Wednesday May 17, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 17, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1210  189   346   66    4   33   180   26    9  149   169  .286
Cincinnati      1226  180   334   73    9   35   165   39   15  149   223  .272
Montreal        1142  143   301   56    9   22   131   16    8  109   194  .264
Philadelphia    1027  149   268   50    5   27   143   26   16  145   175  .261
Houston         1078  118   273   49    7   23   112   30    9  100   137  .253
St. Louis       1269  145   317   68    6   18   137   20    8  104   165  .250
San Diego       1130  116   278   40   11   18   103   32   20  118   177  .246
Pittsburgh      1134  135   276   41   13   19   122   53   20  108   191  .243
Atlanta         1040   94   252   36    5   15    84   27   16   97   156  .242
Chicago         1147  124   277   41    8   18   116   11   14  105   170  .242
San Francisco   1140  130   273   46   12   22   123   20   11  123   190  .240
New York        1203  124   269   42    9   16   118   22   22  148   207  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     32  106   14   41  10   0   3   19   0   1   24   17  .387
Reggie Smith (LA)        34  129   27   44  12   1   7   30   3   1   20   25  .341
Rick Monday (LA)         33  114   20   38   9   0   9   27   1   1   19   23  .333
Bill Almon (SD)          34  127   16   42   8   0   0    9   6   1   10   23  .331
Dan Driessen (CIN)       34  125   24   41   9   1   7   23   9   1   22   18  .328
Ted Simmons (STL)        37  129   21   42  15   0   4   19   0   0   22    7  .326
Dusty Baker (LA)         32  111   14   36   6   0   2   15   2   0   10   18  .324
Ken Griffey (CIN)        35  148   23   47  10   2   2   10   8   2   11   22  .318
George Foster (CIN)      35  145   23   46   6   3   5   24   2   1   12   38  .317
Keith Hernandez (STL)    37  142   20   45  13   0   3   21   2   2   21   14  .317

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        32  106   14   41  10   0   3   19   0   1   24   17  .387
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         17   33    4   10   2   0   1    4   1   0    7    6  .303
Jerry Royster         32  121   20   36   4   2   1    7  12   4   15   11  .298
Rowland Office        28   78    7   20   1   0   2    4   1   2    5   10  .256
Brian Asselstine      27   67    6   17   2   1   1    5   1   1    6    9  .254
Biff Pocoroba         30   95    3   23   4   0   0    9   0   1    6    5  .242
Barry Bonnell         26   77    6   18   4   0   0    3   3   2    6    8  .234
Joe Nolan             16   22    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .227
Rod Gilbreath         25   74    4   15   5   1   0    5   2   2    3   11  .203
Dale Murphy           31  109   11   21   2   1   2   12   5   1   10   29  .193
Cito Gaston           20   50    1    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    8  .180
Bob Beall             21   23    2    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    3    5  .174
Pat Rockett           31   82    3   11   0   0   0    3   1   1    5    9  .134

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner          24   90   12   31   6   0   1   10   2   2    6    5  .344
Joe Wallis            17   37    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   1    2    9  .324
Greg Gross            22   59    3   18   1   1   1   10   0   0    4    2  .305
Manny Trillo          30  113    6   31   6   1   0   13   0   2   11   13  .274
Bobby Murcer          33  125   17   34   5   3   2   17   2   1   17   19  .272
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Ivan DeJesus          33  136   21   35   4   1   0    5   2   4   16   17  .257
Gene Clines           22   53   11   13   1   0   0    5   2   2    5    5  .245
Larry Biittner        20   45    6   11   1   1   2    8   0   1    7    6  .244
Dave Kingman          27  100   11   24   5   0   8   20   1   1    7   33  .240
Dave Rader            24   74    7   17   4   0   0    5   1   0    6    7  .230
Hector Cruz           22   62    7   13   2   0   2    5   0   0    3    5  .210
Larry Cox             18   47    2    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .192
Steve Ontiveros       30  108    9   16   3   0   0    4   0   0   12   18  .148
Rudy Meoli            14    8    2    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .125

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dan Driessen          34  125   24   41   9   1   7   23   9   1   22   18  .328
Ken Griffey           35  148   23   47  10   2   2   10   8   2   11   22  .318
George Foster         35  145   23   46   6   3   5   24   2   1   12   38  .317
Pete Rose             34  150   24   46  12   2   3   16   3   0   13    5  .307
Dave Concepcion       34  123   16   35   7   0   2   15   4   4   13   23  .285
Cesar Geronimo        34  109    9   30   7   1   2   13   3   1   16   23  .275
Joe Morgan            33  119   26   32  11   0   6   28   8   3   26   13  .269
Don Werner            11   20    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    3    4  .250
Johnny Bench          34  129   18   31   6   0   7   20   1   1   14   28  .240
Junior Kennedy        23   20    3    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    5    6  .200
Rick Auerbach         12   15    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .200
Dave Collins          21   19    3    3   0   0   0    3   0   2    3    6  .158
Ray Knight            14    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .143
Mike Lum              12   13    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .077
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             9   11    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .364
Terry Puhl            30  125   15   39   4   2   2    8   5   3   10   12  .312
Art Howe              32  113   15   32  11   0   3    9   0   1   11    3  .283
Bob Watson            32  113   13   32   8   0   5   22   0   0   15   14  .283
Cesar Cedeno          31  122   20   34   7   1   5   14  14   2   11   15  .279
Wilbur Howard         19   33    3    9   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .273
Jose Cruz             30  115   11   31   7   1   0    8   4   1   11   14  .270
Enos Cabell           32  133   10   33   3   1   2   18   4   1    9   17  .248
Roger Metzger         28   81    8   20   4   1   0    6   0   0    8    5  .247
Joe Ferguson          28   92   14   20   3   0   5   14   0   0   15   15  .217
Denny Walling         15   14    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .214
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          14    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
Johnny Oates           7    8    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .375
Jerry Grote           10   22    2    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .364
Reggie Smith          34  129   27   44  12   1   7   30   3   1   20   25  .341
Rick Monday           33  114   20   38   9   0   9   27   1   1   19   23  .333
Dusty Baker           32  111   14   36   6   0   2   15   2   0   10   18  .324
Davey Lopes           34  130   29   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   13  .315
Lee Lacy              18   37    8   11   2   0   3    7   1   1    2    4  .297
Ron Cey               33  127   20   37   6   0   3   25   1   0   22   21  .291
Manny Mota             8    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Bill Russell          35  153   21   43   8   1   1   14   3   1    7    9  .281
Vic Davalillo         17   23    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    1  .261
Steve Garvey          35  145   19   35   5   1   4   24   2   2    9   15  .241
Steve Yeager          29   93    9   22   4   0   0   12   0   0   14   14  .237
Glenn Burke           16   19    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .211
Ted Martinez          11    9    5    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    4  .111
Billy North            1    1    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            18    3    2    2   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .667
Dave Cash             33  132   21   41   9   2   1    8   4   1   13    8  .311
Chris Speier          32  108   11   32   5   1   2   13   0   0   16   16  .296
Ellis Valentine       29  114   15   33   4   0   3   12   2   1    5   15  .290
Larry Parrish         32  121   14   35  12   1   2   19   0   1    6   22  .289
Warren Cromartie      30  115   17   33   7   1   1    9   0   1   11   13  .287
Andre Dawson          33  131   23   37   1   3   6   21   6   3   10   31  .282
Del Unser             29   46    4   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    7    8  .261
Bob Reece              4    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Gary Carter           33  117   18   28   6   0   6   24   2   1   20   16  .239
Tony Perez            32  117    9   26   7   0   1   12   0   0   13   26  .222
Jerry White           16    9    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .222
Stan Papi              8   11    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .182
Wayne Garrett         18   23    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .174
Sam Mejias            21    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine       23   71    9   21   2   0   1   12   0   1    8    9  .296
Lee Mazzilli          36  141   17   41   9   2   4   14   4   3   15   22  .291
Joel Youngblood       17   31    5    9   3   1   0    3   0   0    3    5  .290
Elliott Maddox        16   44    4   11   2   1   0    8   1   1   11    6  .250
Tom Grieve            12   20    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .250
Sergio Ferrer         13    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Doug Flynn            36  129    8   32   1   1   0    9   0   1    7   10  .248
John Stearns          33  107    7   26   5   0   1   11   6   1   19   13  .243
Steve Henderson       36  132   16   31   3   1   4   22   2   2   11   27  .235
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Willie Montanez       35  136   16   28   6   0   2   12   1   1   12   29  .206
Bruce Boisclair       27   68    9   14   1   0   1    6   1   3   12   12  .206
Ed Kranepool          16   27    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    2  .185
Len Randle            35  111   13   20   4   3   0    6   6   6   31   19  .180
Tim Foli              17   64    7    9   2   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .141
Ron Hodges             8   16    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .125

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jose Cardenal          9   20    1    7   4   0   0    6   0   1    2    2  .350
Tim McCarver          13   26    4    9   2   0   0    2   0   0   10    6  .346
Mike Schmidt          30  120   29   35   6   0   7   21   4   3   17   23  .292
Richie Hebner         27   84   12   24   5   1   3   16   2   1   13   14  .286
Barry Foote            7    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Larry Bowa            29  124   16   35   5   1   0    5   5   2    8   13  .282
Garry Maddox          30  104    9   29   6   0   0   13   8   2   12   15  .279
Bake McBride          23   97   12   27   5   0   1    9   4   1   10   14  .278
Bud Harrelson         14   18    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .278
Greg Luzinski         31  106   21   29   8   0   8   20   2   0   23   26  .274
Bob Boone             27   74   15   18   1   2   3   15   0   2   17    6  .243
Jerry Martin          24   39    5    9   2   0   1    8   0   1    5    5  .231
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jim Morrison          14   43    6    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    6    9  .186
Jay Johnstone         19   26    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   2    5    5  .154
Davey Johnson         13   29    3    3   0   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .103

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rennie Stennett       30  108   15   33   4   1   1   13   0   0    3    8  .306
Dave Parker           34  132   19   40   4   2   6   22   6   2   11   22  .303
Manny Sanguillen      15   31    1    9   0   1   1    2   0   1    1    1  .290
Frank Taveras         33  129   12   35   6   1   0    7  10   7    3   14  .271
Steve Brye            21   39    6   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .256
Bill Robinson         26   90   16   23   4   1   3   17   6   2   11   23  .256
Mario Mendoza         16   20    3    5   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    2  .250
Omar Moreno           34  115   24   28   5   1   0    7  20   3   23   24  .244
Phil Garner           32  116   12   27   4   4   1   17   4   4    9   19  .233
Duffy Dyer            13   39    1    9   4   1   0    5   1   0    4    5  .231
Ed Ott                26   80    9   18   1   1   2    9   0   0    7    9  .225
Willie Stargell       30   83    9   18   2   0   4   12   2   0   13   21  .217
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
John Milner           18   35    3    6   3   0   0    5   1   0    8    2  .171
Jim Fregosi           13   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    6  .143

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Reynolds           9   10    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .500
Chuck Baker           14   20    6    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .450
Bill Almon            34  127   16   42   8   0   0    9   6   1   10   23  .331
Gene Richards         32  122   19   33   3   3   1   12  11   5   18   16  .271
Dave Winfield         33  131   12   35   5   1   6   21   2   4    8   18  .267
Ozzie Smith           34  121    9   32   3   3   0   11   7   2    4    8  .265
Rick Sweet            24   58    4   14   0   0   1    3   0   3   10   10  .241
Bob Davis             16   35    2    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    4  .229
Mike Champion         18   22    1    5   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    5  .227
Derrel Thomas         34  105    7   23   4   0   0    3   3   2   10    8  .219
Oscar Gamble          31  102   12   22   2   1   2   13   0   1   13   14  .216
Gene Tenace           28   72   13   15   5   2   3   10   2   1   24   18  .208
Jerry Turner          24   39    4    8   3   0   2    5   0   0    1    8  .205
George Hendrick       30   94    7   19   2   0   3    5   1   0   10   14  .202
Tucker Ashford         3    2    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             22   52    8   19   2   0   2   13   1   0    2    7  .365
Jack Clark            34  129   22   38  10   4   4   17   2   1   14   22  .295
Terry Whitfield       33  122   23   35   2   2   4    8   2   3    8   19  .287
Bill Madlock          25   92   14   26   4   0   3   10   3   0   14   13  .283
Larry Herndon         32  119   11   31   5   2   0   10   4   3   14   19  .261
Mike Sadek            10   31    2    8   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .258
Darrell Evans         34  118   14   29   7   0   1   12   1   1   24   17  .246
Rob Andrews           17   43    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .233
Willie McCovey        30   95    6   21   5   2   3   26   0   0   10   11  .221
Tom Heintzelman       11   15    2    3   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    3  .200
Johnnie Lemaster      32  107    5   20   2   1   0    3   3   1    6   23  .187
Marc Hill             27   91    5   17   2   0   2    8   1   2   13   11  .187
Skip James            24   16    4    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .125
Vic Harris            16   27    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    6  .037

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Phillips         14   21    2    7   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    2  .333
Ted Simmons           37  129   21   42  15   0   4   19   0   0   22    7  .326
Keith Hernandez       37  142   20   45  13   0   3   21   2   2   21   14  .317
Mike Tyson            35  112    7   31   6   0   2   14   1   0    7   13  .277
Lou Brock             27   98   13   26   4   0   0    3   7   1   10   12  .265
Roger Freed           15   27    2    7   3   0   2   12   0   0    1    4  .259
Ken Reitz             37  139   15   35   5   0   4   24   1   0    5   16  .252
Dane Iorg             11   17    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .235
Garry Templeton       37  160   18   37   8   1   0    7   4   1    2   24  .231
Jim Dwyer             19   32    4    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .219
Jerry Morales         36  140   16   30   6   2   2   17   3   1   13   15  .214
Tony Scott            24   72   11   15   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   13  .208
Gary Sutherland        9    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Jerry Mumphrey        26   74    7   14   2   0   0    7   1   1    7    9  .189
Steve Swisher          6   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .100

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (STL)      160
  B. Russell (LA)         153
  P. Rose (CIN)           150
  K. Griffey (CIN)        148
  G. Foster (CIN)         145
  S. Garvey (LA)          145
  K. Hernandez (STL)      142
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        141
  J. Morales (STL)        140
  K. Reitz (STL)          139

Runs Scored:

  D. Lopes (LA)            29
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         29
  R. Smith (LA)            27
  J. Morgan (CIN)          26
  D. Driessen (CIN)        24
  O. Moreno (PIT)          24
  P. Rose (CIN)            24
  A. Dawson (MON)          23
  G. Foster (CIN)          23
  K. Griffey (CIN)         23

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         47
  G. Foster (CIN)          46
  P. Rose (CIN)            46
  K. Hernandez (STL)       45
  R. Smith (LA)            44
  B. Russell (LA)          43
  B. Almon (SD)            42
  T. Simmons (STL)         42
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       41
  D. Cash (MON)            41

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         15
  K. Hernandez (STL)       13
  L. Parrish (MON)         12
  P. Rose (CIN)            12
  R. Smith (LA)            12
  A. Howe (HOU)            11
  J. Morgan (CIN)          11
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       10
  J. Clark (SF)            10
  K. Griffey (CIN)         10

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            9
  D. Kingman (CHI)          8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          7
  R. Smith (LA)             7
  G. Carter (MON)           6
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6

RBI:

  R. Smith (LA)            30
  J. Morgan (CIN)          28
  R. Monday (LA)           27
  W. McCovey (SF)          26
  R. Cey (LA)              25
  G. Carter (MON)          24
  G. Foster (CIN)          24
  S. Garvey (LA)           24
  K. Reitz (STL)           24
  D. Driessen (CIN)        23

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          20
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          14
  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  G. Richards (SD)         11
  F. Taveras (PIT)         10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  G. Maddox (PHI)           8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8

Caught Stealing:

  F. Taveras (PIT)          7
  L. Randle (NY)            6
  G. Richards (SD)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  J. Royster (ATL)          4
  D. Winfield (SD)          4
  B. Boisclair (NY)         3
  A. Dawson (MON)           3

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           31
  D. Lopes (LA)            26
  J. Morgan (CIN)          26
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       24
  D. Evans (SF)            24
  G. Tenace (SD)           24
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        23
  O. Moreno (PIT)          23
  R. Cey (LA)              22
  D. Driessen (CIN)        22

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          38
  D. Kingman (CHI)         33
  A. Dawson (MON)          31
  W. Montanez (NY)         29
  D. Murphy (ATL)          29
  J. Bench (CIN)           28
  S. Henderson (NY)        27
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        26
  T. Perez (MON)           26
  R. Smith (LA)            25

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