Monday April 24, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 24, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      510   87   151   23    1   16    84   10    4   67    51  .296
Cincinnati       567   90   158   35    4   15    82   21   10   72   109  .279
Montreal         479   65   129   30    5    8    62    6    6   44    77  .269
Houston          584   69   155   29    2   12    67   17    7   52    76  .265
Philadelphia     410   60   105   26    2   10    55   13    5   59    64  .256
San Diego        468   47   119   19    2    5    41   11    5   48    69  .254
Chicago          512   55   130   23    2    5    49    7    7   50    69  .254
St. Louis        535   65   132   27    5    8    62   12    2   50    79  .247
Pittsburgh       453   67   106   17    8   10    59   16    7   60    70  .234
Atlanta          456   32   100    9    0    9    30    9    7   40    62  .219
San Francisco    459   51    96   19    6    9    49    3    4   56    76  .209
New York         552   50   110   17    2   12    48    7   10   56    90  .199

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Monday (LA)         15   50   13   19   3   0   8   19   1   1    8    6  .380
Bill Almon (SD)          14   53    6   20   3   0   0    4   2   1    3    7  .377
Ron Cey (LA)             15   56    9   21   2   0   1   12   1   0   11    2  .375
Larry Parrish (MON)      13   48    8   17   8   0   0   11   0   0    1    7  .354
Dave Parker (PIT)        14   54   11   19   3   0   4    9   2   1    5    5  .352
Mike Schmidt (PHI)       12   50   11   17   4   0   3   13   2   1    6   11  .340
Steve Garvey (LA)        15   64   13   21   3   1   3   15   2   1    2    4  .328
Keith Hernandez (STL)    16   55    9   18   5   0   2   11   2   0   12    6  .327
Ken Griffey (CIN)        16   68   12   22   5   1   1    5   6   1    5   12  .324
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     14   50    2   16   3   0   1    6   0   1    9    8  .320

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          5    9    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    0  .444
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Jeff Burroughs        14   50    2   16   3   0   1    6   0   1    9    8  .320
Brian Asselstine      10   19    1    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .316
Jerry Royster         14   43    7   13   0   0   1    2   7   1   11    2  .302
Rod Gilbreath         10   27    1    7   0   0   0    0   1   1    1    2  .259
Biff Pocoroba         14   39    1   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    1  .256
Tom Paciorek           2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Barry Bonnell         13   51    3   10   2   0   0    1   0   1    2    5  .196
Rowland Office        12   34    1    6   1   0   1    1   0   1    0    4  .177
Dale Murphy           14   50    5    8   1   0   1    3   0   1    4   15  .160
Pat Rockett           14   39    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .103
Cito Gaston           10   23    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .087
Bob Beall             13   14    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .071
Joe Nolan              6    5    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
Larry Cox              2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Joe Wallis             8   14    1    6   1   0   0    1   0   1    0    3  .429
Bill Buckner           8   24    4   10   2   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .417
Ivan DeJesus          15   64    6   20   4   0   0    4   1   2    7    8  .313
Greg Gross            10   29    1    9   1   0   0    5   0   0    1    0  .310
Manny Trillo          12   40    4   12   2   0   0    4   0   1    5    3  .300
Bobby Murcer          15   54    8   15   2   1   0    8   0   0    9    9  .278
Dave Rader            15   54    4   14   3   0   0    5   1   0    4    4  .259
Gene Clines           10   31    7    8   1   0   0    5   2   1    4    2  .258
Larry Biittner        13   39    6   10   1   1   2    6   0   1    6    5  .256
Hector Cruz            9   24    3    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Dave Kingman          14   50    5   10   1   0   2    6   1   1    4   16  .200
Mick Kelleher          6   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .167
Steve Ontiveros       12   37    3    5   3   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .135
Rudy Meoli             4    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Griffey           16   68   12   22   5   1   1    5   6   1    5   12  .324
Cesar Geronimo        16   54    4   17   4   1   1   10   1   1    8    8  .315
Johnny Bench          16   61   12   19   4   0   4   12   1   1   10   17  .312
Dave Concepcion       15   49    7   15   3   0   0    9   2   2    7    8  .306
George Foster         16   66   13   20   2   0   3    8   1   1    6   20  .303
Pete Rose             16   70    8   20   4   1   0    6   0   0    7    2  .286
Dan Driessen          15   60   12   17   2   1   2   10   7   1   10   10  .283
Joe Morgan            16   60   15   17   9   0   3   14   3   2   12    7  .283
Rick Auerbach          9   12    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .250
Dave Collins           9    8    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    4  .250
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         9    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
Wilbur Howard         11   15    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Denny Walling          9    9    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Jose Cruz             17   64    8   20   3   0   0    5   2   0    8    6  .313
Art Howe              17   62   10   19   6   0   3    7   0   1    6    2  .307
Bob Watson            17   62    8   19   6   0   2   14   0   0    6    9  .307
Cesar Cedeno          16   63    9   19   4   0   1    7   9   1    6    6  .302
Enos Cabell           17   76    4   22   2   1   1    9   2   1    1    9  .290
Terry Puhl            17   71    9   17   3   0   1    3   3   3    7    7  .239
Roger Metzger         17   53    4   12   2   1   0    5   0   0    5    5  .226
Joe Ferguson          15   53   10   10   2   0   4    9   0   0    9   12  .189
Ed Herrmann            5    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .111
Dave Bergman           9    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Julio Gonzalez         3    2    1    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           15   50   13   19   3   0   8   19   1   1    8    6  .380
Ron Cey               15   56    9   21   2   0   1   12   1   0   11    2  .375
Steve Garvey          15   64   13   21   3   1   3   15   2   1    2    4  .328
Dusty Baker           15   57    8   18   1   0   0    6   1   0    5    8  .316
Reggie Smith          15   54   12   17   5   0   2    8   0   0    7    6  .315
Davey Lopes           15   58   14   17   4   0   2    7   4   1   13    4  .293
Vic Davalillo          6    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .286
Steve Yeager          13   43    3   12   2   0   0    6   0   0    7    6  .279
Lee Lacy               5    4    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Glenn Burke            7    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .222
Bill Russell          15   64    5   14   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .219
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             9    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ellis Valentine       11   41    5   15   2   0   1    8   1   1    1    8  .366
Larry Parrish         13   48    8   17   8   0   0   11   0   0    1    7  .354
Chris Speier          14   47    5   15   2   1   2    8   0   0    5    6  .319
Dave Cash             14   56   13   17   5   2   1    5   1   1    6    1  .304
Del Unser             13   28    3    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    4  .286
Gary Carter           14   54    8   15   3   0   2   11   1   1    7    6  .278
Andre Dawson          14   55   13   15   1   2   2    9   2   2    6   13  .273
Tony Perez            14   54    3   12   3   0   0    3   0   0    5   10  .222
Warren Cromartie      11   39    4    6   3   0   0    2   0   1    4    5  .154
Wayne Garrett          5   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .091
Sam Mejias            11    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            5    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
Joel Youngblood        7    5    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Bobby Valentine        5    8    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .375
Tom Grieve             7   15    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .333
Doug Flynn            17   59    2   17   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    7  .288
Bruce Boisclair       12   33    5    9   0   0   1    4   1   1    5    4  .273
Lee Mazzilli          17   61    6   15   4   1   2    4   1   0    7   10  .246
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Willie Montanez       16   56    9   12   3   0   2    4   0   0    5   12  .214
Ron Hodges             5   11    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .182
Steve Henderson       17   57    8   10   1   1   4   12   0   0    4   17  .175
John Stearns          16   48    3    8   2   0   0    2   2   0    4    7  .167
Ed Kranepool           7   18    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .167
Tim Foli              17   64    7    9   2   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .141
Len Randle            17   57    1    8   2   0   0    3   2   5   13    5  .140

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bud Harrelson          5    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Mike Schmidt          12   50   11   17   4   0   3   13   2   1    6   11  .340
Barry Foote            2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Garry Maddox          12   45    3   13   4   0   0    3   3   1    5    5  .289
Greg Luzinski         12   42    6   12   4   0   2    7   1   0   10   13  .286
Tim McCarver           4    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    0  .286
Bob Boone             11   29   10    8   0   2   2    7   0   1    7    5  .276
Larry Bowa            12   54    7   14   3   0   0    2   3   0    3    5  .259
Richie Hebner         10   27    3    7   2   0   1    4   1   1    4    5  .259
Bake McBride           9   37    6    8   3   0   0    1   2   0    5    2  .216
Jerry Martin           8   15    2    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .200
Ted Sizemore          10   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jose Cardenal          4   10    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   1    2    0  .100
Davey Johnson          7   16    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .063
Jay Johnstone          7    6    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Duffy Dyer             2    4    0    2   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .500
Dave Parker           14   54   11   19   3   0   4    9   2   1    5    5  .352
Steve Brye             9   12    6    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .333
Rennie Stennett       12   45    7   14   1   1   1    7   0   0    1    4  .311
Bill Robinson         14   46   11   13   3   1   3   11   3   1    8    8  .283
Omar Moreno           14   42    8   11   2   0   0    4   8   2   10    7  .262
Willie Stargell       13   34    6    8   1   0   2    3   1   0   10    9  .235
Frank Taveras         14   56    4   13   2   1   0    6   1   2    0    4  .232
Ed Ott                12   42    4    9   1   1   0    6   0   0    4    4  .214
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
Phil Garner           12   41    4    7   1   3   0    8   0   1    4   11  .171
Jim Fregosi            7    6    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .167
Manny Sanguillen       3    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .143
John Milner            7   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .100
Mario Mendoza          7    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   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
Chuck Baker            6    8    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .500
Mike Champion          9    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .400
Bill Almon            14   53    6   20   3   0   0    4   2   1    3    7  .377
Dave Winfield         14   56    6   17   2   1   3   12   1   0    3    7  .304
Derrel Thomas         14   52    3   14   3   0   0    2   2   1    6    5  .269
Oscar Gamble          13   44    6   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    8  .250
George Hendrick       14   46    3   11   2   0   1    3   0   0    5    6  .239
Jerry Turner          11   18    3    4   3   0   1    2   0   0    1    4  .222
Ozzie Smith           14   42    4    9   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .214
Gene Richards         13   49    7    9   1   0   0    3   5   1    8    9  .184
Rick Sweet             9   22    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    4  .182
Bob Davis              8   17    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .177
Gene Tenace           10   24    3    4   1   1   0    0   0   1    9    4  .167

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie              8   14    2    5   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    4  .357
Rob Andrews           10   25    5    7   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    3  .280
Tom Heintzelman        6    8    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Mike Sadek             2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Jack Clark            14   53    7   13   3   0   1    6   0   0    8    9  .245
Willie McCovey        14   42    3   10   2   1   2   10   0   0    4    3  .238
Terry Whitfield       14   48    4   11   0   2   2    5   1   0    3    8  .229
Larry Herndon         14   53    7   12   3   1   0    1   0   2    8    8  .226
Darrell Evans         14   49    6   10   3   0   1    6   0   0   10    7  .204
Marc Hill             13   47    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   2    4    4  .192
Bill Madlock           7   22    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .182
Johnnie Lemaster      14   43    4    7   1   1   0    1   1   0    3    7  .163
Skip James            11    8    4    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .125
Vic Harris             7   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gary Sutherland        5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Keith Hernandez       16   55    9   18   5   0   2   11   2   0   12    6  .327
Ted Simmons           16   57    8   18   7   0   1   10   0   0    5    3  .316
Mike Phillips          9   13    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    2  .308
Lou Brock             11   36    6   11   0   0   0    1   3   0    5    4  .306
Roger Freed            8   18    2    5   2   0   2    8   0   0    1    2  .278
Jerry Morales         16   62    8   16   3   2   1    8   3   0    7    6  .258
Ken Reitz             16   55    6   14   1   0   1    7   1   0    5    9  .255
Mike Tyson            14   40    3    9   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    6  .225
Tony Scott            12   32    6    7   0   1   0    1   1   2    3    7  .219
Garry Templeton       16   70    8   14   4   1   0    2   2   0    2    9  .200
Jim Dwyer             10   16    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .188
Dane Iorg              7    9    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .111
Jerry Mumphrey        10   28    3    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .107
Steve Swisher          2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          76
  T. Puhl (HOU)            71
  P. Rose (CIN)            70
  G. Templeton (STL)       70
  K. Griffey (CIN)         68
  G. Foster (CIN)          66
  J. Cruz (HOU)            64
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         64
  T. Foli (NY)             64
  S. Garvey (LA)           64

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          15
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  D. Cash (MON)            13
  A. Dawson (MON)          13
  G. Foster (CIN)          13
  S. Garvey (LA)           13
  R. Monday (LA)           13
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  D. Driessen (CIN)        12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12

Hits:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          22
  K. Griffey (CIN)         22
  R. Cey (LA)              21
  S. Garvey (LA)           21
  B. Almon (SD)            20
  J. Cruz (HOU)            20
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         20
  G. Foster (CIN)          20
  P. Rose (CIN)            20
  J. Bench (CIN)           19

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  L. Parrish (MON)          8
  T. Simmons (STL)          7
  A. Howe (HOU)             6
  B. Watson (HOU)           6
  D. Cash (MON)             5
  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  K. Hernandez (STL)        5
  R. Smith (LA)             5
  J. Bench (CIN)            4

Triples:

  P. Garner (PIT)           3
  B. Boone (PHI)            2
  D. Cash (MON)             2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  J. Morales (STL)          2
  T. Whitfield (SF)         2
  R. Andrews (SF)           1
  L. Biittner (CHI)         1
  E. Cabell (HOU)           1
  D. Driessen (CIN)         1

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            8
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         4
  S. Henderson (NY)         4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  D. Parker (PIT)           4
  G. Foster (CIN)           3
  S. Garvey (LA)            3
  A. Howe (HOU)             3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           19
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  B. Watson (HOU)          14
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         13
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  R. Cey (LA)              12
  S. Henderson (NY)        12
  D. Winfield (SD)         12
  G. Carter (MON)          11

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  O. Moreno (PIT)           8
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  J. Royster (ATL)          7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  G. Richards (SD)          5
  D. Lopes (LA)             4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  L. Brock (STL)            3
  G. Maddox (PHI)           3

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            5
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  A. Dawson (MON)           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

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            13
  L. Randle (NY)           13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       12
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  R. Cey (LA)              11
  J. Royster (ATL)         11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  D. Evans (SF)            10
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        10

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          20
  J. Bench (CIN)           17
  S. Henderson (NY)        17
  D. Kingman (CHI)         16
  D. Murphy (ATL)          15
  A. Dawson (MON)          13
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        13
  J. Ferguson (HOU)        12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12
  W. Montanez (NY)         12


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