Wednesday May 8, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 8, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        980  135   286   47    8   14   123   26    5   75   114  .292
Houston         1018  156   292   43    8   22   145   27    9   99   143  .287
Pittsburgh       876  108   241   34    8   25   100    8    6   69   122  .275
Los Angeles      932  150   253   44   10   25   142   33   16  129   147  .272
Philadelphia     960  122   252   41    9   14   112   21   11   80   160  .263
Cincinnati       866  113   225   46    6   21   103   23   12  120   147  .260
New York         939  115   233   32    2   25   104    9    6  104   127  .248
San Diego       1045  105   258   46    4   13    99   16    7  105   175  .247
Atlanta          917  111   224   35    5   23   100   10   13  102   123  .244
San Francisco    977  126   238   41    7   18   112    8   10  101   177  .244
Montreal         698   94   160   24    2   10    86   12    6   95   115  .229
Chicago          769   93   176   31    5   18    86   18   16  101   106  .229

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Reggie Smith (STL)       28  112   19   42   7   1   6   26   1   1   11   14  .375
Ken Reitz (STL)          28  108   10   40   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    9  .370
Ralph Garr (ATL)         28  120   11   44   6   3   1   14   4   8    7    9  .367
Greg Gross (HOU)         27   85   17   31   3   1   0    7   3   1   12    5  .365
Bob Watson (HOU)         30  107   22   39   2   1   3   17   0   3   14    7  .365
Felix Millan (NY)        28  112   15   40   2   0   1    8   2   0   11    5  .357
Bill Buckner (LA)        26   94    9   32   6   1   0   10   8   4   10    5  .340
Dave Parker (PIT)        23   83    8   28   4   1   2   13   2   2    2   22  .337
Johnny Grubb (SD)        26   92   14   31   4   1   1   10   0   0   10   12  .337
Mike Schmidt (PHI)       28   95   14   32   3   0   4   17   6   4   18   23  .337

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Perez           17   34    8   14   3   0   1    2   0   0    5    2  .412
Ralph Garr            28  120   11   44   6   3   1   14   4   8    7    9  .367
Dusty Baker           27   97   18   30   7   0   3    7   4   1   13   12  .309
Ivan Murrell          16   39    2   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    8  .256
Johnny Oates          25   75    6   19   4   0   0    8   0   2    9    8  .253
Hank Aaron            20   60   11   14   1   0   7   15   0   0    7    9  .233
Mike Lum              14   55   10   12   1   0   3    9   0   0    1    8  .218
Craig Robinson        27   88    9   19   0   1   0    8   2   0    9    7  .216
Davey Johnson         25   80   14   17   4   0   3    9   0   0   16    9  .213
Darrell Evans         25   77   12   16   2   0   3    9   0   0   22   14  .208
Leo Foster            13   10    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   1    1    2  .200
Frank Tepedino        13   32    2    6   0   1   0    6   0   0    3    0  .188
Rowland Office        24   42    0    7   3   0   0    8   0   0    2    8  .167
Norm Miller            9    7    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .143
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         22   83   13   24   6   0   2    9   5   2    7    7  .289
Rick Monday           23   91   16   26   5   0   3    7   1   1   16   15  .286
Billy Williams        23   81   16   23   5   0   5   23   0   2   16   11  .284
George Mitterwald     20   67    4   16   3   0   3   12   0   2    7   10  .239
Jerry Morales         22   85   11   20   2   1   3    9   1   3   12   11  .235
Vic Harris            21   83   10   14   2   1   0    7   4   1   11   10  .169
Carmen Fanzone         5   12    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .167
Don Kessinger         21   62    6   10   2   2   0    3   1   0   14    7  .161
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
Jim Tyrone             1    0    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         11    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .333
Joe Morgan            25   98   15   32   6   1   2    9  12   4   18   10  .327
Tony Perez            25   96   13   31   5   0   7   23   0   0   12   21  .323
Pete Rose             25  106   18   33   9   0   1    5   0   1   16   11  .311
Cesar Geronimo        20   36    7   10   1   3   0    3   0   0    5    5  .278
George Foster         19   45    6   12   2   0   2    6   1   1    9   11  .267
Dave Concepcion       25  103   10   26  12   0   3   18   3   1    5   16  .252
Dan Driessen          23   85   10   21   4   1   0   10   2   0    8   14  .247
Merv Rettenmund       17   57   11   14   1   0   2    8   3   1   10   10  .246
Johnny Bench          24   85   14   20   2   0   4    7   0   2   20    9  .235
Terry Crowley         16   13    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .231
Andy Kosco            15   19    1    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .211
Ken Griffey           17   51    2    8   0   1   0    5   2   1    4   12  .157
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            27   85   17   31   3   1   0    7   3   1   12    5  .365
Bob Watson            30  107   22   39   2   1   3   17   0   3   14    7  .365
Tommy Helms           27   85    7   28   5   0   1   12   1   1    2    5  .329
Lee May               30  110   17   35   6   0   5   22   0   0    7   18  .318
Roger Metzger         22   85   13   26   5   2   0    3   3   0   11    9  .306
Cesar Cedeno          30  115   24   34   9   1   4   25  14   1   13   15  .296
Larry Milbourne       19   17    5    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    4    4  .294
Milt May              21   72   11   20   2   1   0    7   0   1    7    5  .278
Cliff Johnson         10   11    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   1    2    1  .273
Doug Rader            29   99   13   26   5   0   3   22   4   0   15   23  .263
Ollie Brown           12   37    5    8   1   0   2    3   0   0    1    4  .216
Dave Campbell          9   10    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Johnny Edwards        13   41    2    8   1   1   1    5   0   1    3    2  .195
Bob Gallagher         28   27    6    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    3  .185
Mick Kelleher          7   26    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    7  .154
Denis Menke           16   14    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    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
Bill Buckner          26   94    9   32   6   1   0   10   8   4   10    5  .340
Steve Yeager           7   27    2    9   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    5  .333
Ken McMullen           6    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Bill Russell          28   97   14   31   6   3   3   13   0   1   13   10  .320
Steve Garvey          27  106   17   33   9   0   7   24   0   1    6   10  .311
Willie Crawford       26   94   16   28   4   2   0   13   2   3   17   18  .298
Lee Lacy              10   24    6    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .292
Ron Cey               28  103   15   29   3   0   2   19   0   0   13   14  .282
Jim Wynn              28   90   21   22   3   1   8   23   6   3   23   15  .244
Tom Paciorek          17   37    7    9   1   2   1    8   1   0    2    7  .243
Davey Lopes           27   84   21   16   2   1   0    5  14   3   17   14  .191
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           12   37    5   11   5   0   0    6   0   0    3    5  .297
Ken Singleton         21   70   11   20   4   0   1    9   1   0   22   14  .286
Tim Foli              19   68    7   18   0   1   0   11   2   0    6    4  .265
Willie Davis          20   85    8   22   3   1   0   10   4   0    3   13  .259
Bob Bailey            21   69   12   17   1   0   3    7   1   2   20   20  .246
Terry Humphrey         7   22    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .227
Ron Hunt              21   77   14   17   0   0   0    5   0   2   15    2  .221
Jim Cox               20   74   10   16   2   0   1   10   1   1    6   11  .216
Barry Foote           16   51    6   11   3   0   2    6   0   1    7   10  .216
Larry Lintz            9   19    3    4   2   0   0    0   3   0    1    3  .211
Ron Fairly            14   45    7    9   2   0   3   11   0   0    4    4  .200
Jim Lyttle            13    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Mike Jorgensen        13   11    5    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .182
Boots Day              7    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
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
Felix Millan          28  112   15   40   2   0   1    8   2   0   11    5  .357
Ken Boswell           14   20    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .350
Cleon Jones           26  106   16   30   4   0   0    8   2   1    6   20  .283
Rusty Staub           28  112   17   30   6   0   5   15   0   0   11    6  .268
Don Hahn              14   31    2    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .258
Bud Harrelson         26   82   12   21   4   0   0    4   3   2   25    9  .256
Duffy Dyer             2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
John Milner           28  105   13   26   4   0   5   21   0   1   14   13  .248
Dave Schneck          23   78    5   19   1   0   4   13   2   1    5    8  .244
Ron Hodges             9   30    4    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .233
Ed Kranepool           8   13    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .231
Jerry Grote           20   67    7   15   2   1   3   12   0   0    8    9  .224
Ted Martinez           8   11    3    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .182
Wayne Garrett         26   94   12   16   4   1   5   10   0   1   12   27  .170
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          28   95   14   32   3   0   4   17   6   4   18   23  .337
Del Unser             22   72   13   24   2   1   1    9   1   0    9    8  .333
Bill Robinson         23   84   10   25   5   0   1    8   0   1    2   22  .298
Tony Taylor           14   14    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Dave Cash             28  118   18   33   6   2   1   14   2   2    7    7  .280
Mike Anderson         25   76    8   21   5   1   1   10   0   1    8   16  .276
Larry Bowa            28  116   20   32   6   2   1    7   9   1    7   10  .276
Greg Luzinski         27  103    7   26   4   0   2   15   1   0    9   31  .252
Billy Grabarkewitz    12    4    4    1   0   0   1    1   2   0    1    0  .250
Tommy Hutton          18   46   10   11   1   2   1   10   0   0    2    4  .239
Bob Boone             28   86    8   20   5   0   0    7   0   0    8    3  .233
Willie Montanez       21   66    6   15   3   1   1    7   0   1    4   13  .227
Jim Essian             6    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Mike Rogodzinski       8    6    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .000
Terry Harmon           4    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        18   21    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    7    2  .381
Dave Parker           23   83    8   28   4   1   2   13   2   2    2   22  .337
Richie Hebner         23   96   16   32   7   0   6   15   0   2    9    7  .333
Frank Taveras         20   54    5   17   1   0   0    5   3   0    4    4  .315
Al Oliver             24  110   16   33   4   4   3   12   1   0    0    9  .300
Willie Stargell       24   87   13   25   5   0   4   18   0   0   14   15  .287
Rennie Stennett       23  107   11   30   5   0   2   11   2   2    3    7  .280
Manny Sanguillen      17   68    6   19   3   2   2    9   0   0    1    3  .279
Richie Zisk           22   69    8   19   2   0   3    7   0   0   12   15  .275
Dal Maxvill            8   22    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .182
Gene Clines           17   34    4    5   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    2  .147
Bob Robertson         13   30    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .133
Paul Popovich         13   15    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .133
Mike Ryan              5   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    7  .077
Kurt Bevacqua          5    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Mario Mendoza          4    2    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          13    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          26   92   14   31   4   1   1   10   0   0   10   12  .337
Derrel Thomas         30  120   12   36   5   2   1    9   1   2    8   15  .300
Dave Winfield         26   88   11   26   2   0   5   15   1   0    5   13  .296
Cito Gaston           23   45    4   13   6   0   0    5   0   0    3    8  .289
Fred Kendall          30  106   12   28   4   0   3   12   0   0   10    9  .264
Bobby Tolan           25   74    8   19   2   0   0    7   2   4    8    6  .257
Willie McCovey        28   72    6   18   6   0   0    6   0   0   19   18  .250
Enzo Hernandez        31   98    9   20   5   1   0    7  10   0    5   11  .204
Matty Alou            24   49    4   10   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .204
Nate Colbert          28   89   12   18   2   0   3   14   2   1   13   28  .202
Dave Roberts          25   81    7   15   5   0   0    6   0   0    9   17  .185
Bernie Williams       12   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
Garry Maddox          30  124   19   39   7   1   2   18   2   3    3   11  .315
Mike Phillips         24   74    1   22   3   0   0    6   0   2    3    9  .297
Bruce Miller          10   24    6    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .292
Steve Ontiveros       30   98   18   28   3   1   3   13   0   0   20   11  .286
Dave Rader            13   27    1    7   4   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .259
Dave Kingman          27   89    8   23   5   0   5   17   2   2   10   32  .258
Gary Matthews         30  108   21   27   3   1   3   16   2   1   14   12  .250
Chris Arnold          12   20    3    5   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    8  .250
Ken Rudolph           20   56    4   13   0   0   0    2   0   0    9    6  .232
Tito Fuentes           3   13    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .231
Chris Speier          30  109   10   25   5   0   0   13   0   0    9   18  .229
Bobby Bonds           30  116   24   25   7   3   4   13   2   2   16   29  .216
John Boccabella        6   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Ed Goodson             6    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Gary Thomasson        19   28    5    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    6    8  .143
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
Reggie Smith          28  112   19   42   7   1   6   26   1   1   11   14  .375
Ken Reitz             28  108   10   40   7   1   1   15   0   0    4    9  .370
Lou Brock             28  119   28   40   4   1   2   12  20   1   11   12  .336
Luis Melendez         12   24    4    8   1   2   0    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Ted Sizemore          26  100   14   31   6   0   0   16   1   2   13    3  .310
Jim Hickman           15   20    3    6   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    2  .300
Bake McBride          26   88   16   26   3   0   2    9   3   0    6    9  .296
Ted Simmons           26  107   10   31   8   2   0   13   0   0    6    6  .290
Tim McCarver          11   14    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
Stan Papi              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Joe Torre             25   94   11   23   7   0   1    9   0   0    8   14  .245
Mike Tyson            27   83    6   16   2   1   0    7   0   0    7   18  .193
Jose Cruz             19   14    3    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    2    1  .143
Luis Alvarado          5   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .071
Jim Dwyer             10    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tom Heintzelman        1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Maddox (SF)          124
  R. Garr (ATL)           120
  D. Thomas (SD)          120
  L. Brock (STL)          119
  D. Cash (PHI)           118
  B. Bonds (SF)           116
  L. Bowa (PHI)           116
  C. Cedeno (HOU)         115
  F. Millan (NY)          112
  R. Smith (STL)          112

Runs Scored:

  L. Brock (STL)           28
  B. Bonds (SF)            24
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          24
  B. Watson (HOU)          22
  D. Lopes (LA)            21
  G. Matthews (SF)         21
  J. Wynn (LA)             21
  L. Bowa (PHI)            20
  G. Maddox (SF)           19
  R. Smith (STL)           19

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            44
  R. Smith (STL)           42
  L. Brock (STL)           40
  F. Millan (NY)           40
  K. Reitz (STL)           40
  G. Maddox (SF)           39
  B. Watson (HOU)          39
  D. Thomas (SD)           36
  L. May (HOU)             35
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          34

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  A. Oliver (PIT)           4
  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         3
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  D. Cash (PHI)             2
  W. Crawford (LA)          2
  T. Hutton (PHI)           2
  D. Kessinger (CHI)        2

Home Runs:

  J. Wynn (LA)              8
  H. Aaron (ATL)            7
  S. Garvey (LA)            7
  T. Perez (CIN)            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:

  R. Smith (STL)           26
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  S. Garvey (LA)           24
  T. Perez (CIN)           23
  B. Williams (CHI)        23
  J. Wynn (LA)             23
  L. May (HOU)             22
  D. Rader (HOU)           22
  J. Milner (NY)           21
  R. Cey (LA)              19

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           20
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          14
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  E. Hernandez (SD)        10
  L. Bowa (PHI)             9
  B. Buckner (LA)           8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          6
  J. Wynn (LA)              6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5

Caught Stealing:

  R. Garr (ATL)             8
  B. Buckner (LA)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4
  B. Tolan (SD)             4
  W. Crawford (LA)          3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  G. Maddox (SF)            3
  B. Madlock (CHI)          3
  J. Morales (CHI)          3

Walks:

  B. Harrelson (NY)        25
  J. Wynn (LA)             23
  D. Evans (ATL)           22
  K. Singleton (MON)       22
  J. Ferguson (LA)         21
  B. Bailey (MON)          20
  J. Bench (CIN)           20
  S. Ontiveros (SF)        20
  W. McCovey (SD)          19
  J. Morgan (CIN)          18

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          32
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        31
  B. Bonds (SF)            29
  N. Colbert (SD)          28
  W. Garrett (NY)          27
  D. Rader (HOU)           23
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         23
  D. Parker (PIT)          22
  B. Robinson (PHI)        22
  T. Perez (CIN)           21


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