Sunday April 16, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 16, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      282   54    85   15    1    7    52    8    2   39    28  .301
Cincinnati       350   60   100   24    3   10    56   14    6   53    61  .286
St. Louis        305   40    84   17    4    4    39   10    2   24    47  .275
Houston          345   45    94   16    1    9    44   13    3   31    55  .273
Chicago          314   35    84   15    1    3    31    4    5   29    41  .268
Philadelphia     237   34    62   15    0    4    31   11    2   32    32  .262
Montreal         278   34    72   14    3    7    34    5    3   25    50  .259
San Diego        227   24    57    9    1    4    23    4    4   27    28  .251
San Francisco    282   38    69   13    5    8    37    1    3   22    44  .245
Atlanta          228   21    55    3    0    8    20    3    3   25    27  .241
New York         317   32    64   12    1   10    32    5    7   34    51  .202
Pittsburgh       284   34    55    9    2    5    29    5    4   39    40  .194

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Cey (LA)              8   32    6   14   2   0   1    8   1   0    6    2  .438
Keith Hernandez (STL)     9   32    7   14   5   0   2    8   2   0    5    2  .438
Jerry Royster (ATL)       7   22    4    9   0   0   1    2   2   1    8    1  .409
Ivan DeJesus (CHI)        9   39    3   15   4   0   0    4   0   2    4    4  .385
Ken Griffey (CIN)        10   42    8   16   4   1   0    2   6   0    3    6  .381
Garry Maddox (PHI)        7   27    2   10   2   0   0    3   3   0    2    2  .370
Rick Monday (LA)          8   30    7   11   3   0   3    9   1   1    5    3  .367
Ted Simmons (STL)         9   33    6   12   5   0   0    7   0   0    2    2  .364
Jose Cruz (HOU)          10   39    4   14   3   0   0    4   1   0    3    5  .359
Manny Trillo (CHI)        9   31    4   11   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    2  .355

 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
Brian Asselstine       3    5    0    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .600
Jerry Royster          7   22    4    9   0   0   1    2   2   1    8    1  .409
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Biff Pocoroba          7   16    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    0  .313
Barry Bonnell          7   29    2    8   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .276
Jeff Burroughs         7   24    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .250
Rod Gilbreath          3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Rowland Office         6   20    1    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .200
Dale Murphy            7   25    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    8  .120
Pat Rockett            7   20    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .100
Cito Gaston            5   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .100
Bob Beall              7    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Joe Nolan              4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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
Bill Buckner           7   23    4   10   2   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .435
Ivan DeJesus           9   39    3   15   4   0   0    4   0   2    4    4  .385
Manny Trillo           9   31    4   11   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    2  .355
Larry Biittner         8   20    3    7   1   1   1    4   0   0    3    1  .350
Greg Gross             6   19    1    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    0  .316
Hector Cruz            7   19    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .263
Bobby Murcer           9   33    5    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    5    7  .242
Dave Rader             9   34    2    8   2   0   0    4   1   0    1    2  .235
Gene Clines            7   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
Joe Wallis             4    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Steve Ontiveros        6   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .071
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
Don Werner             3    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Rick Auerbach          4    2    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Ken Griffey           10   42    8   16   4   1   0    2   6   0    3    6  .381
Johnny Bench          10   36    9   12   2   0   3    8   0   0    9   11  .333
Dave Collins           5    3    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .333
Joe Morgan            10   37    9   12   6   0   2   12   1   1    7    4  .324
George Foster         10   42   10   13   2   0   2    5   1   1    3   10  .310
Dan Driessen          10   39    8   12   1   0   2    7   5   1    7    2  .308
Cesar Geronimo        10   31    3    9   1   1   1    7   0   1    8    5  .290
Dave Concepcion       10   37    5   10   3   0   0    7   1   1    6    8  .270
Pete Rose             10   43    5   11   3   1   0    4   0   0    6    1  .256
Ray Knight             9    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Junior Kennedy         5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Mike Lum               4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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
Jose Cruz             10   39    4   14   3   0   0    4   1   0    3    5  .359
Cesar Cedeno          10   40    8   14   3   0   1    5   7   1    5    5  .350
Wilbur Howard          7    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Enos Cabell           10   46    4   14   1   1   1    7   2   0    0    7  .304
Art Howe              10   38    6   11   4   0   3    7   0   0    3    2  .290
Terry Puhl            10   41    7   11   1   0   1    3   2   1    5    3  .268
Bob Watson            10   37    3    9   2   0   0    9   0   0    2    6  .243
Roger Metzger         10   28    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .214
Joe Ferguson          10   35    7    7   1   0   3    6   0   0    6   10  .200
Denny Walling          6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Dave Bergman           6    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Julio Gonzalez         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jimmy Sexton           6    1    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    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                8   32    6   14   2   0   1    8   1   0    6    2  .438
Rick Monday            8   30    7   11   3   0   3    9   1   1    5    3  .367
Steve Garvey           8   35    7   12   2   1   1    9   1   1    2    4  .343
Reggie Smith           8   30    9   10   4   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .333
Steve Yeager           7   24    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .333
Dusty Baker            8   32    5   10   0   0   0    5   1   0    3    3  .313
Vic Davalillo          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Davey Lopes            8   29    8    6   2   0   1    5   3   0   10    1  .207
Glenn Burke            4    5    1    1   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .200
Bill Russell           8   36    3    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .194
Jerry Grote            1    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .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             4    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Larry Parrish          7   24    3   10   5   0   0    8   0   0    0    5  .417
Dave Cash              8   34   10   12   2   2   1    3   1   1    3    1  .353
Ellis Valentine        5   20    1    7   0   0   1    2   1   1    0    5  .350
Chris Speier           8   30    3   10   0   1   1    6   0   0    0    3  .333
Del Unser              7   23    3    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    2  .304
Gary Carter            8   32    5    8   2   0   2    6   0   0    4    5  .250
Andre Dawson           8   32    6    8   1   0   2    6   2   1    4    9  .250
Tony Perez             8   30    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .167
Wayne Garrett          3    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .111
Warren Cromartie       5   17    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Sam Mejias             6    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
Bruce Boisclair        5   11    4    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    3    1  .364
Tom Grieve             4    9    1    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Joel Youngblood        4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Doug Flynn            10   31    1    9   0   0   0    1   0   1    4    3  .290
Steve Henderson       10   35    7    9   1   1   3   11   0   0    3   10  .257
Lee Mazzilli          10   35    4    9   3   0   2    4   0   0    3    5  .257
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        9   29    4    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    7  .172
Tim Foli              10   41    6    7   2   0   0    1   1   1    2    3  .171
John Stearns          10   31    0    5   1   0   0    2   2   0    2    5  .161
Len Randle            10   34    0    3   2   0   0    1   1   4    8    5  .088
Ron Hodges             3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bobby Valentine        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Garry Maddox           7   27    2   10   2   0   0    3   3   0    2    2  .370
Larry Bowa             7   30    5   10   2   0   0    1   2   0    2    4  .333
Mike Schmidt           7   30    6    9   2   0   1    8   2   0    1    6  .300
Richie Hebner          7   24    3    7   2   0   1    4   1   1    3    2  .292
Greg Luzinski          7   24    3    7   3   0   0    4   1   0    6    6  .292
Tim McCarver           3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    0  .250
Bake McBride           7   29    5    6   2   0   0    0   1   0    4    0  .207
Ted Sizemore           7   25    3    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .160
Bob Boone              7   15    4    2   0   0   1    4   0   1    5    3  .133
Davey Johnson          3    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Jay Johnstone          6    4    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          9   25    7    8   2   1   3    9   1   1    7    4  .320
Willie Stargell        8   19    3    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    6    2  .316
Dave Parker            9   34    5    8   2   0   1    2   1   1    3    4  .235
Frank Taveras          9   38    2    8   1   1   0    5   1   0    0    2  .211
Jim Fregosi            5    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .200
Omar Moreno            9   26    3    5   1   0   0    2   2   2    4    4  .192
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
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
Ed Ott                 8   25    2    4   0   0   0    4   0   0    4    4  .160
Phil Garner            7   24    2    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .125
John Milner            5    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .111
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
Don Reynolds           5    4    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Bill Almon             7   23    2    8   1   0   0    1   1   1    3    1  .348
Derrel Thomas          7   23    2    8   2   0   0    0   1   1    5    1  .348
Mike Champion          6    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .333
George Hendrick        7   26    2    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .308
Dave Winfield          7   31    4    9   1   1   2    8   1   0    0    3  .290
Jerry Turner           7    7    2    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Ozzie Smith            7   18    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .222
Gene Richards          7   28    4    6   1   0   0    3   1   1    2    5  .214
Oscar Gamble           7   27    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .185
Gene Tenace            6   13    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    8    1  .154
Bob Davis              4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .143
Rick Sweet             4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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              4    6    2    4   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    0  .667
Bill Madlock           1    4    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Tom Heintzelman        4    6    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Terry Whitfield        8   28    4    9   0   2   2    5   0   0    0    6  .321
Jack Clark             8   34    6   10   3   0   1    4   0   0    3    6  .294
Marc Hill              7   28    2    8   2   0   0    3   0   1    1    2  .286
Rob Andrews            8   25    5    7   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    3  .280
Larry Herndon          8   32    4    8   2   1   0    1   0   2    3    4  .250
Mike Sadek             1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Willie McCovey         8   24    3    5   1   0   2    6   0   0    3    3  .208
Darrell Evans          8   30    2    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    4  .200
Johnnie Lemaster       8   27    3    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .148
Vic Harris             4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Skip James             7    5    3    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        9   32    7   14   5   0   2    8   2   0    5    2  .438
Mike Phillips          5    8    1    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .375
Ted Simmons            9   33    6   12   5   0   0    7   0   0    2    2  .364
Mike Tyson             8   23    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    1    4  .348
Ken Reitz              9   32    5   10   0   0   1    5   1   0    2    6  .313
Lou Brock              6   20    3    6   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    4  .300
Jerry Morales          9   35    5   10   1   2   0    3   2   0    4    4  .286
Jim Dwyer              6    7    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .286
Garry Templeton        9   41    6    9   3   0   0    0   2   0    0    5  .220
Tony Scott             8   25    3    4   0   1   0    0   1   2    2    4  .160
Roger Freed            5   10    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .100
Jerry Mumphrey         4   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .100
Dane Iorg              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    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)          46
  P. Rose (CIN)            43
  G. Foster (CIN)          42
  K. Griffey (CIN)         42
  T. Foli (NY)             41
  T. Puhl (HOU)            41
  G. Templeton (STL)       41
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          40
  J. Cruz (HOU)            39
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         39

Runs Scored:

  D. Cash (MON)            10
  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  R. Smith (LA)             9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8
  D. Driessen (CIN)         8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  D. Lopes (LA)             8
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         7

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         16
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         15
  E. Cabell (HOU)          14
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          14
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  J. Cruz (HOU)            14
  K. Hernandez (STL)       14
  G. Foster (CIN)          13
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  D. Cash (MON)            12

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  K. Hernandez (STL)        5
  L. Parrish (MON)          5
  T. Simmons (STL)          5
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  K. Griffey (CIN)          4
  A. Howe (HOU)             4
  R. Smith (LA)             4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           3
  J. Clark (SF)             3

Triples:

  D. Cash (MON)             2
  J. Morales (STL)          2
  T. Whitfield (SF)         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

Home Runs:

  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3
  A. Howe (HOU)             3
  R. Monday (LA)            3
  B. Robinson (PIT)         3
  G. Carter (MON)           2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2

RBI:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  S. Henderson (NY)        11
  S. Garvey (LA)            9
  R. Monday (LA)            9
  B. Robinson (PIT)         9
  B. Watson (HOU)           9
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  R. Cey (LA)               8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  L. Parrish (MON)          8

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  D. Driessen (CIN)         5
  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
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  T. Scott (STL)            2
  B. Almon (SD)             1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  B. Boone (PHI)            1
  D. Cash (MON)             1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         8
  L. Randle (NY)            8
  J. Royster (ATL)          8
  G. Tenace (SD)            8
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  B. Robinson (PIT)         7
  R. Cey (LA)               6

Strikeouts:

  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  J. Ferguson (HOU)        10
  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  S. Henderson (NY)        10
  D. Kingman (CHI)         10
  A. Dawson (MON)           9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  D. Murphy (ATL)           8
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  W. Montanez (NY)          7


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