Thursday April 30, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 30, 1981:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Philadelphia     612   86   173   34    4    8    77   15    9   58    70  .283
St. Louis        443   64   122   30   12    8    58    5    6   49    69  .275
Montreal         540   82   147   26    4   17    73   28    3   57    76  .272
Cincinnati       596   78   155   35    1   13    72    9   12   69   110  .260
New York         504   42   129   24    3    8    40    8    5   47    81  .256
Los Angeles      621   64   156   26    5   12    62   16    8   53   102  .251
Pittsburgh       486   57   116   15    7    8    54   15    1   28    69  .239
Atlanta          626   68   146   24    3   11    63   18    7   61   109  .233
San Francisco    705   65   164   29    2    7    64   27   11   75   100  .233
Houston          611   44   133   27    2   12    41   12   11   52    86  .218
San Diego        671   47   145   21    3    7    43   14   15   60   112  .216
Chicago          513   36   107   15    7    4    35    8    7   40    87  .209

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Collins (CIN)       18   69   17   28   4   1   2    6   7   5   10    9  .406
Pete Rose (PHI)          18   76   12   29   6   1   0    3   1   2    7    6  .382
Steve Henderson (CHN)    16   58    5   22   2   2   0    9   1   2    7   15  .379
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    18   66   14   24   8   0   2   21   0   3   10    6  .364
Tim Raines (MON)         16   62   12   22   3   1   0    5  16   0   11    4  .355
Garry Templeton (SLN)    13   58   13   20   5   4   0    5   0   4    3   14  .345
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    13   50    9   17   7   0   2    9   0   0    8    4  .340
Gary Matthews (PHI)      15   50   10   17   3   1   1    7   2   0   10    7  .340
Andre Dawson (MON)       15   56   13   19   2   0   5    9   5   1    4    6  .339
Gary Carter (MON)        14   55   12   18   2   1   4   12   1   1    7    6  .327

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chris Chambliss       19   64    6   19   7   0   0    5   0   0   13    5  .297
Terry Harper          12   17    1    5   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .294
Claudell Washington   17   60    8   17   7   1   0    5   3   1    3   13  .283
Bruce Benedict        17   50    7   14   0   0   2   10   0   1    9    6  .280
Biff Pocoroba         10   18    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .278
Bob Horner            19   73   10   19   1   0   4   10   0   1    7   11  .260
Glenn Hubbard         16   54    5   14   4   1   0    3   0   0    6   12  .259
Dale Murphy           19   72    7   16   2   0   4   13   4   1    5   15  .222
Eddie Miller          13   47    8   10   0   0   0    3   7   0    3    9  .213
Rafael Ramirez        18   58    9   11   2   0   0    0   2   1    6   11  .190
Jerry Royster         13   21    2    3   0   1   0    2   0   1    2    5  .143
Rufino Linares        12   36    2    4   0   0   1    2   1   1    1    5  .111
Mike Lum              10   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .091
Brian Asselstine       1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Luis Gomez             5    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Krug              1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Steve Henderson       16   58    5   22   2   2   0    9   1   2    7   15  .379
Jerry Morales         11   34    2   12   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .353
Joe Strain             9   21    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .286
Mike Tyson            10   25    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .240
Bill Buckner          16   65    6   14   5   0   2    7   0   0    1    1  .215
Leon Durham           14   48    5   10   0   3   1    4   0   2    3    6  .208
Steve Dillard          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Ken Reitz             16   52    1   10   2   1   0    4   0   0    3   13  .192
Hector Cruz            6   11    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    0  .182
Jim Tracy             11   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .182
Scott Fletcher         4   14    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .143
Scot Thompson         12   29    0    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .138
Ivan DeJesus          16   59    5    8   0   0   0    0   6   2    7    9  .136
Tim Blackwell         11   30    3    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    9  .133
Barry Foote            9   22    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .000
Jody Davis             1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sam Mejias             8    3    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Dave Collins          18   69   17   28   4   1   2    6   7   5   10    9  .406
Dave Concepcion       18   66   14   24   8   0   2   21   0   3   10    6  .364
Johnny Bench           9   25    3    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    8  .280
Ray Knight            18   66    7   17   3   0   2    4   1   1    7    7  .258
George Foster         18   70    8   18   4   0   3   10   0   0    9   16  .257
Joe Nolan              9   20    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .250
Ken Griffey           18   77   10   19   3   0   0    2   1   1    3   12  .247
Dan Driessen          18   60    9   12   5   0   3   12   0   1   14   13  .200
Ron Oester            16   50    3   10   1   0   0    7   0   1    3   12  .200
Larry Biittner         6    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .200
Harry Spilman          5    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Mike O'Berry           9   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .167
Junior Kennedy         6   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Mike Vail              6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167

 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
Joe Pittman            2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Craig Reynolds        18   70    9   20   2   0   2    5   2   0    1    6  .286
Cesar Cedeno          19   74    6   21   5   0   1    7   4   4    6    6  .284
Art Howe              19   65    6   18   5   0   2    3   0   1    6    6  .277
Denny Walling         14   28    4    7   1   0   2    4   0   1    7    1  .250
Jose Cruz             19   73    5   16   4   0   3    9   0   2    3   13  .219
Danny Heep             4   14    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .214
Gary Woods             6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .200
Terry Puhl            19   71    4   13   5   1   1    3   2   0    3   10  .183
Luis Pujols            4   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .182
Rafael Landestoy      13   23    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    1  .174
Alan Ashby            16   47    2    8   1   0   0    4   0   1    8    7  .170
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
Dave Roberts           7   13    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .154
Mike Ivie              6   15    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    5  .133
Dickie Thon           14   33    2    4   1   0   0    0   3   0    6    5  .121

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dusty Baker           18   71    9   23   2   3   1    3   3   1    5    8  .324
Derrel Thomas          6   10    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .300
Ron Cey               19   66    7   19   4   0   0    7   0   1   11    9  .288
Ken Landreaux         18   73    9   21   5   0   3   10   3   1    6   12  .288
Pedro Guerrero        18   61    7   16   4   0   2    5   2   2    7   15  .262
Mike Scioscia         15   42    7   11   1   0   1    4   0   1    6    6  .262
Joe Ferguson           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Steve Garvey          19   77   10   19   7   1   3   14   0   1    3   12  .247
Steve Yeager           7   17    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .235
Bill Russell          19   60    4   13   1   0   0    5   0   1    2    7  .217
Reggie Smith           5    5    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Davey Lopes           18   66    8    9   0   0   1    5   8   0    7   11  .136
Jay Johnstone          5    8    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125
Rick Monday            6   11    0    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    2  .091
Pepe Frias             1    0    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
Bobby Ramos            3    8    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Tommy Hutton           4    4    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Tim Raines            16   62   12   22   3   1   0    5  16   0   11    4  .355
Andre Dawson          15   56   13   19   2   0   5    9   5   1    4    6  .339
Gary Carter           14   55   12   18   2   1   4   12   1   1    7    6  .327
Warren Cromartie      14   48    7   14   2   1   1    6   0   0    5    3  .292
Tim Wallach            6   14    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .286
Larry Parrish         14   57    8   15   4   0   0    2   0   0    4   13  .263
Jerry White            5    8    1    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    0  .250
Chris Speier          16   55    8   12   5   1   0    3   1   0    6    3  .218
Ellis Valentine       15   56    7   12   1   0   3   11   0   1    4   10  .214
Jerry Manuel          10   24    4    5   3   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .208
Willie Montanez        8   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .167
Rowland Office         3    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
Rodney Scott          11   35    4    4   0   0   0    2   5   0    5    5  .114

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Hodges             2    8    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .500
Doug Flynn            15   49    7   19   7   1   0    5   0   0    3    4  .388
Rusty Staub           15   50    3   16   3   0   1    5   1   0    6    5  .320
Hubie Brooks          14   52    5   15   2   1   0    1   0   2    0   10  .289
Bob Bailor             2    4    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Alex Trevino          14   49    6   12   0   0   0    2   1   0    5    4  .245
Joel Youngblood       10   26    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    3  .231
John Stearns           5   13    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .231
Dave Kingman          15   48    4   11   3   0   4   10   0   0   14   10  .229
Frank Taveras         15   62    6   14   1   0   0    0   3   0    1    9  .226
Mike Cubbage          12    9    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .222
Mookie Wilson         15   46    2   10   0   1   0    2   1   1    1    8  .217
Mike Jorgensen        12   16    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .188
Lee Mazzilli          13   45    3    7   3   0   1    4   2   1    8   11  .156
Wally Backman          8    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .143

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Del Unser              9    6    0    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .667
Pete Rose             18   76   12   29   6   1   0    3   1   2    7    6  .382
Gary Matthews         15   50   10   17   3   1   1    7   2   0   10    7  .340
Bake McBride          13   48    8   16   9   0   0    7   0   0    5    7  .333
Garry Maddox          18   71    9   22   1   0   0   10   1   2    2    6  .310
Larry Bowa            18   68    6   21   2   0   0    9   3   3    2    1  .309
Mike Schmidt          15   55   13   16   4   1   5   14   2   0   11    9  .291
Manny Trillo          15   59   10   16   2   0   1    4   2   0    5    6  .271
Greg Gross            15   15    2    4   1   1   0    2   0   1    3    1  .267
Bob Boone             18   59    7   13   2   0   1    6   1   0    5    7  .220
Keith Moreland         8   21    0    4   1   0   0    6   0   1    2    3  .191
Luis Aguayo            7   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Lonnie Smith          11   24    6    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .125
Ramon Aviles           6    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Dick Davis             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .000
John Vukovich          3    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
Gary Alexander         3    7    2    4   1   1   1    4   0   0    1    1  .571
Lee Lacy               9   27    8    9   1   2   0    2   3   0    0    2  .333
Bill Madlock          12   40    4   13   3   0   1    6   1   0    2    2  .325
Mike Easler           13   39    4   12   2   0   0    7   1   0    2    5  .308
Omar Moreno           14   55   10   15   1   2   0    3   6   1    6    7  .273
Dale Berra            13   31    1    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    5  .258
Tim Foli              14   48    6   12   2   0   0    6   1   0    2    6  .250
John Milner            8    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Dave Parker           14   54    4   13   1   1   2    9   1   0    0    6  .241
Jason Thompson        12   40    7    8   0   0   4    7   0   0    7    4  .200
Willie Stargell        5    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Vance Law             13   38    1    6   0   1   0    3   1   0    1   11  .158
Steve Nicosia         13   39    6    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    4    4  .128
Tony Pena              4    8    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .125
Bill Robinson          5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Kurt Bevacqua          3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Phil Garner            2    0    0    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
Broderick Perkins     12   20    2    7   2   0   0    4   0   1    1    2  .350
Jerry Turner          10   13    3    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .308
Terry Kennedy         18   67    4   19   3   0   0    2   0   0    5   16  .284
Barry Evans           11   18    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .278
Luis Salazar          20   80    4   22   2   0   0    0   1   2    1   18  .275
Steve Swisher          4    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .250
Craig Stimac           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Juan Bonilla          12   33    3    8   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .242
Mike Phillips         13   28    1    6   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    3  .214
Ozzie Smith           20   79    6   16   1   0   0    5   3   5    8    6  .203
Ruppert Jones         20   71    4   14   6   0   0    5   2   5   12   13  .197
Randy Bass            18   60    3   11   2   0   2    7   0   0    7   10  .183
Joe Lefebvre          18   52    3    9   2   0   3    4   1   0    7    9  .173
Gene Richards         20   81    7   14   1   2   0    7   6   1   11    8  .173
Dave Edwards          11   19    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .105

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Wohlford           8   11    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .364
Larry Herndon         19   74    8   24   5   1   0    6   5   0    2   12  .324
Milt May              18   59    2   18   4   0   0    4   1   1    7    2  .305
Mike Ivie              7   17    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .294
Enos Cabell           19   76    8   22   5   0   0   12   1   4    3    6  .290
Jerry Martin          10   30    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    6  .267
Billy North           16   55   11   14   4   0   0    3  11   3   13    7  .255
Dave Bergman           5   13    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .231
Rennie Stennett        9   22    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .227
Johnnie Lemaster      20   58    6   13   1   0   0    5   2   2    5    9  .224
Darrell Evans         20   72    7   15   3   1   1    5   0   1   10    8  .208
Joe Morgan            18   63    7   12   3   0   2   10   3   0   10   12  .191
Jack Clark            19   67    6   12   1   0   2    8   1   0   12    9  .179
Billy Smith            8   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .154
Chili Davis            6   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .083
Mike Sadek             5   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .077

 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
Tito Landrum           4    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Garry Templeton       13   58   13   20   5   4   0    5   0   4    3   14  .345
Keith Hernandez       13   50    9   17   7   0   2    9   0   0    8    4  .340
Dane Iorg              3    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Tony Scott            13   55    7   17   3   1   1    6   1   2    0    7  .309
Tom Herr              13   44    3   13   2   4   0   11   1   0    6    4  .296
Sixto Lezcano         12   38    6   11   1   1   0    2   0   0   11    6  .290
George Hendrick       13   53    8   14   4   1   3   11   1   0    3    5  .264
Ken Oberkfell         13   52    8   13   3   0   0    1   1   0    3    3  .250
Gene Tenace            4   12    4    3   1   0   1    6   0   0    2    1  .250
Darrell Porter        10   31    3    6   2   1   1    4   1   0   13    5  .194

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Richards (SDN)        81
  L. Salazar (SDN)         80
  O. Smith (SDN)           79
  S. Garvey (LAN)          77
  K. Griffey (CIN)         77
  E. Cabell (SFN)          76
  P. Rose (PHI)            76
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          74
  L. Herndon (SFN)         74
  J. Cruz (HOU)            73

Runs Scored:

  D. Collins (CIN)         17
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  A. Dawson (MON)          13
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         13
  G. Templeton (SLN)       13
  G. Carter (MON)          12
  T. Raines (MON)          12
  P. Rose (PHI)            12
  B. North (SFN)           11
  S. Garvey (LAN)          10

Hits:

  P. Rose (PHI)            29
  D. Collins (CIN)         28
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      24
  L. Herndon (SFN)         24
  D. Baker (LAN)           23
  E. Cabell (SFN)          22
  S. Henderson (CHN)       22
  G. Maddox (PHI)          22
  T. Raines (MON)          22
  L. Salazar (SDN)         22

Doubles:

  B. McBride (PHI)          9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        7
  D. Flynn (NYN)            7
  S. Garvey (LAN)           7
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        7
  C. Washington (ATL)       7
  R. Jones (SDN)            6
  P. Rose (PHI)             6
  B. Buckner (CHN)          5

Triples:

  T. Herr (SLN)             4
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  D. Baker (LAN)            3
  L. Durham (CHN)           3
  S. Henderson (CHN)        2
  L. Lacy (PIT)             2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  G. Richards (SDN)         2
  G. Alexander (PIT)        1
  H. Brooks (NYN)           1

Home Runs:

  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          5
  G. Carter (MON)           4
  B. Horner (ATL)           4
  D. Kingman (NYN)          4
  D. Murphy (ATL)           4
  J. Thompson (PIT)         4
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3
  G. Foster (CIN)           3

RBI:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      21
  S. Garvey (LAN)          14
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         14
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  E. Cabell (SFN)          12
  G. Carter (MON)          12
  D. Driessen (CIN)        12
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        11
  T. Herr (SLN)            11
  E. Valentine (MON)       11

Stolen Bases:

  T. Raines (MON)          16
  B. North (SFN)           11
  D. Lopes (LAN)            8
  D. Collins (CIN)          7
  E. Miller (ATL)           7
  I. DeJesus (CHN)          6
  O. Moreno (PIT)           6
  G. Richards (SDN)         6
  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  L. Herndon (SFN)          5

Caught Stealing:

  D. Collins (CIN)          5
  R. Jones (SDN)            5
  O. Smith (SDN)            5
  E. Cabell (SFN)           4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  B. North (SFN)            3
  H. Brooks (NYN)           2

Walks:

  D. Driessen (CIN)        14
  D. Kingman (NYN)         14
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       13
  B. North (SFN)           13
  D. Porter (SLN)          13
  J. Clark (SFN)           12
  R. Jones (SDN)           12
  R. Cey (LAN)             11
  S. Lezcano (SLN)         11
  T. Raines (MON)          11

Strikeouts:

  L. Salazar (SDN)         18
  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  T. Kennedy (SDN)         16
  P. Guerrero (LAN)        15
  S. Henderson (CHN)       15
  D. Murphy (ATL)          15
  G. Templeton (SLN)       14
  J. Cruz (HOU)            13
  D. Driessen (CIN)        13
  R. Jones (SDN)           13


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