0   1   11   1   1    1    3  .343
Bob Watson            22   82   14   28   1   1   3   12   0   1    8    7  .342
Milt May              14   53    8   18   2   0   0    5   0   1    3    3  .340
Cesar Cedeno          22   89   17   29   7   1   4   24   9   1    4   12  .326
Roger Metzger         22   85   13   26   5   2   0    3   3   0   11    9  .306
Doug Rader            21   71    8   20   5   0   2   15   2   0   10   14  .282
Lee May               22   78   10   20   4   0   2   11   0   0    5   14  .256
Cliff Johnson          7    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Johnny Edwards        10   32    2    7   1   1   1    4   0   1    3    2  .219
Ollie Brown           11   34    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    4  .206
Larry Milbourne       14   13    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .154
Denis Menke           11    7    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .143
Bob Gallagher         20   19    4    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .105
Dave Campbell          7    4    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          5    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0 1.000
Manny Mota            10   11    2    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .546
Steve Yeager           4   15    2    7   2   0   1    6   0   0    1    2  .467
Lee Lacy               7   19    6    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    3  .368
Willie Crawford       19   69   14   23   2   2   0    9   2   2   12   10  .333
Ken McMullen           3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Steve Garvey          20   78   14   25   8   0   5   15   0   1    3    6  .321
Tom Paciorek          11   19    5    6   0   1   1    7   0   0    1    4  .316
Bill Buckner          20   73    7   23   5   1   0    8   6   3    7    4  .315
Ron Cey               21   76   11   23   3   0   1   17   0   0   11   10  .303
Bill Russell          21   72    9   21   5   1   2   11   0   1   10    6  .292
Jim Wynn              21   69   18   18   3   1   7   20   4   3   19   12  .261
Davey Lopes           20   63   16   13   2   1   0    5  11   3   12    8  .206
Joe Ferguson          18   54   11    9   0   0   1    4   0   1   19   14  .167
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
Ken Singleton         15   50   10   16   3   0   1    9   1   0   18    9  .320
Hal Breeden           10   32    5   10   4   0   0    6   0   0    3    5  .313
Bob Bailey            15   51   11   15   1   0   3    7   0   2   15   13  .294
Tim Foli              15   53    6   15   0   1   0   10   1   0    6    4  .283
Ron Fairly             9   25    6    7   2   0   2    9   0   0    4    3  .280
Willie Davis          15   65    8   18   3   1   0    8   3   0    3   11  .277
Terry Humphrey         3    8    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Ron Woods              7    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .250
Ron Hunt              15   60   12   14   0   0   0    4   0   1   11    2  .233
Jim Cox               15   58    9   13   2   0   1   10   1   1    4    8  .224
Mike Jorgensen        11    9    5    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .222
Barry Foote           14   44    5    9   2   0   2    6   0   1    7    9  .205
Larry Lintz            5    5    2    1   1   0   0    0   2   0    0    1  .200
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            7    9    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Ed Kranepool           3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bud Harrelson         17   52    8   16   4   0   0    4   3   2   16    5  .308
Rusty Staub           19   73    9   22   5   0   2    7   0   0   11    6  .301
Felix Millan          19   75   11   22   2   0   0    3   2   0    8    4  .293
Dave Schneck          14   52    5   15   1   0   4   12   1   0    4    5  .289
Cleon Jones           19   76    9   21   1   0   0    5   2   1    5   14  .276
Duffy Dyer             2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
John Milner           19   69    8   17   2   0   2   12   0   0   10    8  .246
Don Hahn               9   21    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .238
Jerry Grote           13   46    5    9   1   0   2    7   0   0    5    6  .196
Wayne Garrett         18   71   10   12   4   1   3    7   0   0    8   21  .169
Ron Hodges             6   20    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .150
Ted Martinez           5    8    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .125
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           11   11    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .364
Del Unser             16   58   12   21   1   1   1    6   1   0    7    7  .362
Billy Grabarkewitz     7    3    3    1   0   0   1    1   1   0    1    0  .333
Mike Schmidt          20   63    8   20   2   0   3    9   3   3   15   19  .318
Bill Robinson         15   50    6   15   4   0   0    2   0   0    2   13  .300
Mike Anderson         19   57    7   17   5   1   1   10   0   1    7   12  .298
Dave Cash             20   84   11   24   4   1   1   10   2   2    4    6  .286
Tommy Hutton          15   44   10   11   1   2   1    9   0   0    1    4  .250
Larry Bowa            20   84   11   19   3   0   0    3   7   1    6   10  .226
Greg Luzinski         19   72    5   16   2   0   2   11   0   0    5   26  .222
Bob Boone             20   65    6   14   3   0   0    4   0   0    2    3  .215
Willie Montanez       13   38    2    7   3   0   0    4   0   1    1   10  .184
Jim Essian             4    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Mike Rogodzinski       4    3    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         14   39    5   16   1   0   0    4   3   0    3    3  .410
Ed Kirkpatrick        14   18    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    1  .389
Richie Hebner         17   72   15   27   6   0   6   14   0   2    9    3  .375
Al Oliver             18   84   13   28   3   2   3    9   1   0    0    9  .333
Dave Parker           17   65    6   21   4   0   1    8   1   1    2   20  .323
Rennie Stennett       18   85    9   25   5   0   2   11   1   1    3    6  .294
Willie Stargell       18   69    9   19   1   0   4   15   0   0    7   11  .275
Manny Sanguillen      11   45    5   12   2   1   2    8   0   0    0    3  .267
Richie Zisk           16   52    5   13   2   0   2    4   0   0    8   12  .250
Paul Popovich          9    8    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Dal Maxvill            8   22    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .182
Bob Robertson         10   27    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .148
Gene Clines           13   22    3    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    1  .136
Mike Ryan              5   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    7  .077
Kurt Bevacqua          4    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Mario Mendoza          1    0    1    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
Rich Morales          10    2    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
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          21   73   13   26   4   1   1    9   0   0    8    7  .356
Derrel Thomas         22   87   10   27   3   1   0    4   0   0    5   12  .310
Fred Kendall          22   80    7   24   2   0   1    7   0   0    5    7  .300
Willie McCovey        20   50    5   15   5   0   0    5   0   0   13   11  .300
Dave Winfield         18   55    7   16   1   0   3    8   0   0    3   10  .291
Cito Gaston           18   33    3    9   3   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .273
Bobby Tolan           19   63    6   16   2   0   0    7   2   3    4    4  .254
Dave Roberts          18   58    6   12   5   0   0    5   0   0    5   14  .207
Matty Alou            17   35    2    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .200
Enzo Hernandez        23   66    5   12   3   1   0    4   7   0    4    7  .182
Bernie Williams       10   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .167
Nate Colbert          22   64    8   10   1   0   1    8   1   1   10   20  .156
Dave Hilton           12   22    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .091

 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          22   91   16   30   4   1   2   14   2   1    2    8  .330
Bruce Miller          10   24    6    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .292
Dave Rader            11   21    1    6   3   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .286
Mike Phillips         17   59    0   16   2   0   0    5   0   1    2    8  .271
Bobby Bonds           22   84   20   21   4   3   3    7   2   2   11   19  .250
Chris Arnold           8    8    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .250
Dave Kingman          20   65    7   16   5   0   4   11   0   1    9   24  .246
Chris Speier          22   78    7   18   4   0   0   12   0   0    7   16  .231
Ken Rudolph           15   40    3    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .225
Steve Ontiveros       22   67   10   15   1   1   2    9   0   0   16    6  .224
Gary Matthews         22   74    9   14   1   1   1    9   2   1   13    8  .189
Ed Goodson             6    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
John Boccabella        4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Gary Thomasson        14   22    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .091
Jim Howarth            3    2    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             21   80    8   34   6   1   1   14   0   0    4    8  .425
Reggie Smith          21   86   15   33   5   1   4   19   1   1    8    9  .384
Luis Melendez         10   23    4    8   1   2   0    2   0   0    2    1  .348
Ted Sizemore          21   85   14   29   6   0   0   14   1   1   11    3  .341
Ted Simmons           19   80   10   27   6   2   0   12   0   0    4    3  .338
Tim McCarver          10   13    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .308
Bake McBride          19   64   13   19   2   0   2    9   3   0    4    5  .297
Jim Hickman           12   17    2    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .294
Lou Brock             21   91   20   26   2   0   1   10  12   1    9   11  .286
Stan Papi              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Joe Torre             18   69   10   16   4   0   1    7   0   0    7   10  .232
Mike Tyson            21   66    6   15   2   1   0    4   0   0    6   12  .227
Jose Cruz             17   13    3    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    2    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:

  R. Garr (ATL)            93
  L. Brock (STL)           91
  G. Maddox (SF)           91
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          89
  D. Thomas (SD)           87
  R. Smith (STL)           86
  R. Metzger (HOU)         85
  T. Sizemore (STL)        85
  R. Stennett (PIT)        85
  B. Bonds (SF)            84

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            20
  L. Brock (STL)           20
  J. Wynn (LA)             18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  D. Baker (ATL)           16
  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  G. Maddox (SF)           16
  R. Hebner (PIT)          15
  P. Rose (CIN)            15
  R. Smith (STL)           15

Hits:

  K. Reitz (STL)           34
  R. Garr (ATL)            33
  R. Smith (STL)           33
  G. Maddox (SF)           30
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          29
  T. Sizemore (STL)        29
  A. Oliver (PIT)          28
  P. Rose (CIN)            28
  B. Watson (HOU)          28
  R. Hebner (PIT)          27

Doubles:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       9
  P. Rose (CIN)             9
  S. Garvey (LA)            8
  D. Baker (ATL)            7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  R. Garr (ATL)             6
  R. Hebner (PIT)           6
  K. Reitz (STL)            6
  T. Simmons (STL)          6
  T. Sizemore (STL)         6

Triples:

  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  W. Crawford (LA)          2
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         2
  T. Hutton (PHI)           2
  L. Melendez (STL)         2
  R. Metzger (HOU)          2
  A. Oliver (PIT)           2
  T. Simmons (STL)          2
  M. Anderson (PHI)         1

Home Runs:

  T. Perez (CIN)            7
  J. Wynn (LA)              7
  H. Aaron (ATL)            6
  R. Hebner (PIT)           6
  S. Garvey (LA)            5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  D. Kingman (SF)           4
  D. Schneck (NY)           4
  R. Smith (STL)            4
  W. Stargell (PIT)         4

RBI:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          24
  T. Perez (CIN)           20
  J. Wynn (LA)             20
  R. Smith (STL)           19
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      18
  R. Cey (LA)              17
  B. Williams (CHI)        16
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  D. Rader (HOU)           15
  W. Stargell (PIT)        15

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           12
  D. Lopes (LA)            11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  L. Bowa (PHI)             7
  E. Hernandez (SD)         7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  B. Buckner (LA)           6
  D. Baker (ATL)            4
  B. Madlock (CHI)          4
  J. Wynn (LA)              4

Caught Stealing:

  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  B. Buckner (LA)           3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          3
  B. Tolan (SD)             3
  J. Wynn (LA)              3
  B. Bailey (MON)           2
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  D. Cash (PHI)             2

Walks:

  J. Ferguson (LA)         19
  J. Wynn (LA)             19
  K. Singleton (MON)       18
  J. Bench (CIN)           17
  B. Harrelson (NY)        16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  S. Ontiveros (SF)        16
  B. Bailey (MON)          15
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         15
  D. Evans (ATL)           14

Strikeouts:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        26
  D. Kingman (SF)          24
  W. Garrett (NY)          21
  N. Colbert (SD)          20
  D. Parker (PIT)          20
  B. Bonds (SF)            19
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         19
  C. Speier (SF)           16
  T. Perez (CIN)           15
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14

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