Tuesday May 20, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 20, 1980:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis       1190  168   343   57   14   21   158   26   16  110   172  .288
Chicago         1101  146   306   53    7   33   144   24   16   87   176  .278
Pittsburgh      1065  135   289   46    4   27   128   38   11   81   136  .271
Philadelphia    1066  163   286   58   18   28   153   19    6   74   130  .268
Los Angeles     1215  160   324   36    8   30   151   34   16  119   177  .267
Cincinnati      1235  161   309   52   14   23   150   32    5  126   217  .250
Houston         1163  136   290   47   10   18   127   45   15  130   183  .249
Montreal        1064  128   264   49   12   25   116   38   13  102   182  .248
New York        1085  112   268   52    5    6    95   30   19  120   150  .247
Atlanta         1082  108   257   46    4   15   102    9   10   86   187  .238
San Diego       1113  116   258   42    5   13   107   37   15  127   154  .232
San Francisco   1203  131   278   49    9   20   127   24   11  106   169  .231

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (SLN)          35  124   12   46   7   0   3   23   0   1   11    6  .371
George Hendrick (SLN)    35  132   21   45   9   2   6   28   2   0    9   12  .341
Reggie Smith (LAN)       34  125   21   42   5   0   7   28   1   2   16   18  .336
Garry Templeton (SLN)    35  156   25   52   6   3   1   14   9   6    7    6  .333
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    35  137   26   45   9   2   2   22   5   2   14   17  .329
Dave Collins (CIN)       26  111   22   36   4   1   1   11   9   1    5   14  .324
Ted Simmons (SLN)        32  102   20   33   7   0   3   20   0   0   17   13  .324
Bill Buckner (CHN)       31  124   14   40   8   1   2   17   0   1    5    1  .323
Terry Puhl (HOU)         27   97   18   31   5   0   5    9   5   3   14   10  .320
Jose Cruz (HOU)          33  123   20   39   4   1   1   23   9   3   17   14  .317

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes        11   11    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .455
Chico Ruiz            14   13    2    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .385
Jeff Burroughs        21   66   10   20   6   0   0   12   0   0    9    7  .303
Chris Chambliss       33  126   17   38   8   1   4   17   0   0    8   10  .302
Joe Nolan             12   17    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .294
Bruce Benedict        20   63    4   18   2   0   0    7   0   0    3    7  .286
Dale Murphy           32  117   20   31   6   0   6   12   0   0   13   35  .265
Brian Asselstine      31   96   11   25   6   0   1   17   0   2    4   20  .260
Gary Matthews         29   74    6   18   2   0   1    7   0   0    7   15  .243
Biff Pocoroba          9   29    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .241
Jerry Royster         33  130   10   28   6   2   0    6   7   3   18   23  .215
Larvell Blanks        30   94   11   19   2   0   2    4   1   1    5   11  .202
Bill Nahorodny         6   11    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .182
Luis Gomez            31   85    2   15   0   0   0    9   0   2    7    7  .177
Eddie Miller          11   19    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   2    0    5  .158
Mike Lum              16   18    1    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .111
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        19   17    3    7   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .412
Mike Vail             16   31    3   11   2   1   1   10   1   0    1   10  .355
Larry Biittner        22   44    3   15   2   0   0    7   0   1    2    5  .341
Bill Buckner          31  124   14   40   8   1   2   17   0   1    5    1  .323
Scot Thompson         22   57    8   18   6   0   0    4   4   2    9    6  .316
Jerry Martin          32  123   18   38   7   0   7   20   3   1    9   22  .309
Dave Kingman          27   95   17   28   3   0   8   24   1   1    8   19  .295
Len Randle            30  111   14   32   4   2   3   14   4   4   10   16  .288
Mike Tyson            18   36    6   10   1   0   1    3   0   2    1    7  .278
Steve Dillard         19   37    6   10   3   0   1    4   1   0    4    9  .270
Barry Foote           25   90   11   23   4   1   5   18   0   0    5    9  .256
Ivan DeJesus          32  122   19   31   7   2   2   12   8   2    9   13  .254
Carlos Lezcano        21   43    7    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    6   17  .209
Mick Kelleher         21   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
Ken Henderson          5   17    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .177
Tim Blackwell         12   32    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .156

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Collins          26  111   22   36   4   1   1   11   9   1    5   14  .324
Junior Kennedy        35  126   12   39   7   2   1   15   1   0   15   18  .310
Sam Mejias            19   36    5   11   1   1   0    6   3   0    1    8  .306
Ken Griffey           34  125   23   35   5   3   2   16   6   0   19   22  .280
Ray Knight            36  134   22   37  10   2   5   24   1   0   10   16  .276
Harry Spilman         17   33    6    9   2   0   2    8   0   0    2    3  .273
Cesar Geronimo        27   56    5   15   2   0   1    5   1   0    4   11  .268
George Foster         24   89   12   23   1   0   4   14   1   0   13   18  .258
Rick Auerbach         10   12    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   2    3    3  .250
Dan Driessen          34  111   14   27   4   0   3   22   5   2   18   19  .243
Ron Oester            10   13    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .231
Dave Concepcion       34  141   19   30   7   3   2   14   2   0    9   25  .213
Johnny Bench          29   96   12   20   3   0   2    7   2   0   13   15  .208
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

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Puhl            27   97   18   31   5   0   5    9   5   3   14   10  .320
Jose Cruz             33  123   20   39   4   1   1   23   9   3   17   14  .317
Cesar Cedeno          26   94   18   29   4   2   2   10  13   1   13   17  .309
Enos Cabell           34  126   16   38   7   1   0   16   4   4   10   14  .302
Denny Walling         24   75    8   20   4   0   0    6   3   0   14   11  .267
Alan Ashby            22   69    4   17   5   1   2   10   0   0    9   11  .246
Jeffrey Leonard       24   79    9   19   2   0   1    6   2   1    7   21  .241
Joe Morgan            31  108   17   24   4   1   3   14   6   1   24   13  .222
Rafael Landestoy      26   37    4    8   3   0   1    2   1   0    3    7  .216
Craig Reynolds        28  111    7   22   1   2   1    5   0   1    4    9  .198
Art Howe              19   56    3   11   1   2   0    5   1   0    7   10  .196
Luis Pujols           16   54    5   10   3   0   0    7   0   0    1    8  .185
Julio Gonzalez        15   25    1    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    2  .120
Dave Bergman          12   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        10    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
Reggie Smith          34  125   21   42   5   0   7   28   1   2   16   18  .336
Derrel Thomas         24   49    7   16   3   0   1    5   1   3    6    8  .327
Gary Thomasson        22   34    4   11   2   0   0    6   0   0    6   10  .324
Bill Russell          34  119    9   35   2   2   1    8   5   0    7    8  .294
Rudy Law              34  134   23   38   1   3   0   10  15   2    7    8  .284
Dusty Baker           29  113   17   32   7   1   6   16   1   2    6   14  .283
Jay Johnstone         16   18    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .278
Ron Cey               36  123   16   34   5   0   3   20   2   2   17   25  .276
Steve Garvey          36  146   20   38   2   0   9   35   3   1    8   17  .260
Davey Lopes           35  132   26   34   4   1   3   10   4   2   21   17  .258
Mike Scioscia         10   27    2    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .222
Steve Yeager          21   50    4   11   0   0   0    2   1   1    7   14  .220
Joe Ferguson          11   24    2    4   0   0   0    1   1   0    8    6  .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             13   25    4   11   1   1   1    4   0   0    2    5  .440
Ellis Valentine       31  119   13   34   8   1   4   21   2   1    6   18  .286
Ron Leflore           30  116   18   33   5   3   0    8  13   6   11   23  .285
Warren Cromartie      32  115   10   32   6   1   4   13   1   2    6   10  .278
Jerry White           23   27    2    7   2   0   1    1   1   2    4    3  .259
Gary Carter           32  116   12   30   4   1   4   16   0   0   10   19  .259
Tony Bernazard        25   82   11   21   4   0   1    6   5   1    9   18  .256
Andre Dawson          27   94   15   24   5   1   4   16   5   1   11   14  .255
Larry Parrish         27   98   15   24   8   0   5   16   0   0    7   17  .245
Rowland Office        21   34    8    7   3   1   0    3   0   0    9    6  .206
Chris Speier          17   41    2    8   1   1   1    4   0   0    4    4  .195
Bill Almon            11   28    1    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    5  .179
Rodney Scott          27   85   13   15   1   1   0    3  11   0   13   13  .177
John Tamargo           6    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125
Tommy Hutton          15   13    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .077

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Trevino          11   25    3    9   0   1   0    1   0   0    4    2  .360
John Stearns          31  115   15   35  15   0   0   14   3   0    8    7  .304
Steve Henderson       22   86   10   26   4   1   0    7   3   2    8   13  .302
Elliott Maddox        28   89    7   25   1   0   0    6   0   3   16   13  .281
Mike Jorgensen        23   65    9   18   2   0   1    8   0   1   12   13  .277
Joel Youngblood       31  116   12   31   8   0   3   19   5   2   14   16  .267
Lee Mazzilli          31  111   16   28   6   2   0    8  10   5   23   12  .252
Frank Taveras         31  132   17   33   6   0   0    3   5   1    9   18  .250
Dan Norman            16   32    2    8   0   1   1    3   2   0    0    4  .250
Jose Cardenal         10   21    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .238
Doug Flynn            32  118    8   24   4   0   0    3   0   1    5    5  .203
Phil Mankowski         6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Jerry Morales         26   76    6   14   2   0   1   11   2   2    7   13  .184
Ron Hodges            15   18    2    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .167
Mario Ramirez          8    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          16   52   10   20   3   3   0    7   1   0    2    2  .385
Del Unser             19   21    6    8   1   3   0    4   0   0    2    6  .381
Lonnie Smith          10    8    3    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    3  .375
George Vukovich       20   12    3    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
John Vukovich         10    3    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    0  .333
Bake McBride          28  118   13   36   7   2   2   28   1   0    1   13  .305
Mike Schmidt          31  120   23   34   6   1  10   27   3   2   11   22  .283
Ramon Aviles           9   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
Pete Rose             31  124   22   33  10   1   0    8   4   0   15    3  .266
Greg Luzinski         30  111   20   29   5   0  10   21   1   0   16   29  .261
Garry Maddox          25  100   10   25   8   1   1   13   5   0    5    9  .250
Larry Bowa            31  112   17   26   4   2   1    7   1   2    2    9  .232
Keith Moreland         6    9    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .222
Bob Boone             31  117   10   25   5   1   2    9   1   0    7   11  .214
Greg Gross            23   40    5    5   1   1   0    4   1   0    3    1  .125

 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
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
Phil Garner           31  106   13   31   4   0   3   14   4   0   13   10  .293
Dave Parker           31  132   19   37   5   1   6   22   6   1    1   17  .280
Mike Easler           20   43    7   12   1   0   3    8   0   1    6    3  .279
Ed Ott                24   83    9   23   6   0   1    7   0   1    9    9  .277
Willie Stargell       19   66    7   18   4   0   3   11   0   0    9   14  .273
Bill Madlock          31  114   15   30   4   0   4   11   3   2    9    4  .263
Tim Foli              30  116   18   30   6   0   0    8   3   0    6    8  .259
Omar Moreno           31  135   17   34   6   3   0    6  17   2    7   21  .252
Steve Nicosia         10   25    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    1  .160
John Milner           19   40    2    6   1   0   0    7   0   1    5    3  .150
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         18   19    1    9   4   0   0    9   1   0    1    0  .474
Gene Richards         34  123   17   35   4   1   1    6   8   2    8   17  .285
Jerry Turner          23   39    5   11   1   0   1    5   1   1    3    3  .282
Dave Winfield         35  120   18   33   5   1   4   23   6   3   22   18  .275
Barry Evans           27   31    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    6  .258
Aurelio Rodriguez     28   57    4   14   2   1   1    5   1   0    3    8  .246
Willie Montanez       32  112   10   27   2   1   2   13   3   2    8    8  .241
Von Joshua            23   25    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    4  .240
Jerry Mumphrey        34  102   10   24   4   0   0    7   5   0   11   23  .235
Bill Fahey            19   56    4   13   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    4  .232
Gene Tenace           28   81    9   17   3   0   3   10   2   0   16   12  .210
Paul Dade             21   24    5    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    5  .208
Dave Cash             35  127   13   26   7   0   0    8   3   3   13    8  .205
Ozzie Smith           35  125   14   23   5   1   0    4   7   2   22   10  .184

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Strain            12   23    4   10   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    3  .435
Mike Sadek            11    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Billy North           27   90   21   25   4   0   1    7  12   4   17   15  .278
Jack Clark            35  112   17   30   4   2   5   21   0   1   21   16  .268
Darrell Evans         37  133   18   33   3   0   5   18   6   1   20   12  .248
Milt May              31   85    6   21   6   2   1   11   0   0   12    9  .247
Rennie Stennett       33  123   16   30   6   0   1    6   1   0    3    7  .244
Jim Wohlford          23   59    3   14   1   1   1    7   0   1    1    6  .237
Mike Ivie             24   76    6   18   4   0   1    4   0   2    4   11  .237
Johnnie Lemaster      35  109   10   25   7   2   2   16   0   0    5   13  .229
Larry Herndon         33   99    8   22   4   1   2   12   4   2    5   18  .222
Terry Whitfield       31   76    6   16   4   1   0    7   1   0    5    6  .211
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
Mike Ramsey            4    4    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Ken Reitz             35  124   12   46   7   0   3   23   0   1   11    6  .371
George Hendrick       35  132   21   45   9   2   6   28   2   0    9   12  .341
Garry Templeton       35  156   25   52   6   3   1   14   9   6    7    6  .333
Keith Hernandez       35  137   26   45   9   2   2   22   5   2   14   17  .329
Dane Iorg             21   46    8   15   1   0   2    5   0   0    5    8  .326
Ted Simmons           32  102   20   33   7   0   3   20   0   0   17   13  .324
Terry Kennedy         10   30    4    9   2   1   0    5   0   0    3    4  .300
Ken Oberkfell         22   72   12   18   4   1   1   11   3   2   17    6  .250
Bobby Bonds           31   93   13   22   3   3   1   13   2   3    8   33  .237
Tony Scott            35  128   14   29   4   1   0    6   5   1   10   24  .227
Tom Herr              20   50    5   10   2   1   0    0   0   1    4    3  .200
Bernie Carbo          11    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .111
Jim Lentine            9   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Mike Phillips          6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Steve Swisher          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (SLN)      156
  S. Garvey (LAN)         146
  D. Concepcion (CIN)     141
  K. Hernandez (SLN)      137
  O. Moreno (PIT)         135
  R. Knight (CIN)         134
  R. Law (LAN)            134
  D. Evans (SFN)          133
  G. Hendrick (SLN)       132
  D. Lopes (LAN)          132

Runs Scored:

  K. Hernandez (SLN)       26
  D. Lopes (LAN)           26
  G. Templeton (SLN)       25
  K. Griffey (CIN)         23
  R. Law (LAN)             23
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         23
  D. Collins (CIN)         22
  R. Knight (CIN)          22
  P. Rose (PHI)            22
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        21

Hits:

  G. Templeton (SLN)       52
  K. Reitz (SLN)           46
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        45
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       45
  R. Smith (LAN)           42
  B. Buckner (CHN)         40
  J. Cruz (HOU)            39
  J. Kennedy (CIN)         39
  E. Cabell (HOU)          38
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       38

Doubles:

  J. Stearns (NYN)         15
  R. Knight (CIN)          10
  P. Rose (PHI)            10
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         9
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        9
  B. Buckner (CHN)          8
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        8
  G. Maddox (PHI)           8
  L. Parrish (MON)          8
  E. Valentine (MON)        8

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
  M. Trillo (PHI)           3
  D. Unser (PHI)            3
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2

Home Runs:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        10
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         10
  S. Garvey (LAN)           9
  D. Kingman (CHN)          8
  J. Martin (CHN)           7
  R. Smith (LAN)            7
  D. Baker (LAN)            6
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         6
  D. Murphy (ATL)           6
  D. Parker (PIT)           6

RBI:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          35
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        28
  B. McBride (PHI)         28
  R. Smith (LAN)           28
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         27
  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)         13
  B. North (SFN)           12
  R. Scott (MON)           11
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        10
  D. Collins (CIN)          9
  J. Cruz (HOU)             9
  G. Templeton (SLN)        9

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  J. Morgan (HOU)          24
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        23
  O. Smith (SDN)           22
  D. Winfield (SDN)        22
  J. Clark (SFN)           21
  D. Lopes (LAN)           21
  D. Evans (SFN)           20
  K. Griffey (CIN)         19
  D. Driessen (CIN)        18
  J. Royster (ATL)         18

Strikeouts:

  D. Murphy (ATL)          35
  B. Bonds (SLN)           33
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        29
  R. Cey (LAN)             25
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      25
  T. Scott (SLN)           24
  R. Leflore (MON)         23
  J. Mumphrey (SDN)        23
  J. Royster (ATL)         23
  K. Griffey (CIN)         22

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