Friday April 21, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 21, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      450   75   133   22    1   14    72    9    4   54    50  .296
Cincinnati       492   83   144   31    3   14    75   19   10   65    87  .293
Houston          487   61   135   26    2   10    59   15    6   44    67  .277
Chicago          413   48   109   21    1    5    43    6    5   37    58  .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        354   37    88   14    2    5    34    7    5   34    51  .249
Atlanta          380   28    84    7    0    8    26    7    7   30    53  .221
San Francisco    391   46    85   16    6    8    45    2    4   39    64  .217
New York         437   43    86   16    1   10    41    7   10   51    73  .197
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)         13   44   12   18   3   0   7   16   1   1    7    6  .409
Keith Hernandez (STL)    12   41    7   16   5   0   2    8   2   0    8    3  .390
Ron Cey (LA)             13   50    7   19   2   0   1   10   1   0    8    2  .380
Johnny Bench (CIN)       14   52   12   19   4   0   4   11   0   1   10   14  .365
Doug Flynn (NY)          14   46    2   16   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .348
Dave Cash (MON)          10   41   10   14   3   2   1    3   1   1    5    1  .342
Ken Griffey (CIN)        14   59   11   20   4   1   1    5   6   1    4   10  .339
Steve Garvey (LA)        13   55   10   18   3   1   2   12   2   1    2    4  .327
Joe Morgan (CIN)         14   52   15   17   9   0   3   14   3   2   10    6  .327
Jerry Royster (ATL)      12   37    7   12   0   0   1    2   5   1    8    2  .324

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          3    6    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    0  .667
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Jerry Royster         12   37    7   12   0   0   1    2   5   1    8    2  .324
Biff Pocoroba         12   33    1   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    1  .303
Brian Asselstine       8   17    1    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .294
Jeff Burroughs        12   42    1   12   2   0   0    3   0   1    7    8  .286
Barry Bonnell         11   42    2    9   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    3  .214
Rod Gilbreath          8   20    1    4   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    1  .200
Dale Murphy           12   42    5    7   1   0   1    3   0   1    3   12  .167
Rowland Office        10   31    1    5   1   0   1    1   0   1    0    4  .161
Pat Rockett           12   33    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .121
Cito Gaston            8   17    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .059
Bob Beall             11   12    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .000
Joe Nolan              5    4    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          3    3    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .667
Bill Buckner           7   23    4   10   2   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .435
Greg Gross             8   27    1    9   1   0   0    5   0   0    1    0  .333
Ivan DeJesus          12   53    5   17   4   0   0    4   1   2    4    6  .321
Manny Trillo          11   38    4   12   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    3  .316
Hector Cruz            8   20    3    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .300
Gene Clines            8   27    6    7   1   0   0    4   2   1    2    2  .259
Bobby Murcer          12   43    7   11   2   0   0    6   0   0    7    8  .256
Dave Rader            12   43    3   11   3   0   0    5   1   0    3    3  .256
Larry Biittner        11   32    4    8   1   1   2    5   0   0    4    5  .250
Dave Kingman          11   40    5    9   1   0   2    6   0   1    3   13  .225
Steve Ontiveros        9   24    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .167
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
Johnny Bench          14   52   12   19   4   0   4   11   0   1   10   14  .365
Ken Griffey           14   59   11   20   4   1   1    5   6   1    4   10  .339
Dave Collins           7    6    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    3  .333
Joe Morgan            14   52   15   17   9   0   3   14   3   2   10    6  .327
Dave Concepcion       14   48    7   15   3   0   0    9   2   2    7    8  .313
Cesar Geronimo        14   46    4   14   2   1   1    8   1   1    8    7  .304
Dan Driessen          13   50   10   15   2   0   2    9   6   1   10    6  .300
George Foster         14   58   12   17   2   0   3    7   1   1    4   16  .293
Rick Auerbach          7    7    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .286
Pete Rose             14   61    7   17   3   1   0    5   0   0    6    2  .279
Ray Knight             9    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Don Werner             4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Junior Kennedy         8    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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          9    9    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .444
Jose Cruz             14   54    6   17   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    6  .315
Bob Watson            14   51    6   16   6   0   0   10   0   0    5    7  .314
Cesar Cedeno          14   56    8   17   4   0   1    6   7   1    5    6  .304
Art Howe              14   53   10   16   6   0   3    7   0   1    4    2  .302
Enos Cabell           14   64    4   19   2   1   1    8   2   0    1    8  .297
Denny Walling          7    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Terry Puhl            14   59    7   15   1   0   1    3   3   3    7    5  .254
Roger Metzger         14   43    4   10   1   1   0    4   0   0    4    4  .233
Joe Ferguson          13   45   10   10   2   0   4    9   0   0    9   11  .222
Ed Herrmann            3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Dave Bergman           8    5    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           13   44   12   18   3   0   7   16   1   1    7    6  .409
Ron Cey               13   50    7   19   2   0   1   10   1   0    8    2  .380
Steve Garvey          13   55   10   18   3   1   2   12   2   1    2    4  .327
Reggie Smith          13   49   11   15   5   0   2    6   0   0    5    6  .306
Dusty Baker           13   50    8   15   1   0   0    5   1   0    4    7  .300
Steve Yeager          11   38    2   11   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    6  .290
Davey Lopes           13   49   11   14   4   0   2    7   3   1   12    4  .286
Vic Davalillo          6    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .286
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          13   55    4   11   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .200
Jerry Grote            2    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .167
Ted Martinez           4    3    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .000
Manny Mota             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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
Tom Grieve             5   11    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .364
Doug Flynn            14   46    2   16   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .348
Bobby Valentine        3    3    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Joel Youngblood        4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bruce Boisclair        9   22    5    6   0   0   1    4   1   1    5    2  .273
Ed Kranepool           4    8    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .250
Lee Mazzilli          14   49    5   12   4   0   2    4   1   0    6    6  .245
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Willie Montanez       13   43    7    8   3   0   1    3   0   0    4   11  .186
Steve Henderson       14   52    7    9   1   1   3   11   0   0    3   16  .173
Tim Foli              14   53    6    8   2   0   0    2   1   2    3    4  .151
John Stearns          14   43    2    6   1   0   0    2   2   0    4    6  .140
Len Randle            14   45    1    6   2   0   0    3   2   5   13    5  .133
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
Chuck Baker            4    4    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .750
Don Reynolds           6    5    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .600
Dave Winfield         11   44    6   14   2   1   3   11   1   0    3    7  .318
Bill Almon            11   38    4   12   2   0   0    3   2   1    3    4  .316
Derrel Thomas         11   38    3   12   3   0   0    1   2   1    5    2  .316
Mike Champion          8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .250
George Hendrick       11   41    2   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .244
Ozzie Smith           11   31    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .226
Gene Tenace            8   19    3    4   1   1   0    0   0   1    8    3  .211
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
Jerry Turner           9   12    2    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    3  .167
Bob Davis              7   16    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .125
Rick Sweet             6   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .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
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
Terry Whitfield       12   41    4   11   0   2   2    5   0   0    1    7  .268
Jack Clark            12   45    6   12   3   0   1    6   0   0    6    8  .267
Larry Herndon         12   46    6   12   3   1   0    1   0   2    6    7  .261
Mike Sadek             1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Marc Hill             11   39    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   2    3    3  .231
Bill Madlock           5   15    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Willie McCovey        12   36    3    7   1   1   2    8   0   0    4    3  .194
Darrell Evans         12   42    5    8   2   0   1    5   0   0    7    6  .191
Skip James             9    7    4    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .143
Johnnie Lemaster      12   37    3    5   0   1   0    1   1   0    2    7  .135
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)          64
  P. Rose (CIN)            61
  K. Griffey (CIN)         59
  T. Puhl (HOU)            59
  G. Foster (CIN)          58
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          56
  S. Garvey (LA)           55
  B. Russell (LA)          55
  J. Cruz (HOU)            54
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         53

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         20
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  E. Cabell (HOU)          19
  R. Cey (LA)              19
  S. Garvey (LA)           18
  R. Monday (LA)           18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  J. Cruz (HOU)            17
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  A. Howe (HOU)             6
  L. Parrish (MON)          6
  B. Watson (HOU)           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

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)            7
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  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)           16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  S. Garvey (LA)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  S. Henderson (NY)        11
  D. Winfield (SD)         11
  R. Cey (LA)              10
  L. Parrish (MON)         10
  B. Watson (HOU)          10
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       9

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  G. Maddox (PHI)           3
  J. Morales (STL)          3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3

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
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  T. Scott (STL)            2

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           13
  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  J. Morgan (CIN)          10
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         9
  R. Cey (LA)               8
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         8

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  S. Henderson (NY)        16
  J. Bench (CIN)           14
  D. Kingman (CHI)         13
  D. Murphy (ATL)          12
  J. Ferguson (HOU)        11
  W. Montanez (NY)         11
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  K. Griffey (CIN)         10
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8


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