Monday May 18, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 18, 1981:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Philadelphia    1183  156   327   59   12   20   144   32   14  112   138  .276
Cincinnati      1136  148   302   61   10   21   136   19   17  115   190  .266
New York        1069   95   279   42   10   17    91   21   11   97   170  .261
St. Louis        982  141   254   52   18   15   132   23   13  111   138  .259
Los Angeles     1215  143   309   50    7   30   138   26   19  104   193  .254
San Diego       1250  125   314   52   10   14   114   29   24   99   215  .251
Montreal        1140  139   284   45    8   26   123   64   13  120   154  .249
Atlanta         1200  143   295   57    6   17   132   38   18  112   183  .246
Pittsburgh      1012  109   246   33    9   16   105   30   12   72   145  .243
Houston         1198  117   288   46    9   20   110   26   14  138   185  .240
San Francisco   1294  137   306   54    7   20   131   42   22  118   172  .237
Chicago         1062   80   228   41    8   11    77   26   13  103   186  .215

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tim Raines (MON)         33  123   25   44   5   3   2   11  34   4   23   13  .358
Art Howe (HOU)           36  132   16   47   9   1   3   10   0   1   13   12  .356
Larry Herndon (SFN)      35  131   17   46   8   3   0   15   7   2    6   21  .351
Hubie Brooks (NYN)       31  108   10   37   4   1   0    6   1   3    3   17  .343
Dave Collins (CIN)       34  131   30   44   7   4   2   11   9   6   19   17  .336
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    29  114   21   36  11   2   2   16   3   0   16   10  .316
Pete Rose (PHI)          35  143   23   45  10   2   0    6   1   2   15    6  .315
Terry Kennedy (SDN)      32  124   10   39   7   0   0   12   0   1    6   25  .315
Garry Maddox (PHI)       33  122   15   38   3   1   1   14   3   2    7   13  .312
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       27  103   12   32   6   0   1   11   5   4    8    9  .311

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Porter             3    3    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .667
Luis Gomez            12    9    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .333
Bob Horner            29  115   15   33   5   0   4   14   0   2    9   16  .287
Claudell Washington   33  127   15   36  10   2   0   13   6   3    7   16  .284
Bruce Benedict        32   99   10   28   4   1   3   19   0   1   14    9  .283
Chris Chambliss       35  131   19   37  11   0   2   19   1   0   21    8  .282
Glenn Hubbard         32  116   12   30   6   2   2   14   1   0   12   23  .259
Biff Pocoroba         23   50    3   12   2   0   0    5   0   0    6    6  .240
Terry Harper          18   38    4    9   1   0   0    4   3   1    3    6  .237
Dale Murphy           35  136   14   32   5   0   5   22   7   3   11   27  .235
Eddie Miller          25   95   19   22   2   0   0    4  13   1    6   19  .232
Brian Asselstine      11    9    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .222
Rafael Ramirez        34  109   13   24   7   0   0    3   4   2   13   19  .220
Jerry Royster         21   24    7    4   1   1   0    3   2   4    2    5  .167
Rufino Linares        19   44    5    6   0   0   1    3   1   1    2    6  .136
Mike Lum              10   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .091
Bill Nahorodny         3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Lum               1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Gene Krug              7    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .400
Jerry Morales         21   56    2   17   0   1   0    2   0   1    4    7  .304
Bill Buckner          32  127   14   37  13   0   4   18   0   0    8    3  .291
Steve Henderson       31  112    8   30   3   2   1   13   2   3   16   30  .268
Leon Durham           30  114   10   30   2   4   2    9  11   3    7   21  .263
Hector Cruz           19   40    5   10   3   0   2    4   1   2    7    5  .250
Joe Strain            15   40    1   10   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .250
Jody Davis             6   16    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .250
Mike Tyson            19   45    5    9   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    9  .200
Jim Tracy             22   26    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .192
Steve Dillard         14   16    4    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .188
Ken Reitz             28   89    2   16   3   1   1    8   0   0    4   25  .180
Scott Fletcher        10   35    3    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .171
Scot Thompson         26   79    3   13   5   0   0    6   2   0    6    5  .165
Ivan DeJesus          32  116   13   19   3   0   0    2   9   4   18   16  .164
Tim Blackwell         23   67    6   10   3   0   0    3   1   0   12   18  .149
Barry Foote            9   22    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sam Mejias            19   13    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .385
Larry Biittner        14   14    1    5   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .357
Dave Collins          34  131   30   44   7   4   2   11   9   6   19   17  .336
Mike Vail              9    9    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .333
Ron Oester            32  103   15   32   6   3   0   14   0   1   12   18  .311
Dave Concepcion       34  130   19   40  11   0   2   30   0   4   16   18  .308
George Foster         34  133   17   39   8   0   7   25   1   0   15   24  .293
Johnny Bench          22   77    4   22   4   0   2    7   0   1    7   18  .286
Joe Nolan             24   64    8   17   4   0   0    5   1   1    4    8  .266
Ken Griffey           33  140   21   37   7   2   1    9   5   1    5   19  .264
Ray Knight            34  120   13   29   4   0   3    7   2   2   11   12  .242
Dan Driessen          24   66   12   13   5   0   3   12   1   1   15   13  .197
Mike O'Berry          18   31    1    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .194
Junior Kennedy         7   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .167
Harry Spilman         14   16    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .125

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Art Howe              36  132   16   47   9   1   3   10   0   1   13   12  .356
Cesar Cedeno          27  103   12   32   6   0   1   11   5   4    8    9  .311
Craig Reynolds        32  129   17   35   4   5   3   13   2   0    5   12  .271
Kiko Garcia           14   45    2   12   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    6  .267
Jose Cruz             36  139   17   36   5   0   7   24   2   4   13   20  .259
Terry Puhl            36  127   14   32   6   2   2   11   8   1   17   21  .252
Danny Heep            17   57    5   14   1   0   0    2   0   0    8    8  .246
Alan Ashby            31   88    6   21   4   0   0   10   0   1   19   14  .239
Mike Ivie             14   38    2    9   3   0   0    6   0   1    2   10  .237
Denny Walling         20   45    8   10   1   0   3    6   1   1   12    3  .222
Dave Roberts          12   23    0    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .217
Luis Pujols           10   28    0    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .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
Joe Pittman            7    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Rafael Landestoy      22   43    3    6   0   0   0    1   2   1    9    7  .140
Dickie Thon           21   48    4    6   1   0   0    1   4   0    8    6  .125
Gary Woods            20   37    4    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    6    9  .081

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dusty Baker           35  138   15   42   6   3   1   15   3   2   11   16  .304
Ron Cey               36  133   18   40   8   0   8   26   0   1   18   22  .301
Ken Landreaux         34  138   21   41   7   2   4   20   7   3   13   20  .297
Reggie Smith           9    7    3    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .286
Pedro Guerrero        32  112   14   31   6   0   7   15   2   4   10   26  .277
Steve Garvey          36  148   17   40   9   1   3   28   0   4    8   19  .270
Mike Scioscia         30   86    9   23   2   0   1    4   0   2   13    8  .267
Steve Yeager          15   33    3    8   1   0   2    2   0   0    3    3  .242
Bill Russell          33  113    8   23   3   0   0    7   1   1    2   12  .204
Rick Monday           13   25    2    5   0   1   1    3   0   0    3    7  .200
Davey Lopes           33  123   25   21   2   0   3    7  13   1   16   22  .171
Derrel Thomas         18   36    2    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .167
Joe Ferguson           7    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .143
Jay Johnstone         16   22    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    3  .091
Pepe Frias             4    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
Mike Gates             1    2    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Tim Raines            33  123   25   44   5   3   2   11  34   4   23   13  .358
Bobby Ramos            7   14    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .357
Andre Dawson          33  127   22   37   7   0   8   18  12   2    7   13  .291
Warren Cromartie      30  111   10   30   4   1   2   13   0   1    6   11  .270
Mike Phillips          5    8    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Chris Speier          32  108   13   26   5   1   1    5   1   0   14    8  .241
Willie Montanez       13   21    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .238
Gary Carter           31  119   16   28   4   1   4   17   1   3   15   10  .235
Jerry White           18   43    2   10   2   0   1    6   1   1    2    5  .233
Tommy Hutton          10    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .222
Rodney Scott          29   96   10   21   1   0   0    9  15   1   17    7  .219
Tim Wallach           21   55    4   12   1   1   2    3   0   0    6   12  .218
Ellis Valentine       21   75    8   16   3   0   3   15   0   1    6   11  .213
Jerry Manuel          11   24    5    5   3   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .208
Larry Parrish         30  109   11   22   6   0   1    5   0   0    9   27  .202
Rowland Office         8   15    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .133
Chris Smith            3    3    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             5   13    1    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .385
Joel Youngblood       26   89    8   33   6   1   3   13   2   3    8   11  .371
Hubie Brooks          31  108   10   37   4   1   0    6   1   3    3   17  .343
Rusty Staub           26   77    5   24   3   0   2    7   1   0   10    8  .312
Doug Flynn            32  108   13   32   7   4   1   10   0   1    5    5  .296
Alex Trevino          28   92   10   26   1   0   0    7   1   0    8    8  .283
Mike Jorgensen        23   39    4   11   1   0   3    8   1   0    3    7  .282
John Stearns          18   58    6   16   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    3  .276
Frank Taveras         26  101   12   22   5   1   0    3   6   0    4   12  .218
Mookie Wilson         25   65    4   14   1   1   0    2   2   2    3   11  .215
Bob Bailor            14   29    4    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    5    5  .207
Lee Mazzilli          29  104    6   20   4   1   2    8   5   2   12   22  .192
Dave Kingman          31  103    7   19   4   0   5   14   1   0   23   32  .185
Wally Backman         16   17    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .177
Mike Cubbage          19   15    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .133

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Del Unser             17   12    2    6   3   0   0    6   0   0    5    3  .500
Dick Davis             9   13    1    5   0   1   0    2   1   0    3    2  .385
Bake McBride          18   71   10   26   9   0   0    8   1   0    5    9  .366
Pete Rose             35  143   23   45  10   2   0    6   1   2   15    6  .315
Garry Maddox          33  122   15   38   3   1   1   14   3   2    7   13  .312
Gary Matthews         32  116   17   36   7   2   2   20   4   1   15   14  .310
Manny Trillo          32  118   16   36   3   1   2   12   4   1   11   11  .305
Greg Gross            28   47    7   14   4   1   0    5   1   2    5    2  .298
Mike Schmidt          32  120   29   34   7   1  12   29   6   0   21   21  .283
Larry Bowa            34  127    9   34   4   0   0   14   7   3    5    3  .268
Keith Moreland        15   44    3   10   1   0   2   10   0   1    3    5  .227
Bob Boone             31   96    9   20   4   0   1    9   1   1   10   10  .208
Ramon Aviles           9    5    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Lonnie Smith          19   42    8    7   2   1   0    0   3   0    2    6  .167
Luis Aguayo            9   16    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .125
John Vukovich          4    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         6   13    3    6   1   1   1    4   0   0    1    4  .462
Phil Garner           17   52    6   19   3   0   1    7   1   2    5    8  .365
Bill Madlock          22   76    8   26   5   0   1    8   3   1    5    4  .342
Mike Easler           26   95   13   30   5   1   3   16   2   0    5   12  .316
Tony Pena             15   42    4   13   1   1   1    6   0   2    4    5  .310
Lee Lacy              22   46   10   14   1   2   0    2   7   1    1    7  .304
Dale Berra            23   59    4   16   3   0   1   11   2   0    4   10  .271
Dave Parker           24   91    8   24   3   1   4   15   2   0    1    9  .264
Tim Foli              29  104   11   24   4   0   0    9   2   1    5    7  .231
Kurt Bevacqua         12    9    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .222
John Milner           21   33    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    0  .212
Omar Moreno           29  123   14   25   3   2   0    6   9   3    8   20  .203
Willie Stargell       13   21    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .191
Steve Nicosia         19   57   10   10   3   0   0    1   1   0    6    6  .175
Vance Law             17   45    1    7   0   1   0    3   1   1    1   13  .156
Jason Thompson        23   70   11   10   0   0   4    8   0   0   15   16  .143
Bill Robinson          5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Matt Alexander         2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Broderick Perkins     29   86   16   33   9   2   2   17   0   1    5    7  .384
Juan Bonilla          29   91    9   29   6   0   1   11   0   4    5    7  .319
Terry Kennedy         32  124   10   39   7   0   0   12   0   1    6   25  .315
Barry Evans           24   36    5   11   1   0   0    3   1   1    4    4  .306
Jerry Turner          14   15    3    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    1  .267
Luis Salazar          36  136    6   35   4   2   1    6   1   3    2   30  .257
Gene Richards         37  145   17   37   6   4   0   14   9   3   21   19  .255
Ozzie Smith           37  154   18   37   2   0   0   11  10   5   10   15  .240
Ruppert Jones         35  131   14   29  10   0   1   13   4   5   16   31  .221
Joe Lefebvre          34   96    9   21   4   1   4   12   3   1   14   14  .219
Steve Swisher          9   19    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .211
Mike Phillips         14   29    1    6   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    3  .207
Randy Bass            22   62    4   12   2   0   2    7   0   0    8   10  .194
Craig Stimac           9    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .111
Dave Edwards          19   37    4    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    2   10  .108
Tim Flannery           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Herndon         35  131   17   46   8   3   0   15   7   2    6   21  .351
Jim Wohlford          19   28    2    9   2   0   1    5   0   0    0    3  .321
Mike Ivie              7   17    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .294
Milt May              33  107    6   31   6   0   0    9   1   2   12    5  .290
Enos Cabell           35  142   17   38   9   0   1   18   2   5    3   12  .268
Jerry Martin          20   62    7   15   0   1   1    6   2   1    4   11  .242
Billy North           30  100   17   23   6   0   1   10  19   5   17   16  .230
Darrell Evans         38  137   17   31   4   1   6   19   1   3   17   12  .226
Johnnie Lemaster      36  102   10   23   3   0   0    6   2   3    8   15  .226
Jack Clark            36  136   16   30   5   2   5   17   1   0   15   15  .221
Joe Morgan            31  103   11   22   6   0   2   11   4   0   18   14  .214
Rennie Stennett       19   46    4    9   0   0   1    3   1   1    1    3  .196
Mike Sadek            12   22    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .182
Dave Bergman          14   29    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .138
Chili Davis            8   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .133
Billy Smith           13   25    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    5  .120
Joe Pettini            4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Julio Gonzalez         1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Mike Ramsey            4    7    3    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .429
Orlando Sanchez        5   10    1    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    0  .400
Keith Hernandez       29  114   21   36  11   2   2   16   3   0   16   10  .316
Ken Oberkfell         29  107   18   32   5   0   0   12   3   1    8    5  .299
Tony Scott            29  123   18   34   4   2   2   12   7   6    5   16  .276
George Hendrick       28  108   21   29   7   1   6   21   3   0   11   12  .269
Sixto Lezcano         25   73   12   19   3   1   2   10   0   0   19    8  .260
Garry Templeton       28  124   18   32   7   5   0    8   3   5    7   25  .258
Dane Iorg             14   32    2    8   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .250
Tom Herr              29   98    8   24   3   6   0   22   1   1   12    7  .245
Gene Tenace           14   37    9    8   4   0   1    7   0   0   10    7  .216
Darrell Porter        21   52    6    9   3   1   2    8   1   0   19   11  .173
Steve Braun            6    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Tito Landrum          14    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .143

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  O. Smith (SDN)          154
  S. Garvey (LAN)         148
  G. Richards (SDN)       145
  P. Rose (PHI)           143
  E. Cabell (SFN)         142
  K. Griffey (CIN)        140
  J. Cruz (HOU)           139
  D. Baker (LAN)          138
  K. Landreaux (LAN)      138
  D. Evans (SFN)          137

Runs Scored:

  D. Collins (CIN)         30
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         29
  D. Lopes (LAN)           25
  T. Raines (MON)          25
  P. Rose (PHI)            23
  A. Dawson (MON)          22
  K. Griffey (CIN)         21
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        21
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       21
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       21

Hits:

  A. Howe (HOU)            47
  L. Herndon (SFN)         46
  P. Rose (PHI)            45
  D. Collins (CIN)         44
  T. Raines (MON)          44
  D. Baker (LAN)           42
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       41
  R. Cey (LAN)             40
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      40
  S. Garvey (LAN)          40

Doubles:

  B. Buckner (CHN)         13
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       11
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      11
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       11
  R. Jones (SDN)           10
  P. Rose (PHI)            10
  C. Washington (ATL)      10
  E. Cabell (SFN)           9
  S. Garvey (LAN)           9
  A. Howe (HOU)             9

Triples:

  T. Herr (SLN)             6
  C. Reynolds (HOU)         5
  G. Templeton (SLN)        5
  D. Collins (CIN)          4
  L. Durham (CHN)           4
  D. Flynn (NYN)            4
  G. Richards (SDN)         4
  D. Baker (LAN)            3
  L. Herndon (SFN)          3
  R. Oester (CIN)           3

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         12
  R. Cey (LAN)              8
  A. Dawson (MON)           8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             7
  G. Foster (CIN)           7
  P. Guerrero (LAN)         7
  D. Evans (SFN)            6
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         6
  J. Clark (SFN)            5
  D. Kingman (NYN)          5

RBI:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      30
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         29
  S. Garvey (LAN)          28
  R. Cey (LAN)             26
  G. Foster (CIN)          25
  J. Cruz (HOU)            24
  T. Herr (SLN)            22
  D. Murphy (ATL)          22
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        21
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       20

Stolen Bases:

  T. Raines (MON)          34
  B. North (SFN)           19
  R. Scott (MON)           15
  D. Lopes (LAN)           13
  E. Miller (ATL)          13
  A. Dawson (MON)          12
  L. Durham (CHN)          11
  O. Smith (SDN)           10
  D. Collins (CIN)          9
  I. DeJesus (CHN)          9

Caught Stealing:

  D. Collins (CIN)          6
  T. Scott (SLN)            6
  E. Cabell (SFN)           5
  R. Jones (SDN)            5
  B. North (SFN)            5
  O. Smith (SDN)            5
  G. Templeton (SLN)        5
  J. Bonilla (SDN)          4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4

Walks:

  D. Kingman (NYN)         23
  T. Raines (MON)          23
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       21
  G. Richards (SDN)        21
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         21
  A. Ashby (HOU)           19
  D. Collins (CIN)         19
  S. Lezcano (SLN)         19
  D. Porter (SLN)          19
  R. Cey (LAN)             18

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (NYN)         32
  R. Jones (SDN)           31
  S. Henderson (CHN)       30
  L. Salazar (SDN)         30
  D. Murphy (ATL)          27
  L. Parrish (MON)         27
  P. Guerrero (LAN)        26
  T. Kennedy (SDN)         25
  K. Reitz (CHN)           25
  G. Templeton (SLN)       25

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