Friday May 9, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 9, 1980:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        855  144   256   42   13   19   137   20   10   84   131  .299
Pittsburgh       800  113   231   39    4   23   107   28    6   65    94  .289
Chicago          798  118   227   44    4   25   116   18   12   73   123  .285
Los Angeles      909  121   249   28    7   22   112   24   11   81   135  .274
Philadelphia     764  122   207   45   14   19   114   11    4   58    82  .271
Houston          908  119   237   42    9   16   110   35   13   99   141  .261
Montreal         840   97   209   36   11   21    89   31    9   80   145  .249
Cincinnati       957  114   232   41   13   15   106   27    3  101   165  .242
New York         847   88   204   44    2    6    74   22   14  104   120  .241
Atlanta          788   76   186   29    1   11    73    8    9   62   125  .236
San Francisco    908   94   209   38    6   13    90   17    8   85   122  .230
San Diego        861   92   193   31    3   13    84   29    9  108   129  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz (SLN)          25   88    9   36   5   0   2   22   0   1    9    5  .409
Bill Buckner (CHN)       22   89    9   32   6   0   1   13   0   1    5    0  .360
George Hendrick (SLN)    25   93   19   33   7   2   5   23   2   0    8   11  .355
Reggie Smith (LAN)       25   97   15   34   5   0   5   21   0   2   12   14  .351
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    25  100   21   34   5   2   2   20   5   1    9   10  .340
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       22   80   18   27   4   2   2    8  13   1   11   14  .338
Phil Garner (PIT)        23   81    9   27   3   0   3   13   1   0    9    8  .333
Ted Simmons (SLN)        22   69   17   23   5   0   3   17   0   0   14   11  .333
Garry Templeton (SLN)    25  112   23   37   4   3   1    9   6   4    6    5  .330
Enos Cabell (HOU)        26   97   14   32   7   1   0   15   2   3    7   11  .330

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes         9    9    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .444
Joe Nolan              9   14    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .357
Chris Chambliss       24   91   13   28   5   0   4   12   0   0    6    3  .308
Jeff Burroughs        17   56    8   17   4   0   0    9   0   0    4    5  .304
Chico Ruiz             9    7    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Brian Asselstine      23   74    8   20   5   0   1   13   0   2    3   15  .270
Dale Murphy           24   85   14   22   2   0   4    9   0   0   13   23  .259
Bruce Benedict        12   36    2    9   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    3  .250
Biff Pocoroba          9   29    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .241
Jerry Royster         24   94    9   22   5   1   0    4   6   3   14   15  .234
Luis Gomez            23   64    1   14   0   0   0    7   0   2    5    4  .219
Bill Nahorodny         3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Gary Matthews         20   44    2    8   1   0   1    5   0   0    3   10  .182
Larvell Blanks        21   68    8   12   1   0   1    3   1   0    3    5  .177
Eddie Miller          11   19    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   2    0    5  .158
Mike Lum              12   12    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .083
Bob Horner            10   34    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .059

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Figueroa        11    9    3    4   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .444
Steve Dillard         10    7    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .429
Bill Buckner          22   89    9   32   6   0   1   13   0   1    5    0  .360
Mike Vail             12   20    2    7   2   1   0    6   1   0    1    8  .350
Jerry Martin          23   91   15   30   7   0   6   16   2   1    7   14  .330
Larry Biittner        17   34    3   11   2   0   0    7   0   0    1    3  .324
Scot Thompson         15   31    7   10   4   0   0    2   2   0    7    3  .323
Dave Kingman          21   77   14   22   3   0   6   19   1   1    7   16  .286
Len Randle            21   74   11   21   3   1   2   10   4   3    8    9  .284
Barry Foote           19   67   10   19   4   1   4   17   0   0    4    5  .284
Mike Tyson            17   36    6   10   1   0   1    3   0   2    1    7  .278
Ivan DeJesus          23   94   16   24   5   1   2   10   6   2    8   11  .255
Carlos Lezcano        16   37    6    8   1   0   2    5   0   0    5   13  .216
Mick Kelleher         17   24    4    5   0   0   0    1   1   2    2    5  .208
Steve Ontiveros       13   29    5    6   0   0   1    1   0   0    7    6  .207
Tim Blackwell          8   21    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .191
Ken Henderson          4   16    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .188

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sam Mejias            15   34    4   11   1   1   0    6   3   0    0    6  .324
Ken Griffey           27   97   18   31   5   3   1   11   6   0   16   16  .320
Dave Collins          18   75   15   23   3   1   0    5   5   0    3    8  .307
Ray Knight            28  102   14   29   8   2   3   18   1   0    8    9  .284
Junior Kennedy        27   95    6   26   3   2   1   13   1   0   13   13  .274
George Foster         18   63   10   17   1   0   4   11   1   0   11   10  .270
Harry Spilman         13   29    4    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    3  .241
Johnny Bench          23   79    9   18   3   0   1    5   2   0    9   13  .228
Ron Oester             7    9    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .222
Cesar Geronimo        22   50    5   11   2   0   1    4   1   0    3   11  .220
Dan Driessen          26   81   10   17   2   0   2   13   5   1   17   16  .210
Dave Concepcion       28  116   15   23   6   2   2   12   1   0    7   23  .198
Hector Cruz           13   27    1    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    7  .185
Don Werner             9   25    0    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    5    6  .120
Rick Auerbach          5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   2    2    2  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Cesar Cedeno          22   80   18   27   4   2   2    8  13   1   11   14  .338
Enos Cabell           26   97   14   32   7   1   0   15   2   3    7   11  .330
Jose Cruz             26   95   18   31   4   1   1   23   6   3   16   12  .326
Terry Puhl            19   69   12   20   3   0   4    6   1   3    7    8  .290
Denny Walling         18   54    8   15   4   0   0    4   2   0   11    6  .278
Jeffrey Leonard       18   61    8   16   2   0   1    5   2   1    3   12  .262
Alan Ashby            16   51    3   13   5   1   1    8   0   0    6    8  .255
Joe Morgan            24   84   17   20   3   1   3   13   6   1   19   10  .238
Rafael Landestoy      18   26    3    6   3   0   1    1   1   0    3    5  .231
Craig Reynolds        21   87    7   19   1   1   1    3   0   0    3    8  .218
Art Howe              17   51    3   11   1   2   0    5   1   0    7    9  .216
Luis Pujols           13   47    3    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    1    8  .170
Dave Bergman           9   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .154
Julio Gonzalez        13   21    1    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .143
Bruce Bochy            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mickey Hatcher        10   12    0    5   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    2  .417
Gary Thomasson        13   15    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .400
Reggie Smith          25   97   15   34   5   0   5   21   0   2   12   14  .351
Pedro Guerrero         7    6    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .333
Derrel Thomas         17   43    7   14   3   0   1    4   1   2    4    8  .326
Rudy Law              24   96   20   29   0   3   0    6  11   1    6    5  .302
Davey Lopes           25   96   19   28   2   1   3    9   4   1   14   13  .292
Jay Johnstone         14   14    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .286
Ron Cey               26   88   12   25   4   0   3   16   1   1   14   18  .284
Dusty Baker           24   95   15   26   6   1   6   16   1   1    5   12  .274
Steve Yeager          13   34    3    9   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    9  .265
Bill Russell          24   89    7   23   2   1   0    2   3   0    4    6  .258
Steve Garvey          26  110   12   28   2   0   4   25   3   1    4   12  .255
Mike Scioscia         10   27    2    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .222
Rick Monday           12   10    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .200
Joe Ferguson           5   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .077

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Macha             12   24    4   10   1   1   1    4   0   0    2    5  .417
Warren Cromartie      25   93    7   27   4   1   4   11   1   2    4    8  .290
Ron Leflore           25   93   15   26   4   3   0    7  12   5   10   20  .280
Tony Bernazard        18   59   10   16   2   0   1    4   5   0    8   11  .271
Ellis Valentine       24   93   11   25   4   1   4   18   1   0    4   14  .269
Jerry White           18   19    1    5   2   0   0    0   0   1    3    3  .263
Larry Parrish         20   74   11   19   6   0   4   13   0   0    4   13  .257
Rowland Office        15   28    7    7   3   1   0    3   0   0    6    3  .250
Gary Carter           25   93    7   23   3   1   2    9   0   0    7   15  .247
Andre Dawson          21   74   11   18   4   1   4   13   3   1   10   10  .243
Rodney Scott          20   62    9   12   1   0   0    1   9   0   10   12  .194
Bill Almon            10   27    1    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .185
Chris Speier          15   39    1    7   1   1   1    4   0   0    3    4  .180
John Tamargo           5    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .143
Tommy Hutton          12   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .091

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Trevino           9   23    3    9   0   1   0    1   0   0    4    2  .391
Steve Henderson       16   64    7   20   4   0   0    7   1   1    5    9  .313
Elliott Maddox        21   65    4   20   1   0   0    5   0   3   12    8  .308
John Stearns          24   90   13   27  11   0   0    9   3   0    6    7  .300
Joel Youngblood       24   89   10   26   6   0   3   16   3   1   12   14  .292
Mike Jorgensen        17   45    8   12   1   0   1    5   0   1   11    9  .267
Lee Mazzilli          24   82   11   20   5   1   0    4   8   3   21    9  .244
Jose Cardenal          9   17    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .235
Frank Taveras         24  102   12   21   6   0   0    2   4   1    8   15  .206
Phil Mankowski         6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Doug Flynn            25   94    6   18   4   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .192
Jerry Morales         21   70    6   13   2   0   1   10   2   1    7   12  .186
Ron Hodges            10   12    2    2   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    4  .167
Dan Norman            12   25    1    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    2  .160
Mario Ramirez          6    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Vukovich          7    2    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    0  .500
Lonnie Smith           8    7    3    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .429
Manny Trillo           8   24    3   10   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .417
Del Unser             13   12    4    5   0   2   0    3   0   0    2    4  .417
Mike Schmidt          22   88   20   27   5   1   8   22   1   1    8   15  .307
Bake McBride          19   80    9   23   7   2   0   18   1   0    1    3  .288
Greg Luzinski         22   84   16   23   5   0   7   18   1   0   10   19  .274
Bob Boone             22   81    9   22   5   1   2    8   1   0    6    8  .272
Luis Aguayo           13   37    7   10   1   1   1    6   0   1    2    3  .270
Ramon Aviles           6   15    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .267
George Vukovich       13    8    2    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Larry Bowa            22   81   11   20   2   2   0    5   1   1    2    5  .247
Pete Rose             22   87   16   20   7   1   0    2   0   0   13    3  .230
Garry Maddox          19   75    8   17   6   0   1   13   4   0    5    5  .227
Keith Moreland         6    9    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .222
Greg Gross            15   27    3    5   1   1   0    3   1   0    2    1  .185

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen       2    1    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Lee Lacy              13   26    6   13   3   0   0    4   1   0    2    3  .500
Phil Garner           23   81    9   27   3   0   3   13   1   0    9    8  .333
Mike Easler           16   33    7   11   1   0   3    8   0   0    5    2  .333
Willie Stargell       15   52    6   17   4   0   3   11   0   0    8   11  .327
Bill Robinson         21   49    9   16   3   0   4    8   1   1    4    6  .327
Dave Parker           23   98   16   31   4   1   5   19   4   0    1    9  .316
Dale Berra             7   10    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .300
Ed Ott                19   67    7   20   5   0   1    7   0   1    8    9  .299
Omar Moreno           23   99   16   29   5   3   0    5  16   2    7   10  .293
Tim Foli              23   87   16   23   5   0   0    8   2   0    5    7  .264
Bill Madlock          23   91   12   23   3   0   3    9   3   1    5    3  .253
John Milner           15   35    2    5   1   0   0    6   0   1    5    3  .143
Steve Nicosia          6   15    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .067
Matt Alexander         4    0    3    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Kurt Bevacqua         13   13    0    5   2   0   0    4   1   0    1    0  .385
Barry Evans           21   24    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    4  .292
Dave Winfield         27   94   12   26   3   0   4   19   5   3   19   13  .277
Gene Richards         26   93   13   25   4   0   1    5   6   0    6   14  .269
Bill Fahey            14   44    4   11   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    4  .250
Aurelio Rodriguez     20   44    4   11   2   1   1    5   0   0    2    6  .250
Paul Dade             16   22    4    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    5  .227
Gene Tenace           22   64    6   14   3   0   3   10   1   0   13   10  .219
Jerry Turner          18   32    3    7   0   0   1    2   1   0    3    3  .219
Jerry Mumphrey        26   79    8   17   3   0   0    5   3   0    7   19  .215
Von Joshua            16   19    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    4  .211
Dave Cash             27   96   12   20   5   0   0    6   3   2   12    8  .208
Willie Montanez       24   84    9   17   2   1   2   10   2   1    7    8  .202
Ozzie Smith           27   99   12   19   4   1   0    4   7   1   19    9  .192
Fred Kendall           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
Joe Strain            10   17    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .353
Mike Sadek             8    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jim Wohlford          18   40    2   11   1   1   1    5   0   1    1    3  .275
Billy North           20   65   15   17   2   0   0    4   8   3   14   12  .262
Jack Clark            27   85   12   22   4   1   3   15   0   1   17   13  .259
Darrell Evans         28   99   13   25   2   0   3   11   3   1   17   11  .253
Rennie Stennett       26   96   13   23   6   0   0    3   1   0    2    6  .240
Terry Whitfield       24   63    6   15   4   0   0    5   1   0    4    4  .238
Mike Ivie             17   59    4   14   2   0   1    3   0   1    1    8  .237
Larry Herndon         25   73    5   17   2   1   1    9   4   1    4   13  .233
Johnnie Lemaster      26   79    6   18   5   1   2   11   0   0    4    8  .228
Milt May              23   63    4   14   5   2   1   11   0   0   10    7  .222
Marc Hill             11   32    1    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .188
Willie McCovey        23   59    5   11   3   0   1   10   0   0    7   11  .186
Roger Metzger         11   15    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .067

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz             25   88    9   36   5   0   2   22   0   1    9    5  .409
Terry Kennedy          6   21    4    8   2   1   0    5   0   0    2    3  .381
George Hendrick       25   93   19   33   7   2   5   23   2   0    8   11  .355
Keith Hernandez       25  100   21   34   5   2   2   20   5   1    9   10  .340
Ted Simmons           22   69   17   23   5   0   3   17   0   0   14   11  .333
Dane Iorg             12   30    5   10   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    7  .333
Garry Templeton       25  112   23   37   4   3   1    9   6   4    6    5  .330
Ken Oberkfell         21   70   12   18   4   1   1   11   3   2   17    6  .257
Tom Herr              10   24    3    6   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Bobby Bonds           23   72   13   17   3   2   1   11   1   2    5   24  .236
Tony Scott            25   90   11   19   3   1   0    4   3   0    8   18  .211
Jim Lentine            9   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Bernie Carbo           6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Steve Swisher          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Phillips          3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)     116
  G. Templeton (SLN)      112
  S. Garvey (LAN)         110
  R. Knight (CIN)         102
  F. Taveras (NYN)        102
  K. Hernandez (SLN)      100
  D. Evans (SFN)           99
  O. Moreno (PIT)          99
  O. Smith (SDN)           99
  D. Parker (PIT)          98

Runs Scored:

  G. Templeton (SLN)       23
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       21
  R. Law (LAN)             20
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         20
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        19
  D. Lopes (LAN)           19
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18
  J. Cruz (HOU)            18
  K. Griffey (CIN)         18
  J. Morgan (HOU)          17

Hits:

  G. Templeton (SLN)       37
  K. Reitz (SLN)           36
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       34
  R. Smith (LAN)           34
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        33
  B. Buckner (CHN)         32
  E. Cabell (HOU)          32
  J. Cruz (HOU)            31
  K. Griffey (CIN)         31
  D. Parker (PIT)          31

Doubles:

  J. Stearns (NYN)         11
  R. Knight (CIN)           8
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         7
  J. Martin (CHN)           7
  B. McBride (PHI)          7
  P. Rose (PHI)             7
  D. Baker (LAN)            6
  B. Buckner (CHN)          6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6

Triples:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          3
  R. Law (LAN)              3
  R. Leflore (MON)          3
  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  G. Templeton (SLN)        3
  B. Bonds (SLN)            2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         2

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         7
  D. Baker (LAN)            6
  D. Kingman (CHN)          6
  J. Martin (CHN)           6
  G. Hendrick (SLN)         5
  D. Parker (PIT)           5
  R. Smith (LAN)            5
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        4
  W. Cromartie (MON)        4

RBI:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          25
  J. Cruz (HOU)            23
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        23
  K. Reitz (SLN)           22
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         22
  R. Smith (LAN)           21
  K. Hernandez (SLN)       20
  D. Kingman (CHN)         19
  D. Parker (PIT)          19
  D. Winfield (SDN)        19

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          16
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  R. Leflore (MON)         12
  R. Law (LAN)             11
  R. Scott (MON)            9
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)         8
  B. North (SFN)            8
  O. Smith (SDN)            7
  J. Cruz (HOU)             6
  I. DeJesus (CHN)          6

Caught Stealing:

  R. Leflore (MON)          5
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  E. Cabell (HOU)           3
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3
  E. Maddox (NYN)           3
  L. Mazzilli (NYN)         3
  B. North (SFN)            3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  L. Randle (CHN)           3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3

Walks:

  L. Mazzilli (NYN)        21
  J. Morgan (HOU)          19
  O. Smith (SDN)           19
  D. Winfield (SDN)        19
  J. Clark (SFN)           17
  D. Driessen (CIN)        17
  D. Evans (SFN)           17
  K. Oberkfell (SLN)       17
  J. Cruz (HOU)            16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         16

Strikeouts:

  B. Bonds (SLN)           24
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      23
  D. Murphy (ATL)          23
  R. Leflore (MON)         20
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        19
  J. Mumphrey (SDN)        19
  R. Cey (LAN)             18
  T. Scott (SLN)           18
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         16

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