Tuesday May 6, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 6, 1980:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        774  117   220   40   12   15   110   15   10   75   124  .284
Pittsburgh       731  102   207   36    4   17    96   26    5   59    85  .283
Chicago          696  102   195   34    4   24   100   13   11   66   109  .280
Philadelphia     731  120   200   43   14   19   112   11    4   55    81  .274
Los Angeles      835  108   225   25    6   22   102   22    9   76   124  .270
Houston          844  115   222   40    9   12   106   35    9   96   132  .263
Montreal         786   93   201   35   11   21    86   29    9   73   131  .256
New York         775   84   191   42    2    6    70   20   14   94   108  .247
Cincinnati       885  106   216   39   10   15    99   26    3   84   153  .244
Atlanta          756   71   178   28    1   10    68    7    9   59   117  .235
San Francisco    843   86   196   37    6   11    82   16    8   75   110  .233
San Diego        754   76   165   25    2   11    69   26    8  101   118  .219

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (SLN)          23   79    8   32   5   0   2   17   0   1    8    5  .405
Bill Buckner (CHN)       19   76    8   27   3   0   1    8   0   1    5    0  .355
Reggie Smith (LAN)       23   89   14   31   5   0   5   18   0   2   12   13  .348
Jerry Martin (CHN)       20   78   14   27   6   0   5   13   1   1    7   13  .346
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       21   76   18   26   4   2   2    8  13   1   11   14  .342
Phil Garner (PIT)        21   73    9   25   3   0   3   12   1   0    9    8  .343
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    23   91   17   31   5   2   2   18   5   1    8   10  .341
Jose Cruz (HOU)          24   88   18   30   3   1   1   23   6   3   15   11  .341
George Hendrick (SLN)    23   84   16   28   6   2   4   19   1   0    7   11  .333
Ted Simmons (SLN)        21   65   15   21   5   0   2   12   0   0   13   11  .323

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes         9    9    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .444
Joe Nolan              9   14    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .357
Chris Chambliss       23   87   12   26   4   0   4   11   0   0    6    2  .299
Jeff Burroughs        16   52    7   15   4   0   0    8   0   0    4    5  .289
Chico Ruiz             9    7    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Brian Asselstine      22   70    7   19   5   0   0   10   0   2    3   14  .271
Dale Murphy           23   83   13   22   2   0   4    9   0   0   11   22  .265
Bruce Benedict        11   32    2    8   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    2  .250
Jerry Royster         23   90    9   22   5   1   0    4   5   3   14   15  .244
Biff Pocoroba          9   29    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .241
Luis Gomez            22   61    1   14   0   0   0    7   0   2    4    3  .230
Bill Nahorodny         3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Gary Matthews         20   44    2    8   1   0   1    5   0   0    3   10  .182
Larvell Blanks        20   64    7   11   1   0   1    3   1   0    3    4  .172
Eddie Miller          11   19    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   2    0    5  .158
Mike Lum              12   12    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    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          8    7    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .429
Jesus Figueroa         8    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .400
Bill Buckner          19   76    8   27   3   0   1    8   0   1    5    0  .355
Jerry Martin          20   78   14   27   6   0   5   13   1   1    7   13  .346
Larry Biittner        15   32    3   11   2   0   0    6   0   0    1    3  .344
Barry Foote           17   60    9   19   4   1   4   17   0   0    3    5  .317
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            18   62    9   18   3   1   2    8   4   3    7    8  .290
Dave Kingman          19   71   13   20   2   0   6   17   1   1    7   15  .282
Ivan DeJesus          20   82   12   20   4   1   2   10   4   2    7   10  .244
Carlos Lezcano        14   29    6    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5    9  .241
Mike Tyson            15   30    4    6   0   0   1    2   0   1    1    6  .200
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            13   29    4   10   1   0   0    3   3   0    0    5  .345
Dave Collins          16   66   14   21   2   1   0    5   5   0    2    8  .318
Ray Knight            26   96   14   29   8   2   3   17   1   0    5    9  .302
Ken Griffey           25   91   15   27   4   3   1   10   6   0   13   16  .297
Junior Kennedy        25   88    5   25   3   2   1   12   1   0   10   12  .284
George Foster         18   63   10   17   1   0   4   11   1   0   11   10  .270
Harry Spilman         13   29    4    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    3  .241
Johnny Bench          22   75    8   17   3   0   1    4   1   0    9   12  .227
Ron Oester             7    9    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .222
Cesar Geronimo        20   46    4   10   2   0   1    4   1   0    2   11  .217
Dave Concepcion       26  106   15   22   6   2   2   12   1   0    6   20  .208
Dan Driessen          24   74    9   15   2   0   2   13   5   1   14   15  .203
Don Werner             8   21    0    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    3  .143
Hector Cruz           12   25    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    7  .120
Rick Auerbach          5    5    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          21   76   18   26   4   2   2    8  13   1   11   14  .342
Jose Cruz             24   88   18   30   3   1   1   23   6   3   15   11  .341
Enos Cabell           24   89   14   28   6   1   0   15   2   3    7   11  .315
Denny Walling         17   50    8   15   4   0   0    4   2   0   11    6  .300
Alan Ashby            14   45    3   13   5   1   1    8   0   0    6    7  .289
Jeffrey Leonard       17   57    8   15   2   0   1    5   2   1    3   12  .263
Terry Puhl            17   61   10   16   3   0   2    4   1   1    7    6  .262
Joe Morgan            22   77   16   19   3   1   2   12   6   0   18    8  .247
Craig Reynolds        20   83    7   18   1   1   1    3   0   0    3    7  .217
Rafael Landestoy      16   24    2    5   3   0   0    0   1   0    3    5  .208
Art Howe              16   49    3   10   1   2   0    5   1   0    7    9  .204
Julio Gonzalez        11   17    1    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .177
Luis Pujols           13   47    3    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    1    8  .170
Dave Bergman           8   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
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         8   10    0    5   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    1  .500
Pedro Guerrero         6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .400
Reggie Smith          23   89   14   31   5   0   5   18   0   2   12   13  .348
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              22   88   17   26   0   2   0    6  10   1    6    5  .296
Davey Lopes           23   89   17   26   2   1   3    8   4   1   12   13  .292
Ron Cey               24   81   10   23   3   0   3   14   1   1   13   16  .284
Dusty Baker           23   92   15   26   6   1   6   16   1   1    5   12  .283
Steve Yeager          11   25    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .280
Bill Russell          22   81    6   20   1   1   0    2   3   0    3    6  .247
Steve Garvey          24  102   11   24   1   0   4   21   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             11   21    4    9   1   1   1    3   0   0    2    4  .429
Ron Leflore           23   86   14   26   4   3   0    7  11   5    9   16  .302
Rowland Office        13   20    7    6   3   1   0    3   0   0    6    2  .300
Tony Bernazard        16   54   10   16   2   0   1    4   5   0    7   10  .296
Warren Cromartie      23   86    6   24   3   1   4   11   1   2    4    8  .279
Jerry White           17   18    1    5   2   0   0    0   0   1    3    3  .278
Ellis Valentine       22   88   11   24   4   1   4   17   1   0    3   14  .273
Larry Parrish         19   71   11   19   6   0   4   13   0   0    4   10  .268
Gary Carter           23   89    6   22   3   1   2    9   0   0    4   15  .247
Andre Dawson          20   73   11   18   4   1   4   13   3   1   10   10  .247
Rodney Scott          18   55    8   11   1   0   0    0   8   0    9   10  .200
Bill Almon            10   27    1    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .185
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          12   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .091

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Trevino           8   20    3    7   0   1   0    1   0   0    3    2  .350
Steve Henderson       14   56    7   18   4   0   0    6   1   1    4    9  .321
Elliott Maddox        19   61    4   19   1   0   0    5   0   3   12    8  .312
Joel Youngblood       22   80    9   24   5   0   3   16   3   1   10   11  .300
John Stearns          22   85   13   25  11   0   0    8   3   0    5    7  .294
Mike Jorgensen        15   39    8   11   1   0   1    5   0   1    8    7  .282
Jose Cardenal          8   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .250
Lee Mazzilli          22   73   10   18   4   1   0    3   6   3   21    8  .247
Frank Taveras         22   93   12   21   6   0   0    2   4   1    8   12  .226
Ron Hodges             9    9    1    2   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    4  .222
Phil Mankowski         6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Doug Flynn            23   86    6   17   4   0   0    2   0   1    4    4  .198
Jerry Morales         20   70    6   13   2   0   1   10   2   1    7   12  .186
Dan Norman            12   25    1    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    2  .160
Mario Ramirez          5    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             13   12    4    5   0   2   0    3   0   0    2    4  .417
Ramon Aviles           5   11    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .364
Lonnie Smith           7    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .333
Mike Schmidt          21   85   20   27   5   1   8   22   1   1    7   15  .318
Bake McBride          18   76    9   22   7   2   0   17   1   0    1    3  .290
Greg Luzinski         21   80   16   23   5   0   7   18   1   0   10   18  .288
Bob Boone             21   77    9   21   4   1   2    7   1   0    6    8  .273
Luis Aguayo           13   37    7   10   1   1   1    6   0   1    2    3  .270
George Vukovich       13    8    2    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Larry Bowa            21   77   11   19   2   2   0    5   1   1    2    5  .247
Pete Rose             21   83   15   19   7   1   0    2   0   0   12    3  .229
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
Greg Gross            15   27    3    5   1   1   0    3   1   0    2    1  .185

 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              12   22    6   12   3   0   0    4   0   0    2    2  .546
Phil Garner           21   73    9   25   3   0   3   12   1   0    9    8  .343
Mike Easler           15   30    6   10   1   0   3    8   0   0    5    2  .333
Willie Stargell       13   48    5   15   4   0   2    8   0   0    7   11  .313
Dave Parker           21   90   15   28   4   1   4   18   4   0    0    9  .311
Bill Robinson         19   45    8   14   3   0   3    7   1   0    3    6  .311
Ed Ott                18   63    6   19   5   0   0    6   0   1    8    8  .302
Tim Foli              21   83   16   23   5   0   0    8   2   0    5    6  .277
Omar Moreno           21   89   14   24   2   3   0    5  15   2    7    8  .270
Bill Madlock          21   85   10   21   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             5    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Matt Alexander         4    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           19   21    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .333
Dave Winfield         24   82   10   21   2   0   4   16   5   3   17   13  .256
Gene Richards         23   79   10   20   3   0   1    5   5   0    6   14  .253
Bill Fahey            12   36    3    9   0   0   0    4   0   0    3    4  .250
Aurelio Rodriguez     17   36    3    9   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    5  .250
Jerry Turner          15   28    2    7   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .250
Jerry Mumphrey        23   73    8   17   3   0   0    5   3   0    7   17  .233
Paul Dade             15   22    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    5  .227
Willie Montanez       22   78    8   16   1   1   2    9   2   0    6    8  .205
Gene Tenace           19   54    4   11   2   0   2    8   1   0   12    8  .204
Ozzie Smith           24   86   11   17   4   1   0    3   7   1   18    8  .198
Dave Cash             24   86    9   15   3   0   0    6   3   2   12    6  .174
Von Joshua            13   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             9   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
Billy North           19   62   13   16   2   0   0    4   7   3   12   11  .258
Jim Wohlford          16   35    1    9   1   1   0    4   0   1    0    3  .257
Terry Whitfield       23   59    6   15   4   0   0    5   1   0    4    3  .254
Jack Clark            25   79   11   20   3   1   3   12   0   1   14   12  .253
Johnnie Lemaster      24   72    6   18   5   1   2   11   0   0    4    8  .250
Darrell Evans         26   93   13   23   2   0   3    9   3   1   14   10  .247
Rennie Stennett       24   89   13   22   6   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .247
Mike Ivie             15   50    3   12   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .240
Milt May              21   56    3   13   5   2   1   11   0   0   10    6  .232
Larry Herndon         24   69    5   16   2   1   1    9   4   1    4   12  .232
Marc Hill             11   32    1    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .188
Willie McCovey        23   59    5   11   3   0   1   10   0   0    7   11  .186
Roger Metzger         11   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             23   79    8   32   5   0   2   17   0   1    8    5  .405
Terry Kennedy          5   16    2    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .375
Keith Hernandez       23   91   17   31   5   2   2   18   5   1    8   10  .341
George Hendrick       23   84   16   28   6   2   4   19   1   0    7   11  .333
Ted Simmons           21   65   15   21   5   0   2   12   0   0   13   11  .323
Garry Templeton       23  101   19   32   4   3   0    6   5   4    6    5  .317
Tom Herr              10   24    3    6   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Dane Iorg             11   25    2    6   0   0   2    3   0   0    1    7  .240
Bobby Bonds           22   68   12   16   2   2   1   10   1   2    4   23  .235
Ken Oberkfell         19   63    8   13   4   1   1   10   2   2   14    6  .206
Tony Scott            23   81    9   16   3   1   0    4   1   0    7   17  .198
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          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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)     106
  S. Garvey (LAN)         102
  G. Templeton (SLN)      101
  R. Knight (CIN)          96
  D. Evans (SFN)           93
  F. Taveras (NYN)         93
  D. Baker (LAN)           92
  K. Griffey (CIN)         91
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       91
  D. Parker (PIT)          90

Runs Scored:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         20
  G. Templeton (SLN)       19
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18
  J. Cruz (HOU)            18
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       17
  R. Law (LAN)             17
  D. Lopes (LAN)           17
  T. Foli (PIT)            16
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        16
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        16

Hits:

  K. Reitz (SLN)           32
  G. Templeton (SLN)       32
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       31
  R. Smith (LAN)           31
  J. Cruz (HOU)            30
  R. Knight (CIN)          29
  E. Cabell (HOU)          28
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        28
  D. Parker (PIT)          28
  B. Buckner (CHN)         27

Doubles:

  J. Stearns (NYN)         11
  R. Knight (CIN)           8
  B. McBride (PHI)          7
  P. Rose (PHI)             7
  D. Baker (LAN)            6
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         6
  G. Maddox (PHI)           6
  J. Martin (CHN)           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:

  J. Cruz (HOU)            23
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         22
  S. Garvey (LAN)          21
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        19
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       18
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        18
  D. Parker (PIT)          18
  R. Smith (LAN)           18
  B. Foote (CHN)           17
  D. Kingman (CHN)         17

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          15
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  R. Leflore (MON)         11
  R. Law (LAN)             10
  R. Scott (MON)            8
  B. North (SFN)            7
  O. Smith (SDN)            7
  J. Cruz (HOU)             6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)         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)           18
  D. Winfield (SDN)        17
  J. Cruz (HOU)            15
  J. Clark (SFN)           14
  D. Driessen (CIN)        14
  D. Evans (SFN)           14
  K. Oberkfell (SLN)       14
  J. Royster (ATL)         14

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SLN)           23
  D. Murphy (ATL)          22
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      20
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        18
  J. Mumphrey (SDN)        17
  T. Scott (SLN)           17
  R. Cey (LAN)             16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         16
  R. Leflore (MON)         16
  G. Carter (MON)          15

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