Friday April 23, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Philadelphia     328   59   102   20    4   11    58    4    5   43    38  .311
Cincinnati       385   77   115   28    5    6    76   21    2   56    56  .299
San Francisco    377   52   111   13    1    8    47    4    7   40    43  .294
New York         493   69   142   18    3   14    67    8    4   49    75  .288
Pittsburgh       342   51    98   21    2    4    49    3    2   27    44  .287
Chicago          441   70   126   21    4   16    67    5    6   53    60  .286
San Diego        394   55   104   13    4    5    54    4    2   48    65  .264
Houston          503   62   128   19    5    8    57   13    7   49    66  .255
Atlanta          365   51    92   13    1    5    48    2    2   48    36  .252
Montreal         382   48    93   19    3    9    46   11    1   21    72  .244
St. Louis        386   37    90   17    3    3    34    3    2   30    64  .233
Los Angeles      436   43    98   16    3    4    38   14    3   49    66  .225

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Milner (NY)         10   36   10   17   2   0   3   10   0   1    9    5  .472
Pete Rose (CIN)          11   47   14   22   4   1   0    8   1   0    5    4  .468
Jerry Grote (NY)         11   40    4   17   0   0   0    4   0   0    5    1  .425
Willie Stargell (PIT)     9   32    7   13   4   0   2    6   0   0    8   10  .406
Bake McBride (STL)       10   42    6   17   2   0   0    1   1   1    1    4  .405
Ken Henderson (ATL)      10   35    6   14   1   0   2    8   0   0    2    6  .400
Ken Reitz (SF)           11   43    4   17   1   0   0    5   0   1    1    2  .395
Gary Matthews (SF)       10   44   10   17   1   0   5   14   0   0    0    5  .386
Cesar Geronimo (CIN)     10   37    6   14   5   3   0    8   0   0    2    3  .378
Joe Morgan (CIN)         11   37    9   14   4   0   2   10   8   1   13    4  .378

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Vic Correll            1    1    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Cito Gaston            2    3    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .667
Rod Gilbreath          3    3    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .667
Tom Paciorek           5    6    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Ken Henderson         10   35    6   14   1   0   2    8   0   0    2    6  .400
Biff Pocoroba         11   39    8   13   3   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Darrel Chaney         11   28    3    8   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    3  .286
Earl Williams          5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .250
Jerry Royster         11   37    6    9   2   0   0    2   1   1    4    3  .243
Lee Lacy              11   42    6   10   2   1   0    6   0   0    4    1  .238
Darrell Evans         11   35    4    8   0   0   1    4   1   0   13    8  .229
Jim Wynn              11   40    5    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    7    6  .225
Rowland Office        11   44    7    8   1   0   1    5   0   1    5    1  .182
Dave May               4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Terry Crowley          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Marty Perez            4    3    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             6    4    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .500
Rick Monday           12   54   12   20   3   1   4   12   0   3    6   12  .370
Randy Hundley          4    6    2    2   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Mick Kelleher          5    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Madlock          12   51    9   16   3   1   1   12   2   0    5    5  .314
Jerry Morales         12   51   12   16   2   0   4    9   0   2    7    4  .314
Steve Swisher         11   42    5   13   1   1   2    8   0   0    0    6  .310
Dave Rosello          12   40    5   12   0   0   1    3   0   0    7    7  .300
Andre Thornton        12   40    8   12   3   0   2    7   2   0   14    7  .300
Manny Trillo          12   54    3   15   2   1   0    8   1   0    2    4  .278
Jose Cardenal         12   54    8   14   4   0   2    5   0   1    4    5  .259
Champ Summers          8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Joe Wallis             9    5    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .200
Pete Lacock            7    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
George Mitterwald      6    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tim Hosley             1    1    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
Pete Rose             11   47   14   22   4   1   0    8   1   0    5    4  .468
Cesar Geronimo        10   37    6   14   5   3   0    8   0   0    2    3  .378
Joe Morgan            11   37    9   14   4   0   2   10   8   1   13    4  .378
Ken Griffey           10   45   12   17   5   1   1   15   5   0    3    5  .378
Ed Armbrister          4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Bob Bailey             2    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
George Foster         11   46    7   14   1   0   1   10   2   0    3    6  .304
Bill Plummer           4    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Dan Driessen           4    4    2    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .250
Tony Perez            11   39    5    9   5   0   0    9   0   0    6    7  .231
Mike Lum               9   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .200
Joel Youngblood        7    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Johnny Bench           9   32    6    4   2   0   1    8   3   0    9   10  .125
Dave Concepcion       11   40    7    4   0   0   1    3   2   1    8    5  .100
Doug Flynn             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Davanon          2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    0 1.000
Enos Cabell           15   64   12   23   2   2   0    6   4   0    2   11  .359
Bob Watson            15   52    8   17   1   0   1    9   0   0   12    3  .327
Cesar Cedeno          14   56   11   18   5   0   5   15   7   3    4    4  .321
Ken Boswell           10   10    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .300
Larry Milbourne       15   58    9   17   2   0   0    5   1   1    4    2  .293
Greg Gross            15   47    5   13   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .277
Leon Roberts          10   22    2    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .273
Cliff Johnson         12   41    4   10   3   0   1    7   0   0    7    4  .244
Roger Metzger         15   45    5   10   1   2   0    3   0   0    7    7  .222
Jose Cruz              8   20    0    3   0   1   0    5   0   0    2    1  .150
Wilbur Howard         12   41    5    5   1   0   0    0   1   2    3    9  .122
Skip Jutze             6   14    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .071
Art Howe               4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ellie Rodriguez        3    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500
Bill Buckner          12   57    6   16   2   1   1    5   4   1    1    2  .281
Steve Garvey          12   51    4   14   2   0   0    4   1   0    5    7  .275
Ron Cey               12   41    4   11   1   1   0    2   0   2   12    5  .268
Steve Yeager           9   27    6    7   3   0   1    4   0   0    3    6  .259
Dusty Baker           12   51    6   13   4   0   1    9   2   0    5    7  .255
Henry Cruz             5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
John Hale              9   27    2    6   1   1   0    3   3   0    4    5  .222
Joe Ferguson          11   40    6    8   1   0   1    4   1   0    5   11  .200
Bill Russell           8   21    1    4   0   0   0    1   2   0    0    3  .191
Ted Sizemore          12   53    2    9   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    6  .170
Ed Goodson             9    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .143
Manny Mota             6    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .143
Ivan DeJesus          10   22    3    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .136
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

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry White           10   31    3   11   1   0   1    4   4   0    2    1  .355
Pepe Frias             7    3    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Tim Foli              10   37    7   12   4   1   2    8   1   0    1    2  .324
Pepe Mangual           5   17    4    5   1   0   0    2   4   0    3    5  .294
Mike Jorgensen        11   43    7   12   3   0   3    6   0   0    5    9  .279
Bombo Rivera           4   11    3    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .273
Nate Colbert           5   15    1    4   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    5  .267
Gary Carter           11   43    3   11   1   0   1    5   0   1    3    8  .256
Larry Parrish         11   45    4   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    1   12  .244
Jim Dwyer              8   17    3    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .235
Barry Foote            6   22    3    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .182
Pete Mackanin         11   40    8    7   1   1   1    6   0   0    2    9  .175
Larry Biittner         5   18    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .167
Ellis Valentine        5    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .111
Jose Morales           4    4    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
Ron Hodges             4    7    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    0  .571
John Milner           10   36   10   17   2   0   3   10   0   1    9    5  .472
Jerry Grote           11   40    4   17   0   0   0    4   0   0    5    1  .425
Bruce Boisclair        9   12    2    5   1   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .417
Mike Phillips          5   11    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .364
Felix Millan          13   54    7   18   5   0   1    7   0   0    5    1  .333
Joe Torre             10   23    2    7   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .304
Del Unser             11   49    9   14   1   1   2    5   1   1    3    7  .286
Bud Harrelson         11   41    5   10   2   1   0    5   1   0    8   10  .244
Ed Kranepool          11   43    5   10   1   0   1    7   0   0    3    4  .233
Dave Kingman          13   56    9   13   2   0   7   15   4   0    3   19  .232
Wayne Garrett         12   48    6   11   2   0   0    5   0   1    4    7  .229
Benny Ayala            8   12    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .167
John Stearns           4   11    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .091
Roy Staiger            4   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .077

 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
Ollie Brown            4    6    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .500
Johnny Oates           1    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Jay Johnstone          8   31    7   14   3   2   0    3   0   0    1    1  .452
Greg Luzinski          9   30    5   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    6    4  .333
Bobby Tolan            7    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Terry Harmon           1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dave Cash              9   45    6   14   2   1   0    4   0   2    2    2  .311
Larry Bowa             8   34    7   10   1   1   0    3   1   0    6    1  .294
Mike Schmidt           9   41   11   12   0   0   8   15   1   0    2   13  .293
Garry Maddox           9   33    5    9   4   0   1    6   0   0    6    2  .273
Bob Boone              9   30    3    8   3   0   1    7   0   2    3    1  .267
Dick Allen             9   32    6    8   1   0   0    8   2   1    8    5  .250
Jerry Martin           9    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .250
Tommy Hutton           6    2    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          3    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Al Oliver              8   31    5   13   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    2  .419
Willie Stargell        9   32    7   13   4   0   2    6   0   0    8   10  .406
Manny Sanguillen      10   41   10   14   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .342
Duffy Dyer             3    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Dave Parker           10   39    5   12   1   0   1   10   0   1    2    5  .308
Rennie Stennett       10   41    6   11   3   1   0    6   0   0    2    3  .268
Frank Taveras         10   37    3    9   1   0   0    5   3   1    1    4  .243
Richie Hebner          7   26    5    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .231
Richie Zisk           10   39    5    8   4   0   0    4   0   0    4    4  .205
Bill Robinson          5   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .182
Bob Robertson          4    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Tommy Helms            4    8    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .125
Ed Kirkpatrick         1    0    0    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
Ted Kubiak             5   18    3    9   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .500
Enzo Hernandez         6    9    2    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    0  .444
Gene Locklear          7    7    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .429
Doug Rader             7   22    5    9   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    5  .409
Johnny Grubb          12   43    9   13   0   1   1    4   0   0   12    5  .302
Willie Davis          12   45    7   13   2   1   0    2   1   0    2    5  .289
Tito Fuentes          11   43    5   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .279
Hector Torres         12   40    4   10   2   0   2    5   0   0    5    6  .250
Jerry Turner           5    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Dave Winfield         12   42   10   10   2   1   2   13   1   0    8   10  .238
Bob Davis              6   13    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .231
Willie McCovey         9   22    0    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    5  .227
Mike Ivie             11   29    4    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    2    2  .207
Fred Kendall           9   26    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .154
Merv Rettenmund        4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   1    3    2  .143

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Craig Robinson         3    2    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Mike Sadek             4    9    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .556
Ken Reitz             11   43    4   17   1   0   0    5   0   1    1    2  .395
Gary Matthews         10   44   10   17   1   0   5   14   0   0    0    5  .386
Chris Arnold           3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Chris Speier          11   38    6   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    8    2  .316
Derrel Thomas         11   41    5   12   0   1   1    5   2   5    5    4  .293
Bobby Murcer          11   38    8   11   0   0   2    8   1   1   10    5  .290
Von Joshua            11   50    7   14   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .280
Gary Thomasson         7    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Willie Montanez       11   42    4   10   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    4  .238
Dave Rader             9   29    2    6   3   0   0    5   0   0    1    6  .207
Glenn Adams            5    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Steve Ontiveros        6    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .143
Marc Hill              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Fairly             4    5    1    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Bake McBride          10   42    6   17   2   0   0    1   1   1    1    4  .405
Mike Tyson             2    5    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Mike Anderson          8   20    3    6   2   1   0    1   0   0    2    5  .300
Ted Simmons           11   41    4   12   1   0   0    9   0   0    3    2  .293
Vic Harris            10   37    4   10   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    8  .270
Lou Brock              8   36    5    8   0   0   0    2   1   1    1    3  .222
Reggie Smith          11   41    5    8   3   0   2    8   0   0    6    6  .195
Don Kessinger         11   39    4    7   3   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .180
Hector Cruz           11   42    2    7   1   0   1    7   0   0    1   11  .167
Willie Crawford        6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Keith Hernandez       10   34    0    5   1   1   0    0   1   0    4    7  .147
Lee Richard            6    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Luis Melendez          8   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .091
Ken Rudolph            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Doug Clarey            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          64
  L. Milbourne (HOU)       58
  B. Buckner (LA)          57
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          56
  D. Kingman (NY)          56
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        54
  F. Millan (NY)           54
  R. Monday (CHI)          54
  M. Trillo (CHI)          54
  T. Sizemore (LA)         53

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            14
  E. Cabell (HOU)          12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12
  R. Monday (CHI)          12
  J. Morales (CHI)         12
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          11
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         11
  G. Matthews (SF)         10
  J. Milner (NY)           10
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      10

Hits:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          23
  P. Rose (CIN)            22
  R. Monday (CHI)          20
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18
  F. Millan (NY)           18
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  J. Grote (NY)            17
  G. Matthews (SF)         17
  B. McBride (STL)         17
  L. Milbourne (HOU)       17

Doubles:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         5
  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  F. Millan (NY)            5
  T. Perez (CIN)            5
  D. Baker (LA)             4
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  T. Foli (MON)             4
  G. Maddox (PHI)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4

Triples:

  C. Geronimo (CIN)         3
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  J. Johnstone (PHI)        2
  R. Metzger (HOU)          2
  M. Anderson (STL)         1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1
  B. Buckner (LA)           1
  D. Cash (PHI)             1
  R. Cey (LA)               1
  J. Cruz (HOU)             1

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  D. Kingman (NY)           7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  G. Matthews (SF)          5
  R. Monday (CHI)           4
  J. Morales (CHI)          4
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        3
  J. Milner (NY)            3
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         2
  T. Foli (MON)             2

RBI:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          15
  K. Griffey (CIN)         15
  D. Kingman (NY)          15
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         15
  G. Matthews (SF)         14
  D. Winfield (SD)         13
  B. Madlock (CHI)         12
  R. Monday (CHI)          12
  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  J. Milner (NY)           10

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  B. Buckner (LA)           4
  E. Cabell (HOU)           4
  D. Kingman (NY)           4
  P. Mangual (MON)          4
  J. White (MON)            4
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  J. Hale (LA)              3

Caught Stealing:

  D. Thomas (SF)            5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           3
  R. Monday (CHI)           3
  B. Boone (PHI)            2
  D. Cash (PHI)             2
  R. Cey (LA)               2
  W. Howard (HOU)           2
  J. Morales (CHI)          2
  D. Allen (PHI)            1
  B. Ayala (NY)             1

Walks:

  A. Thornton (CHI)        14
  D. Evans (ATL)           13
  J. Morgan (CIN)          13
  R. Cey (LA)              12
  J. Grubb (SD)            12
  B. Watson (HOU)          12
  B. Murcer (SF)           10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  J. Milner (NY)            9
  D. Allen (PHI)            8

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (NY)          19
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         13
  R. Monday (CHI)          12
  L. Parrish (MON)         12
  E. Cabell (HOU)          11
  H. Cruz (STL)            11
  J. Ferguson (LA)         11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  B. Harrelson (NY)        10
  W. Stargell (PIT)        10


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