Thursday May 2, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 2, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        819  126   253   41    8   12   114   20    5   68    85  .309
Houston          863  138   258   39    7   18   128   24    6   72   119  .299
Pittsburgh       709   91   204   29    4   22    85    6    4   54   104  .288
Los Angeles      799  138   218   39    9   22   130   30   14  113   121  .273
Philadelphia     757   97   203   32    6   12    89   16   10   58   136  .268
Cincinnati       691  101   184   41    5   17    92   19    6  105   119  .266
San Diego        829   81   211   36    3    6    75   14    6   82   129  .255
New York         753   92   186   27    1   18    82    8    3   79   109  .247
Atlanta          787  101   193   29    4   21    91    8   10   84   107  .245
San Francisco    774  103   189   33    7   14    93    7    7   86   137  .244
Montreal         575   86   140   21    2    9    80   11    6   81    96  .244
Chicago          638   79   145   25    3   16    72   15   12   86    90  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (STL)          23   88   10   37   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    8  .421
Greg Gross (HOU)         22   72   16   27   3   1   0    7   1   1    8    5  .375
Garry Maddox (SF)        24  100   17   37   6   1   2   18   2   2    3    8  .370
Richie Hebner (PIT)      18   76   15   28   6   0   6   14   0   2    9    3  .368
Reggie Smith (STL)       23   93   16   34   5   1   4   20   1   1   10    9  .366
Johnny Grubb (SD)        21   73   13   26   4   1   1    9   0   0    8    7  .356
Mike Schmidt (PHI)       22   73   11   26   3   0   4   14   4   3   15   19  .356
Bob Watson (HOU)         25   92   16   32   1   1   3   15   0   1    9    7  .348
Ralph Garr (ATL)         24  101   11   35   6   3   1   13   3   5    7    8  .347
Tommy Helms (HOU)        22   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           14   32    8   14   3   0   1    2   0   0    4    1  .438
Ralph Garr            24  101   11   35   6   3   1   13   3   5    7    8  .347
Dusty Baker           23   82   17   28   7   0   2    6   4   1   11   11  .342
Ivan Murrell          13   28    0    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .250
Johnny Oates          22   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
Leo Foster            11    9    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   1    1    2  .222
Hank Aaron            17   55   10   12   0   0   7   15   0   0    6    9  .218
Mike Lum              14   55   10   12   1   0   3    9   0   0    1    8  .218
Frank Tepedino        12   28    2    6   0   1   0    6   0   0    3    0  .214
Craig Robinson        23   75    8   15   0   0   0    7   1   0    7    6  .200
Darrell Evans         21   67   10   13   1   0   3    8   0   0   15   12  .194
Norm Miller            8    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Rowland Office        20   33    0    5   2   0   0    6   0   0    0    6  .152
Vic Correll            8   15    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .067
Paul Casanova          2    7    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
Bill Madlock          19   74   15   23   4   1   2    9   5   2    5    8  .311
Jose Cardenal         19   73   11   22   5   0   2    9   3   2    6    6  .301
Rick Monday           19   77   14   23   5   0   2    4   1   1   12   12  .299
George Mitterwald     16   54    4   15   3   0   3   12   0   1    6    9  .278
Billy Williams        19   67   13   18   5   0   4   19   0   2   13    9  .269
Jerry Morales         18   70   10   16   0   0   3    7   1   2   11    9  .229
Don Kessinger         17   48    4    8   1   1   0    3   1   0   12    6  .167
Vic Harris            17   67    7    9   1   1   0    5   4   1   10    8  .134
Dave Rosello          10   28    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .107
Chris Ward            11   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .100
Tom Lundstedt          7   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .000
Adrian Garrett         8    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Matt Alexander         6    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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             20   84   16   28   9   0   0    2   0   1   14    7  .333
Joe Morgan            20   75   13   25   4   1   1    8   9   2   17    6  .333
Tony Perez            20   76   13   25   5   0   7   21   0   0   11   17  .329
Dan Driessen          20   75   10   21   4   1   0   10   2   0    7   13  .280
Dave Concepcion       20   84    9   23  10   0   3   18   3   1    4   15  .274
George Foster         14   27    4    7   2   0   1    4   1   0    7    9  .259
Cesar Geronimo        17   33    6    8   1   2   0    3   0   0    5    5  .242
Merv Rettenmund       15   51   10   12   1   0   2    8   2   0    9    9  .235
Andy Kosco            12   13    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .231
Johnny Bench          19   66   12   14   2   0   3    5   0   1   17    7  .212
Ken Griffey           14   40    2    8   0   1   0    5   2   1    4   10  .200
Terry Crowley         14   11    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .182
Bill Plummer           4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Darrel Chaney         13    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          2    7    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    0  .571
Greg Gross            22   72   16   27   3   1   0    7   1   1    8    5  .375
Bob Watson            25   92   16   32   1   1   3   15   0   1    9    7  .348
Tommy Helms           22   70    7   24   5   0   1   11   1   1    1    3  .343
Cesar Cedeno          25   98   22   31   7   1   4   25  13   1   10   12  .316
Milt May              16   61    9   19   2   0   0    6   0   1    3    4  .312
Lee May               25   90   15   28   5   0   4   19   0   0    6   15  .311
Roger Metzger         22   85   13   26   5   2   0    3   3   0   11    9  .306
Larry Milbourne       16   17    5    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .294
Doug Rader            24   81   11   23   5   0   2   16   4   0   12   18  .284
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           14   14    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .143
Bob Gallagher         23   23    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .130

 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            12   13    2    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .462
Lee Lacy               8   20    6    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    3  .350
Steve Yeager           6   23    2    8   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .348
Willie Crawford       22   81   15   27   4   2   0   12   2   2   14   13  .333
Steve Garvey          23   90   16   29   8   0   7   22   0   1    5    9  .322
Bill Buckner          22   79    8   25   5   1   0    8   7   3    8    5  .317
Bill Russell          24   84   11   26   5   2   3   12   0   1   10    8  .310
Ron Cey               24   87   14   23   3   0   1   18   0   0   13   11  .264
Tom Paciorek          14   32    7    8   0   2   1    8   1   0    2    5  .250
Ken McMullen           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Jim Wynn              24   76   19   18   3   1   7   21   4   3   20   14  .237
Davey Lopes           23   75   20   16   2   1   0    5  14   3   15   11  .213
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
Hal Breeden           10   32    5   10   4   0   0    6   0   0    3    5  .313
Bob Bailey            17   57   12   17   1   0   3    7   1   2   16   15  .298
Ken Singleton         17   57   10   17   4   0   1    9   1   0   19   12  .298
Terry Humphrey         5   14    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .286
Willie Davis          17   73    8   20   3   1   0    8   4   0    3   11  .274
Tim Foli              17   60    7   16   0   1   0   10   1   0    6    4  .267
Jim Lyttle            11    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Ron Woods              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .250
Ron Fairly            11   33    6    8   2   0   2    9   0   0    4    4  .242
Ron Hunt              17   64   12   14   0   0   0    4   0   2   12    2  .219
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
Boots Day              5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Larry Lintz            7   13    2    2   1   0   0    0   3   0    0    3  .154
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            9   11    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .364
Felix Millan          22   88   13   29   2   0   1    5   2   0   10    5  .330
Cleon Jones           22   91   14   28   3   0   0    7   2   1    6   15  .308
Rusty Staub           22   87   12   24   6   0   2   10   0   0   11    6  .276
Dave Schneck          17   62    5   17   1   0   4   13   1   0    4    6  .274
John Milner           22   84    8   22   3   0   2   15   0   0   10   10  .262
Bud Harrelson         20   66   10   17   4   0   0    4   3   2   18    8  .258
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           15   55    5   10   1   0   2    9   0   0    6    8  .182
Wayne Garrett         21   84   12   15   4   1   5    9   0   0    9   26  .179
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          22   73   11   26   3   0   4   14   4   3   15   19  .356
Bill Robinson         17   60    6   20   4   0   0    4   0   1    2   16  .333
Billy Grabarkewitz     8    3    3    1   0   0   1    1   1   0    1    0  .333
Dave Cash             22   94   16   29   4   2   1   10   2   2    4    6  .309
Mike Anderson         21   64    7   18   5   1   1   10   0   1    8   13  .281
Larry Bowa            22   91   15   23   3   0   1    6   8   1    6   10  .253
Tommy Hutton          15   44   10   11   1   2   1    9   0   0    1    4  .250
Greg Luzinski         21   81    6   19   3   0   2   15   0   0    5   28  .235
Bob Boone             22   72    6   16   4   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .222
Willie Montanez       15   45    2    8   3   0   0    4   0   1    3   11  .178
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
Ed Kirkpatrick        15   19    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    1  .421
Frank Taveras         15   41    5   17   1   0   0    4   3   0    3    3  .415
Richie Hebner         18   76   15   28   6   0   6   14   0   2    9    3  .368
Al Oliver             19   89   14   29   4   2   3    9   1   0    0    9  .326
Dave Parker           18   66    6   21   4   0   1    8   1   1    2   20  .318
Willie Stargell       19   72   10   21   2   0   4   17   0   0    8   12  .292
Rennie Stennett       19   90    9   26   5   0   2   11   1   1    3    6  .289
Richie Zisk           17   55    5   15   2   0   2    5   0   0    9   12  .273
Manny Sanguillen      12   49    5   13   2   1   2    8   0   0    0    3  .265
Paul Popovich         10    9    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .222
Gene Clines           14   27    4    5   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    2  .185
Dal Maxvill            8   22    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .182
Bob Robertson         11   28    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .143
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          2    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         24   96   11   31   5   1   0    6   1   1    6   13  .323
Dave Winfield         20   62    7   20   2   0   3   10   1   0    4   10  .323
Fred Kendall          24   86    7   24   2   0   1    8   0   0    6    7  .279
Willie McCovey        22   55    5   15   5   0   0    5   0   0   16   14  .273
Cito Gaston           18   33    3    9   3   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .273
Bobby Tolan           21   69    8   18   2   0   0    7   2   4    6    5  .261
Enzo Hernandez        25   73    7   16   3   1   0    4   9   0    5    7  .219
Matty Alou            19   44    3    9   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .205
Dave Roberts          20   65    6   12   5   0   0    6   0   0    6   14  .185
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          24  100   17   37   6   1   2   18   2   2    3    8  .370
Bruce Miller          10   24    6    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .292
Mike Phillips         19   61    0   16   2   0   0    5   0   1    2    8  .262
Dave Kingman          22   71    7   18   5   0   4   12   1   1    9   27  .254
Dave Rader            12   24    1    6   3   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .250
Chris Arnold          10   16    3    4   0   0   1    6   0   0    2    6  .250
Steve Ontiveros       24   77   11   19   2   1   2   11   0   0   16    9  .247
Bobby Bonds           24   90   21   22   5   3   3   10   2   2   14   21  .244
Gary Matthews         24   84   16   20   2   1   2   12   2   1   13    9  .238
Chris Speier          24   85    9   20   5   0   0   12   0   0    9   16  .235
Ken Rudolph           16   43    4    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    7    4  .209
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        16   23    4    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .087
Jim Howarth            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Damaso Blanco          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz             23   88   10   37   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    8  .421
Reggie Smith          23   93   16   34   5   1   4   20   1   1   10    9  .366
Luis Melendez         10   23    4    8   1   2   0    2   0   0    2    1  .348
Jim Hickman           13   18    3    6   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Ted Sizemore          23   91   14   30   6   0   0   15   1   2   12    3  .330
Ted Simmons           21   88   10   29   8   2   0   13   0   0    5    5  .330
Lou Brock             23  100   24   31   3   1   2   12  14   1   10   11  .310
Bake McBride          21   71   15   22   2   0   2    9   3   0    5    5  .310
Tim McCarver          11   14    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
Joe Torre             20   77   11   20   5   0   1    8   0   0    7   13  .260
Stan Papi              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Mike Tyson            23   72    6   15   2   1   0    6   0   0    7   12  .208
Jose Cruz             19   14    3    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    2    1  .143
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)           101
  L. Brock (STL)          100
  G. Maddox (SF)          100
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          98
  D. Thomas (SD)           96
  D. Cash (PHI)            94
  R. Smith (STL)           93
  B. Watson (HOU)          92
  L. Bowa (PHI)            91
  C. Jones (NY)            91

Runs Scored:

  L. Brock (STL)           24
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          22
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  D. Lopes (LA)            20
  J. Wynn (LA)             19
  D. Baker (ATL)           17
  G. Maddox (SF)           17
  D. Cash (PHI)            16
  S. Garvey (LA)           16
  G. Gross (HOU)           16

Hits:

  G. Maddox (SF)           37
  K. Reitz (STL)           37
  R. Garr (ATL)            35
  R. Smith (STL)           34
  B. Watson (HOU)          32
  L. Brock (STL)           31
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          31
  D. Thomas (SD)           31
  T. Sizemore (STL)        30
  D. Cash (PHI)            29

Doubles:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      10
  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
  G. Maddox (SF)            6

Triples:

  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  D. Cash (PHI)             2
  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

Home Runs:

  H. Aaron (ATL)            7
  S. Garvey (LA)            7
  T. Perez (CIN)            7
  J. Wynn (LA)              7
  R. Hebner (PIT)           6
  W. Garrett (NY)           5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  D. Kingman (SF)           4
  L. May (HOU)              4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4

RBI:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  S. Garvey (LA)           22
  T. Perez (CIN)           21
  J. Wynn (LA)             21
  R. Smith (STL)           20
  L. May (HOU)             19
  B. Williams (CHI)        19
  R. Cey (LA)              18
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      18
  G. Maddox (SF)           18

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           14
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  E. Hernandez (SD)         9
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  L. Bowa (PHI)             8
  B. Buckner (LA)           7
  B. Madlock (CHI)          5
  D. Baker (ATL)            4
  W. Davis (MON)            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)       19
  B. Harrelson (NY)        18
  J. Bench (CIN)           17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  B. Bailey (MON)          16
  W. McCovey (SD)          16
  S. Ontiveros (SF)        16
  D. Evans (ATL)           15

Strikeouts:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        28
  D. Kingman (SF)          27
  W. Garrett (NY)          26
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  N. Colbert (SD)          20
  D. Parker (PIT)          20
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         19
  D. Rader (HOU)           18
  T. Perez (CIN)           17
  J. Ferguson (LA)         16


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