Thursday April 20, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 20, 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      419   69   122   22    1   12    66    9    3   48    44  .291
Houston          452   53   125   24    2    9    52   14    6   40    65  .277
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 Francisco    365   43    81   15    6    8    42    2    4   34    57  .222
San Diego        316   28    70   11    1    5    27    6    5   33    46  .222
Atlanta          348   25    76    7    0    8    23    6    6   29    48  .218
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)         12   40   11   17   3   0   6   15   1   1    7    6  .425
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
Ken Griffey (CIN)        13   55   11   20   4   1   1    5   6   0    4   10  .364
Ron Cey (LA)             12   47    7   17   2   0   1    8   1   0    7    2  .362
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
Doug Flynn (NY)          13   42    2   14   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .333
Jerry Royster (ATL)      11   34    6   11   0   0   1    2   4   1    8    2  .324

 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
Brian Asselstine       7   14    1    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .357
Biff Pocoroba         11   29    1   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    0  .345
Jerry Royster         11   34    6   11   0   0   1    2   4   1    8    2  .324
Jeff Burroughs        11   39    1   10   2   0   0    3   0   1    6    7  .256
Rod Gilbreath          7   18    1    4   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .222
Barry Bonnell         11   42    2    9   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    3  .214
Rowland Office         9   28    1    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    4  .179
Dale Murphy           11   38    3    5   1   0   1    3   0   1    3   12  .132
Pat Rockett           11   32    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .125
Cito Gaston            7   16    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .063
Bob Beall             10   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    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
Wilbur Howard          8    7    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .429
Cesar Cedeno          13   53    8   17   4   0   1    6   7   1    5    6  .321
Bob Watson            13   48    4   15   5   0   0    9   0   0    4    7  .313
Art Howe              13   49    8   15   6   0   3    7   0   1    4    2  .306
Enos Cabell           13   59    4   18   1   1   1    8   2   0    1    8  .305
Jose Cruz             13   50    4   15   3   0   0    5   1   0    5    5  .300
Terry Puhl            13   55    7   14   1   0   1    3   3   3    6    5  .255
Roger Metzger         13   40    3    9   1   1   0    3   0   0    4    4  .225
Joe Ferguson          12   42    9    9   2   0   3    6   0   0    8   11  .214
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         2    2    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           12   40   11   17   3   0   6   15   1   1    7    6  .425
Vic Davalillo          5    5    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Ron Cey               12   47    7   17   2   0   1    8   1   0    7    2  .362
Steve Garvey          12   51   10   16   3   1   2   11   2   1    2    4  .314
Reggie Smith          12   45   11   14   5   0   2    6   0   0    4    5  .311
Dusty Baker           12   46    8   14   1   0   0    5   1   0    4    6  .304
Steve Yeager          11   38    2   11   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    6  .290
Davey Lopes           12   45    9   12   4   0   1    5   3   1   12    2  .267
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          12   54    3   10   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .185
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         10   34    2   11   3   0   0    0   2   1    5    2  .324
Dave Winfield         10   40    6   12   2   1   3    9   1   0    2    6  .300
Mike Champion          8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .250
Bill Almon            10   33    2    8   1   0   0    1   1   1    3    3  .242
George Hendrick       10   36    2    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .222
Ozzie Smith           10   27    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .222
Oscar Gamble          10   34    4    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .206
Gene Richards         10   38    5    7   1   0   0    3   2   1    3    8  .184
Bob Davis              6   11    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .182
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
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:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          59
  P. Rose (CIN)            57
  G. Foster (CIN)          55
  K. Griffey (CIN)         55
  T. Puhl (HOU)            55
  B. Russell (LA)          54
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          53
  G. Templeton (STL)       52
  S. Garvey (LA)           51
  J. Cruz (HOU)            50

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         20
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  E. Cabell (HOU)          18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  R. Cey (LA)              17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  R. Monday (LA)           17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         16
  S. Garvey (LA)           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
  B. Watson (HOU)           5
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          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)           15
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  S. Garvey (LA)           11
  S. Henderson (NY)        11
  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
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  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

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  L. Randle (NY)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         8
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  J. Royster (ATL)          8

Strikeouts:

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