Saturday May 8, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 8, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       890  153   258   54   12   19   148   30    7  126   140  .290
Philadelphia     731  131   211   40   10   24   125   12    8   86   116  .289
Pittsburgh       776   99   216   39    7   15    96    6    4   56   108  .278
New York         939  130   261   30    4   23   121   13    8   99   135  .278
Chicago          950  135   260   45    7   24   129   17   10  120   126  .274
San Diego        827  109   220   30   10   13   106    9    7   84   112  .266
San Francisco    856   91   226   32    6   12    82   12   13   88   105  .264
Los Angeles      886  117   231   34    8   19   106   22   13   91   121  .261
St. Louis        901   97   231   36    6    8    85    7   12   69   145  .256
Houston          902   98   224   38    6   12    91   23   10   82   128  .248
Montreal         773   88   177   31    4   17    86   14    6   57   119  .229
Atlanta          826   84   185   24    4   10    78    7    4   93   130  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pete Rose (CIN)          24  103   24   42   8   2   1   18   1   0   15   12  .408
Bake McBride (STL)       24   96   14   35   4   0   1    7   1   4    8   11  .365
Jerry Grote (NY)         22   77    8   28   0   0   0    6   0   1    8    3  .364
Rick Monday (CHI)        25  111   31   40   5   2   7   26   0   4   12   24  .360
Ken Griffey (CIN)        21   89   20   31   7   1   1   20   9   0    8   11  .348
Joe Morgan (CIN)         23   79   21   27   7   1   5   21  11   2   24   10  .342
Ken Reitz (SF)           24   95    7   32   1   0   2   13   1   1    5    8  .337
Bill Madlock (CHI)       26  107   16   36  10   1   2   19   5   2   13    8  .336
Doug Rader (SD)          20   73   10   24   4   1   2   10   0   1    4    9  .329
Jose Cardenal (CHI)      26  113   16   37   7   0   4   15   4   1    9    8  .327

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Vic Correll           11   28    2   10   3   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .357
Ken Henderson         22   70    9   23   3   0   2   10   0   0    5    9  .329
Biff Pocoroba         18   61   10   19   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .312
Cito Gaston           11   15    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .267
Darrel Chaney         25   69    5   18   2   1   0    7   0   0   10   15  .261
Marty Perez           13   31    2    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .258
Jim Wynn              25   86   12   20   3   0   2    7   2   0   21   17  .233
Rod Gilbreath          9    9    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .222
Lee Lacy              24   79   10   17   2   1   1   10   1   0    5    4  .215
Rowland Office        23   80   11   17   1   1   1    7   1   2   10   10  .213
Earl Williams         15   33    1    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .212
Jerry Royster         23   75    7   14   3   0   0    3   2   2    7   12  .187
Darrell Evans         23   66    6   12   0   0   1    5   1   0   19   18  .182
Tom Paciorek          16   31    2    5   0   1   0    3   0   0    2    6  .161
Dave May              13   26    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    5  .077
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
Mick Kelleher          9    8    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .375
Rick Monday           25  111   31   40   5   2   7   26   0   4   12   24  .360
Bill Madlock          26  107   16   36  10   1   2   19   5   2   13    8  .336
Jose Cardenal         26  113   16   37   7   0   4   15   4   1    9    8  .327
Joe Wallis            16   16    6    5   0   2   0    1   0   1    2    4  .313
Manny Trillo          26  110    7   34   6   1   0   15   4   0    9    9  .309
Mike Adams            11    7    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .286
Dave Rosello          26   85   13   23   1   0   1    5   0   0   19   11  .271
Steve Swisher         23   87    9   23   3   1   2    9   0   0    1   12  .264
Jerry Morales         23   93   16   23   3   0   4   14   1   2   13    6  .247
Champ Summers         16   29    2    7   1   0   1    7   1   0    4    6  .241
Andre Thornton        24   77    8   16   6   0   2   13   2   0   20   13  .208
Randy Hundley         11   16    3    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .188
Pete Lacock           17   26    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    6    4  .154
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             24  103   24   42   8   2   1   18   1   0   15   12  .408
Ken Griffey           21   89   20   31   7   1   1   20   9   0    8   11  .348
Bob Bailey            13   26    3    9   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    4  .346
Joe Morgan            23   79   21   27   7   1   5   21  11   2   24   10  .342
Ed Armbrister         10    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .333
George Foster         21   88   14   28   3   1   2   17   2   0    9   16  .318
Joel Youngblood       17   22    5    7   1   1   0    1   1   0    2    1  .318
Cesar Geronimo        18   64    8   19   5   3   0    8   0   1   11   11  .297
Bill Plummer           9   18    0    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .278
Johnny Bench          21   78   14   20   7   1   5   19   3   0   15   20  .256
Mike Lum              19   33    5    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    5    3  .242
Tony Perez            21   83   10   19   6   1   0   16   0   1   11   11  .229
Doug Flynn             8   18    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .222
Dan Driessen          15   24    7    5   1   0   1    7   0   1    7    2  .208
Dave Concepcion       24   95   12   17   3   1   2    9   3   2   13   11  .179

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Davanon          3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    0  .500
Cesar Cedeno          24   95   17   31   6   1   6   21  10   3    5    5  .326
Greg Gross            26   83    6   25   3   0   0    6   0   1    4    7  .301
Bob Watson            27   99   12   29   4   0   1   11   0   0   14   11  .293
Larry Milbourne       27  104   18   30   4   0   0    7   4   1   12    9  .289
Leon Roberts          18   44    5   12   3   0   2    6   0   0    5    6  .273
Enos Cabell           27  111   14   30   5   2   0   11   7   0    5   20  .270
Roger Metzger         27   84    7   22   3   2   0    6   0   0   11   10  .262
Ken Boswell           16   16    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Cliff Johnson         23   75    9   16   3   0   3   11   0   0   12   16  .213
Art Howe               6    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Jose Cruz             15   41    1    8   0   1   0    7   1   1    5    4  .195
Wilbur Howard         22   64    7   12   4   0   0    2   1   3    3   10  .188
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          17   54    9   20   1   1   1    7   2   1    1    5  .370
Davey Lopes            4   20    3    7   1   1   0    3   1   0    2    2  .350
Steve Yeager          20   67   13   22   4   0   3    8   2   0    5   13  .328
Ron Cey               25   93   15   30   2   2   5   17   0   2   18   15  .323
Steve Garvey          25  106   15   32   7   0   1   12   4   1    7   12  .302
Bill Buckner          22   98   13   27   4   2   2   10   6   2    2    4  .276
Manny Mota            10   11    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .273
Dusty Baker           21   88   13   23   6   0   1   14   2   2    9   14  .261
Henry Cruz            14   41    6   10   0   1   4   10   0   1    3    2  .244
Ted Sizemore          21   87    5   21   3   0   0    4   1   2    6    7  .241
Joe Ferguson          18   61    6   11   2   0   1    5   1   0    8   12  .180
John Hale             19   43    3    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            14   15    1    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    4  .133
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           21   72   10   21   3   0   2    8   4   1    8    5  .292
Gary Carter           22   82    7   23   1   0   2   10   0   2    9   12  .281
Tim Foli              20   74    9   19   6   1   2    9   1   1    4    5  .257
Bombo Rivera           8   20    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .250
Ellis Valentine       15   42    4   10   0   0   2    6   0   0    1    7  .238
Jim Dwyer             15   34    5    8   1   1   0    1   0   0    3    5  .235
Pete Mackanin         22   85   14   19   2   1   3   11   1   0    3   13  .224
Nate Colbert          12   36    5    8   2   0   2    6   3   1    8   12  .222
Larry Parrish         22   88    9   19   3   1   0    8   0   0    5   16  .216
Mike Jorgensen        19   70    7   15   4   0   3    7   0   0    6   10  .214
Barry Foote           12   38    4    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .211
Pepe Mangual          12   40    6    8   2   0   1    7   4   1    6    8  .200
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
Joe Torre             19   49    8   18   1   1   1    4   0   0    2    4  .367
Jerry Grote           22   77    8   28   0   0   0    6   0   1    8    3  .364
Mike Phillips          6   11    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .364
Felix Millan          27  108   15   34   9   0   1    9   0   0   11    2  .315
Bruce Boisclair       17   41    4   12   2   0   0    3   2   1    2    6  .293
Ed Kranepool          25   96   13   27   3   0   2   14   0   0    7   10  .281
Dave Kingman          27  113   19   28   2   1  12   30   4   1    5   33  .248
Del Unser             25  101   13   24   3   1   3   13   3   1    7   12  .238
Bud Harrelson         25   78    8   18   2   1   0    8   2   0   21   17  .231
Wayne Garrett         26   93   15   20   3   0   1    7   2   2   15    9  .215
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           13   27    3   11   4   0   1    7   0   0    5    5  .407
Tim McCarver           8    9    2    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Jay Johnstone         19   68   15   22   6   2   1    6   0   0    5    5  .324
Garry Maddox          19   71   13   22   6   1   1    9   3   1    9    7  .310
Greg Luzinski         19   68   11   21   5   0   3   17   0   0    7   12  .309
Bobby Tolan           18   46    8   14   1   0   4   12   0   1    1    7  .304
Larry Bowa            17   70   10   21   3   2   0    8   3   1    8    6  .300
Dave Cash             21   97   16   29   3   4   0   13   0   2    6    4  .299
Mike Schmidt          21   82   21   24   3   0  12   24   1   0   12   23  .293
Bob Boone             20   62    9   17   4   0   2   12   1   2    9    8  .274
Dick Allen            10   36    6    9   1   0   0    8   2   1    8    6  .250
Jerry Martin          19    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           6   13    4    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .231
Tommy Hutton          15   19    4    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    6    4  .158
Tony Taylor            1    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 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         6   11    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .364
Al Oliver             16   58   10   21   1   0   3   10   0   0    4    4  .362
Willie Stargell       20   74   13   24   5   0   4   11   0   0   12   18  .324
Dave Parker           23   93   16   30   5   5   4   22   2   1    2   14  .323
Duffy Dyer             8   14    2    4   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .286
Richie Zisk           22   83    7   23   9   0   1   12   0   0    8   17  .277
Mario Mendoza         11   22    0    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .273
Rennie Stennett       23   94   10   25   4   1   1   10   1   1    4    7  .266
Richie Hebner         20   71   12   18   2   0   1    6   0   0    8    4  .254
Manny Sanguillen      20   81   14   20   4   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .247
Frank Taveras         18   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
Merv Rettenmund       11   15    1    5   2   0   0    0   1   1    4    3  .333
Gene Locklear         14   12    3    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .333
Doug Rader            20   73   10   24   4   1   2   10   0   1    4    9  .329
Tito Fuentes          20   73    8   23   3   0   0    7   0   0    2    2  .315
Jerry Turner          18   51    7   16   2   4   0    7   1   1    5    6  .314
Willie Davis          25  100   15   30   6   3   1   12   1   0    3    8  .300
Hector Torres         23   80    7   23   2   0   4   10   1   0    9   10  .288
Dave Winfield         25   89   19   25   4   1   3   18   4   2   14   16  .281
Johnny Grubb          14   47    9   13   0   1   1    4   0   0   13    7  .277
Ted Kubiak            14   40    3   11   1   0   0    5   0   2    4    1  .275
Mike Ivie             23   60    7   15   3   0   1   10   0   0    3    4  .250
Willie McCovey        16   41    3    8   1   0   1    8   0   0    5    7  .195
Fred Kendall          21   64    7   12   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    8  .188
Bob Davis             10   20    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .150

 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             24   95    7   32   1   0   2   13   1   1    5    8  .337
Willie Montanez       24   99    7   32   6   0   0    5   1   1    9    7  .323
Mike Sadek             9   17    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .294
Von Joshua            24  101   11   28   3   2   0    2   1   1    4   12  .277
Chris Speier          24   91   12   25   5   2   0    8   1   0   12   10  .275
Marc Hill             10   22    3    6   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .273
Bobby Murcer          24   92   11   24   4   0   2   10   2   2   19   11  .261
Gary Matthews         23   94   14   23   2   0   5   17   1   1   13   14  .245
Dave Rader            17   56    4   13   4   0   0    6   0   0    2    6  .232
Derrel Thomas         24   96   12   22   0   2   2    8   5   7   11    9  .229
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       16   17    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .118
Chris Arnold          12   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .091
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
Bake McBride          24   96   14   35   4   0   1    7   1   4    8   11  .365
Ron Fairly            15   28    5   10   2   0   0    7   0   0    7    3  .357
Mike Anderson         14   32    4   11   3   1   0    1   1   0    3    7  .344
Doug Clarey            4    3    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Willie Crawford       20   61    8   20   1   1   1    6   1   0    4    8  .328
Vic Harris            23   92   11   28   6   0   0    8   0   0    6   19  .304
Ted Simmons           24   96    8   29   4   0   1   17   0   2    8    7  .302
Ken Rudolph            6   10    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .300
Don Kessinger         24   90   11   24   6   0   0    6   0   0    7   13  .267
Lou Brock             20   90   10   23   2   1   0    6   2   4    2   11  .256
Keith Hernandez       20   58    4   11   1   2   0    1   2   1    7   11  .190
Reggie Smith          19   70    9   12   4   0   2    9   0   1    8   10  .171
Hector Cruz           23   79    5   13   2   0   2   11   0   0    3   18  .165
Luis Melendez         18   22    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .136
Lee Richard           14   21    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .095

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  J. Cardenal (CHI)       113
  D. Kingman (NY)         113
  E. Cabell (HOU)         111
  R. Monday (CHI)         111
  M. Trillo (CHI)         110
  F. Millan (NY)          108
  B. Madlock (CHI)        107
  S. Garvey (LA)          106
  L. Milbourne (HOU)      104
  P. Rose (CIN)           103

Runs Scored:

  R. Monday (CHI)          31
  P. Rose (CIN)            24
  J. Morgan (CIN)          21
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         21
  K. Griffey (CIN)         20
  D. Kingman (NY)          19
  D. Winfield (SD)         19
  L. Milbourne (HOU)       18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        16

Hits:

  P. Rose (CIN)            42
  R. Monday (CHI)          40
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        37
  B. Madlock (CHI)         36
  B. McBride (STL)         35
  F. Millan (NY)           34
  M. Trillo (CHI)          34
  S. Garvey (LA)           32
  W. Montanez (SF)         32
  K. Reitz (SF)            32

Doubles:

  B. Madlock (CHI)         10
  F. Millan (NY)            9
  R. Zisk (PIT)             9
  P. Rose (CIN)             8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         7
  S. Garvey (LA)            7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  D. Baker (LA)             6

Triples:

  D. Parker (PIT)           5
  D. Cash (PHI)             4
  J. Turner (SD)            4
  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

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  D. Kingman (NY)          30
  R. Monday (CHI)          26
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         24
  D. Parker (PIT)          22
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          21
  J. Morgan (CIN)          21
  K. Griffey (CIN)         20
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  B. Madlock (CHI)         19
  P. Rose (CIN)            18

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  K. Griffey (CIN)          9
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  B. Buckner (LA)           6
  B. Madlock (CHI)          5
  D. Thomas (SF)            5
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  S. Garvey (LA)            4
  D. Kingman (NY)           4

Caught Stealing:

  D. Thomas (SF)            7
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  B. McBride (STL)          4
  R. Monday (CHI)           4
  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)          24
  B. Harrelson (NY)        21
  J. Wynn (ATL)            21
  A. Thornton (CHI)        20
  D. Evans (ATL)           19
  B. Murcer (SF)           19
  D. Rosello (CHI)         19
  R. Cey (LA)              18
  J. Bench (CIN)           15
  W. Garrett (NY)          15

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (NY)          33
  R. Monday (CHI)          24
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         23
  J. Bench (CIN)           20
  E. Cabell (HOU)          20
  V. Harris (STL)          19
  H. Cruz (STL)            18
  D. Evans (ATL)           18
  W. Stargell (PIT)        18
  B. Harrelson (NY)        17

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