Tuesday April 18, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 18, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       429   79   131   30    3   14    72   16    7   61    71  .305
Los Angeles      351   59    99   17    1    9    56    8    2   44    40  .282
Houston          384   50   108   19    1    9    49   13    5   36    59  .281
Chicago          344   37    92   16    1    3    32    4    5   30    44  .267
St. Louis        369   44    97   19    5    4    43   10    2   27    53  .263
Philadelphia     274   40    71   20    0    5    37   12    3   37    39  .259
Montreal         312   35    80   19    3    7    35    5    3   28    56  .256
San Diego        257   25    61   11    1    4    24    4    4   30    33  .237
San Francisco    338   43    79   15    6    8    42    2    4   33    53  .234
Atlanta          290   23    64    5    0    8    21    5    5   27    44  .221
New York         382   41    80   15    1   10    39    6    8   41    63  .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)             10   40    6   16   2   0   1    8   1   0    6    2  .400
Keith Hernandez (STL)    11   39    7   15   5   0   2    8   2   0    6    3  .385
Johnny Bench (CIN)       12   46   11   17   3   0   4   11   0   0    9   12  .370
Doug Flynn (NY)          12   39    2   14   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    3  .359
Ken Griffey (CIN)        12   51   10   18   4   1   1    5   6   0    4    8  .353
Rick Monday (LA)         10   34    8   12   3   0   4   10   1   1    5    6  .353
Manny Trillo (CHI)       10   34    4   12   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    2  .353
Dave Cash (MON)           9   37   10   13   3   2   1    3   1   1    4    1  .351
Ted Simmons (STL)        11   40    6   14   5   0   0    8   0   0    3    2  .350
Ivan DeJesus (CHI)       10   43    3   15   4   0   0    4   0   2    4    5  .349

 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
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Jerry Royster          9   30    6   10   0   0   1    2   4   1    8    2  .333
Biff Pocoroba          9   22    1    7   0   0   0    3   0   1    3    0  .318
Brian Asselstine       5   10    0    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .300
Jeff Burroughs         9   31    1    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    6    6  .290
Rod Gilbreath          5   11    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .273
Barry Bonnell          9   35    2    9   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    3  .257
Rowland Office         8   25    1    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    4  .200
Dale Murphy            9   32    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   11  .094
Pat Rockett            9   26    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .077
Cito Gaston            6   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .077
Bob Beall              9   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .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
Manny Trillo          10   34    4   12   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    2  .353
Ivan DeJesus          10   43    3   15   4   0   0    4   0   2    4    5  .349
Greg Gross             7   23    1    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    0  .304
Larry Biittner         9   24    3    7   1   1   1    4   0   0    3    1  .292
Bobby Murcer          10   37    6   10   2   0   0    6   0   0    5    8  .270
Hector Cruz            7   19    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .263
Dave Rader            10   36    2    9   2   0   0    5   1   0    2    2  .250
Gene Clines            7   22    5    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    2  .227
Dave Kingman           9   32    3    6   1   0   1    2   0   1    3   11  .188
Joe Wallis             5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .125
Steve Ontiveros        7   17    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .118
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
Johnny Bench          12   46   11   17   3   0   4   11   0   0    9   12  .370
Ken Griffey           12   51   10   18   4   1   1    5   6   0    4    8  .353
Joe Morgan            12   46   15   16   9   0   3   14   2   1    8    5  .348
George Foster         12   51   12   17   2   0   3    7   1   1    4   11  .333
Rick Auerbach          6    3    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Dave Collins           5    3    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .333
Dan Driessen          12   47    9   15   2   0   2    9   6   1    9    5  .319
Dave Concepcion       12   44    7   13   3   0   0    8   1   2    7    8  .296
Cesar Geronimo        12   41    4   12   2   1   1    8   0   1    8    6  .293
Pete Rose             12   52    7   15   3   1   0    5   0   0    6    2  .289
Ray Knight             9    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Junior Kennedy         7    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
Mike Grace             1    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
Cesar Cedeno          11   45    8   15   3   0   1    6   7   1    5    6  .333
Wilbur Howard          7    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Jose Cruz             11   43    4   14   3   0   0    4   1   0    4    5  .326
Art Howe              11   43    7   13   5   0   3    7   0   1    3    2  .302
Enos Cabell           11   50    4   15   1   1   1    8   2   0    1    7  .300
Bob Watson            11   41    3   12   2   0   0    9   0   0    3    6  .293
Terry Puhl            11   46    7   12   1   0   1    3   2   2    6    4  .261
Roger Metzger         11   33    2    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .242
Joe Ferguson          11   39    9    9   2   0   3    6   0   0    7   11  .231
Denny Walling          6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Dave Bergman           7    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               10   40    6   16   2   0   1    8   1   0    6    2  .400
Vic Davalillo          5    5    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Rick Monday           10   34    8   12   3   0   4   10   1   1    5    6  .353
Steve Garvey          10   43    8   14   2   1   2   10   1   1    2    4  .326
Steve Yeager           9   30    2    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    5  .300
Dusty Baker           10   38    6   11   0   0   0    5   1   0    4    5  .290
Reggie Smith          10   38    9   11   5   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .290
Lee Lacy               5    4    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Davey Lopes           10   36    9    8   3   0   1    5   3   0   12    2  .222
Glenn Burke            6    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .222
Bill Russell          10   45    3    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .178
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          8   28    3   11   5   0   0    8   0   0    0    5  .393
Dave Cash              9   37   10   13   3   2   1    3   1   1    4    1  .351
Ellis Valentine        6   21    1    7   0   0   1    2   1   1    0    6  .333
Chris Speier           9   33    3   10   0   1   1    6   0   0    0    4  .303
Del Unser              8   27    3    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    4  .259
Gary Carter            9   35    5    9   3   0   2    7   0   0    5    5  .257
Andre Dawson           9   36    6    9   1   0   2    6   2   1    4   10  .250
Tony Perez             9   34    1    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .177
Wayne Garrett          4   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .100
Warren Cromartie       6   21    1    2   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .095
Sam Mejias             6    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jerry White            3    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
Bobby Valentine        2    2    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Tom Grieve             5   11    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .364
Doug Flynn            12   39    2   14   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    3  .359
Joel Youngblood        4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bruce Boisclair        7   17    5    5   0   0   1    2   1   0    3    2  .294
Lee Mazzilli          12   42    5   11   4   0   2    4   1   0    5    6  .262
Ed Kranepool           4    8    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .250
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Steve Henderson       12   44    7    9   1   1   3   11   0   0    3   12  .205
Willie Montanez       11   36    7    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    3   10  .194
Tim Foli              12   48    6    8   2   0   0    2   1   2    2    3  .167
John Stearns          12   37    2    6   1   0   0    2   2   0    3    6  .162
Len Randle            12   40    0    5   2   0   0    3   1   4   10    5  .125
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           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
Derrel Thomas          8   27    2    9   3   0   0    0   1   1    5    1  .333
Mike Champion          6    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .333
Bill Almon             8   26    2    8   1   0   0    1   1   1    3    1  .308
Dave Winfield          8   34    4   10   2   1   2    8   1   0    1    3  .294
George Hendrick        8   29    2    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .276
Jerry Turner           8    8    2    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    3  .250
Ozzie Smith            8   21    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .238
Oscar Gamble           8   31    3    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    6  .194
Gene Richards          8   31    5    6   1   0   0    3   1   1    3    6  .194
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             5    9    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              5    7    2    4   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    1  .571
Terry Whitfield       10   35    4   11   0   2   2    5   0   0    0    7  .314
Bill Madlock           3   10    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .300
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
Marc Hill              9   34    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   2    2    2  .265
Larry Herndon         10   38    5   10   3   1   0    1   0   2    6    6  .263
Jack Clark            10   40    6   10   3   0   1    4   0   0    5    6  .250
Mike Sadek             1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Darrell Evans         10   36    4    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    6    5  .194
Willie McCovey        10   31    3    6   1   1   2    8   0   0    3    3  .194
Skip James             8    6    3    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .167
Johnnie Lemaster      10   32    3    5   0   1   0    1   1   0    2    5  .156
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       11   39    7   15   5   0   2    8   2   0    6    3  .385
Mike Phillips          6   11    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .364
Ted Simmons           11   40    6   14   5   0   0    8   0   0    3    2  .350
Mike Tyson             9   26    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    1    4  .308
Ken Reitz             11   39    5   11   0   0   1    5   1   0    2    6  .282
Lou Brock              8   25    4    7   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    4  .280
Jim Dwyer              8   11    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .273
Jerry Morales         11   42    5   11   1   2   0    4   2   0    5    5  .262
Garry Templeton       11   49    7   12   4   1   0    2   2   0    0    5  .245
Tony Scott            10   27    4    5   0   1   0    0   1   2    2    5  .185
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              3    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Gary Sutherland        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  P. Rose (CIN)            52
  G. Foster (CIN)          51
  K. Griffey (CIN)         51
  E. Cabell (HOU)          50
  G. Templeton (STL)       49
  T. Foli (NY)             48
  D. Driessen (CIN)        47
  J. Bench (CIN)           46
  J. Morgan (CIN)          46
  T. Puhl (HOU)            46

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          15
  G. Foster (CIN)          12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  D. Cash (MON)            10
  K. Griffey (CIN)         10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         9
  D. Lopes (LA)             9
  R. Smith (LA)             9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         18
  J. Bench (CIN)           17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  R. Cey (LA)              16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  E. Cabell (HOU)          15
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          15
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         15
  D. Driessen (CIN)        15
  K. Hernandez (STL)       15

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  K. Hernandez (STL)        5
  A. Howe (HOU)             5
  L. Parrish (MON)          5
  T. Simmons (STL)          5
  R. Smith (LA)             5
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  K. Griffey (CIN)          4
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          4
  G. Templeton (STL)        4

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:

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

RBI:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  S. Henderson (NY)        11
  S. Garvey (LA)           10
  R. Monday (LA)           10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  B. Robinson (PIT)         9
  B. Watson (HOU)           9
  E. Cabell (HOU)           8
  R. Cey (LA)               8

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  J. Royster (ATL)          4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  G. Maddox (PHI)           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. Puhl (HOU)             2
  T. Scott (STL)            2
  B. Almon (SD)             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. Morgan (CIN)           8
  J. Royster (ATL)          8
  G. Tenace (SD)            8
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       7

Strikeouts:

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


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