Thursday May 9, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 9, 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         1050  157   298   44    8   23   146   29    9  104   151  .284
Pittsburgh       916  112   256   37    8   25   103   11    6   72   123  .280
Los Angeles      964  156   261   46   11   25   148   38   18  133   151  .271
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 Francisco    977  126   238   41    7   18   112    8   10  101   177  .244
San Diego       1072  105   259   46    4   13    99   16    7  107   180  .242
Atlanta          947  112   228   35    5   23   101   12   13  103   125  .241
Chicago          797   96   183   31    5   18    88   18   18  106   111  .230
Montreal         698   94   160   24    2   10    86   12    6   95   115  .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
Greg Gross (HOU)         28   85   17   31   3   1   0    7   3   1   13    5  .365
Bob Watson (HOU)         31  109   22   39   2   1   3   17   0   3   16    7  .358
Felix Millan (NY)        28  112   15   40   2   0   1    8   2   0   11    5  .357
Ralph Garr (ATL)         29  124   11   44   6   3   1   14   4   8    7    9  .355
Bill Buckner (LA)        27   98   11   34   6   1   0   10   9   4   11    5  .347
Johnny Grubb (SD)        27   95   14   32   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
Richie Hebner (PIT)      24  101   17   34   7   0   6   16   0   2    9    7  .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            29  124   11   44   6   3   1   14   4   8    7    9  .355
Dusty Baker           28  101   18   31   7   0   3    7   4   1   13   13  .307
Ivan Murrell          16   39    2   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    8  .256
Johnny Oates          26   78    6   19   4   0   0    8   0   2    9    8  .244
Craig Robinson        28   92    9   21   0   1   0    8   3   0    9    7  .228
Hank Aaron            21   63   12   14   1   0   7   15   1   0    7    9  .222
Mike Lum              14   55   10   12   1   0   3    9   0   0    1    8  .218
Darrell Evans         26   79   12   17   2   0   3   10   0   0   23   14  .215
Davey Johnson         26   83   14   17   4   0   3    9   0   0   16    9  .205
Leo Foster            13   10    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   1    1    2  .200
Frank Tepedino        14   35    2    6   0   1   0    6   0   0    3    0  .171
Rowland Office        25   43    0    7   3   0   0    8   0   0    2    8  .163
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
John Fuller            1    1    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
Bill Madlock          21   79   15   25   4   1   2    9   5   3    5    8  .317
Jose Cardenal         23   87   14   26   6   0   2   10   5   2    7    8  .299
Chris Ward            15   17    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   1    3    2  .294
Billy Williams        24   83   16   24   5   0   5   23   0   3   18   11  .289
Rick Monday           24   94   17   27   5   0   3    7   1   1   17   15  .287
George Mitterwald     21   69    4   16   3   0   3   12   0   2    7   11  .232
Jerry Morales         23   89   12   20   2   1   3    9   1   3   12   13  .225
Carmen Fanzone         6   15    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .200
Vic Harris            22   87   10   16   2   1   0    7   4   2   11   10  .184
Don Kessinger         22   64    6   10   2   2   0    3   1   0   15    7  .156
Dave Rosello          10   28    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .107
Tom Lundstedt          9   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            28   85   17   31   3   1   0    7   3   1   13    5  .365
Bob Watson            31  109   22   39   2   1   3   17   0   3   16    7  .358
Tommy Helms           28   89    7   29   5   0   1   12   1   1    2    5  .326
Lee May               31  114   18   37   7   0   6   23   0   0    7   18  .325
Roger Metzger         22   85   13   26   5   2   0    3   3   0   11    9  .306
Cesar Cedeno          31  119   24   35   9   1   4   25  16   1   13   15  .294
Larry Milbourne       20   17    5    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    4    4  .294
Milt May              22   73   11   20   2   1   0    7   0   1    7    6  .274
Cliff Johnson         11   15    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   1    2    4  .267
Doug Rader            30  102   13   27   5   0   3   22   4   0   16   24  .265
Ollie Brown           13   40    5    8   1   0   2    3   0   0    2    5  .200
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         29   28    6    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .179
Mick Kelleher          8   29    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    7  .138
Denis Menke           17   15    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .133

 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            16   14    2    7   1   0   0    7   0   0    1    1  .500
Bill Buckner          27   98   11   34   6   1   0   10   9   4   11    5  .347
Ken McMullen           6    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Bill Russell          29  101   15   32   6   3   3   14   2   1   13   10  .317
Steve Garvey          28  110   17   33   9   0   7   25   0   2    6   11  .300
Steve Yeager           8   30    3    9   2   0   1    6   1   0    3    6  .300
Willie Crawford       27   98   17   29   5   2   0   13   2   3   17   19  .296
Lee Lacy              11   24    6    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .292
Ron Cey               29  105   15   29   3   0   2   20   0   0   13   14  .276
Jim Wynn              29   93   22   25   3   2   8   24   6   3   24   15  .269
Tom Paciorek          17   37    7    9   1   2   1    8   1   0    2    7  .243
Davey Lopes           28   87   21   16   2   1   0    5  15   4   18   15  .184
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           24   83    8   28   4   1   2   13   2   2    2   22  .337
Richie Hebner         24  101   17   34   7   0   6   16   0   2    9    7  .337
Frank Taveras         21   58    5   19   1   0   0    5   4   0    4    4  .328
Al Oliver             25  114   16   34   4   4   3   12   2   0    1    9  .298
Rennie Stennett       24  111   11   32   5   0   2   12   2   2    4    7  .288
Richie Zisk           23   73    9   21   3   0   3    7   0   0   13   16  .288
Willie Stargell       25   92   14   26   5   0   4   18   0   0   14   15  .283
Manny Sanguillen      18   73    6   20   3   2   2   10   0   0    1    3  .274
Dal Maxvill            8   22    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .182
Gene Clines           18   39    4    7   2   1   0    1   1   0    1    2  .180
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          27   95   14   32   4   1   1   10   0   0   10   12  .337
Derrel Thomas         31  122   12   36   5   2   1    9   1   2    9   15  .295
Dave Winfield         27   89   11   26   2   0   5   15   1   0    5   13  .292
Cito Gaston           24   46    4   13   6   0   0    5   0   0    3    9  .283
Fred Kendall          31  109   12   28   4   0   3   12   0   0   10    9  .257
Bobby Tolan           26   78    8   19   2   0   0    7   2   4    8    8  .244
Willie McCovey        29   75    6   18   6   0   0    6   0   0   19   20  .240
Matty Alou            25   50    4   10   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .200
Enzo Hernandez        32  101    9   20   5   1   0    7  10   0    5   11  .198
Nate Colbert          29   92   12   18   2   0   3   14   2   1   13   28  .196
Dave Roberts          26   84    7   15   5   0   0    6   0   0    9   17  .179
Bernie Williams       12   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    6  .154
Dave Hilton           15   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:

  R. Garr (ATL)           124
  G. Maddox (SF)          124
  D. Thomas (SD)          122
  L. Brock (STL)          119
  C. Cedeno (HOU)         119
  D. Cash (PHI)           118
  B. Bonds (SF)           116
  L. Bowa (PHI)           116
  L. May (HOU)            114
  A. Oliver (PIT)         114

Runs Scored:

  L. Brock (STL)           28
  B. Bonds (SF)            24
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          24
  B. Watson (HOU)          22
  J. Wynn (LA)             22
  D. Lopes (LA)            21
  G. Matthews (SF)         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
  L. May (HOU)             37
  D. Thomas (SD)           36
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          35

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
  L. May (HOU)              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
  L. May (HOU)              6
  R. Smith (STL)            6
  W. Garrett (NY)           5
  D. Kingman (SF)           5
  J. Milner (NY)            5

RBI:

  R. Smith (STL)           26
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  S. Garvey (LA)           25
  J. Wynn (LA)             24
  L. May (HOU)             23
  T. Perez (CIN)           23
  B. Williams (CHI)        23
  D. Rader (HOU)           22
  J. Milner (NY)           21
  R. Cey (LA)              20

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           20
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          16
  D. Lopes (LA)            15
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  E. Hernandez (SD)        10
  L. Bowa (PHI)             9
  B. Buckner (LA)           9
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          6
  J. Wynn (LA)              6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         5

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  B. Harrelson (NY)        25
  J. Wynn (LA)             24
  D. Evans (ATL)           23
  K. Singleton (MON)       22
  J. Ferguson (LA)         21
  B. Bailey (MON)          20
  J. Bench (CIN)           20
  S. Ontiveros (SF)        20
  W. McCovey (SD)          19
  D. Lopes (LA)            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)           24
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         23
  D. Parker (PIT)          22
  B. Robinson (PHI)        22
  T. Perez (CIN)           21

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