Monday May 5, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 5, 1980:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          664  102   190   34    4   24   100   13   10   66   105  .286
Pittsburgh       699  100   197   35    4   17    94   26    5   56    84  .282
St. Louis        742  107   209   35   12   15   100   14    9   69   118  .282
Los Angeles      805  107   218   25    6   22   101   22    9   74   122  .271
Philadelphia     696  110   186   36   13   19   103   11    4   50    76  .267
Houston          803  107   208   38    9   12    98   35    9   93   126  .259
Montreal         754   89   194   33   11   21    83   28    9   71   128  .257
New York         718   74   172   41    1    5    63   18   13   87    98  .240
Cincinnati       826   94   195   33   10   14    88   25    2   80   142  .236
Atlanta          720   66   168   26    1   10    63    7    9   54   111  .233
San Francisco    805   79   185   34    5   10    75   16    8   74   109  .230
San Diego        724   72   161   24    2   10    65   24    8   90   111  .222

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (SLN)          22   76    6   30   4   0   2   15   0   1    7    5  .395
Reggie Smith (LAN)       22   86   14   31   5   0   5   18   0   2   11   12  .361
Jerry Martin (CHN)       19   74   14   26   6   0   5   13   1   1    7   13  .351
Bill Buckner (CHN)       18   72    8   25   3   0   1    8   0   1    5    0  .347
George Hendrick (SLN)    22   81   16   28   6   2   4   18   1   0    7   10  .346
Phil Garner (PIT)        20   70    9   24   3   0   3   11   1   0    8    8  .343
Garry Templeton (SLN)    22   96   18   32   4   3   0    6   4   4    6    5  .333
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       20   73   17   24   4   2   2    7  13   1   11   14  .329
Jose Cruz (HOU)          23   83   18   27   3   1   1   19   6   3   15   10  .325
Ted Simmons (SLN)        20   62   13   20   4   0   2   12   0   0   12   10  .323

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Nolan              8   13    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .385
Charlie Spikes         8    8    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .375
Jeff Burroughs        15   48    6   15   4   0   0    8   0   0    3    4  .313
Chico Ruiz             8    7    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Chris Chambliss       22   82   11   23   3   0   4   11   0   0    6    2  .281
Brian Asselstine      21   66    6   17   4   0   0    7   0   2    3   13  .258
Dale Murphy           22   78   12   20   2   0   4    8   0   0   11   22  .256
Jerry Royster         22   86    8   22   5   1   0    4   5   3   13   14  .256
Luis Gomez            21   58    1   14   0   0   0    7   0   2    4    3  .241
Biff Pocoroba          9   29    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .241
Bruce Benedict        10   30    2    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .233
Bill Nahorodny         3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Gary Matthews         19   43    2    8   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    9  .186
Larvell Blanks        19   60    7   10   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    4  .167
Eddie Miller          11   19    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   2    0    5  .158
Mike Lum              11   12    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .083
Bob Horner            10   34    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .059

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Dillard          7    6    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Jerry Martin          19   74   14   26   6   0   5   13   1   1    7   13  .351
Bill Buckner          18   72    8   25   3   0   1    8   0   1    5    0  .347
Larry Biittner        15   32    3   11   2   0   0    6   0   0    1    3  .344
Barry Foote           16   57    9   19   4   1   4   17   0   0    3    5  .333
Dave Kingman          18   67   13   20   2   0   6   17   1   1    7   14  .299
Scot Thompson         13   27    6    8   3   0   0    2   1   0    6    2  .296
Mike Vail             11   17    1    5   1   1   0    5   0   0    0    8  .294
Len Randle            17   58    9   17   3   1   2    8   4   3    7    7  .293
Carlos Lezcano        13   26    6    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5    8  .269
Ivan DeJesus          19   78   12   20   4   1   2   10   4   1    7    9  .256
Jesus Figueroa         7    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .250
Mike Tyson            14   27    4    6   0   0   1    2   0   1    1    6  .222
Steve Ontiveros       11   26    5    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    6    5  .192
Ken Henderson          4   16    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .188
Mick Kelleher         14   22    4    4   0   0   0    1   1   2    2    4  .182
Tim Blackwell          7   17    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .177

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sam Mejias            12   22    2    7   0   0   0    1   3   0    0    4  .318
Ken Griffey           24   84   13   25   3   3   1    9   6   0   13   15  .298
Dave Collins          15   61   12   18   1   1   0    5   4   0    2    8  .295
Junior Kennedy        24   81    5   23   3   2   1   11   1   0   10   10  .284
Ray Knight            25   91   11   25   7   2   2   13   1   0    4    9  .275
George Foster         18   63   10   17   1   0   4   11   1   0   11   10  .270
Johnny Bench          21   70    6   16   3   0   1    4   1   0    7   12  .229
Ron Oester             7    9    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .222
Harry Spilman         12   28    4    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .214
Cesar Geronimo        19   43    4    9   2   0   1    4   1   0    2    9  .209
Dave Concepcion       25  100   14   20   5   2   2   11   1   0    5   19  .200
Dan Driessen          23   67    9   13   2   0   2   13   5   0   14   13  .194
Don Werner             8   21    0    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    3  .143
Hector Cruz           11   24    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    7  .125
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
Cesar Cedeno          20   73   17   24   4   2   2    7  13   1   11   14  .329
Jose Cruz             23   83   18   27   3   1   1   19   6   3   15   10  .325
Denny Walling         16   48    7   14   4   0   0    4   2   0   11    6  .292
Enos Cabell           23   86   11   25   5   1   0   13   2   3    5   11  .291
Alan Ashby            14   45    3   13   5   1   1    8   0   0    6    7  .289
Terry Puhl            16   56    9   15   3   0   2    4   1   1    7    5  .268
Jeffrey Leonard       17   57    8   15   2   0   1    5   2   1    3   12  .263
Joe Morgan            21   72   15   18   3   1   2   12   6   0   18    8  .250
Craig Reynolds        20   83    7   18   1   1   1    3   0   0    3    7  .217
Art Howe              15   44    3    9   1   2   0    4   1   0    7    9  .205
Luis Pujols           12   42    3    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    1    7  .191
Julio Gonzalez        11   17    1    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .177
Dave Bergman           8   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Rafael Landestoy      15   20    1    3   2   0   0    0   1   0    3    4  .150
Bruce Bochy            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mickey Hatcher         7    9    0    4   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    1  .444
Pedro Guerrero         6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .400
Reggie Smith          22   86   14   31   5   0   5   18   0   2   11   12  .361
Derrel Thomas         16   42    7   14   3   0   1    4   1   2    4    8  .333
Gary Thomasson        11    9    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .333
Rudy Law              21   84   16   25   0   2   0    6  10   1    6    4  .298
Davey Lopes           22   86   17   25   2   1   3    8   4   1   12   13  .291
Ron Cey               23   77   10   22   3   0   3   14   1   1   13   16  .286
Dusty Baker           22   88   15   25   6   1   6   16   1   1    5   12  .284
Steve Yeager          10   23    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .261
Bill Russell          21   78    6   20   1   1   0    2   3   0    3    6  .256
Steve Garvey          23   98   11   23   1   0   4   20   2   0    4   12  .235
Jay Johnstone         13   13    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .231
Mike Scioscia         10   27    2    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .222
Rick Monday           10    9    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .222
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
Ken Macha             10   17    4    8   1   1   1    2   0   0    2    4  .471
Rowland Office        12   16    6    6   3   1   0    3   0   0    6    2  .375
Tony Bernazard        15   50   10   16   2   0   1    4   5   0    7    9  .320
Warren Cromartie      22   82    6   24   3   1   4   11   1   2    4    8  .293
Ron Leflore           22   82   13   24   3   3   0    7  10   5    9   16  .293
Jerry White           16   18    1    5   2   0   0    0   0   1    2    3  .278
Larry Parrish         19   71   11   19   6   0   4   13   0   0    4   10  .268
Ellis Valentine       21   85   10   22   3   1   4   15   1   0    3   14  .259
Gary Carter           22   85    6   21   3   1   2    9   0   0    4   14  .247
Andre Dawson          20   73   11   18   4   1   4   13   3   1   10   10  .247
Rodney Scott          17   52    7   10   1   0   0    0   8   0    8    9  .192
Bill Almon             9   26    1    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .192
Chris Speier          15   39    1    7   1   1   1    4   0   0    3    4  .180
John Tamargo           5    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .143
Tommy Hutton          11   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .100

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Henderson       13   49    6   16   4   0   0    4   1   1    4    7  .327
John Stearns          21   79   12   24  11   0   0    8   2   0    4    5  .304
Elliott Maddox        18   60    4   18   1   0   0    5   0   3   12    8  .300
Alex Trevino           7   14    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .286
Mike Jorgensen        14   36    7   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    6    7  .278
Joel Youngblood       21   73    7   20   5   0   2   13   3   1   10   10  .274
Jose Cardenal          7   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .267
Ron Hodges             8    9    1    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .222
Frank Taveras         21   86   10   19   6   0   0    2   3   1    7   12  .221
Lee Mazzilli          21   66    9   14   3   1   0    3   6   3   21    8  .212
Doug Flynn            22   79    6   16   4   0   0    2   0   1    4    2  .203
Phil Mankowski         6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Jerry Morales         19   67    5   13   2   0   1   10   2   1    6   10  .194
Dan Norman            11   24    1    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    2  .167
Mario Ramirez          4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Vukovich          7    2    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    0  .500
Manny Trillo           7   24    3   10   1   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .417
Del Unser             12   12    4    5   0   2   0    3   0   0    2    4  .417
Lonnie Smith           7    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .333
Mike Schmidt          20   80   18   25   4   0   8   18   1   1    7   14  .313
Greg Luzinski         20   76   15   22   5   0   7   17   1   0    9   16  .290
Bob Boone             20   72    9   20   3   1   2    7   1   0    6    8  .278
Bake McBride          17   72    8   20   6   2   0   15   1   0    1    3  .278
Luis Aguayo           13   37    7   10   1   1   1    6   0   1    2    3  .270
Ramon Aviles           4    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .250
George Vukovich       12    8    2    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Larry Bowa            20   74   11   18   2   2   0    4   1   1    1    5  .243
Garry Maddox          18   71    8   16   6   0   1   13   4   0    5    5  .225
Keith Moreland         6    9    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .222
Pete Rose             20   79   12   16   5   1   0    2   0   0   11    2  .203
Greg Gross            14   23    2    4   0   1   0    2   1   0    1    1  .174

 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              11   22    6   12   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .546
Mike Easler           14   28    6   10   1   0   3    8   0   0    4    2  .357
Phil Garner           20   70    9   24   3   0   3   11   1   0    8    8  .343
Willie Stargell       12   44    5   14   4   0   2    7   0   0    7   10  .318
Dave Parker           20   86   15   27   4   1   4   18   4   0    0    9  .314
Ed Ott                17   60    6   18   5   0   0    6   0   1    8    8  .300
Bill Robinson         18   44    7   13   3   0   3    7   1   0    3    6  .296
Omar Moreno           20   85   13   23   2   3   0    5  15   2    7    8  .271
Tim Foli              20   79   16   20   4   0   0    8   2   0    5    6  .253
Bill Madlock          20   81   10   20   3   0   1    5   3   1    3    3  .247
John Milner           14   34    2    5   1   0   0    6   0   1    5    3  .147
Steve Nicosia          5   12    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .083
Dale Berra             4    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Matt Alexander         3    0    3    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
Barry Evans           18   20    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .350
Aurelio Rodriguez     16   33    2    9   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    5  .273
Gene Richards         22   76    9   20   3   0   1    5   4   0    4   14  .263
Dave Winfield         23   78   10   20   1   0   4   15   5   3   16   13  .256
Paul Dade             14   20    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    4  .250
Bill Fahey            11   33    3    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .242
Jerry Mumphrey        23   73    8   17   3   0   0    5   3   0    7   17  .233
Jerry Turner          14   27    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .222
Willie Montanez       22   78    8   16   1   1   2    9   2   0    6    8  .205
Ozzie Smith           23   83   11   17   4   1   0    3   6   1   16    7  .205
Gene Tenace           18   49    4   10   2   0   2    8   1   0   12    7  .204
Dave Cash             23   84    9   15   3   0   0    6   3   2   12    6  .179
Von Joshua            12   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    3  .154
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             8   15    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .400
Mike Sadek             8    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Terry Whitfield       22   57    6   15   4   0   0    5   1   0    4    3  .263
Billy North           18   58   12   15   2   0   0    3   7   3   12   11  .259
Jim Wohlford          15   31    1    8   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    3  .258
Jack Clark            24   75   10   19   3   1   3   10   0   1   13   12  .253
Darrell Evans         25   89   12   22   1   0   3    8   3   1   14    9  .247
Rennie Stennett       23   85   12   21   6   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .247
Mike Ivie             14   45    3   11   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .244
Larry Herndon         24   69    5   16   2   1   1    9   4   1    4   12  .232
Milt May              20   54    3   12   5   2   1   11   0   0   10    6  .222
Johnnie Lemaster      23   68    4   15   4   1   1    9   0   0    4    8  .221
Willie McCovey        22   58    5   11   3   0   1   10   0   0    7   11  .190
Marc Hill             10   30    0    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .167
Roger Metzger         10   15    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .067

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz             22   76    6   30   4   0   2   15   0   1    7    5  .395
Terry Kennedy          5   16    2    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .375
George Hendrick       22   81   16   28   6   2   4   18   1   0    7   10  .346
Garry Templeton       22   96   18   32   4   3   0    6   4   4    6    5  .333
Ted Simmons           20   62   13   20   4   0   2   12   0   0   12   10  .323
Keith Hernandez       22   87   16   28   4   2   2   17   5   1    7   10  .322
Tom Herr               9   20    2    6   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .300
Dane Iorg             11   25    2    6   0   0   2    3   0   0    1    7  .240
Bobby Bonds           21   66   10   14   2   2   1    9   1   1    3   23  .212
Ken Oberkfell         19   63    8   13   4   1   1   10   2   2   14    6  .206
Tony Scott            22   78    8   15   2   1   0    1   1   0    6   16  .192
Jim Lentine            9   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Bernie Carbo           6    5    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          2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)     100
  S. Garvey (LAN)          98
  G. Templeton (SLN)       96
  R. Knight (CIN)          91
  D. Evans (SFN)           89
  D. Baker (LAN)           88
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       87
  E. Cabell (HOU)          86
  D. Lopes (LAN)           86
  D. Parker (PIT)          86

Runs Scored:

  J. Cruz (HOU)            18
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         18
  G. Templeton (SLN)       18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  D. Lopes (LAN)           17
  T. Foli (PIT)            16
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        16
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       16
  R. Law (LAN)             16
  D. Baker (LAN)           15

Hits:

  G. Templeton (SLN)       32
  R. Smith (LAN)           31
  K. Reitz (SLN)           30
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        28
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       28
  J. Cruz (HOU)            27
  D. Parker (PIT)          27
  J. Martin (CHN)          26
  D. Baker (LAN)           25
  B. Buckner (CHN)         25

Doubles:

  J. Stearns (NYN)         11
  R. Knight (CIN)           7
  D. Baker (LAN)            6
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         6
  G. Maddox (PHI)           6
  J. Martin (CHN)           6
  B. McBride (PHI)          6
  L. Parrish (MON)          6
  R. Stennett (SFN)         6
  F. Taveras (NYN)          6

Triples:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          3
  R. Leflore (MON)          3
  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  G. Templeton (SLN)        3
  B. Bonds (SLN)            2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         2
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        2

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         7
  D. Baker (LAN)            6
  D. Kingman (CHN)          6
  J. Martin (CHN)           5
  R. Smith (LAN)            5
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        4
  W. Cromartie (MON)        4
  A. Dawson (MON)           4
  B. Foote (CHN)            4

RBI:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          20
  J. Cruz (HOU)            19
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        18
  D. Parker (PIT)          18
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         18
  R. Smith (LAN)           18
  B. Foote (CHN)           17
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       17
  D. Kingman (CHN)         17
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        17

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          15
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  R. Law (LAN)             10
  R. Leflore (MON)         10
  R. Scott (MON)            8
  B. North (SFN)            7
  J. Cruz (HOU)             6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)         6
  J. Morgan (HOU)           6

Caught Stealing:

  R. Leflore (MON)          5
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  E. Cabell (HOU)           3
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3
  E. Maddox (NYN)           3
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)         3
  B. North (SFN)            3
  L. Randle (CHN)           3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3
  D. Winfield (SDN)         3

Walks:

  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        21
  J. Morgan (HOU)          18
  O. Smith (SDN)           16
  D. Winfield (SDN)        16
  J. Cruz (HOU)            15
  D. Driessen (CIN)        14
  D. Evans (SFN)           14
  K. Oberkfell (SLN)       14
  R. Cey (LAN)             13
  J. Clark (SFN)           13

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SLN)           23
  D. Murphy (ATL)          22
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      19
  J. Mumphrey (SDN)        17
  R. Cey (LAN)             16
  R. Leflore (MON)         16
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        16
  T. Scott (SLN)           16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         15
  G. Carter (MON)          14


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