Friday May 12, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 12, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1023  157   290   53    4   29   151   20    6  122   138  .284
Cincinnati      1084  163   298   60    8   33   149   38   15  130   204  .275
Philadelphia     868  137   236   44    5   23   131   23   13  125   139  .272
Montreal         999  133   263   51    9   20   122    9    6   96   164  .263
St. Louis       1033  122   264   57    6   16   116   18    6   86   140  .256
Atlanta          915   89   229   31    5   14    79   26   14   90   131  .250
Houston          950   98   235   40    5   21    96   27    8   87   124  .247
Pittsburgh       967  120   237   37   12   16   108   49   16   98   159  .245
San Diego        958   94   234   37    9   16    85   27   16  100   153  .244
Chicago          988  104   241   36    7   12    96   11   14   86   141  .244
San Francisco    964  101   221   36    9   17    98   15   10  102   164  .229
New York        1108  116   249   40    8   16   110   20   20  138   189  .225

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     28   93   13   37   9   0   3   19   0   1   21   12  .398
Rick Monday (LA)         30  101   20   36   8   0   9   26   1   1   19   18  .356
Dan Driessen (CIN)       30  114   21   38   7   1   7   22   9   1   16   17  .333
Reggie Smith (LA)        29  107   22   35  11   1   6   23   0   0   16   19  .327
Bill Almon (SD)          29  105   12   34   7   0   0    7   3   1    9   20  .324
Ted Simmons (STL)        31  106   17   34  12   0   3   16   0   0   18    5  .321
Dusty Baker (LA)         29  103   13   33   6   0   2   14   2   0   10   17  .320
Jerry Royster (ATL)      28  105   20   33   4   2   1    6  12   3   14    7  .314
George Foster (CIN)      31  128   21   40   4   2   5   19   1   1   11   35  .313
Ellis Valentine (MON)    25   96   15   30   4   0   3   11   2   1    5   12  .313

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        28   93   13   37   9   0   3   19   0   1   21   12  .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         15   27    4    9   2   0   1    4   1   0    7    5  .333
Jerry Royster         28  105   20   33   4   2   1    6  12   3   14    7  .314
Rowland Office        24   70    6   20   1   0   2    4   1   2    4    9  .286
Brian Asselstine      23   56    5   15   2   1   0    4   1   1    6    9  .268
Biff Pocoroba         26   85    2   21   3   0   0    9   0   1    5    3  .247
Barry Bonnell         25   72    6   17   3   0   0    3   3   2    6    6  .236
Rod Gilbreath         21   62    4   13   4   1   0    2   2   1    3   10  .210
Dale Murphy           28   99   11   20   2   1   2   12   5   1    9   26  .202
Joe Nolan             14   18    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .167
Cito Gaston           18   43    1    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .163
Pat Rockett           27   75    3   11   0   0   0    3   1   1    5    9  .147
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
Joe Wallis            16   33    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   1    2    8  .364
Bill Buckner          20   69    8   24   4   0   1    7   2   2    6    4  .348
Greg Gross            20   56    3   18   1   1   1   10   0   0    2    1  .321
Bobby Murcer          29  109   16   32   5   3   1   16   2   1   13   17  .294
Ivan DeJesus          29  122   17   32   4   0   0    5   2   4   11   12  .262
Larry Biittner        17   42    6   11   1   1   2    8   0   1    7    5  .262
Manny Trillo          26   93    5   24   4   1   0   11   0   2   10   11  .258
Dave Rader            22   66    6   16   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    6  .242
Gene Clines           18   46    8   11   1   0   0    5   2   2    4    4  .239
Hector Cruz           18   54    7   12   2   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .222
Mick Kelleher          9   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .214
Dave Kingman          23   82    6   17   5   0   3    8   1   1    5   28  .207
Larry Cox             15   39    2    8   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    6  .205
Steve Ontiveros       26   89    9   13   3   0   0    4   0   0   11   13  .146
Rudy Meoli            13    8    2    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .125

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dan Driessen          30  114   21   38   7   1   7   22   9   1   16   17  .333
George Foster         31  128   21   40   4   2   5   19   1   1   11   35  .313
Pete Rose             30  132   22   41  10   2   3   16   3   0   10    4  .311
Ken Griffey           31  132   19   40   8   2   2    9   8   2   11   21  .303
Cesar Geronimo        31   99    9   29   6   1   2   13   3   1   15   20  .293
Dave Concepcion       30  108   15   31   5   0   2   15   4   4   11   20  .287
Joe Morgan            29  106   24   29  10   0   5   23   8   3   23   13  .274
Johnny Bench          30  111   17   29   6   0   6   17   1   1   14   25  .261
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
Dave Collins          18   17    2    3   0   0   0    3   0   2    3    6  .177
Junior Kennedy        20   17    3    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    5    5  .177
Ray Knight            12    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
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             8   10    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Terry Puhl            26  110   10   31   4   1   1    6   5   3    7   10  .282
Jose Cruz             26  100   10   28   6   0   0    6   4   1   10   12  .280
Art Howe              28  100   13   28   9   0   3    8   0   1   10    2  .280
Cesar Cedeno          27  108   16   30   6   1   5   13  12   1    8   14  .278
Bob Watson            28   98   12   27   7   0   4   19   0   0   14   13  .276
Wilbur Howard         19   33    3    9   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .273
Enos Cabell           28  116    7   28   2   1   2   14   3   1    9   16  .241
Roger Metzger         24   67    6   15   2   1   0    5   0   0    7    5  .224
Denny Walling         15   14    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .214
Joe Ferguson          24   80   13   17   2   0   5   13   0   0   12   15  .213
Jimmy Sexton          16   20    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    4  .200
Julio Gonzalez         7   10    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Ed Herrmann            9   20    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .100
Dave Bergman          12    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Grote            7   14    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .357
Rick Monday           30  101   20   36   8   0   9   26   1   1   19   18  .356
Glenn Burke           12   12    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .333
Reggie Smith          29  107   22   35  11   1   6   23   0   0   16   19  .327
Dusty Baker           29  103   13   33   6   0   2   14   2   0   10   17  .320
Lee Lacy              13   25    6    8   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    2  .320
Davey Lopes           30  117   24   35   7   1   3   11  11   1   23   13  .299
Ron Cey               28  108   16   31   4   0   2   19   1   0   16   14  .287
Steve Garvey          30  125   18   34   5   1   4   22   2   2    6   15  .272
Bill Russell          30  129   17   33   6   1   1   10   2   1    5    8  .256
Johnny Oates           5    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Steve Yeager          26   85    6   19   3   0   0   10   0   0   11   13  .224
Vic Davalillo         13   15    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Manny Mota             6    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Ted Martinez           8    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            17    3    2    2   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .667
Ellis Valentine       25   96   15   30   4   0   3   11   2   1    5   12  .313
Larry Parrish         28  107   14   32  11   1   2   19   0   0    4   20  .299
Dave Cash             29  113   20   33   7   2   1    8   2   1   13    7  .292
Chris Speier          28   93   10   27   4   1   2   13   0   0   15   13  .290
Andre Dawson          29  116   21   32   1   3   6   20   3   2    8   26  .276
Del Unser             26   44    4   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    7    7  .273
Warren Cromartie      26   97   14   25   7   1   0    6   0   1   10   10  .258
Gary Carter           29  104   16   26   5   0   5   22   1   1   16   13  .250
Jerry White           13    8    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Bob Reece              4    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Tony Perez            28  103    9   24   7   0   1   10   0   0   10   21  .233
Stan Papi              8   11    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .182
Sam Mejias            20    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125
Wayne Garrett         15   18    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .111

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine       21   67    9   21   2   0   1   12   0   1    7    9  .313
Lee Mazzilli          33  130   15   39   9   2   4   14   4   3   13   20  .300
Elliott Maddox        15   40    4   11   2   1   0    8   1   1   11    5  .275
Tom Grieve            11   19    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    5  .263
Joel Youngblood       15   24    4    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .250
Sergio Ferrer         11    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Doug Flynn            33  119    8   29   1   1   0    7   0   1    7    9  .244
John Stearns          31  100    7   24   5   0   1   10   6   1   19   13  .240
Steve Henderson       33  123   15   28   2   1   4   19   2   2   11   25  .228
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Bruce Boisclair       24   58    8   12   1   0   1    6   1   1   10   11  .207
Willie Montanez       32  124   14   25   6   0   2   11   1   1   11   25  .202
Ed Kranepool          15   27    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .185
Len Randle            32   99   13   18   4   3   0    5   4   6   30   16  .182
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

 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
Tim McCarver          10   22    4    7   2   0   0    1   0   0   10    6  .318
Larry Bowa            26  111   16   34   5   1   0    5   5   2    8   10  .306
Mike Schmidt          26  105   26   31   6   0   5   17   3   3   15   19  .295
Greg Luzinski         26   90   18   26   7   0   7   19   2   0   19   21  .289
Garry Maddox          26   92    9   26   6   0   0   13   7   2   11   12  .283
Bake McBride          20   85   12   24   5   0   1    9   3   1    9   10  .282
Richie Hebner         22   69   10   19   4   1   2   13   2   1   12   11  .275
Bob Boone             22   60   15   16   1   2   3   14   0   2   15    6  .267
Jose Cardenal          6   15    0    4   3   0   0    6   0   1    2    0  .267
Jim Morrison          11   34    6    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    6    9  .235
Jerry Martin          20   30    4    7   1   0   1    7   0   1    3    2  .233
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jay Johnstone         15   17    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .177
Davey Johnson         12   27    3    3   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .111

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Parker           29  114   17   35   4   2   6   21   4   1    8   17  .307
Manny Sanguillen      12   27    1    8   0   1   1    2   0   1    1    1  .296
Rennie Stennett       26   93   15   27   4   1   1   10   0   0    3    8  .290
Frank Taveras         28  109   10   30   5   1   0    7  10   5    2   10  .275
Steve Brye            17   30    6    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .267
Mario Mendoza         14   15    3    4   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    1  .267
Omar Moreno           29   95   21   25   5   0   0    7  19   2   22   20  .263
Duffy Dyer            10   31    1    8   4   1   0    5   1   0    3    4  .258
Bill Robinson         25   88   14   22   3   1   3   16   6   2   10   22  .250
Ed Ott                22   70    9   16   1   1   2    9   0   0    7    8  .229
Phil Garner           27   98   11   22   3   4   0   14   4   4    8   17  .225
Willie Stargell       25   66    6   13   2   0   2    8   2   0   13   17  .197
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           15   27    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    7    2  .148

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Reynolds           7    5    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .600
Chuck Baker           11   16    4    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .375
Bill Almon            29  105   12   34   7   0   0    7   3   1    9   20  .324
Ozzie Smith           29  103    7   30   3   2   0    8   6   2    2    6  .291
Dave Winfield         28  110   11   31   4   1   6   19   2   3    6   13  .282
Gene Richards         27  101   15   27   3   3   1    9  10   5   16   12  .267
Oscar Gamble          27   92   11   22   2   1   2   13   0   0   10   12  .239
Derrel Thomas         29   87    6   20   4   0   0    3   3   1    9    6  .230
Mike Champion         18   22    1    5   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    5  .227
George Hendrick       27   84    7   17   2   0   3    5   1   0   10   14  .202
Gene Tenace           24   62   10   12   5   1   2    5   2   1   19   16  .194
Bob Davis             15   31    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .194
Jerry Turner          22   37    4    7   3   0   2    4   0   0    1    8  .189
Rick Sweet            20   42    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   3    9    9  .167
Tucker Ashford         2    1    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             17   34    4   11   1   0   1    7   0   0    0    6  .324
Terry Whitfield       28  101   16   28   0   2   3    7   2   3    6   15  .277
Mike Sadek             8   23    1    6   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .261
Larry Herndon         27   99    9   25   3   2   0    7   2   3   13   15  .253
Jack Clark            29  111   15   28   9   1   2   10   2   0   12   22  .252
Darrell Evans         29  104   12   26   6   0   1   10   1   1   19   16  .250
Tom Heintzelman       10   12    2    3   0   0   2    2   0   0    0    3  .250
Bill Madlock          20   74   11   18   3   0   3    8   1   0   10   12  .243
Rob Andrews           15   39    6    9   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    4  .231
Willie McCovey        29   94    6   21   5   2   3   26   0   0   10   11  .223
Johnnie Lemaster      28   93    5   19   2   1   0    3   3   1    5   19  .204
Marc Hill             23   78    4   15   2   0   1    6   1   2   12   11  .192
Skip James            22   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
Mike Phillips         12   17    2    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .353
Ted Simmons           31  106   17   34  12   0   3   16   0   0   18    5  .321
Keith Hernandez       31  117   15   36  11   0   3   19   2   2   15   12  .308
Ken Reitz             31  111   14   31   4   0   4   18   1   0    5   15  .279
Lou Brock             23   79   10   22   3   0   0    3   6   1   10    8  .279
Mike Tyson            29   91    5   25   4   0   1   12   1   0    4   10  .275
Tony Scott            19   51    9   14   0   1   0    1   1   2    4   11  .275
Roger Freed           10   23    2    6   2   0   2    9   0   0    1    3  .261
Jim Dwyer             16   29    4    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .241
Garry Templeton       31  133   15   30   8   1   0    7   4   0    2   19  .226
Jerry Morales         31  116   14   25   5   2   2   16   3   0   13   14  .216
Dane Iorg              8   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .200
Gary Sutherland        8    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Jerry Mumphrey        21   62    6    9   2   0   0    5   0   1    5    9  .145
Steve Swisher          5    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .143

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (STL)      133
  K. Griffey (CIN)        132
  P. Rose (CIN)           132
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        130
  B. Russell (LA)         129
  G. Foster (CIN)         128
  S. Garvey (LA)          125
  W. Montanez (NY)        124
  S. Henderson (NY)       123
  I. DeJesus (CHI)        122

Runs Scored:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         26
  D. Lopes (LA)            24
  J. Morgan (CIN)          24
  P. Rose (CIN)            22
  R. Smith (LA)            22
  A. Dawson (MON)          21
  D. Driessen (CIN)        21
  G. Foster (CIN)          21
  O. Moreno (PIT)          21
  D. Cash (MON)            20

Hits:

  P. Rose (CIN)            41
  G. Foster (CIN)          40
  K. Griffey (CIN)         40
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         39
  D. Driessen (CIN)        38
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       37
  K. Hernandez (STL)       36
  R. Monday (LA)           36
  D. Lopes (LA)            35
  D. Parker (PIT)          35

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  B. Murcer (CHI)           3
  L. Randle (NY)            3
  G. Richards (SD)          3
  B. Boone (PHI)            2
  D. Cash (MON)             2
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  K. Griffey (CIN)          2
  L. Herndon (SF)           2

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         7
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  D. Parker (PIT)           6
  R. Smith (LA)             6
  D. Winfield (SD)          6
  G. Carter (MON)           5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5

RBI:

  W. McCovey (SF)          26
  R. Monday (LA)           26
  J. Morgan (CIN)          23
  R. Smith (LA)            23
  G. Carter (MON)          22
  D. Driessen (CIN)        22
  S. Garvey (LA)           22
  D. Parker (PIT)          21
  A. Dawson (MON)          20
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       19

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          19
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          12
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  D. Lopes (LA)            11
  G. Richards (SD)         10
  F. Taveras (PIT)         10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  G. Maddox (PHI)           7

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            6
  G. Richards (SD)          5
  F. Taveras (PIT)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  L. Herndon (SF)           3
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           30
  D. Lopes (LA)            23
  J. Morgan (CIN)          23
  O. Moreno (PIT)          22
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       21
  D. Evans (SF)            19
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        19
  R. Monday (LA)           19
  J. Stearns (NY)          19
  G. Tenace (SD)           19

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          35
  D. Kingman (CHI)         28
  A. Dawson (MON)          26
  D. Murphy (ATL)          26
  J. Bench (CIN)           25
  S. Henderson (NY)        25
  W. Montanez (NY)         25
  J. Clark (SF)            22
  B. Robinson (PIT)        22
  K. Griffey (CIN)         21


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