Monday May 6, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 6, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        917  132   274   43    8   14   120   24    5   71    92  .299
Houston          947  146   275   41    7   19   135   26    7   86   129  .290
Pittsburgh       802  101   226   32    6   24    94    7    5   64   112  .282
Los Angeles      898  144   244   43   10   23   136   33   14  124   138  .272
Cincinnati       806  113   218   45    6   21   103   23   11  116   134  .271
Philadelphia     883  115   232   36    8   13   105   19   10   70   152  .263
San Diego        970  100   246   44    4   10    94   16    6   95   160  .254
New York         849  108   210   30    1   24    97    9    6   95   117  .247
Atlanta          888  109   218   33    5   23    99   10   12   96   119  .246
San Francisco    875  117   214   38    7   15   103    8    9   97   155  .245
Montreal         665   91   154   24    2    9    84   12    6   93   109  .232
Chicago          740   90   169   28    5   18    83   18   15   97   101  .228

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (STL)          26  100   10   38   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    9  .380
Ralph Garr (ATL)         27  115   11   42   6   3   1   14   4   7    7    9  .365
Reggie Smith (STL)       26  105   18   38   5   1   6   24   1   1   10   12  .362
Greg Gross (HOU)         25   81   17   29   3   1   0    7   2   1   11    5  .358
Joe Morgan (CIN)         23   91   15   32   6   1   2    9  12   4   17    8  .352
Johnny Grubb (SD)        24   83   14   29   4   1   1   10   0   0    9   10  .349
Garry Maddox (SF)        27  112   19   39   7   1   2   18   2   3    3    9  .348
Tommy Helms (HOU)        25   78    7   27   5   0   1   12   1   1    2    3  .346
Richie Hebner (PIT)      21   88   16   30   7   0   6   14   0   2    9    4  .341
Lee May (HOU)            28  100   17   34   6   0   5   22   0   0    7   15  .340

 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            27  115   11   42   6   3   1   14   4   7    7    9  .365
Dusty Baker           26   93   18   30   7   0   3    7   4   1   13   12  .323
Ivan Murrell          16   39    2   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    8  .256
Johnny Oates          24   72    6   18   3   0   0    7   0   2    9    8  .250
Hank Aaron            19   60   11   14   1   0   7   15   0   0    6    9  .233
Craig Robinson        26   87    9   19   0   1   0    8   2   0    8    7  .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
Davey Johnson         24   77   13   16   4   0   3    9   0   0   15    9  .208
Leo Foster            12   10    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   1    1    2  .200
Darrell Evans         24   76   11   15   1   0   3    9   0   0   19   14  .197
Norm Miller            8    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Rowland Office        23   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
Chris Ward            14   16    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    2  .313
Jose Cardenal         21   79   13   23   5   0   2    9   5   2    7    7  .291
Rick Monday           22   90   16   26   5   0   3    6   1   1   14   14  .289
Billy Williams        22   77   16   22   5   0   5   21   0   2   16   10  .286
George Mitterwald     19   64    4   16   3   0   3   12   0   1    6   10  .250
Jerry Morales         21   81   10   18   1   1   3    9   1   3   12   10  .222
Carmen Fanzone         4    9    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .222
Don Kessinger         20   58    6   10   2   2   0    3   1   0   14    6  .172
Vic Harris            20   80    8   12   1   1   0    7   4   1   11   10  .150
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        10    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Matt Alexander         8    4    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         10    5    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    0  .400
Joe Morgan            23   91   15   32   6   1   2    9  12   4   17    8  .352
Tony Perez            23   89   13   30   5   0   7   23   0   0   12   20  .337
Pete Rose             23   99   18   32   9   0   1    5   0   1   15    9  .323
George Foster         17   39    6   11   2   0   2    6   1   1    8   10  .282
Cesar Geronimo        20   36    7   10   1   3   0    3   0   0    5    5  .278
Dave Concepcion       23   97   10   26  12   0   3   18   3   1    4   16  .268
Dan Driessen          22   81   10   21   4   1   0   10   2   0    8   14  .259
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          22   78   14   17   2   0   4    7   0   1   20    8  .218
Andy Kosco            14   16    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .188
Ken Griffey           16   47    2    8   0   1   0    5   2   1    4   11  .170
Bill Plummer           4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Darrel Chaney         16    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            25   81   17   29   3   1   0    7   2   1   11    5  .358
Tommy Helms           25   78    7   27   5   0   1   12   1   1    2    3  .346
Lee May               28  100   17   34   6   0   5   22   0   0    7   15  .340
Bob Watson            28  100   18   34   1   1   3   15   0   2   11    7  .340
Roger Metzger         22   85   13   26   5   2   0    3   3   0   11    9  .306
Cesar Cedeno          28  108   23   33   8   1   4   25  14   1   11   14  .306
Larry Milbourne       18   17    5    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .294
Milt May              19   66   10   19   2   0   0    6   0   1    6    5  .288
Doug Rader            27   89   12   24   5   0   2   18   4   0   15   20  .270
Mick Kelleher          5   18    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    4  .222
Ollie Brown           11   34    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    4  .206
Johnny Edwards        12   40    2    8   1   1   1    5   0   1    3    2  .200
Dave Campbell          9   10    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Cliff Johnson          9   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Bob Gallagher         26   25    6    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    3  .160
Denis Menke           15   14    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .143

 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            15   13    2    6   0   0   0    5   0   0    1    1  .462
Steve Yeager           6   23    2    8   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .348
Bill Buckner          25   90    8   30   6   1   0   10   8   3    9    5  .333
Ken McMullen           6    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Bill Russell          27   94   14   30   6   3   3   13   0   1   12    9  .319
Steve Garvey          26  103   16   32   8   0   7   22   0   1    5   10  .311
Willie Crawford       25   90   16   27   4   2   0   12   2   2   17   16  .300
Lee Lacy              10   24    6    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .292
Ron Cey               27   99   14   28   3   0   1   18   0   0   13   12  .283
Tom Paciorek          17   37    7    9   1   2   1    8   1   0    2    7  .243
Jim Wynn              27   85   19   20   3   1   7   21   6   3   23   15  .235
Davey Lopes           26   81   20   16   2   1   0    5  14   3   15   13  .198
Von Joshua             9   13    1    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .154
Joe Ferguson          22   68   12   10   0   0   2    5   0   1   21   18  .147

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Hal Breeden           11   36    5   11   5   0   0    6   0   0    3    5  .306
Ken Singleton         20   67   10   19   4   0   1    9   1   0   21   13  .284
Willie Davis          19   81    8   22   3   1   0   10   4   0    3   12  .272
Tim Foli              19   68    7   18   0   1   0   11   2   0    6    4  .265
Bob Bailey            20   65   12   17   1   0   3    7   1   2   20   18  .262
Jim Lyttle            12    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Terry Humphrey         6   18    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .222
Ron Hunt              20   74   13   16   0   0   0    5   0   2   14    2  .216
Barry Foote           16   51    6   11   3   0   2    6   0   1    7   10  .216
Jim Cox               19   70   10   15   2   0   1   10   1   1    6   11  .214
Mike Jorgensen        12   10    5    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .200
Ron Fairly            13   41    6    8   2   0   2    9   0   0    4    4  .195
Larry Lintz            8   16    3    3   2   0   0    0   3   0    1    3  .188
Boots Day              6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Ron Woods              9    8    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .125
Pepe Frias             3    1    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           11   13    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .385
Felix Millan          25  100   15   33   2   0   1    6   2   0   11    5  .330
Cleon Jones           24   99   15   29   3   0   0    8   2   1    6   17  .293
Rusty Staub           25  100   16   28   6   0   5   15   0   0   11    6  .280
John Milner           25   95   12   26   4   0   5   21   0   1   12   11  .274
Dave Schneck          20   70    5   19   1   0   4   13   2   1    5    7  .271
Ron Hodges             8   27    4    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .259
Duffy Dyer             2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Bud Harrelson         23   73   12   18   4   0   0    4   3   2   23    9  .247
Ed Kranepool           6    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .222
Don Hahn              12   29    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .207
Jerry Grote           18   60    5   12   2   0   2    9   0   0    8    8  .200
Wayne Garrett         24   94   12   16   4   1   5   10   0   1   11   27  .170
Ted Martinez           7    8    3    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .125
George Theodore        8    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
Mike Schmidt          26   86   13   29   3   0   4   16   5   3   17   21  .337
Del Unser             21   66   12   22   1   1   1    7   1   0    9    8  .333
Billy Grabarkewitz    11    3    4    1   0   0   1    1   2   0    1    0  .333
Bill Robinson         21   74    9   23   5   0   0    6   0   1    2   20  .311
Tony Taylor           13   13    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .308
Dave Cash             26  111   17   32   5   2   1   13   2   2    4    7  .288
Mike Anderson         23   71    8   20   5   1   1   10   0   1    8   15  .282
Larry Bowa            26  105   18   28   5   1   1    7   9   1    7   10  .267
Tommy Hutton          17   45   10   11   1   2   1   10   0   0    2    4  .244
Willie Montanez       19   60    6   14   3   1   1    6   0   1    3   12  .233
Bob Boone             26   82    7   19   4   0   0    7   0   0    7    3  .232
Greg Luzinski         25   95    7   21   3   0   2   15   0   0    7   30  .221
Jim Essian             5    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Mike Rogodzinski       7    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .000
Terry Harmon           3    1    1    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        16   20    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    1  .400
Richie Hebner         21   88   16   30   7   0   6   14   0   2    9    4  .341
Dave Parker           21   77    7   26   4   1   1   12   2   2    2   21  .338
Frank Taveras         18   51    5   17   1   0   0    4   3   0    3    4  .333
Rennie Stennett       21   97   10   29   5   0   2   11   1   1    3    6  .299
Al Oliver             22  101   15   30   4   2   3   11   1   0    0    9  .297
Willie Stargell       22   78   12   23   4   0   4   18   0   0   14   14  .295
Richie Zisk           20   63    6   18   2   0   3    6   0   0   12   14  .286
Manny Sanguillen      15   60    5   15   2   2   2    8   0   0    0    3  .250
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
Paul Popovich         12   14    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .143
Bob Robertson         12   29    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .138
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          3    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          12    3    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .667
Glenn Beckert          8   20    0    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .400
Bob Barton             2    5    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Johnny Grubb          24   83   14   29   4   1   1   10   0   0    9   10  .349
Dave Winfield         24   79   10   25   2   0   4   14   1   0    5   11  .317
Derrel Thomas         28  112   11   35   5   2   0    7   1   1    7   14  .313
Cito Gaston           22   44    4   13   6   0   0    5   0   0    3    8  .296
Bobby Tolan           23   72    8   19   2   0   0    7   2   4    7    6  .264
Fred Kendall          28   99   10   26   3   0   2   11   0   0    8    9  .263
Willie McCovey        26   66    6   17   6   0   0    6   0   0   18   17  .258
Enzo Hernandez        29   88    9   19   4   1   0    6  10   0    5    9  .216
Matty Alou            22   47    4   10   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .213
Nate Colbert          26   79   12   16   2   0   3   14   2   1   13   25  .203
Dave Roberts          23   76    6   14   5   0   0    6   0   0    6   17  .184
Bernie Williams       11   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    6  .154
Dave Hilton           14   27    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .111

 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          27  112   19   39   7   1   2   18   2   3    3    9  .348
Bruce Miller          10   24    6    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .292
Mike Phillips         22   70    0   20   3   0   0    6   0   2    3    9  .286
Steve Ontiveros       27   89   15   24   3   1   2   12   0   0   17   10  .270
Dave Kingman          24   78    8   21   5   0   5   16   2   1   10   29  .269
Chris Arnold          11   19    3    5   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .263
Dave Rader            13   27    1    7   4   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .259
Ken Rudolph           18   49    4   12   0   0   0    2   0   0    9    4  .245
Chris Speier          27   98   10   22   5   0   0   13   0   0    9   17  .225
Gary Matthews         27   96   18   21   2   1   2   12   2   1   14   10  .219
Bobby Bonds           27  102   23   22   5   3   3   10   2   2   16   25  .216
Ed Goodson             6    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Gary Thomasson        18   27    5    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    6    7  .148
John Boccabella        4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
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             26  100   10   38   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    9  .380
Reggie Smith          26  105   18   38   5   1   6   24   1   1   10   12  .362
Luis Melendez         12   24    4    8   1   2   0    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Lou Brock             26  111   26   36   3   1   2   12  18   1   11   11  .324
Bake McBride          24   82   16   26   3   0   2    9   3   0    5    6  .317
Jim Hickman           14   19    3    6   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    1  .316
Ted Sizemore          26  100   14   31   6   0   0   16   1   2   13    3  .310
Ted Simmons           24  100   10   30   8   2   0   13   0   0    5    5  .300
Tim McCarver          11   14    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
Joe Torre             23   88   11   22   6   0   1    8   0   0    7   13  .250
Stan Papi              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Mike Tyson            25   76    6   16   2   1   0    7   0   0    7   12  .211
Jose Cruz             19   14    3    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    2    1  .143
Luis Alvarado          3    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    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)           115
  G. Maddox (SF)          112
  D. Thomas (SD)          112
  L. Brock (STL)          111
  D. Cash (PHI)           111
  C. Cedeno (HOU)         108
  L. Bowa (PHI)           105
  R. Smith (STL)          105
  S. Garvey (LA)          103
  B. Bonds (SF)           102

Runs Scored:

  L. Brock (STL)           26
  B. Bonds (SF)            23
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          23
  D. Lopes (LA)            20
  G. Maddox (SF)           19
  J. Wynn (LA)             19
  D. Baker (ATL)           18
  L. Bowa (PHI)            18
  G. Matthews (SF)         18
  P. Rose (CIN)            18

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            42
  G. Maddox (SF)           39
  K. Reitz (STL)           38
  R. Smith (STL)           38
  L. Brock (STL)           36
  D. Thomas (SD)           35
  L. May (HOU)             34
  B. Watson (HOU)          34
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          33
  F. Millan (NY)           33

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
  G. Maddox (SF)            7
  K. Reitz (STL)            7
  B. Buckner (LA)           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
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        2
  L. Melendez (STL)         2
  R. Metzger (HOU)          2

Home Runs:

  H. Aaron (ATL)            7
  S. Garvey (LA)            7
  T. Perez (CIN)            7
  J. Wynn (LA)              7
  R. Hebner (PIT)           6
  R. Smith (STL)            6
  W. Garrett (NY)           5
  D. Kingman (SF)           5
  L. May (HOU)              5
  J. Milner (NY)            5

RBI:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  R. Smith (STL)           24
  T. Perez (CIN)           23
  S. Garvey (LA)           22
  L. May (HOU)             22
  J. Milner (NY)           21
  B. Williams (CHI)        21
  J. Wynn (LA)             21
  R. Cey (LA)              18
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      18

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          14
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  E. Hernandez (SD)        10
  L. Bowa (PHI)             9
  B. Buckner (LA)           8
  J. Wynn (LA)              6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5
  B. Madlock (CHI)          5

Caught Stealing:

  R. Garr (ATL)             7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  B. Tolan (SD)             4
  B. Buckner (LA)           3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  G. Maddox (SF)            3
  B. Madlock (CHI)          3
  J. Morales (CHI)          3
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          3
  J. Wynn (LA)              3

Walks:

  B. Harrelson (NY)        23
  J. Wynn (LA)             23
  J. Ferguson (LA)         21
  K. Singleton (MON)       21
  B. Bailey (MON)          20
  J. Bench (CIN)           20
  D. Evans (ATL)           19
  W. McCovey (SD)          18
  W. Crawford (LA)         17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17

Strikeouts:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        30
  D. Kingman (SF)          29
  W. Garrett (NY)          27
  B. Bonds (SF)            25
  N. Colbert (SD)          25
  D. Parker (PIT)          21
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         21
  T. Perez (CIN)           20
  D. Rader (HOU)           20
  B. Robinson (PHI)        20

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