Thursday May 18, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 18, 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      1259  183   341   75    9   35   168   39   15  152   227  .271
Philadelphia    1070  157   284   53    5   28   151   27   16  145   183  .265
Montreal        1171  145   304   56    9   23   133   16    8  114   199  .260
Houston         1112  123   282   49    7   23   117   31    9  100   140  .254
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
Atlanta         1073  101   262   40    5   15    91   27   18  104   163  .244
Pittsburgh      1134  135   276   41   13   19   122   53   20  108   191  .243
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        1241  132   281   45   10   16   126   23   22  157   215  .226

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     33  109   15   43  11   0   3   21   0   1   25   17  .395
Reggie Smith (LA)        34  129   27   44  12   1   7   30   3   1   20   25  .341
Ken Griffey (CIN)        36  152   24   51  11   2   2   12   8   2   11   22  .336
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
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
Dan Driessen (CIN)       35  129   24   41   9   1   7   23   9   1   22   18  .318
George Foster (CIN)      36  148   23   47   6   3   5   25   2   1   13   38  .318
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        33  109   15   43  11   0   3   21   0   1   25   17  .395
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         18   37    5   12   3   0   1    6   1   0    8    7  .324
Jerry Royster         33  125   21   37   5   2   1    7  12   5   15   12  .296
Brian Asselstine      28   70    8   19   2   1   1    6   1   1    8   10  .271
Rowland Office        29   81    8   21   1   0   2    5   1   2    6   11  .259
Biff Pocoroba         31  100    3   24   4   0   0    9   0   1    6    6  .240
Barry Bonnell         27   78    6   18   4   0   0    3   3   2    6    8  .231
Joe Nolan             17   22    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .227
Rod Gilbreath         26   78    4   16   6   1   0    6   2   2    3   11  .205
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             22   27    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    4    6  .148
Pat Rockett           32   82    3   11   0   0   0    3   1   2    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
Ken Griffey           36  152   24   51  11   2   2   12   8   2   11   22  .336
Dan Driessen          35  129   24   41   9   1   7   23   9   1   22   18  .318
George Foster         36  148   23   47   6   3   5   25   2   1   13   38  .318
Pete Rose             35  154   24   46  12   2   3   16   3   0   13    6  .299
Dave Concepcion       35  127   17   37   8   0   2   15   4   4   13   23  .291
Cesar Geronimo        34  109    9   30   7   1   2   13   3   1   16   23  .275
Joe Morgan            34  122   26   32  11   0   6   28   8   3   27   13  .262
Don Werner            11   20    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    3    4  .250
Johnny Bench          35  133   18   31   6   0   7   20   1   1   14   30  .233
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          22   19    4    3   0   0   0    3   0   2    4    6  .158
Ray Knight            14    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .143
Mike Lum              13   17    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .059
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            31  129   16   40   4   2   2    8   5   3   10   12  .310
Bob Watson            33  117   13   34   8   0   5   24   0   0   15   14  .291
Cesar Cedeno          32  125   21   36   7   1   5   15  15   2   11   15  .288
Art Howe              33  117   15   32  11   0   3    9   0   1   11    3  .274
Jose Cruz             31  119   11   32   7   1   0   10   4   1   11   15  .269
Wilbur Howard         20   34    3    9   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .265
Roger Metzger         29   85    9   21   4   1   0    6   0   0    8    6  .247
Enos Cabell           33  136   11   33   3   1   2   18   4   1    9   17  .243
Joe Ferguson          28   92   14   20   3   0   5   14   0   0   15   15  .217
Jimmy Sexton          16   20    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    4  .200
Denny Walling         16   15    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .200
Julio Gonzalez         7   10    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Ed Herrmann           10   24    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .125
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             34  135   21   41   9   2   1    8   4   1   14    8  .304
Chris Speier          33  110   11   32   5   1   2   13   0   0   17   16  .291
Ellis Valentine       30  117   16   34   4   0   4   13   2   1    6   15  .291
Andre Dawson          34  135   24   38   1   3   6   21   6   3   10   33  .282
Larry Parrish         33  125   14   35  12   1   2   19   0   1    6   24  .280
Warren Cromartie      31  118   17   33   7   1   1    9   0   1   12   13  .280
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           34  121   18   29   6   0   6   24   2   1   20   16  .240
Jerry White           16    9    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .222
Tony Perez            33  120    9   26   7   0   1   13   0   0   14   26  .217
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       24   73   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   10  .301
Lee Mazzilli          37  144   18   42   9   2   4   15   4   3   18   23  .292
Steve Henderson       37  137   17   35   3   1   4   24   2   2   12   27  .256
Elliott Maddox        16   44    4   11   2   1   0    8   1   1   11    6  .250
Joel Youngblood       18   36    5    9   3   1   0    3   0   0    3    6  .250
Doug Flynn            37  134    8   32   1   1   0    9   0   1    7   10  .239
Tom Grieve            13   21    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .238
John Stearns          34  112    7   26   5   0   1   11   6   1   19   14  .232
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Willie Montanez       36  139   16   31   8   0   2   16   1   1   13   29  .223
Len Randle            36  114   18   23   5   4   0    6   6   6   34   19  .202
Bruce Boisclair       28   70    9   14   1   0   1    6   1   3   12   14  .200
Sergio Ferrer         14    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .200
Ed Kranepool          17   28    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    2  .179
Tim Foli              17   64    7    9   2   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .141
Ron Hodges             9   16    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .125

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jose Cardenal         10   21    2    8   4   0   0    6   0   1    2    2  .381
Tim McCarver          13   26    4    9   2   0   0    2   0   0   10    6  .346
Mike Schmidt          31  125   30   37   8   0   7   23   4   3   17   25  .296
Larry Bowa            30  129   18   37   5   1   0    5   5   2    8   13  .287
Barry Foote            7    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Bake McBride          24  102   13   29   5   0   1    9   5   1   10   15  .284
Bud Harrelson         15   18    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .278
Garry Maddox          31  109    9   30   6   0   0   13   8   2   12   17  .275
Richie Hebner         28   88   12   24   5   1   3   16   2   1   13   14  .273
Greg Luzinski         32  107   21   29   8   0   8   20   2   0   23   26  .271
Jay Johnstone         20   30    3    8   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    5  .267
Bob Boone             28   79   15   21   1   2   3   17   0   2   17    6  .266
Jerry Martin          25   40    6   10   2   0   2   11   0   1    5    5  .250
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jim Morrison          15   46    6    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    6    9  .174
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
  P. Rose (CIN)           154
  B. Russell (LA)         153
  K. Griffey (CIN)        152
  G. Foster (CIN)         148
  S. Garvey (LA)          145
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        144
  K. Hernandez (STL)      142
  J. Morales (STL)        140
  W. Montanez (NY)        139

Runs Scored:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         30
  D. Lopes (LA)            29
  R. Smith (LA)            27
  J. Morgan (CIN)          26
  A. Dawson (MON)          24
  D. Driessen (CIN)        24
  K. Griffey (CIN)         24
  O. Moreno (PIT)          24
  P. Rose (CIN)            24
  G. Foster (CIN)          23

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         51
  G. Foster (CIN)          47
  P. Rose (CIN)            46
  K. Hernandez (STL)       45
  R. Smith (LA)            44
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       43
  B. Russell (LA)          43
  B. Almon (SD)            42
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         42
  T. Simmons (STL)         42

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  J. Clark (SF)             4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  L. Randle (NY)            4
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  G. Foster (CIN)           3
  B. Murcer (CHI)           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. Foster (CIN)          25
  G. Carter (MON)          24
  S. Garvey (LA)           24
  S. Henderson (NY)        24
  K. Reitz (STL)           24

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          20
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          15
  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
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  D. Winfield (SD)          4
  B. Boisclair (NY)         3
  A. Dawson (MON)           3

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           34
  J. Morgan (CIN)          27
  D. Lopes (LA)            26
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       25
  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
  A. Dawson (MON)          33
  D. Kingman (CHI)         33
  J. Bench (CIN)           30
  W. Montanez (NY)         29
  D. Murphy (ATL)          29
  S. Henderson (NY)        27
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        26
  T. Perez (MON)           26
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         25

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