Sunday May 2, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 2, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       712  129   212   45   10   18   124   25    5   93   106  .298
Philadelphia     601  106   178   33    7   19   101    9    8   69    90  .296
New York         772  108   219   25    4   19   100   13    8   85   112  .284
Pittsburgh       614   76   171   33    3   11    74    3    4   45    86  .279
San Francisco    722   80   196   27    5   11    71   11   12   68    86  .272
San Diego        692   95   187   23   10   10    93    8    5   75    91  .270
Chicago          804  112   217   37    7   20   108   14    8  102   110  .270
Houston          774   91   194   31    5   11    84   21    8   71   113  .251
St. Louis        720   74   176   31    5    5    63    6    8   51   117  .244
Los Angeles      724   80   175   26    5    9    71   21   11   81   101  .242
Montreal         676   76   155   27    3   14    74   13    5   46   108  .229
Atlanta          653   69   148   18    3    8    64    6    2   76   102  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pete Rose (CIN)          19   83   22   36   7   2   1   15   1   0   12   10  .434
Jerry Grote (NY)         17   58    6   22   0   0   0    5   0   1    7    3  .379
Willie Stargell (PIT)    15   56   10   21   5   0   3    9   0   0   10   14  .375
Rick Monday (CHI)        22   97   26   36   5   2   5   19   0   4   11   22  .371
Ken Reitz (SF)           20   81    6   30   1   0   1   10   1   1    3    4  .370
Ken Griffey (CIN)        17   75   16   27   7   1   1   17   8   0    6   10  .360
Felix Millan (NY)        22   88   12   30   8   0   1    9   0   0   10    2  .341
Bake McBride (STL)       19   78    9   26   3   0   0    4   1   4    4    8  .333
Joe Morgan (CIN)         18   63   15   21   5   1   4   17   8   1   16    8  .333
Bob Watson (HOU)         23   83   11   27   3   0   1   11   0   0   14   10  .325

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Vic Correll            7   17    2    9   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .529
Earl Williams         10   17    1    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .353
Cito Gaston            8   12    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .333
Ken Henderson         17   49    7   16   1   0   2    8   0   0    4    8  .327
Biff Pocoroba         16   54    8   16   3   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .296
Darrel Chaney         20   55    3   16   2   0   0    5   0   0    8   11  .291
Rod Gilbreath          6    7    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .286
Jim Wynn              20   69    9   17   2   0   1    3   2   0   15   13  .246
Lee Lacy              20   70    9   15   2   1   0    9   1   0    5    2  .214
Jerry Royster         19   63    7   13   2   0   0    3   1   1    5   11  .206
Rowland Office        19   67    9   13   1   1   1    5   1   1    7    7  .194
Tom Paciorek          12   24    2    4   0   1   0    3   0   0    2    5  .167
Darrell Evans         19   57    6    8   0   0   1    4   1   0   19   17  .140
Marty Perez            8   13    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .077
Dave May              10   23    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    5  .044
Terry Crowley          7    6    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Adams             7    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .400
Mick Kelleher          9    8    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .375
Rick Monday           22   97   26   36   5   2   5   19   0   4   11   22  .371
Champ Summers         12   12    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .333
Jose Cardenal         22   94   13   30   7   0   3   14   3   1    8    7  .319
Manny Trillo          22   94    5   29   4   1   0   13   3   0    7    7  .309
Bill Madlock          22   90   11   27   6   1   1   17   5   1   12    8  .300
Joe Wallis            14   10    4    3   0   2   0    1   0   0    2    2  .300
Jerry Morales         21   87   16   23   3   0   4   13   1   2   11    6  .264
Dave Rosello          22   70   10   18   1   0   1    5   0   0   16   11  .257
Steve Swisher         19   72    7   18   2   1   2    8   0   0    0   10  .250
Randy Hundley          8   13    3    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .231
Andre Thornton        22   74    8   15   5   0   2   11   2   0   20   13  .203
Pete Lacock           13   18    1    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    3  .111
George Mitterwald      8   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .100
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
Joel Youngblood       14   16    4    7   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    1  .438
Pete Rose             19   83   22   36   7   2   1   15   1   0   12   10  .434
Bob Bailey             9   17    3    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .412
Ed Armbrister          6    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .400
Ken Griffey           17   75   16   27   7   1   1   17   8   0    6   10  .360
Joe Morgan            18   63   15   21   5   1   4   17   8   1   16    8  .333
Cesar Geronimo        15   55    7   17   5   3   0    8   0   0    6    5  .309
George Foster         16   69   11   20   2   0   2   13   2   0    7   12  .290
Johnny Bench          17   63   14   18   6   1   5   19   3   0   15   13  .286
Mike Lum              16   26    5    7   3   0   1    3   0   0    5    2  .269
Doug Flynn             7   18    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .222
Tony Perez            17   68    8   14   6   1   0   12   0   1    8   10  .206
Dan Driessen          11   15    6    3   0   0   1    4   0   1    5    2  .200
Bill Plummer           7   11    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .182
Dave Concepcion       19   76   10   13   1   0   2    7   3   2    9    9  .171

 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
Bob Watson            23   83   11   27   3   0   1   11   0   0   14   10  .325
Cesar Cedeno          22   89   16   28   5   0   6   20  10   3    5    5  .315
Greg Gross            22   69    5   21   3   0   0    6   0   0    4    7  .304
Leon Roberts          17   40    5   12   3   0   2    6   0   0    5    5  .300
Enos Cabell           23   97   14   29   5   2   0   11   6   0    3   15  .299
Ken Boswell           14   14    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Larry Milbourne       23   88   15   25   2   0   0    7   4   1   10    9  .284
Roger Metzger         23   73    7   18   3   2   0    6   0   0    8    9  .247
Cliff Johnson         19   64    8   13   3   0   2    9   0   0    8   12  .203
Art Howe               6    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Wilbur Howard         19   52    7    8   1   0   0    1   1   3    3   10  .154
Jose Cruz             12   28    1    4   0   1   0    5   0   0    5    3  .143
Skip Jutze             9   21    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    8  .048

 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
Glenn Burke            9    9    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .444
Bill Russell          13   36    4   11   0   0   0    2   2   1    1    4  .306
Ron Cey               21   76   10   23   2   2   2    9   0   2   16   12  .303
Manny Mota             9   10    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .300
Steve Garvey          21   88   11   26   6   0   1   10   4   0    7   11  .296
Bill Buckner          18   80    9   23   3   2   1    8   6   2    1    3  .288
Steve Yeager          16   50   10   13   3   0   2    6   2   0    4   10  .260
Dusty Baker           17   70    9   17   5   0   1   11   2   1    7   10  .243
Ted Sizemore          21   87    5   21   3   0   0    4   1   2    6    7  .241
Joe Ferguson          17   57    6   11   2   0   1    5   1   0    8   12  .193
Henry Cruz            11   26    1    5   0   0   1    4   0   1    3    2  .192
John Hale             16   43    2    7   1   1   0    3   3   0    8    8  .163
Ivan DeJesus          10   22    3    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .136
Ed Goodson            11   12    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .083
Rick Auerbach          7   14    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    1  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias             9    6    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jerry White           18   59    7   18   3   0   1    5   4   0    7    3  .305
Bombo Rivera           7   17    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .294
Gary Carter           19   71    6   20   1   0   2    9   0   2    8   10  .282
Tim Foli              17   62    9   16   4   1   2    9   1   1    4    5  .258
Nate Colbert          11   33    4    8   2   0   2    6   2   1    7   12  .242
Jim Dwyer             14   34    5    8   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    5  .235
Pete Mackanin         19   74   12   17   2   1   2   10   1   0    2   12  .230
Jose Morales           9    9    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .222
Mike Jorgensen        16   61    7   13   3   0   3    6   0   0    5   10  .213
Pepe Mangual          10   33    4    7   2   0   0    6   4   1    4    8  .212
Larry Parrish         19   77    7   16   2   0   0    4   0   0    4   14  .208
Barry Foote           11   35    4    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    2  .200
Ellis Valentine       13   36    3    7   0   0   2    6   0   0    0    6  .194
Larry Biittner        10   28    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Milner           13   43   11   21   3   0   3   12   0   1   11    5  .488
Ron Hodges             8   21    3    9   0   0   0    7   0   0    3    0  .429
Jerry Grote           17   58    6   22   0   0   0    5   0   1    7    3  .379
Mike Phillips          6   11    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .364
Felix Millan          22   88   12   30   8   0   1    9   0   0   10    2  .341
Bruce Boisclair       17   41    4   12   2   0   0    3   2   1    2    6  .293
Ed Kranepool          20   77   12   22   1   0   2    9   0   0    5    7  .286
Del Unser             20   80   13   21   1   1   3   12   3   1    7   11  .263
Bud Harrelson         20   62    7   16   2   1   0    7   2   0   19   12  .258
Joe Torre             14   28    2    7   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .250
Dave Kingman          22   92   14   22   2   1   9   21   4   1    4   29  .239
Wayne Garrett         21   78   11   18   3   0   1    7   2   2    9    7  .231
Benny Ayala            9   13    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    3  .154
John Stearns           5   11    1    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
Johnny Oates           1    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Ollie Brown           10   21    2    8   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    4  .381
Jay Johnstone         16   56   13   21   6   2   1    6   0   0    4    4  .375
Tim McCarver           6    8    2    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    1  .375
Mike Schmidt          17   71   18   23   3   0  12   23   1   0    7   20  .324
Greg Luzinski         15   54    8   17   3   0   2   12   0   0    6    7  .315
Larry Bowa            13   56    9   17   3   2   0    8   1   1    6    5  .304
Garry Maddox          17   63   11   19   5   0   1    8   2   1    8    4  .302
Dave Cash             17   80   12   23   2   2   0    8   0   2    4    4  .288
Bob Boone             16   49    7   14   3   0   2   12   1   2    7    5  .286
Dick Allen            10   36    6    9   1   0   0    8   2   1    8    6  .250
Jerry Martin          16    8    4    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .250
Tim Blackwell          1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Bobby Tolan           14   29    4    7   0   0   1    3   0   1    1    4  .241
Terry Harmon           5   13    4    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .231
Tommy Hutton          12   11    3    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    5    3  .182

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mario Mendoza          6    4    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Willie Stargell       15   56   10   21   5   0   3    9   0   0   10   14  .375
Ed Kirkpatrick         5   11    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .364
Bill Robinson         11   25    2    9   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    4  .360
Al Oliver             12   44    6   15   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    4  .341
Dave Parker           18   73   11   21   2   1   4   17   0   1    2   12  .288
Manny Sanguillen      17   70   14   20   4   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .286
Duffy Dyer             5    7    1    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Richie Zisk           17   66    6   18   8   0   1   10   0   0    5   13  .273
Rennie Stennett       18   75    8   20   4   1   1    9   0   1    3    5  .267
Richie Hebner         15   53    8   14   2   0   1    3   0   0    6    4  .264
Frank Taveras         17   60    5   12   1   0   0    7   3   1    2    6  .200
Tommy Helms            7   11    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .182
Bob Robertson          7   15    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .133
Ed Ott                 1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Enzo Hernandez        10   16    5    7   1   0   0    6   1   0    3    0  .438
Jerry Turner          14   34    7   14   2   4   0    6   1   0    4    3  .412
Gene Locklear         13   11    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .364
Doug Rader            16   57    8   20   2   1   1    7   0   1    4    8  .351
Tito Fuentes          16   58    7   20   2   0   0    6   0   0    1    2  .345
Merv Rettenmund        9   13    1    4   1   0   0    0   1   1    4    3  .308
Hector Torres         19   67    7   20   2   0   4   10   1   0    6    7  .299
Willie Davis          21   84   11   25   5   3   1   11   1   0    2    6  .298
Ted Kubiak            12   38    3   11   1   0   0    5   0   2    4    1  .290
Johnny Grubb          14   47    9   13   0   1   1    4   0   0   13    7  .277
Mike Ivie             20   56    7   13   3   0   1    9   0   0    3    3  .232
Dave Winfield         21   73   16   16   2   1   2   15   3   1   14   13  .219
Willie McCovey        13   30    1    6   1   0   0    6   0   0    4    5  .200
Fred Kendall          18   52    6   10   1   0   0    3   0   0    7    7  .192
Bob Davis              9   16    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .188

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Craig Robinson         6    3    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ken Reitz             20   81    6   30   1   0   1   10   1   1    3    4  .370
Bobby Murcer          20   79   11   24   4   0   2   10   2   2   14    8  .304
Mike Sadek             7   17    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .294
Willie Montanez       20   81    5   23   4   0   0    4   1   1    9    6  .284
Chris Speier          20   76   10   21   4   2   0    7   1   0   10    7  .276
Von Joshua            20   87   10   24   2   2   0    1   1   0    4   11  .276
Gary Matthews         19   81   13   21   2   0   5   15   1   1    8   13  .259
Marc Hill              7   12    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .250
Glenn Adams            8    8    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Dave Rader            14   51    4   12   4   0   0    6   0   0    1    6  .235
Derrel Thomas         20   79    9   18   0   1   2    8   4   7    9    8  .228
Gary Thomasson         8    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Steve Ontiveros       13   14    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .143
Chris Arnold          10   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .100
Larry Herndon          2    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Doug Clarey            3    2    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .500
Ron Fairly            11   18    5    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    1  .444
Mike Tyson             2    5    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Willie Crawford       15   39    6   15   1   0   1    4   1   0    4    6  .385
Bake McBride          19   78    9   26   3   0   0    4   1   4    4    8  .333
Ken Rudolph            6   10    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .300
Mike Anderson         12   27    4    8   2   1   0    1   0   0    3    7  .296
Ted Simmons           19   76    7   22   3   0   0   11   0   1    4    5  .290
Lou Brock             16   71    9   18   2   1   0    4   2   2    1    7  .254
Vic Harris            18   69    7   17   5   0   0    3   0   0    5   16  .246
Don Kessinger         19   71    7   17   5   0   0    5   0   0    5   11  .239
Keith Hernandez       17   51    3    9   1   2   0    1   2   0    5   11  .177
Reggie Smith          18   69    9   12   4   0   2    9   0   1    8   10  .174
Hector Cruz           18   60    2   10   2   0   1   10   0   0    2   14  .167
Luis Melendez         13   18    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Lee Richard           12   21    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .095

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          97
  R. Monday (CHI)          97
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        94
  M. Trillo (CHI)          94
  D. Kingman (NY)          92
  B. Madlock (CHI)         90
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          89
  S. Garvey (LA)           88
  L. Milbourne (HOU)       88
  F. Millan (NY)           88

Runs Scored:

  R. Monday (CHI)          26
  P. Rose (CIN)            22
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         16
  J. Morales (CHI)         16
  D. Winfield (SD)         16
  L. Milbourne (HOU)       15
  J. Morgan (CIN)          15
  J. Bench (CIN)           14

Hits:

  R. Monday (CHI)          36
  P. Rose (CIN)            36
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        30
  F. Millan (NY)           30
  K. Reitz (SF)            30
  E. Cabell (HOU)          29
  M. Trillo (CHI)          29
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          28
  K. Griffey (CIN)         27
  B. Madlock (CHI)         27

Doubles:

  F. Millan (NY)            8
  R. Zisk (PIT)             8
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  P. Rose (CIN)             7
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  J. Johnstone (PHI)        6
  B. Madlock (CHI)          6
  T. Perez (CIN)            6

Triples:

  J. Turner (SD)            4
  W. Davis (SD)             3
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         3
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  B. Buckner (LA)           2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  D. Cash (PHI)             2
  R. Cey (LA)               2
  K. Hernandez (STL)        2
  J. Johnstone (PHI)        2

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         12
  D. Kingman (NY)           9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5
  G. Matthews (SF)          5
  R. Monday (CHI)           5
  J. Morales (CHI)          4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  D. Parker (PIT)           4
  H. Torres (SD)            4

RBI:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         23
  D. Kingman (NY)          21
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          20
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  R. Monday (CHI)          19
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  B. Madlock (CHI)         17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  D. Parker (PIT)          17
  G. Matthews (SF)         15

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  B. Buckner (LA)           6
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  B. Madlock (CHI)          5
  S. Garvey (LA)            4
  D. Kingman (NY)           4
  P. Mangual (MON)          4
  L. Milbourne (HOU)        4

Caught Stealing:

  D. Thomas (SF)            7
  B. McBride (STL)          4
  R. Monday (CHI)           4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           3
  W. Howard (HOU)           3
  B. Boone (PHI)            2
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  B. Buckner (LA)           2
  G. Carter (MON)           2
  D. Cash (PHI)             2

Walks:

  A. Thornton (CHI)        20
  D. Evans (ATL)           19
  B. Harrelson (NY)        19
  R. Cey (LA)              16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  D. Rosello (CHI)         16
  J. Bench (CIN)           15
  J. Wynn (ATL)            15
  B. Murcer (SF)           14
  B. Watson (HOU)          14

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (NY)          29
  R. Monday (CHI)          22
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         20
  D. Evans (ATL)           17
  V. Harris (STL)          16
  E. Cabell (HOU)          15
  H. Cruz (STL)            14
  L. Parrish (MON)         14
  W. Stargell (PIT)        14
  J. Bench (CIN)           13


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