Saturday April 17, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 17, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       260   62    90   22    4    6    61   16    1   36    37  .346
Philadelphia     194   38    65    8    2    8    38    1    2   20    22  .335
Pittsburgh       209   40    66   13    2    3    38    1    1   21    24  .316
Chicago          251   47    75   15    3    7    45    3    5   31    26  .299
New York         281   47    80   14    2    8    47    5    3   32    48  .285
San Francisco    226   28    61    4    1    3    24    1    6   29    27  .270
St. Louis        204   24    53    4    3    2    23    0    1   12    25  .260
Houston          257   36    65   12    3    4    32    4    2   22    33  .253
San Diego        232   26    58    6    4    4    26    2    0   23    40  .250
Los Angeles      202   18    47    7    2    3    17    2    0   14    31  .233
Atlanta          225   24    50    6    0    3    24    1    2   22    23  .222
Montreal         198   22    42    9    1    3    21    6    0    9    37  .212

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pete Rose (CIN)           7   31   11   17   3   1   0    7   1   0    3    3  .548
Joe Morgan (CIN)          7   24    9   12   3   0   2   10   6   0    8    3  .500
Al Oliver (PIT)           6   25    4   12   1   0   1    6   0   0    2    1  .480
John Milner (NY)          7   28    8   13   2   0   2    6   0   1    4    5  .464
Enos Cabell (HOU)         8   33    5   14   1   1   0    5   1   0    1    4  .424
Jerry Grote (NY)          6   19    2    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    0  .421
Cesar Geronimo (CIN)      6   24    4   10   4   2   0    6   0   0    1    2  .417
Bob Watson (HOU)          8   29    5   12   1   0   1    6   0   0    4    2  .414
Willie Stargell (PIT)     5   17    5    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    5  .412
Ken Griffey (CIN)         7   32   11   13   4   1   1   11   3   0    2    2  .406

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Cito Gaston            1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Tom Paciorek           4    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Biff Pocoroba          7   23    4    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .391
Ken Henderson          6   18    2    6   0   0   1    5   0   0    0    3  .333
Earl Williams          3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Jim Wynn               7   23    2    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    3  .261
Jerry Royster          7   25    5    6   2   0   0    1   0   1    3    1  .240
Darrel Chaney          7   19    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .211
Darrell Evans          7   21    3    4   0   0   1    3   1   0    8    6  .191
Lee Lacy               7   27    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .185
Rowland Office         7   27    3    4   0   0   1    5   0   1    2    1  .148
Dave May               2    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Marty Perez            2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Terry Crowley          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rod Gilbreath          1    0    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
Mike Adams             2    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Mick Kelleher          4    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Rick Monday            7   33    8   13   2   1   3    7   0   2    1    5  .394
Bill Madlock           7   27    8   10   3   1   0    6   0   0    4    2  .370
Jerry Morales          7   28    8   10   0   0   2    7   0   2    5    1  .357
Manny Trillo           7   30    3   10   2   1   0    7   1   0    2    2  .333
Randy Hundley          2    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Jose Cardenal          7   30    6    9   4   0   0    1   0   1    2    1  .300
Steve Swisher          7   25    3    7   1   0   1    7   0   0    0    4  .280
Dave Rosello           7   22    2    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    5    4  .273
Andre Thornton         7   22    5    6   1   0   0    5   2   0    8    1  .273
Pete Lacock            4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
George Mitterwald      3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Joe Wallis             5    3    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Tim Hosley             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Champ Summers          5    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Bailey             1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Pete Rose              7   31   11   17   3   1   0    7   1   0    3    3  .548
Joe Morgan             7   24    9   12   3   0   2   10   6   0    8    3  .500
Ed Armbrister          3    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Cesar Geronimo         6   24    4   10   4   2   0    6   0   0    1    2  .417
Ken Griffey            7   32   11   13   4   1   1   11   3   0    2    2  .406
George Foster          7   30    4   11   1   0   1   10   2   0    3    2  .367
Joel Youngblood        4    3    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Mike Lum               6    7    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .286
Tony Perez             7   28    4    7   4   0   0    7   0   0    5    6  .250
Johnny Bench           7   28    5    3   2   0   1    5   3   0    7    8  .107
Dave Concepcion        7   29    5    3   0   0   1    2   1   1    3    5  .103
Doug Flynn             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Dan Driessen           2    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Bill Plummer           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Enos Cabell            8   33    5   14   1   1   0    5   1   0    1    4  .424
Bob Watson             8   29    5   12   1   0   1    6   0   0    4    2  .414
Ken Boswell            5    5    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Cliff Johnson          5   14    2    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    1  .286
Roger Metzger          8   25    4    7   1   2   0    3   0   0    2    3  .280
Greg Gross             8   27    3    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .259
Cesar Cedeno           7   29    6    7   2   0   2    6   2   1    1    3  .241
Larry Milbourne        8   29    5    7   1   0   0    3   0   1    2    1  .241
Leon Roberts           4    6    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .167
Jose Cruz              5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .125
Wilbur Howard          6   24    4    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    4  .083
Skip Jutze             5   12    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .083

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ellie Rodriguez        2    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0 1.000
Ron Cey                6   22    1    8   1   1   0    1   0   0    3    3  .364
Bill Buckner           6   26    2    8   0   1   1    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Steve Yeager           6   21    4    6   3   0   1    4   0   0    2    4  .286
Dusty Baker            6   23    2    6   1   0   1    2   2   0    2    4  .261
Steve Garvey           6   24    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .208
Ted Sizemore           6   24    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .208
Bill Russell           5   15    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .200
Ivan DeJesus           4    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Joe Ferguson           5   18    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    7  .167
John Hale              3    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Ed Goodson             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Rick Auerbach          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Glenn Burke            3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Henry Cruz             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Manny Mota             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry White            5   14    1    6   1   0   0    2   3   0    2    1  .429
Ellis Valentine        2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Nate Colbert           3   10    1    3   0   0   1    3   1   0    0    2  .300
Bombo Rivera           3   10    3    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .300
Gary Carter            6   25    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .280
Tim Foli               6   22    3    5   2   0   1    5   1   0    0    1  .227
Mike Jorgensen         6   22    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .227
Larry Parrish          6   23    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .174
Pepe Mangual           2    7    1    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .143
Pete Mackanin          6   22    4    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .136
Larry Biittner         2    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125
Jim Dwyer              5    9    2    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    2  .111
Barry Foote            2    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jose Morales           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Pepe Frias             4    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
Bruce Boisclair        5    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0 1.000
Ron Hodges             3    6    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    0  .667
John Milner            7   28    8   13   2   0   2    6   0   1    4    5  .464
Joe Torre              5    7    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .429
Jerry Grote            6   19    2    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    0  .421
Benny Ayala            4    5    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .400
Del Unser              8   32    5   10   1   1   0    2   1   1    3    6  .313
Felix Millan           8   30    5    8   4   0   0    3   0   0    3    0  .267
Bud Harrelson          8   28    5    7   2   1   0    5   1   0    6    6  .250
John Stearns           2    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Dave Kingman           8   34    6    8   2   0   5   11   2   0    1   14  .235
Wayne Garrett          7   32    5    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .219
Ed Kranepool           7   28    4    6   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    3  .214
Roy Staiger            2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Phillips          2    2    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
Tim McCarver           1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jay Johnstone          5   17    4    9   2   1   0    3   0   0    1    1  .529
Ollie Brown            3    4    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Johnny Oates           1    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Larry Bowa             5   23    7    9   1   1   0    1   1   0    4    0  .391
Greg Luzinski          5   19    2    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    2  .368
Mike Schmidt           5   24    8    8   0   0   5   10   0   0    1    9  .333
Bobby Tolan            4    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jerry Martin           5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .333
Bob Boone              5   18    1    5   1   0   1    4   0   1    0    1  .278
Garry Maddox           5   18    4    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    1  .278
Dave Cash              5   26    4    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .269
Dick Allen             5   20    4    5   0   0   0    7   0   1    2    4  .250
Tommy Hutton           3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mario Mendoza          1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Al Oliver              6   25    4   12   1   0   1    6   0   0    2    1  .480
Willie Stargell        5   17    5    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    5  .412
Manny Sanguillen       6   25    8   10   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .400
Dave Parker            6   22    4    7   1   0   1    9   0   1    2    2  .318
Rennie Stennett        6   26    5    8   1   1   0    4   0   0    1    3  .308
Richie Zisk            6   24    4    6   4   0   0    4   0   0    3    1  .250
Richie Hebner          6   22    5    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .227
Frank Taveras          6   22    2    5   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .227
Bob Robertson          2    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Duffy Dyer             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tommy Helms            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ed Kirkpatrick         1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bill Robinson          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Locklear          4    4    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .500
Doug Rader             4   12    3    5   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    3  .417
Ted Kubiak             3   10    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Johnny Grubb           7   25    5    8   0   1   1    3   0   0    6    4  .320
Hector Torres          7   25    2    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .280
Willie Davis           7   29    2    8   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .276
Dave Winfield          7   26    5    7   1   1   2    9   1   0    4    7  .269
Tito Fuentes           7   27    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .259
Fred Kendall           5   12    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .250
Enzo Hernandez         3    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .250
Bob Davis              4   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Willie McCovey         5   13    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .154
Mike Ivie              6   17    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .059
Merv Rettenmund        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jerry Turner           3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Craig Robinson         2    2    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Mike Sadek             3    6    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500
Bobby Murcer           7   23    6    8   0   0   2    7   0   1    6    3  .348
Gary Matthews          6   25    4    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    3  .320
Ken Reitz              7   26    3    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    2  .308
Derrel Thomas          7   25    2    7   0   1   0    1   0   4    4    0  .280
Chris Speier           7   22    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .273
Von Joshua             7   30    4    8   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .267
Dave Rader             6   16    2    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .250
Willie Montanez        7   25    2    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    3  .240
Steve Ontiveros        4    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .200
Glenn Adams            4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Marc Hill              2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Gary Thomasson         3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Chris Arnold           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Fairly             2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Bake McBride           6   25    4   10   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .400
Mike Anderson          4   10    3    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    1  .400
Mike Tyson             2    5    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Willie Crawford        3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ted Simmons            6   22    1    7   0   0   0    7   0   0    0    1  .318
Lou Brock              4   17    4    5   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    2  .294
Vic Harris             5   18    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .278
Hector Cruz            6   23    2    6   1   0   1    7   0   0    1    5  .261
Keith Hernandez        6   21    0    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    2  .238
Lee Richard            3    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .136
Don Kessinger          6   18    3    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .111
Luis Melendez          4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  D. Kingman (NY)          34
  E. Cabell (HOU)          33
  R. Monday (CHI)          33
  W. Garrett (NY)          32
  K. Griffey (CIN)         32
  D. Unser (NY)            32
  P. Rose (CIN)            31
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        30
  G. Foster (CIN)          30
  V. Joshua (SF)           30

Runs Scored:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         11
  P. Rose (CIN)            11
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  B. Madlock (CHI)          8
  J. Milner (NY)            8
  R. Monday (CHI)           8
  J. Morales (CHI)          8
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  L. Bowa (PHI)             7

Hits:

  P. Rose (CIN)            17
  E. Cabell (HOU)          14
  K. Griffey (CIN)         13
  J. Milner (NY)           13
  R. Monday (CHI)          13
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  A. Oliver (PIT)          12
  B. Watson (HOU)          12
  G. Foster (CIN)          11
  C. Geronimo (CIN)        10

Doubles:

  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         4
  K. Griffey (CIN)          4
  F. Millan (NY)            4
  T. Perez (CIN)            4
  R. Zisk (PIT)             4
  B. Madlock (CHI)          3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  P. Rose (CIN)             3
  S. Yeager (LA)            3

Triples:

  C. Geronimo (CIN)         2
  R. Metzger (HOU)          2
  M. Anderson (STL)         1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1
  B. Buckner (LA)           1
  E. Cabell (HOU)           1
  R. Cey (LA)               1
  W. Davis (SD)             1
  J. Dwyer (MON)            1
  K. Griffey (CIN)          1

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (NY)           5
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          5
  R. Monday (CHI)           3
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  J. Milner (NY)            2
  J. Morales (CHI)          2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  B. Murcer (SF)            2
  D. Winfield (SD)          2
  D. Baker (LA)             1

RBI:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         11
  D. Kingman (NY)          11
  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  J. Morgan (CIN)          10
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         10
  D. Parker (PIT)           9
  D. Winfield (SD)          9
  D. Allen (PHI)            7
  H. Cruz (STL)             7
  R. Monday (CHI)           7

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  K. Griffey (CIN)          3
  J. White (MON)            3
  D. Baker (LA)             2
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  D. Kingman (NY)           2
  A. Thornton (CHI)         2
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1

Caught Stealing:

  D. Thomas (SF)            4
  R. Monday (CHI)           2
  J. Morales (CHI)          2
  D. Allen (PHI)            1
  B. Ayala (NY)             1
  B. Boone (PHI)            1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       1

Walks:

  D. Evans (ATL)            8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  A. Thornton (CHI)         8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  J. Grubb (SD)             6
  B. Harrelson (NY)         6
  B. Murcer (SF)            6
  W. Stargell (PIT)         6
  C. Johnson (HOU)          5
  J. Morales (CHI)          5

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (NY)          14
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          9
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  J. Ferguson (LA)          7
  L. Parrish (MON)          7
  D. Winfield (SD)          7
  D. Evans (ATL)            6
  B. Harrelson (NY)         6
  T. Perez (CIN)            6
  D. Unser (NY)             6

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