Saturday May 6, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 6, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      862  138   253   41    4   26   132   20    5   99   104  .294
Cincinnati       881  141   252   53    6   27   130   31   12  104   170  .286
Philadelphia     714  121   200   39    4   16   115   23    9  107   111  .280
Montreal         750   94   192   39    7   13    86    6    6   69   121  .256
Houston          838   87   212   38    3   18    85   24    7   72   104  .253
St. Louis        861  102   216   47    6   11    97   18    4   74   117  .251
Chicago          824   82   202   32    5   10    75    8   11   73   113  .245
Atlanta          813   77   196   26    4   13    69   23   13   75   115  .241
San Diego        795   75   191   30    7   12    67   23   12   79   130  .240
Pittsburgh       789  101   189   26   11   16    91   33   15   91   130  .240
San Francisco    800   80   181   33    7   14    77   11   10   87   126  .226
New York         878   88   183   33    4   15    83   14   14  109   152  .208

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     25   83   11   33   8   0   2   16   0   1   19   10  .398
Rick Monday (LA)         25   86   18   33   6   0   9   26   1   1   14   14  .384
Dave Parker (PIT)        24   94   15   32   3   2   6   19   4   1    7   11  .340
Dusty Baker (LA)         25   95   12   32   5   0   2   14   2   0    9   14  .337
Keith Hernandez (STL)    26   95   14   32  11   0   2   16   2   1   15    8  .337
Dan Driessen (CIN)       24   96   18   32   5   1   4   18   9   1   13   15  .333
Dave Cash (MON)          22   85   19   28   7   2   1    6   1   1   10    4  .329
Mike Schmidt (PHI)       21   85   23   28   6   0   5   17   3   2   14   16  .329
Pete Rose (CIN)          25  110   20   36   8   1   3   15   2   0    8    4  .327
Ken Griffey (CIN)        25  107   17   35   7   2   2    9   8   1    8   17  .327

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        25   83   11   33   8   0   2   16   0   1   19   10  .398
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         12   23    3    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    3  .348
Jerry Royster         25   92   17   30   3   1   1    4  12   3   12    5  .326
Brian Asselstine      20   48    5   13   2   1   0    2   1   1    4    7  .271
Rod Gilbreath         18   51    4   13   4   1   0    2   2   1    2    8  .255
Rowland Office        21   60    4   15   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    8  .250
Biff Pocoroba         23   72    1   16   3   0   0    8   0   1    4    3  .222
Barry Bonnell         22   70    6   15   3   0   0    3   2   2    5    6  .214
Dale Murphy           25   87   10   15   1   1   2   11   4   1    9   25  .172
Cito Gaston           17   40    1    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .150
Joe Nolan             11   15    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .133
Pat Rockett           25   69    2    9   0   0   0    3   1   1    5    8  .130
Bob Beall             18   18    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    5  .111

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner          15   52    5   19   4   0   1    5   2   1    2    4  .365
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          24  101   14   29   4   0   0    5   2   3   10   11  .287
Bobby Murcer          24   90   11   25   4   2   1   13   0   1   12   14  .278
Manny Trillo          21   75    4   20   4   1   0    7   0   2    9    6  .267
Larry Biittner        16   42    6   11   1   1   2    7   0   1    6    5  .262
Hector Cruz           15   46    7   12   2   0   2    4   0   0    2    2  .261
Dave Rader            19   63    5   15   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    6  .238
Larry Cox             10   23    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .217
Mick Kelleher          9   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .214
Dave Kingman          20   71    6   15   4   0   3    8   1   1    5   24  .211
Gene Clines           16   44    8    9   1   0   0    5   2   1    4    4  .205
Steve Ontiveros       21   71    6   10   3   0   0    3   0   0    8   11  .141
Rudy Meoli             9    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
Dan Driessen          24   96   18   32   5   1   4   18   9   1   13   15  .333
Pete Rose             25  110   20   36   8   1   3   15   2   0    8    4  .327
Ken Griffey           25  107   17   35   7   2   2    9   8   1    8   17  .327
George Foster         25  105   18   34   4   1   4   15   1   1    8   29  .324
Cesar Geronimo        25   83    8   25   6   1   2   13   2   1   14   18  .301
Joe Morgan            23   86   21   25  10   0   4   21   5   2   18   10  .291
Johnny Bench          24   91   16   26   5   0   6   15   1   1   13   21  .286
Don Werner             6    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .286
Dave Concepcion       24   86   12   24   5   0   1   12   3   3    8   17  .279
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        16   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
Jose Cruz             23   87   10   26   6   0   0    6   3   0    8    9  .299
Art Howe              25   88   11   26   8   0   3    8   0   1    7    2  .296
Bob Watson            25   89   11   26   7   0   4   18   0   0   12   11  .292
Wilbur Howard         17   31    3    9   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .290
Cesar Cedeno          24   94   13   26   6   0   3   11  10   1    7   10  .277
Terry Puhl            23   96   10   26   4   0   1    4   5   3    7    9  .271
Enos Cabell           25  102    6   27   2   1   1   11   3   1    8   13  .265
Denny Walling         13   13    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .231
Roger Metzger         21   60    6   13   2   1   0    5   0   0    6    5  .217
Joe Ferguson          21   71   11   15   2   0   5   12   0   0   11   14  .211
Jimmy Sexton          14   20    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    4  .200
Julio Gonzalez         6    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Ed Herrmann            8   17    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .118
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               9   13    4    5   0   0   2    5   0   0    0    1  .385
Rick Monday           25   86   18   33   6   0   9   26   1   1   14   14  .384
Glenn Burke           11   11    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .364
Jerry Grote            6   14    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .357
Dusty Baker           25   95   12   32   5   0   2   14   2   0    9   14  .337
Ron Cey               23   89   15   29   3   0   2   16   1   0   14    9  .326
Davey Lopes           25   97   22   30   6   1   3   11  11   1   21    9  .309
Reggie Smith          25   94   18   29   9   1   4   18   0   0   11   16  .309
Steve Garvey          25  105   17   30   4   1   3   19   2   2    6    9  .286
Bill Russell          25  107   13   28   4   1   1    7   2   0    4    6  .262
Vic Davalillo          9    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .222
Steve Yeager          21   72    6   15   2   0   0    8   0   0    8   10  .208
Ted Martinez           8    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .000
Manny Mota             3    2    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       19   72   10   24   3   0   2    9   1   1    3    9  .333
Dave Cash             22   85   19   28   7   2   1    6   1   1   10    4  .329
Larry Parrish         21   79   10   24   9   0   2   16   0   0    3   13  .304
Chris Speier          21   70    5   21   2   1   2   11   0   0    9    9  .300
Del Unser             20   32    3    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .281
Andre Dawson          22   85   15   21   1   3   3   12   2   2    8   22  .247
Gary Carter           22   81   12   20   5   0   3   17   1   1   11    9  .247
Warren Cromartie      19   69   11   15   4   1   0    2   0   1    8    8  .217
Tony Perez            22   83    5   17   4   0   0    6   0   0    8   17  .205
Wayne Garrett          9   15    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .133
Stan Papi              5    8    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Sam Mejias            15    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jerry White            8    4    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       12   17    4    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .294
Lee Mazzilli          27  104   12   30   9   1   4   12   3   1   10   18  .289
Tom Grieve            10   18    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .278
Bobby Valentine       15   44    5   12   2   0   1   10   0   1    5    7  .273
Doug Flynn            27   94    5   23   0   0   0    4   0   1    6    9  .245
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
Willie Montanez       26   97   12   21   5   0   2    8   1   1    9   18  .217
Bruce Boisclair       20   51    8   11   1   0   1    5   1   1    9   10  .216
Elliott Maddox         9   15    3    3   1   0   0    2   1   0   10    4  .200
Steve Henderson       27   97   10   19   2   1   4   18   1   1    7   22  .196
John Stearns          25   78    6   15   4   0   0    4   3   0   13   11  .192
Len Randle            26   82    7   13   3   2   0    4   3   5   21   12  .159
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          6    2    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
Jim Morrison           6   20    5    7   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    7  .350
Mike Schmidt          21   85   23   28   6   0   5   17   3   2   14   16  .329
Tim McCarver           7   16    4    5   1   0   0    0   0   0   10    5  .313
Larry Bowa            21   93   14   28   4   1   0    5   5   1    6    8  .301
Greg Luzinski         21   74   15   22   7   0   4   14   2   0   16   18  .297
Garry Maddox          21   78    9   23   5   0   0   11   7   2    9    7  .295
Richie Hebner         18   56    8   16   3   0   1   10   2   1   10    9  .286
Jerry Martin          16   26    3    7   1   0   1    7   0   1    3    2  .269
Bake McBride          16   71   11   19   4   0   0    8   3   0    6    7  .268
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           24   94   15   32   3   2   6   19   4   1    7   11  .340
Steve Brye            13   20    6    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    5    3  .300
Rennie Stennett       21   76   11   22   3   1   1    8   0   0    3    8  .290
Omar Moreno           24   75   17   20   3   0   0    6  14   2   19   15  .267
Manny Sanguillen       9   23    1    6   0   1   1    1   0   0    1    0  .261
Bill Robinson         23   81   13   20   3   1   3   15   4   2    9   20  .247
Frank Taveras         23   88    8   21   5   1   0    6   5   5    2    8  .239
Ed Ott                20   65    8   15   1   1   2    9   0   0    7    7  .231
Willie Stargell       20   49    6   11   1   0   2    6   2   0   13   12  .225
Phil Garner           22   79    7   15   1   3   0   11   2   4    7   14  .190
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            24   88    9   28   5   0   0    6   3   1    7   18  .318
Ozzie Smith           24   82    6   25   2   2   0    4   6   2    2    6  .305
Dave Winfield         23   91   11   25   4   1   6   18   2   2    4   11  .275
Mike Champion         17   19    1    5   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    3  .263
Oscar Gamble          22   75    9   19   1   1   2   12   0   0    9   11  .253
Derrel Thomas         24   73    5   18   4   0   0    3   2   1    7    5  .247
Gene Richards         22   80   11   17   2   1   0    4   8   2   13   10  .213
George Hendrick       22   69    5   14   2   0   2    4   0   0    7   10  .203
Jerry Turner          18   30    4    6   3   0   2    4   0   0    1    7  .200
Rick Sweet            17   39    2    7   0   0   0    1   0   3    6    9  .180
Gene Tenace           19   51    6    9   4   1   0    1   2   1   14   13  .177
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             14   28    3   10   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    4  .357
Terry Whitfield       23   85    9   22   0   2   2    5   1   3    5   14  .259
Jack Clark            24   92   12   23   8   0   2    8   1   0   10   17  .250
Larry Herndon         22   80    9   20   3   2   0    4   2   3   12   10  .250
Mike Sadek             7   20    1    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .250
Johnnie Lemaster      23   77    5   19   2   1   0    2   2   1    3   10  .247
Marc Hill             19   64    4   15   2   0   1    5   1   2   10    7  .234
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
Bill Madlock          15   56    7   12   2   0   2    6   1   0    8   11  .214
Willie McCovey        24   77    4   16   5   1   3   19   0   0    9    9  .208
Darrell Evans         24   87   10   18   5   0   1    9   1   1   16   14  .207
Skip James            19   13    4    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .077
Vic Harris            12   18    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Keith Hernandez       26   95   14   32  11   0   2   16   2   1   15    8  .337
Gary Sutherland        6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ted Simmons           26   90   13   27  10   0   1   13   0   0   12    5  .300
Lou Brock             20   69   10   20   2   0   0    2   6   0    8    7  .290
Mike Tyson            24   71    5   20   3   0   1   10   1   0    4    7  .282
Ken Reitz             26   91   11   25   3   0   3   15   1   0    5   13  .275
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         26   97   11   21   5   2   1   13   3   0   11   11  .217
Tony Scott            14   33    6    7   0   1   0    1   1   2    3    7  .212
Garry Templeton       26  113   12   23   5   1   0    4   4   0    2   16  .204
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
Jerry Mumphrey        19   54    5    8   2   0   0    5   0   1    5    9  .148

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (STL)      113
  P. Rose (CIN)           110
  K. Griffey (CIN)        107
  B. Russell (LA)         107
  G. Foster (CIN)         105
  S. Garvey (LA)          105
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        104
  E. Cabell (HOU)         102
  I. DeJesus (CHI)        101
  S. Henderson (NY)        97

Runs Scored:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         23
  D. Lopes (LA)            22
  J. Morgan (CIN)          21
  P. Rose (CIN)            20
  D. Cash (MON)            19
  D. Driessen (CIN)        18
  G. Foster (CIN)          18
  R. Monday (LA)           18
  R. Smith (LA)            18
  S. Garvey (LA)           17

Hits:

  P. Rose (CIN)            36
  K. Griffey (CIN)         35
  G. Foster (CIN)          34
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       33
  R. Monday (LA)           33
  D. Baker (LA)            32
  D. Driessen (CIN)        32
  K. Hernandez (STL)       32
  D. Parker (PIT)          32
  S. Garvey (LA)           30

Doubles:

  K. Hernandez (STL)       11
  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
  P. Rose (CIN)             8

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
  D. Parker (PIT)           2
  L. Randle (NY)            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. Luzinski (PHI)         4

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           26
  J. Morgan (CIN)          21
  S. Garvey (LA)           19
  W. McCovey (SF)          19
  D. Parker (PIT)          19
  D. Driessen (CIN)        18
  S. Henderson (NY)        18
  R. Smith (LA)            18
  B. Watson (HOU)          18
  D. Winfield (SD)         18

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          14
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  D. Lopes (LA)            11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  G. Richards (SD)          8
  G. Maddox (PHI)           7
  L. Brock (STL)            6
  O. Smith (SD)             6

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            5
  F. Taveras (PIT)          5
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  L. Herndon (SF)           3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3
  R. Sweet (SD)             3
  T. Whitfield (SF)         3

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            21
  L. Randle (NY)           21
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       19
  O. Moreno (PIT)          19
  J. Morgan (CIN)          18
  D. Evans (SF)            16
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        16
  K. Hernandez (STL)       15
  B. Boone (PHI)           14
  R. Cey (LA)              14

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          29
  D. Murphy (ATL)          25
  D. Kingman (CHI)         24
  A. Dawson (MON)          22
  S. Henderson (NY)        22
  J. Bench (CIN)           21
  B. Robinson (PIT)        20
  B. Almon (SD)            18
  C. Geronimo (CIN)        18
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        18


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