Thursday May 8, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 8, 1980:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        815  129   238   41   13   16   122   17   10   78   128  .292
Pittsburgh       765  109   219   37    4   21   103   27    5   61    91  .286
Chicago          761  115   216   41    4   25   113   15   12   71   119  .284
Philadelphia     731  120   200   43   14   19   112   11    4   55    81  .274
Los Angeles      870  114   236   25    6   22   106   22   11   78   130  .271
Houston          875  115   228   42    9   12   106   35   11   98   139  .261
Montreal         812   96   206   36   11   21    88   30    9   80   138  .254
New York         817   86   199   42    2    6    72   21   14   99   112  .244
Cincinnati       926  109   223   40   10   15   101   26    3   93   160  .241
Atlanta          756   71   178   28    1   10    68    7    9   59   117  .235
San Francisco    874   88   201   37    6   12    84   16    8   77   117  .230
San Diego        833   89   189   31    3   12    81   29    8  106   124  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (SLN)          24   84    9   35   5   0   2   21   0   1    8    5  .417
Bill Buckner (CHN)       21   84    9   31   5   0   1   12   0   1    5    0  .369
George Hendrick (SLN)    24   88   17   31   7   2   4   20   2   0    8   11  .352
Reggie Smith (LAN)       24   94   14   33   5   0   5   19   0   2   12   13  .351
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       21   76   18   26   4   2   2    8  13   1   11   14  .342
Jose Cruz (HOU)          25   91   18   31   4   1   1   23   6   3   16   11  .341
Phil Garner (PIT)        22   77    9   26   3   0   3   12   1   0    9    8  .338
Jerry Martin (CHN)       22   86   15   29   7   0   6   16   1   1    7   14  .337
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    24   96   18   32   5   2   2   19   5   1    8   10  .333
Enos Cabell (HOU)        25   93   14   30   7   1   0   15   2   3    7   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
Jesus Figueroa        10    8    3    4   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .500
Steve Dillard          9    7    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .429
Bill Buckner          21   84    9   31   5   0   1   12   0   1    5    0  .369
Jerry Martin          22   86   15   29   7   0   6   16   1   1    7   14  .337
Larry Biittner        17   34    3   11   2   0   0    7   0   0    1    3  .324
Scot Thompson         15   31    7   10   4   0   0    2   2   0    7    3  .323
Mike Vail             11   17    1    5   1   1   0    5   0   0    0    8  .294
Len Randle            20   69   10   20   3   1   2   10   4   3    8    9  .290
Dave Kingman          21   77   14   22   3   0   6   19   1   1    7   16  .286
Barry Foote           19   67   10   19   4   1   4   17   0   0    4    5  .284
Mike Tyson            17   36    6   10   1   0   1    3   0   2    1    7  .278
Ivan DeJesus          22   89   15   22   5   1   2   10   5   2    8   11  .247
Carlos Lezcano        15   33    6    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5   12  .212
Steve Ontiveros       12   26    5    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    7    5  .192
Ken Henderson          4   16    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .188
Mick Kelleher         16   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            14   30    4   10   1   0   0    3   3   0    0    5  .333
Ken Griffey           26   94   17   30   5   3   1   10   6   0   16   16  .319
Dave Collins          17   71   14   22   2   1   0    5   5   0    2    8  .310
Ray Knight            27  100   14   29   8   2   3   18   1   0    6    9  .290
Junior Kennedy        26   93    5   26   3   2   1   13   1   0   11   13  .280
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        21   50    5   11   2   0   1    4   1   0    3   11  .220
Dan Driessen          25   78    9   16   2   0   2   13   5   1   16   16  .205
Dave Concepcion       27  112   15   22   6   2   2   12   1   0    6   21  .196
Hector Cruz           12   25    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    7  .120
Don Werner             9   25    0    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    5    6  .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             25   91   18   31   4   1   1   23   6   3   16   11  .341
Enos Cabell           25   93   14   30   7   1   0   15   2   3    7   11  .323
Denny Walling         18   54    8   15   4   0   0    4   2   0   11    6  .278
Alan Ashby            15   48    3   13   5   1   1    8   0   0    6    8  .271
Jeffrey Leonard       17   57    8   15   2   0   1    5   2   1    3   12  .263
Terry Puhl            18   65   10   17   3   0   2    4   1   2    7    8  .262
Joe Morgan            23   81   16   19   3   1   2   12   6   0   18   10  .235
Craig Reynolds        21   87    7   19   1   1   1    3   0   0    3    8  .218
Art Howe              17   51    3   11   1   2   0    5   1   0    7    9  .216
Rafael Landestoy      17   25    2    5   3   0   0    0   1   0    3    5  .200
Julio Gonzalez        12   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           9   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .154
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         9   11    0    5   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    2  .455
Gary Thomasson        12   10    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .400
Pedro Guerrero         6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .400
Reggie Smith          24   94   14   33   5   0   5   19   0   2   12   13  .351
Derrel Thomas         17   43    7   14   3   0   1    4   1   2    4    8  .326
Steve Yeager          12   29    3    9   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    7  .310
Rudy Law              23   91   18   27   0   2   0    6  10   1    6    5  .297
Davey Lopes           24   93   18   27   2   1   3    9   4   1   13   13  .290
Jay Johnstone         14   14    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .286
Ron Cey               25   84   11   23   3   0   3   14   1   1   14   18  .274
Dusty Baker           24   95   15   26   6   1   6   16   1   1    5   12  .274
Steve Garvey          25  105   11   26   1   0   4   23   2   1    4   12  .248
Bill Russell          23   85    7   21   1   1   0    2   3   0    3    6  .247
Mike Scioscia         10   27    2    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .222
Rick Monday           11   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .200
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             12   24    4   10   1   1   1    4   0   0    2    5  .417
Ron Leflore           24   89   15   26   4   3   0    7  12   5   10   18  .292
Rowland Office        14   24    7    7   3   1   0    3   0   0    6    2  .292
Warren Cromartie      24   90    7   26   4   1   4   11   1   2    4    8  .289
Tony Bernazard        17   56   10   16   2   0   1    4   5   0    8   11  .286
Ellis Valentine       23   91   11   25   4   1   4   17   1   0    4   14  .275
Larry Parrish         19   71   11   19   6   0   4   13   0   0    4   10  .268
Jerry White           18   19    1    5   2   0   0    0   0   1    3    3  .263
Andre Dawson          20   73   11   18   4   1   4   13   3   1   10   10  .247
Gary Carter           24   90    7   22   3   1   2    9   0   0    7   15  .244
Rodney Scott          19   58    8   11   1   0   0    1   8   0   10   11  .190
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           9   23    3    9   0   1   0    1   0   0    4    2  .391
Steve Henderson       15   61    7   19   4   0   0    6   1   1    4    9  .312
Elliott Maddox        20   62    4   19   1   0   0    5   0   3   12    8  .307
John Stearns          23   87   13   26  11   0   0    9   3   0    5    7  .299
Joel Youngblood       23   85    9   25   5   0   3   16   3   1   11   12  .294
Mike Jorgensen        16   43    8   12   1   0   1    5   0   1    9    9  .279
Lee Mazzilli          23   79   10   19   4   1   0    3   7   3   21    9  .241
Jose Cardenal          9   17    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .235
Frank Taveras         23   98   12   21   6   0   0    2   4   1    8   12  .214
Doug Flynn            24   90    6   18   4   0   0    3   0   1    4    4  .200
Phil Mankowski         6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Jerry Morales         20   70    6   13   2   0   1   10   2   1    7   12  .186
Ron Hodges            10   12    2    2   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    4  .167
Dan Norman            12   25    1    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    2  .160
Mario Ramirez          6    4    1    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           22   77    9   26   3   0   3   12   1   0    9    8  .338
Mike Easler           16   33    7   11   1   0   3    8   0   0    5    2  .333
Willie Stargell       14   52    6   17   4   0   3   11   0   0    7   11  .327
Dave Parker           22   94   16   30   4   1   5   19   4   0    0    9  .319
Bill Robinson         20   45    8   14   3   0   3    7   1   0    4    6  .311
Ed Ott                19   67    7   20   5   0   1    7   0   1    8    9  .299
Omar Moreno           22   94   15   27   3   3   0    5  16   2    7    9  .287
Tim Foli              22   86   16   23   5   0   0    8   2   0    5    7  .267
Bill Madlock          22   88   11   22   3   0   2    7   3   1    4    3  .250
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             6    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         13   13    0    5   2   0   0    4   1   0    1    0  .385
Barry Evans           20   22    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    4  .318
Dave Winfield         26   90   11   25   3   0   4   19   5   3   19   13  .278
Gene Richards         25   89   12   24   4   0   1    5   6   0    6   14  .270
Aurelio Rodriguez     19   43    4   11   2   1   1    5   0   0    2    5  .256
Bill Fahey            14   44    4   11   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    4  .250
Paul Dade             16   22    4    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    5  .227
Jerry Turner          17   31    3    7   0   0   1    2   1   0    3    3  .226
Jerry Mumphrey        25   76    8   17   3   0   0    5   3   0    7   18  .224
Von Joshua            15   18    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    4  .222
Gene Tenace           21   61    5   13   3   0   2    8   1   0   12    9  .213
Willie Montanez       23   83    9   17   2   1   2    9   2   0    6    8  .205
Dave Cash             26   93   12   19   5   0   0    6   3   2   12    7  .204
Ozzie Smith           26   95   12   19   4   1   0    4   7   1   19    8  .200
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            10   17    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .353
Mike Sadek             8    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jim Wohlford          17   36    1   10   1   1   0    4   0   1    0    3  .278
Mike Ivie             16   54    4   14   2   0   1    3   0   1    1    6  .259
Billy North           19   62   13   16   2   0   0    4   7   3   12   11  .258
Jack Clark            26   82   12   20   3   1   3   12   0   1   15   13  .244
Rennie Stennett       25   91   13   22   6   0   0    3   1   0    2    6  .242
Johnnie Lemaster      25   75    6   18   5   1   2   11   0   0    4    8  .240
Darrell Evans         27   96   13   23   2   0   3    9   3   1   15   11  .240
Terry Whitfield       24   63    6   15   4   0   0    5   1   0    4    4  .238
Milt May              22   59    3   14   5   2   1   11   0   0   10    6  .237
Larry Herndon         25   73    5   17   2   1   1    9   4   1    4   13  .233
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             24   84    9   35   5   0   2   21   0   1    8    5  .417
Terry Kennedy          6   21    4    8   2   1   0    5   0   0    2    3  .381
George Hendrick       24   88   17   31   7   2   4   20   2   0    8   11  .352
Keith Hernandez       24   96   18   32   5   2   2   19   5   1    8   10  .333
Dane Iorg             12   30    5   10   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    7  .333
Ted Simmons           21   65   15   21   5   0   2   12   0   0   13   11  .323
Garry Templeton       24  106   21   34   4   3   0    6   6   4    6    5  .321
Tom Herr              10   24    3    6   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Bobby Bonds           22   68   12   16   2   2   1   10   1   2    4   23  .235
Ken Oberkfell         20   67    9   15   4   1   1   11   2   2   15    6  .224
Tony Scott            24   85    9   16   3   1   0    4   1   0    8   18  .188
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)     112
  G. Templeton (SLN)      106
  S. Garvey (LAN)         105
  R. Knight (CIN)         100
  F. Taveras (NYN)         98
  D. Evans (SFN)           96
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       96
  D. Baker (LAN)           95
  O. Smith (SDN)           95
  K. Griffey (CIN)         94

Runs Scored:

  G. Templeton (SLN)       21
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         20
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18
  J. Cruz (HOU)            18
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       18
  R. Law (LAN)             18
  D. Lopes (LAN)           18
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        17
  T. Foli (PIT)            16

Hits:

  K. Reitz (SLN)           35
  G. Templeton (SLN)       34
  R. Smith (LAN)           33
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       32
  B. Buckner (CHN)         31
  J. Cruz (HOU)            31
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        31
  E. Cabell (HOU)          30
  K. Griffey (CIN)         30
  D. Parker (PIT)          30

Doubles:

  J. Stearns (NYN)         11
  R. Knight (CIN)           8
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         7
  J. Martin (CHN)           7
  B. McBride (PHI)          7
  P. Rose (PHI)             7
  D. Baker (LAN)            6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6
  G. Maddox (PHI)           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)           6
  D. Parker (PIT)           5
  R. Smith (LAN)            5
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        4
  W. Cromartie (MON)        4
  A. Dawson (MON)           4

RBI:

  J. Cruz (HOU)            23
  S. Garvey (LAN)          23
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         22
  K. Reitz (SLN)           21
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        20
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       19
  D. Kingman (CHN)         19
  D. Parker (PIT)          19
  R. Smith (LAN)           19
  D. Winfield (SDN)        19

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          16
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  R. Leflore (MON)         12
  R. Law (LAN)             10
  R. Scott (MON)            8
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)         7
  B. North (SFN)            7
  O. Smith (SDN)            7
  J. Cruz (HOU)             6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          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
  O. Smith (SDN)           19
  D. Winfield (SDN)        19
  J. Morgan (HOU)          18
  J. Cruz (HOU)            16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         16
  J. Clark (SFN)           15
  D. Evans (SFN)           15
  K. Oberkfell (SLN)       15

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SLN)           23
  D. Murphy (ATL)          22
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      21
  R. Cey (LAN)             18
  R. Leflore (MON)         18
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        18
  J. Mumphrey (SDN)        18
  T. Scott (SLN)           18
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         16


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