Thursday May 28, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 28, 1981:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Philadelphia    1463  180   396   69   13   23   167   39   16  133   178  .271
Cincinnati      1478  194   395   81   12   25   177   29   19  157   243  .267
New York        1339  135   352   53   14   23   128   31   14  127   209  .263
St. Louis       1282  181   332   66   21   16   170   40   20  150   184  .259
Pittsburgh      1329  161   341   53   15   20   154   50   18  100   185  .257
Los Angeles     1539  186   392   61    8   42   179   30   22  147   241  .255
San Diego       1520  151   384   63   12   16   139   34   31  122   251  .253
Montreal        1408  171   354   58   11   33   154   78   15  146   188  .251
Atlanta         1468  171   360   65    8   22   159   39   19  134   216  .245
San Francisco   1588  164   384   66   11   22   157   55   28  143   229  .242
Houston         1507  151   363   59   17   22   142   37   17  168   225  .241
Chicago         1401  127   321   54   11   19   120   33   17  133   232  .229

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Art Howe (HOU)           44  159   21   58  12   2   3   14   1   1   19   13  .365
Mike Easler (PIT)        34  127   23   45   8   2   5   22   2   2    7   15  .354
Hubie Brooks (NYN)       39  138   12   47   7   1   0   10   3   4    6   22  .341
Andre Dawson (MON)       38  146   27   49   8   0  11   22  13   2   10   14  .336
Tim Raines (MON)         41  156   29   51   7   3   3   15  40   4   25   17  .327
Larry Herndon (SFN)      43  166   23   54   9   4   1   17  10   2    8   30  .325
Dave Collins (CIN)       42  165   35   52   8   4   2   14  12   6   20   21  .315
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    38  143   27   45  13   2   3   22   7   2   26   13  .315
Terry Kennedy (SDN)      40  154   12   48   9   0   0   15   0   1    8   29  .312
Bill Buckner (CHN)       42  161   17   50  16   1   4   28   0   1   10    3  .311

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Claudell Washington   40  146   16   44  11   2   1   17   6   3    7   17  .301
Bob Horner            29  115   15   33   5   0   4   14   0   2    9   16  .287
Bob Porter             9    7    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .286
Bruce Benedict        40  126   14   35   5   1   3   20   0   1   17   10  .278
Chris Chambliss       43  163   21   44  11   1   2   20   1   0   22    9  .270
Terry Harper          24   53    7   14   1   0   2    8   3   1    6    8  .264
Dale Murphy           43  163   16   41   5   0   5   25   8   3   15   32  .252
Glenn Hubbard         40  144   16   35   6   3   2   14   1   0   15   27  .243
Eddie Miller          25   95   19   22   2   0   0    4  13   1    6   19  .232
Brian Asselstine      17   26    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .231
Luis Gomez            15   13    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    2  .231
Rufino Linares        26   69    9   15   1   0   3   10   1   1    3   10  .217
Rafael Ramirez        42  130   16   27   9   0   0    4   4   2   14   24  .208
Biff Pocoroba         31   81    4   16   2   0   0    7   0   0    7    9  .198
Jerry Royster         23   24    7    4   1   1   0    3   2   4    2    5  .167
Bill Nahorodny         9    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .143
Mike Lum              10   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .091

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Krug              7    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .400
Mike Lum               7    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .333
Bill Buckner          42  161   17   50  16   1   4   28   0   1   10    3  .311
Leon Durham           40  154   17   47   4   5   4   15  14   4   10   28  .305
Steve Henderson       40  142   14   41   3   2   4   18   2   5   19   32  .289
Jerry Morales         31   93    9   26   1   1   0    6   0   1   10    9  .280
Steve Dillard         19   27    5    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    4    6  .259
Jody Davis             7   17    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .235
Jim Tracy             28   36    3    8   1   0   0    4   1   0    6   11  .222
Hector Cruz           26   55    6   12   3   0   3    7   1   2    9    9  .218
Tim Blackwell         33   97   12   20   6   1   1    6   1   0   15   19  .206
Mike Tyson            20   45    5    9   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    9  .200
Scot Thompson         34   91    6   18   5   0   0    8   2   0    6    7  .198
Joe Strain            23   73    6   14   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .192
Ken Reitz             35  113    4   21   5   1   1   11   0   0    4   28  .186
Scott Fletcher        10   35    3    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .171
Ivan DeJesus          42  156   17   25   4   0   0    3  12   4   21   23  .160
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            28   19    3    7   1   0   0    3   1   0    0    1  .368
Johnny Bench          28   99    8   34   8   0   2   10   0   2   12   18  .343
Larry Biittner        19   24    1    8   3   0   0    7   0   0    3    1  .333
Dave Collins          42  165   35   52   8   4   2   14  12   6   20   21  .315
Dave Concepcion       43  169   22   49  13   0   2   34   2   4   17   23  .290
Ron Oester            42  139   20   40   7   3   0   15   0   1   19   25  .288
Ken Griffey           43  179   26   51   8   4   1   13   9   1    8   23  .285
George Foster         44  174   24   49  11   0   9   32   1   0   19   32  .282
Joe Nolan             32   83   11   22   6   0   0    5   1   1    8    9  .265
Ray Knight            44  161   18   41   8   0   4   13   2   3   15   19  .255
Mike Vail             12   12    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .250
Harry Spilman         20   21    3    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .191
Junior Kennedy         8   16    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .188
Mike O'Berry          25   43    3    8   1   1   0    2   0   0    7    9  .186
Dan Driessen          31   81   13   15   5   0   3   13   1   1   20   17  .185

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Pittman           14   18    1    7   0   1   0    1   1   1    2    2  .389
Art Howe              44  159   21   58  12   2   3   14   1   1   19   13  .365
Cesar Cedeno          33  126   14   37   7   0   1   14   6   4   10   12  .294
Jose Cruz             45  179   22   47   7   1   7   29   2   5   14   22  .263
Alan Ashby            37  110    8   28   6   0   0   14   0   1   20   15  .255
Terry Puhl            45  166   21   42   8   3   2   12  13   2   20   30  .253
Craig Reynolds        39  152   19   38   4   7   3   15   2   0    5   13  .250
Dave Roberts          15   33    3    8   2   0   1    3   1   0    1    4  .242
Mike Ivie             14   38    2    9   3   0   0    6   0   1    2   10  .237
Kiko Garcia           20   63    5   14   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    9  .222
Danny Heep            20   63    5   14   1   0   0    2   0   0    9    9  .222
Luis Pujols           13   39    2    8   0   1   1    7   1   0    2    5  .205
Denny Walling         27   66    9   13   1   0   3    6   1   1   17    8  .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      31   69    4   11   1   1   0    4   3   1   15    9  .159
Gary Woods            25   45    5    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    9   11  .133
Dickie Thon           24   48    4    6   1   0   0    1   4   0    8    6  .125

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            10    8    3    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .375
Pedro Guerrero        41  146   20   44   8   1   8   22   2   5   11   30  .301
Dusty Baker           43  170   19   51   6   3   3   20   4   3   15   21  .300
Mike Scioscia         38  110   10   33   2   0   1    6   0   2   17    8  .300
Ron Cey               44  160   21   46  10   0   9   29   0   2   23   26  .288
Steve Garvey          45  187   26   53  12   1   6   35   1   4   11   22  .283
Ken Landreaux         43  179   23   49   8   2   4   23   7   3   15   24  .274
Reggie Smith          13   11    3    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .273
Rick Monday           21   43    7   10   0   1   3    5   0   0    5   15  .233
Steve Yeager          20   40    3    8   1   0   2    2   0   0    5    4  .200
Bill Russell          41  141    9   27   4   0   0   10   2   1    8   14  .192
Derrel Thomas         27   63    5   12   3   0   1    6   1   0    8    8  .191
Davey Lopes           33  123   25   21   2   0   3    7  13   1   16   22  .171
Jay Johnstone         22   30    4    4   0   0   2    3   0   1    4    4  .133
Joe Ferguson          13   11    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .091

 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
Bobby Ramos            7   14    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .357
Andre Dawson          38  146   27   49   8   0  11   22  13   2   10   14  .336
Tim Raines            41  156   29   51   7   3   3   15  40   4   25   17  .327
Jerry White           22   55    7   16   3   1   1    6   4   2    5    6  .291
Warren Cromartie      36  134   13   37   8   1   2   15   0   1    8   12  .276
Chris Speier          40  132   15   34   7   1   2   13   1   0   18   10  .258
Tim Wallach           28   83    8   21   2   1   3    6   0   0    8   18  .253
Mike Phillips          5    8    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Gary Carter           39  150   18   35   5   1   5   20   1   4   18   12  .233
Ellis Valentine       22   76    8   16   3   0   3   15   0   1    6   11  .211
Jerry Manuel          11   24    5    5   3   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .208
Rodney Scott          37  127   14   26   1   1   0   11  19   1   22    9  .205
Larry Parrish         35  128   11   25   7   1   1    7   0   0    9   32  .195
Tommy Hutton          14   11    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .182
Willie Montanez       18   41    2    7   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .171
Rowland Office         8   15    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .133
Chris Smith            5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Pate               3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .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       34  121   14   44   8   2   4   23   2   4   10   16  .364
Hubie Brooks          39  138   12   47   7   1   0   10   3   4    6   22  .341
Rusty Staub           28   79    5   24   3   0   2    7   1   0   10    8  .304
Doug Flynn            40  137   15   39   7   4   1   11   0   1    7    5  .285
Alex Trevino          33   96   10   27   1   0   0    8   1   0    8    9  .281
John Stearns          26   87    9   24   3   1   0    8   3   0    7    6  .276
Wally Backman         22   34    4    9   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    6  .265
Mike Jorgensen        29   47    4   12   2   0   3    8   1   0    3    9  .255
Mookie Wilson         32   90   10   21   1   2   0    5   5   2    6   14  .233
Dave Kingman          39  130   13   28   4   0   9   22   1   0   27   38  .215
Frank Taveras         30  112   16   24   7   1   0    3   6   0    7   13  .214
Lee Mazzilli          37  131   14   27   5   2   3   11   7   3   19   24  .206
Bob Bailor            18   35    4    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    5    6  .200
Mike Cubbage          20   16    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .125

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bake McBride          18   71   10   26   9   0   0    8   1   0    5    9  .366
Dick Davis            12   17    1    6   0   1   0    2   1   0    3    2  .353
Pete Rose             43  175   26   54  11   2   0    9   1   2   16    7  .309
Gary Matthews         39  143   19   44   8   2   2   23   5   1   20   18  .308
Garry Maddox          40  146   15   44   4   1   1   17   3   3    8   18  .301
Manny Trillo          39  150   20   44   3   2   3   17   4   1   11   18  .293
Del Unser             23   24    3    7   3   0   0    6   0   0    7    3  .292
Mike Schmidt          40  151   33   43   9   1  14   34   6   1   25   31  .285
Greg Gross            34   53    8   15   4   1   0    5   1   2    6    2  .283
Larry Bowa            42  157   10   39   5   0   0   14   8   3    6    5  .248
Bob Boone             37  118   10   28   5   0   1   11   1   1   12   11  .237
Keith Moreland        18   52    3   12   2   0   2   10   0   1    3    6  .231
Lonnie Smith          27   72   14   16   4   1   0    2   8   0    6    8  .222
Luis Aguayo           11   19    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .105
Ramon Aviles          12   10    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .100
John Vukovich          5    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
Mike Easler           34  127   23   45   8   2   5   22   2   2    7   15  .354
Bill Madlock          31  110   11   36   9   0   1   14   6   1   10    6  .327
Phil Garner           26   86   13   28   4   2   1   13   2   5    8   12  .326
Tony Pena             19   51    5   16   2   1   1    8   0   2    4    6  .314
Lee Lacy              31   87   15   25   3   2   0    3  14   2    3   12  .287
Dale Berra            29   71    5   20   5   0   1   15   4   0    6   13  .282
Dave Parker           24   91    8   24   3   1   4   15   2   0    1    9  .264
Omar Moreno           38  162   20   41   4   4   0   15  13   3    8   24  .253
Tim Foli              35  126   13   31   5   0   0   11   4   1    7    7  .246
Steve Nicosia         26   81   14   17   4   1   0    5   2   0    8    8  .210
Willie Stargell       16   24    0    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .208
John Milner           24   38    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    0  .184
Kurt Bevacqua         15   11    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .182
Jason Thompson        32  101   16   16   2   0   5   12   0   0   24   23  .158
Vance Law             17   45    1    7   0   1   0    3   1   1    1   13  .156
Bill Robinson          5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Matt Alexander         5    2    2    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
Tim Flannery           7   12    1    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .500
Broderick Perkins     37  117   18   39  11   2   2   20   0   2    7   10  .333
Barry Evans           32   49    7   16   2   0   0    3   1   1    5    5  .327
Terry Kennedy         40  154   12   48   9   0   0   15   0   1    8   29  .312
Juan Bonilla          35  115   11   32   6   0   1   11   0   4    6    9  .278
Luis Salazar          44  156    9   42   4   3   1    9   2   3    2   33  .269
Gene Richards         45  177   22   47   6   5   2   20  10   3   26   22  .266
Ozzie Smith           45  187   22   47   2   0   0   13  13   8   15   17  .251
Jerry Turner          15   16    3    4   0   0   1    1   0   1    4    1  .250
Joe Lefebvre          41  117   12   27   6   1   4   12   3   2   18   16  .231
Ruppert Jones         42  162   16   36  12   0   1   16   4   6   19   36  .222
Mike Phillips         14   29    1    6   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    3  .207
Randy Bass            25   65    4   13   2   0   2    9   0   0    8   11  .200
Steve Swisher         10   20    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .200
Craig Stimac           9    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .111
Dave Edwards          21   40    4    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    2   11  .100

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Herndon         43  166   23   54   9   4   1   17  10   2    8   30  .325
Mike Ivie              7   17    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .294
Jim Wohlford          22   32    3    9   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    5  .281
Milt May              41  136    6   38   7   0   0   12   1   2   13    9  .279
Enos Cabell           43  179   20   48  10   0   1   21   3   7    3   18  .268
Dave Bergman          22   49    4   13   5   0   0    3   0   0    7   11  .265
Johnnie Lemaster      43  125   11   33   3   1   0    7   2   5   11   17  .264
Jerry Martin          25   85    8   22   0   2   1    8   3   1    6   16  .259
Billy North           36  107   19   26   7   0   1   11  22   6   21   18  .243
Darrell Evans         43  151   18   36   4   2   6   23   1   3   19   14  .238
Rennie Stennett       24   58    4   13   0   0   1    4   2   1    2    3  .224
Joe Morgan            37  126   16   28   7   0   2   12   8   0   22   16  .222
Jack Clark            42  163   18   35   7   2   6   22   1   1   16   22  .215
Mike Sadek            15   26    4    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    5  .154
Chili Davis            8   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .133
Billy Smith           18   39    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    2   10  .128
Joe Pettini            8    3    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            9   21    4    9   1   0   0    2   2   0    1    3  .429
Orlando Sanchez        9   19    2    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .316
Keith Hernandez       38  143   27   45  13   2   3   22   7   2   26   13  .315
Ken Oberkfell         38  137   22   41   6   1   0   17   4   1   15    7  .299
George Hendrick       37  142   29   41   8   1   6   23   4   0   16   16  .289
Tom Herr              38  133   14   37   6   6   0   24   7   3   18    8  .278
Garry Templeton       36  152   22   39   7   7   0   14   4   7    8   29  .257
Sixto Lezcano         32   91   14   23   4   1   2   12   0   0   22   10  .253
Tony Scott            38  163   21   40   5   2   2   17  10   7    5   19  .245
Dane Iorg             21   49    3   12   1   0   0    8   0   0    1    2  .245
Gene Tenace           20   55   12   12   6   0   1   10   0   0   14   14  .218
Darrell Porter        21   52    6    9   3   1   2    8   1   0   19   11  .173
Steve Braun           10    8    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .125
Tito Landrum          20   12    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .083
Glenn Brummer          2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Garvey (LAN)         187
  O. Smith (SDN)          187
  E. Cabell (SFN)         179
  J. Cruz (HOU)           179
  K. Griffey (CIN)        179
  K. Landreaux (LAN)      179
  G. Richards (SDN)       177
  P. Rose (PHI)           175
  G. Foster (CIN)         174
  D. Baker (LAN)          170

Runs Scored:

  D. Collins (CIN)         35
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         33
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        29
  T. Raines (MON)          29
  A. Dawson (MON)          27
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       27
  S. Garvey (LAN)          26
  K. Griffey (CIN)         26
  P. Rose (PHI)            26
  D. Lopes (LAN)           25

Hits:

  A. Howe (HOU)            58
  L. Herndon (SFN)         54
  P. Rose (PHI)            54
  S. Garvey (LAN)          53
  D. Collins (CIN)         52
  D. Baker (LAN)           51
  K. Griffey (CIN)         51
  T. Raines (MON)          51
  B. Buckner (CHN)         50
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      49

Doubles:

  B. Buckner (CHN)         16
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      13
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       13
  S. Garvey (LAN)          12
  A. Howe (HOU)            12
  R. Jones (SDN)           12
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       11
  G. Foster (CIN)          11
  B. Perkins (SDN)         11
  P. Rose (PHI)            11

Triples:

  C. Reynolds (HOU)         7
  G. Templeton (SLN)        7
  T. Herr (SLN)             6
  L. Durham (CHN)           5
  G. Richards (SDN)         5
  D. Collins (CIN)          4
  D. Flynn (NYN)            4
  K. Griffey (CIN)          4
  L. Herndon (SFN)          4
  O. Moreno (PIT)           4

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         14
  A. Dawson (MON)          11
  R. Cey (LAN)              9
  G. Foster (CIN)           9
  D. Kingman (NYN)          9
  P. Guerrero (LAN)         8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             7
  J. Clark (SFN)            6
  D. Evans (SFN)            6
  S. Garvey (LAN)           6

RBI:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          35
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      34
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         34
  G. Foster (CIN)          32
  R. Cey (LAN)             29
  J. Cruz (HOU)            29
  B. Buckner (CHN)         28
  D. Murphy (ATL)          25
  T. Herr (SLN)            24
  D. Evans (SFN)           23

Stolen Bases:

  T. Raines (MON)          40
  B. North (SFN)           22
  R. Scott (MON)           19
  L. Durham (CHN)          14
  L. Lacy (PIT)            14
  A. Dawson (MON)          13
  D. Lopes (LAN)           13
  E. Miller (ATL)          13
  O. Moreno (PIT)          13
  T. Puhl (HOU)            13

Caught Stealing:

  O. Smith (SDN)            8
  E. Cabell (SFN)           7
  T. Scott (SLN)            7
  G. Templeton (SLN)        7
  D. Collins (CIN)          6
  R. Jones (SDN)            6
  B. North (SFN)            6
  J. Cruz (HOU)             5
  P. Garner (PIT)           5
  P. Guerrero (LAN)         5

Walks:

  D. Kingman (NYN)         27
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       26
  G. Richards (SDN)        26
  T. Raines (MON)          25
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         25
  J. Thompson (PIT)        24
  R. Cey (LAN)             23
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       22
  S. Lezcano (SLN)         22
  J. Morgan (SFN)          22

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (NYN)         38
  R. Jones (SDN)           36
  L. Salazar (SDN)         33
  G. Foster (CIN)          32
  S. Henderson (CHN)       32
  D. Murphy (ATL)          32
  L. Parrish (MON)         32
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         31
  P. Guerrero (LAN)        30
  L. Herndon (SFN)         30

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