Tuesday May 9, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 9, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      923  145   267   45    4   28   139   20    5  109   117  .289
Cincinnati      1021  159   285   57    7   32   146   36   13  117   187  .279
Philadelphia     776  130   215   41    4   21   124   23   12  116   124  .277
Montreal         906  124   244   45    9   19   113    6    6   81   151  .269
St. Louis        935  111   240   54    6   13   105   18    4   77   128  .257
Atlanta          881   86   221   29    4   14    76   25   14   87   125  .251
Houston          872   92   218   38    4   19    90   24    7   73   109  .250
Pittsburgh       862  109   209   28   11   16    99   43   15   94   146  .243
Chicago          887   91   215   34    6   11    84    8   12   77   128  .242
San Diego        863   84   209   33    7   15    75   24   14   87   138  .242
San Francisco    863   85   193   33    7   14    82   14   10   93   138  .224
New York         987  102   218   37    4   15    96   16   17  120   168  .221

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     27   89   13   37   9   0   3   18   0   1   21   11  .416
Rick Monday (LA)         27   93   19   35   7   0   9   26   1   1   15   16  .376
Ellis Valentine (MON)    23   88   13   29   4   0   3   11   1   1    5   11  .330
Dan Driessen (CIN)       28  107   20   35   5   1   6   21   9   1   15   15  .327
Keith Hernandez (STL)    28  104   15   34  11   0   3   18   2   1   15    9  .327
Dusty Baker (LA)         27  101   13   33   6   0   2   14   2   0   10   16  .327
Bill Almon (SD)          26   95   11   31   6   0   0    6   3   1    8   19  .326
Dave Parker (PIT)        26  102   15   33   3   2   6   21   4   1    7   14  .324
Larry Bowa (PHI)         23  101   16   32   5   1   0    5   5   2    7    8  .317
Reggie Smith (LA)        27  101   20   32  10   1   6   21   0   0   13   17  .317

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        27   89   13   37   9   0   3   18   0   1   21   11  .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         14   26    4    9   2   0   1    4   1   0    6    4  .346
Jerry Royster         27  100   19   31   3   1   1    4  12   3   14    7  .310
Rowland Office        23   68    6   20   1   0   2    4   1   2    4    9  .294
Brian Asselstine      22   56    5   15   2   1   0    4   1   1    5    9  .268
Biff Pocoroba         25   81    2   20   3   0   0    9   0   1    5    3  .247
Rod Gilbreath         20   58    4   13   4   1   0    2   2   1    3    9  .224
Barry Bonnell         24   70    6   15   3   0   0    3   2   2    5    6  .214
Dale Murphy           27   95   11   20   2   1   2   12   5   1    9   25  .211
Cito Gaston           17   40    1    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .150
Pat Rockett           26   72    2   10   0   0   0    3   1   1    5    8  .139
Joe Nolan             13   17    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .118
Bob Beall             19   18    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    5  .111

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner          17   59    6   21   4   0   1    6   2   1    3    4  .356
Greg Gross            18   46    2   16   1   1   1   10   0   0    2    0  .348
Joe Wallis            14   26    3    9   1   1   0    3   0   1    1    6  .346
Bobby Murcer          26   98   13   27   5   2   1   14   0   1   12   17  .276
Ivan DeJesus          26  109   15   30   4   0   0    5   2   3   10   11  .275
Manny Trillo          23   81    5   22   4   1   0    8   0   2   10    8  .272
Larry Biittner        16   42    6   11   1   1   2    7   0   1    6    5  .262
Dave Rader            20   65    6   16   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    6  .246
Hector Cruz           17   51    7   12   2   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .235
Gene Clines           17   45    8   10   1   0   0    5   2   2    4    4  .222
Mick Kelleher          9   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .214
Larry Cox             12   29    1    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    5  .207
Dave Kingman          22   78    6   15   4   0   3    8   1   1    5   27  .192
Steve Ontiveros       23   78    7   11   3   0   0    4   0   0    9   12  .141
Rudy Meoli            11    7    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dan Driessen          28  107   20   35   5   1   6   21   9   1   15   15  .327
Ken Griffey           29  124   19   39   8   2   2    9   8   1    9   18  .315
Pete Rose             28  124   20   39   9   1   3   16   2   0    8    4  .315
George Foster         29  121   20   38   4   2   5   18   1   1   10   32  .314
Cesar Geronimo        29   93    9   28   6   1   2   13   3   1   14   19  .301
Joe Morgan            27  100   24   29  10   0   5   23   7   3   20   11  .290
Dave Concepcion       28  101   15   28   5   0   2   14   4   3   10   19  .277
Johnny Bench          28  104   17   28   6   0   6   17   1   1   13   23  .269
Don Werner             9   13    2    3   0   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .231
Rick Auerbach         12   15    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .200
Ray Knight            10    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Junior Kennedy        19   16    3    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    5    4  .188
Dave Collins          18   17    2    3   0   0   0    3   0   2    3    6  .177
Mike Lum              11   12    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .083
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              26   92   12   27   8   0   3    8   0   1    7    2  .294
Bob Watson            26   93   12   27   7   0   4   19   0   0   12   12  .290
Wilbur Howard         17   31    3    9   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .290
Cesar Cedeno          25   98   15   28   6   1   4   12  10   1    7   10  .286
Jose Cruz             24   91   10   26   6   0   0    6   3   0    8   10  .286
Terry Puhl            24  100   10   27   4   0   1    6   5   3    7    9  .270
Enos Cabell           26  106    6   27   2   1   1   11   3   1    8   15  .255
Denny Walling         13   13    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .231
Joe Ferguson          22   75   12   16   2   0   5   13   0   0   11   14  .213
Roger Metzger         22   63    6   13   2   1   0    5   0   0    7    5  .206
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              10   13    4    5   0   0   2    5   0   0    1    1  .385
Rick Monday           27   93   19   35   7   0   9   26   1   1   15   16  .376
Jerry Grote            6   14    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .357
Glenn Burke           12   12    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .333
Dusty Baker           27  101   13   33   6   0   2   14   2   0   10   16  .327
Reggie Smith          27  101   20   32  10   1   6   21   0   0   13   17  .317
Ron Cey               25   96   15   30   3   0   2   17   1   0   15   11  .313
Davey Lopes           27  104   23   32   6   1   3   11  11   1   22   10  .308
Steve Garvey          27  113   17   31   4   1   3   19   2   2    6   13  .274
Bill Russell          27  115   14   30   5   1   1    9   2   0    5    6  .261
Steve Yeager          23   77    6   16   2   0   0    8   0   0    9   11  .208
Vic Davalillo         10   10    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .200
Ted Martinez           8    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .000
Manny Mota             4    3    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            16    3    2    2   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .667
Ellis Valentine       23   88   13   29   4   0   3   11   1   1    5   11  .330
Dave Cash             26  102   20   32   7   2   1    8   1   1   11    7  .314
Andre Dawson          26  104   21   32   1   3   6   18   2   2    8   24  .308
Larry Parrish         25   97   13   29   9   1   2   17   0   0    3   19  .299
Chris Speier          25   84    9   25   2   1   2   12   0   0   13   11  .298
Gary Carter           26   96   14   25   5   0   4   21   1   1   12   10  .260
Del Unser             23   35    3    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .257
Bob Reece              4    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Tony Perez            26  100    9   24   7   0   1   10   0   0    9   21  .240
Warren Cromartie      23   85   13   20   5   1   0    4   0   1    9   10  .235
Stan Papi              7   10    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Jerry White           10    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Wayne Garrett         12   17    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .118
Sam Mejias            18    7    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Mazzilli          30  117   13   34   9   1   4   14   3   2   10   18  .291
Bobby Valentine       18   56    7   16   2   0   1   10   0   1    6    8  .286
Joel Youngblood       14   22    4    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .273
Elliott Maddox        12   30    4    8   1   0   0    4   1   1   10    5  .267
Tom Grieve            11   19    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    5  .263
Doug Flynn            30  106    7   26   1   0   0    5   0   1    6    9  .245
Steve Henderson       30  110   13   26   2   1   4   18   2   2    8   23  .236
John Stearns          28   88    6   20   5   0   0    8   4   0   15   12  .227
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Bruce Boisclair       22   53    8   12   1   0   1    6   1   1    9   10  .226
Willie Montanez       29  110   13   23   6   0   2    9   1   1   10   20  .209
Ed Kranepool          13   25    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .200
Len Randle            29   85   10   13   3   2   0    4   3   5   27   13  .153
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          8    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          9    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
Larry Bowa            23  101   16   32   5   1   0    5   5   2    7    8  .317
Mike Schmidt          23   93   25   29   6   0   5   17   3   3   15   17  .312
Greg Luzinski         23   80   17   24   7   0   6   18   2   0   17   19  .300
Garry Maddox          23   85    9   25   6   0   0   13   7   2   10   11  .294
Tim McCarver           8   17    4    5   1   0   0    0   0   0   10    6  .294
Bake McBride          18   78   12   22   4   0   1    9   3   1    8    9  .282
Jim Morrison           8   25    5    7   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    8  .280
Richie Hebner         20   62    9   17   3   0   2   11   2   1   12   10  .274
Jerry Martin          17   26    3    7   1   0   1    7   0   1    3    2  .269
Jose Cardenal          6   15    0    4   3   0   0    6   0   1    2    0  .267
Bob Boone             20   53   14   14   1   2   3   14   0   1   14    6  .264
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Davey Johnson         12   27    3    3   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .111
Jay Johnstone         13   11    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
Steve Brye            14   21    6    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .333
Dave Parker           26  102   15   33   3   2   6   21   4   1    7   14  .324
Rennie Stennett       23   81   12   24   3   1   1    9   0   0    3    8  .296
Mario Mendoza         14   15    3    4   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    1  .267
Omar Moreno           26   83   19   21   3   0   0    6  17   2   21   19  .253
Frank Taveras         25   96    8   24   5   1   0    6   8   5    2    9  .250
Bill Robinson         25   88   14   22   3   1   3   16   6   2   10   22  .250
Manny Sanguillen      10   24    1    6   0   1   1    1   0   0    1    0  .250
Ed Ott                21   69    9   16   1   1   2    9   0   0    7    7  .232
Willie Stargell       22   57    6   12   1   0   2    6   2   0   13   14  .211
Phil Garner           24   87    9   18   2   3   0   13   3   4    7   15  .207
Duffy Dyer             7   20    1    4   2   1   0    4   0   0    3    4  .200
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
Jim Fregosi           12   13    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .154
John Milner           13   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            26   95   11   31   6   0   0    6   3   1    8   19  .326
Ozzie Smith           26   92    7   27   2   2   0    6   6   2    2    6  .294
Dave Winfield         25   98   11   28   4   1   6   18   2   3    5   12  .286
Oscar Gamble          24   85   10   22   2   1   2   13   0   0    9   11  .259
Gene Richards         24   89   12   21   3   1   1    6   9   3   14   10  .236
Derrel Thomas         26   77    6   18   4   0   0    3   2   1    7    6  .234
Mike Champion         18   22    1    5   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    5  .227
Gene Tenace           21   54    9   11   4   1   2    4   2   1   16   13  .204
Jerry Turner          20   35    4    7   3   0   2    4   0   0    1    8  .200
George Hendrick       24   73    5   14   2   0   2    4   0   0    8   11  .192
Rick Sweet            19   42    2    7   0   0   0    1   0   3    8    9  .167
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             15   29    3   10   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    5  .345
Mike Sadek             8   23    1    6   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .261
Terry Whitfield       25   91   11   23   0   2   2    5   1   3    6   14  .253
Jack Clark            26  100   13   24   8   0   2    8   2   0   10   19  .240
Larry Herndon         24   88    9   21   3   2   0    5   2   3   12   12  .239
Johnnie Lemaster      25   82    5   19   2   1   0    2   3   1    5   13  .232
Rob Andrews           15   39    6    9   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    4  .231
Bill Madlock          17   62    9   14   2   0   2    6   1   0    9   11  .226
Marc Hill             20   67    4   15   2   0   1    5   1   2   11    7  .224
Darrell Evans         26   94   10   21   5   0   1    9   1   1   17   14  .223
Willie McCovey        26   84    4   18   5   1   3   23   0   0    9   10  .214
Tom Heintzelman        8   10    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    3  .200
Skip James            21   14    4    1   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    2  .071
Vic Harris            13   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       28  104   15   34  11   0   3   18   2   1   15    9  .327
Ted Simmons           28   97   14   30  12   0   1   13   0   0   14    5  .309
Ken Reitz             28   99   13   30   4   0   4   18   1   0    5   13  .303
Lou Brock             21   73   10   21   3   0   0    2   6   0    8    7  .288
Mike Phillips         11   15    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .267
Mike Tyson            26   80    5   21   3   0   1   10   1   0    4    9  .263
Roger Freed           10   23    2    6   2   0   2    9   0   0    1    3  .261
Jim Dwyer             15   28    4    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .250
Gary Sutherland        7    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Tony Scott            16   41    7   10   0   1   0    1   1   2    3   10  .244
Jerry Morales         28  105   13   24   5   2   1   13   3   0   12   12  .229
Garry Templeton       28  122   13   27   7   1   0    6   4   0    2   18  .221
Dane Iorg              8   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .200
Steve Swisher          4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Jerry Mumphrey        20   58    6    8   2   0   0    5   0   1    5    9  .138

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  K. Griffey (CIN)        124
  P. Rose (CIN)           124
  G. Templeton (STL)      122
  G. Foster (CIN)         121
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        117
  B. Russell (LA)         115
  S. Garvey (LA)          113
  S. Henderson (NY)       110
  W. Montanez (NY)        110
  I. DeJesus (CHI)        109

Runs Scored:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         25
  J. Morgan (CIN)          24
  D. Lopes (LA)            23
  A. Dawson (MON)          21
  D. Cash (MON)            20
  D. Driessen (CIN)        20
  G. Foster (CIN)          20
  P. Rose (CIN)            20
  R. Smith (LA)            20
  K. Griffey (CIN)         19

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         39
  P. Rose (CIN)            39
  G. Foster (CIN)          38
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       37
  D. Driessen (CIN)        35
  R. Monday (LA)           35
  K. Hernandez (STL)       34
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         34
  D. Baker (LA)            33
  D. Parker (PIT)          33

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         12
  K. Hernandez (STL)       11
  J. Morgan (CIN)          10
  R. Smith (LA)            10
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        9
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          9
  L. Parrish (MON)          9
  P. Rose (CIN)             9
  J. Clark (SF)             8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8

Triples:

  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  P. Garner (PIT)           3
  B. Boone (PHI)            2
  D. Cash (MON)             2
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  K. Griffey (CIN)          2
  L. Herndon (SF)           2
  J. Morales (STL)          2
  B. Murcer (CHI)           2
  D. Parker (PIT)           2

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            9
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  D. Driessen (CIN)         6
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         6
  D. Parker (PIT)           6
  R. Smith (LA)             6
  D. Winfield (SD)          6
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         5
  G. Foster (CIN)           5

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           26
  W. McCovey (SF)          23
  J. Morgan (CIN)          23
  G. Carter (MON)          21
  D. Driessen (CIN)        21
  D. Parker (PIT)          21
  R. Smith (LA)            21
  S. Garvey (LA)           19
  B. Watson (HOU)          19
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       18

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          17
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  D. Lopes (LA)            11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  G. Richards (SD)          9
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  F. Taveras (PIT)          8
  G. Maddox (PHI)           7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7

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
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  G. Richards (SD)          3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           27
  D. Lopes (LA)            22
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       21
  O. Moreno (PIT)          21
  J. Morgan (CIN)          20
  D. Evans (SF)            17
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        17
  G. Tenace (SD)           16
  R. Cey (LA)              15
  D. Driessen (CIN)        15

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          32
  D. Kingman (CHI)         27
  D. Murphy (ATL)          25
  A. Dawson (MON)          24
  J. Bench (CIN)           23
  S. Henderson (NY)        23
  B. Robinson (PIT)        22
  T. Perez (MON)           21
  W. Montanez (NY)         20
  B. Almon (SD)            19

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