Thursday May 4, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 4, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      793  129   232   38    4   24   124   19    5   98    95  .293
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          783   81   195   30    5   10    74    8   11   70   106  .249
San Diego        732   73   180   29    3   12    65   20    9   77   114  .246
Atlanta          749   70   184   24    4   12    64   19   13   68   105  .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         813   82   169   28    3   14    77   13   14   99   140  .208

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     23   77   10   32   8   0   2   16   0   1   17   10  .416
Rick Monday (LA)         23   78   17   30   5   0   9   24   1   1   14   12  .385
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
Jerry Royster (ATL)      23   83   17   28   3   1   1    3  11   3   12    4  .337
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        23   77   10   32   8   0   2   16   0   1   17   10  .416
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Tom Paciorek           4    8    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .375
Darrel Chaney         11   23    3    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    3  .348
Jerry Royster         23   83   17   28   3   1   1    3  11   3   12    4  .337
Brian Asselstine      18   41    5   13   2   1   0    2   1   1    4    6  .317
Rowland Office        19   52    4   13   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    6  .250
Rod Gilbreath         16   44    2   11   2   1   0    1   1   1    1    6  .250
Biff Pocoroba         21   65    1   16   3   0   0    8   0   1    4    2  .246
Barry Bonnell         22   70    6   15   3   0   0    3   2   2    5    6  .214
Dale Murphy           23   81    8   14   1   1   2   10   2   1    7   24  .173
Joe Nolan             10   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .143
Cito Gaston           16   39    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .128
Pat Rockett           23   64    2    8   0   0   0    2   1   1    4    8  .125
Bob Beall             17   17    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    5  .118

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner          14   47    5   17   3   0   1    4   2   1    2    4  .362
Greg Gross            17   46    2   16   1   1   1    9   0   0    1    0  .348
Joe Wallis            13   25    2    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .320
Ivan DeJesus          23   96   13   28   4   0   0    5   2   3   10   11  .292
Bobby Murcer          23   86   11   24   4   2   1   13   0   1   11   14  .279
Larry Cox              9   18    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .278
Manny Trillo          20   70    4   19   4   1   0    7   0   2    9    6  .271
Larry Biittner        16   42    6   11   1   1   2    7   0   1    6    5  .262
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           15   43    8    9   1   0   0    5   2   1    4    3  .209
Dave Kingman          19   68    6   14   3   0   3    8   1   1    4   22  .206
Steve Ontiveros       20   66    6   10   3   0   0    3   0   0    8   11  .152
Rudy Meoli             8    6    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
Rick Monday           23   78   17   30   5   0   9   24   1   1   14   12  .385
Ron Cey               22   85   14   28   3   0   2   16   1   0   14    8  .329
Davey Lopes           23   88   21   28   5   1   3   11  10   1   21    8  .318
Reggie Smith          23   88   17   28   8   1   4   17   0   0   11   15  .318
Dusty Baker           23   87   11   27   5   0   1   12   2   0    9   14  .310
Steve Garvey          23   97   17   30   4   1   3   18   2   2    6    8  .309
Glenn Burke            9   10    2    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .300
Jerry Grote            4   10    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .300
Bill Russell          23   98   11   25   4   1   1    7   2   0    4    5  .255
Vic Davalillo          8    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .222
Lee Lacy               7    9    2    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    1  .222
Steve Yeager          20   69    6   15   2   0   0    8   0   0    8   10  .217
Ted Martinez           6    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       13   36    4   11   1   0   1   10   0   1    5    6  .306
Lee Mazzilli          25   95   11   28   9   1   3   11   3   1   10   16  .295
Doug Flynn            25   88    5   23   0   0   0    4   0   1    5    9  .261
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       24   89   11   19   4   0   2    8   1   1    8   17  .214
Ed Kranepool          10   21    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .191
John Stearns          23   74    5   14   3   0   0    4   3   0    9   10  .189
Steve Henderson       25   89   10   16   1   1   4   15   1   1    7   21  .180
Len Randle            24   75    7   12   3   1   0    4   3   5   19    9  .160
Ron Hodges             7   14    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .143
Tim Foli              17   64    7    9   2   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .141
Elliott Maddox         7   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    8    4  .100
Sergio Ferrer          4    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
  B. Russell (LA)          98
  E. Cabell (HOU)          97
  S. Garvey (LA)           97
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         96
  G. Foster (CIN)          96
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         95
  J. Morales (STL)         90

Runs Scored:

  D. Lopes (LA)            21
  J. Morgan (CIN)          21
  D. Cash (MON)            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
  R. Smith (LA)            17

Hits:

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

Doubles:

  K. Hernandez (STL)        9
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          9
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  L. Parrish (MON)          9
  T. Simmons (STL)          9
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  J. Clark (SF)             8
  A. Howe (HOU)             8
  R. Smith (LA)             8
  D. Cash (MON)             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
  R. Smith (LA)            17
  B. Watson (HOU)          17
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       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
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          2
  D. Collins (CIN)          2

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            21
  L. Randle (NY)           19
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          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)         22
  S. Henderson (NY)        21
  A. Dawson (MON)          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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