Monday May 4, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 4, 1981:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Philadelphia     739  104   209   41    5   13    95   22   11   68    84  .283
St. Louis        574   89   154   35   13   10    82   15    9   79    90  .268
Montreal         677   96   179   29    4   19    83   37    6   73    95  .264
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      772   85   194   28    5   16    82   19   13   70   127  .251
Atlanta          758   90   185   35    3   12    85   23    9   74   129  .244
Pittsburgh       593   66   142   19    8    8    63   20    5   43    90  .240
San Francisco    832   81   190   35    2   10    79   30   12   86   124  .228
Houston          762   61   173   31    3   16    58   16   12   74   117  .227
Chicago          653   53   147   24    8    6    50   12   10   55   108  .225
San Diego        803   61   180   26    3    8    55   16   19   66   136  .224

 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
Pete Rose (PHI)          22   92   13   34   7   1   0    4   1   2    7    6  .370
Tim Raines (MON)         20   78   15   28   3   1   1    6  20   1   14    7  .359
Doug Flynn (NYN)         19   64    8   23   7   2   0    7   0   0    3    4  .359
Steve Henderson (CHN)    20   73    7   25   2   2   0   10   1   3   10   19  .343
Gary Matthews (PHI)      19   65   12   22   5   1   1   10   3   0   11    7  .339
Larry Herndon (SFN)      23   87   11   29   5   1   0    8   6   0    2   15  .333
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    17   67   12   22   8   0   2   12   1   0   10    8  .328
Dusty Baker (LAN)        22   89   10   29   2   3   1    6   3   2    6   10  .326
Andre Dawson (MON)       19   71   14   23   3   0   5    9   8   1    5    7  .324

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Glenn Hubbard         20   69    7   21   5   1   0    6   1   0    8   13  .304
Bob Horner            23   88   12   26   4   0   4   13   0   2    8   13  .296
Terry Harper          12   17    1    5   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .294
Chris Chambliss       23   79    9   23   7   0   1   12   0   0   16    5  .291
Biff Pocoroba         11   21    1    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    4  .286
Claudell Washington   21   73   10   20   7   1   0    7   4   1    4   14  .274
Bruce Benedict        21   62    7   16   1   0   2   11   0   1    9    7  .258
Eddie Miller          17   61   13   15   2   0   0    3  10   0    6   12  .246
Rafael Ramirez        22   72   11   15   3   0   0    2   2   1    8   14  .208
Dale Murphy           23   87    8   18   4   0   4   15   4   1    6   19  .207
Jerry Royster         16   23    4    4   1   1   0    3   0   2    2    5  .174
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       20   73    7   25   2   2   0   10   1   3   10   19  .343
Jerry Morales         15   47    2   16   0   1   0    2   0   1    3    4  .340
Joe Strain             9   21    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .286
Steve Dillard          5    7    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .286
Bill Buckner          20   81    9   23   8   0   3   10   0   0    3    1  .284
Leon Durham           18   66    8   17   1   4   1    6   4   2    3   11  .258
Mike Tyson            10   25    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .240
Ken Reitz             18   56    1   11   2   1   0    4   0   0    3   14  .196
Scott Fletcher         8   31    3    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .194
Hector Cruz            9   21    3    4   2   0   1    2   0   1    3    1  .191
Scot Thompson         15   35    0    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    1  .171
Tim Blackwell         15   43    5    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    7   12  .163
Jim Tracy             13   13    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .154
Ivan DeJesus          20   74    7   11   1   0   0    1   6   3    9   11  .149
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            7   21    1    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .429
Joe Pittman            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Art Howe              23   81    9   24   5   1   2    3   0   1    9    8  .296
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        21   84   10   21   2   0   3    6   2   0    3    9  .250
Mike Ivie             10   32    1    8   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    7  .250
Danny Heep             5   16    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .250
Jose Cruz             23   91    9   21   5   0   5   15   1   3    6   14  .231
Terry Puhl            23   81    5   16   5   1   1    4   3   0    3   13  .198
Alan Ashby            20   60    3   11   1   0   0    5   0   1    9   10  .183
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            10   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .083

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Scioscia         19   55    8   19   1   0   1    4   0   2    9    7  .346
Reggie Smith           8    6    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Dusty Baker           22   89   10   29   2   3   1    6   3   2    6   10  .326
Ken Landreaux         22   91   13   27   5   0   4   16   4   2    8   12  .297
Ron Cey               23   82   10   23   5   0   2   12   0   1   13   12  .281
Pedro Guerrero        19   62    7   16   4   0   2    5   2   2    7   15  .258
Steve Garvey          23   96   11   22   7   1   3   17   0   2    4   15  .229
Steve Yeager           9   18    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .222
Bill Russell          23   77    7   17   1   0   0    6   0   1    2    9  .221
Derrel Thomas         10   14    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .214
Joe Ferguson           6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Rick Monday            8   20    2    3   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    7  .150
Davey Lopes           22   82   11   11   0   0   1    5  10   0   11   13  .134
Jay Johnstone          9   16    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    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
Bobby Ramos            4   11    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .364
Tim Raines            20   78   15   28   3   1   1    6  20   1   14    7  .359
Andre Dawson          19   71   14   23   3   0   5    9   8   1    5    7  .324
Gary Carter           17   67   14   21   3   1   4   13   1   2    9    8  .313
Warren Cromartie      17   59    8   18   2   1   2    9   0   0    5    5  .305
Jerry White            9   19    1    5   1   0   1    5   0   1    2    1  .263
Larry Parrish         18   74    9   17   4   0   0    3   0   0    4   17  .230
Chris Speier          20   70    9   16   5   1   0    4   1   0    7    4  .229
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
Jerry Manuel          11   24    5    5   3   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .208
Rodney Scott          15   46    5    8   0   0   0    4   7   0    8    5  .174
Willie Montanez       10   14    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .143
Rowland Office         6   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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             22   92   13   34   7   1   0    4   1   2    7    6  .370
Gary Matthews         19   65   12   22   5   1   1   10   3   0   11    7  .339
Bake McBride          13   48    8   16   9   0   0    7   0   0    5    7  .333
Greg Gross            19   31    4   10   4   1   0    4   1   2    4    1  .323
Garry Maddox          22   83   12   25   2   0   0   11   2   2    4    8  .301
Larry Bowa            22   83    7   24   2   0   0   11   5   3    2    2  .289
Mike Schmidt          19   68   18   19   4   1   8   18   3   0   13   12  .279
Manny Trillo          19   72   10   20   2   0   1    4   3   1    7    8  .278
Keith Moreland         9   24    2    6   1   0   2    8   0   1    2    4  .250
Bob Boone             21   69    8   16   2   0   1    8   1   0    7    8  .232
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         23   87   11   29   5   1   0    8   6   0    2   15  .333
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           22   88   10   25   7   0   0   13   2   4    3    6  .284
Jerry Martin          13   36    3    9   0   0   0    3   1   1    3    9  .250
Jim Wohlford          11   17    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .235
Darrell Evans         24   86   12   20   3   1   3   10   0   1   11   10  .233
Johnnie Lemaster      24   71    7   16   2   0   0    5   2   2    6   11  .225
Billy North           19   65   12   14   4   0   0    3  11   3   14   10  .215
Jack Clark            23   82    8   16   2   0   3   11   1   0   13   11  .195
Rennie Stennett       12   27    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .185
Joe Morgan            21   73    7   13   3   0   2   10   4   0   13   14  .178
Dave Bergman           6   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .177
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             7   17    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .118

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ramsey            1    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0 1.000
Dane Iorg              5    9    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Steve Braun            3    3    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Tito Landrum           6    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Keith Hernandez       17   67   12   22   8   0   2   12   1   0   10    8  .328
Sixto Lezcano         16   46   10   14   2   1   1    6   0   0   16    6  .304
Ken Oberkfell         17   67   12   20   4   0   0    6   2   0    5    4  .299
Tony Scott            17   71    9   21   3   1   1    7   5   4    4    9  .296
Garry Templeton       17   75   13   21   6   4   0    6   2   4    5   17  .280
Tom Herr              17   59    5   16   2   5   0   14   1   1    6    7  .271
George Hendrick       17   66   14   17   4   1   4   12   2   0    8    6  .258
Gene Tenace            6   14    4    3   1   0   1    6   0   0    4    2  .214
Darrell Porter        14   42    4    8   3   1   1    7   1   0   17    8  .191

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          96
  G. Richards (SDN)        95
  L. Salazar (SDN)         95
  O. Smith (SDN)           94
  P. Rose (PHI)            92
  J. Cruz (HOU)            91
  K. Griffey (CIN)         91
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       91
  D. Baker (LAN)           89
  E. Cabell (SFN)          88

Runs Scored:

  D. Collins (CIN)         20
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         18
  T. Raines (MON)          15
  G. Carter (MON)          14
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  A. Dawson (MON)          14
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        14
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       13
  E. Miller (ATL)          13
  P. Rose (PHI)            13

Hits:

  P. Rose (PHI)            34
  D. Collins (CIN)         31
  D. Baker (LAN)           29
  L. Herndon (SFN)         29
  T. Raines (MON)          28
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       27
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          26
  B. Horner (ATL)          26
  E. Cabell (SFN)          25
  S. Henderson (CHN)       25

Doubles:

  B. McBride (PHI)          9
  B. Buckner (CHN)          8
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        8
  E. Cabell (SFN)           7
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        7
  D. Flynn (NYN)            7
  S. Garvey (LAN)           7
  R. Jones (SDN)            7
  P. Rose (PHI)             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
  J. Cruz (HOU)             5
  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  D. Kingman (NYN)          5
  G. Carter (MON)           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
  J. Cruz (HOU)            15
  D. Murphy (ATL)          15
  T. Herr (SLN)            14
  E. Cabell (SFN)          13
  G. Carter (MON)          13
  G. Foster (CIN)          13

Stolen Bases:

  T. Raines (MON)          20
  B. North (SFN)           11
  D. Lopes (LAN)           10
  E. Miller (ATL)          10
  A. Dawson (MON)           8
  D. Collins (CIN)          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
  T. Scott (SLN)            4
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3

Walks:

  D. Kingman (NYN)         19
  D. Porter (SLN)          17
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       16
  S. Lezcano (SLN)         16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        15
  B. North (SFN)           14
  T. Raines (MON)          14
  R. Cey (LAN)             13
  J. Clark (SFN)           13
  J. Morgan (SFN)          13

Strikeouts:

  L. Salazar (SDN)         23
  S. Henderson (CHN)       19
  D. Murphy (ATL)          19
  T. Kennedy (SDN)         18
  R. Jones (SDN)           17
  L. Parrish (MON)         17
  G. Templeton (SLN)       17
  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        16
  S. Garvey (LAN)          15


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