Wednesday May 3, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 3, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      760  125   222   37    3   23   121   19    5   94    91  .292
Cincinnati       815  132   233   49    6   25   121   28   12   99   155  .286
Philadelphia     652  105   180   36    3   14   100   21    8   98   100  .276
Houston          777   84   204   36    3   17    82   22    7   63    90  .263
Montreal         680   88   174   37    7   10    80    6    6   65   110  .256
St. Louis        801  100   203   44    6   11    95   17    4   69   109  .253
Chicago          750   80   189   29    5   10    73    7   11   68   101  .252
Atlanta          719   68   177   21    4   12    63   19   12   67   102  .246
San Diego        732   73   180   29    3   12    65   20    9   77   114  .246
Pittsburgh       724   96   172   22   10   15    86   30   13   84   120  .238
San Francisco    758   78   168   33    7   14    75   10    7   82   120  .222
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)         22   74   17   28   5   0   9   24   1   1   14   11  .378
Jerry Royster (ATL)      22   79   17   28   3   1   1    3  11   3   12    3  .354
Dave Parker (PIT)        22   86   15   30   3   1   6   19   4   1    7   10  .349
Dave Cash (MON)          20   77   19   26   7   2   1    6   1   1   10    3  .338
George Foster (CIN)      23   96   17   32   4   1   4   14   1   1    8   28  .333
Mike Schmidt (PHI)       19   78   19   26   6   0   4   16   3   2   12   16  .333
Ken Griffey (CIN)        23  100   16   33   7   2   2    9   7   1    7   16  .330
Keith Hernandez (STL)    24   88   14   29   9   0   2   16   2   1   14    8  .330
Ron Cey (LA)             22   85   14   28   3   0   2   16   1   0   14    8  .329

 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
Bill Buckner          13   44    5   16   3   0   1    4   2   1    1    4  .364
Greg Gross            16   43    2   15   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    0  .349
Joe Wallis            12   24    2    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    5  .333
Ivan DeJesus          22   92   12   27   4   0   0    5   1   3   10   10  .294
Bobby Murcer          22   82   11   24   4   2   1   13   0   1   11   13  .293
Manny Trillo          19   66    4   18   4   1   0    7   0   2    9    6  .273
Larry Biittner        15   41    6   11   1   1   2    7   0   1    6    5  .268
Larry Cox              8   15    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .267
Hector Cruz           14   42    7   11   2   0   2    4   0   0    1    2  .262
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           14   42    8    9   1   0   0    5   2   1    4    3  .214
Dave Kingman          18   64    6   13   2   0   3    8   1   1    4   21  .203
Steve Ontiveros       19   63    6   10   3   0   0    3   0   0    7   10  .159
Rudy Meoli             7    5    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
George Foster         23   96   17   32   4   1   4   14   1   1    8   28  .333
Ken Griffey           23  100   16   33   7   2   2    9   7   1    7   16  .330
Dan Driessen          22   89   16   29   4   1   3   15   8   1   12   13  .326
Pete Rose             23  101   18   32   7   1   3   14   1   0    8    4  .317
Cesar Geronimo        23   78    8   24   6   1   2   13   2   1   12   14  .308
Johnny Bench          22   83   15   25   5   0   5   14   1   1   13   18  .301
Don Werner             6    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .286
Dave Concepcion       22   78   11   22   4   0   1   12   3   3    8   15  .282
Joe Morgan            21   79   21   21   9   0   4   19   5   2   17    9  .266
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          15   12    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   2    2    6  .167
Junior Kennedy        15   12    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .083
Mike Lum               7    5    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             7    9    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Jose Cruz             21   80    9   25   5   0   0    6   3   0    8    8  .313
Art Howe              23   81   11   25   8   0   3    8   0   1    6    2  .309
Bob Watson            23   83   10   24   7   0   3   17   0   0   10   11  .289
Cesar Cedeno          22   87   13   25   6   0   3   10   9   1    6    8  .287
Jimmy Sexton          12   14    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    0  .286
Enos Cabell           23   97    6   27   2   1   1   11   3   1    5   10  .278
Terry Puhl            21   87    9   24   3   0   1    4   4   3    7    8  .276
Wilbur Howard         15   29    3    8   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .276
Denny Walling         11   11    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .273
Roger Metzger         20   60    6   13   2   1   0    5   0   0    6    5  .217
Joe Ferguson          20   70   11   15   2   0   5   11   0   0   11   14  .214
Ed Herrmann            6   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Julio Gonzalez         6    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Dave Bergman          11    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .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           22   74   17   28   5   0   9   24   1   1   14   11  .378
Ron Cey               22   85   14   28   3   0   2   16   1   0   14    8  .329
Dusty Baker           22   85   11   27   5   0   1   12   2   0    7   13  .318
Steve Garvey          22   93   17   29   4   1   3   18   2   2    5    8  .312
Davey Lopes           22   84   19   26   5   0   3   11  10   1   20    8  .310
Reggie Smith          22   84   16   26   7   1   3   14   0   0   11   13  .310
Glenn Burke            9   10    2    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .300
Bill Russell          22   94   10   24   4   1   1    7   2   0    4    5  .255
Vic Davalillo          8    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .222
Steve Yeager          20   69    6   15   2   0   0    8   0   0    8   10  .217
Jerry Grote            3    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .167
Ted Martinez           5    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            12    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Dave Cash             20   77   19   26   7   2   1    6   1   1   10    3  .338
Ellis Valentine       17   64    7   21   2   0   1    8   1   1    3    8  .328
Del Unser             18   31    3    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .290
Chris Speier          20   67    5   19   2   1   2   10   0   0    8    9  .284
Larry Parrish         19   72    8   20   9   0   0   12   0   0    2   12  .278
Gary Carter           20   75   11   20   5   0   3   17   1   1    9    8  .267
Andre Dawson          20   76   15   19   1   3   3   12   2   2    8   20  .250
Tony Perez            20   75    5   16   4   0   0    6   0   0    8   15  .213
Warren Cromartie      17   61   11   13   4   1   0    2   0   1    8    7  .213
Wayne Garrett          8   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .143
Sam Mejias            14    6    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            7    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
Bud Harrelson          8    5    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
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
Mike Schmidt          19   78   19   26   6   0   4   16   3   2   12   16  .333
Garry Maddox          19   70    8   21   5   0   0   10   6   1    9    5  .300
Richie Hebner         16   48    6   14   2   0   1    8   2   1    9    8  .292
Larry Bowa            19   87   11   25   4   1   0    5   4   1    4    8  .287
Bob Boone             17   42   13   12   1   2   2   12   0   1   13    6  .286
Greg Luzinski         19   68   12   19   5   0   3    8   2   0   15   18  .279
Jose Cardenal          6   15    0    4   3   0   0    6   0   1    2    0  .267
Bake McBride          14   63    9   16   4   0   0    7   3   0    6    6  .254
Jim Morrison           4   12    4    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .250
Jerry Martin          14   25    3    6   1   0   1    6   0   1    3    2  .240
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Davey Johnson         11   26    3    3   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .115
Jay Johnstone         11    9    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           22   86   15   30   3   1   6   19   4   1    7   10  .349
Steve Brye            12   19    6    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    5    3  .316
Rennie Stennett       19   69   11   20   3   1   1    8   0   0    2    8  .290
Manny Sanguillen       8   22    1    6   0   1   1    1   0   0    1    0  .273
Omar Moreno           22   70   15   19   3   0   0    6  12   2   16   14  .271
Bill Robinson         22   77   12   19   3   1   3   14   4   2    9   17  .247
Ed Ott                18   57    7   14   1   1   1    8   0   0    7    5  .246
Frank Taveras         21   80    7   17   2   1   0    6   5   3    1    8  .213
Willie Stargell       18   43    6    9   1   0   2    4   1   0   11   11  .209
Phil Garner           20   71    7   14   1   3   0   11   2   4    7   14  .197
Duffy Dyer             6   16    0    3   2   1   0    4   0   0    3    3  .188
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
Mario Mendoza         12   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           11   20    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    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
Chuck Baker            9   14    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .357
Bill Almon            22   82    8   27   5   0   0    6   2   1    6   15  .329
Ozzie Smith           22   74    6   22   2   0   0    4   5   2    2    6  .297
Dave Winfield         21   83   11   24   3   1   6   18   2   1    4    9  .289
Oscar Gamble          20   67    9   18   1   0   2   11   0   0    9   10  .269
Mike Champion         15   15    1    4   0   1   0    3   0   0    5    3  .267
Derrel Thomas         22   71    5   17   4   0   0    3   2   1    7    5  .239
Gene Richards         20   72   10   16   2   0   0    4   8   2   13    9  .222
Jerry Turner          17   29    4    6   3   0   2    4   0   0    1    7  .207
Gene Tenace           17   44    6    9   4   1   0    1   1   1   14    9  .205
George Hendrick       22   69    5   14   2   0   2    4   0   0    7   10  .203
Rick Sweet            15   33    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    5    7  .152
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       22   81    9   22   0   2   2    5   1   3    4   13  .272
Larry Herndon         21   76    8   19   3   2   0    4   2   2   11   10  .250
Jack Clark            23   86   12   21   8   0   2    8   1   0   10   16  .244
Rob Andrews           15   39    6    9   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    4  .231
Tom Heintzelman        7    9    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .222
Willie McCovey        23   73    4   16   5   1   3   19   0   0    8    8  .219
Johnnie Lemaster      22   72    4   15   2   1   0    1   2   0    3   10  .208
Darrell Evans         23   82   10   17   5   0   1    9   1   0   15   13  .207
Marc Hill             18   61    4   12   2   0   1    5   1   2   10    7  .197
Bill Madlock          14   51    7   10   2   0   2    6   1   0    8   11  .196
Skip James            18   13    4    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .077
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
Gary Sutherland        6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Keith Hernandez       24   88   14   29   9   0   2   16   2   1   14    8  .330
Lou Brock             18   62   10   20   2   0   0    2   6   0    7    5  .323
Ted Simmons           24   84   12   25   9   0   1   13   0   0   10    5  .298
Ken Reitz             24   84   11   24   3   0   3   15   1   0    5   12  .286
Roger Freed            8   18    2    5   2   0   2    8   0   0    1    2  .278
Mike Tyson            22   65    4   18   3   0   1   10   0   0    4    7  .277
Mike Phillips         11   15    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .267
Jim Dwyer             15   28    4    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .250
Jerry Morales         24   90   11   21   5   2   1   13   3   0   10    9  .233
Tony Scott            14   33    6    7   0   1   0    1   1   2    3    7  .212
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       24  105   12   20   5   1   0    3   4   0    2   15  .191
Jerry Mumphrey        18   51    5    8   2   0   0    5   0   1    5    9  .157

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (STL)      105
  P. Rose (CIN)           101
  K. Griffey (CIN)        100
  E. Cabell (HOU)          97
  G. Foster (CIN)          96
  B. Russell (LA)          94
  S. Garvey (LA)           93
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         92
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         90
  J. Morales (STL)         90

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          21
  D. Cash (MON)            19
  D. Lopes (LA)            19
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         19
  P. Rose (CIN)            18
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  S. Garvey (LA)           17
  R. Monday (LA)           17
  J. Royster (ATL)         17
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         33
  G. Foster (CIN)          32
  P. Rose (CIN)            32
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       30
  D. Parker (PIT)          30
  D. Driessen (CIN)        29
  S. Garvey (LA)           29
  K. Hernandez (STL)       29
  R. Cey (LA)              28
  R. Monday (LA)           28

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
  D. Cash (MON)             7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  P. Rose (CIN)             7

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            9
  D. Parker (PIT)           6
  D. Winfield (SD)          6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         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)           24
  W. McCovey (SF)          19
  J. Morgan (CIN)          19
  D. Parker (PIT)          19
  S. Garvey (LA)           18
  D. Winfield (SD)         18
  G. Carter (MON)          17
  B. Watson (HOU)          17
  R. Cey (LA)              16
  K. Hernandez (STL)       16

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          12
  J. Royster (ATL)         11
  D. Lopes (LA)            10
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         8
  G. Richards (SD)          8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  L. Brock (STL)            6
  G. Maddox (PHI)           6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            5
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3
  F. Taveras (PIT)          3
  T. Whitfield (SF)         3
  D. Collins (CIN)          2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            20
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  L. Randle (NY)           17
  O. Moreno (PIT)          16
  D. Evans (SF)            15
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        15
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  K. Hernandez (STL)       14
  R. Monday (LA)           14

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          28
  D. Murphy (ATL)          24
  D. Kingman (CHI)         21
  A. Dawson (MON)          20
  S. Henderson (NY)        20
  J. Bench (CIN)           18
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        18
  W. Montanez (NY)         17
  B. Robinson (PIT)        17
  J. Clark (SF)            16


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