Monday April 17, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 17, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       388   68   115   29    3   10    62   16    7   59    64  .296
Los Angeles      314   56    90   15    1    8    53    8    2   43    39  .287
Houston          345   45    94   16    1    9    44   13    3   31    55  .273
St. Louis        337   42    91   18    5    4    41   10    2   24    49  .270
Chicago          314   35    84   15    1    3    31    4    5   29    41  .268
Philadelphia     274   40    71   20    0    5    37   12    3   37    39  .259
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    311   43    78   15    6    8    42    1    4   28    50  .251
Atlanta          259   22    61    3    0    8    20    4    5   27    34  .236
New York         349   38    73   12    1   10    36    5    8   39    56  .209
Pittsburgh       316   36    62    9    3    6    31    5    4   42    46  .196

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Cey (LA)              9   36    6   15   2   0   1    8   1   0    6    2  .417
Keith Hernandez (STL)    10   36    7   15   5   0   2    8   2   0    5    2  .417
Ivan DeJesus (CHI)        9   39    3   15   4   0   0    4   0   2    4    4  .385
Jerry Royster (ATL)       8   26    5   10   0   0   1    2   3   1    8    1  .385
Jose Cruz (HOU)          10   39    4   14   3   0   0    4   1   0    3    5  .359
Joe Morgan (CIN)         11   42   13   15   9   0   2   12   2   1    7    4  .357
Manny Trillo (CHI)        9   31    4   11   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    2  .355
Dave Cash (MON)           8   34   10   12   2   2   1    3   1   1    3    1  .353
Rick Monday (LA)          9   34    8   12   3   0   4   10   1   1    5    6  .353
Ted Simmons (STL)        10   37    6   13   5   0   0    7   0   0    2    2  .351

 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       4    6    0    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .500
Jerry Royster          8   26    5   10   0   0   1    2   3   1    8    1  .385
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Biff Pocoroba          8   19    1    7   0   0   0    3   0   1    3    0  .368
Rod Gilbreath          4   11    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .273
Jeff Burroughs         8   27    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   1    6    5  .259
Barry Bonnell          8   32    2    8   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    3  .250
Rowland Office         7   21    1    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .238
Dale Murphy            8   29    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   11  .103
Pat Rockett            8   23    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .087
Cito Gaston            6   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .077
Bob Beall              8   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .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          5    2    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Joe Morgan            11   42   13   15   9   0   2   12   2   1    7    4  .357
Ken Griffey           11   46    8   16   4   1   0    2   6   0    4    7  .348
Johnny Bench          11   41   10   14   3   0   3   10   0   0    9   12  .342
Dan Driessen          11   42    9   14   2   0   2    8   6   1    9    2  .333
Dave Collins           5    3    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .333
George Foster         11   46   10   15   2   0   2    6   1   1    4   10  .326
Dave Concepcion       11   41    6   13   3   0   0    8   1   2    7    8  .317
Cesar Geronimo        11   36    3   11   1   1   1    8   0   1    8    5  .306
Pete Rose             11   47    6   12   3   1   0    4   0   0    6    2  .255
Ray Knight             9    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Junior Kennedy         6    4    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
Johnny Oates           1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ron Cey                9   36    6   15   2   0   1    8   1   0    6    2  .417
Rick Monday            9   34    8   12   3   0   4   10   1   1    5    6  .353
Steve Yeager           8   26    2    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .346
Steve Garvey           9   39    7   13   2   1   1    9   1   1    2    4  .333
Lee Lacy               4    3    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Dusty Baker            9   34    5   10   0   0   0    5   1   0    4    5  .294
Reggie Smith           9   34    9   10   4   0   1    4   0   0    3    5  .294
Vic Davalillo          4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .250
Glenn Burke            5    5    1    1   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .200
Davey Lopes            9   31    8    6   2   0   1    5   3   0   12    2  .194
Bill Russell           9   40    3    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .175
Jerry Grote            1    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Ted Martinez           3    1    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Manny Mota             1    1    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
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        6   13    5    5   0   0   1    2   1   0    3    2  .385
Tom Grieve             5   11    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .364
Doug Flynn            11   35    2   12   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    3  .343
Joel Youngblood        4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ed Kranepool           3    8    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Lee Mazzilli          11   39    4    9   3   0   2    4   0   0    4    6  .231
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Steve Henderson       11   40    7    9   1   1   3   11   0   0    3   11  .225
John Stearns          11   33    2    6   1   0   0    2   2   0    3    5  .182
Tim Foli              11   46    6    8   2   0   0    1   1   2    2    3  .174
Willie Montanez       10   32    5    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    8  .156
Len Randle            11   36    0    5   2   0   0    3   1   4   10    5  .139
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           8   31    2   10   2   0   0    3   3   0    3    3  .323
Larry Bowa             8   35    6   11   3   0   0    1   3   0    2    4  .314
Greg Luzinski          8   26    4    8   3   0   1    6   1   0    8    7  .308
Richie Hebner          8   24    3    7   2   0   1    4   1   1    4    2  .292
Mike Schmidt           8   35    7   10   3   0   1    8   2   0    1    8  .286
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           8   29    4    6   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .207
Jose Cardenal          3    5    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .200
Bob Boone              8   19    5    3   0   0   1    4   0   1    5    3  .158
Jerry Martin           5    7    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .143
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
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             7    9    3    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .333
Dave Parker           10   38    6   11   2   0   2    4   1   1    3    4  .290
Bill Robinson         10   29    7    8   2   1   3    9   1   1    7    4  .276
Willie Stargell        9   22    3    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    7    4  .273
Omar Moreno           10   29    4    7   1   0   0    2   2   2    5    4  .241
Jim Fregosi            5    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .200
Frank Taveras         10   42    2    8   1   1   0    5   1   0    0    3  .191
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
Rennie Stennett        8   28    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .179
Ed Ott                 9   29    2    5   0   1   0    4   0   0    4    4  .172
Manny Sanguillen       2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
John Milner            5    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .111
Phil Garner            8   28    2    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    8  .107
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           2    7    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .429
Terry Whitfield        9   32    4   11   0   2   2    5   0   0    0    7  .344
Marc Hill              8   31    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   2    2    2  .290
Tom Heintzelman        5    7    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Rob Andrews            8   25    5    7   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    3  .280
Larry Herndon          9   36    5   10   3   1   0    1   0   2    4    5  .278
Jack Clark             9   37    6   10   3   0   1    4   0   0    4    6  .270
Mike Sadek             1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Willie McCovey         9   27    3    6   1   1   2    8   0   0    3    3  .222
Darrell Evans          9   33    4    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    5    4  .212
Skip James             8    6    3    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .167
Johnnie Lemaster       9   29    3    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    5  .138
Vic Harris             4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Keith Hernandez       10   36    7   15   5   0   2    8   2   0    5    2  .417
Mike Phillips          6   11    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .364
Ted Simmons           10   37    6   13   5   0   0    7   0   0    2    2  .351
Mike Tyson             8   23    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    1    4  .348
Ken Reitz             10   35    5   11   0   0   1    5   1   0    2    6  .314
Lou Brock              7   24    4    7   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    4  .292
Jerry Morales         10   39    5   11   1   2   0    4   2   0    4    5  .282
Jim Dwyer              7    8    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .250
Garry Templeton       10   45    7   10   3   1   0    1   2   0    0    5  .222
Tony Scott             9   26    3    4   0   1   0    0   1   2    2    5  .154
Roger Freed            5   10    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .100
Jerry Mumphrey         5   13    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .077
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:

  P. Rose (CIN)            47
  E. Cabell (HOU)          46
  T. Foli (NY)             46
  G. Foster (CIN)          46
  K. Griffey (CIN)         46
  G. Templeton (STL)       45
  D. Driessen (CIN)        42
  J. Morgan (CIN)          42
  F. Taveras (PIT)         42
  J. Bench (CIN)           41

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          13
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  D. Cash (MON)            10
  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  R. Smith (LA)             9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  D. Lopes (LA)             8
  R. Monday (LA)            8

Hits:

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

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  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
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  L. Bowa (PHI)             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
  R. Monday (LA)            4
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3
  A. Howe (HOU)             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
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  R. Monday (LA)           10
  S. Garvey (LA)            9
  B. Robinson (PIT)         9
  B. Watson (HOU)           9
  R. Cey (LA)               8
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  D. Driessen (CIN)         8

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  G. Maddox (PHI)           3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3
  L. Brock (STL)            2
  B. Buckner (CHI)          2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            4
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          2
  T. Foli (NY)              2
  L. Herndon (SF)           2
  M. Hill (SF)              2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  T. Scott (STL)            2
  B. Almon (SD)             1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  L. Randle (NY)           10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         8
  J. Royster (ATL)          8
  G. Tenace (SD)            8
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7

Strikeouts:

  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  S. Henderson (NY)        11
  D. Murphy (ATL)          11
  J. Ferguson (HOU)        10
  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  D. Kingman (CHI)         10
  A. Dawson (MON)           9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  P. Garner (PIT)           8
  W. Montanez (NY)          8


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