Saturday April 15, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 15, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       306   57    93   24    3   10    54   11    5   43    48  .304
Los Angeles      249   46    75   13    1    7    44    7    2   30    23  .301
Philadelphia     210   34    62   15    0    4    31   10    2   30    29  .295
St. Louis        274   35    78   14    4    4    34   10    2   20    42  .285
Houston          301   41    83   15    1    8    40    8    3   22    50  .276
Chicago          282   30    76   12    1    3    26    4    5   26    37  .270
Montreal         252   30    67   12    3    5    30    5    2   20    45  .266
San Diego        195   20    49    8    1    3    19    4    4   21    25  .251
Atlanta          199   21    48    1    0    8    20    2    3   20    23  .241
San Francisco    244   30    57   12    3    7    29    1    3   19    40  .234
New York         286   31    60   10    1   10    31    5    7   32    48  .210
Pittsburgh       255   33    50    9    2    5    28    5    2   37    38  .196

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Keith Hernandez (STL)     8   29    6   14   5   0   2    8   2   0    4    2  .483
Bill Buckner (CHI)        7   23    4   10   2   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .435
Garry Maddox (PHI)        6   24    2   10   2   0   0    3   3   0    2    1  .417
Ron Cey (LA)              7   29    6   12   2   0   1    7   1   0    4    2  .414
Jerry Royster (ATL)       6   20    4    8   0   0   1    2   2   1    6    1  .400
Larry Bowa (PHI)          6   26    5   10   2   0   0    1   2   0    2    4  .385
Gary Matthews (ATL)       6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Steve Yeager (LA)         6   21    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .381
Ken Griffey (CIN)         9   37    7   14   4   1   0    2   4   0    3    5  .378
Dusty Baker (LA)          7   27    5   10   0   0   0    5   1   0    3    2  .370

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          2    2    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jerry Royster          6   20    4    8   0   0   1    2   2   1    6    1  .400
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Biff Pocoroba          6   15    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    0  .333
Jeff Burroughs         6   21    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .286
Barry Bonnell          6   25    2    7   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .280
Rod Gilbreath          3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Dale Murphy            6   21    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    6  .143
Rowland Office         5   16    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .125
Pat Rockett            6   18    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .111
Cito Gaston            5   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .100
Bob Beall              6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joe Nolan              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Brian Asselstine       2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mick Kelleher          2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Larry Biittner         7   16    3    7   1   1   1    4   0   0    3    0  .438
Bill Buckner           7   23    4   10   2   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .435
Ivan DeJesus           8   35    2   12   2   0   0    3   0   2    4    4  .343
Manny Trillo           8   27    3    9   1   0   0    4   0   1    4    2  .333
Joe Wallis             3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Bobby Murcer           8   30    4    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    7  .267
Hector Cruz            7   19    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .263
Greg Gross             5   16    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Dave Rader             8   30    2    7   2   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .233
Gene Clines            6   22    5    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    2  .227
Dave Kingman           8   29    2    5   1   0   1    2   0   1    3   10  .172
Steve Ontiveros        5   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .091
Rudy Meoli             2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Larry Cox              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Auerbach          3    1    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Dave Collins           4    2    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    0  .500
Ken Griffey            9   37    7   14   4   1   0    2   4   0    3    5  .378
Joe Morgan             9   33    9   12   6   0   2   12   1   1    7    3  .364
Johnny Bench           9   32    8   11   2   0   3    8   0   0    7    9  .344
Ray Knight             8    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
George Foster          9   37   10   12   2   0   2    5   1   1    2    8  .324
Cesar Geronimo         9   28    3    9   1   1   1    7   0   1    8    4  .321
Dave Concepcion        9   33    4   10   3   0   0    7   1   1    4    6  .303
Dan Driessen           9   34    8   10   1   0   2    7   4   0    6    2  .294
Pete Rose              9   39    5   11   3   1   0    3   0   0    3    1  .282
Mike Lum               3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Junior Kennedy         4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Don Werner             2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Herrmann            2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jesus Alou             3    3    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .667
Wilbur Howard          6    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Cesar Cedeno           9   35    6   12   2   0   1    5   5   1    4    4  .343
Jose Cruz              9   36    4   12   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    5  .333
Enos Cabell            9   39    4   12   1   1   1    6   2   0    0    7  .308
Terry Puhl             9   35    7   10   1   0   1    3   1   1    4    2  .286
Art Howe               9   33    5    9   4   0   2    6   0   0    2    2  .273
Bob Watson             9   34    3    8   2   0   0    7   0   0    0    6  .235
Joe Ferguson           9   30    7    7   1   0   3    6   0   0    5   10  .233
Roger Metzger          9   24    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .208
Denny Walling          5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Dave Bergman           5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Julio Gonzalez         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jimmy Sexton           5    1    1    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
Lee Lacy               3    2    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Ron Cey                7   29    6   12   2   0   1    7   1   0    4    2  .414
Steve Yeager           6   21    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .381
Dusty Baker            7   27    5   10   0   0   0    5   1   0    3    2  .370
Steve Garvey           7   30    7   11   2   1   1    7   1   1    2    2  .367
Rick Monday            7   26    6    9   3   0   3    9   0   1    5    2  .346
Reggie Smith           7   29    8    9   4   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .310
Vic Davalillo          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Bill Russell           7   32    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .188
Davey Lopes            7   27    5    5   1   0   1    5   3   0    7    1  .185
Jerry Grote            1    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Glenn Burke            3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000
Ted Martinez           2    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias             3    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Larry Parrish          6   21    3    9   4   0   0    7   0   0    0    5  .429
Chris Speier           7   27    3   10   0   1   1    6   0   0    0    2  .370
Ellis Valentine        5   20    1    7   0   0   1    2   1   1    0    5  .350
Dave Cash              7   32    8   11   2   2   0    2   1   0    1    1  .344
Del Unser              6   21    3    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    0  .333
Gary Carter            7   28    5    8   2   0   2    6   0   0    4    5  .286
Tony Perez             7   28    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .179
Andre Dawson           7   29    4    5   0   0   1    4   2   1    3    9  .172
Wayne Garrett          3    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .111
Warren Cromartie       4   13    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Sam Mejias             5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jerry White            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Stan Papi              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tom Grieve             3    5    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .400
Bruce Boisclair        5   11    4    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    3    1  .364
Joel Youngblood        4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Steve Henderson        9   32    7    9   1   1   3   11   0   0    2   10  .281
Doug Flynn             9   29    1    8   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    3  .276
Lee Mazzilli           9   31    3    8   2   0   2    4   0   0    3    5  .258
Ed Kranepool           3    8    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Willie Montanez        8   25    4    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    6  .200
Tim Foli               9   37    6    7   2   0   0    1   1   1    2    2  .189
John Stearns           9   28    0    4   0   0   0    1   2   0    2    5  .143
Len Randle             9   30    0    3   2   0   0    1   1   4    8    4  .100
Ron Hodges             3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Garry Maddox           6   24    2   10   2   0   0    3   3   0    2    1  .417
Larry Bowa             6   26    5   10   2   0   0    1   2   0    2    4  .385
Mike Schmidt           6   27    6    9   2   0   1    8   2   0    1    6  .333
Richie Hebner          6   22    3    7   2   0   1    4   0   1    2    2  .318
Greg Luzinski          6   22    3    7   3   0   0    4   1   0    5    6  .318
Tim McCarver           3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    0  .250
Bake McBride           6   25    5    6   2   0   0    0   1   0    4    0  .240
Ted Sizemore           6   22    3    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .182
Bob Boone              6   12    4    2   0   0   1    4   0   1    5    2  .167
Davey Johnson          3    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Jay Johnstone          5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Jerry Martin           4    2    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Jose Cardenal          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000
Bud Harrelson          3    1    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
Steve Brye             6    8    3    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .375
Bill Robinson          8   22    6    8   2   1   3    9   1   1    6    4  .364
Willie Stargell        7   16    3    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    6    2  .250
Frank Taveras          8   34    2    8   1   1   0    5   1   0    0    1  .235
Dave Parker            8   30    5    7   2   0   1    2   1   0    3    4  .233
Omar Moreno            8   23    3    5   1   0   0    2   2   1    3    3  .217
Jim Fregosi            5    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .200
Rennie Stennett        7   24    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .167
Manny Sanguillen       2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Fernando Gonzalez      6   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .154
Phil Garner            6   21    2    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .143
Ed Ott                 7   22    2    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .136
John Milner            4    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .125
Mario Mendoza          4    3    0    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
Derrel Thomas          6   20    2    7   1   0   0    0   1   1    4    1  .350
Dave Winfield          6   26    4    9   1   1   2    8   1   0    0    3  .346
Mike Champion          5    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Don Reynolds           4    3    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Bill Almon             6   21    1    6   1   0   0    0   1   1    1    1  .286
Ozzie Smith            6   15    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .267
George Hendrick        6   23    1    6   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .261
Gene Richards          6   25    4    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    1    5  .240
Oscar Gamble           6   22    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .227
Jerry Turner           6    6    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Gene Tenace            6   13    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    8    1  .154
Rick Sweet             3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Davis              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Chuck Baker            3    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
Mike Ivie              3    5    2    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    0  .600
Tom Heintzelman        3    5    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Jack Clark             7   29    6    9   3   0   1    3   0   0    3    6  .310
Terry Whitfield        7   23    3    7   0   1   2    5   0   0    0    5  .304
Rob Andrews            7   25    5    7   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    3  .280
Marc Hill              6   23    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   1    1    2  .261
Larry Herndon          7   28    3    7   2   1   0    1   0   2    3    4  .250
Mike Sadek             1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Darrell Evans          7   27    2    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    2  .222
Willie McCovey         7   21    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    3  .191
Johnnie Lemaster       7   23    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .087
Vic Harris             4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Skip James             6    3    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Keith Hernandez        8   29    6   14   5   0   2    8   2   0    4    2  .483
Mike Tyson             7   20    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    1    3  .400
Mike Phillips          4    8    1    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .375
Lou Brock              5   17    3    6   0   0   0    1   2   0    3    3  .353
Ted Simmons            8   29    5   10   4   0   0    7   0   0    2    2  .345
Ken Reitz              8   29    4    9   0   0   1    4   1   0    2    5  .310
Jim Dwyer              6    7    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .286
Jerry Morales          8   32    4    9   1   2   0    3   2   0    3    4  .281
Garry Templeton        8   37    5    8   2   0   0    0   2   0    0    5  .216
Tony Scott             7   23    3    4   0   1   0    0   1   2    2    4  .174
Jerry Mumphrey         3    9    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .111
Roger Freed            4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dane Iorg              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Gary Sutherland        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          39
  P. Rose (CIN)            39
  T. Foli (NY)             37
  G. Foster (CIN)          37
  K. Griffey (CIN)         37
  G. Templeton (STL)       37
  J. Cruz (HOU)            36
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          35
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         35
  T. Puhl (HOU)            35

Runs Scored:

  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  D. Cash (MON)             8
  D. Driessen (CIN)         8
  R. Smith (LA)             8
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         7
  S. Garvey (LA)            7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  S. Henderson (NY)         7

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         14
  K. Hernandez (STL)       14
  E. Cabell (HOU)          12
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          12
  R. Cey (LA)              12
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         12
  G. Foster (CIN)          12
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  K. Hernandez (STL)        5
  K. Griffey (CIN)          4
  A. Howe (HOU)             4
  L. Parrish (MON)          4
  T. Simmons (STL)          4
  R. Smith (LA)             4
  J. Clark (SF)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3

Triples:

  D. Cash (MON)             2
  J. Morales (STL)          2
  R. Andrews (SF)           1
  L. Biittner (CHI)         1
  E. Cabell (HOU)           1
  S. Garvey (LA)            1
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         1
  K. Griffey (CIN)          1
  S. Henderson (NY)         1
  L. Herndon (SF)           1

Home Runs:

  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3
  R. Monday (LA)            3
  B. Robinson (PIT)         3
  G. Carter (MON)           2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  K. Hernandez (STL)        2

RBI:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  S. Henderson (NY)        11
  R. Monday (LA)            9
  B. Robinson (PIT)         9
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  D. Winfield (SD)          8
  R. Cey (LA)               7
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       7

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  D. Driessen (CIN)         4
  K. Griffey (CIN)          4
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  G. Maddox (PHI)           3
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  B. Buckner (CHI)          2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          2
  L. Herndon (SF)           2
  T. Scott (STL)            2
  B. Almon (SD)             1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  B. Boone (PHI)            1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  G. Clines (CHI)           1
  D. Collins (CIN)          1

Walks:

  C. Geronimo (CIN)         8
  L. Randle (NY)            8
  G. Tenace (SD)            8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  D. Lopes (LA)             7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         6
  B. Robinson (PIT)         6
  J. Royster (ATL)          6
  W. Stargell (PIT)         6

Strikeouts:

  J. Ferguson (HOU)        10
  S. Henderson (NY)        10
  D. Kingman (CHI)         10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  A. Dawson (MON)           9
  G. Foster (CIN)           8
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  B. Murcer (CHI)           7
  T. Perez (MON)            7
  J. Clark (SF)             6

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