Tuesday May 2, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 2, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      721  116   207   34    1   22   112   17    5   87    89  .287
Cincinnati       782  120   218   44    6   25   109   27   12   96   151  .279
Philadelphia     618  102   170   34    3   14    97   21    8   93    94  .275
Houston          741   81   193   33    3   16    79   22    7   59    87  .261
St. Louis        770  100   198   44    6   11    95   17    4   68   107  .257
Montreal         645   78   162   35    6    9    72    6    6   55   104  .251
Atlanta          719   68   177   21    4   12    63   19   12   67   102  .246
San Diego        699   66   172   27    3   10    59   19    8   72   111  .246
Chicago          713   75   175   28    5    9    68    7   10   64    97  .245
Pittsburgh       687   91   161   21   10   14    81   29   12   79   111  .234
San Francisco    726   74   158   33    6   14    71    8    6   79   115  .218
New York         779   74   161   27    3   13    69   12   13   93   133  .207

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     22   73    9   30   6   0   2   15   0   1   17   10  .411
Rick Monday (LA)         21   70   15   25   4   0   8   22   1   1   13   11  .357
Jerry Royster (ATL)      22   79   17   28   3   1   1    3  11   3   12    3  .354
Dave Parker (PIT)        21   81   14   28   3   1   5   15   4   1    7    8  .346
Keith Hernandez (STL)    23   85   14   29   9   0   2   16   2   1   13    8  .341
Dave Cash (MON)          19   75   17   25   6   2   1    6   1   1    7    3  .333
Dusty Baker (LA)         21   79   11   26   5   0   1   12   1   0    7   13  .329
Ken Griffey (CIN)        22   95   14   31   6   2   2    8   7   1    7   15  .326
Steve Garvey (LA)        21   89   17   29   4   1   3   16   2   2    4    8  .326
Davey Lopes (LA)         21   81   18   26   5   0   3   11   9   1   18    8  .321

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        22   73    9   30   6   0   2   15   0   1   17   10  .411
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Jerry Royster         22   79   17   28   3   1   1    3  11   3   12    3  .354
Darrel Chaney         11   23    3    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    3  .348
Brian Asselstine      17   39    4   13   2   1   0    2   1   1    4    5  .333
Tom Paciorek           3    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .286
Biff Pocoroba         20   61    1   16   3   0   0    8   0   1    4    2  .262
Rowland Office        19   52    4   13   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    6  .250
Rod Gilbreath         15   41    2   10   1   1   0    1   1   1    1    5  .244
Barry Bonnell         21   69    6   14   3   0   0    3   2   1    5    6  .203
Dale Murphy           22   78    8   14   1   1   2   10   2   1    6   24  .180
Joe Nolan             10   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .143
Bob Beall             17   17    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    5  .118
Pat Rockett           22   61    2    7   0   0   0    2   1   1    4    8  .115
Cito Gaston           15   35    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .114

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Greg Gross            15   42    2   15   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    0  .357
Bill Buckner          12   39    4   13   2   0   1    4   2   1    1    4  .333
Joe Wallis            12   24    2    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    5  .333
Ivan DeJesus          21   87   12   27   4   0   0    5   1   3   10   10  .310
Bobby Murcer          21   78   11   22   4   2   1   13   0   1   10   13  .282
Larry Biittner        14   40    6   11   1   1   2    7   0   1    6    5  .275
Manny Trillo          18   63    4   17   4   1   0    7   0   1    7    6  .270
Hector Cruz           13   39    6   10   2   0   2    3   0   0    1    0  .256
Dave Rader            19   63    5   15   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    6  .238
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          17   60    5   11   2   0   2    6   1   1    4   20  .183
Larry Cox              7   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Steve Ontiveros       18   59    4    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    7    9  .136
Rudy Meoli             6    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Griffey           22   95   14   31   6   2   2    8   7   1    7   15  .326
George Foster         22   91   17   29   3   1   4   13   1   1    8   27  .319
Dan Driessen          21   85   14   27   4   1   3   13   7   1   12   13  .318
Cesar Geronimo        22   75    7   23   6   1   2   13   2   1   11   14  .307
Pete Rose             22   98   16   30   6   1   3   12   1   0    8    4  .306
Johnny Bench          21   80   13   24   4   0   5   13   1   1   12   18  .300
Don Werner             5    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .286
Dave Concepcion       21   74   10   20   3   0   1   10   3   3    8   14  .270
Joe Morgan            20   76   20   20   9   0   4   17   5   2   16    8  .263
Ray Knight             9    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Rick Auerbach         11   14    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .214
Dave Collins          14   12    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   2    2    6  .167
Junior Kennedy        14   12    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .083
Mike Lum               6    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Mike Grace             5    3    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             6    8    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .375
Wilbur Howard         14   24    3    8   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .333
Art Howe              22   80   11   25   8   0   3    8   0   1    6    2  .313
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
Enos Cabell           22   95    5   27   2   1   1   11   3   1    2   10  .284
Bob Watson            22   78   10   22   7   0   3   16   0   0   10   11  .282
Terry Puhl            21   87    9   24   3   0   1    4   4   3    7    8  .276
Cesar Cedeno          21   82   11   22   4   0   2    8   9   1    6    8  .268
Roger Metzger         20   60    6   13   2   1   0    5   0   0    6    5  .217
Joe Ferguson          19   67   11   14   2   0   5   11   0   0   10   13  .209
Jimmy Sexton          11   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    0  .200
Ed Herrmann            6   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Dave Bergman          11    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Julio Gonzalez         5    4    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           2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Lee Lacy               6    5    2    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    1  .400
Rick Monday           21   70   15   25   4   0   8   22   1   1   13   11  .357
Dusty Baker           21   79   11   26   5   0   1   12   1   0    7   13  .329
Steve Garvey          21   89   17   29   4   1   3   16   2   2    4    8  .326
Davey Lopes           21   81   18   26   5   0   3   11   9   1   18    8  .321
Ron Cey               21   82   13   26   3   0   2   15   1   0   13    8  .317
Glenn Burke            9   10    2    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .300
Reggie Smith          21   78   14   22   6   0   3   11   0   0   11   12  .282
Bill Russell          21   89    8   22   4   0   1    7   2   0    3    5  .247
Vic Davalillo          8    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .222
Steve Yeager          19   65    6   14   2   0   0    8   0   0    7   10  .215
Jerry Grote            3    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            11    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Dave Cash             19   75   17   25   6   2   1    6   1   1    7    3  .333
Ellis Valentine       16   61    6   20   2   0   1    8   1   1    1    8  .328
Del Unser             17   31    3    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .290
Chris Speier          19   64    5   18   2   1   2   10   0   0    6    8  .281
Larry Parrish         18   68    8   19   9   0   0   12   0   0    1   10  .279
Gary Carter           19   71   10   18   4   0   2   12   1   1    8    7  .254
Andre Dawson          19   72   14   18   1   2   3   11   2   2    8   19  .250
Tony Perez            19   70    4   14   4   0   0    5   0   0    8   14  .200
Warren Cromartie      16   57    8   11   4   1   0    2   0   1    7    7  .193
Wayne Garrett          8   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .143
Sam Mejias            13    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
Tom Grieve             8   16    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .313
Joel Youngblood       11   16    4    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .313
Bobby Valentine       12   33    3   10   1   0   0    7   0   1    4    4  .303
Lee Mazzilli          24   90    8   26   9   1   3   10   2   1   10   16  .289
Doug Flynn            24   84    5   22   0   0   0    4   0   1    5    9  .262
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Bruce Boisclair       19   51    8   11   1   0   1    5   1   1    9   10  .216
Willie Montanez       23   84   10   16   3   0   2    6   1   0    8   17  .191
Ed Kranepool          10   21    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .191
Steve Henderson       24   86    9   16   1   1   4   15   1   1    6   20  .186
John Stearns          22   70    5   13   3   0   0    2   3   0    9   10  .186
Len Randle            23   72    5   12   3   1   0    4   3   5   17    8  .167
Ron Hodges             7   14    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .143
Elliott Maddox         6    7    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    6    3  .143
Tim Foli              17   64    7    9   2   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .141
Sergio Ferrer          3    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            5    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Tim McCarver           6   13    4    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    9    2  .385
Bud Harrelson          7    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Mike Schmidt          18   75   18   24   6   0   4   16   3   2   10   16  .320
Garry Maddox          18   67    8   21   5   0   0   10   6   1    8    5  .313
Jim Morrison           3   10    4    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .300
Greg Luzinski         18   64   11   19   5   0   3    8   2   0   14   16  .297
Richie Hebner         16   48    6   14   2   0   1    8   2   1    9    8  .292
Bob Boone             16   39   13   11   1   2   2   11   0   1   13    5  .282
Larry Bowa            18   82   10   23   4   1   0    5   4   1    4    8  .281
Bake McBride          14   63    9   16   4   0   0    7   3   0    6    6  .254
Jerry Martin          13   20    3    5   1   0   1    6   0   1    3    2  .250
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         11   26    3    3   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .115
Jay Johnstone         10    8    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
Dave Parker           21   81   14   28   3   1   5   15   4   1    7    8  .346
Steve Brye            12   19    6    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    5    3  .316
Rennie Stennett       18   65   10   18   2   1   1    8   0   0    1    7  .277
Omar Moreno           21   66   14   18   3   0   0    6  12   2   15   14  .273
Bill Robinson         21   72   12   19   3   1   3   14   4   2    9   15  .264
Ed Ott                17   57    7   14   1   1   1    8   0   0    6    5  .246
Manny Sanguillen       7   17    1    4   0   1   1    1   0   0    1    0  .235
Willie Stargell       17   42    6    9   1   0   2    4   1   0   11   10  .214
Duffy Dyer             5   14    0    3   2   1   0    4   0   0    2    2  .214
Frank Taveras         20   76    5   16   2   1   0    6   4   3    1    7  .211
Phil Garner           19   67    7   13   1   3   0   10   2   3    7   13  .194
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
Mario Mendoza         11   11    3    2   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    1  .182
Jim Fregosi           11   12    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .167
John Milner           10   20    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .100

 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
Bill Almon            21   78    7   25   4   0   0    5   2   1    6   14  .321
Chuck Baker            8   13    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .308
Dave Winfield         20   79   10   24   3   1   6   17   2   0    3    9  .304
Ozzie Smith           21   70    5   21   2   0   0    4   5   2    2    6  .300
Mike Champion         14   14    1    4   0   1   0    3   0   0    4    3  .286
Oscar Gamble          19   62    8   16   1   0   1   10   0   0    9   10  .258
Derrel Thomas         21   70    5   17   4   0   0    3   2   1    7    5  .243
Gene Richards         19   68    9   16   2   0   0    4   7   2   12    9  .235
George Hendrick       21   69    5   14   2   0   2    4   0   0    7   10  .203
Gene Tenace           16   40    6    8   3   1   0    1   1   1   14    8  .200
Jerry Turner          16   28    3    5   3   0   1    2   0   0    1    7  .179
Rick Sweet            14   31    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    7  .161
Bob Davis             13   28    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .143
Tucker Ashford         1    0    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             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
Terry Whitfield       21   77    8   20   0   2   2    5   1   2    3   11  .260
Jack Clark            22   82   11   20   8   0   2    8   1   0   10   15  .244
Rob Andrews           14   34    5    8   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    4  .235
Willie McCovey        22   70    4   16   5   1   3   19   0   0    8    6  .229
Tom Heintzelman        7    9    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .222
Larry Herndon         20   73    7   16   3   1   0    2   0   2   10   10  .219
Marc Hill             17   58    4   12   2   0   1    5   1   2    9    7  .207
Johnnie Lemaster      21   69    4   14   2   1   0    1   2   0    3   10  .203
Darrell Evans         22   79   10   16   5   0   1    8   1   0   15   13  .203
Bill Madlock          14   51    7   10   2   0   2    6   1   0    8   11  .196
Skip James            17   12    4    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .083
Vic Harris            11   18    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
Keith Hernandez       23   85   14   29   9   0   2   16   2   1   13    8  .341
Gary Sutherland        6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ted Simmons           23   80   12   25   9   0   1   13   0   0   10    5  .313
Lou Brock             17   58   10   18   2   0   0    2   6   0    7    4  .310
Ken Reitz             23   81   11   24   3   0   3   15   1   0    5   11  .296
Jim Dwyer             14   25    4    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .280
Roger Freed            8   18    2    5   2   0   2    8   0   0    1    2  .278
Mike Phillips         11   15    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .267
Mike Tyson            21   62    4   16   3   0   1   10   0   0    4    7  .258
Jerry Morales         23   86   11   21   5   2   1   13   3   0   10    9  .244
Tony Scott            13   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       23  101   12   19   5   1   0    3   4   0    2   15  .188
Jerry Mumphrey        17   50    5    8   2   0   0    5   0   1    5    9  .160

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (STL)      101
  P. Rose (CIN)            98
  E. Cabell (HOU)          95
  K. Griffey (CIN)         95
  G. Foster (CIN)          91
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         90
  S. Garvey (LA)           89
  B. Russell (LA)          89
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         87
  T. Puhl (HOU)            87

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          20
  D. Lopes (LA)            18
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         18
  D. Cash (MON)            17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  S. Garvey (LA)           17
  J. Royster (ATL)         17
  P. Rose (CIN)            16
  R. Monday (LA)           15
  A. Dawson (MON)          14

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         31
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       30
  P. Rose (CIN)            30
  G. Foster (CIN)          29
  S. Garvey (LA)           29
  K. Hernandez (STL)       29
  D. Parker (PIT)          28
  J. Royster (ATL)         28
  E. Cabell (HOU)          27
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         27

Doubles:

  K. Hernandez (STL)        9
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          9
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  L. Parrish (MON)          9
  T. Simmons (STL)          9
  J. Clark (SF)             8
  A. Howe (HOU)             8
  B. Watson (HOU)           7
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        6
  D. Cash (MON)             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
  B. Murcer (CHI)           2
  T. Whitfield (SF)         2
  R. Andrews (SF)           1
  B. Asselstine (ATL)       1

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            8
  D. Winfield (SD)          6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         5
  D. Parker (PIT)           5
  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)          19
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  D. Winfield (SD)         17
  S. Garvey (LA)           16
  K. Hernandez (STL)       16
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         16
  B. Watson (HOU)          16
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       15
  R. Cey (LA)              15

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          12
  J. Royster (ATL)         11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  D. Lopes (LA)             9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  G. Richards (SD)          7
  L. Brock (STL)            6
  G. Maddox (PHI)           6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            18
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       17
  L. Randle (NY)           17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  D. Evans (SF)            15
  O. Moreno (PIT)          15
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        14
  G. Tenace (SD)           14
  B. Boone (PHI)           13
  R. Cey (LA)              13

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          27
  D. Murphy (ATL)          24
  S. Henderson (NY)        20
  D. Kingman (CHI)         20
  A. Dawson (MON)          19
  J. Bench (CIN)           18
  W. Montanez (NY)         17
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        16
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         16
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         16

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