Tuesday May 5, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 5, 1981:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Philadelphia     772  112   218   45    5   14   103   22   11   74    87  .282
St. Louis        603   93   161   35   13   12    86   17    9   83    93  .267
Montreal         709  100   187   30    4   19    87   40    6   75    98  .264
New York         671   65   176   30    7   12    63   10    7   65   108  .262
Cincinnati       703   91   179   40    4   14    85   14   13   77   124  .255
Los Angeles      808   92   205   31    6   17    88   21   13   71   136  .254
Atlanta          791   91   192   35    3   12    86   23    9   74   130  .243
Pittsburgh       593   66   142   19    8    8    63   20    5   43    90  .240
San Francisco    874   90   203   39    3   12    88   30   12   86   128  .232
Houston          797   65   182   33    3   16    61   17   13   75   126  .228
Chicago          686   56   153   27    8    6    53   13   10   59   113  .223
San Diego        835   64   185   29    4    8    58   18   19   67   144  .222

 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)          23   95   15   35   8   1   0    5   1   2    8    6  .368
Doug Flynn (NYN)         20   68    9   25   7   3   0    9   0   0    3    4  .368
Steve Henderson (CHN)    21   77    7   28   3   2   0   10   2   3   10   19  .364
Larry Herndon (SFN)      24   92   13   33   7   2   0   10   6   0    2   15  .359
Tim Raines (MON)         21   82   16   29   3   1   1    6  21   1   14    7  .354
Dusty Baker (LAN)        23   93   11   31   3   3   1    8   3   2    6   10  .333
Gary Matthews (PHI)      20   69   12   23   6   1   1   13   3   0   12    7  .333
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    18   70   12   23   8   0   2   12   2   0   11    8  .329
Ken Landreaux (LAN)      23   96   16   30   5   1   4   17   4   2    8   14  .313

 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
Bob Horner            24   92   12   27   4   0   4   13   0   2    8   14  .294
Bruce Benedict        22   65    7   19   1   0   2   11   0   1    9    7  .292
Chris Chambliss       24   83   10   24   7   0   1   12   0   0   16    5  .289
Glenn Hubbard         21   73    7   21   5   1   0    6   1   0    8   13  .288
Claudell Washington   22   77   10   21   7   1   0    7   4   1    4   14  .273
Biff Pocoroba         12   22    1    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    4  .273
Eddie Miller          18   65   13   15   2   0   0    3  10   0    6   12  .231
Dale Murphy           24   91    8   19   4   0   4   16   4   1    6   19  .209
Rafael Ramirez        23   74   11   15   3   0   0    2   2   1    8   14  .203
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       3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Luis Gomez             6    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              3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Steve Henderson       21   77    7   28   3   2   0   10   2   3   10   19  .364
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
Bill Buckner          21   85    9   24   9   0   3   10   0   0    3    1  .282
Steve Dillard          6    8    3    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .250
Leon Durham           19   69    8   17   1   4   1    6   4   2    4   11  .246
Mike Tyson            11   26    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .231
Hector Cruz           10   24    4    5   2   0   1    2   0   1    4    2  .208
Ken Reitz             19   56    1   11   2   1   0    4   0   0    3   14  .196
Scot Thompson         16   40    0    7   2   0   0    5   1   0    4    1  .175
Scott Fletcher         9   35    3    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .171
Jim Tracy             14   13    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .154
Tim Blackwell         16   47    5    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    7   14  .149
Ivan DeJesus          21   76    7   11   1   0   0    1   6   3    9   12  .145
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            8   25    1   10   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .400
Joe Pittman            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Art Howe              24   84    9   26   6   1   2    3   0   1   10    9  .310
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
Jose Cruz             24   95   11   24   5   0   5   15   1   4    6   14  .253
Mike Ivie             10   32    1    8   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    7  .250
Danny Heep             6   20    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .250
Craig Reynolds        22   88   10   21   2   0   3    6   2   0    3    9  .239
Terry Puhl            24   85    5   17   5   1   1    4   3   0    3   15  .200
Alan Ashby            21   61    3   12   2   0   0    7   0   1    9   10  .197
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
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
Luis Pujols            7   16    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .125
Dickie Thon           15   33    3    4   1   0   0    0   4   0    6    5  .121
Gary Woods            11   16    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .063

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dusty Baker           23   93   11   31   3   3   1    8   3   2    6   10  .333
Reggie Smith           8    6    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .333
Mike Scioscia         20   59    8   19   1   0   1    4   0   2    9    7  .322
Ken Landreaux         23   96   16   30   5   1   4   17   4   2    8   14  .313
Ron Cey               24   85   11   24   6   0   2   13   0   1   14   13  .282
Pedro Guerrero        20   66    8   17   4   0   3    7   2   2    7   17  .258
Steve Garvey          24  100   11   23   7   1   3   17   0   2    4   16  .230
Bill Russell          24   81    7   18   1   0   0    6   1   1    2    9  .222
Steve Yeager           9   18    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .222
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           23   86   12   12   0   0   1    5  11   0   11   15  .140
Jay Johnstone         10   17    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    3  .118
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
Bobby Ramos            4   11    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .364
Tim Raines            21   82   16   29   3   1   1    6  21   1   14    7  .354
Tommy Hutton           7    6    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Warren Cromartie      18   63    9   20   3   1   2   11   0   0    5    5  .318
Andre Dawson          20   75   14   23   3   0   5    9   8   1    5    9  .307
Gary Carter           18   70   15   21   3   1   4   13   1   2   10    8  .300
Jerry White            9   19    1    5   1   0   1    5   0   1    2    1  .263
Larry Parrish         19   77    9   17   4   0   0    3   0   0    4   17  .221
Tim Wallach            9   23    2    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    7  .217
Ellis Valentine       16   60    8   13   1   0   3   12   0   1    4   10  .217
Chris Speier          21   74    9   16   5   1   0    4   1   0    7    5  .216
Jerry Manuel          11   24    5    5   3   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .208
Willie Montanez       11   15    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .200
Rodney Scott          16   48    5    9   0   0   0    4   9   0    9    5  .188
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            20   68    9   25   7   3   0    9   0   0    3    4  .368
Joel Youngblood       14   44    4   15   4   0   1    6   0   2    4    4  .341
Hubie Brooks          19   67    7   21   2   1   0    3   1   2    0   13  .313
Bob Bailor             5   13    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .308
Rusty Staub           19   59    5   18   3   0   2    7   1   0    8    7  .305
Alex Trevino          19   65    8   19   1   0   0    5   1   0    6    6  .292
Mookie Wilson         18   54    2   12   1   1   0    2   1   2    1    9  .222
Frank Taveras         17   70    7   15   1   0   0    0   4   0    2   10  .214
Mike Jorgensen        15   19    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    2  .211
Dave Kingman          20   64    7   13   3   0   5   14   0   0   20   15  .203
John Stearns           8   25    2    5   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .200
Mike Cubbage          14   10    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .200
Lee Mazzilli          17   63    4   11   3   1   1    4   2   1    8   16  .175
Wally Backman         10    9    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .111

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Del Unser             11    7    0    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .571
Pete Rose             23   95   15   35   8   1   0    5   1   2    8    6  .368
Gary Matthews         20   69   12   23   6   1   1   13   3   0   12    7  .333
Bake McBride          13   48    8   16   9   0   0    7   0   0    5    7  .333
Greg Gross            20   36    7   12   4   1   0    4   1   2    4    1  .333
Garry Maddox          23   87   12   26   2   0   0   11   2   2    4    9  .299
Manny Trillo          20   76   11   22   3   0   2    6   3   1    7    8  .290
Mike Schmidt          20   71   19   20   5   1   8   20   3   0   15   13  .282
Larry Bowa            23   87    7   24   2   0   0   11   5   3    2    2  .276
Keith Moreland        10   28    2    7   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          13   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     17   39    6   15   5   0   0    6   0   1    2    3  .385
Steve Swisher          6   12    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .333
Terry Kennedy         22   83    5   25   5   0   0    5   0   1    5   20  .301
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
Juan Bonilla          17   50    4   13   2   0   0    5   0   1    1    3  .260
Luis Salazar          25   99    4   24   2   0   0    0   1   3    1   25  .242
Ozzie Smith           25   98    8   21   1   0   0    8   4   5    9    9  .214
Mike Phillips         14   29    1    6   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    3  .207
Randy Bass            20   61    4   12   2   0   2    7   0   0    7   10  .197
Gene Richards         25   99   10   19   2   3   0    9   7   2   13   11  .192
Ruppert Jones         25   89    7   17   7   0   0    6   4   5   13   18  .191
Craig Stimac           6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Joe Lefebvre          23   61    3   10   2   0   3    5   1   1    8   11  .164
Dave Edwards          14   28    2    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    7  .107

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Herndon         24   92   13   33   7   2   0   10   6   0    2   15  .359
Mike Ivie              7   17    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .294
Milt May              22   71    3   20   5   0   0    5   1   1    8    3  .282
Enos Cabell           23   92   10   25   7   0   0   13   2   4    3    6  .272
Jerry Martin          14   41    3   11   0   0   0    4   1   1    3    9  .268
Darrell Evans         25   91   13   21   4   1   3   11   0   1   11   10  .231
Johnnie Lemaster      24   71    7   16   2   0   0    5   2   2    6   11  .225
Jim Wohlford          12   18    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .222
Billy North           19   65   12   14   4   0   0    3  11   3   14   10  .215
Jack Clark            24   86    9   17   3   0   3   11   1   0   13   12  .198
Rennie Stennett       13   31    3    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .194
Joe Morgan            21   73    7   13   3   0   2   10   4   0   13   14  .178
Billy Smith           10   17    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    5  .177
Dave Bergman           7   18    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .167
Chili Davis            8   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .133
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            2    4    2    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .500
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       18   70   12   23   8   0   2   12   2   0   11    8  .329
Sixto Lezcano         17   49   10   16   2   1   1    7   0   0   16    6  .327
Tony Scott            18   75    9   22   3   1   1    7   6   4    4   10  .293
Ken Oberkfell         18   70   13   20   4   0   0    6   2   0    6    4  .286
Garry Templeton       17   75   13   21   6   4   0    6   2   4    5   17  .280
George Hendrick       18   69   15   18   4   1   5   13   2   0    9    7  .261
Tom Herr              18   63    5   16   2   5   0   14   1   1    6    7  .254
Gene Tenace            6   14    4    3   1   0   1    6   0   0    4    2  .214
Darrell Porter        15   45    6    9   3   1   2    8   1   0   18    8  .200

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Garvey (LAN)         100
  G. Richards (SDN)        99
  L. Salazar (SDN)         99
  O. Smith (SDN)           98
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       96
  J. Cruz (HOU)            95
  P. Rose (PHI)            95
  D. Baker (LAN)           93
  E. Cabell (SFN)          92
  L. Herndon (SFN)         92

Runs Scored:

  D. Collins (CIN)         20
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         19
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       16
  T. Raines (MON)          16
  G. Carter (MON)          15
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        15
  P. Rose (PHI)            15
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  A. Dawson (MON)          14
  D. Evans (SFN)           13

Hits:

  P. Rose (PHI)            35
  L. Herndon (SFN)         33
  D. Baker (LAN)           31
  D. Collins (CIN)         31
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       30
  T. Raines (MON)          29
  S. Henderson (CHN)       28
  B. Horner (ATL)          27
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          26
  A. Howe (HOU)            26

Doubles:

  B. Buckner (CHN)          9
  B. McBride (PHI)          9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        8
  P. Rose (PHI)             8
  E. Cabell (SFN)           7
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        7
  D. Flynn (NYN)            7
  S. Garvey (LAN)           7
  L. Herndon (SFN)          7

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      23
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         20
  S. Garvey (LAN)          17
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       17
  D. Murphy (ATL)          16
  J. Cruz (HOU)            15
  T. Herr (SLN)            14
  D. Kingman (NYN)         14
  E. Cabell (SFN)          13
  G. Carter (MON)          13

Stolen Bases:

  T. Raines (MON)          21
  D. Lopes (LAN)           11
  B. North (SFN)           11
  E. Miller (ATL)          10
  R. Scott (MON)            9
  A. Dawson (MON)           8
  D. Collins (CIN)          7
  O. Moreno (PIT)           7
  G. Richards (SDN)         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
  J. Cruz (HOU)             4
  T. Scott (SLN)            4
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3

Walks:

  D. Kingman (NYN)         20
  D. Porter (SLN)          18
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       16
  S. Lezcano (SLN)         16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        15
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         15
  R. Cey (LAN)             14
  B. North (SFN)           14
  T. Raines (MON)          14
  J. Clark (SFN)           13

Strikeouts:

  L. Salazar (SDN)         25
  T. Kennedy (SDN)         20
  S. Henderson (CHN)       19
  D. Murphy (ATL)          19
  R. Jones (SDN)           18
  P. Guerrero (LAN)        17
  L. Parrish (MON)         17
  G. Templeton (SLN)       17
  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  S. Garvey (LAN)          16

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