Thursday April 23, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1981:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        311   53    91   26    9    5    47    3    4   29    53  .293
Philadelphia     416   55   121   25    3    6    46   10    7   36    50  .291
Montreal         344   54    96   11    1   11    49   22    3   33    46  .279
New York         298   26    76   12    2    5    25    8    4   34    52  .255
Cincinnati       396   50    99   28    0   10    49    4    9   47    79  .250
Los Angeles      427   46   105   19    3    7    44   12    8   30    65  .246
Atlanta          398   45    97   17    2    5    42   12    6   39    77  .244
Houston          429   30    99   18    2    6    28   10    5   28    60  .231
San Francisco    476   44   107   18    2    4    43   21    7   54    65  .225
Pittsburgh       307   29    69    8    1    5    28   12    0   16    41  .225
San Diego        463   28    95   13    3    3    24   10   11   44    85  .205
Chicago          341   17    64   10    3    2    17    4    5   31    62  .188

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Collins (CIN)       12   46   12   21   3   0   1    4   3   4    6    4  .457
Pete Rose (PHI)          12   51    7   22   5   0   0    2   0   2    5    6  .431
Tim Raines (MON)         10   40    7   17   2   1   0    5  11   0    5    2  .425
Andre Dawson (MON)       10   38    9   15   1   0   3    7   4   1    3    3  .395
C. Washington (ATL)      11   36    8   14   6   1   0    3   3   1    3    7  .389
Keith Hernandez (SLN)     9   39    7   15   7   0   1    8   0   0    1    4  .385
Tony Scott (SLN)          9   38    5   14   3   1   1    6   1   2    0    6  .368
Gary Carter (MON)         9   36    8   13   0   0   3    9   1   1    4    5  .361
Milt May (SFN)           12   39    1   14   3   0   0    2   1   1    4    0  .359
Larry Herndon (SFN)      13   51    7   18   4   1   0    6   4   0    2    9  .353

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Claudell Washington   11   36    8   14   6   1   0    3   3   1    3    7  .389
Biff Pocoroba          6   10    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .300
Chris Chambliss       12   41    3   12   5   0   0    5   0   0    9    5  .293
Eddie Miller           6   18    5    5   0   0   0    2   3   0    1    3  .278
Terry Harper           8   11    0    3   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .273
Bob Horner            12   47    5   12   1   0   2    8   0   1    4   10  .255
Dale Murphy           12   48    3   12   1   0   2    7   3   1    2   13  .250
Bruce Benedict        11   33    4    8   0   0   0    3   0   1    6    5  .242
Glenn Hubbard         11   39    4    9   2   1   0    3   0   0    5    7  .231
Jerry Royster          6    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .200
Rafael Ramirez        12   41    7    8   2   0   0    0   1   0    4    8  .195
Rufino Linares         8   32    2    3   0   0   1    2   1   1    1    5  .094
Mike Lum               7    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Luis Gomez             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Morales          6   18    1    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .389
Steve Henderson       11   38    2   12   2   1   0    4   0   2    6   10  .316
Joe Strain             8   20    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .250
Ken Reitz             11   34    1    8   2   1   0    3   0   0    3    9  .235
Mike Tyson             8   19    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .211
Hector Cruz            2    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Bill Buckner          11   44    2    8   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .182
Leon Durham           10   31    2    5   0   1   0    0   0   2    3    3  .161
Ivan DeJesus          11   40    2    6   0   0   0    0   3   1    4    8  .150
Jim Tracy              8    8    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .125
Scot Thompson          9   25    0    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    0  .120
Tim Blackwell          7   21    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .095
Barry Foote            7   15    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .000
Jody Davis             1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Steve Dillard          2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sam Mejias             2    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Dave Collins          12   46   12   21   3   0   1    4   3   4    6    4  .457
Dave Concepcion       12   45   10   14   8   0   0   12   0   1    7    5  .311
Joe Nolan              5   10    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .300
Ray Knight            12   44    5   12   3   0   2    3   0   1    4    4  .273
George Foster         12   46    5   12   3   0   3    9   0   0    7   12  .261
Ken Griffey           12   53    5   12   1   0   0    1   1   1    1   11  .226
Dan Driessen          12   41    5    9   4   0   3   10   0   1    9   10  .220
Larry Biittner         5    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Harry Spilman          5    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Johnny Bench           6   16    2    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    6    5  .188
Ron Oester            11   33    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    8  .152
Mike O'Berry           5   15    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .133
Junior Kennedy         3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Mike Vail              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Kiko Garcia            3    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Craig Reynolds        12   48    5   16   1   0   0    2   2   0    0    5  .333
Cesar Cedeno          13   53    4   15   3   0   1    6   4   1    2    4  .283
Art Howe              13   48    6   13   3   0   2    3   0   0    4    5  .271
Gary Woods             5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Dickie Thon            8   18    2    4   1   0   0    0   2   0    3    1  .222
Danny Heep             4   14    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .214
Terry Puhl            13   48    4   10   3   1   1    2   1   0    2    6  .208
Luis Pujols            3   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Alan Ashby            10   31    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    5  .194
Jose Cruz             13   52    2   10   3   0   1    5   0   2    1    9  .192
Rafael Landestoy       9   21    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    1  .191
Jeffrey Leonard        7   18    1    3   1   1   0    3   1   0    0    4  .167
Dave Bergman           6    6    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Denny Walling          8   13    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .154
Dave Roberts           6    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .111
Mike Ivie              3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    3  .100

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Ferguson           2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Jay Johnstone          3    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Dusty Baker           13   51    7   17   2   2   1    3   3   1    4    5  .333
Pedro Guerrero        13   45    6   14   3   0   2    5   2   2    5    9  .311
Ron Cey               13   47    6   13   3   0   0    6   0   1    5    4  .277
Steve Yeager           4   11    1    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .273
Ken Landreaux         13   52    6   14   4   0   2    7   2   1    4    8  .269
Mike Scioscia         11   32    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   1    2    6  .250
Derrel Thomas          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Steve Garvey          13   52    6   11   4   1   0    7   0   1    2    7  .212
Bill Russell          13   44    3    9   1   0   0    4   0   1    1    4  .205
Davey Lopes           12   46    5    5   0   0   0    2   5   0    5    9  .109
Rick Monday            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Reggie Smith           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rowland Office         1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jerry White            3    3    1    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    0  .667
Tommy Hutton           2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Tim Raines            10   40    7   17   2   1   0    5  11   0    5    2  .425
Andre Dawson          10   38    9   15   1   0   3    7   4   1    3    3  .395
Gary Carter            9   36    8   13   0   0   3    9   1   1    4    5  .361
Willie Montanez        5    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .333
Larry Parrish          9   37    5   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .270
Warren Cromartie      10   35    5    9   2   0   0    4   0   0    4    2  .257
Bobby Ramos            1    4    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Chris Speier          10   36    7    6   2   0   0    1   1   0    3    1  .167
Tim Wallach            4    6    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .167
Ellis Valentine       10   37    4    5   0   0   2    7   0   1    3    7  .135
Rodney Scott          10   35    4    4   0   0   0    2   5   0    5    5  .114
Jerry Manuel           4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Hodges             1    4    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .750
Doug Flynn             9   30    2   12   5   0   0    4   0   0    1    3  .400
Rusty Staub            9   33    3   11   1   0   1    4   1   0    4    3  .333
Hubie Brooks           9   37    4   12   1   1   0    1   0   2    0    8  .324
Joel Youngblood        7   13    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    2  .231
Alex Trevino           9   31    5    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    4    3  .226
Mike Jorgensen         9    9    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .222
Mookie Wilson          9   33    2    7   0   1   0    2   1   1    1    5  .212
Lee Mazzilli           7   21    2    4   2   0   1    2   2   0    7    4  .191
Dave Kingman           9   27    1    5   2   0   1    6   0   0   10    9  .185
Frank Taveras          9   39    4    7   1   0   0    0   3   0    1    6  .180
Mike Cubbage           7    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .000
Wally Backman          4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
John Stearns           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Del Unser              5    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Pete Rose             12   51    7   22   5   0   0    2   0   2    5    6  .431
Gary Matthews         10   33    6   11   2   1   1    5   2   0    6    3  .333
Greg Gross            10   12    2    4   1   1   0    2   0   1    2    1  .333
Luis Aguayo            4    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Manny Trillo          11   44    9   14   2   0   1    3   1   0    4    2  .318
Bake McBride          10   39    6   12   8   0   0    5   0   0    4    6  .308
Larry Bowa            12   47    5   14   2   0   0    5   3   2    0    1  .298
Keith Moreland         6   14    0    4   1   0   0    6   0   1    1    2  .286
Bob Boone             12   38    5   10   2   0   1    3   1   0    4    5  .263
Mike Schmidt           9   32    7    8   2   1   3    8   1   0    8    7  .250
Garry Maddox          12   49    4   12   0   0   0    4   1   1    1    5  .245
Lonnie Smith           7   13    3    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .154
Ramon Aviles           3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dick Davis             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
John Vukovich          2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Lacy               5   12    3    5   1   0   0    1   2   0    0    0  .417
Bill Madlock           7   27    2   10   2   0   0    4   1   0    1    1  .370
John Milner            6    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Mike Easler            8   29    2    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    4  .310
Tim Foli               9   26    4    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    3  .269
Dale Berra             8   24    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .250
Willie Stargell        4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Jason Thompson         8   30    7    7   0   0   4    7   0   0    3    2  .233
Dave Parker            9   34    1    7   1   0   1    4   1   0    0    4  .206
Omar Moreno            9   36    5    6   1   0   0    2   5   0    4    4  .167
Steve Nicosia          9   26    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .154
Bill Robinson          5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Vance Law              8   20    0    1   0   1   0    2   1   0    1    6  .050
Tony Pena              3    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .000
Gary Alexander         1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Kurt Bevacqua          2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Turner           6    4    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .750
Barry Evans            6   11    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .364
Terry Kennedy         13   47    2   13   2   0   0    0   0   0    5   14  .277
Broderick Perkins      7   11    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .273
Luis Salazar          14   56    2   15   2   0   0    0   1   2    1   15  .268
Mike Phillips          7   12    1    3   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    1  .250
Steve Swisher          2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Juan Bonilla          10   33    1    8   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    1  .242
Randy Bass            12   43    2    9   2   0   1    6   0   0    6    7  .209
Ozzie Smith           14   53    4   10   1   0   0    4   2   3    7    4  .189
Ruppert Jones         14   52    3    9   4   0   0    2   2   4    6    9  .173
Gene Richards         14   55    5    9   0   2   0    4   4   1   10    6  .164
Joe Lefebvre          13   39    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    5    7  .128
Dave Edwards           9   14    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .071
Craig Stimac           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Milt May              12   39    1   14   3   0   0    2   1   1    4    0  .359
Larry Herndon         13   51    7   18   4   1   0    6   4   0    2    9  .353
Dave Bergman           1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Mike Ivie              7   17    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .294
Enos Cabell           13   52    7   15   2   0   0   10   1   2    3    4  .289
Billy North           12   41    7   11   2   0   0    1   9   2   10    6  .268
Jim Wohlford           6    8    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Jerry Martin           6   13    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .231
Johnnie Lemaster      13   39    5    8   0   0   0    3   1   2    4    6  .205
Joe Morgan            13   46    4    9   2   0   1    6   2   0    6    6  .196
Darrell Evans         13   43    5    7   1   1   1    4   0   0   10    3  .163
Jack Clark            13   49    3    7   1   0   0    4   1   0    8    8  .143
Billy Smith            5    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Chili Davis            6   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .083
Rennie Stennett        5   13    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .077
Mike Sadek             4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Braun            2    2    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Dane Iorg              2    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Keith Hernandez        9   39    7   15   7   0   1    8   0   0    1    4  .385
Tony Scott             9   38    5   14   3   1   1    6   1   2    0    6  .368
Garry Templeton        9   39   11   13   4   3   0    5   0   2    2    8  .333
Ken Oberkfell          9   35    8   11   2   0   0    1   1   0    3    1  .314
George Hendrick        9   36    6   10   3   1   2    8   0   0    3    4  .278
Sixto Lezcano          8   27    5    7   1   1   0    1   0   0    7    6  .259
Tom Herr               9   32    2    8   1   3   0   11   0   0    2    3  .250
Gene Tenace            2    8    3    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .250
Darrell Porter         7   20    3    4   2   0   1    2   1   0   10    5  .200
Tito Landrum           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  L. Salazar (SDN)         56
  G. Richards (SDN)        55
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          53
  K. Griffey (CIN)         53
  O. Smith (SDN)           53
  E. Cabell (SFN)          52
  J. Cruz (HOU)            52
  S. Garvey (LAN)          52
  R. Jones (SDN)           52
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       52

Runs Scored:

  D. Collins (CIN)         12
  G. Templeton (SLN)       11
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      10
  A. Dawson (MON)           9
  M. Trillo (PHI)           9
  G. Carter (MON)           8
  K. Oberkfell (SLN)        8
  C. Washington (ATL)       8
  D. Baker (LAN)            7
  E. Cabell (SFN)           7

Hits:

  P. Rose (PHI)            22
  D. Collins (CIN)         21
  L. Herndon (SFN)         18
  D. Baker (LAN)           17
  T. Raines (MON)          17
  C. Reynolds (HOU)        16
  E. Cabell (SFN)          15
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          15
  A. Dawson (MON)          15
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       15

Doubles:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  B. McBride (PHI)          8
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        7
  C. Washington (ATL)       6
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        5
  D. Flynn (NYN)            5
  P. Rose (PHI)             5
  D. Driessen (CIN)         4
  S. Garvey (LAN)           4
  L. Herndon (SFN)          4

Triples:

  T. Herr (SLN)             3
  G. Templeton (SLN)        3
  D. Baker (LAN)            2
  G. Richards (SDN)         2
  H. Brooks (NYN)           1
  L. Durham (CHN)           1
  D. Evans (SFN)            1
  S. Garvey (LAN)           1
  G. Gross (PHI)            1
  S. Henderson (CHN)        1

Home Runs:

  J. Thompson (PIT)         4
  G. Carter (MON)           3
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3
  G. Foster (CIN)           3
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          3
  P. Guerrero (LAN)         2
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         2
  B. Horner (ATL)           2
  A. Howe (HOU)             2

RBI:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      12
  T. Herr (SLN)            11
  E. Cabell (SFN)          10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  G. Carter (MON)           9
  G. Foster (CIN)           9
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         8
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        8
  B. Horner (ATL)           8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8

Stolen Bases:

  T. Raines (MON)          11
  B. North (SFN)            9
  D. Lopes (LAN)            5
  O. Moreno (PIT)           5
  R. Scott (MON)            5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  A. Dawson (MON)           4
  L. Herndon (SFN)          4
  G. Richards (SDN)         4
  D. Baker (LAN)            3

Caught Stealing:

  D. Collins (CIN)          4
  R. Jones (SDN)            4
  O. Smith (SDN)            3
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  H. Brooks (NYN)           2
  E. Cabell (SFN)           2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  L. Durham (CHN)           2
  P. Guerrero (LAN)         2
  S. Henderson (CHN)        2

Walks:

  D. Evans (SFN)           10
  D. Kingman (NYN)         10
  B. North (SFN)           10
  D. Porter (SLN)          10
  G. Richards (SDN)        10
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  J. Clark (SFN)            8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       7

Strikeouts:

  L. Salazar (SDN)         15
  T. Kennedy (SDN)         14
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  G. Foster (CIN)          12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         11
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  S. Henderson (CHN)       10
  B. Horner (ATL)          10
  J. Cruz (HOU)             9
  P. Guerrero (LAN)         9

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