Friday May 19, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 19, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1245  196   355   68    4   35   187   27    9  150   180  .285
Cincinnati      1295  187   351   76    9   37   172   39   15  152   231  .271
Philadelphia    1102  160   291   53    5   29   154   28   16  146   188  .264
Montreal        1206  148   312   57    9   24   135   16    8  115   203  .259
Houston         1143  129   293   50    8   23   123   32   11  104   144  .256
St. Louis       1302  147   324   69    6   18   139   20    8  106   165  .249
San Diego       1162  119   288   41   11   19   105   32   22  120   185  .248
San Francisco   1179  140   289   48   12   25   133   20   12  126   196  .245
Pittsburgh      1169  140   286   41   13   22   127   55   20  111   197  .245
Atlanta         1107  101   269   40    5   15    91   28   18  105   169  .243
Chicago         1176  130   285   41   11   19   122   12   14  108   174  .242
New York        1277  136   295   48   10   16   130   23   23  160   220  .231

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     34  113   15   43  11   0   3   21   0   1   25   17  .381
Rick Monday (LA)         34  118   22   40   9   0  11   33   1   1   19   24  .339
Reggie Smith (LA)        35  133   27   45  12   1   7   30   3   1   20   26  .338
George Foster (CIN)      37  152   25   50   6   3   6   26   2   1   13   38  .329
Ken Griffey (CIN)        37  156   24   51  11   2   2   12   8   2   11   22  .327
Dusty Baker (LA)         33  114   16   37   6   0   2   16   2   0   11   20  .325
Bill Almon (SD)          35  130   16   42   8   0   0    9   6   1   10   25  .323
Terry Puhl (HOU)         32  133   18   42   5   2   2    9   5   3   10   12  .316
Ted Simmons (STL)        38  133   21   42  15   0   4   19   0   0   22    7  .316
Keith Hernandez (STL)    38  145   20   45  13   0   3   21   2   2   22   14  .310

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        34  113   15   43  11   0   3   21   0   1   25   17  .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
Gary Matthews          7   25    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    4  .320
Jerry Royster         34  129   21   38   5   2   1    7  12   5   15   13  .295
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         32  104    3   25   4   0   0    9   0   1    6    6  .240
Barry Bonnell         28   82    6   19   4   0   0    3   4   2    6    9  .232
Joe Nolan             17   22    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .227
Dale Murphy           32  113   11   24   2   1   2   12   5   1   10   29  .212
Rod Gilbreath         27   82    4   17   6   1   0    6   2   2    3   12  .207
Cito Gaston           21   51    1    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .177
Bob Beall             23   28    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    4    6  .143
Pat Rockett           33   85    3   11   0   0   0    3   1   2    6   10  .129

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner          25   93   12   32   6   0   1   11   2   2    6    5  .344
Joe Wallis            17   37    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   1    2    9  .324
Greg Gross            23   63    5   20   1   3   1   11   0   0    4    2  .318
Manny Trillo          31  117    6   32   6   1   0   14   0   2   11   14  .274
Bobby Murcer          34  128   17   35   5   4   2   18   2   1   18   20  .273
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Ivan DeJesus          34  139   23   36   4   1   1    6   2   4   17   17  .259
Gene Clines           22   53   11   13   1   0   0    5   2   2    5    5  .245
Dave Kingman          28  102   13   25   5   0   8   21   2   1    8   34  .245
Larry Biittner        20   45    6   11   1   1   2    8   0   1    7    6  .244
Dave Rader            25   77    7   17   4   0   0    5   1   0    6    7  .221
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       31  112    9   16   3   0   0    4   0   0   12   18  .143
Rudy Meoli            15    9    2    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .111

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Foster         37  152   25   50   6   3   6   26   2   1   13   38  .329
Ken Griffey           37  156   24   51  11   2   2   12   8   2   11   22  .327
Dan Driessen          36  133   24   41   9   1   7   23   9   1   22   18  .308
Dave Concepcion       36  131   17   39   8   0   2   16   4   4   13   24  .298
Pete Rose             36  158   24   46  12   2   3   16   3   0   13    7  .291
Cesar Geronimo        35  110    9   30   7   1   2   13   3   1   16   23  .273
Joe Morgan            35  126   27   33  11   0   7   29   8   3   27   14  .262
Don Werner            11   20    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    3    4  .250
Johnny Bench          36  137   19   33   7   0   7   20   1   1   14   30  .241
Dave Collins          23   22    4    5   0   0   0    4   0   2    4    6  .227
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
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            32  133   18   42   5   2   2    9   5   3   10   12  .316
Bob Watson            34  121   13   35   8   1   5   26   0   0   15   15  .289
Cesar Cedeno          33  126   21   36   7   1   5   15  15   2   11   15  .286
Wilbur Howard         21   36    3   10   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    2  .278
Art Howe              34  120   16   33  11   0   3    9   1   1   12    3  .275
Jose Cruz             32  123   12   33   7   1   0   10   4   1   11   15  .268
Enos Cabell           34  140   12   37   3   1   2   21   4   3    9   17  .264
Roger Metzger         30   89    9   22   4   1   0    6   0   0    8    6  .247
Joe Ferguson          29   93   15   20   3   0   5   14   0   0   18   15  .215
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
Denny Walling         17   16    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .188
Ed Herrmann           10   24    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .125
Dave Bergman          15    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
Rick Monday           34  118   22   40   9   0  11   33   1   1   19   24  .339
Reggie Smith          35  133   27   45  12   1   7   30   3   1   20   26  .338
Dusty Baker           33  114   16   37   6   0   2   16   2   0   11   20  .325
Davey Lopes           35  135   29   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   15  .304
Ron Cey               34  131   21   38   6   0   3   25   1   0   22   23  .290
Lee Lacy              19   38    8   11   2   0   3    7   1   1    2    4  .290
Manny Mota             8    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Bill Russell          36  157   21   43   8   1   1   14   3   1    7   10  .274
Vic Davalillo         17   23    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    1  .261
Steve Garvey          36  149   21   38   6   1   4   24   3   2    9   16  .255
Steve Yeager          30   97    9   23   5   0   0   12   0   0   14   15  .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             35  139   21   42   9   2   1    8   4   1   14    8  .302
Warren Cromartie      32  122   18   36   8   1   1   10   0   1   12   13  .295
Chris Speier          34  114   11   33   5   1   2   13   0   0   17   17  .290
Ellis Valentine       31  121   16   34   4   0   4   13   2   1    6   16  .281
Larry Parrish         34  126   14   35  12   1   2   19   0   1    6   24  .278
Andre Dawson          35  139   24   38   1   3   6   21   6   3   10   34  .273
Del Unser             30   47    4   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    7    8  .255
Bob Reece              4    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Gary Carter           35  125   18   29   6   0   6   24   2   1   20   16  .232
Tony Perez            34  124   10   28   7   0   2   14   0   0   14   27  .226
Jerry White           17    9    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .222
Wayne Garrett         19   26    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .192
Stan Papi              9   12    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
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
Lee Mazzilli          38  148   18   44  10   2   4   17   4   3   18   23  .297
Bobby Valentine       25   75   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .293
Joel Youngblood       19   39    6   11   4   1   0    3   0   0    3    6  .282
Steve Henderson       38  141   17   37   3   1   4   24   2   2   13   28  .262
Elliott Maddox        17   45    4   11   2   1   0    8   1   1   11    6  .244
Doug Flynn            38  137    8   33   1   1   0    9   0   1    8   11  .241
Willie Montanez       37  144   17   34   8   0   2   18   1   1   13   29  .236
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
John Stearns          35  116    7   26   5   0   1   11   6   1   19   15  .224
Len Randle            37  119   18   26   5   4   0    6   6   7   34   20  .219
Bruce Boisclair       29   71   10   15   2   0   1    6   1   3   12   14  .211
Tom Grieve            14   24    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    5  .208
Sergio Ferrer         15    5    2    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
Bake McBride          25  105   13   31   5   0   1    9   5   1   10   15  .295
Larry Bowa            31  133   18   39   5   1   0    7   6   2    8   13  .293
Mike Schmidt          32  128   30   37   8   0   7   23   4   3   18   26  .289
Bud Harrelson         16   21    2    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    4  .286
Barry Foote            7    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Richie Hebner         29   89   13   25   5   1   3   16   2   1   13   14  .281
Garry Maddox          32  113    9   30   6   0   0   13   8   2   12   17  .266
Bob Boone             29   83   16   22   1   2   4   18   0   2   17    6  .265
Greg Luzinski         33  111   21   29   8   0   8   20   2   0   23   28  .261
Jerry Martin          25   40    6   10   2   0   2   11   0   1    5    5  .250
Jay Johnstone         21   34    3    8   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    5  .235
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
Manny Sanguillen      16   35    2   12   0   1   1    2   0   1    1    1  .343
Dave Parker           35  136   20   41   4   2   7   24   6   2   12   24  .302
Rennie Stennett       31  112   15   33   4   1   1   13   0   0    3    8  .295
Steve Brye            22   43    7   12   2   0   1    2   1   0    5    4  .279
Frank Taveras         34  133   12   36   6   1   0    7  10   7    4   15  .271
Bill Robinson         26   90   16   23   4   1   3   17   6   2   11   23  .256
Mario Mendoza         17   20    3    5   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    2  .250
Phil Garner           33  120   13   29   4   4   2   19   4   4    9   19  .242
Omar Moreno           35  119   25   28   5   1   0    7  21   3   24   24  .235
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
Duffy Dyer            14   42    1    9   4   1   0    5   1   0    4    6  .214
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
John Milner           19   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          10   11    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .455
Chuck Baker           15   22    6    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .409
Bill Almon            35  130   16   42   8   0   0    9   6   1   10   25  .323
Gene Richards         33  126   20   36   4   3   2   13  11   5   18   16  .286
Ozzie Smith           35  125   10   34   3   3   0   11   7   3    4    8  .272
Dave Winfield         34  132   12   35   5   1   6   21   2   4    8   18  .265
Rick Sweet            25   61    4   15   0   0   1    3   0   3   10   11  .246
Bob Davis             17   35    3    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
Jerry Turner          25   40    4    9   3   0   2    5   0   0    1    8  .225
Derrel Thomas         35  106    7   23   4   0   0    3   3   2   10    8  .217
George Hendrick       31   98    7   21   2   0   3    6   1   1   10   15  .214
Oscar Gamble          32  103   12   22   2   1   2   13   0   1   15   14  .214
Gene Tenace           29   76   13   16   5   2   3   10   2   1   24   19  .211
Tucker Ashford         4    3    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
Bill Madlock          26   97   15   29   4   0   4   14   3   0   14   14  .299
Jack Clark            35  134   24   40  11   4   4   17   2   1   14   22  .299
Terry Whitfield       34  127   23   37   3   2   4    8   2   4    8   20  .291
Mike Sadek            11   36    4   10   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .278
Larry Herndon         33  123   13   34   5   2   0   10   4   3   15   19  .276
Darrell Evans         35  121   16   32   7   0   3   14   1   1   26   17  .265
Rob Andrews           17   43    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .233
Willie McCovey        31  100    6   21   5   2   3   26   0   0   10   12  .210
Tom Heintzelman       11   15    2    3   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    3  .200
Johnnie Lemaster      33  110    6   21   2   1   0    4   3   1    6   23  .191
Marc Hill             27   91    5   17   2   0   2    8   1   2   13   11  .187
Skip James            25   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           38  133   21   42  15   0   4   19   0   0   22    7  .316
Keith Hernandez       38  145   20   45  13   0   3   21   2   2   22   14  .310
Mike Tyson            36  116    8   32   6   0   2   14   1   0    7   13  .276
Lou Brock             28  102   13   27   4   0   0    4   7   1   10   12  .265
Roger Freed           15   27    2    7   3   0   2   12   0   0    1    4  .259
Ken Reitz             38  143   16   37   6   0   4   24   1   0    5   16  .259
Dane Iorg             11   17    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .235
Garry Templeton       38  164   18   37   8   1   0    7   4   1    2   24  .226
Jerry Morales         37  144   16   32   6   2   2   17   3   1   13   15  .222
Tony Scott            25   73   11   16   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   13  .219
Jim Dwyer             19   32    4    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .219
Jerry Mumphrey        27   77    7   14   2   0   0    8   1   1    8    9  .182
Gary Sutherland       10    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
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)      164
  P. Rose (CIN)           158
  B. Russell (LA)         157
  K. Griffey (CIN)        156
  G. Foster (CIN)         152
  S. Garvey (LA)          149
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        148
  K. Hernandez (STL)      145
  W. Montanez (NY)        144
  J. Morales (STL)        144

Runs Scored:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         30
  D. Lopes (LA)            29
  J. Morgan (CIN)          27
  R. Smith (LA)            27
  G. Foster (CIN)          25
  O. Moreno (PIT)          25
  J. Clark (SF)            24
  A. Dawson (MON)          24
  D. Driessen (CIN)        24
  K. Griffey (CIN)         24

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         51
  G. Foster (CIN)          50
  P. Rose (CIN)            46
  K. Hernandez (STL)       45
  R. Smith (LA)            45
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         44
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       43
  B. Russell (LA)          43
  B. Almon (SD)            42
  D. Cash (MON)            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
  J. Clark (SF)            11
  K. Griffey (CIN)         11
  A. Howe (HOU)            11
  J. Morgan (CIN)          11

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)           11
  D. Kingman (CHI)          8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  D. Parker (PIT)           7
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          7
  R. Smith (LA)             7
  G. Carter (MON)           6

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           33
  R. Smith (LA)            30
  J. Morgan (CIN)          29
  G. Foster (CIN)          26
  W. McCovey (SF)          26
  B. Watson (HOU)          26
  R. Cey (LA)              25
  G. Carter (MON)          24
  S. Garvey (LA)           24
  S. Henderson (NY)        24

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          21
  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:

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

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           34
  J. Morgan (CIN)          27
  D. Evans (SF)            26
  D. Lopes (LA)            26
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       25
  O. Moreno (PIT)          24
  G. Tenace (SD)           24
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        23
  R. Cey (LA)              22
  D. Driessen (CIN)        22

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          38
  A. Dawson (MON)          34
  D. Kingman (CHI)         34
  J. Bench (CIN)           30
  W. Montanez (NY)         29
  D. Murphy (ATL)          29
  S. Henderson (NY)        28
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        28
  T. Perez (MON)           27
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         26


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