Friday May 23, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 23, 1980:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis       1250  171   356   57   14   22   161   27   18  115   181  .285
Pittsburgh      1214  151   333   56    6   31   143   45   12   94   153  .274
Chicago         1160  149   317   55    7   33   147   25   18   92   183  .273
Philadelphia    1130  175   306   61   18   32   164   20    8   87   136  .271
Los Angeles     1272  165   334   38    8   31   156   35   17  126   189  .263
Cincinnati      1309  173   332   56   18   23   161   33    5  131   226  .254
New York        1179  124   295   57    6    6   105   33   21  130   163  .250
Houston         1268  145   315   50   10   21   135   47   16  137   203  .248
Montreal        1126  138   276   52   13   25   124   43   14  115   195  .245
Atlanta         1149  111   272   49    5   15   105   10   12   89   201  .237
San Diego       1253  129   294   50    7   15   118   41   16  136   176  .235
San Francisco   1283  139   301   54   10   20   134   26   12  110   184  .235

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (SLN)          37  132   12   48   7   0   3   23   0   1   11    7  .364
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    37  143   27   48   9   2   2   22   5   3   16   18  .336
George Hendrick (SLN)    37  140   21   47   9   2   6   28   2   0    9   13  .336
Reggie Smith (LAN)       36  131   22   44   6   0   7   29   1   2   17   20  .336
Garry Templeton (SLN)    37  162   25   53   6   3   1   15   9   7    9    6  .327
Ted Simmons (SLN)        34  110   21   36   7   0   4   22   0   0   17   13  .327
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       29  105   19   33   5   2   3   12  13   1   15   19  .314
Jose Cruz (HOU)          36  132   20   41   4   1   1   23   9   3   17   17  .311
Bill Buckner (CHN)       33  130   14   40   8   1   2   18   0   1    6    1  .308
Enos Cabell (HOU)        37  137   20   42   7   1   1   18   4   4   10   15  .307

 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            16   18    2    7   2   1   0    2   0   1    2    4  .389
Joe Nolan             14   19    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .316
Jeff Burroughs        21   66   10   20   6   0   0   12   0   0    9    7  .303
Chris Chambliss       35  134   17   39   9   1   4   17   0   0    8   12  .291
Bruce Benedict        22   70    4   19   3   0   0    8   0   0    3    7  .271
Dale Murphy           34  124   21   33   6   0   6   12   0   0   14   40  .266
Brian Asselstine      33  103   11   27   6   0   1   18   1   2    4   20  .262
Gary Matthews         31   81    8   21   2   1   1    7   0   0    8   15  .259
Biff Pocoroba          9   29    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .241
Jerry Royster         35  139   10   30   7   2   0    6   7   3   18   23  .216
Larvell Blanks        32  102   11   20   2   0   2    4   1   2    5   13  .196
Bill Nahorodny         6   11    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .182
Luis Gomez            32   87    2   15   0   0   0    9   0   2    7    7  .172
Eddie Miller          11   19    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   2    0    5  .158
Bob Horner            13   46    5    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    7  .109
Mike Lum              18   19    1    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .105

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Figueroa        20   17    3    7   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .412
Mike Vail             18   38    3   13   2   1   1   11   1   0    1   10  .342
Larry Biittner        22   44    3   15   2   0   0    7   0   1    2    5  .341
Scot Thompson         24   64    8   20   6   0   0    4   4   3    9    9  .313
Bill Buckner          33  130   14   40   8   1   2   18   0   1    6    1  .308
Steve Dillard         21   43    7   13   4   0   1    4   1   0    5    9  .302
Jerry Martin          34  126   18   38   7   0   7   20   3   1   10   22  .302
Dave Kingman          27   95   17   28   3   0   8   24   1   1    8   19  .295
Mike Tyson            18   36    6   10   1   0   1    3   0   2    1    7  .278
Len Randle            32  119   15   33   4   2   3   14   5   4   10   17  .277
Barry Foote           25   90   11   23   4   1   5   18   0   0    5    9  .256
Ivan DeJesus          34  130   20   33   8   2   2   12   8   3    9   13  .254
Carlos Lezcano        21   43    7    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    6   17  .209
Mick Kelleher         22   29    5    6   0   0   0    1   1   2    2    6  .207
Steve Ontiveros       15   31    5    6   0   0   1    1   0   0    7    6  .194
Tim Blackwell         14   37    2    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .162
Ken Henderson          6   21    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .143

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Oester            12   18    1    6   3   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Sam Mejias            20   37    6   12   2   1   0    6   3   0    1    8  .324
Junior Kennedy        37  134   14   41   8   3   1   17   1   0   16   18  .306
Dave Collins          28  121   23   37   4   1   1   12   9   1    5   16  .306
Rick Auerbach         12   14    3    4   0   1   0    1   0   2    3    3  .286
Ken Griffey           35  127   24   36   5   3   2   16   7   0   19   23  .284
Ray Knight            38  142   24   40  10   4   5   28   1   0   11   16  .282
Harry Spilman         17   33    6    9   2   0   2    8   0   0    2    3  .273
George Foster         26   98   12   26   1   0   4   14   1   0   13   20  .265
Dan Driessen          36  118   17   30   4   0   3   22   5   2   20   20  .254
Cesar Geronimo        28   59    5   15   2   0   1    5   1   0    4   11  .254
Dave Concepcion       35  145   19   32   7   3   2   15   2   0    9   25  .221
Johnny Bench          30  100   13   21   4   0   2    9   2   0   13   16  .210
Don Werner            14   39    1    7   1   0   0    4   1   0    6    7  .180
Hector Cruz           18   34    1    6   1   1   0    0   0   0    2    9  .177

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Cesar Cedeno          29  105   19   33   5   2   3   12  13   1   15   19  .314
Jose Cruz             36  132   20   41   4   1   1   23   9   3   17   17  .311
Enos Cabell           37  137   20   42   7   1   1   18   4   4   10   15  .307
Terry Puhl            30  109   18   33   5   0   5    9   5   3   15   12  .303
Denny Walling         25   75    8   20   4   0   0    6   3   0   15   11  .267
Alan Ashby            23   73    4   19   5   1   2   12   0   0    9   11  .260
Rafael Landestoy      29   51    5   12   3   0   1    2   2   1    3    9  .235
Jeffrey Leonard       27   90   11   20   3   0   1    6   3   1    8   24  .222
Joe Morgan            32  109   17   24   4   1   3   14   6   1   24   13  .220
Luis Pujols           19   60    5   12   3   0   0    7   0   0    2    9  .200
Craig Reynolds        31  123    8   24   1   2   2    6   0   1    4   11  .195
Art Howe              20   59    3   11   1   2   0    5   1   0    7   11  .186
Dave Bergman          13   17    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .118
Julio Gonzalez        18   28    1    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    2  .107
Bruce Bochy            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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        11   12    0    5   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    2  .417
Reggie Smith          36  131   22   44   6   0   7   29   1   2   17   20  .336
Gary Thomasson        22   34    4   11   2   0   0    6   0   0    6   10  .324
Derrel Thomas         26   57    7   17   3   0   1    5   2   4    6   10  .298
Bill Russell          36  126    9   37   3   2   1    8   5   0    7   10  .294
Rudy Law              34  134   23   38   1   3   0   10  15   2    7    8  .284
Dusty Baker           31  121   18   33   7   1   7   19   1   2    6   16  .273
Steve Garvey          38  153   21   41   2   0   9   36   3   1    9   17  .268
Jay Johnstone         17   19    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .263
Ron Cey               38  130   16   34   5   0   3   20   2   2   18   25  .262
Davey Lopes           37  139   28   35   4   1   3   10   4   2   22   18  .252
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
Rick Monday           15   13    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .154
Joe Ferguson          13   27    2    4   0   0   0    1   1   0   11    7  .148

 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       33  125   14   36   9   1   4   23   2   1    8   18  .288
Warren Cromartie      34  122   10   34   7   1   4   16   1   2    7   10  .279
Ron Leflore           32  121   21   33   5   3   0    8  18   6   16   24  .273
Gary Carter           34  123   13   31   4   1   4   16   0   0   11   22  .252
Jerry White           24   28    2    7   2   0   1    1   1   2    4    3  .250
Tony Bernazard        27   90   12   22   4   0   1    6   5   1    9   21  .244
Larry Parrish         29  105   16   25   8   0   5   16   0   1    8   18  .238
Andre Dawson          29  101   15   24   5   1   4   16   5   1   12   16  .238
Rowland Office        22   35    8    8   4   1   0    4   0   0    9    6  .229
Rodney Scott          29   92   15   18   1   2   0    4  11   0   15   14  .196
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
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
Steve Henderson       25   98   11   32   5   2   0    9   3   2    8   16  .327
John Stearns          34  125   16   37  15   0   0   14   4   0   10    8  .296
Frank Taveras         34  144   19   42   7   0   0    5   7   3    9   18  .292
Mike Jorgensen        26   77   11   21   4   0   1   10   0   1   12   13  .273
Joel Youngblood       32  119   13   31   8   0   3   19   5   2   14   16  .261
Elliott Maddox        31   97    7   25   1   0   0    6   0   3   19   14  .258
Lee Mazzilli          34  122   18   31   7   2   0   10  10   5   25   16  .254
Dan Norman            17   33    2    8   0   1   1    3   2   0    0    4  .242
Jose Cardenal         11   22    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   1    3    2  .227
Doug Flynn            35  127   11   26   4   0   0    4   0   1    6    5  .205
Phil Mankowski         6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Jerry Morales         29   84    6   15   2   0   1   11   2   2    8   16  .179
Ron Hodges            16   19    2    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    8  .158
Mario Ramirez          9    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
Del Unser             20   21    6    8   1   3   0    4   0   0    3    6  .381
Lonnie Smith          11    8    4    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    3  .375
Manny Trillo          18   59   10   21   3   3   0    7   1   0    4    3  .356
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          30  127   15   39   7   2   2   28   1   1    1   13  .307
Ramon Aviles          11   24    3    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    0  .292
Mike Schmidt          33  127   27   37   8   1  11   30   3   2   13   23  .291
Greg Luzinski         32  118   22   33   6   0  11   24   1   0   18   31  .280
Luis Aguayo           13   37    7   10   1   1   1    6   0   1    2    3  .270
Pete Rose             33  129   23   34  10   1   0    8   4   1   19    3  .264
Garry Maddox          27  109   10   28   8   1   1   15   6   0    5    9  .257
Larry Bowa            31  112   17   26   4   2   1    7   1   2    2    9  .232
Keith Moreland         7   13    1    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    1  .231
Bob Boone             33  122   10   27   5   1   2    9   1   0    7   11  .221
Greg Gross            24   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       6    5    0    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
Lee Lacy              22   57    9   27   6   0   1    6   5   0    3    6  .474
Bill Robinson         31   86   13   27   4   0   6   17   1   1    5   11  .314
Willie Stargell       22   73    8   22   6   0   3   13   0   0   11   15  .301
Phil Garner           35  121   16   36   4   1   3   16   5   0   16   13  .298
Mike Easler           22   45    8   13   1   0   4    9   0   1    6    3  .289
Dale Berra            11   21    0    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    8  .286
Ed Ott                25   84    9   23   6   0   1    7   0   1    9    9  .274
Dave Parker           35  143   20   39   6   1   6   22   6   1    2   21  .273
Tim Foli              34  134   20   35   6   0   1   10   5   0    6    8  .261
Bill Madlock          35  127   15   32   5   0   4   11   3   2    9    4  .252
Omar Moreno           35  153   19   38   6   4   0    6  19   3   10   24  .248
Steve Nicosia         14   37    2    9   2   0   1    7   0   1    6    2  .243
John Milner           23   43    2    6   1   0   0    7   0   1    5    3  .140
Matt Alexander         8    0    5    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         21   25    1   11   4   0   0    9   1   0    1    1  .440
Gene Richards         38  138   19   40   5   2   1    7  10   3    9   19  .290
Jerry Turner          25   47    6   13   1   0   1    6   1   1    4    4  .277
Von Joshua            24   29    3    8   1   0   1    4   0   1    3    5  .276
Dave Winfield         39  128   20   35   5   1   5   25   7   3   24   18  .273
Aurelio Rodriguez     32   69    4   18   3   2   1    5   1   0    3   11  .261
Barry Evans           27   31    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    6  .258
Jerry Mumphrey        38  115   13   29   5   0   0    8   5   0   11   24  .252
Bill Fahey            22   65    4   16   1   0   1    7   0   0    3    5  .246
Willie Montanez       36  129   11   31   3   1   2   17   3   2    8   10  .240
Gene Tenace           32   85    9   17   3   0   3   10   2   0   18   12  .200
Paul Dade             23   25    5    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    5  .200
Dave Cash             39  142   13   28   7   0   0    8   3   3   14    8  .197
Ozzie Smith           39  141   17   27   7   1   0    4   8   2   24   13  .192

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Strain            14   32    5   12   1   0   0    5   1   1    2    3  .375
Mike Sadek            11    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jack Clark            37  122   18   35   5   2   5   24   0   1   21   16  .287
Billy North           28   91   21   25   4   0   1    7  12   4   17   15  .275
Milt May              33   95    6   24   7   2   1   12   0   0   12   11  .253
Darrell Evans         39  140   19   34   4   0   5   18   6   1   22   15  .243
Rennie Stennett       34  124   16   30   6   0   1    6   1   0    3    7  .242
Larry Herndon         35  108   11   26   4   2   2   12   4   2    6   20  .241
Johnnie Lemaster      37  118   11   28   7   2   2   16   0   0    5   15  .237
Mike Ivie             26   86    6   20   4   0   1    4   0   2    4   12  .233
Jim Wohlford          24   62    3   14   1   1   1    8   0   1    1    6  .226
Terry Whitfield       33   83    7   18   5   1   0    8   2   0    5    8  .217
Willie McCovey        28   75    6   13   4   0   1   11   0   0    7   17  .173
Marc Hill             14   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             37  132   12   48   7   0   3   23   0   1   11    7  .364
Keith Hernandez       37  143   27   48   9   2   2   22   5   3   16   18  .336
George Hendrick       37  140   21   47   9   2   6   28   2   0    9   13  .336
Ted Simmons           34  110   21   36   7   0   4   22   0   0   17   13  .327
Garry Templeton       37  162   25   53   6   3   1   15   9   7    9    6  .327
Dane Iorg             21   46    8   15   1   0   2    5   0   0    5    8  .326
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           33  100   13   23   3   3   1   13   3   3    8   37  .230
Tony Scott            37  134   14   29   4   1   0    6   5   1   11   25  .216
Bernie Carbo          13   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Tom Herr              22   54    6   10   2   1   0    0   0   1    4    3  .185
Jim Lentine            9   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Mike Phillips          7    8    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)      162
  S. Garvey (LAN)         153
  O. Moreno (PIT)         153
  D. Concepcion (CIN)     145
  F. Taveras (NYN)        144
  K. Hernandez (SLN)      143
  D. Parker (PIT)         143
  D. Cash (SDN)           142
  R. Knight (CIN)         142
  O. Smith (SDN)          141

Runs Scored:

  D. Lopes (LAN)           28
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       27
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         27
  G. Templeton (SLN)       25
  K. Griffey (CIN)         24
  R. Knight (CIN)          24
  D. Collins (CIN)         23
  R. Law (LAN)             23
  P. Rose (PHI)            23
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        22

Hits:

  G. Templeton (SLN)       53
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       48
  K. Reitz (SLN)           48
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        47
  R. Smith (LAN)           44
  E. Cabell (HOU)          42
  F. Taveras (NYN)         42
  J. Cruz (HOU)            41
  S. Garvey (LAN)          41
  J. Kennedy (CIN)         41

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  R. Knight (CIN)           4
  O. Moreno (PIT)           4
  B. Bonds (SLN)            3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  K. Griffey (CIN)          3
  J. Kennedy (CIN)          3
  R. Law (LAN)              3
  R. Leflore (MON)          3
  G. Templeton (SLN)        3
  M. Trillo (PHI)           3

Home Runs:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        11
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         11
  S. Garvey (LAN)           9
  D. Kingman (CHN)          8
  D. Baker (LAN)            7
  J. Martin (CHN)           7
  R. Smith (LAN)            7
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         6
  D. Murphy (ATL)           6
  D. Parker (PIT)           6

RBI:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          36
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         30
  R. Smith (LAN)           29
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        28
  R. Knight (CIN)          28
  B. McBride (PHI)         28
  D. Winfield (SDN)        25
  J. Clark (SFN)           24
  D. Kingman (CHN)         24
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        24

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          19
  R. Leflore (MON)         18
  R. Law (LAN)             15
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  B. North (SFN)           12
  R. Scott (MON)           11
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        10
  G. Richards (SDN)        10
  D. Collins (CIN)          9
  J. Cruz (HOU)             9

Caught Stealing:

  G. Templeton (SLN)        7
  R. Leflore (MON)          6
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)         5
  E. Cabell (HOU)           4
  B. North (SFN)            4
  L. Randle (CHN)           4
  D. Thomas (LAN)           4
  B. Bonds (SLN)            3
  D. Cash (SDN)             3
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3

Walks:

  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        25
  J. Morgan (HOU)          24
  O. Smith (SDN)           24
  D. Winfield (SDN)        24
  D. Evans (SFN)           22
  D. Lopes (LAN)           22
  J. Clark (SFN)           21
  D. Driessen (CIN)        20
  K. Griffey (CIN)         19
  E. Maddox (NYN)          19

Strikeouts:

  D. Murphy (ATL)          40
  B. Bonds (SLN)           37
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        31
  R. Cey (LAN)             25
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      25
  T. Scott (SLN)           25
  R. Leflore (MON)         24
  J. Leonard (HOU)         24
  O. Moreno (PIT)          24
  J. Mumphrey (SDN)        24

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