Thursday May 1, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 1, 1980:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          508   77   145   23    2   21    76   10    8   46    76  .285
St. Louis        613   85   173   29   10   13    78   11    8   57    91  .282
Pittsburgh       592   85   166   31    4   14    80   19    5   48    74  .280
Los Angeles      694   87   186   19    5   18    83   20    9   63   106  .268
Houston          671   97   178   31    8   12    88   29    8   79   111  .265
Philadelphia     562   77   145   29   10   11    72    9    3   36    58  .258
New York         562   61   139   34    0    3    51   17    9   75    78  .247
Cincinnati       663   79   160   29    8   11    73   21    2   60   112  .241
Montreal         581   63   140   24    7   18    59   17    7   54    95  .241
Atlanta          589   52   141   24    1    9    50    5    8   41    85  .239
San Diego        607   63   140   21    2    9    58   23    5   71    89  .231
San Francisco    635   56   142   24    4    7    54   15    5   57    85  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (SLN)          18   63    5   25   3   0   2   11   0   1    6    4  .397
Reggie Smith (LAN)       19   75   11   29   4   0   4   17   0   2    9    9  .387
Bill Buckner (CHN)       14   60    6   23   2   0   1    7   0   0    3    0  .383
Jerry Martin (CHN)       15   57   11   21   5   0   4    8   1   1    4    9  .368
Dave Kingman (CHN)       15   52   11   18   2   0   6   16   1   1    7   10  .346
Enos Cabell (HOU)        19   71   10   24   4   1   0   13   2   3    5    9  .338
Garry Templeton (SLN)    18   78   14   26   4   3   0    4   3   3    6    4  .333
George Hendrick (SLN)    18   69   12   23   5   1   3   14   1   0    5    6  .333
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    18   73   12   24   4   2   2   13   3   1    4    8  .329
Rudy Law (LAN)           18   73   15   24   0   2   0    5   9   1    6    4  .329

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Nolan              7    9    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .444
Bruce Benedict         7   20    2    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    0  .350
Chico Ruiz             6    6    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Charlie Spikes         6    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Jeff Burroughs        11   35    5   11   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .314
Chris Chambliss       18   69   10   20   3   0   4    9   0   0    4    1  .290
Dale Murphy           18   64    7   18   2   0   3    7   0   0    9   16  .281
Brian Asselstine      17   50    5   13   4   0   0    5   0   1    3   10  .260
Jerry Royster         18   72    6   18   5   1   0    4   3   3    9   12  .250
Luis Gomez            17   45    1   11   0   0   0    6   0   2    2    3  .244
Biff Pocoroba          9   29    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .241
Gary Matthews         16   41    1    8   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    8  .195
Larvell Blanks        15   43    5    8   1   0   1    1   1   0    2    2  .186
Eddie Miller          11   19    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   2    0    5  .158
Mike Lum              10   11    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .091
Bob Horner            10   34    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .059
Bill Nahorodny         2    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
Steve Dillard          5    6    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Bill Buckner          14   60    6   23   2   0   1    7   0   0    3    0  .383
Jerry Martin          15   57   11   21   5   0   4    8   1   1    4    9  .368
Mike Vail              8   11    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    5  .364
Dave Kingman          15   52   11   18   2   0   6   16   1   1    7   10  .346
Barry Foote           12   42    6   14   3   0   3   13   0   0    2    3  .333
Ivan DeJesus          15   61    9   18   4   1   2    9   2   1    3    7  .295
Carlos Lezcano        10   21    4    6   1   0   2    4   0   0    5    7  .286
Larry Biittner        11   23    1    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .261
Scot Thompson          9   14    3    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    1  .214
Steve Ontiveros       10   24    5    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    4  .208
Len Randle            14   45    7    9   1   1   1    5   3   3    5    5  .200
Ken Henderson          4   16    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .188
Mick Kelleher         11   16    4    3   0   0   0    1   1   2    2    3  .188
Mike Tyson            10   18    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    4  .167
Tim Blackwell          5   15    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .133
Jesus Figueroa         4    2    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sam Mejias             7   11    2    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    3  .455
Dave Collins          12   48   10   14   1   1   0    5   4   0    2    7  .292
Ray Knight            20   71    8   20   6   2   2   11   1   0    3    6  .282
George Foster         18   63   10   17   1   0   4   11   1   0   11   10  .270
Junior Kennedy        19   65    3   17   3   1   0    6   1   0    8    9  .262
Ken Griffey           20   70    9   18   3   2   0    8   5   0   10   14  .257
Johnny Bench          18   60    6   15   3   0   1    4   1   0    4    8  .250
Dave Concepcion       20   81   14   20   5   2   2   11   1   0    3   14  .247
Harry Spilman          9   21    3    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .238
Cesar Geronimo        14   27    2    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    6  .222
Dan Driessen          18   55    8   10   1   0   2   10   4   0    9   12  .182
Ron Oester             5    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .143
Don Werner             6   15    0    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .133
Hector Cruz            9   19    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .105
Rick Auerbach          4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   2    2    2  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Enos Cabell           19   71   10   24   4   1   0   13   2   3    5    9  .338
Cesar Cedeno          16   58   14   19   3   1   2    6  10   1   10   11  .328
Alan Ashby            11   37    2   12   4   1   1    7   0   0    5    7  .324
Denny Walling         13   39    6   12   4   0   0    3   2   0    7    4  .308
Jose Cruz             19   72   17   22   2   1   1   16   4   2   12   10  .306
Joe Morgan            18   62   14   17   3   1   2   12   6   0   16    7  .274
Terry Puhl            12   39    9   10   3   0   2    2   1   1    6    4  .256
Jeffrey Leonard       16   56    8   14   2   0   1    5   2   1    3   12  .250
Craig Reynolds        17   73    7   17   1   1   1    3   0   0    3    6  .233
Luis Pujols           11   38    3    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    1    6  .211
Art Howe              12   39    3    8   1   2   0    4   1   0    6    7  .205
Dave Bergman           7   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
Julio Gonzalez         9   11    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .182
Rafael Landestoy      12   13    0    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    3  .154

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pedro Guerrero         5    4    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .500
Reggie Smith          19   75   11   29   4   0   4   17   0   2    9    9  .387
Rudy Law              18   73   15   24   0   2   0    5   9   1    6    4  .329
Derrel Thomas         15   39    5   12   2   0   1    3   1   2    4    7  .308
Mickey Hatcher         6    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    1  .286
Gary Thomasson         8    7    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .286
Dusty Baker           19   76   13   21   6   1   4   10   1   1    4    9  .276
Ron Cey               20   66    8   18   2   0   3   14   1   1   13   15  .273
Jay Johnstone         11   11    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .273
Davey Lopes           19   74   16   20   1   1   3    5   4   1    8   11  .270
Steve Yeager           9   19    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .263
Bill Russell          18   66    4   17   1   1   0    2   3   0    3    5  .258
Mike Scioscia          8   21    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .238
Steve Garvey          20   84    8   19   1   0   3   17   1   0    4   11  .226
Rick Monday            8    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .143
Joe Ferguson           5   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .077

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry White           12   12    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   1    2    1  .333
Warren Cromartie      17   64    5   21   3   1   4    8   1   2    3    6  .328
Rowland Office         8   10    2    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    4    1  .300
Larry Parrish         17   66   11   19   6   0   4   13   0   0    4    8  .288
Ron Leflore           17   64   11   18   2   1   0    1   8   4    8   13  .281
Tony Bernazard        10   32    5    8   0   0   1    1   1   0    3    6  .250
Ellis Valentine       16   64    9   15   2   1   3   10   1   0    2    9  .234
Andre Dawson          16   57   10   13   3   1   3   10   1   0    9    9  .228
Bill Almon             8   22    1    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .227
Gary Carter           17   69    4   15   2   0   2    9   0   0    2   12  .217
Ken Macha              6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Chris Speier          13   38    1    7   1   1   1    4   0   0    3    4  .184
Rodney Scott          12   36    3    5   1   0   0    0   5   0    7    5  .139
Tommy Hutton           8    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .125
John Tamargo           2    2    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
Elliott Maddox        15   51    4   16   1   0   0    3   0   3   10    6  .314
John Stearns          16   61   12   19   9   0   0    7   2   0    4    4  .312
Steve Henderson       11   46    5   14   3   0   0    4   1   1    2    6  .304
Mike Jorgensen        11   25    5    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    4  .280
Joel Youngblood       16   55    5   15   4   0   1   12   3   0    9    8  .273
Doug Flynn            17   63    5   16   4   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .254
Frank Taveras         17   70    8   17   5   0   0    2   3   1    6   11  .243
Jerry Morales         16   55    4   13   2   0   1   10   1   1    6    8  .236
Lee Mazzilli          17   53    9   12   3   0   0    1   6   1   20    6  .226
Phil Mankowski         6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Alex Trevino           4    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Jose Cardenal          5    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    2  .143
Ron Hodges             6    7    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .143
Dan Norman             7   15    1    2   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    1  .133
Mario Ramirez          1    0    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
Del Unser              9    5    2    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    0  .600
Manny Trillo           7   24    3   10   1   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .417
Mike Schmidt          16   65   11   19   3   0   4   12   1   1    6   10  .292
Keith Moreland         5    7    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
George Vukovich        9    7    2    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .286
Bob Boone             16   58    6   16   3   0   1    6   1   0    4    8  .276
Luis Aguayo           10   29    5    8   0   1   1    5   0   1    1    2  .276
Bake McBride          13   54    6   14   5   2   0   10   1   0    1    2  .259
Garry Maddox          16   65    7   16   6   0   1   11   3   0    4    4  .246
Greg Luzinski         16   62   10   15   3   0   4   10   1   0    6   13  .242
Larry Bowa            16   59    8   14   2   1   0    3   0   1    1    5  .237
Pete Rose             16   65    8   14   3   1   0    2   0   0    7    1  .215
Lonnie Smith           6    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .200
Greg Gross            11   21    1    3   0   1   0    0   1   0    1    1  .143
Ramon Aviles           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
John Vukovich          4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen       2    1    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Lee Lacy               9   17    6    9   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .529
Mike Easler           11   24    5   10   1   0   3    8   0   0    2    2  .417
Dave Parker           17   73   14   24   3   1   4   15   3   0    0    9  .329
Bill Robinson         16   37    7   12   2   0   3    7   1   0    3    6  .324
Phil Garner           17   58    7   17   3   0   2    8   1   0    8    6  .293
Willie Stargell        9   35    4   10   3   0   1    4   0   0    6   10  .286
Ed Ott                14   50    3   14   4   0   0    6   0   1    6    6  .280
Tim Foli              17   68   15   18   4   0   0    7   2   0    5    6  .265
Omar Moreno           17   72   11   19   2   3   0    3  11   2    6    6  .264
Bill Madlock          17   68    8   17   3   0   0    4   1   1    3    3  .250
John Milner           12   33    2    5   1   0   0    6   0   1    4    3  .152
Steve Nicosia          4   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .100
Dale Berra             2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Matt Alexander         2    0    2    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
Kurt Bevacqua         11   11    0    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .364
Aurelio Rodriguez     14   28    1    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .286
Barry Evans           14   14    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .286
Jerry Turner          11   24    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .250
Paul Dade             13   20    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    4  .250
Willie Montanez       18   66    7   16   1   1   2    8   2   0    3    4  .242
Jerry Mumphrey        19   60    7   14   3   0   0    4   3   0    6   13  .233
Bill Fahey             9   30    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .233
Ozzie Smith           19   69   11   16   3   1   0    2   6   1   13    7  .232
Dave Winfield         19   65    9   15   1   0   4   15   5   1   13   12  .231
Gene Tenace           15   39    4    9   2   0   2    7   1   0   11    4  .231
Gene Richards         18   62    7   14   1   0   1    5   3   0    2   11  .226
Dave Cash             19   68    8   15   3   0   0    6   3   1   10    4  .221
Von Joshua            10   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    3  .167
Fred Kendall           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Strain             7   14    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .429
Billy North           14   41    8   13   2   0   0    2   7   2    9    4  .317
Mike Ivie             11   36    3   10   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    4  .278
Terry Whitfield       17   45    4   12   2   0   0    3   1   0    2    2  .267
Larry Herndon         20   65    5   16   2   1   1    9   4   1    4   10  .246
Rennie Stennett       18   65    7   16   5   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .246
Milt May              15   43    3   10   3   2   1    8   0   0    8    3  .233
Darrell Evans         20   73   10   16   0   0   3    7   3   0    9    9  .219
Marc Hill              8   24    0    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .208
Willie McCovey        18   45    2    9   3   0   0    8   0   0    5    8  .200
Jack Clark            19   57    6   11   1   1   2    5   0   1   10   12  .193
Johnnie Lemaster      18   50    1    8   3   0   0    4   0   0    4    8  .160
Jim Wohlford          11   22    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .136
Roger Metzger          9   14    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .071
Mike Sadek             4    2    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
Terry Kennedy          4   12    2    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .500
Ken Reitz             18   63    5   25   3   0   2   11   0   1    6    4  .397
Garry Templeton       18   78   14   26   4   3   0    4   3   3    6    4  .333
George Hendrick       18   69   12   23   5   1   3   14   1   0    5    6  .333
Keith Hernandez       18   73   12   24   4   2   2   13   3   1    4    8  .329
Ted Simmons           16   51    9   16   3   0   1    5   0   0   11    8  .314
Tom Herr               7   15    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .267
Bobby Bonds           17   53   10   13   2   2   1    9   1   1    3   17  .245
Ken Oberkfell         16   55    7   12   3   1   1   10   2   2   11    5  .218
Tony Scott            18   64    6   12   1   1   0    1   1   0    5   11  .188
Dane Iorg              9   20    2    3   0   0   2    2   0   0    1    6  .150
Jim Lentine            9   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Bernie Carbo           4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Steve Swisher          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Phillips          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          84
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      81
  G. Templeton (SLN)       78
  D. Baker (LAN)           76
  R. Smith (LAN)           75
  D. Lopes (LAN)           74
  D. Evans (SFN)           73
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       73
  R. Law (LAN)             73
  D. Parker (PIT)          73

Runs Scored:

  J. Cruz (HOU)            17
  D. Lopes (LAN)           16
  T. Foli (PIT)            15
  R. Law (LAN)             15
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          14
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  J. Morgan (HOU)          14
  D. Parker (PIT)          14
  G. Templeton (SLN)       14
  D. Baker (LAN)           13

Hits:

  R. Smith (LAN)           29
  G. Templeton (SLN)       26
  K. Reitz (SLN)           25
  E. Cabell (HOU)          24
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       24
  R. Law (LAN)             24
  D. Parker (PIT)          24
  B. Buckner (CHN)         23
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        23
  J. Cruz (HOU)            22

Doubles:

  J. Stearns (NYN)          9
  D. Baker (LAN)            6
  R. Knight (CIN)           6
  G. Maddox (PHI)           6
  L. Parrish (MON)          6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       5
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         5
  J. Martin (CHN)           5
  B. McBride (PHI)          5
  J. Royster (ATL)          5

Triples:

  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  G. Templeton (SLN)        3
  B. Bonds (SLN)            2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  K. Griffey (CIN)          2
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        2
  A. Howe (HOU)             2
  R. Knight (CIN)           2
  R. Law (LAN)              2
  M. May (SFN)              2

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (CHN)          6
  D. Baker (LAN)            4
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        4
  W. Cromartie (MON)        4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         4
  J. Martin (CHN)           4
  D. Parker (PIT)           4
  L. Parrish (MON)          4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4

RBI:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          17
  R. Smith (LAN)           17
  J. Cruz (HOU)            16
  D. Kingman (CHN)         16
  D. Parker (PIT)          15
  D. Winfield (SDN)        15
  R. Cey (LAN)             14
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        14
  E. Cabell (HOU)          13
  B. Foote (CHN)           13

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  R. Law (LAN)              9
  R. Leflore (MON)          8
  B. North (SFN)            7
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)         6
  J. Morgan (HOU)           6
  O. Smith (SDN)            6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  R. Scott (MON)            5

Caught Stealing:

  R. Leflore (MON)          4
  E. Cabell (HOU)           3
  E. Maddox (NYN)           3
  L. Randle (CHN)           3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3
  G. Templeton (SLN)        3
  R. Auerbach (CIN)         2
  W. Cromartie (MON)        2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  L. Gomez (ATL)            2

Walks:

  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        20
  J. Morgan (HOU)          16
  R. Cey (LAN)             13
  O. Smith (SDN)           13
  D. Winfield (SDN)        13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  G. Foster (CIN)          11
  K. Oberkfell (SLN)       11
  T. Simmons (SLN)         11
  G. Tenace (SDN)          11

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SLN)           17
  D. Murphy (ATL)          16
  R. Cey (LAN)             15
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  K. Griffey (CIN)         14
  R. Leflore (MON)         13
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        13
  J. Mumphrey (SDN)        13
  G. Carter (MON)          12
  J. Clark (SFN)           12

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