Saturday May 17, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 17, 1980:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis       1083  159   316   53   14   20   149   25   16  103   162  .292
Chicago         1034  143   290   51    7   33   141   24   15   86   172  .281
Pittsburgh      1036  135   286   46    4   27   128   38   11   80   134  .276
Los Angeles     1130  149   306   35    8   25   140   31   13  105   166  .271
Philadelphia     966  151   258   54   15   23   141   18    6   70   108  .267
New York         994  107   249   51    4    6    92   28   18  116   139  .251
Houston         1102  130   275   46   10   16   121   42   14  121   170  .250
Cincinnati      1163  150   289   48   14   22   139   32    5  122   206  .249
Montreal         998  117   247   47   12   22   107   34   11   97   173  .248
Atlanta          954   96   224   37    3   14    92    9    9   75   159  .235
San Francisco   1150  123   266   49    8   20   119   20   10   99   164  .231
San Diego       1078  112   246   40    5   13   103   37   14  126   151  .228

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (SLN)          32  113   12   43   7   0   3   23   0   1   11    6  .381
Garry Templeton (SLN)    32  142   23   49   5   3   1   12   9   6    7    6  .345
George Hendrick (SLN)    32  119   20   41   8   2   5   25   2   0    9   11  .345
Reggie Smith (LAN)       32  119   19   41   5   0   6   25   1   2   15   18  .345
Ted Simmons (SLN)        29   88   19   30   6   0   3   18   0   0   17   12  .341
Bill Buckner (CHN)       29  116   13   39   8   1   2   17   0   1    5    1  .336
Dave Collins (CIN)       24  102   21   34   4   1   1    9   9   1    4   12  .333
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    32  124   25   40   8   2   2   20   5   2   13   17  .323
John Stearns (NYN)       28  106   15   34  14   0   0   13   3   0    8    7  .321
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       24   88   18   28   4   2   2   10  13   1   11   15  .318

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes        10   10    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .400
Joe Nolan             10   15    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .333
Chris Chambliss       29  112   16   34   7   1   4   15   0   0    6    6  .304
Jeff Burroughs        21   66   10   20   6   0   0   12   0   0    9    7  .303
Dale Murphy           28  102   17   27   5   0   5   10   0   0   13   30  .265
Brian Asselstine      27   81    9   21   5   0   1   15   0   2    4   18  .259
Gary Matthews         25   59    4   15   1   0   1    7   0   0    5   11  .254
Chico Ruiz            11    8    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .250
Bruce Benedict        17   53    3   13   1   0   0    6   0   0    2    5  .245
Biff Pocoroba          9   29    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .241
Jerry Royster         29  112   10   26   5   2   0    6   7   3   18   21  .232
Luis Gomez            28   80    2   15   0   0   0    9   0   2    6    6  .188
Larvell Blanks        26   79   10   14   1   0   2    4   1   0    3    8  .177
Eddie Miller          11   19    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   2    0    5  .158
Bill Nahorodny         5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Mike Lum              14   17    1    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .118
Bob Horner            13   46    5    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    7  .109

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Figueroa        17   14    3    6   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .429
Mike Vail             16   31    3   11   2   1   1   10   1   0    1   10  .355
Bill Buckner          29  116   13   39   8   1   2   17   0   1    5    1  .336
Steve Dillard         17   31    6   10   3   0   1    4   1   0    3    8  .323
Jerry Martin          30  117   17   37   7   0   7   19   3   1    9   21  .316
Larry Biittner        21   40    3   12   2   0   0    7   0   1    2    5  .300
Scot Thompson         20   49    8   14   4   0   0    2   4   2    9    6  .286
Dave Kingman          26   92   16   26   3   0   8   24   1   1    8   19  .283
Len Randle            28  103   14   29   4   2   3   14   4   3   10   15  .282
Mike Tyson            18   36    6   10   1   0   1    3   0   2    1    7  .278
Ivan DeJesus          30  114   19   30   7   2   2   12   8   2    9   13  .263
Barry Foote           25   90   11   23   4   1   5   18   0   0    5    9  .256
Carlos Lezcano        21   43    7    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    6   17  .209
Mick Kelleher         20   29    5    6   0   0   0    1   1   2    2    6  .207
Steve Ontiveros       14   30    5    6   0   0   1    1   0   0    7    6  .200
Tim Blackwell         10   25    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .200
Ken Henderson          4   16    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .188

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Collins          24  102   21   34   4   1   1    9   9   1    4   12  .333
Sam Mejias            18   36    5   11   1   1   0    6   3   0    1    8  .306
Ken Griffey           32  116   21   34   5   3   2   14   6   0   19   20  .293
Junior Kennedy        33  117   10   34   5   2   1   15   1   0   15   18  .291
Harry Spilman         16   32    6    9   2   0   2    8   0   0    2    3  .281
Ray Knight            34  126   20   35   9   2   5   24   1   0   10   16  .278
Cesar Geronimo        26   56    5   15   2   0   1    5   1   0    3   11  .268
Dan Driessen          32  104   13   26   4   0   3   20   5   2   18   18  .250
George Foster         22   80   12   20   1   0   4   13   1   0   13   16  .250
Dave Concepcion       34  141   19   30   7   3   2   14   2   0    9   25  .213
Johnny Bench          27   89   10   18   3   0   1    5   2   0   12   14  .202
Ron Oester             9   10    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Don Werner            13   36    1    6   1   0   0    4   1   0    6    7  .167
Hector Cruz           16   30    1    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    8  .167
Rick Auerbach          9    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   2    3    3  .125

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Cesar Cedeno          24   88   18   28   4   2   2   10  13   1   11   15  .318
Jose Cruz             32  119   20   37   4   1   1   23   8   3   17   14  .311
Terry Puhl            25   91   16   28   5   0   4    7   3   3   12    9  .308
Enos Cabell           32  119   16   36   7   1   0   16   4   3    9   14  .303
Denny Walling         24   75    8   20   4   0   0    6   3   0   14   11  .267
Alan Ashby            21   65    3   16   5   1   1    9   0   0    9   11  .246
Jeffrey Leonard       22   73    9   17   2   0   1    5   2   1    5   17  .233
Joe Morgan            30  105   17   24   4   1   3   13   6   1   23   12  .229
Art Howe              18   52    3   11   1   2   0    5   1   0    7   10  .212
Craig Reynolds        27  106    7   21   1   2   1    5   0   1    4    8  .198
Rafael Landestoy      24   33    3    6   3   0   1    1   1   0    3    7  .182
Luis Pujols           15   51    4    9   2   0   0    7   0   0    1    8  .177
Julio Gonzalez        14   22    1    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .136
Dave Bergman          11   17    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .118
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
Pedro Guerrero         9    7    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .429
Mickey Hatcher        10   12    0    5   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    2  .417
Gary Thomasson        20   29    4   10   2   0   0    6   0   0    6    7  .345
Reggie Smith          32  119   19   41   5   0   6   25   1   2   15   18  .345
Derrel Thomas         22   48    7   16   3   0   1    5   1   3    6    8  .333
Bill Russell          31  109    9   32   2   2   1    7   4   0    6    7  .294
Dusty Baker           26  103   17   30   7   1   6   16   1   1    5   13  .291
Rudy Law              31  124   23   36   1   3   0    9  15   1    7    8  .290
Ron Cey               33  113   15   32   5   0   3   20   1   2   16   23  .283
Jay Johnstone         16   18    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .278
Davey Lopes           32  124   24   33   3   1   3   10   4   1   17   16  .266
Steve Garvey          33  136   16   33   2   0   5   29   3   1    6   17  .243
Steve Yeager          19   49    4   11   0   0   0    2   1   1    7   13  .225
Mike Scioscia         10   27    2    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .222
Joe Ferguson           8   18    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .167
Rick Monday           14   12    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .167

 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
Warren Cromartie      30  112    8   32   6   1   4   13   1   2    4   10  .286
Ellis Valentine       29  110   13   31   7   1   4   21   1   0    6   16  .282
Ron Leflore           28  107   18   30   5   3   0    8  12   5   11   22  .280
Gary Carter           30  110   11   29   4   1   3   14   0   0   10   19  .264
Andre Dawson          25   87   13   22   5   1   4   15   4   1   11   13  .253
Tony Bernazard        23   76   10   19   3   0   1    5   5   1    9   17  .250
Larry Parrish         25   91   13   22   8   0   4   14   0   0    7   16  .242
Jerry White           21   25    1    6   2   0   0    0   1   2    4    3  .240
Rowland Office        20   33    8    7   3   1   0    3   0   0    8    5  .212
Bill Almon            10   27    1    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .185
Chris Speier          16   39    2    7   1   1   1    4   0   0    4    4  .180
Rodney Scott          25   80   11   14   1   1   0    2  10   0   11   13  .175
John Tamargo           5    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .143
Tommy Hutton          14   12    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .083

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Trevino          10   24    3    9   0   1   0    1   0   0    4    2  .375
John Stearns          28  106   15   34  14   0   0   13   3   0    8    7  .321
Elliott Maddox        25   80    7   24   1   0   0    6   0   3   15   12  .300
Mike Jorgensen        20   54    8   16   2   0   1    8   0   1   11   10  .296
Steve Henderson       19   76    9   22   4   1   0    7   2   2    7   10  .290
Joel Youngblood       28  106   12   30   8   0   3   18   4   1   14   16  .283
Lee Mazzilli          28   99   14   26   6   1   0    8  10   5   23   10  .263
Jose Cardenal         10   21    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .238
Frank Taveras         28  121   16   28   6   0   0    2   5   1    9   18  .231
Dan Norman            15   31    2    7   0   1   1    3   2   0    0    4  .226
Ron Hodges            12   14    2    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .214
Doug Flynn            29  110    8   23   4   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .209
Phil Mankowski         6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Jerry Morales         25   76    6   14   2   0   1   11   2   2    7   13  .184
Mario Ramirez          7    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
Manny Trillo          13   42    7   16   2   1   0    6   0   0    2    1  .381
Lonnie Smith           9    8    3    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    3  .375
John Vukovich          9    3    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    0  .333
Del Unser             17   19    5    6   0   3   0    3   0   0    2    6  .316
Bake McBride          25  105   12   32   7   2   1   25   1   0    1    8  .305
Mike Schmidt          28  110   22   33   6   1   9   26   3   2    9   18  .300
George Vukovich       18   10    3    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    0  .300
Ramon Aviles           8   18    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .278
Luis Aguayo           13   37    7   10   1   1   1    6   0   1    2    3  .270
Larry Bowa            28  102   17   26   4   2   1    7   1   2    2    7  .255
Greg Luzinski         27  100   17   25   5   0   7   18   1   0   15   25  .250
Garry Maddox          22   88    9   22   6   0   1   13   5   0    5    7  .250
Pete Rose             28  111   21   27  10   1   0    6   4   0   15    3  .243
Bob Boone             28  105   10   24   5   1   2    9   1   0    7    9  .229
Keith Moreland         6    9    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .222
Greg Gross            20   39    5    5   1   1   0    4   1   0    2    1  .128

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen       4    3    0    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Lee Lacy              18   41    8   19   3   0   0    5   3   0    2    5  .463
Phil Garner           30  103   13   31   4   0   3   14   4   0   13   10  .301
Bill Robinson         27   68   11   20   3   0   6   15   1   1    4   10  .294
Dale Berra             9   17    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .294
Willie Stargell       18   62    7   18   4   0   3   11   0   0    9   13  .290
Ed Ott                23   81    9   23   6   0   1    7   0   1    8    9  .284
Dave Parker           30  128   19   36   5   1   6   22   6   1    1   17  .281
Mike Easler           19   40    7   11   1   0   3    8   0   1    6    3  .275
Bill Madlock          30  111   15   30   4   0   4   11   3   2    9    4  .270
Omar Moreno           30  131   17   34   6   3   0    6  17   2    7   20  .260
Tim Foli              29  112   18   29   6   0   0    8   3   0    6    8  .259
Steve Nicosia         10   25    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    1  .160
John Milner           18   39    2    6   1   0   0    7   0   1    5    3  .154
Matt Alexander         6    0    4    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Fred Kendall           2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Kurt Bevacqua         17   17    1    7   4   0   0    5   1   0    1    0  .412
Gene Richards         33  119   17   34   4   1   1    6   8   2    8   16  .286
Barry Evans           26   29    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    6  .276
Dave Winfield         34  118   17   32   4   1   4   23   6   3   22   17  .271
Jerry Turner          22   35    5    9   1   0   1    5   1   0    3    3  .257
Aurelio Rodriguez     27   57    4   14   2   1   1    5   1   0    3    8  .246
Willie Montanez       31  108   10   26   2   1   2   13   3   2    8    8  .241
Von Joshua            22   25    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    2    4  .240
Jerry Mumphrey        33   99    9   23   3   0   0    7   5   0   11   23  .232
Bill Fahey            18   55    4   12   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    4  .218
Paul Dade             20   24    4    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    5  .208
Gene Tenace           27   77    8   16   3   0   3   10   2   0   16   12  .208
Dave Cash             34  125   13   25   7   0   0    8   3   3   13    8  .200
Ozzie Smith           34  121   14   22   5   1   0    4   7   2   22   10  .182

 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            10    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jack Clark            33  107   16   29   4   2   5   19   0   1   21   16  .271
Billy North           26   87   19   23   4   0   1    7  10   4   16   15  .264
Milt May              30   82    6   21   6   2   1   11   0   0   12    8  .256
Darrell Evans         35  128   16   32   3   0   5   18   4   1   18   12  .250
Rennie Stennett       33  123   16   30   6   0   1    6   1   0    3    7  .244
Mike Ivie             22   70    5   17   4   0   1    4   0   1    3   10  .243
Jim Wohlford          23   59    3   14   1   1   1    7   0   1    1    6  .237
Larry Herndon         31   93    8   22   4   1   2   11   4   2    4   16  .237
Johnnie Lemaster      33  103   10   24   7   2   2   16   0   0    4   13  .233
Terry Whitfield       29   72    6   15   4   0   0    5   1   0    5    6  .208
Willie McCovey        28   75    6   13   4   0   1   11   0   0    7   17  .173
Marc Hill             13   38    1    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .158
Roger Metzger         12   15    3    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             32  113   12   43   7   0   3   23   0   1   11    6  .381
Garry Templeton       32  142   23   49   5   3   1   12   9   6    7    6  .345
George Hendrick       32  119   20   41   8   2   5   25   2   0    9   11  .345
Ted Simmons           29   88   19   30   6   0   3   18   0   0   17   12  .341
Keith Hernandez       32  124   25   40   8   2   2   20   5   2   13   17  .323
Dane Iorg             18   42    7   13   1   0   2    5   0   0    3    8  .310
Terry Kennedy          9   30    4    9   2   1   0    5   0   0    2    4  .300
Ken Oberkfell         22   72   12   18   4   1   1   11   3   2   17    6  .250
Tom Herr              17   42    4   10   2   1   0    0   0   1    4    3  .238
Tony Scott            32  117   13   27   4   1   0    6   5   1    9   21  .231
Bobby Bonds           29   87   13   20   3   3   1   13   1   3    7   30  .230
Bernie Carbo           8    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .143
Jim Lentine            9   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Mike Phillips          4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Steve Swisher          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Ramsey            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (SLN)      142
  D. Concepcion (CIN)     141
  S. Garvey (LAN)         136
  O. Moreno (PIT)         131
  D. Evans (SFN)          128
  D. Parker (PIT)         128
  R. Knight (CIN)         126
  D. Cash (SDN)           125
  K. Hernandez (SLN)      124
  R. Law (LAN)            124

Runs Scored:

  K. Hernandez (SLN)       25
  D. Lopes (LAN)           24
  R. Law (LAN)             23
  G. Templeton (SLN)       23
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         22
  D. Collins (CIN)         21
  K. Griffey (CIN)         21
  P. Rose (PHI)            21
  J. Cruz (HOU)            20
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        20

Hits:

  G. Templeton (SLN)       49
  K. Reitz (SLN)           43
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        41
  R. Smith (LAN)           41
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       40
  B. Buckner (CHN)         39
  J. Cruz (HOU)            37
  J. Martin (CHN)          37
  E. Cabell (HOU)          36
  R. Law (LAN)             36

Doubles:

  J. Stearns (NYN)         14
  P. Rose (PHI)            10
  R. Knight (CIN)           9
  B. Buckner (CHN)          8
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         8
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        8
  L. Parrish (MON)          8
  J. Youngblood (NYN)       8
  D. Baker (LAN)            7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)          9
  D. Kingman (CHN)          8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         7
  J. Martin (CHN)           7
  D. Baker (LAN)            6
  D. Parker (PIT)           6
  B. Robinson (PIT)         6
  R. Smith (LAN)            6
  J. Clark (SFN)            5
  D. Evans (SFN)            5

RBI:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          29
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         26
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        25
  B. McBride (PHI)         25
  R. Smith (LAN)           25
  D. Kingman (CHN)         24
  R. Knight (CIN)          24
  J. Cruz (HOU)            23
  K. Reitz (SLN)           23
  D. Winfield (SDN)        23

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          17
  R. Law (LAN)             15
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  R. Leflore (MON)         12
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        10
  B. North (SFN)           10
  R. Scott (MON)           10
  D. Collins (CIN)          9
  G. Templeton (SLN)        9
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8

Caught Stealing:

  G. Templeton (SLN)        6
  R. Leflore (MON)          5
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)         5
  B. North (SFN)            4
  B. Bonds (SLN)            3
  E. Cabell (HOU)           3
  D. Cash (SDN)             3
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3
  E. Maddox (NYN)           3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3

Walks:

  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        23
  J. Morgan (HOU)          23
  O. Smith (SDN)           22
  D. Winfield (SDN)        22
  J. Clark (SFN)           21
  K. Griffey (CIN)         19
  D. Driessen (CIN)        18
  D. Evans (SFN)           18
  J. Royster (ATL)         18
  J. Cruz (HOU)            17

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SLN)           30
  D. Murphy (ATL)          30
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      25
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        25
  R. Cey (LAN)             23
  J. Mumphrey (SDN)        23
  R. Leflore (MON)         22
  J. Martin (CHN)          21
  J. Royster (ATL)         21
  T. Scott (SLN)           21

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