Friday May 1, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 1, 1981:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Philadelphia     612   86   173   34    4    8    77   15    9   58    70  .283
Montreal         582   91   159   27    4   19    81   33    4   66    83  .273
St. Louis        473   71   129   32   12    8    64    9    6   56    75  .273
Cincinnati       632   84   165   36    1   14    78   12   12   73   116  .261
Los Angeles      672   72   170   28    5   13    70   16    9   59   107  .253
New York         538   44   136   24    5    9    42    8    5   50    88  .253
Pittsburgh       519   60   126   15    7    8    57   17    3   31    73  .243
San Francisco    705   65   164   29    2    7    64   27   11   75   100  .233
Atlanta          657   70   150   24    3   11    65   20    7   66   113  .228
Houston          649   49   145   31    2   13    46   12   11   56    95  .223
San Diego        702   51   153   21    3    7    46   16   16   64   119  .218
Chicago          547   37   116   15    7    4    36    8    8   40    91  .212

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Collins (CIN)       19   73   18   29   4   1   2    7   7   5   10    9  .397
Pete Rose (PHI)          18   76   12   29   6   1   0    3   1   2    7    6  .382
Steve Henderson (CHN)    17   62    5   23   2   2   0   10   1   2    7   15  .371
Tim Raines (MON)         17   67   14   24   3   1   1    6  19   0   13    5  .358
Dusty Baker (LAN)        19   77   10   27   2   3   1    5   3   2    6    8  .351
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    19   70   14   24   8   0   2   21   0   3   11    8  .343
Gary Matthews (PHI)      15   50   10   17   3   1   1    7   2   0   10    7  .340
Gary Carter (MON)        15   60   14   20   2   1   4   13   1   2    8    7  .333
Andre Dawson (MON)       16   60   14   20   2   0   5    9   6   1    5    6  .333
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    14   54   10   18   7   0   2    9   1   0    8    5  .333

 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
Biff Pocoroba         11   21    1    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    4  .286
Chris Chambliss       20   67    6   19   7   0   0    6   0   0   14    5  .284
Bruce Benedict        18   51    7   14   0   0   2   10   0   1    9    6  .275
Claudell Washington   18   64    8   17   7   1   0    5   3   1    3   13  .266
Glenn Hubbard         17   57    5   15   4   1   0    3   1   0    7   12  .263
Bob Horner            20   77   10   20   1   0   4   10   0   1    7   11  .260
Eddie Miller          14   49    9   11   0   0   0    3   8   0    5    9  .225
Dale Murphy           20   76    7   16   2   0   4   13   4   1    5   16  .211
Rafael Ramirez        19   61    9   11   2   0   0    0   2   1    7   12  .180
Jerry Royster         14   21    3    3   0   1   0    2   0   1    2    5  .143
Rufino Linares        12   36    2    4   0   0   1    2   1   1    1    5  .111
Mike Lum              10   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .091
Brian Asselstine       1    1    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              1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jerry Morales         12   38    2   15   0   1   0    2   0   1    2    2  .395
Steve Henderson       17   62    5   23   2   2   0   10   1   2    7   15  .371
Joe Strain             9   21    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .286
Mike Tyson            10   25    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .240
Scott Fletcher         5   18    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .222
Bill Buckner          17   69    6   15   5   0   2    7   0   0    1    1  .217
Ken Reitz             17   55    1   11   2   1   0    4   0   0    3   14  .200
Steve Dillard          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Leon Durham           15   52    5   10   0   3   1    4   0   2    3    8  .192
Hector Cruz            6   11    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    0  .182
Jim Tracy             12   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .167
Tim Blackwell         12   34    3    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    3   10  .147
Scot Thompson         13   30    0    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .133
Ivan DeJesus          17   63    5    8   0   0   0    0   6   2    7    9  .127
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             9    3    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Dave Collins          19   73   18   29   4   1   2    7   7   5   10    9  .397
Dave Concepcion       19   70   14   24   8   0   2   21   0   3   11    8  .343
Larry Biittner         7    6    1    2   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .333
Johnny Bench           9   25    3    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    8  .280
Ray Knight            19   69    9   19   3   0   2    4   2   1    8    7  .275
George Foster         19   75    9   20   4   0   4   12   0   0    9   16  .267
Ken Griffey           19   82   10   21   3   0   0    2   3   1    3   12  .256
Joe Nolan             10   22    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .227
Ron Oester            17   52    4   11   1   0   0    8   0   1    5   12  .212
Dan Driessen          19   65   10   13   5   0   3   12   0   1   14   13  .200
Junior Kennedy         6   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Harry Spilman          6    6    1    1   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          10   20    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .150

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Kiko Garcia            4    9    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .444
Joe Pittman            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Cesar Cedeno          20   78    7   23   5   0   1    7   4   4    7    6  .295
Art Howe              20   70    7   20   5   0   2    3   0   1    6    7  .286
Craig Reynolds        18   70    9   20   2   0   2    5   2   0    1    6  .286
Mike Ivie              7   19    0    5   2   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .263
Denny Walling         14   28    4    7   1   0   2    4   0   1    7    1  .250
Jose Cruz             20   78    7   18   5   0   4   12   0   2    3   13  .231
Danny Heep             4   14    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .214
Terry Puhl            20   71    4   13   5   1   1    3   2   0    3   10  .183
Alan Ashby            17   47    2    8   1   0   0    4   0   1    9    7  .170
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            5   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             7    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .111

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dusty Baker           19   77   10   27   2   3   1    5   3   2    6    8  .351
Mike Scioscia         16   46    8   14   1   0   1    4   0   1    7    6  .304
Ron Cey               20   71    7   20   5   0   0    8   0   1   12    9  .282
Ken Landreaux         19   79   10   22   5   0   3   13   3   1    7   12  .279
Pedro Guerrero        18   61    7   16   4   0   2    5   2   2    7   15  .262
Derrel Thomas          7   12    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Steve Garvey          20   84   10   19   7   1   3   15   0   1    3   12  .226
Steve Yeager           8   18    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .222
Bill Russell          20   65    6   14   1   0   0    5   0   1    2    8  .215
Joe Ferguson           5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Reggie Smith           6    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Rick Monday            7   17    1    3   0   1   1    2   0   0    2    5  .177
Davey Lopes           19   71    9   10   0   0   1    5   8   0    8   11  .141
Jay Johnstone          6    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .111
Pepe Frias             2    0    0    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            3    8    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Tommy Hutton           5    4    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Jerry White            6   13    1    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .385
Tim Raines            17   67   14   24   3   1   1    6  19   0   13    5  .358
Gary Carter           15   60   14   20   2   1   4   13   1   2    8    7  .333
Andre Dawson          16   60   14   20   2   0   5    9   6   1    5    6  .333
Warren Cromartie      15   52    8   15   2   1   2    9   0   0    5    4  .289
Larry Parrish         15   63    9   17   4   0   0    3   0   0    4   14  .270
Tim Wallach            7   15    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    5  .267
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
Chris Speier          17   59    8   12   5   1   0    3   1   0    7    4  .203
Willie Montanez        9   13    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .154
Rodney Scott          12   36    5    5   0   0   0    3   6   0    6    5  .139
Rowland Office         4    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .111

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Hodges             2    8    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .500
Bob Bailor             3    7    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .429
Doug Flynn            16   53    7   20   7   2   0    5   0   0    3    4  .377
Rusty Staub           16   53    4   17   3   0   2    7   1   0    7    5  .321
Hubie Brooks          15   53    5   15   2   1   0    1   0   2    0   11  .283
Alex Trevino          15   53    6   13   0   0   0    2   1   0    5    5  .245
John Stearns           6   17    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .235
Frank Taveras         15   62    6   14   1   0   0    0   3   0    1    9  .226
Mike Cubbage          13    9    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .222
Mookie Wilson         15   46    2   10   0   1   0    2   1   1    1    8  .217
Dave Kingman          16   51    4   11   3   0   4   10   0   0   15   11  .216
Joel Youngblood       11   31    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    4  .194
Mike Jorgensen        12   16    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .188
Lee Mazzilli          14   49    3    8   3   1   1    4   2   1    8   12  .163
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              9    6    0    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .667
Pete Rose             18   76   12   29   6   1   0    3   1   2    7    6  .382
Gary Matthews         15   50   10   17   3   1   1    7   2   0   10    7  .340
Bake McBride          13   48    8   16   9   0   0    7   0   0    5    7  .333
Garry Maddox          18   71    9   22   1   0   0   10   1   2    2    6  .310
Larry Bowa            18   68    6   21   2   0   0    9   3   3    2    1  .309
Mike Schmidt          15   55   13   16   4   1   5   14   2   0   11    9  .291
Manny Trillo          15   59   10   16   2   0   1    4   2   0    5    6  .271
Greg Gross            15   15    2    4   1   1   0    2   0   1    3    1  .267
Bob Boone             18   59    7   13   2   0   1    6   1   0    5    7  .220
Keith Moreland         8   21    0    4   1   0   0    6   0   1    2    3  .191
Luis Aguayo            7   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Lonnie Smith          11   24    6    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .125
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            3    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0 1.000
Gary Alexander         3    7    2    4   1   1   1    4   0   0    1    1  .571
Lee Lacy              10   28    8   10   1   2   0    2   3   0    0    2  .357
Bill Madlock          13   44    4   15   3   0   1    7   1   0    2    2  .341
Mike Easler           14   43    5   14   2   0   0    8   2   0    2    6  .326
John Milner            9   11    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .273
Omar Moreno           15   60   11   16   1   2   0    3   7   1    6    8  .267
Dale Berra            13   31    1    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    5  .258
Dave Parker           14   54    4   13   1   1   2    9   1   0    0    6  .241
Tim Foli              15   51    6   12   2   0   0    6   1   0    2    6  .235
Jason Thompson        13   43    8    9   0   0   4    7   0   0    8    4  .209
Willie Stargell        5    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Vance Law             14   42    1    7   0   1   0    3   1   1    1   12  .167
Bill Robinson          5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Steve Nicosia         14   41    6    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    5    4  .122
Tony Pena              5    9    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .111
Kurt Bevacqua          4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Broderick Perkins     13   23    3    9   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    2  .391
Jerry Turner          10   13    3    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .308
Terry Kennedy         19   71    4   20   3   0   0    3   0   0    5   17  .282
Barry Evans           12   18    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .278
Luis Salazar          21   84    4   23   2   0   0    0   1   2    1   20  .274
Steve Swisher          4    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .250
Craig Stimac           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Juan Bonilla          13   37    3    9   1   0   0    4   0   1    1    1  .243
Mike Phillips         13   28    1    6   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    3  .214
Ozzie Smith           21   83    7   17   1   0   0    5   3   5    8    7  .205
Ruppert Jones         21   75    5   15   6   0   0    5   3   5   12   14  .200
Randy Bass            18   60    3   11   2   0   2    7   0   0    7   10  .183
Gene Richards         21   83    8   14   1   2   0    7   7   1   13    8  .169
Joe Lefebvre          19   54    3    9   2   0   3    5   1   1    8   10  .167
Dave Edwards          11   19    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .105

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Wohlford           8   11    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .364
Larry Herndon         19   74    8   24   5   1   0    6   5   0    2   12  .324
Milt May              18   59    2   18   4   0   0    4   1   1    7    2  .305
Mike Ivie              7   17    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .294
Enos Cabell           19   76    8   22   5   0   0   12   1   4    3    6  .290
Jerry Martin          10   30    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    6  .267
Billy North           16   55   11   14   4   0   0    3  11   3   13    7  .255
Dave Bergman           5   13    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .231
Rennie Stennett        9   22    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .227
Johnnie Lemaster      20   58    6   13   1   0   0    5   2   2    5    9  .224
Darrell Evans         20   72    7   15   3   1   1    5   0   1   10    8  .208
Joe Morgan            18   63    7   12   3   0   2   10   3   0   10   12  .191
Jack Clark            19   67    6   12   1   0   2    8   1   0   12    9  .179
Billy Smith            8   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .154
Chili Davis            6   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .083
Mike Sadek             5   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .077

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Braun            2    2    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Tito Landrum           4    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Keith Hernandez       14   54   10   18   7   0   2    9   1   0    8    5  .333
Dane Iorg              3    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Garry Templeton       14   61   13   20   5   4   0    5   2   4    5   14  .328
Sixto Lezcano         13   41    6   12   2   1   0    4   0   0   12    6  .293
Tony Scott            14   60    7   17   3   1   1    6   1   2    0    8  .283
Ken Oberkfell         14   55   10   15   3   0   0    3   1   0    4    3  .273
Tom Herr              14   48    3   13   2   4   0   11   1   0    6    6  .271
George Hendrick       14   54   11   14   4   1   3   11   2   0    5    5  .259
Gene Tenace            4   12    4    3   1   0   1    6   0   0    2    1  .250
Darrell Porter        11   34    4    7   3   1   1    5   1   0   14    6  .206

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Garvey (LAN)          84
  L. Salazar (SDN)         84
  G. Richards (SDN)        83
  O. Smith (SDN)           83
  K. Griffey (CIN)         82
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       79
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          78
  J. Cruz (HOU)            78
  D. Baker (LAN)           77
  B. Horner (ATL)          77

Runs Scored:

  D. Collins (CIN)         18
  G. Carter (MON)          14
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  A. Dawson (MON)          14
  T. Raines (MON)          14
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         13
  G. Templeton (SLN)       13
  P. Rose (PHI)            12
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        11
  O. Moreno (PIT)          11

Hits:

  D. Collins (CIN)         29
  P. Rose (PHI)            29
  D. Baker (LAN)           27
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      24
  L. Herndon (SFN)         24
  T. Raines (MON)          24
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          23
  S. Henderson (CHN)       23
  L. Salazar (SDN)         23
  E. Cabell (SFN)          22

Doubles:

  B. McBride (PHI)          9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        7
  D. Flynn (NYN)            7
  S. Garvey (LAN)           7
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        7
  C. Washington (ATL)       7
  R. Jones (SDN)            6
  P. Rose (PHI)             6
  B. Buckner (CHN)          5

Triples:

  T. Herr (SLN)             4
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  D. Baker (LAN)            3
  L. Durham (CHN)           3
  D. Flynn (NYN)            2
  S. Henderson (CHN)        2
  L. Lacy (PIT)             2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  G. Richards (SDN)         2
  G. Alexander (PIT)        1

Home Runs:

  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          5
  G. Carter (MON)           4
  J. Cruz (HOU)             4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  B. Horner (ATL)           4
  D. Kingman (NYN)          4
  D. Murphy (ATL)           4
  J. Thompson (PIT)         4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3

RBI:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      21
  S. Garvey (LAN)          15
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         14
  G. Carter (MON)          13
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       13
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  E. Cabell (SFN)          12
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  D. Driessen (CIN)        12
  G. Foster (CIN)          12

Stolen Bases:

  T. Raines (MON)          19
  B. North (SFN)           11
  D. Lopes (LAN)            8
  E. Miller (ATL)           8
  D. Collins (CIN)          7
  O. Moreno (PIT)           7
  G. Richards (SDN)         7
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  I. DeJesus (CHN)          6
  R. Scott (MON)            6

Caught Stealing:

  D. Collins (CIN)          5
  R. Jones (SDN)            5
  O. Smith (SDN)            5
  E. Cabell (SFN)           4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  B. North (SFN)            3
  D. Baker (LAN)            2

Walks:

  D. Kingman (NYN)         15
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       14
  D. Driessen (CIN)        14
  D. Porter (SLN)          14
  B. North (SFN)           13
  T. Raines (MON)          13
  G. Richards (SDN)        13
  R. Cey (LAN)             12
  J. Clark (SFN)           12
  R. Jones (SDN)           12

Strikeouts:

  L. Salazar (SDN)         20
  T. Kennedy (SDN)         17
  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  D. Murphy (ATL)          16
  P. Guerrero (LAN)        15
  S. Henderson (CHN)       15
  R. Jones (SDN)           14
  L. Parrish (MON)         14
  K. Reitz (CHN)           14
  G. Templeton (SLN)       14

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