Wednesday April 19, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 19, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       464   83   141   31    3   14    75   16    8   63    77  .304
Los Angeles      385   64   112   18    1   12    61    8    3   45    41  .291
Houston          418   52   117   22    2    9    51   14    5   39    62  .280
Chicago          383   43   101   20    1    4    38    6    5   30    52  .264
Montreal         352   43    92   21    4    8    43    5    3   32    58  .261
Philadelphia     274   40    71   20    0    5    37   12    3   37    39  .259
St. Louis        397   44    99   19    5    4    43   11    2   32    58  .249
San Diego        290   26    68   11    1    5    25    6    5   32    39  .235
Atlanta          320   25    73    7    0    8    23    6    6   28    46  .228
San Francisco    365   43    81   15    6    8    42    2    4   34    57  .222
New York         407   43    82   15    1   10    41    7   10   48    72  .202
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
Rick Monday (LA)         11   37   10   15   3   0   6   14   1   1    6    6  .405
Keith Hernandez (STL)    12   41    7   16   5   0   2    8   2   0    8    3  .390
Johnny Bench (CIN)       13   49   12   19   4   0   4   11   0   1   10   12  .388
Ron Cey (LA)             11   44    6   17   2   0   1    8   1   0    6    2  .386
Ken Griffey (CIN)        13   55   11   20   4   1   1    5   6   0    4   10  .364
Derrel Thomas (SD)        9   31    2   11   3   0   0    0   2   1    5    1  .355
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       12   49    8   17   4   0   1    6   7   1    5    6  .347
Dave Cash (MON)          10   41   10   14   3   2   1    3   1   1    5    1  .342
Joe Morgan (CIN)         13   50   15   17   9   0   3   14   2   1    8    5  .340
Ivan DeJesus (CHI)       11   48    4   16   4   0   0    4   1   2    4    5  .333

 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       6   13    1    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .385
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Biff Pocoroba         10   26    1    9   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    0  .346
Jerry Royster         10   30    6   10   0   0   1    2   4   1    8    2  .333
Jeff Burroughs        10   35    1   10   2   0   0    3   0   1    6    7  .286
Rod Gilbreath          6   15    1    4   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .267
Barry Bonnell         10   39    2    9   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    3  .231
Rowland Office         9   28    1    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    4  .179
Dale Murphy           10   35    3    5   1   0   1    3   0   1    3   11  .143
Pat Rockett           10   29    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .103
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
Ivan DeJesus          11   48    4   16   4   0   0    4   1   2    4    5  .333
Manny Trillo          11   38    4   12   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    3  .316
Greg Gross             7   23    1    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    0  .304
Hector Cruz            8   20    3    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .300
Larry Biittner        10   29    4    8   1   1   2    5   0   0    3    5  .276
Gene Clines            8   27    6    7   1   0   0    4   2   1    2    2  .259
Dave Rader            11   40    3   10   3   0   0    5   1   0    2    3  .250
Bobby Murcer          11   41    6   10   2   0   0    6   0   0    5    8  .244
Dave Kingman          10   36    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   1    3   12  .222
Steve Ontiveros        8   21    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .143
Joe Wallis             6    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .125
Rudy Meoli             3    2    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
Dave Collins           6    5    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    2  .400
Johnny Bench          13   49   12   19   4   0   4   11   0   1   10   12  .388
Ken Griffey           13   55   11   20   4   1   1    5   6   0    4   10  .364
Joe Morgan            13   50   15   17   9   0   3   14   2   1    8    5  .340
Dave Concepcion       13   45    7   14   3   0   0    9   1   2    7    8  .311
George Foster         13   55   12   17   2   0   3    7   1   1    4   13  .309
Dan Driessen          13   50   10   15   2   0   2    9   6   1   10    6  .300
Cesar Geronimo        13   44    4   13   2   1   1    8   0   1    8    6  .296
Rick Auerbach          7    7    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .286
Pete Rose             13   57    7   16   3   1   0    5   0   0    6    2  .281
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
Jesus Alou             4    4    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .750
Cesar Cedeno          12   49    8   17   4   0   1    6   7   1    5    6  .347
Wilbur Howard          7    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Jose Cruz             12   46    4   14   3   0   0    4   1   0    5    5  .304
Art Howe              12   46    8   14   6   0   3    7   0   1    4    2  .304
Bob Watson            12   44    3   13   3   0   0    9   0   0    4    6  .296
Enos Cabell           12   55    4   16   1   1   1    8   2   0    1    8  .291
Terry Puhl            12   51    7   13   1   0   1    3   3   2    6    5  .255
Roger Metzger         12   36    3    9   1   1   0    3   0   0    4    4  .250
Joe Ferguson          11   39    9    9   2   0   3    6   0   0    7   11  .231
Ed Herrmann            3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
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           7    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
Rick Monday           11   37   10   15   3   0   6   14   1   1    6    6  .405
Vic Davalillo          5    5    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Ron Cey               11   44    6   17   2   0   1    8   1   0    6    2  .386
Steve Garvey          11   47    9   15   2   1   2   10   1   1    2    4  .319
Dusty Baker           11   42    7   13   0   0   0    5   1   0    4    5  .310
Reggie Smith          11   42   10   13   5   0   2    6   0   0    3    5  .310
Steve Yeager          10   34    2    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    5  .265
Davey Lopes           11   40    9   10   3   0   1    5   3   1   12    2  .250
Lee Lacy               5    4    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Glenn Burke            6    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .222
Bill Russell          11   49    3   10   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .204
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             5    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Larry Parrish          9   33    4   13   6   0   0   10   0   0    0    5  .394
Ellis Valentine        7   26    3   10   1   0   1    5   1   1    0    6  .385
Dave Cash             10   41   10   14   3   2   1    3   1   1    5    1  .342
Chris Speier          10   37    4   11   0   1   2    7   0   0    1    4  .297
Del Unser              9   27    3    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    4  .259
Gary Carter           10   39    6   10   3   0   2    7   0   0    6    5  .256
Andre Dawson          10   40    8   10   1   1   2    6   2   1    5   10  .250
Tony Perez            10   39    2    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    8  .180
Warren Cromartie       7   26    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .115
Wayne Garrett          5   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .091
Sam Mejias             7    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Stan Papi              2    2    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

 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            13   42    2   14   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .333
Bruce Boisclair        8   18    5    6   0   0   1    4   1   1    5    2  .333
Joel Youngblood        4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ed Kranepool           4    8    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .250
Lee Mazzilli          13   45    5   11   4   0   2    4   1   0    6    6  .244
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Steve Henderson       13   48    7    9   1   1   3   11   0   0    3   15  .188
Willie Montanez       12   40    7    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    3   11  .175
Tim Foli              13   50    6    8   2   0   0    2   1   2    3    4  .160
John Stearns          13   41    2    6   1   0   0    2   2   0    3    6  .146
Len Randle            13   42    1    6   2   0   0    3   2   5   12    5  .143
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           6    5    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .600
Derrel Thomas          9   31    2   11   3   0   0    0   2   1    5    1  .355
Dave Winfield          9   38    5   12   2   1   3    9   1   0    1    5  .316
Bill Almon             9   30    2    8   1   0   0    1   1   1    3    2  .267
Ozzie Smith            9   24    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Mike Champion          7    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .250
George Hendrick        9   33    2    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .242
Gene Richards          9   35    5    7   1   0   0    3   2   1    3    6  .200
Oscar Gamble           9   31    3    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .194
Jerry Turner           9   12    2    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    3  .167
Gene Tenace            7   14    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    8    2  .143
Bob Davis              5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Rick Sweet             6   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    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              6    8    2    4   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    1  .500
Terry Whitfield       11   38    4   11   0   2   2    5   0   0    0    7  .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
Jack Clark            11   42    6   11   3   0   1    4   0   0    6    6  .262
Larry Herndon         11   42    5   11   3   1   0    1   0   2    6    7  .262
Mike Sadek             1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Marc Hill             10   37    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   2    2    2  .243
Bill Madlock           4   13    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .231
Darrell Evans         11   39    4    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    6    6  .180
Willie McCovey        11   34    3    6   1   1   2    8   0   0    3    3  .177
Skip James             8    6    3    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .167
Johnnie Lemaster      11   34    3    5   0   1   0    1   1   0    2    6  .147
Vic Harris             5   10    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       12   41    7   16   5   0   2    8   2   0    8    3  .390
Mike Phillips          6   11    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .364
Ted Simmons           12   44    6   14   5   0   0    8   0   0    3    3  .318
Mike Tyson            10   29    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    1    4  .276
Ken Reitz             12   42    5   11   0   0   1    5   1   0    2    8  .262
Jerry Morales         12   46    5   12   1   2   0    4   3   0    5    6  .261
Lou Brock              9   28    4    7   0   0   0    1   2   0    5    4  .250
Garry Templeton       12   52    7   12   4   1   0    2   2   0    1    6  .231
Jim Dwyer              9   15    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .200
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         6   14    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .071
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)            57
  E. Cabell (HOU)          55
  G. Foster (CIN)          55
  K. Griffey (CIN)         55
  G. Templeton (STL)       52
  T. Puhl (HOU)            51
  D. Driessen (CIN)        50
  T. Foli (NY)             50
  J. Morgan (CIN)          50
  J. Bench (CIN)           49

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          15
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  G. Foster (CIN)          12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         11
  D. Cash (MON)            10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  R. Monday (LA)           10
  R. Smith (LA)            10
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         9
  S. Garvey (LA)            9

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         20
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  R. Cey (LA)              17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  E. Cabell (HOU)          16
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         16
  K. Hernandez (STL)       16
  P. Rose (CIN)            16

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  A. Howe (HOU)             6
  L. Parrish (MON)          6
  K. Hernandez (STL)        5
  T. Simmons (STL)          5
  R. Smith (LA)             5
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  K. Griffey (CIN)          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
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  S. Garvey (LA)            1
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         1
  K. Griffey (CIN)          1

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            6
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         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
  D. Winfield (SD)          3

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           14
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  S. Henderson (NY)        11
  S. Garvey (LA)           10
  L. Parrish (MON)         10
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  B. Robinson (PIT)         9
  B. Watson (HOU)           9

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
  J. Morales (STL)          3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  L. Brock (STL)            2

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            5
  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)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  J. Royster (ATL)          8
  G. Tenace (SD)            8

Strikeouts:

  S. Henderson (NY)        15
  G. Foster (CIN)          13
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  D. Kingman (CHI)         12
  J. Ferguson (HOU)        11
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