Saturday May 4, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 4, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        884  129   267   42    8   13   117   23    5   71    88  .302
Houston          916  145   270   41    7   19   134   25    7   81   125  .295
Pittsburgh       770   99   220   31    6   23    92    6    5   64   109  .286
Los Angeles      865  142   237   42   10   23   134   31   14  118   132  .274
Cincinnati       769  108   208   45    6   19    99   23   11  114   128  .271
Philadelphia     818  106   219   33    7   13    97   18   10   64   148  .268
San Diego        862   84   217   37    4    7    78   16    6   83   142  .252
New York         784   98   194   28    1   20    88    9    4   86   112  .247
Atlanta          853  106   208   31    5   22    96   10   11   93   114  .244
San Francisco    807  105   196   33    7   14    95    8    7   90   143  .243
Montreal         602   90   144   22    2    9    84   11    6   86   101  .239
Chicago          706   88   160   27    4   18    81   18   14   93    97  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (STL)          25   96   10   37   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    9  .385
Reggie Smith (STL)       25  101   17   37   5   1   5   22   1   1   10   10  .366
Greg Gross (HOU)         24   78   17   28   3   1   0    7   1   1   10    5  .359
Johnny Grubb (SD)        21   73   13   26   4   1   1    9   0   0    8    7  .356
Garry Maddox (SF)        25  104   17   37   6   1   2   18   2   2    3    9  .356
Ralph Garr (ATL)         26  110   11   39   6   3   1   13   4   6    7    9  .355
Bob Watson (HOU)         27   97   18   34   1   1   3   15   0   2   10    7  .351
Joe Morgan (CIN)         22   86   14   30   6   1   1    8  12   4   17    8  .349
Tommy Helms (HOU)        24   75    7   26   5   0   1   12   1   1    1    3  .347
Richie Hebner (PIT)      20   84   16   29   7   0   6   14   0   2    9    3  .345

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Perez           16   33    8   14   3   0   1    2   0   0    5    1  .424
Ralph Garr            26  110   11   39   6   3   1   13   4   6    7    9  .355
Dusty Baker           25   89   18   29   7   0   3    7   4   1   12   11  .326
Johnny Oates          23   68    6   17   2   0   0    7   0   2    9    7  .250
Ivan Murrell          15   36    1    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    7  .250
Craig Robinson        25   83    9   19   0   1   0    8   2   0    8    6  .229
Mike Lum              14   55   10   12   1   0   3    9   0   0    1    8  .218
Hank Aaron            18   56   10   12   0   0   7   15   0   0    6    9  .214
Frank Tepedino        12   28    2    6   0   1   0    6   0   0    3    0  .214
Darrell Evans         23   73   11   15   1   0   3    9   0   0   18   13  .206
Davey Johnson         23   73   12   15   4   0   2    7   0   0   15    9  .206
Leo Foster            12   10    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   1    1    2  .200
Norm Miller            8    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Rowland Office        22   38    0    6   3   0   0    8   0   0    2    7  .158
Vic Correll           10   17    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .059
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
Bill Madlock          21   79   15   25   4   1   2    9   5   3    5    8  .317
Jose Cardenal         21   79   13   23   5   0   2    9   5   2    7    7  .291
Rick Monday           21   87   15   25   5   0   3    6   1   1   12   13  .287
Billy Williams        21   74   15   21   5   0   5   21   0   2   15    9  .284
George Mitterwald     18   60    4   15   3   0   3   12   0   1    6   10  .250
Chris Ward            13   12    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .250
Jerry Morales         20   77   10   18   1   1   3    9   1   3   12    9  .234
Don Kessinger         19   54    6    9   2   1   0    3   1   0   14    6  .167
Carmen Fanzone         3    6    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .167
Vic Harris            19   75    8   11   1   1   0    7   4   1   11    9  .147
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         9    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Matt Alexander         7    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .000
Andre Thornton         4    3    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            22   86   14   30   6   1   1    8  12   4   17    8  .349
Tony Perez            22   84   13   29   5   0   7   22   0   0   12   19  .345
Pete Rose             22   94   17   31   9   0   1    5   0   1   15    8  .330
George Foster         16   35    6   10   2   0   2    6   1   1    8    9  .286
Cesar Geronimo        19   36    7   10   1   3   0    3   0   0    5    5  .278
Dave Concepcion       22   93   10   25  12   0   3   18   3   1    4   15  .269
Dan Driessen          21   79   10   21   4   1   0   10   2   0    7   13  .266
Merv Rettenmund       16   54   11   14   1   0   2    8   3   1   10    9  .259
Terry Crowley         16   13    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .231
Johnny Bench          21   73   12   14   2   0   3    5   0   1   20    7  .192
Andy Kosco            13   16    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .188
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         15    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Greg Gross            24   78   17   28   3   1   0    7   1   1   10    5  .359
Bob Watson            27   97   18   34   1   1   3   15   0   2   10    7  .351
Tommy Helms           24   75    7   26   5   0   1   12   1   1    1    3  .347
Lee May               27   96   17   32   6   0   5   22   0   0    7   15  .333
Cesar Cedeno          27  105   23   33   8   1   4   25  14   1   10   13  .314
Roger Metzger         22   85   13   26   5   2   0    3   3   0   11    9  .306
Larry Milbourne       17   17    5    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .294
Milt May              18   65   10   19   2   0   0    6   0   1    6    5  .292
Doug Rader            26   86   11   24   5   0   2   18   4   0   14   19  .279
Mick Kelleher          4   15    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    3  .267
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           15   14    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .143
Bob Gallagher         25   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          7    3    3    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .667
Manny Mota            14   13    2    6   0   0   0    5   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
Bill Buckner          24   86    8   28   6   1   0    9   7   3    8    5  .326
Bill Russell          26   91   13   29   6   3   3   12   0   1   11    9  .319
Steve Garvey          25   98   16   31   8   0   7   22   0   1    5    9  .316
Willie Crawford       24   87   15   27   4   2   0   12   2   2   16   15  .310
Ron Cey               26   95   14   27   3   0   1   18   0   0   13   12  .284
Jim Wynn              26   82   19   20   3   1   7   21   5   3   21   15  .244
Tom Paciorek          16   37    7    9   1   2   1    8   1   0    2    7  .243
Davey Lopes           25   81   20   16   2   1   0    5  14   3   15   13  .198
Joe Ferguson          21   65   12   10   0   0   2    5   0   1   20   17  .154
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
Ken Singleton         18   60   10   18   4   0   1    9   1   0   20   13  .300
Terry Humphrey         5   14    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .286
Bob Bailey            18   60   12   17   1   0   3    7   1   2   17   17  .283
Willie Davis          18   77    8   21   3   1   0   10   4   0    3   12  .273
Tim Foli              18   64    7   16   0   1   0   11   1   0    6    4  .250
Jim Lyttle            12    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
Barry Foote           15   47    6   11   3   0   2    6   0   1    7    9  .234
Ron Fairly            12   37    6    8   2   0   2    9   0   0    4    4  .216
Ron Hunt              18   67   13   14   0   0   0    5   0   2   13    2  .209
Jim Cox               17   63   10   13   2   0   1   10   1   1    5   10  .206
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          23   92   14   29   2   0   1    5   2   0   11    5  .315
Cleon Jones           23   95   15   29   3   0   0    7   2   1    6   15  .305
Dave Schneck          18   63    5   18   1   0   4   13   2   0    4    6  .286
John Milner           23   87   10   24   4   0   3   17   0   1   11   10  .276
Rusty Staub           23   91   13   25   6   0   3   13   0   0   11    6  .275
Bud Harrelson         21   69   11   18   4   0   0    4   3   2   20    9  .261
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              11   28    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .214
Ron Hodges             7   24    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .208
Jerry Grote           16   57    5   11   1   0   2    9   0   0    8    8  .193
Wayne Garrett         22   88   12   16   4   1   5   10   0   0    9   27  .182
Ted Martinez           6    8    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .125
George Theodore        7    6    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
Mike Schmidt          24   79   12   27   3   0   4   15   5   3   17   20  .342
Del Unser             19   62   12   21   1   1   1    6   1   0    8    8  .339
Billy Grabarkewitz     9    3    3    1   0   0   1    1   1   0    1    0  .333
Bill Robinson         19   67    7   21   4   0   0    5   0   1    2   19  .313
Dave Cash             24  102   16   31   5   2   1   12   2   2    4    7  .304
Mike Anderson         22   68    8   19   5   1   1   10   0   1    8   14  .279
Larry Bowa            24   98   16   25   3   0   1    6   9   1    6   10  .255
Tommy Hutton          15   44   10   11   1   2   1    9   0   0    1    4  .250
Greg Luzinski         23   87    7   21   3   0   2   15   0   0    7   30  .241
Bob Boone             24   77    7   18   4   0   0    6   0   0    5    3  .234
Willie Montanez       17   53    5   12   3   1   1    6   0   1    3   12  .226
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         17   49    5   17   1   0   0    4   3   0    3    4  .347
Richie Hebner         20   84   16   29   7   0   6   14   0   2    9    3  .345
Dave Parker           20   74    7   25   4   1   1   11   1   2    2   21  .338
Al Oliver             21   97   15   30   4   2   3   11   1   0    0    9  .309
Rennie Stennett       21   97   10   29   5   0   2   11   1   1    3    6  .299
Willie Stargell       21   74   11   22   3   0   4   18   0   0   14   12  .297
Richie Zisk           19   60    6   17   2   0   3    6   0   0   12   14  .283
Manny Sanguillen      14   57    5   15   2   2   2    8   0   0    0    3  .263
Paul Popovich         11   10    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Gene Clines           15   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         25  100   11   32   5   2   0    6   1   1    6   13  .320
Dave Winfield         21   66    7   20   2   0   3   10   1   0    4   11  .303
Fred Kendall          25   90    7   24   2   0   1    8   0   0    6    8  .267
Bobby Tolan           21   69    8   18   2   0   0    7   2   4    6    5  .261
Willie McCovey        23   58    5   15   5   0   0    5   0   0   17   15  .259
Cito Gaston           19   37    3    9   3   0   0    4   0   0    3    8  .243
Enzo Hernandez        26   77    8   17   3   1   0    5  10   0    5    8  .221
Matty Alou            19   44    3    9   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .205
Dave Roberts          21   68    6   13   5   0   0    6   0   0    6   16  .191
Nate Colbert          23   68    9   12   1   0   2   10   2   1   10   22  .177
Bernie Williams       10   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .167
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          25  104   17   37   6   1   2   18   2   2    3    9  .356
Bruce Miller          10   24    6    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .292
Dave Kingman          23   75    7   20   5   0   4   13   2   1    9   28  .267
Chris Arnold          11   19    3    5   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .263
Steve Ontiveros       25   81   12   21   2   1   2   11   0   0   16    9  .259
Mike Phillips         20   62    0   16   2   0   0    5   0   1    2    8  .258
Dave Rader            12   24    1    6   3   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .250
Ken Rudolph           17   46    4   11   0   0   0    2   0   0    8    4  .239
Bobby Bonds           25   93   22   22   5   3   3   10   2   2   15   22  .237
Gary Matthews         25   89   16   20   2   1   2   12   2   1   13    9  .225
Chris Speier          25   89    9   20   5   0   0   12   0   0    9   17  .225
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        17   23    4    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    6    5  .087
Jim Howarth            4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Damaso Blanco          2    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             25   96   10   37   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    9  .385
Reggie Smith          25  101   17   37   5   1   5   22   1   1   10   10  .366
Luis Melendez         12   24    4    8   1   2   0    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Lou Brock             25  107   26   35   3   1   2   12  17   1   11   11  .327
Bake McBride          23   78   15   25   2   0   2    9   3   0    5    6  .321
Ted Sizemore          25   98   14   31   6   0   0   16   1   2   13    3  .316
Jim Hickman           14   19    3    6   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    1  .316
Ted Simmons           23   96   10   30   8   2   0   13   0   0    5    5  .313
Tim McCarver          11   14    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
Joe Torre             22   85   11   22   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
Luis Alvarado          2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
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)           110
  L. Brock (STL)          107
  C. Cedeno (HOU)         105
  G. Maddox (SF)          104
  D. Cash (PHI)           102
  R. Smith (STL)          101
  D. Thomas (SD)          100
  L. Bowa (PHI)            98
  S. Garvey (LA)           98
  T. Sizemore (STL)        98

Runs Scored:

  L. Brock (STL)           26
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          23
  B. Bonds (SF)            22
  D. Lopes (LA)            20
  J. Wynn (LA)             19
  D. Baker (ATL)           18
  B. Watson (HOU)          18
  G. Gross (HOU)           17
  G. Maddox (SF)           17
  L. May (HOU)             17

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            39
  G. Maddox (SF)           37
  K. Reitz (STL)           37
  R. Smith (STL)           37
  L. Brock (STL)           35
  B. Watson (HOU)          34
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          33
  L. May (HOU)             32
  D. Thomas (SD)           32
  D. Cash (PHI)            31

Doubles:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      12
  P. Rose (CIN)             9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8
  S. Garvey (LA)            8
  T. Simmons (STL)          8
  D. Baker (ATL)            7
  R. Hebner (PIT)           7
  K. Reitz (STL)            7
  B. Buckner (LA)           6
  R. Garr (ATL)             6

Triples:

  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         3
  B. Russell (LA)           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

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
  R. Smith (STL)            5
  B. Williams (CHI)         5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4

RBI:

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

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           17
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          14
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  E. Hernandez (SD)        10
  L. Bowa (PHI)             9
  B. Buckner (LA)           7
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  B. Madlock (CHI)          5
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          5

Caught Stealing:

  R. Garr (ATL)             6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  B. Tolan (SD)             4
  B. Buckner (LA)           3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  B. Madlock (CHI)          3
  J. Morales (CHI)          3
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          3
  J. Wynn (LA)              3
  B. Bailey (MON)           2

Walks:

  J. Wynn (LA)             21
  J. Bench (CIN)           20
  J. Ferguson (LA)         20
  B. Harrelson (NY)        20
  K. Singleton (MON)       20
  D. Evans (ATL)           18
  B. Bailey (MON)          17
  W. McCovey (SD)          17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         17

Strikeouts:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        30
  D. Kingman (SF)          28
  W. Garrett (NY)          27
  B. Bonds (SF)            22
  N. Colbert (SD)          22
  D. Parker (PIT)          21
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         20
  T. Perez (CIN)           19
  D. Rader (HOU)           19
  B. Robinson (PHI)        19


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