Tuesday April 30, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 30, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        784  121   244   39    8   11   110   19    4   66    80  .311
Houston          830  127   247   37    7   18   119   22    6   67   113  .298
Pittsburgh       672   88   192   27    4   22    82    6    4   52   101  .286
Los Angeles      754  136   212   38    9   21   128   29   14  109   105  .281
Cincinnati       659   96   178   38    5   17    88   17    6   95   109  .270
Philadelphia     718   89   188   30    5   11    81   14   10   56   131  .262
New York         705   91   179   27    1   17    81    8    3   76   100  .254
San Diego        797   76   201   33    3    6    70   13    6   78   126  .252
Montreal         545   85   136   21    2    9    79    9    5   79    91  .250
Atlanta          752   95   184   29    4   19    85    7    9   80   105  .245
San Francisco    738   90   175   29    7   12    80    6    6   79   127  .237
Chicago          602   72   136   21    3   13    65   12   12   81    86  .226

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (STL)          22   84    9   35   7   1   1   14   0   0    4    8  .417
Richie Hebner (PIT)      17   72   15   27   6   0   6   14   0   2    9    3  .375
Greg Gross (HOU)         21   67   13   25   1   1   0    5   1   1    8    5  .373
Reggie Smith (STL)       22   90   15   33   5   1   4   19   1   1    9    9  .367
Del Unser (PHI)          17   58   12   21   1   1   1    6   1   0    8    7  .362
Garry Maddox (SF)        23   95   16   34   5   1   2   15   2   1    3    8  .358
Johnny Grubb (SD)        21   73   13   26   4   1   1    9   0   0    8    7  .356
Dusty Baker (ATL)        22   77   17   27   7   0   2    6   4   1   11   11  .351
Ralph Garr (ATL)         23   97    9   34   6   3   0   10   2   5    6    8  .351
Pete Rose (CIN)          19   81   15   28   9   0   0    2   0   1   12    7  .346

 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
Dusty Baker           22   77   17   27   7   0   2    6   4   1   11   11  .351
Ralph Garr            23   97    9   34   6   3   0   10   2   5    6    8  .351
Ivan Murrell          12   24    0    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .250
Johnny Oates          21   66    5   16   2   0   0    7   0   2    8    7  .242
Davey Johnson         21   64   12   15   4   0   2    7   0   0   15    8  .234
Mike Lum              14   55   10   12   1   0   3    9   0   0    1    8  .218
Hank Aaron            16   51   10   11   0   0   7   15   0   0    6    9  .216
Darrell Evans         20   67   10   13   1   0   3    8   0   0   14   12  .194
Frank Tepedino        11   27    2    5   0   1   0    5   0   0    3    0  .185
Craig Robinson        22   71    6   13   0   0   0    7   1   0    7    6  .183
Norm Miller            8    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            8   15    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .067
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         2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Jose Cardenal         18   68   11   21   4   0   2    9   3   2    6    6  .309
Rick Monday           18   72   13   22   5   0   1    3   1   1   12   10  .306
George Mitterwald     16   54    4   15   3   0   3   12   0   1    6    9  .278
Bill Madlock          18   69   12   19   3   1   1    6   4   2    5    7  .275
Billy Williams        18   62   12   16   4   0   3   16   0   2   13    9  .258
Jerry Morales         18   70   10   16   0   0   3    7   1   2   11    9  .229
Don Kessinger         16   47    4    8   1   1   0    3   1   0   12    6  .170
Vic Harris            16   64    5    9   1   1   0    5   2   1    8    8  .141
Dave Rosello           9   24    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .125
Chris Ward            10    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .125
Tom Lundstedt          6   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .000
Adrian Garrett         7    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Matt Alexander         5    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Andre Thornton         3    2    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
Mick Kelleher          1    3    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .667
Greg Gross            21   67   13   25   1   1   0    5   1   1    8    5  .373
Tommy Helms           22   70    7   24   5   0   1   11   1   1    1    3  .343
Bob Watson            24   89   15   30   1   1   3   15   0   1    8    7  .337
Milt May              15   58    9   19   2   0   0    5   0   1    3    4  .328
Cesar Cedeno          24   95   20   30   7   1   4   24  12   1    8   12  .316
Roger Metzger         22   85   13   26   5   2   0    3   3   0   11    9  .306
Lee May               24   86   14   26   5   0   4   15   0   0    6   15  .302
Larry Milbourne       16   17    5    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .294
Doug Rader            23   79   11   23   5   0   2   15   4   0   11   17  .291
Johnny Edwards        11   36    2    8   1   1   1    5   0   1    3    2  .222
Cliff Johnson          8    9    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .222
Ollie Brown           11   34    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    4  .206
Dave Campbell          9   10    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Denis Menke           13   10    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .200
Bob Gallagher         22   22    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .136

 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            11   12    2    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .500
Steve Yeager           5   18    2    8   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    2  .444
Lee Lacy               8   20    6    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    3  .350
Willie Crawford       21   77   15   26   3   2   0   12   2   2   12   11  .338
Bill Buckner          21   74    7   24   5   1   0    8   6   3    7    4  .324
Steve Garvey          22   84   15   27   8   0   6   20   0   1    5    6  .321
Bill Russell          23   80   11   25   5   2   3   12   0   1   10    7  .313
Ron Cey               23   82   14   23   3   0   1   18   0   0   12   10  .281
Tom Paciorek          13   27    7    7   0   2   1    8   1   0    2    4  .259
Ken McMullen           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Jim Wynn              23   75   19   18   3   1   7   21   4   3   20   13  .240
Davey Lopes           22   69   20   16   2   1   0    5  14   3   15    9  .232
Joe Ferguson          19   58   11    9   0   0   1    4   0   1   19   16  .155
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         16   54   10   17   4   0   1    9   1   0   18   10  .315
Hal Breeden           10   32    5   10   4   0   0    6   0   0    3    5  .313
Bob Bailey            16   54   11   16   1   0   3    7   0   2   16   15  .296
Tim Foli              16   57    7   16   0   1   0   10   1   0    6    4  .281
Ron Fairly            10   29    6    8   2   0   2    9   0   0    4    4  .276
Willie Davis          16   69    8   19   3   1   0    8   3   0    3   11  .275
Terry Humphrey         4   11    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .273
Boots Day              4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Ron Woods              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .250
Ron Hunt              16   61   12   14   0   0   0    4   0   1   11    2  .230
Larry Lintz            6    9    2    2   1   0   0    0   3   0    0    2  .222
Jim Cox               16   61    9   13   2   0   1   10   1   1    4    9  .213
Barry Foote           14   44    5    9   2   0   2    6   0   1    7    9  .205
Mike Jorgensen        12   10    5    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .200
Jim Lyttle            10    3    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .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
Felix Millan          21   83   13   27   2   0   1    5   2   0    9    5  .325
Cleon Jones           21   85   14   27   3   0   0    7   2   1    6   15  .318
Ken Boswell            8   10    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .300
Rusty Staub           21   81   12   24   6   0   2   10   0   0   11    6  .296
Dave Schneck          16   56    5   16   1   0   4   13   1   0    4    5  .286
Bud Harrelson         19   61   10   17   4   0   0    4   3   2   17    6  .279
John Milner           21   78    8   21   3   0   2   15   0   0   10    8  .269
Duffy Dyer             2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Ed Kranepool           4    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Don Hahn              10   25    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .240
Ron Hodges             7   24    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .208
Jerry Grote           14   51    5   10   1   0   2    9   0   0    5    7  .196
Wayne Garrett         20   79   11   14   4   1   4    8   0   0    9   23  .177
Ted Martinez           6    8    2    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             17   58   12   21   1   1   1    6   1   0    8    7  .362
Mike Schmidt          21   68   10   23   3   0   3   10   3   3   15   19  .338
Billy Grabarkewitz     8    3    3    1   0   0   1    1   1   0    1    0  .333
Bill Robinson         16   55    6   18   4   0   0    3   0   1    2   14  .327
Dave Cash             21   89   14   28   4   1   1   10   2   2    4    6  .315
Mike Anderson         20   60    7   17   5   1   1   10   0   1    7   12  .283
Tommy Hutton          15   44   10   11   1   2   1    9   0   0    1    4  .250
Larry Bowa            21   87   12   20   3   0   1    5   7   1    6   10  .230
Greg Luzinski         20   76    5   17   2   0   2   13   0   0    5   27  .224
Bob Boone             21   68    6   15   4   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .221
Willie Montanez       14   41    2    7   3   0   0    4   0   1    2   10  .171
Jim Essian             5    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Mike Rogodzinski       5    4    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         23   91   10   28   4   1   0    5   1   1    6   12  .308
Dave Winfield         19   59    7   18   1   0   3    9   0   0    3   10  .305
Willie McCovey        21   51    5   15   5   0   0    5   0   0   16   12  .294
Fred Kendall          23   83    7   24   2   0   1    7   0   0    6    7  .289
Cito Gaston           18   33    3    9   3   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .273
Bobby Tolan           20   66    7   17   2   0   0    7   2   4    5    5  .258
Enzo Hernandez        24   70    6   15   3   1   0    4   9   0    4    7  .214
Dave Roberts          19   62    6   12   5   0   0    5   0   0    5   14  .194
Matty Alou            18   39    2    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .180
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          23   95   16   34   5   1   2   15   2   1    3    8  .358
Bruce Miller          10   24    6    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .292
Mike Phillips         18   60    0   16   2   0   0    5   0   1    2    8  .267
Dave Kingman          21   68    7   17   5   0   4   11   0   1    9   26  .250
Dave Rader            12   24    1    6   3   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .250
Bobby Bonds           23   87   20   21   4   3   3    8   2   2   12   20  .241
Chris Speier          23   81    7   19   4   0   0   12   0   0    8   16  .235
Chris Arnold           9   13    1    3   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    5  .231
Ken Rudolph           15   40    3    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .225
Steve Ontiveros       23   72   10   16   1   1   2   10   0   0   16    7  .222
Gary Matthews         23   79   12   16   2   1   1    9   2   1   13    9  .203
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        15   22    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    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             22   84    9   35   7   1   1   14   0   0    4    8  .417
Reggie Smith          22   90   15   33   5   1   4   19   1   1    9    9  .367
Luis Melendez         10   23    4    8   1   2   0    2   0   0    2    1  .348
Ted Simmons           20   85   10   29   8   2   0   13   0   0    4    4  .341
Ted Sizemore          22   87   14   29   6   0   0   15   1   1   12    3  .333
Bake McBride          20   67   14   21   2   0   2    9   3   0    5    5  .313
Tim McCarver          10   13    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .308
Lou Brock             22   95   23   29   2   1   2   12  13   1   10   11  .305
Jim Hickman           12   17    2    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .294
Joe Torre             19   73   11   19   4   0   1    8   0   0    7   10  .260
Stan Papi              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Mike Tyson            22   69    6   15   2   1   0    5   0   0    7   12  .217
Jose Cruz             18   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)            97
  L. Brock (STL)           95
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          95
  G. Maddox (SF)           95
  D. Thomas (SD)           91
  R. Smith (STL)           90
  D. Cash (PHI)            89
  B. Watson (HOU)          89
  B. Bonds (SF)            87
  L. Bowa (PHI)            87

Runs Scored:

  L. Brock (STL)           23
  B. Bonds (SF)            20
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          20
  D. Lopes (LA)            20
  J. Wynn (LA)             19
  D. Baker (ATL)           17
  G. Maddox (SF)           16
  W. Crawford (LA)         15
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  R. Hebner (PIT)          15

Hits:

  K. Reitz (STL)           35
  R. Garr (ATL)            34
  G. Maddox (SF)           34
  R. Smith (STL)           33
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          30
  B. Watson (HOU)          30
  L. Brock (STL)           29
  T. Simmons (STL)         29
  T. Sizemore (STL)        29
  D. Cash (PHI)            28

Doubles:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       9
  P. Rose (CIN)             9
  S. Garvey (LA)            8
  T. Simmons (STL)          8
  D. Baker (ATL)            7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  K. Reitz (STL)            7
  R. Garr (ATL)             6
  R. Hebner (PIT)           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. Paciorek (LA)          2
  B. Russell (LA)           2

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          24
  J. Wynn (LA)             21
  S. Garvey (LA)           20
  T. Perez (CIN)           20
  R. Smith (STL)           19
  R. Cey (LA)              18
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      18
  B. Williams (CHI)        16
  H. Aaron (ATL)           15
  G. Maddox (SF)           15

Stolen Bases:

  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  L. Brock (STL)           13
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          12
  E. Hernandez (SD)         9
  L. Bowa (PHI)             7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  B. Buckner (LA)           6
  D. Baker (ATL)            4
  B. Madlock (CHI)          4
  D. Rader (HOU)            4

Caught Stealing:

  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  B. Tolan (SD)             4
  B. Buckner (LA)           3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          3
  J. Wynn (LA)              3
  B. Bailey (MON)           2
  B. Bonds (SF)             2
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  D. Cash (PHI)             2

Walks:

  J. Wynn (LA)             20
  J. Ferguson (LA)         19
  K. Singleton (MON)       18
  J. Bench (CIN)           17
  B. Harrelson (NY)        17
  B. Bailey (MON)          16
  W. McCovey (SD)          16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  S. Ontiveros (SF)        16
  D. Johnson (ATL)         15

Strikeouts:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        27
  D. Kingman (SF)          26
  W. Garrett (NY)          23
  B. Bonds (SF)            20
  N. Colbert (SD)          20
  D. Parker (PIT)          20
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         19
  D. Rader (HOU)           17
  J. Ferguson (LA)         16
  C. Speier (SF)           16

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