Friday May 3, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 3, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        851  127   261   42    8   12   115   22    5   70    86  .307
Houston          892  142   264   39    7   19   132   24    6   74   122  .296
Pittsburgh       740   95   213   31    6   22    88    6    5   58   106  .288
Los Angeles      832  139   227   40    9   22   131   30   14  114   125  .273
Cincinnati       728  106   196   43    6   19    97   20    8  107   122  .269
Philadelphia     787   99   211   32    6   13    90   16   10   60   140  .268
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          822  103   201   30    4   21    93    9   10   89   111  .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          668   85   154   27    3   17    78   17   13   91    92  .231

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (STL)          24   92   10   37   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    9  .402
Garry Maddox (SF)        24  100   17   37   6   1   2   18   2   2    3    8  .370
Richie Hebner (PIT)      19   80   16   29   7   0   6   14   0   2    9    3  .363
Reggie Smith (STL)       24   97   16   35   5   1   4   20   1   1   10    9  .361
Johnny Grubb (SD)        21   73   13   26   4   1   1    9   0   0    8    7  .356
Tommy Helms (HOU)        23   73    7   26   5   0   1   12   1   1    1    3  .356
Greg Gross (HOU)         23   76   16   27   3   1   0    7   1   1    8    5  .355
Bob Watson (HOU)         26   94   17   33   1   1   3   15   0   1   10    7  .351
Ralph Garr (ATL)         25  106   11   37   6   3   1   13   4   5    7    8  .349
Mike Schmidt (PHI)       23   77   11   26   3   0   4   14   4   3   15   19  .338

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Perez           15   33    8   14   3   0   1    2   0   0    4    1  .424
Ralph Garr            25  106   11   37   6   3   1   13   4   5    7    8  .349
Dusty Baker           24   86   17   28   7   0   2    6   4   1   11   11  .326
Ivan Murrell          14   32    1    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    7  .250
Johnny Oates          22   66    5   16   2   0   0    7   0   2    8    7  .242
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
Davey Johnson         22   69   12   15   4   0   2    7   0   0   15    9  .217
Craig Robinson        24   79    8   17   0   0   0    7   1   0    8    6  .215
Darrell Evans         22   70   11   15   1   0   3    8   0   0   17   12  .214
Frank Tepedino        12   28    2    6   0   1   0    6   0   0    3    0  .214
Rowland Office        21   35    0    6   3   0   0    8   0   0    2    6  .171
Norm Miller            8    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Vic Correll            9   16    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .063
Paul Casanova          3   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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          20   78   15   25   4   1   2    9   5   3    5    8  .321
Rick Monday           20   82   15   25   5   0   3    6   1   1   12   12  .305
Jose Cardenal         20   76   13   22   5   0   2    9   5   2    7    7  .290
George Mitterwald     17   56    4   15   3   0   3   12   0   1    6   10  .268
Billy Williams        20   69   13   18   5   0   4   19   0   2   15    9  .261
Jerry Morales         19   74   10   17   1   0   3    8   1   2   11    9  .230
Chris Ward            12   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .182
Don Kessinger         18   51    6    9   2   1   0    3   1   0   13    6  .177
Vic Harris            18   70    8   11   1   1   0    7   4   1   11    8  .157
Dave Rosello          10   28    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .107
Tom Lundstedt          8   13    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          9    5    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .400
Joe Morgan            21   80   13   27   5   1   1    8  10   3   17    6  .338
Tony Perez            21   80   13   27   5   0   7   21   0   0   11   18  .338
Pete Rose             21   89   17   29   9   0   1    5   0   1   14    8  .326
George Foster         15   30    6    9   2   0   2    6   1   1    8    9  .300
Cesar Geronimo        18   35    7   10   1   3   0    3   0   0    5    5  .286
Dave Concepcion       21   88   10   24  11   0   3   18   3   1    4   15  .273
Dan Driessen          21   79   10   21   4   1   0   10   2   0    7   13  .266
Terry Crowley         15   12    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
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          20   69   12   14   2   0   3    5   0   1   18    7  .203
Ken Griffey           15   43    2    8   0   1   0    5   2   1    4   11  .186
Bill Plummer           4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Darrel Chaney         14    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          3   11    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    1  .364
Tommy Helms           23   73    7   26   5   0   1   12   1   1    1    3  .356
Greg Gross            23   76   16   27   3   1   0    7   1   1    8    5  .355
Bob Watson            26   94   17   33   1   1   3   15   0   1   10    7  .351
Lee May               26   93   17   30   5   0   5   20   0   0    6   15  .323
Roger Metzger         22   85   13   26   5   2   0    3   3   0   11    9  .306
Cesar Cedeno          26  102   22   31   7   1   4   25  13   1   10   13  .304
Milt May              17   63   10   19   2   0   0    6   0   1    4    4  .302
Larry Milbourne       17   17    5    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .294
Doug Rader            25   84   11   24   5   0   2   18   4   0   12   19  .286
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         24   24    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .125

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Auerbach          6    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0 1.000
Manny Mota            13   13    2    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .462
Ken McMullen           5    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Lee Lacy               9   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
Steve Garvey          24   94   16   31   8   0   7   22   0   1    5    9  .330
Bill Russell          25   88   12   28   6   2   3   12   0   1   10    8  .318
Willie Crawford       23   85   15   27   4   2   0   12   2   2   14   14  .318
Bill Buckner          23   82    8   26   5   1   0    8   7   3    8    5  .317
Ron Cey               25   91   14   25   3   0   1   18   0   0   13   11  .275
Jim Wynn              25   78   19   18   3   1   7   21   4   3   20   15  .231
Tom Paciorek          15   36    7    8   0   2   1    8   1   0    2    7  .222
Davey Lopes           24   78   20   16   2   1   0    5  14   3   15   11  .205
Von Joshua             9   13    1    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .154
Joe Ferguson          20   61   11    9   0   0   1    4   0   1   20   16  .148

 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             18   58   12   21   1   1   1    6   1   0    8    7  .362
Mike Schmidt          23   77   11   26   3   0   4   14   4   3   15   19  .338
Billy Grabarkewitz     9    3    3    1   0   0   1    1   1   0    1    0  .333
Bill Robinson         18   63    6   20   4   0   0    4   0   1    2   16  .318
Dave Cash             23   98   16   30   4   2   1   10   2   2    4    6  .306
Mike Anderson         22   68    8   19   5   1   1   10   0   1    8   14  .279
Larry Bowa            23   94   15   24   3   0   1    6   8   1    6   10  .255
Greg Luzinski         22   84    6   21   3   0   2   15   0   0    6   28  .250
Tommy Hutton          15   44   10   11   1   2   1    9   0   0    1    4  .250
Bob Boone             23   74    6   16   4   0   0    4   0   0    4    3  .216
Willie Montanez       16   49    3   10   3   0   1    5   0   1    3   12  .204
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         16   45    5   17   1   0   0    4   3   0    3    3  .378
Richie Hebner         19   80   16   29   7   0   6   14   0   2    9    3  .363
Dave Parker           19   70    7   23   4   1   1    9   1   2    2   21  .329
Al Oliver             20   93   14   29   4   2   3   10   1   0    0    9  .312
Rennie Stennett       20   94    9   28   5   0   2   11   1   1    3    6  .298
Willie Stargell       20   74   11   22   3   0   4   18   0   0   10   12  .297
Manny Sanguillen      13   53    5   15   2   2   2    8   0   0    0    3  .283
Richie Zisk           18   58    5   16   2   0   2    5   0   0   10   13  .276
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             24   92   10   37   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    9  .402
Reggie Smith          24   97   16   35   5   1   4   20   1   1   10    9  .361
Luis Melendez         11   24    4    8   1   2   0    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Jim Hickman           13   18    3    6   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Ted Sizemore          24   94   14   31   6   0   0   16   1   2   13    3  .330
Ted Simmons           22   92   10   30   8   2   0   13   0   0    5    5  .326
Bake McBride          22   74   15   24   2   0   2    9   3   0    5    5  .324
Lou Brock             24  103   25   33   3   1   2   12  16   1   11   11  .320
Tim McCarver          11   14    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
Joe Torre             21   81   11   21   6   0   1    8   0   0    7   13  .259
Stan Papi              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Mike Tyson            24   73    6   15   2   1   0    6   0   0    7   12  .206
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
Luis Alvarado          1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  R. Garr (ATL)           106
  L. Brock (STL)          103
  C. Cedeno (HOU)         102
  G. Maddox (SF)          100
  D. Cash (PHI)            98
  R. Smith (STL)           97
  D. Thomas (SD)           96
  L. Bowa (PHI)            94
  S. Garvey (LA)           94
  T. Sizemore (STL)        94

Runs Scored:

  L. Brock (STL)           25
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          22
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  D. Lopes (LA)            20
  J. Wynn (LA)             19
  D. Baker (ATL)           17
  G. Maddox (SF)           17
  L. May (HOU)             17
  P. Rose (CIN)            17
  B. Watson (HOU)          17

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            37
  G. Maddox (SF)           37
  K. Reitz (STL)           37
  R. Smith (STL)           35
  L. Brock (STL)           33
  B. Watson (HOU)          33
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          31
  S. Garvey (LA)           31
  T. Sizemore (STL)        31
  D. Thomas (SD)           31

Doubles:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      11
  P. Rose (CIN)             9
  S. Garvey (LA)            8
  T. Simmons (STL)          8
  D. Baker (ATL)            7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  R. Hebner (PIT)           7
  K. Reitz (STL)            7
  R. Garr (ATL)             6
  G. Maddox (SF)            6

Triples:

  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         3
  D. Cash (PHI)             2
  W. Crawford (LA)          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
  L. May (HOU)              5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  D. Kingman (SF)           4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4

RBI:

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

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           16
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  J. Morgan (CIN)          10
  E. Hernandez (SD)         9
  L. Bowa (PHI)             8
  B. Buckner (LA)           7
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  B. Madlock (CHI)          5
  D. Baker (ATL)            4

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

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


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