Saturday April 29, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 29, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      655  112   194   30    1   21   108   11    5   79    78  .296
Cincinnati       718  115   206   42    6   24   106   25   11   90   140  .287
Philadelphia     542   79   144   30    3   13    74   17    7   76    80  .266
Houston          711   80   188   33    3   15    78   21    7   57    87  .264
Montreal         611   76   156   35    6    8    70    6    6   54   101  .255
St. Louis        672   86   170   36    6   10    82   14    3   62    96  .253
San Diego        597   56   149   23    2    8    50   15    7   60    90  .250
Chicago          642   63   154   26    3    8    56    7    8   59    87  .240
Atlanta          616   52   147   15    2   10    48   17   11   57    89  .239
Pittsburgh       587   80   137   19    9   13    71   24   10   70    98  .233
San Francisco    628   65   136   25    6   13    63    5    5   71   104  .217
New York         682   59   133   21    2   12    57   10   11   76   116  .195

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     19   63    7   26   6   0   2   11   0   1   16    8  .413
Dusty Baker (LA)         19   71   11   26   5   0   1   12   1   0    7    9  .366
Rick Monday (LA)         19   64   14   23   3   0   8   22   1   1   11   10  .359
Dave Parker (PIT)        18   70   14   25   3   1   5   14   4   1    6    6  .357
George Foster (CIN)      20   83   17   29   3   1   4   13   1   1    8   23  .349
Mike Schmidt (PHI)       16   67   15   23   6   0   4   15   2   1    7   14  .343
Jerry Royster (ATL)      19   65   12   22   1   0   1    2  11   3   12    3  .339
Dave Cash (MON)          18   71   17   24   6   2   1    6   1   1    7    3  .338
Ron Cey (LA)             19   74   12   25   2   0   2   14   1   0   12    7  .338
Pete Rose (CIN)          20   90   14   30   6   1   3   12   0   0    7    4  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        19   63    7   26   6   0   2   11   0   1   16    8  .413
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Jerry Royster         19   65   12   22   1   0   1    2  11   3   12    3  .339
Darrel Chaney          8   18    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .333
Brian Asselstine      14   28    2    9   1   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .321
Tom Paciorek           3    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .286
Rod Gilbreath         13   35    2    9   1   1   0    1   1   1    1    3  .257
Rowland Office        16   39    3   10   1   0   1    1   0   1    2    4  .256
Biff Pocoroba         17   50    1   12   1   0   0    4   0   1    4    2  .240
Barry Bonnell         18   64    5   13   3   0   0    3   2   1    5    6  .203
Dale Murphy           19   68    7   13   1   1   1    8   1   1    4   21  .191
Cito Gaston           14   35    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .114
Pat Rockett           19   56    2    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    7  .107
Bob Beall             15   16    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    5  .063
Joe Nolan              7    9    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
Joe Wallis            11   20    2    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    3  .400
Bill Buckner          10   30    4   11   2   0   1    2   2   0    1    3  .367
Greg Gross            13   36    1   12   1   1   0    5   0   0    1    0  .333
Ivan DeJesus          19   80    8   25   4   0   0    4   1   3    8    9  .313
Larry Biittner        14   40    6   11   1   1   2    7   0   1    6    5  .275
Manny Trillo          16   54    4   14   2   0   0    4   0   1    7    5  .259
Bobby Murcer          19   70    9   18   4   1   1   12   0   0   10   11  .257
Hector Cruz           12   35    5    9   2   0   2    2   0   0    1    0  .257
Dave Rader            18   61    4   15   3   0   0    5   1   0    5    6  .246
Mick Kelleher          8   13    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .231
Gene Clines           13   41    8    8   1   0   0    5   2   1    4    3  .195
Dave Kingman          16   57    5   11   2   0   2    6   1   1    4   19  .193
Larry Cox              5    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .143
Steve Ontiveros       16   51    3    6   3   0   0    2   0   0    7    7  .118
Rudy Meoli             5    4    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
George Foster         20   83   17   29   3   1   4   13   1   1    8   23  .349
Pete Rose             20   90   14   30   6   1   3   12   0   0    7    4  .333
Ken Griffey           20   87   14   28   6   2   2    7   6   1    6   15  .322
Dan Driessen          19   79   14   25   4   1   3   13   7   1   11   13  .317
Cesar Geronimo        20   68    6   21   5   1   2   13   2   1   11   12  .309
Johnny Bench          19   73   12   21   4   0   4   12   1   1   12   18  .288
Don Werner             5    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .286
Dave Concepcion       19   68   10   19   3   0   1   10   3   3    8   13  .279
Joe Morgan            19   72   19   20   9   0   4   16   5   2   15    8  .278
Rick Auerbach         10   12    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .250
Ray Knight             9    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Dave Collins          12   11    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    5  .182
Junior Kennedy        13    9    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .000
Mike Lum               4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Mike Grace             4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Alou             5    5    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .600
Wilbur Howard         13   20    3    7   0   1   1    3   0   0    0    1  .350
Art Howe              21   76   11   25   8   0   3    8   0   1    6    2  .329
Jose Cruz             20   76    9   23   4   0   0    6   3   0    8    8  .303
Denny Walling         10   10    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .300
Bob Watson            21   75   10   22   7   0   3   16   0   0    9   11  .293
Enos Cabell           21   91    5   26   2   1   1   11   3   1    2   10  .286
Jimmy Sexton          10    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    0  .286
Terry Puhl            21   87    9   24   3   0   1    4   4   3    7    8  .276
Cesar Cedeno          20   78   10   20   4   0   1    7   9   1    6    8  .256
Roger Metzger         20   60    6   13   2   1   0    5   0   0    6    5  .217
Joe Ferguson          18   64   11   13   2   0   5   11   0   0    9   13  .203
Ed Herrmann            6   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Dave Bergman          10    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Julio Gonzalez         4    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Dusty Baker           19   71   11   26   5   0   1   12   1   0    7    9  .366
Rick Monday           19   64   14   23   3   0   8   22   1   1   11   10  .359
Ron Cey               19   74   12   25   2   0   2   14   1   0   12    7  .338
Steve Garvey          19   81   17   27   3   1   3   15   2   2    3    8  .333
Davey Lopes           19   75   18   23   5   0   3   11   4   1   15    7  .307
Reggie Smith          19   70   14   21   6   0   3   11   0   0   10   10  .300
Glenn Burke            9   10    2    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .300
Vic Davalillo          7    8    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Lee Lacy               5    4    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Bill Russell          19   81    8   20   3   0   1    7   1   0    3    5  .247
Steve Yeager          17   59    6   14   2   0   0    8   0   0    7   10  .237
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            10    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Dave Cash             18   71   17   24   6   2   1    6   1   1    7    3  .338
Ellis Valentine       15   57    5   18   2   0   1    8   1   1    1    8  .316
Larry Parrish         17   64    8   19   9   0   0   12   0   0    1    9  .297
Del Unser             16   31    3    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .290
Chris Speier          18   60    5   17   2   1   2    9   0   0    6    8  .283
Gary Carter           18   67   10   17   4   0   2   12   1   1    8    7  .254
Andre Dawson          18   68   13   17   1   2   2   10   2   2    8   18  .250
Tony Perez            18   67    4   14   4   0   0    5   0   0    7   14  .209
Warren Cromartie      15   53    8   11   4   1   0    2   0   1    7    7  .208
Wayne Garrett          8   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .143
Sam Mejias            12    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Stan Papi              4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jerry White            6    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Reece              2    1    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        8    6    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Tom Grieve             8   16    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .313
Bobby Valentine        9   23    1    7   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    3  .304
Doug Flynn            21   72    2   18   0   0   0    4   0   1    4    8  .250
Bruce Boisclair       16   42    6   10   1   0   1    5   1   1    7    7  .238
Lee Mazzilli          21   77    6   18   6   1   2    5   1   0    9   14  .234
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Ed Kranepool           9   20    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .200
John Stearns          20   62    5   12   2   0   0    2   3   0    8    9  .194
Willie Montanez       20   73   10   14   3   0   2    5   0   0    5   15  .192
Ron Hodges             6   11    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .182
Steve Henderson       21   74    9   13   1   1   4   13   1   0    5   17  .176
Elliott Maddox         4    6    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .167
Len Randle            21   70    4   11   3   0   0    3   3   5   17    8  .157
Tim Foli              17   64    7    9   2   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .141
Sergio Ferrer          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Barry Foote            3    4    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Tim McCarver           5   10    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    0  .400
Mike Schmidt          16   67   15   23   6   0   4   15   2   1    7   14  .343
Bud Harrelson          6    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Garry Maddox          16   59    5   18   4   0   0    7   5   1    7    5  .305
Greg Luzinski         16   57    9   17   5   0   3    8   2   0   12   14  .298
Bob Boone             15   37   12   11   1   2   2    9   0   1   12    5  .297
Larry Bowa            16   71    9   20   3   1   0    3   3   1    4    7  .282
Richie Hebner         14   40    4   11   2   0   1    5   2   1    7    7  .275
Jerry Martin          11   19    3    5   1   0   1    6   0   1    2    1  .263
Bake McBride          12   52    6   10   3   0   0    3   2   0    5    4  .192
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jose Cardenal          5   11    0    2   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    0  .182
Davey Johnson         10   25    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .080
Jay Johnstone          8    7    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .000
Jim Morrison           1    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Parker           18   70   14   25   3   1   5   14   4   1    6    6  .357
Steve Brye             9   12    6    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .333
Bill Robinson         18   61   12   18   3   1   3   13   4   2    9   12  .295
Duffy Dyer             3    7    0    2   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    1  .286
Omar Moreno           18   57   12   16   3   0   0    5  10   2   12   10  .281
Rennie Stennett       15   56    7   15   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    7  .268
Mario Mendoza          9    8    2    2   0   0   1    1   2   0    0    1  .250
Ed Ott                15   53    5   12   1   1   1    7   0   0    5    5  .226
Frank Taveras         18   69    5   14   2   1   0    6   2   3    1    6  .203
Phil Garner           16   56    5   11   1   3   0    9   1   2    5   12  .196
Willie Stargell       16   41    6    8   1   0   2    3   1   0   11   10  .195
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
Jim Fregosi            9   11    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .182
John Milner            9   16    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .125
Manny Sanguillen       4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125

 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
Mike Champion         11    5    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .400
Bill Almon            18   67    6   22   4   0   0    4   2   1    5   10  .328
Chuck Baker            8   13    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .308
Ozzie Smith           18   56    4   17   1   0   0    4   3   1    2    4  .304
Dave Winfield         18   72    9   21   3   1   5   14   1   0    3    9  .292
Derrel Thomas         18   61    3   15   3   0   0    3   2   1    7    5  .246
George Hendrick       18   57    5   14   2   0   2    4   0   0    6    7  .246
Gene Richards         16   60    8   13   1   0   0    3   6   2   10    9  .217
Oscar Gamble          17   56    6   12   1   0   0    8   0   0    6   10  .214
Bob Davis             10   20    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Gene Tenace           13   32    4    6   2   1   0    1   1   1    9    7  .188
Jerry Turner          15   27    3    5   3   0   1    2   0   0    1    6  .185
Rick Sweet            13   30    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    6  .167

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             13   27    3   10   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    4  .370
Mike Sadek             6   18    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .278
Rob Andrews           12   30    5    8   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    3  .267
Terry Whitfield       18   65    5   17   0   2   2    5   1   1    3   10  .262
Willie McCovey        19   60    4   14   4   1   3   17   0   0    6    5  .233
Larry Herndon         17   62    7   14   3   1   0    1   0   2    9   10  .226
Jack Clark            19   72    9   16   4   0   2    7   1   0   10   14  .222
Tom Heintzelman        7    9    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .222
Bill Madlock          12   42    6    9   2   0   2    6   0   0    7    8  .214
Darrell Evans         19   68    9   13   4   0   1    7   0   0   14   13  .191
Johnnie Lemaster      18   58    4   11   1   1   0    1   2   0    3    9  .190
Marc Hill             14   48    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   2    7    5  .188
Skip James            15   11    4    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .091
Vic Harris            10   17    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       20   73   13   24   7   0   2   14   2   0   12    7  .329
Lou Brock             15   50    8   16   2   0   0    1   5   0    7    4  .320
Ted Simmons           20   70   11   22   9   0   1   12   0   0    8    4  .314
Ken Reitz             20   70    9   21   2   0   2   13   1   0    5   10  .300
Mike Phillips         10   14    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .286
Roger Freed            8   18    2    5   2   0   2    8   0   0    1    2  .278
Jerry Morales         20   76   10   20   4   2   1   10   3   0    9    7  .263
Mike Tyson            18   52    4   12   3   0   1    9   0   0    4    6  .231
Jim Dwyer             12   18    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .222
Tony Scott            12   32    6    7   0   1   0    1   1   2    3    7  .219
Dane Iorg              8   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .200
Steve Swisher          3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Garry Templeton       20   88   10   15   4   1   0    2   2   0    2   13  .171
Jerry Mumphrey        14   42    3    6   1   0   0    4   0   1    4    8  .143

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          91
  P. Rose (CIN)            90
  G. Templeton (STL)       88
  K. Griffey (CIN)         87
  T. Puhl (HOU)            87
  G. Foster (CIN)          83
  S. Garvey (LA)           81
  B. Russell (LA)          81
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         80
  D. Driessen (CIN)        79

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          19
  D. Lopes (LA)            18
  D. Cash (MON)            17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  S. Garvey (LA)           17
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         15
  D. Driessen (CIN)        14
  K. Griffey (CIN)         14
  R. Monday (LA)           14
  D. Parker (PIT)          14

Hits:

  P. Rose (CIN)            30
  G. Foster (CIN)          29
  K. Griffey (CIN)         28
  S. Garvey (LA)           27
  D. Baker (LA)            26
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       26
  E. Cabell (HOU)          26
  R. Cey (LA)              25
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         25
  D. Driessen (CIN)        25

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  L. Parrish (MON)          9
  T. Simmons (STL)          9
  A. Howe (HOU)             8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        7
  B. Watson (HOU)           7
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        6
  D. Cash (MON)             6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          6

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            8
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         5
  D. Parker (PIT)           5
  D. Winfield (SD)          5
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  S. Henderson (NY)         4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           22
  W. McCovey (SF)          17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  B. Watson (HOU)          16
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         15
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  K. Hernandez (STL)       14
  D. Parker (PIT)          14
  D. Winfield (SD)         14

Stolen Bases:

  J. Royster (ATL)         11
  O. Moreno (PIT)          10
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  G. Richards (SD)          6
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  G. Maddox (PHI)           5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  D. Lopes (LA)             4

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3
  F. Taveras (PIT)          3
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  T. Foli (NY)              2
  P. Garner (PIT)           2
  S. Garvey (LA)            2

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           17
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       16
  D. Lopes (LA)            15
  J. Morgan (CIN)          15
  D. Evans (SF)            14
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  B. Boone (PHI)           12
  R. Cey (LA)              12
  K. Hernandez (STL)       12
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        12

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          23
  D. Murphy (ATL)          21
  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  J. Bench (CIN)           18
  A. Dawson (MON)          18
  S. Henderson (NY)        17
  K. Griffey (CIN)         15
  W. Montanez (NY)         15
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        14


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