Thursday May 6, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 6, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Philadelphia     659  117   190   34    8   22   112   10    8   79   100  .288
Cincinnati       819  136   235   47   11   19   131   29    7  110   133  .287
Pittsburgh       714   91   202   38    4   14    89    4    4   48    93  .283
Chicago          889  130   250   45    7   23   126   14    9  109   119  .281
New York         871  117   240   29    4   21   109   13    8   95   130  .276
San Diego        759  105   203   25   10   13   103    9    6   81    99  .268
San Francisco    820   86   215   31    6   11    77   12   12   84    99  .262
St. Louis        838   91   213   34    5    7    80    6   10   60   136  .254
Los Angeles      805  103   204   30    7   18    93   22   13   88   108  .253
Houston          838   94   207   34    6   12    87   21    9   73   121  .247
Montreal         740   81   167   29    3   16    79   14    6   52   117  .226
Atlanta          762   80   171   22    4    9    75    7    3   90   114  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pete Rose (CIN)          22   97   22   40   7   2   1   17   1   0   12   11  .412
Rick Monday (CHI)        24  108   30   40   5   2   7   26   0   4   11   24  .370
Jerry Grote (NY)         20   70    7   25   0   0   0    5   0   1    7    3  .357
Ken Griffey (CIN)        20   85   17   30   7   1   1   18   9   0    6   11  .353
Bake McBride (STL)       22   91   13   32   3   0   1    7   1   4    6   11  .352
Willie Stargell (PIT)    18   67   11   23   5   0   4   11   0   0   11   15  .343
Joe Morgan (CIN)         21   71   18   24   5   1   5   18  11   2   22    9  .338
Jose Cardenal (CHI)      24  105   15   35   7   0   4   15   3   1    8    7  .333
Bill Madlock (CHI)       24  100   14   33  10   1   1   18   5   2   12    8  .330
Ken Reitz (SF)           23   91    6   30   1   0   1   11   1   1    5    8  .330

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Vic Correll           10   25    2    9   2   0   1    5   0   0    2    3  .360
Ken Henderson         20   62    8   22   3   0   2   10   0   0    5    8  .355
Biff Pocoroba         17   57   10   17   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .298
Cito Gaston           10   14    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .286
Darrel Chaney         23   64    5   18   2   1   0    7   0   0   10   12  .281
Rod Gilbreath          8    8    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .250
Jim Wynn              23   81   12   20   3   0   2    7   2   0   18   14  .247
Earl Williams         13   25    1    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    4  .240
Marty Perez           11   26    1    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .231
Lee Lacy              22   72    9   15   2   1   0    9   1   0    5    3  .208
Rowland Office        21   73   10   15   1   1   1    7   1   1   10    7  .206
Jerry Royster         22   75    7   14   3   0   0    3   2   2    7   12  .187
Tom Paciorek          15   30    2    5   0   1   0    3   0   0    2    6  .167
Darrell Evans         22   62    6    9   0   0   1    4   1   0   19   18  .145
Dave May              12   25    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    5  .080
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             9    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .400
Mick Kelleher          9    8    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .375
Rick Monday           24  108   30   40   5   2   7   26   0   4   11   24  .370
Jose Cardenal         24  105   15   35   7   0   4   15   3   1    8    7  .333
Bill Madlock          24  100   14   33  10   1   1   18   5   2   12    8  .330
Manny Trillo          24  104    7   33   6   1   0   15   3   0    7    8  .317
Champ Summers         14   23    2    7   1   0   1    6   0   0    2    5  .304
Dave Rosello          24   78   13   22   1   0   1    5   0   0   18   11  .282
Joe Wallis            15   11    5    3   0   2   0    1   0   0    2    2  .273
Steve Swisher         21   81    9   22   3   1   2    9   0   0    0   10  .272
Jerry Morales         21   87   16   23   3   0   4   13   1   2   11    6  .264
Andre Thornton        24   77    8   16   6   0   2   13   2   0   20   13  .208
Randy Hundley         10   15    3    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .200
Pete Lacock           15   24    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    6    4  .167
George Mitterwald      9   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .091
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             22   97   22   40   7   2   1   17   1   0   12   11  .412
Joel Youngblood       15   17    4    7   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    1  .412
Bob Bailey            11   22    3    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    4  .364
Ken Griffey           20   85   17   30   7   1   1   18   9   0    6   11  .353
Joe Morgan            21   71   18   24   5   1   5   18  11   2   22    9  .338
Ed Armbrister          9    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .333
George Foster         19   79   11   25   2   0   2   14   2   0    7   14  .317
Cesar Geronimo        18   64    8   19   5   3   0    8   0   1   11   11  .297
Johnny Bench          20   77   14   20   7   1   5   19   3   0   15   20  .260
Mike Lum              18   32    5    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    5    3  .250
Doug Flynn             7   18    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .222
Dan Driessen          13   20    6    4   1   0   1    5   0   1    6    2  .200
Tony Perez            19   75    9   14   6   1   0   12   0   1   10   11  .187
Bill Plummer           7   11    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .182
Dave Concepcion       22   86   11   14   1   1   2    7   3   2   12   10  .163

 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
Cesar Cedeno          24   95   17   31   6   1   6   21  10   3    5    5  .326
Bob Watson            25   91   11   28   3   0   1   11   0   0   14   11  .308
Larry Milbourne       25   96   16   28   4   0   0    7   4   1   10    9  .292
Enos Cabell           25  105   14   30   5   2   0   11   6   0    3   18  .286
Greg Gross            24   75    5   21   3   0   0    6   0   1    4    7  .280
Leon Roberts          18   44    5   12   3   0   2    6   0   0    5    6  .273
Ken Boswell           15   15    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .267
Roger Metzger         25   78    7   19   3   2   0    6   0   0    9    9  .244
Cliff Johnson         21   70    9   15   3   0   3   11   0   0    9   14  .214
Art Howe               6    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Jose Cruz             13   32    1    6   0   1   0    5   0   0    5    3  .188
Wilbur Howard         20   56    7    8   1   0   0    1   1   3    3   10  .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          15   45    9   15   0   0   1    3   2   1    1    5  .333
Davey Lopes            2    9    0    3   0   1   0    3   1   0    2    0  .333
Steve Garvey          23   98   14   30   7   0   1   11   4   1    7   11  .306
Ron Cey               23   85   13   26   2   2   4   12   0   2   17   12  .306
Bill Buckner          20   88   11   25   4   2   2   10   6   2    2    4  .284
Steve Yeager          18   58   12   16   3   0   3    7   2   0    5   12  .276
Manny Mota            10   11    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .273
Dusty Baker           19   80   10   20   5   0   1   12   2   2    7   11  .250
Henry Cruz            13   36    5    9   0   1   4   10   0   1    3    2  .250
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
John Hale             18   43    2    7   1   1   0    3   3   0    8    8  .163
Ed Goodson            12   13    1    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    4  .154
Ivan DeJesus          10   22    3    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .136
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           20   67    8   19   3   0   2    7   4   1    8    4  .284
Gary Carter           21   79    6   22   1   0   2    9   0   2    8   12  .279
Tim Foli              19   70    9   18   5   1   2    9   1   1    4    5  .257
Bombo Rivera           8   20    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .250
Jim Dwyer             15   34    5    8   1   1   0    1   0   0    3    5  .235
Pete Mackanin         21   82   13   19   2   1   3   11   1   0    2   13  .232
Nate Colbert          12   36    5    8   2   0   2    6   3   1    8   12  .222
Larry Parrish         21   84    9   18   3   0   0    5   0   0    5   16  .214
Barry Foote           12   38    4    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .211
Ellis Valentine       14   38    3    8   0   0   2    6   0   0    1    7  .211
Mike Jorgensen        18   66    7   13   3   0   3    6   0   0    5   10  .197
Pepe Mangual          11   37    4    7   2   0   0    6   4   1    4    8  .189
Jose Morales          11   11    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .182
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             9   22    3    9   0   0   0    7   0   0    3    1  .409
Mike Phillips          6   11    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .364
Jerry Grote           20   70    7   25   0   0   0    5   0   1    7    3  .357
Felix Millan          25  100   14   32   8   0   1    9   0   0   11    2  .320
Joe Torre             17   40    4   12   1   1   1    3   0   0    2    4  .300
Bruce Boisclair       17   41    4   12   2   0   0    3   2   1    2    6  .293
Ed Kranepool          23   89   12   25   3   0   2   12   0   0    6   10  .281
Del Unser             23   93   13   24   3   1   3   13   3   1    7   11  .258
Dave Kingman          25  104   16   24   2   1  10   24   4   1    5   32  .231
Wayne Garrett         24   85   13   19   3   0   1    7   2   2   14    8  .224
Bud Harrelson         23   72    7   16   2   1   0    7   2   0   20   17  .222
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           11   22    3    9   3   0   1    6   0   0    5    4  .409
Tim McCarver           7    8    2    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    1  .375
Jay Johnstone         18   63   14   22   6   2   1    6   0   0    5    4  .349
Mike Schmidt          19   76   20   24   3   0  12   23   1   0   10   22  .316
Greg Luzinski         17   61    9   19   4   0   2   15   0   0    6   10  .312
Garry Maddox          17   63   11   19   5   0   1    8   2   1    8    4  .302
Larry Bowa            15   63   10   18   3   2   0    8   2   1    7    6  .286
Dave Cash             19   88   13   25   2   3   0    9   0   2    5    4  .284
Bobby Tolan           16   37    6   10   0   0   3    8   0   1    1    4  .270
Bob Boone             18   54    7   14   3   0   2   12   1   2    8    6  .259
Dick Allen            10   36    6    9   1   0   0    8   2   1    8    6  .250
Jerry Martin          18    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
Terry Harmon           5   13    4    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .231
Tommy Hutton          14   18    4    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    6    3  .167

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Robinson         12   29    3   11   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    4  .379
Ed Kirkpatrick         5   11    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .364
Al Oliver             14   50    8   18   1   0   2    9   0   0    4    4  .360
Willie Stargell       18   67   11   23   5   0   4   11   0   0   11   15  .343
Mario Mendoza          9   15    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Dave Parker           21   85   14   25   4   2   4   18   1   1    2   12  .294
Duffy Dyer             8   14    2    4   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .286
Richie Hebner         18   65   11   18   2   0   1    6   0   0    6    4  .277
Richie Zisk           20   77    7   21   9   0   1   10   0   0    6   14  .273
Manny Sanguillen      18   74   14   20   4   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .270
Rennie Stennett       21   87    9   23   4   1   1   10   0   1    3    6  .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          16   42    7   16   2   4   0    7   1   1    5    4  .381
Gene Locklear         13   11    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .364
Tito Fuentes          18   65    8   22   3   0   0    7   0   0    2    2  .339
Doug Rader            18   65    9   22   3   1   2   10   0   1    4    8  .339
Merv Rettenmund        9   13    1    4   1   0   0    0   1   1    4    3  .308
Willie Davis          23   92   13   27   5   3   1   12   1   0    3    6  .294
Hector Torres         21   74    7   21   2   0   4   10   1   0    7    9  .284
Ted Kubiak            13   39    3   11   1   0   0    5   0   2    4    1  .282
Johnny Grubb          14   47    9   13   0   1   1    4   0   0   13    7  .277
Dave Winfield         23   81   18   19   2   1   3   16   4   1   14   14  .235
Mike Ivie             22   56    7   13   3   0   1    9   0   0    3    3  .232
Willie McCovey        15   37    3    8   1   0   1    8   0   0    5    6  .216
Fred Kendall          20   60    7   12   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    8  .200
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             23   91    6   30   1   0   1   11   1   1    5    8  .330
Willie Montanez       23   94    6   30   6   0   0    5   1   1    9    6  .319
Mike Sadek             9   17    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .294
Chris Speier          23   87   10   24   5   2   0    8   1   0   12   10  .276
Bobby Murcer          23   89   11   24   4   0   2   10   2   2   17   10  .270
Von Joshua            23   97   11   26   3   2   0    1   1   0    4   11  .268
Gary Matthews         22   90   14   22   2   0   5   17   1   1   12   14  .244
Derrel Thomas         23   92   12   22   0   2   2    8   5   7   10    8  .239
Dave Rader            16   55    4   13   4   0   0    6   0   0    2    6  .236
Marc Hill              9   18    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .222
Gary Thomasson         8    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Glenn Adams           11   11    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .182
Steve Ontiveros       15   16    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .125
Chris Arnold          11   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .100
Larry Herndon          3    7    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Tyson             2    5    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Ron Fairly            14   28    5   10   2   0   0    7   0   0    6    3  .357
Bake McBride          22   91   13   32   3   0   1    7   1   4    6   11  .352
Willie Crawford       18   53    7   18   1   0   1    5   1   0    4    7  .340
Doug Clarey            4    3    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Mike Anderson         13   28    4    9   3   1   0    1   0   0    3    7  .321
Ted Simmons           22   88    8   27   4   0   1   16   0   2    8    6  .307
Ken Rudolph            6   10    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .300
Vic Harris            21   85   10   25   5   0   0    6   0   0    5   18  .294
Don Kessinger         22   84   10   22   6   0   0    6   0   0    5   13  .262
Lou Brock             19   86   10   22   2   1   0    6   2   3    1   10  .256
Keith Hernandez       18   52    3    9   1   2   0    1   2   0    5   11  .173
Reggie Smith          19   70    9   12   4   0   2    9   0   1    8   10  .171
Hector Cruz           21   71    4   12   2   0   1   10   0   0    3   15  .169
Luis Melendez         16   20    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .150
Lee Richard           13   21    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .095

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  R. Monday (CHI)         108
  E. Cabell (HOU)         105
  J. Cardenal (CHI)       105
  D. Kingman (NY)         104
  M. Trillo (CHI)         104
  B. Madlock (CHI)        100
  F. Millan (NY)          100
  S. Garvey (LA)           98
  V. Joshua (SF)           97
  P. Rose (CIN)            97

Runs Scored:

  R. Monday (CHI)          30
  P. Rose (CIN)            22
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         20
  J. Morgan (CIN)          18
  D. Winfield (SD)         18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  D. Kingman (NY)          16
  L. Milbourne (HOU)       16
  J. Morales (CHI)         16

Hits:

  R. Monday (CHI)          40
  P. Rose (CIN)            40
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        35
  B. Madlock (CHI)         33
  M. Trillo (CHI)          33
  B. McBride (STL)         32
  F. Millan (NY)           32
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          31
  E. Cabell (HOU)          30
  S. Garvey (LA)           30

Doubles:

  B. Madlock (CHI)         10
  R. Zisk (PIT)             9
  F. Millan (NY)            8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         7
  S. Garvey (LA)            7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  P. Rose (CIN)             7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  J. Johnstone (PHI)        6

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         12
  D. Kingman (NY)          10
  R. Monday (CHI)           7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5
  G. Matthews (SF)          5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  R. Cey (LA)               4
  H. Cruz (LA)              4

RBI:

  R. Monday (CHI)          26
  D. Kingman (NY)          24
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         23
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          21
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  K. Griffey (CIN)         18
  B. Madlock (CHI)         18
  J. Morgan (CIN)          18
  D. Parker (PIT)          18
  G. Matthews (SF)         17

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  K. Griffey (CIN)          9
  B. Buckner (LA)           6
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  B. Madlock (CHI)          5
  D. Thomas (SF)            5
  S. Garvey (LA)            4
  D. Kingman (NY)           4
  P. Mangual (MON)          4

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          22
  B. Harrelson (NY)        20
  A. Thornton (CHI)        20
  D. Evans (ATL)           19
  D. Rosello (CHI)         18
  J. Wynn (ATL)            18
  R. Cey (LA)              17
  B. Murcer (SF)           17
  J. Bench (CIN)           15
  W. Garrett (NY)          14

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (NY)          32
  R. Monday (CHI)          24
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         22
  J. Bench (CIN)           20
  E. Cabell (HOU)          18
  D. Evans (ATL)           18
  V. Harris (STL)          18
  B. Harrelson (NY)        17
  L. Parrish (MON)         16
  H. Cruz (STL)            15

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