Friday May 5, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 5, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      827  136   245   40    4   25   130   20    5   99    98  .296
Cincinnati       848  135   239   50    6   27   124   28   12  101   165  .282
Philadelphia     685  114   193   37    4   15   108   21    8  102   104  .282
Houston          808   86   209   36    3   18    84   23    7   67    96  .259
Montreal         716   92   183   38    7   12    84    6    6   68   116  .256
St. Louis        832  101   209   46    6   11    96   18    4   71   114  .251
Chicago          783   81   195   30    5   10    74    8   11   70   106  .249
San Diego        766   75   189   29    7   12    67   22   11   77   124  .247
Atlanta          779   75   190   26    4   13    68   22   13   73   109  .244
Pittsburgh       757   98   179   23   10   16    88   32   13   86   124  .237
San Francisco    758   78   168   33    7   14    75   10    7   82   120  .222
New York         848   86   178   32    4   14    81   13   14  103   146  .210

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     24   79   11   32   8   0   2   16   0   1   19   10  .405
Rick Monday (LA)         24   82   18   31   5   0   9   25   1   1   14   13  .378
Mike Schmidt (PHI)       20   82   22   28   6   0   5   17   3   2   13   16  .342
Dave Parker (PIT)        23   90   15   30   3   1   6   19   4   1    7   11  .333
Jerry Royster (ATL)      24   87   17   29   3   1   1    3  12   3   12    4  .333
Dave Cash (MON)          21   81   19   27   7   2   1    6   1   1   10    4  .333
Keith Hernandez (STL)    25   91   14   30  10   0   2   16   2   1   15    8  .330
Ron Cey (LA)             22   85   14   28   3   0   2   16   1   0   14    8  .329
Bill Almon (SD)          23   86    9   28   5   0   0    6   3   1    6   16  .326
Pete Rose (CIN)          24  105   18   34   7   1   3   14   1   0    8    4  .324

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        24   79   11   32   8   0   2   16   0   1   19   10  .405
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         24   87   17   29   3   1   1    3  12   3   12    4  .333
Brian Asselstine      19   45    5   13   2   1   0    2   1   1    4    7  .289
Rod Gilbreath         17   48    3   13   4   1   0    2   1   1    1    6  .271
Biff Pocoroba         22   68    1   16   3   0   0    8   0   1    4    2  .235
Rowland Office        20   56    4   13   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    7  .232
Barry Bonnell         22   70    6   15   3   0   0    3   2   2    5    6  .214
Dale Murphy           24   83   10   15   1   1   2   11   4   1    9   24  .181
Joe Nolan             10   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .143
Pat Rockett           24   67    2    9   0   0   0    3   1   1    5    8  .134
Cito Gaston           16   39    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .128
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
Pete Rose             24  105   18   34   7   1   3   14   1   0    8    4  .324
Dan Driessen          23   93   17   30   4   1   4   17   8   1   12   14  .323
George Foster         24  100   18   32   4   1   4   14   1   1    8   29  .320
Ken Griffey           24  104   16   33   7   2   2    9   7   1    7   17  .317
Cesar Geronimo        24   80    8   24   6   1   2   13   2   1   14   16  .300
Johnny Bench          23   87   16   26   5   0   6   15   1   1   13   20  .299
Don Werner             6    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .286
Joe Morgan            22   83   21   23  10   0   4   19   5   2   17   10  .277
Dave Concepcion       23   82   11   22   4   0   1   12   3   3    8   16  .268
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          16   13    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   2    2    6  .154
Junior Kennedy        15   12    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .083
Mike Lum               8    6    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
Art Howe              24   85   11   26   8   0   3    8   0   1    6    2  .306
Wilbur Howard         16   30    3    9   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .300
Bob Watson            24   87   11   26   7   0   4   18   0   0   10   11  .299
Jose Cruz             22   84    9   25   5   0   0    6   3   0    8    9  .298
Cesar Cedeno          23   91   13   25   6   0   3   11   9   1    6    9  .275
Terry Puhl            22   91   10   25   3   0   1    4   5   3    7    8  .275
Enos Cabell           24   99    6   27   2   1   1   11   3   1    7   11  .273
Denny Walling         12   12    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .250
Jimmy Sexton          13   17    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    1  .235
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            7   15    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .133
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
Jerry Grote            5   13    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .385
Rick Monday           24   82   18   31   5   0   9   25   1   1   14   13  .378
Glenn Burke           10   11    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .364
Lee Lacy               8   12    3    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    1  .333
Ron Cey               22   85   14   28   3   0   2   16   1   0   14    8  .329
Dusty Baker           24   91   12   29   5   0   2   14   2   0    9   14  .319
Reggie Smith          24   91   18   29   9   1   4   18   0   0   11   15  .319
Davey Lopes           24   93   22   29   6   1   3   11  11   1   21    8  .312
Steve Garvey          24  101   17   30   4   1   3   19   2   2    6    8  .297
Bill Russell          24  103   13   28   4   1   1    7   2   0    4    6  .272
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
Ted Martinez           7    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            13    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Ellis Valentine       18   68    9   23   3   0   2    9   1   1    3    8  .338
Dave Cash             21   81   19   27   7   2   1    6   1   1   10    4  .333
Chris Speier          21   70    5   21   2   1   2   11   0   0    9    9  .300
Del Unser             19   31    3    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .290
Larry Parrish         20   76    9   22   9   0   1   14   0   0    2   13  .290
Gary Carter           21   77   12   20   5   0   3   17   1   1   11    8  .260
Andre Dawson          21   81   15   19   1   3   3   12   2   2    8   22  .235
Tony Perez            21   79    5   17   4   0   0    6   0   0    8   16  .215
Warren Cromartie      18   65   11   13   4   1   0    2   0   1    8    7  .200
Wayne Garrett          8   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .143
Sam Mejias            15    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Bobby Valentine       14   40    5   12   2   0   1   10   0   1    5    7  .300
Tom Grieve             9   17    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .294
Joel Youngblood       12   17    4    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .294
Lee Mazzilli          26  100   11   29   9   1   3   11   3   1   10   17  .290
Doug Flynn            26   91    5   23   0   0   0    4   0   1    5    9  .253
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Ed Kranepool          11   23    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .217
Bruce Boisclair       20   51    8   11   1   0   1    5   1   1    9   10  .216
Willie Montanez       25   93   12   20   5   0   2    8   1   1    9   18  .215
Steve Henderson       26   93   10   18   2   1   4   17   1   1    7   21  .194
John Stearns          24   76    6   14   3   0   0    4   3   0   11   11  .184
Len Randle            25   79    7   13   3   2   0    4   3   5   20   10  .165
Elliott Maddox         8   13    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    8    4  .154
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
Sergio Ferrer          5    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
Jim Morrison           5   16    5    6   0   1   0    3   0   0    5    6  .375
Mike Schmidt          20   82   22   28   6   0   5   17   3   2   13   16  .342
Garry Maddox          20   74    9   22   5   0   0   11   6   1    9    5  .297
Larry Bowa            20   91   11   27   4   1   0    5   4   1    4    8  .297
Richie Hebner         17   52    7   15   2   0   1    8   2   1   10    9  .289
Greg Luzinski         20   71   13   20   6   0   3   10   2   0   16   18  .282
Jerry Martin          15   26    3    7   1   0   1    7   0   1    3    2  .269
Bake McBride          15   67   11   18   4   0   0    8   3   0    6    6  .269
Bob Boone             18   45   13   12   1   2   2   13   0   1   14    6  .267
Jose Cardenal          6   15    0    4   3   0   0    6   0   1    2    0  .267
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           23   90   15   30   3   1   6   19   4   1    7   11  .333
Steve Brye            13   20    6    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    5    3  .300
Rennie Stennett       20   73   11   21   3   1   1    8   0   0    2    8  .288
Omar Moreno           23   73   16   20   3   0   0    6  14   2   17   15  .274
Manny Sanguillen       9   23    1    6   0   1   1    1   0   0    1    0  .261
Bill Robinson         22   77   12   19   3   1   3   14   4   2    9   17  .247
Ed Ott                19   61    8   15   1   1   2    9   0   0    7    5  .246
Willie Stargell       19   46    6   10   1   0   2    4   1   0   12   12  .217
Frank Taveras         22   84    7   18   3   1   0    6   5   3    1    8  .214
Phil Garner           21   75    7   15   1   3   0   11   2   4    7   14  .200
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           12   24    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    2  .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
Chuck Baker            9   14    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .357
Bill Almon            23   86    9   28   5   0   0    6   3   1    6   16  .326
Ozzie Smith           23   78    6   25   2   2   0    4   6   2    2    6  .321
Mike Champion         16   18    1    5   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    3  .278
Dave Winfield         22   87   11   24   3   1   6   18   2   1    4   10  .276
Oscar Gamble          21   71    9   19   1   1   2   12   0   0    9   11  .268
Derrel Thomas         23   71    5   17   4   0   0    3   2   1    7    5  .239
Gene Richards         21   76   11   17   2   1   0    4   8   2   13    9  .224
Jerry Turner          17   29    4    6   3   0   2    4   0   0    1    7  .207
George Hendrick       22   69    5   14   2   0   2    4   0   0    7   10  .203
Rick Sweet            16   37    2    7   0   0   0    1   0   3    5    8  .189
Gene Tenace           18   48    6    9   4   1   0    1   1   1   14   12  .188
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       25   91   14   30  10   0   2   16   2   1   15    8  .330
Ted Simmons           25   88   13   27  10   0   1   13   0   0   10    5  .307
Lou Brock             19   66   10   20   2   0   0    2   6   0    7    6  .303
Mike Tyson            23   68    4   19   3   0   1   10   1   0    4    7  .279
Ken Reitz             25   87   11   24   3   0   3   15   1   0    5   12  .276
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
Roger Freed            9   22    2    5   2   0   2    9   0   0    1    3  .227
Jerry Morales         25   93   11   21   5   2   1   13   3   0   11   10  .226
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       25  109   12   21   5   1   0    3   4   0    2   16  .193
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)      109
  P. Rose (CIN)           105
  K. Griffey (CIN)        104
  B. Russell (LA)         103
  S. Garvey (LA)          101
  G. Foster (CIN)         100
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        100
  E. Cabell (HOU)          99
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         96
  D. Driessen (CIN)        93

Runs Scored:

  D. Lopes (LA)            22
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         22
  J. Morgan (CIN)          21
  D. Cash (MON)            19
  G. Foster (CIN)          18
  R. Monday (LA)           18
  P. Rose (CIN)            18
  R. Smith (LA)            18
  D. Driessen (CIN)        17
  S. Garvey (LA)           17

Hits:

  P. Rose (CIN)            34
  K. Griffey (CIN)         33
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       32
  G. Foster (CIN)          32
  R. Monday (LA)           31
  D. Driessen (CIN)        30
  S. Garvey (LA)           30
  K. Hernandez (STL)       30
  D. Parker (PIT)          30
  D. Baker (LA)            29

Doubles:

  K. Hernandez (STL)       10
  J. Morgan (CIN)          10
  T. Simmons (STL)         10
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          9
  L. Parrish (MON)          9
  R. Smith (LA)             9
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  J. Clark (SF)             8
  A. Howe (HOU)             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
  L. Randle (NY)            2
  O. Smith (SD)             2

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            9
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  D. Parker (PIT)           6
  D. Winfield (SD)          6
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         5
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          5
  D. Driessen (CIN)         4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  S. Henderson (NY)         4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           25
  S. Garvey (LA)           19
  W. McCovey (SF)          19
  J. Morgan (CIN)          19
  D. Parker (PIT)          19
  R. Smith (LA)            18
  B. Watson (HOU)          18
  D. Winfield (SD)         18
  G. Carter (MON)          17
  D. Driessen (CIN)        17

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          14
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  D. Lopes (LA)            11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         8
  G. Richards (SD)          8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  L. Brock (STL)            6
  G. Maddox (PHI)           6
  O. Smith (SD)             6

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
  R. Sweet (SD)             3
  F. Taveras (PIT)          3
  T. Whitfield (SF)         3
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          2

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            21
  L. Randle (NY)           20
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       19
  O. Moreno (PIT)          17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        16
  D. Evans (SF)            15
  K. Hernandez (STL)       15
  B. Boone (PHI)           14
  R. Cey (LA)              14

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          29
  D. Murphy (ATL)          24
  A. Dawson (MON)          22
  D. Kingman (CHI)         22
  S. Henderson (NY)        21
  J. Bench (CIN)           20
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        18
  W. Montanez (NY)         18
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         17

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