Tuesday May 21, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 21, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis       1315  186   384   57   12   24   173   37    6  112   156  .292
Los Angeles     1410  231   390   66   13   40   218   44   24  180   209  .277
Pittsburgh      1289  147   347   52   10   29   129   16    9  101   180  .269
Philadelphia    1321  167   351   55   11   22   156   28   14  104   208  .266
Houston         1479  197   392   57   10   34   185   41   11  131   230  .265
Cincinnati      1246  157   316   65    8   33   143   34   17  161   215  .254
New York        1333  169   333   42    3   35   156   13    9  150   183  .250
Atlanta         1435  171   357   50    9   33   150   19   14  139   184  .249
San Francisco   1428  182   349   61   12   29   161   16   17  146   243  .244
Chicago         1193  138   288   48    6   23   128   26   23  147   172  .241
San Diego       1534  166   368   66    5   25   156   20   10  162   249  .240
Montreal        1043  139   250   34    5   13   126   19   13  137   173  .240

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Reggie Smith (STL)       37  141   26   56   8   2   7   32   2   1   14   16  .397
Ralph Garr (ATL)         42  187   24   68   9   5   3   19   4   8    9   16  .364
Ken Reitz (STL)          38  148   12   52   7   1   1   21   0   0    4   14  .351
Greg Gross (HOU)         39  120   23   41   5   1   0    8   3   2   18    6  .342
Willie Davis (MON)       30  128   17   43   3   2   0   17   7   4    4   18  .336
Rennie Stennett (PIT)    35  155   16   51  10   0   2   14   2   3    7   11  .329
Joe Morgan (CIN)         37  134   23   44   8   1   4   15  16   6   32   13  .328
Jim Wynn (LA)            40  135   34   43   5   3  14   41   8   4   35   26  .319
Bill Buckner (LA)        39  154   20   49  10   1   0   14  10   5   12    6  .318
Bob Watson (HOU)         42  145   23   46   2   1   3   20   0   3   19   13  .317

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ralph Garr            42  187   24   68   9   5   3   19   4   8    9   16  .364
Marty Perez           26   68   12   24   4   0   2    9   0   0    9    7  .353
John Fuller            3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dusty Baker           40  154   23   46   9   0   4   11   6   1   19   20  .299
Hank Aaron            30   86   17   22   3   0   8   20   1   0   11    9  .256
Davey Johnson         37  121   20   30   5   0   5   17   0   0   23   12  .248
Darrell Evans         39  136   17   33   4   2   4   17   2   0   28   17  .243
Johnny Oates          37  114   10   27   4   0   0    9   0   2   10   13  .237
Ivan Murrell          20   49    2   11   1   0   0    1   0   0    2   10  .225
Craig Robinson        40  134   17   30   0   1   0   10   5   0   11   13  .224
Mike Lum              20   74   11   16   2   0   3   11   0   0    1   10  .216
Frank Tepedino        23   68    4   14   1   1   0   10   0   1    5    3  .206
Norm Miller           14   15    1    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Leo Foster            16   11    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   1    1    2  .182
Rowland Office        35   63    1   11   5   0   1   10   1   0    2   10  .175
Vic Correll           11   21    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .095
Paul Casanova          7   25    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .080

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Andre Thornton        11   17    2    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .353
Bill Madlock          21   79   15   25   4   1   2    9   5   3    5    8  .317
Rick Monday           32  121   19   38   7   0   3   11   1   2   23   24  .314
Matt Alexander        15   13    6    4   0   1   0    0   3   0    1    4  .308
Jose Cardenal         32  123   19   37   9   0   3   16   6   2   10   11  .301
Billy Williams        35  125   20   36   8   0   6   31   1   3   27   16  .288
Don Kessinger         33  115   14   32   4   2   0    6   1   2   17   12  .278
Carmen Fanzone        16   48    4   13   2   0   1    7   0   1    6    5  .271
Chris Ward            22   30    0    7   1   0   0    3   0   1    4    3  .233
Jerry Morales         34  133   16   28   3   1   4   16   1   3   13   16  .211
George Mitterwald     32  109    5   22   3   0   3   15   0   2   10   18  .202
Vic Harris            30  119   12   24   3   1   0    8   8   3   17   13  .202
Dave Rosello          16   40    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .125
Jim Tyrone             7   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .091
Tom Lundstedt         11   15    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
Gonzalo Marquez        7    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Morgan            37  134   23   44   8   1   4   15  16   6   32   13  .328
Cesar Geronimo        29   53   10   17   3   3   0    5   0   0    7    6  .321
Johnny Bench          36  129   20   37   6   0   8   20   2   3   26   18  .287
Phil Gagliano         12    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .286
Pete Rose             37  152   26   42  12   1   1    8   0   1   21   15  .276
Dan Driessen          34  109   14   30   6   1   1   13   4   1   12   17  .275
Tony Perez            36  139   18   38   7   1   8   24   0   0   14   32  .273
Dave Concepcion       37  147   12   36  13   0   4   21   5   2    8   21  .245
George Foster         27   73    7   17   3   0   2    8   1   1   10   21  .233
Merv Rettenmund       27   91   15   21   1   0   5   14   4   1   12   14  .231
Andy Kosco            18   24    1    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .208
Bill Plummer           9   20    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Terry Crowley         18   18    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .167
Ken Griffey           19   57    2    9   0   1   0    5   2   1    5   14  .158
Darrel Chaney         22    5    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Greg Gross            39  120   23   41   5   1   0    8   3   2   18    6  .342
Cliff Johnson         19   28    4    9   1   1   2    6   0   1    3    8  .321
Bob Watson            42  145   23   46   2   1   3   20   0   3   19   13  .317
Cesar Cedeno          44  169   32   49  12   1   8   35  24   1   17   23  .290
Tommy Helms           41  138   12   40   5   1   2   19   1   1    2    7  .290
Roger Metzger         27  106   14   30   5   2   0    4   4   0   12   12  .283
Lee May               44  163   20   46   7   0   7   26   0   0    7   29  .282
Larry Milbourne       27   18    5    5   0   1   0    2   1   0    4    4  .278
Doug Rader            43  144   18   37   8   0   5   24   6   0   21   40  .257
Milt May              33  102   14   26   3   1   1   13   0   1   11    7  .255
Dave Campbell          9   10    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Johnny Edwards        16   51    3   10   2   1   1    5   0   1    3    4  .196
Bob Gallagher         37   41    7    8   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    8  .195
Ollie Brown           19   58    7   11   1   0   3    5   0   0    3   12  .190
Mick Kelleher         16   52    3    9   0   0   0    2   1   1    4    9  .173
Denis Menke           20   19    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .105
Mike Easler           10   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .100

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Auerbach          9    4    3    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .500
Manny Mota            22   19    4    7   1   0   0    7   0   0    4    1  .368
Steve Yeager          16   64    8   23   5   0   2   11   1   1    5    8  .359
Jim Wynn              40  135   34   43   5   3  14   41   8   4   35   26  .319
Bill Buckner          39  154   20   49  10   1   0   14  10   5   12    6  .318
Steve Garvey          40  169   26   53  12   0   8   32   1   2    6   15  .314
Willie Crawford       38  136   27   40   6   2   3   20   3   3   25   28  .294
Lee Lacy              16   31    7    9   2   0   0    2   1   0    1    4  .290
Ron Cey               41  149   27   42   5   0   3   28   0   0   23   19  .282
Bill Russell          41  148   19   41   7   4   3   24   2   2   17   13  .277
Ken McMullen          11   11    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    3  .273
Tom Paciorek          26   53    7   13   1   2   1   10   1   0    2   10  .245
Joe Ferguson          27   84   15   17   1   0   4   11   0   1   22   19  .202
Davey Lopes           40  131   25   25   4   1   0    6  16   6   22   25  .191
Von Joshua            13   16    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .188

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Davis          30  128   17   43   3   2   0   17   7   4    4   18  .336
Ken Singleton         32  112   14   33   5   1   1   18   1   1   26   22  .295
Hal Breeden           18   51    5   14   6   0   0    7   0   0    6    6  .275
Bob Bailey            32  107   20   29   2   0   5   17   1   3   26   29  .271
Tim Foli              21   75    7   20   0   1   0   12   2   0    7    5  .267
Larry Lintz           19   46   10   11   4   1   0    1   7   0    2    8  .239
Ron Fairly            20   60   11   14   3   0   4   15   0   1   12    5  .233
Terry Humphrey        10   26    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .231
Ron Hunt              32  117   20   25   0   0   0    5   0   2   20    2  .214
Barry Foote           26   80    9   17   4   0   2   10   0   1   11   19  .213
Jim Cox               31  110   13   23   4   0   1   12   1   1    9   14  .209
Jim Lyttle            20    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .167
Mike Jorgensen        18   15    5    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .133
Ron Woods             14   16    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .125
Boots Day              8    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .125
Pepe Frias             9    9    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .111
Bob Stinson            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Kranepool          12   22    2    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .318
Don Hahn              22   45    5   14   2   0   2    6   0   0    4    5  .311
Felix Millan          39  148   17   46   2   0   1    9   2   0   14    6  .311
Ken Boswell           20   36    6   11   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .306
Ron Hodges            13   37    5   11   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    0  .297
Rusty Staub           39  149   25   40   6   0   8   25   0   0   19    8  .269
Cleon Jones           36  146   23   39   6   0   2   14   2   2   10   27  .267
George Theodore       13   15    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .267
Jerry Grote           30   98   12   26   2   1   4   19   0   1   11   13  .265
John Milner           39  147   21   37   4   0   6   24   2   1   19   21  .252
Bud Harrelson         36  116   16   29   5   0   0    5   3   2   33   15  .250
Dave Schneck          35  112   10   28   4   0   5   17   3   1    6   16  .250
Ted Martinez          15   24    4    6   1   1   1    9   1   0    3    5  .250
Duffy Dyer             3    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Wayne Garrett         37  130   15   21   6   1   5   14   0   2   16   31  .162

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Del Unser             31   99   17   34   4   1   2   16   1   1   13   11  .343
Dave Cash             39  161   26   50   6   3   1   17   2   3   11    8  .311
Mike Anderson         36  117   13   36   8   1   2   14   0   1   10   23  .308
Mike Schmidt          39  130   21   38   4   0   7   22   7   4   26   29  .292
Bill Robinson         30  102   12   29   5   0   2   11   0   1    2   22  .284
Larry Bowa            39  162   25   44   7   3   1   13  12   1    7   13  .272
Greg Luzinski         37  141    9   36   7   0   2   20   1   0   11   42  .255
Bob Boone             39  123   12   31   9   0   0    9   0   1    8    5  .252
Willie Montanez       27   82    6   20   3   1   1    8   0   1    4   15  .244
Tony Taylor           16   17    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .235
Tommy Hutton          28   69   14   16   1   2   3   16   2   0    6    4  .232
Billy Grabarkewitz    16    6    5    1   0   0   1    1   3   0    1    1  .167
Mike Rogodzinski      10    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .125
Jim Essian             7    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Terry Harmon           6    1    2    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        24   27    3    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    7    4  .333
Rennie Stennett       35  155   16   51  10   0   2   14   2   3    7   11  .329
Richie Hebner         35  137   24   43   8   0   7   18   0   2   16   11  .314
Richie Zisk           31   96   11   29   4   0   3    9   0   1   16   19  .302
Dave Parker           34  119   12   35   5   2   2   13   2   3    4   29  .294
Manny Sanguillen      29  115    9   32   4   2   2   13   0   0    3    6  .278
Al Oliver             36  157   18   43   6   4   4   16   5   0    2   13  .274
Frank Taveras         28   70    5   19   1   0   0    7   4   0    4    8  .271
Willie Stargell       35  129   19   35   7   1   6   24   0   0   18   22  .271
Mario Mendoza         13   19    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .263
Dal Maxvill            8   22    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .182
Gene Clines           27   74    7   13   2   1   0    1   3   0    4    4  .176
Bob Robertson         19   39    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .128
Paul Popovich         18   19    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .105
Mike Ryan              5   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    7  .077
Kurt Bevacqua          9    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Glenn Beckert         16   32    0   13   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .406
Rich Morales          20   17    3    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .353
Johnny Grubb          38  130   17   41   6   1   2   15   0   0   15   14  .315
Bob Barton             6   17    2    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .294
Derrel Thomas         44  176   19   51   6   2   2   13   1   3   12   18  .290
Dave Winfield         40  139   19   39   6   1   6   21   1   0   11   26  .281
Willie McCovey        37  104   12   25   9   0   3   17   0   0   26   26  .240
Bobby Tolan           37  117   16   28   5   0   1   12   2   5   13   17  .239
Fred Kendall          42  146   14   34   7   0   3   16   0   0   15   10  .233
Matty Alou            34   61    6   14   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .230
Nate Colbert          39  126   20   28   4   0   7   27   2   1   17   35  .222
Enzo Hernandez        45  149   16   33   6   1   0   10  14   1    8   14  .222
Cito Gaston           35   73    5   16   6   0   0    9   0   0    5   16  .219
Dave Roberts          37  116   10   21   6   0   1    7   0   0   16   24  .181
Bernie Williams       14   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    6  .133
Dave Hilton           16   31    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .097
Rod Gaspar             6    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Goodson            15   33    3   11   4   0   0    7   0   0    3    1  .333
Garry Maddox          43  181   26   56  12   1   4   27   2   5    6   19  .309
Bruce Miller          10   24    6    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .292
Mike Phillips         31   94    2   26   3   0   1    9   1   2    3   11  .277
Steve Ontiveros       43  152   21   39   4   1   3   13   0   0   25   18  .257
Dave Kingman          35  113   11   29   7   0   6   18   2   4   11   42  .257
Bobby Bonds           42  160   38   41   9   4   7   23   6   2   27   40  .256
Dave Rader            21   47    6   12   4   1   0    2   0   0    7    4  .255
Gary Matthews         43  159   25   38   4   2   5   22   3   1   19   18  .239
Chris Speier          41  145   14   33   7   1   2   17   0   1   14   21  .228
Ken Rudolph           26   74    5   16   1   0   0    4   0   0   10    7  .216
Gary Thomasson        28   42    9    9   1   1   0    4   2   0    9   10  .214
Chris Arnold          16   30    4    6   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    8  .200
Tito Fuentes          16   53    5   10   2   0   0    5   0   1    1    7  .189
John Boccabella        9   19    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .105
Jim Howarth            6    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Damaso Blanco          4    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          37  141   26   56   8   2   7   32   2   1   14   16  .397
Ken Reitz             38  148   12   52   7   1   1   21   0   0    4   14  .351
Lou Brock             38  161   34   51   5   1   2   15  28   2   14   18  .317
Ted Sizemore          33  125   19   39   7   0   1   19   2   2   18    5  .312
Ted Simmons           36  145   19   45  10   3   3   24   0   0   10    7  .310
Jim Hickman           22   29    4    9   0   0   2    3   0   0    3    3  .310
Bake McBride          36  114   22   35   4   0   4   16   4   0    8   13  .307
Joe Torre             34  119   13   33   8   0   2   11   0   0   16   16  .277
Luis Melendez         20   37    5   10   1   2   0    3   0   0    2    1  .270
Tom Heintzelman       10   12    4    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .250
Stan Papi              8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Tim McCarver          17   19    3    4   0   0   0    4   0   0    3    0  .211
Mike Tyson            36  105    7   21   3   1   0   11   0   0    7   22  .200
Jose Cruz             28   32    8    6   0   2   1    4   1   1    5    3  .188
Luis Alvarado         10   23    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .087
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)           187
  G. Maddox (SF)          181
  D. Thomas (SD)          176
  C. Cedeno (HOU)         169
  S. Garvey (LA)          169
  L. May (HOU)            163
  L. Bowa (PHI)           162
  L. Brock (STL)          161
  D. Cash (PHI)           161
  B. Bonds (SF)           160

Runs Scored:

  B. Bonds (SF)            38
  L. Brock (STL)           34
  J. Wynn (LA)             34
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          32
  R. Cey (LA)              27
  W. Crawford (LA)         27
  D. Cash (PHI)            26
  S. Garvey (LA)           26
  G. Maddox (SF)           26
  P. Rose (CIN)            26

Hits:

  R. Garr (ATL)            68
  G. Maddox (SF)           56
  R. Smith (STL)           56
  S. Garvey (LA)           53
  K. Reitz (STL)           52
  L. Brock (STL)           51
  R. Stennett (PIT)        51
  D. Thomas (SD)           51
  D. Cash (PHI)            50
  B. Buckner (LA)          49

Doubles:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      13
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          12
  S. Garvey (LA)           12
  G. Maddox (SF)           12
  P. Rose (CIN)            12
  B. Buckner (LA)          10
  T. Simmons (STL)         10
  R. Stennett (PIT)        10
  D. Baker (ATL)            9
  B. Bonds (SF)             9

Triples:

  R. Garr (ATL)             5
  B. Bonds (SF)             4
  A. Oliver (PIT)           4
  B. Russell (LA)           4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Cash (PHI)             3
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         3
  T. Simmons (STL)          3
  J. Wynn (LA)              3
  W. Crawford (LA)          2

Home Runs:

  J. Wynn (LA)             14
  H. Aaron (ATL)            8
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8
  S. Garvey (LA)            8
  T. Perez (CIN)            8
  R. Staub (NY)             8
  B. Bonds (SF)             7
  N. Colbert (SD)           7
  R. Hebner (PIT)           7

RBI:

  J. Wynn (LA)             41
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          35
  S. Garvey (LA)           32
  R. Smith (STL)           32
  B. Williams (CHI)        31
  R. Cey (LA)              28
  N. Colbert (SD)          27
  G. Maddox (SF)           27
  L. May (HOU)             26
  R. Staub (NY)            25

Stolen Bases:

  L. Brock (STL)           28
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          24
  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  E. Hernandez (SD)        14
  L. Bowa (PHI)            12
  B. Buckner (LA)          10
  V. Harris (CHI)           8
  J. Wynn (LA)              8
  W. Davis (MON)            7

Caught Stealing:

  R. Garr (ATL)             8
  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  B. Buckner (LA)           5
  G. Maddox (SF)            5
  B. Tolan (SD)             5
  W. Davis (MON)            4
  D. Kingman (SF)           4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4
  J. Wynn (LA)              4

Walks:

  J. Wynn (LA)             35
  B. Harrelson (NY)        33
  J. Morgan (CIN)          32
  D. Evans (ATL)           28
  B. Bonds (SF)            27
  B. Williams (CHI)        27
  B. Bailey (MON)          26
  J. Bench (CIN)           26
  W. McCovey (SD)          26
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         26

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          42
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        42
  B. Bonds (SF)            40
  D. Rader (HOU)           40
  N. Colbert (SD)          35
  T. Perez (CIN)           32
  W. Garrett (NY)          31
  B. Bailey (MON)          29
  L. May (HOU)             29
  D. Parker (PIT)          29

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