Saturday April 22, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 22, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      476   80   139   22    1   15    77    9    4   63    50  .292
Cincinnati       531   88   152   33    3   15    80   21   10   68    99  .286
Houston          518   62   141   26    2   10    60   15    7   46    69  .272
Montreal         420   55   113   26    4    8    53    5    4   38    66  .269
Chicago          443   50   114   21    1    5    45    7    5   42    61  .257
Philadelphia     344   46    88   23    1    8    42   12    3   45    49  .256
San Diego        384   39    97   16    2    5    36    7    5   36    54  .253
St. Louis        432   51   107   20    5    6    48   12    2   36    63  .248
San Francisco    428   50    94   18    6    9    49    2    4   44    67  .220
Atlanta          411   28    90    7    0    8    26    8    7   36    55  .219
Pittsburgh       354   44    76   12    4    7    38    7    5   48    54  .215
New York         473   46    94   16    2   10    44    7   10   52    75  .199

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Cey (LA)             14   52    8   20   2   0   1   11   1   0   10    2  .385
Rick Monday (LA)         14   47   12   18   3   0   7   16   1   1    8    6  .383
Larry Parrish (MON)      11   41    6   15   7   0   0   10   0   0    0    5  .366
Keith Hernandez (STL)    13   45    8   16   5   0   2    8   2   0    9    3  .356
Johnny Bench (CIN)       15   57   12   19   4   0   4   12   1   1   10   16  .333
Jose Cruz (HOU)          15   57    7   19   3   0   0    5   2   0    7    6  .333
Doug Flynn (NY)          15   51    2   17   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .333
Dave Winfield (SD)       12   48    6   16   2   1   3   12   1   0    3    7  .333
Bill Almon (SD)          12   42    5   14   3   0   0    3   2   1    3    4  .333
Garry Maddox (PHI)       10   39    2   13   4   0   0    3   3   0    3    4  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          4    7    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    0  .571
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Brian Asselstine       9   18    1    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .333
Jerry Royster         13   39    7   12   0   0   1    2   6   1   10    2  .308
Rod Gilbreath          9   23    1    7   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    1  .304
Biff Pocoroba         13   34    1   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    1  .294
Jeff Burroughs        13   45    1   12   2   0   0    3   0   1    8    8  .267
Barry Bonnell         12   46    2    9   1   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .196
Dale Murphy           13   45    5    8   1   0   1    3   0   1    4   13  .178
Rowland Office        11   32    1    5   1   0   1    1   0   1    0    4  .156
Pat Rockett           13   36    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .111
Cito Gaston            9   19    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .053
Bob Beall             12   13    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .000
Joe Nolan              6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Tom Paciorek           1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner           8   24    4   10   2   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .417
Greg Gross             9   27    1    9   1   0   0    5   0   0    1    0  .333
Ivan DeJesus          13   56    5   18   4   0   0    4   1   2    5    7  .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
Mick Kelleher          4    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .286
Dave Rader            13   47    3   13   3   0   0    5   1   0    3    3  .277
Bobby Murcer          13   46    7   12   2   0   0    6   0   0    8    8  .261
Gene Clines            9   29    7    7   1   0   0    4   2   1    3    2  .241
Larry Biittner        12   34    5    8   1   1   2    6   0   0    6    5  .235
Dave Kingman          12   44    5   10   1   0   2    6   1   1    3   14  .227
Steve Ontiveros       10   28    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .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
Johnny Bench          15   57   12   19   4   0   4   12   1   1   10   16  .333
Ken Griffey           15   64   12   21   4   1   1    5   6   1    4   12  .328
Cesar Geronimo        15   50    4   16   3   1   1   10   1   1    8    8  .320
Dave Concepcion       14   48    7   15   3   0   0    9   2   2    7    8  .313
Joe Morgan            15   56   15   17   9   0   3   14   3   2   11    7  .304
Rick Auerbach          8   10    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    0  .300
Dan Driessen          14   55   12   16   2   0   2    9   7   1   10    7  .291
George Foster         15   62   12   18   2   0   3    7   1   1    5   18  .290
Pete Rose             15   66    7   19   4   1   0    6   0   0    6    2  .288
Dave Collins           8    7    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    3  .286
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             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Jose Cruz             15   57    7   19   3   0   0    5   2   0    7    6  .333
Bob Watson            15   55    6   17   6   0   0   10   0   0    5    7  .309
Enos Cabell           15   68    4   21   2   1   1    8   2   1    1    8  .309
Wilbur Howard         10   13    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .308
Cesar Cedeno          14   56    8   17   4   0   1    6   7   1    5    6  .304
Art Howe              15   55   10   16   6   0   3    7   0   1    5    2  .291
Denny Walling          7    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Roger Metzger         15   46    4   11   1   1   0    5   0   0    4    4  .239
Terry Puhl            15   63    7   15   1   0   1    3   3   3    7    5  .238
Joe Ferguson          14   49   10   10   2   0   4    9   0   0    9   12  .204
Ed Herrmann            3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Dave Bergman           9    6    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
Ron Cey               14   52    8   20   2   0   1   11   1   0   10    2  .385
Rick Monday           14   47   12   18   3   0   7   16   1   1    8    6  .383
Steve Garvey          14   59   11   19   3   1   3   15   2   1    2    4  .322
Reggie Smith          14   51   12   16   5   0   2    7   0   0    6    6  .314
Dusty Baker           14   53    8   16   1   0   0    5   1   0    5    7  .302
Vic Davalillo          6    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .286
Davey Lopes           14   53   12   15   4   0   2    7   3   1   13    4  .283
Steve Yeager          12   40    3   11   2   0   0    6   0   0    6    6  .275
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          14   59    4   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .203
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             7    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ellis Valentine        9   34    4   14   2   0   1    7   1   1    0    7  .412
Larry Parrish         11   41    6   15   7   0   0   10   0   0    0    5  .366
Chris Speier          12   42    5   13   1   1   2    7   0   0    4    4  .310
Dave Cash             12   48   12   14   3   2   1    3   1   1    6    1  .292
Del Unser             11   28    3    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    4  .286
Gary Carter           12   48    7   13   3   0   2   10   0   1    6    6  .271
Andre Dawson          12   48   11   13   1   1   2    8   2   1    5   10  .271
Tony Perez            12   46    3   11   3   0   0    2   0   0    5    8  .239
Warren Cromartie       9   32    2    4   3   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .125
Wayne Garrett          5   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .091
Sam Mejias             9    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Stan Papi              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jerry White            4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Reece              1    0    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
Tom Grieve             6   12    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .417
Doug Flynn            15   51    2   17   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .333
Bobby Valentine        3    3    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Joel Youngblood        5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bruce Boisclair       10   26    5    7   0   0   1    4   1   1    5    2  .269
Lee Mazzilli          15   52    6   13   4   1   2    4   1   0    7    6  .250
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Willie Montanez       14   47    8    9   3   0   1    3   0   0    4   11  .192
Steve Henderson       15   53    7    9   1   1   3   11   0   0    3   16  .170
Ed Kranepool           5   12    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .167
Tim Foli              15   57    7    9   2   0   0    2   1   2    3    4  .158
Ron Hodges             4    7    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .143
Len Randle            15   50    1    7   2   0   0    3   2   5   13    5  .140
John Stearns          14   43    2    6   1   0   0    2   2   0    4    6  .140

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Garry Maddox          10   39    2   13   4   0   0    3   3   0    3    4  .333
Barry Foote            2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Greg Luzinski         10   33    5   10   3   0   2    7   1   0   10    9  .303
Mike Schmidt          10   43    8   13   4   0   2    9   2   0    3    9  .302
Tim McCarver           4    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    0  .286
Larry Bowa            10   45    6   12   3   0   0    1   3   0    2    4  .267
Richie Hebner         10   27    3    7   2   0   1    4   1   1    4    5  .259
Bob Boone              9   22    7    5   0   1   2    5   0   1    6    3  .227
Bake McBride           8   33    5    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    5    0  .212
Jose Cardenal          3    5    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .200
Ted Sizemore          10   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jerry Martin           6   11    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .182
Davey Johnson          5    9    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Jay Johnstone          6    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Bud Harrelson          4    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
Duffy Dyer             1    1    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Steve Brye             8    9    4    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .333
Dave Parker           11   42    7   13   2   0   2    4   1   1    4    5  .310
Bill Robinson         11   34    9   10   2   1   3   10   1   1    7    5  .294
Willie Stargell       10   26    4    7   1   0   2    3   0   0    8    5  .269
Omar Moreno           11   32    4    8   1   0   0    2   4   2    7    5  .250
Rennie Stennett        9   33    3    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .242
Ed Ott                10   34    3    7   1   1   0    4   0   0    4    4  .206
Frank Taveras         11   45    2    9   1   1   0    5   1   1    0    4  .200
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
Jim Fregosi            6    6    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .167
Manny Sanguillen       3    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .143
Phil Garner            9   31    3    4   0   1   0    4   0   0    3    9  .129
John Milner            6   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .100
Mario Mendoza          5    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            5    6    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Don Reynolds           6    5    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .600
Dave Winfield         12   48    6   16   2   1   3   12   1   0    3    7  .333
Bill Almon            12   42    5   14   3   0   0    3   2   1    3    4  .333
Derrel Thomas         12   42    3   13   3   0   0    1   2   1    5    3  .310
Mike Champion          8    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .250
George Hendrick       12   41    2   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .244
Oscar Gamble          11   38    5    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .237
Ozzie Smith           12   33    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .212
Gene Tenace            8   19    3    4   1   1   0    0   0   1    8    3  .211
Gene Richards         11   41    5    8   1   0   0    3   2   1    4    8  .195
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             7   13    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    2  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie              7    9    2    5   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    1  .556
Tom Heintzelman        5    7    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Rob Andrews            9   25    5    7   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    3  .280
Jack Clark            13   50    6   13   3   0   1    6   0   0    6    9  .260
Mike Sadek             1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Larry Herndon         13   50    7   12   3   1   0    1   0   2    7    7  .240
Terry Whitfield       13   46    4   11   0   2   2    5   0   0    1    7  .239
Bill Madlock           6   18    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .222
Willie McCovey        13   41    3    9   2   1   2   10   0   0    4    3  .220
Darrell Evans         13   46    6   10   3   0   1    6   0   0    8    6  .217
Marc Hill             12   43    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   2    3    3  .209
Johnnie Lemaster      13   40    4    6   0   1   0    1   1   0    2    7  .150
Skip James            10    7    4    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .143
Vic Harris             6   11    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       13   45    8   16   5   0   2    8   2   0    9    3  .356
Mike Phillips          7   12    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    2  .333
Ted Simmons           13   49    7   15   5   0   1    9   0   0    3    3  .306
Lou Brock             10   31    5    9   0   0   0    1   3   0    5    4  .290
Ken Reitz             13   45    6   12   0   0   1    5   1   0    2    8  .267
Jerry Morales         13   50    6   13   1   2   1    6   3   0    6    6  .260
Mike Tyson            11   31    2    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    1    4  .258
Garry Templeton       13   57    7   12   4   1   0    2   2   0    1    8  .211
Jim Dwyer              9   15    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .200
Roger Freed            6   11    0    2   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    0  .182
Tony Scott            11   28    4    5   0   1   0    0   1   2    2    6  .179
Dane Iorg              4    6    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .167
Jerry Mumphrey         7   18    2    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .056
Gary Sutherland        3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          68
  P. Rose (CIN)            66
  K. Griffey (CIN)         64
  T. Puhl (HOU)            63
  G. Foster (CIN)          62
  S. Garvey (LA)           59
  B. Russell (LA)          59
  J. Bench (CIN)           57
  J. Cruz (HOU)            57
  T. Foli (NY)             57

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          21
  K. Griffey (CIN)         21
  R. Cey (LA)              20
  J. Bench (CIN)           19
  J. Cruz (HOU)            19
  S. Garvey (LA)           19
  P. Rose (CIN)            19
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         18
  G. Foster (CIN)          18
  R. Monday (LA)           18

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  L. Parrish (MON)          7
  A. Howe (HOU)             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
  B. Boone (PHI)            1
  E. Cabell (HOU)           1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  P. Garner (PIT)           1
  S. Garvey (LA)            1

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            7
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  G. Foster (CIN)           3
  S. Garvey (LA)            3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3
  A. Howe (HOU)             3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  B. Robinson (PIT)         3

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           16
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  D. Winfield (SD)         12
  R. Cey (LA)              11
  S. Henderson (NY)        11
  G. Carter (MON)          10
  C. Geronimo (CIN)        10
  W. McCovey (SF)          10

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  J. Royster (ATL)          6
  O. Moreno (PIT)           4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  L. Brock (STL)            3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  G. Maddox (PHI)           3
  J. Morales (STL)          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:

  D. Lopes (LA)            13
  L. Randle (NY)           13
  J. Morgan (CIN)          11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  R. Cey (LA)              10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        10
  J. Royster (ATL)         10
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         9
  K. Hernandez (STL)        9

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          18
  J. Bench (CIN)           16
  S. Henderson (NY)        16
  D. Kingman (CHI)         14
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  J. Ferguson (HOU)        12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12
  W. Montanez (NY)         11
  A. Dawson (MON)          10
  J. Clark (SF)             9

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