Sunday May 3, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 3, 1981:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Philadelphia     705   98   196   39    4   13    89   18   10   67    81  .278
St. Louis        541   83   147   34   13    9    76   13    8   72    87  .272
Montreal         647   92   172   27    4   19    82   36    5   68    91  .266
New York         633   58   163   27    6   11    56   10    6   62   103  .258
Cincinnati       703   91   179   40    4   14    85   14   13   77   124  .255
Los Angeles      740   82   186   28    5   15    80   19   12   66   119  .251
Pittsburgh       593   66   142   19    8    8    63   20    5   43    90  .240
Atlanta          726   81   173   32    3   12    76   21    9   69   124  .238
San Francisco    800   77   183   34    2   10    75   28   11   84   116  .229
Houston          726   56   164   31    3   15    53   16   12   71   109  .226
San Diego        803   61   180   26    3    8    55   16   19   66   136  .224
Chicago          615   49   136   21    8    5    46   10   10   52    96  .221

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Collins (CIN)       21   82   20   31   4   2   2    7   7   5   10    9  .378
Tim Raines (MON)         19   75   14   28   3   1   1    6  20   1   13    7  .373
Steve Henderson (CHN)    19   68    7   25   2   2   0   10   1   3   10   15  .368
Doug Flynn (NYN)         19   64    8   23   7   2   0    7   0   0    3    4  .359
Pete Rose (PHI)          21   88   13   31   7   1   0    3   1   2    7    6  .352
Gary Matthews (PHI)      18   61   12   21   5   1   1    9   2   0   11    7  .344
Dusty Baker (LAN)        21   85   10   28   2   3   1    6   3   2    6    9  .329
Larry Herndon (SFN)      22   83   10   27   5   1   0    7   5   0    2   13  .325
Andre Dawson (MON)       18   68   14   22   2   0   5    9   7   1    5    7  .324
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    16   62   12   20   8   0   2   10   1   0   10    8  .323

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Harper          12   17    1    5   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .294
Glenn Hubbard         19   65    7   19   5   1   0    4   1   0    8   13  .292
Biff Pocoroba         11   21    1    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    4  .286
Chris Chambliss       22   76    7   21   7   0   1   10   0   0   14    5  .276
Bruce Benedict        20   58    7   16   1   0   2   11   0   1    9    6  .276
Claudell Washington   20   70    9   19   7   1   0    5   3   1    4   14  .271
Bob Horner            22   84   12   22   2   0   4   10   0   2    8   13  .262
Eddie Miller          16   58   11   14   1   0   0    3   9   0    5   12  .241
Rafael Ramirez        21   69   10   15   3   0   0    2   2   1    7   13  .217
Dale Murphy           22   84    8   18   4   0   4   15   4   1    5   18  .214
Jerry Royster         15   22    3    4   1   1   0    3   0   2    2    5  .182
Rufino Linares        13   37    3    5   0   0   1    2   1   1    1    5  .135
Mike Lum              10   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .091
Brian Asselstine       2    2    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              2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Steve Henderson       19   68    7   25   2   2   0   10   1   3   10   15  .368
Jerry Morales         14   46    2   16   0   1   0    2   0   1    3    3  .348
Joe Strain             9   21    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .286
Bill Buckner          19   76    9   20   7   0   3    9   0   0    3    1  .263
Leon Durham           17   61    8   15   1   4   1    6   2   2    3    9  .246
Mike Tyson            10   25    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .240
Steve Dillard          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Ken Reitz             18   56    1   11   2   1   0    4   0   0    3   14  .196
Scott Fletcher         7   27    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .185
Hector Cruz            8   17    2    3   2   0   0    1   0   1    3    0  .177
Tim Blackwell         14   41    4    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    5   11  .171
Jim Tracy             13   13    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .154
Ivan DeJesus          19   70    6   10   1   0   0    1   6   3    9   10  .143
Scot Thompson         14   31    0    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .129
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            11    4    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Larry Biittner         8    7    1    3   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    0  .429
Dave Collins          21   82   20   31   4   2   2    7   7   5   10    9  .378
Dave Concepcion       21   78   14   24   8   0   2   23   0   3   11    9  .308
Johnny Bench          11   31    3    9   3   0   1    4   0   1    6    9  .290
Joe Nolan             12   26    3    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .269
George Foster         21   82    9   22   5   0   4   13   0   0   11   16  .268
Ken Griffey           21   91   12   23   4   1   0    3   4   1    3   14  .253
Ray Knight            21   77    9   19   3   0   2    4   2   1    8    8  .247
Ron Oester            19   60    6   14   2   1   0    9   0   1    5   13  .233
Dan Driessen          21   66   10   13   5   0   3   12   1   1   15   13  .197
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
Mike O'Berry          12   23    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .130
Harry Spilman          8    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Kiko Garcia            6   17    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .412
Joe Pittman            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Art Howe              22   77    8   23   5   1   2    3   0   1    9    8  .299
Cesar Cedeno          22   88    8   26   5   0   1    7   5   4    7    8  .296
Denny Walling         15   32    6    9   1   0   3    5   1   1    9    1  .281
Craig Reynolds        20   80   10   21   2   0   3    6   2   0    2    7  .263
Jose Cruz             22   86    8   20   5   0   4   12   1   3    6   13  .233
Mike Ivie              9   28    0    6   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    7  .214
Danny Heep             4   14    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .214
Terry Puhl            22   77    4   15   5   1   1    4   3   0    3   11  .195
Alan Ashby            19   56    3   10   1   0   0    4   0   1    9    9  .179
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
Luis Pujols            6   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .154
Rafael Landestoy      14   28    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    3  .143
Dave Roberts           8   14    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Dickie Thon           14   33    2    4   1   0   0    0   3   0    6    5  .121
Gary Woods             9   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .100

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Reggie Smith           7    6    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Dusty Baker           21   85   10   28   2   3   1    6   3   2    6    9  .329
Mike Scioscia         18   52    8   17   1   0   1    4   0   2    9    7  .327
Ken Landreaux         21   87   13   27   5   0   4   16   4   2    8   12  .310
Ron Cey               22   79    8   21   5   0   1   11   0   1   12   12  .266
Pedro Guerrero        18   61    7   16   4   0   2    5   2   2    7   15  .262
Derrel Thomas          9   13    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .231
Steve Garvey          22   92   11   21   7   1   3   17   0   1    4   13  .228
Steve Yeager           9   18    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .222
Bill Russell          22   73    7   15   1   0   0    5   0   1    2    9  .206
Joe Ferguson           5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Rick Monday            7   17    1    3   0   1   1    2   0   0    2    5  .177
Davey Lopes           21   78   11   11   0   0   1    5  10   0   11   12  .141
Jay Johnstone          8   16    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    3  .125
Pepe Frias             3    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tommy Hutton           6    5    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Tim Raines            19   75   14   28   3   1   1    6  20   1   13    7  .373
Bobby Ramos            4   11    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .364
Andre Dawson          18   68   14   22   2   0   5    9   7   1    5    7  .324
Gary Carter           16   64   14   20   2   1   4   13   1   2    8    8  .313
Jerry White            8   17    1    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    1    1  .294
Warren Cromartie      16   55    8   16   2   1   2    9   0   0    5    4  .291
Larry Parrish         17   70    9   17   4   0   0    3   0   0    4   15  .243
Tim Wallach            9   23    2    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    7  .217
Ellis Valentine       15   56    7   12   1   0   3   11   0   1    4   10  .214
Chris Speier          19   66    8   14   5   1   0    4   1   0    7    4  .212
Jerry Manuel          11   24    5    5   3   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .208
Rodney Scott          14   43    5    7   0   0   0    3   7   0    7    5  .163
Willie Montanez       10   14    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .143
Rowland Office         5   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Hodges             3   11    1    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .455
Doug Flynn            19   64    8   23   7   2   0    7   0   0    3    4  .359
Rusty Staub           18   57    5   18   3   0   2    7   1   0    8    7  .316
Joel Youngblood       13   39    4   12   2   0   1    6   0   1    4    4  .308
Bob Bailor             5   13    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .308
Hubie Brooks          18   63    6   19   2   1   0    2   1   2    0   11  .302
Alex Trevino          18   61    7   17   0   0   0    4   1   0    6    6  .279
Frank Taveras         16   66    6   15   1   0   0    0   4   0    1   10  .227
Mookie Wilson         18   54    2   12   1   1   0    2   1   2    1    9  .222
Mike Cubbage          13    9    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .222
Dave Kingman          19   60    7   12   3   0   5   13   0   0   19   13  .200
John Stearns           8   25    2    5   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .200
Mike Jorgensen        14   16    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .188
Lee Mazzilli          16   58    3    9   3   1   1    4   2   1    8   16  .155
Wally Backman          9    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Del Unser             10    7    0    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .571
Pete Rose             21   88   13   31   7   1   0    3   1   2    7    6  .352
Gary Matthews         18   61   12   21   5   1   1    9   2   0   11    7  .344
Bake McBride          13   48    8   16   9   0   0    7   0   0    5    7  .333
Mike Schmidt          18   64   17   19   4   1   8   18   2   0   13   11  .297
Manny Trillo          18   68   10   20   2   0   1    4   3   1    7    6  .294
Garry Maddox          21   80   10   23   1   0   0   11   2   2    3    8  .288
Greg Gross            18   28    3    8   3   1   0    3   1   1    4    1  .286
Larry Bowa            21   79    6   21   2   0   0   10   3   3    2    2  .266
Keith Moreland         9   24    2    6   1   0   2    8   0   1    2    4  .250
Bob Boone             20   65    8   15   2   0   1    7   1   0    7    8  .231
Luis Aguayo            7   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Lonnie Smith          12   25    6    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .120
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
Phil Garner            5    5    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   2    2    1  .600
Gary Alexander         4    8    2    4   1   1   1    4   0   0    1    2  .500
Bill Madlock          15   53    5   18   4   0   1    8   2   1    3    2  .340
Lee Lacy              12   33    8   11   1   2   0    2   4   0    0    4  .333
Mike Easler           16   52    5   16   3   0   0   10   2   0    3    8  .308
John Milner           11   14    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .286
Tony Pena              6   11    2    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    3    2  .273
Dale Berra            15   34    1    9   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .265
Kurt Bevacqua          6    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .250
Omar Moreno           17   71   11   17   2   2   0    4   7   1    6   12  .239
Dave Parker           15   55    4   13   1   1   2    9   1   0    0    6  .236
Tim Foli              17   56    7   13   3   0   0    6   1   0    4    6  .232
Jason Thompson        15   51    9    9   0   0   4    7   0   0    9    9  .177
Vance Law             16   44    1    7   0   1   0    3   1   1    1   12  .159
Willie Stargell        7    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Steve Nicosia         15   46    7    6   1   0   0    0   1   0    5    5  .130
Bill Robinson          5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Broderick Perkins     16   35    4   14   4   0   0    6   0   1    2    3  .400
Steve Swisher          5   12    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .333
Terry Kennedy         21   79    5   24   4   0   0    5   0   1    5   18  .304
Jerry Turner          11   14    3    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .286
Barry Evans           14   18    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .278
Luis Salazar          24   95    4   24   2   0   0    0   1   3    1   23  .253
Juan Bonilla          16   48    4   12   1   0   0    4   0   1    1    3  .250
Ozzie Smith           24   94    8   20   1   0   0    7   3   5    9    9  .213
Mike Phillips         14   29    1    6   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    3  .207
Ruppert Jones         24   86    6   17   7   0   0    6   3   5   12   17  .198
Randy Bass            19   61    4   12   2   0   2    7   0   0    7   10  .197
Gene Richards         24   95   10   18   2   2   0    8   7   2   13    9  .190
Craig Stimac           6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Joe Lefebvre          22   61    3   10   2   0   3    5   1   1    8   11  .164
Dave Edwards          13   24    2    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .125

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Herndon         22   83   10   27   5   1   0    7   5   0    2   13  .325
Mike Ivie              7   17    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .294
Milt May              21   66    2   19   5   0   0    5   1   1    8    3  .288
Enos Cabell           21   84    9   24   6   0   0   13   1   4    3    6  .286
Jim Wohlford          10   16    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .250
Jerry Martin          12   33    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    2    8  .242
Johnnie Lemaster      23   67    7   16   2   0   0    5   2   2    6   11  .239
Darrell Evans         23   82   11   19   3   1   3   10   0   1   11   10  .232
Billy North           19   65   12   14   4   0   0    3  11   3   14   10  .215
Jack Clark            22   79    8   16   2   0   3   11   1   0   12    9  .203
Rennie Stennett       11   26    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .192
Dave Bergman           6   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .177
Joe Morgan            20   69    7   12   3   0   2   10   4   0   13   12  .174
Billy Smith            9   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .154
Chili Davis            7   14    1    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .143
Mike Sadek             6   15    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .133

 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           5    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Dane Iorg              5    9    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Keith Hernandez       16   62   12   20   8   0   2   10   1   0   10    8  .323
Sixto Lezcano         15   43    7   13   2   1   0    4   0   0   15    6  .302
Ken Oberkfell         16   64   11   19   3   0   0    6   2   0    4    3  .297
Tony Scott            16   68    9   20   3   1   1    6   4   3    2    9  .294
Garry Templeton       16   72   13   21   6   4   0    6   2   4    5   15  .292
Tom Herr              16   55    5   16   2   5   0   14   1   1    6    7  .291
George Hendrick       16   62   14   17   4   1   4   12   2   0    7    6  .274
Gene Tenace            6   14    4    3   1   0   1    6   0   0    4    2  .214
Darrell Porter        13   38    4    7   3   1   1    7   1   0   17    8  .184

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Richards (SDN)        95
  L. Salazar (SDN)         95
  O. Smith (SDN)           94
  S. Garvey (LAN)          92
  K. Griffey (CIN)         91
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          88
  P. Rose (PHI)            88
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       87
  J. Cruz (HOU)            86
  R. Jones (SDN)           86

Runs Scored:

  D. Collins (CIN)         20
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         17
  G. Carter (MON)          14
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  A. Dawson (MON)          14
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        14
  T. Raines (MON)          14
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       13
  P. Rose (PHI)            13
  G. Templeton (SLN)       13

Hits:

  D. Collins (CIN)         31
  P. Rose (PHI)            31
  D. Baker (LAN)           28
  T. Raines (MON)          28
  L. Herndon (SFN)         27
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       27
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          26
  S. Henderson (CHN)       25
  E. Cabell (SFN)          24
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      24

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  T. Herr (SLN)             5
  L. Durham (CHN)           4
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  D. Baker (LAN)            3
  D. Collins (CIN)          2
  D. Flynn (NYN)            2
  S. Henderson (CHN)        2
  L. Lacy (PIT)             2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  G. Richards (SDN)         2

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  D. Kingman (NYN)          5
  G. Carter (MON)           4
  J. Cruz (HOU)             4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         4
  B. Horner (ATL)           4
  K. Landreaux (LAN)        4
  D. Murphy (ATL)           4

RBI:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      23
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         18
  S. Garvey (LAN)          17
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       16
  D. Murphy (ATL)          15
  T. Herr (SLN)            14
  E. Cabell (SFN)          13
  G. Carter (MON)          13
  G. Foster (CIN)          13
  D. Kingman (NYN)         13

Stolen Bases:

  T. Raines (MON)          20
  B. North (SFN)           11
  D. Lopes (LAN)           10
  E. Miller (ATL)           9
  D. Collins (CIN)          7
  A. Dawson (MON)           7
  O. Moreno (PIT)           7
  G. Richards (SDN)         7
  R. Scott (MON)            7
  I. DeJesus (CHN)          6

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
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3
  I. DeJesus (CHN)          3

Walks:

  D. Kingman (NYN)         19
  D. Porter (SLN)          17
  D. Driessen (CIN)        15
  S. Lezcano (SLN)         15
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       14
  B. North (SFN)           14
  J. Morgan (SFN)          13
  T. Raines (MON)          13
  G. Richards (SDN)        13
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         13

Strikeouts:

  L. Salazar (SDN)         23
  T. Kennedy (SDN)         18
  D. Murphy (ATL)          18
  R. Jones (SDN)           17
  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        16
  P. Guerrero (LAN)        15
  S. Henderson (CHN)       15
  L. Parrish (MON)         15
  G. Templeton (SLN)       15

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