Monday May 22, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 22, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1349  211   382   75    4   38   199   30   11  165   191  .283
Cincinnati      1427  210   392   83   12   40   193   43   17  169   249  .275
Philadelphia    1191  174   319   57    6   30   167   31   16  151   198  .268
Houston         1218  146   324   53    8   25   140   35   11  111   150  .266
Montreal        1297  153   328   61    9   24   140   17    8  126   220  .253
San Diego       1302  133   327   47   11   19   117   36   24  134   206  .251
St. Louis       1368  151   338   70    6   20   143   20    9  106   172  .247
San Francisco   1249  143   308   51   12   27   136   21   13  128   205  .247
Pittsburgh      1271  155   313   43   14   26   142   57   22  120   216  .246
Chicago         1242  143   304   45   14   21   134   13   14  116   184  .245
Atlanta         1201  107   286   42    7   16    96   28   18  117   186  .238
New York        1356  146   317   55   10   18   139   24   24  163   228  .234

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     37  123   15   43  11   0   3   21   0   1   27   21  .350
Rick Monday (LA)         35  121   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   19   25  .347
Ken Griffey (CIN)        41  173   27   58  12   3   3   14   8   2   13   23  .335
Reggie Smith (LA)        38  145   29   48  12   1   7   30   3   1   22   28  .331
Dusty Baker (LA)         36  125   16   41   7   0   2   17   2   0   12   21  .328
George Foster (CIN)      41  168   28   55   6   4   7   31   3   1   15   42  .327
Terry Puhl (HOU)         34  140   22   45   6   2   2    9   6   3   13   12  .321
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    39  144   19   46  11   1   2   18   5   4   13   25  .319
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        40  158   22   50  11   2   4   19   4   3   18   24  .317
Bill Madlock (SF)        28  105   16   33   4   0   4   14   3   0   15   15  .314

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        37  123   15   43  11   0   3   21   0   1   27   21  .350
Tom Paciorek           5    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Darrel Chaney         21   47    6   15   3   0   1    6   1   0    9    7  .319
Gary Matthews         10   31    7    9   0   0   5    8   0   0    4    4  .290
Brian Asselstine      31   81    8   23   3   2   1    6   1   1   10   12  .284
Jerry Royster         37  140   22   39   5   3   1    9  12   5   16   15  .279
Rowland Office        32   87    8   21   1   0   2    5   1   2    6   13  .241
Biff Pocoroba         35  114    3   27   4   0   0    9   0   1    7    7  .237
Barry Bonnell         30   83    6   19   4   0   0    3   4   2    6    9  .229
Rod Gilbreath         30   91    5   20   6   1   0    6   2   2    5   16  .220
Joe Nolan             18   23    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .217
Dale Murphy           35  122   12   26   2   1   2   12   5   1   10   30  .213
Cito Gaston           21   51    1    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .177
Bob Beall             24   31    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    5    6  .129
Pat Rockett           34   86    3   11   0   0   0    3   1   2    7   10  .128

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Wallis            17   37    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   1    2    9  .324
Bill Buckner          27  102   14   33   6   0   1   11   3   2    6    5  .324
Greg Gross            25   72    5   23   2   4   1   12   0   0    4    4  .319
Manny Trillo          33  124    7   34   6   1   0   15   0   2   12   17  .274
Gene Clines           23   55   12   15   1   0   0    5   2   2    5    5  .273
Ivan DeJesus          36  146   26   39   5   2   1    7   2   4   18   18  .267
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Bobby Murcer          36  133   17   35   5   4   2   18   2   1   20   20  .263
Larry Biittner        21   46    7   12   2   1   2   10   0   1    7    6  .261
Dave Kingman          30  109   14   27   5   0   9   24   2   1    9   36  .248
Dave Rader            27   84    9   20   5   1   1    8   1   0    7    7  .238
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       33  119   11   18   3   0   0    4   0   0   13   18  .151
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
Ken Griffey           41  173   27   58  12   3   3   14   8   2   13   23  .335
Ray Knight            17    9    3    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    0  .333
George Foster         41  168   28   55   6   4   7   31   3   1   15   42  .327
Dave Concepcion       39  144   19   46  11   1   2   18   5   4   13   25  .319
Dan Driessen          39  145   25   45  10   1   7   27   9   2   23   19  .310
Pete Rose             40  172   29   51  13   2   3   16   4   0   16    9  .297
Cesar Geronimo        38  113   10   31   8   1   2   14   3   1   16   23  .274
Joe Morgan            37  131   28   34  11   0   7   31   8   4   29   14  .260
Johnny Bench          40  153   19   35   7   0   7   21   1   1   15   35  .229
Dave Collins          27   31    5    7   0   0   0    4   1   2    7    7  .226
Don Werner            14   23    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    4    5  .217
Junior Kennedy        26   28    4    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    7  .214
Mike Lum              16   21    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .191
Rick Auerbach         15   17    4    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    3  .177
Mike Grace             5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Ken Henderson          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Alou            10   12    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Julio Gonzalez         8   12    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Terry Puhl            34  140   22   45   6   2   2    9   6   3   13   12  .321
Bob Watson            36  128   14   38   8   1   5   28   0   0   15   15  .297
Jose Cruz             34  133   16   39   7   1   1   16   5   1   11   18  .293
Cesar Cedeno          33  126   21   36   7   1   5   15  15   2   11   15  .286
Art Howe              36  127   17   36  13   0   3   11   1   1   12    4  .284
Denny Walling         19   25    4    7   0   0   1    6   1   0    0    3  .280
Wilbur Howard         21   36    3   10   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    2  .278
Enos Cabell           36  150   14   41   3   1   2   22   4   3    9   18  .273
Roger Metzger         32   96    9   23   4   1   0    6   0   0   10    6  .240
Joe Ferguson          31  101   15   24   3   0   5   16   0   0   19   16  .238
Jimmy Sexton          17   21    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    4  .191
Ed Herrmann           11   25    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .120
Dave Bergman          16    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Mota            10    8    0    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .375
Jerry Grote           10   22    2    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .364
Rick Monday           35  121   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   19   25  .347
Billy North            4   12    4    4   1   0   0    1   1   1    4    2  .333
Reggie Smith          38  145   29   48  12   1   7   30   3   1   22   28  .331
Dusty Baker           36  125   16   41   7   0   2   17   2   0   12   21  .328
Lee Lacy              22   46   11   15   4   0   4    9   2   1    5    5  .326
Davey Lopes           37  138   30   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   15  .297
Vic Davalillo         20   25    4    7   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    1  .280
Ron Cey               37  142   22   39   6   0   4   26   1   0   24   24  .275
Johnny Oates           8   11    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .273
Bill Russell          39  170   22   46   9   1   1   16   3   2    8   10  .271
Steve Garvey          39  161   23   41   6   1   5   25   4   2   10   17  .255
Steve Yeager          33  103   10   23   5   0   0   12   0   0   18   16  .223
Glenn Burke           16   19    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .211
Ted Martinez          13   10    5    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    4  .200

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            19    3    3    2   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .667
Dave Cash             38  150   23   46  10   2   1    8   4   1   15    8  .307
Ellis Valentine       34  133   16   38   6   0   4   15   2   1    6   17  .286
Chris Speier          37  124   11   35   5   1   2   14   0   0   18   17  .282
Warren Cromartie      35  134   18   37   8   1   1   11   1   1   12   15  .276
Larry Parrish         36  133   14   35  12   1   2   19   0   1    7   27  .263
Del Unser             32   47    4   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    8    8  .255
Andre Dawson          38  151   24   38   1   3   6   21   6   3   10   38  .252
Bob Reece              4    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Tony Perez            37  133   10   32   8   0   2   15   0   0   16   29  .241
Gary Carter           38  133   20   30   6   0   6   24   2   1   24   17  .226
Jerry White           18   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .200
Wayne Garrett         20   29    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .172
Stan Papi             10   12    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    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          40  158   22   50  11   2   4   19   4   3   18   24  .317
Bobby Valentine       26   76   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .290
Steve Henderson       40  150   19   40   5   1   5   27   2   2   14   29  .267
Joel Youngblood       21   47    6   12   4   1   0    4   0   0    3    8  .255
Elliott Maddox        19   49    5   12   3   1   0    8   1   1   12    6  .245
John Stearns          37  124    8   30   5   0   2   12   7   2   19   15  .242
Willie Montanez       39  151   18   35   9   0   2   20   1   1   14   30  .232
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Doug Flynn            40  146    8   33   1   1   0    9   0   1    8   12  .226
Len Randle            39  129   19   29   6   4   0    6   6   7   34   20  .225
Tom Grieve            15   28    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .214
Bruce Boisclair       31   74   10   15   2   0   1    6   1   3   12   14  .203
Ed Kranepool          18   29    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .172
Sergio Ferrer         16    6    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .167
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
Tim McCarver          14   32    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    6  .406
Jose Cardenal         12   25    3    9   4   0   0    6   0   1    2    2  .360
Larry Bowa            33  144   21   45   6   1   0    8   7   2    8   13  .313
Bake McBride          27  113   15   33   5   1   1    9   5   1   10   16  .292
Mike Schmidt          34  139   31   40   8   0   8   26   4   3   18   27  .288
Barry Foote            7    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Jerry Martin          27   46    8   13   2   0   2   11   1   1    6    6  .283
Richie Hebner         31   93   13   25   5   1   3   16   2   1   13   15  .269
Greg Luzinski         35  117   22   31   8   0   8   21   2   0   25   28  .265
Garry Maddox          34  122   11   32   6   0   0   14   9   2   13   18  .262
Bob Boone             31   89   16   23   2   2   4   21   0   2   17    6  .258
Bud Harrelson         18   30    2    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    6  .233
Jay Johnstone         23   36    3    8   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    6  .222
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         14   30    4    4   0   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .133

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen      17   38    2   12   0   1   1    2   0   1    1    1  .316
Dave Parker           38  147   22   45   4   2   7   24   6   3   14   25  .306
Rennie Stennett       34  125   17   35   4   1   2   17   0   0    3    9  .280
Steve Brye            23   47    8   13   3   0   1    3   1   0    5    4  .277
Frank Taveras         37  145   13   40   6   1   0    9  12   7    6   17  .276
Duffy Dyer            15   45    2   12   4   1   0    6   1   0    5    6  .267
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           36  131   14   32   4   4   2   19   4   5   10   22  .244
Willie Stargell       33   91   11   21   2   0   6   17   2   0   15   23  .231
Ed Ott                28   87   11   20   2   1   2    9   0   0    7    9  .230
Omar Moreno           38  131   27   30   5   2   1    8  21   3   25   29  .229
John Milner           21   43    4    8   3   0   0    5   1   0    8    5  .186
Fernando Gonzalez      8   17    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .177
Jim Fregosi           14   15    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    7  .133

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chuck Baker           18   25    7    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .360
Don Reynolds          12   15    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Bill Almon            39  144   18   45   9   0   0    9   6   1   11   25  .313
Dave Winfield         37  145   13   42   5   1   6   22   5   4    8   20  .290
Gene Richards         37  143   21   40   5   3   2   13  11   6   20   18  .280
Ozzie Smith           39  142   10   36   3   3   0   14   7   3    5   10  .254
Derrel Thomas         39  124    9   31   5   0   0    6   3   3   10   11  .250
Rick Sweet            29   70    5   17   1   0   1    3   0   3   14   13  .243
George Hendrick       35  108    9   26   3   0   3    8   1   1   11   16  .241
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          26   40    4    9   3   0   2    5   0   0    2    8  .225
Gene Tenace           33   90   15   19   5   2   3   11   3   1   27   22  .211
Oscar Gamble          35  109   12   23   2   1   2   13   0   1   16   16  .211
Tucker Ashford         5    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             23   56    8   20   2   0   2   13   1   0    2    7  .357
Bill Madlock          28  105   16   33   4   0   4   14   3   0   15   15  .314
Jack Clark            37  143   25   44  11   4   5   18   3   1   14   23  .308
Terry Whitfield       36  131   23   39   4   2   4    8   2   4    8   20  .298
Mike Sadek            11   36    4   10   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .278
Larry Herndon         35  130   13   36   5   2   0   10   4   4   15   19  .277
Darrell Evans         37  129   17   34   7   0   4   15   1   1   26   19  .264
Rob Andrews           17   43    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .233
Johnnie Lemaster      34  114    6   23   3   1   0    4   3   1    6   23  .202
Willie McCovey        33  107    6   21   5   2   3   27   0   0   11   13  .196
Marc Hill             29   99    5   19   3   0   2    8   1   2   13   12  .192
Tom Heintzelman       13   17    2    3   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    3  .177
Skip James            26   16    4    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .125
Vic Harris            17   31    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .032

 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           40  141   21   44  16   0   4   20   0   0   22    7  .312
Keith Hernandez       40  153   20   46  13   0   3   21   2   2   22   15  .301
Mike Tyson            38  122   10   34   6   0   3   15   1   0    7   13  .279
Lou Brock             30  107   13   28   4   0   0    4   7   2   10   12  .262
Roger Freed           15   27    2    7   3   0   2   12   0   0    1    4  .259
Ken Reitz             40  150   16   38   6   0   4   24   1   0    5   16  .253
Garry Templeton       40  172   18   40   8   1   0    8   4   1    2   26  .233
Jerry Morales         39  152   17   33   6   2   3   18   3   1   13   16  .217
Tony Scott            26   74   11   16   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .216
Jim Dwyer             21   37    5    8   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .216
Dane Iorg             13   25    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .200
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

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

At Bats:

  K. Griffey (CIN)        173
  P. Rose (CIN)           172
  G. Templeton (STL)      172
  B. Russell (LA)         170
  G. Foster (CIN)         168
  S. Garvey (LA)          161
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        158
  J. Bench (CIN)          153
  K. Hernandez (STL)      153
  J. Morales (STL)        152

Runs Scored:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         31
  D. Lopes (LA)            30
  P. Rose (CIN)            29
  R. Smith (LA)            29
  G. Foster (CIN)          28
  J. Morgan (CIN)          28
  K. Griffey (CIN)         27
  O. Moreno (PIT)          27
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         26
  J. Clark (SF)            25

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         58
  G. Foster (CIN)          55
  P. Rose (CIN)            51
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         50
  R. Smith (LA)            48
  D. Cash (MON)            46
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      46
  K. Hernandez (STL)       46
  B. Russell (LA)          46
  B. Almon (SD)            45

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         16
  K. Hernandez (STL)       13
  A. Howe (HOU)            13
  P. Rose (CIN)            13
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12
  L. Parrish (MON)         12
  R. Smith (LA)            12
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       11
  J. Clark (SF)            11
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      11

Triples:

  J. Clark (SF)             4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  G. Gross (CHI)            4
  B. Murcer (CHI)           4
  L. Randle (NY)            4
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  K. Griffey (CIN)          3
  G. Richards (SD)          3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)           11
  D. Kingman (CHI)          9
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  G. Foster (CIN)           7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  D. Parker (PIT)           7
  R. Smith (LA)             7

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           33
  G. Foster (CIN)          31
  J. Morgan (CIN)          31
  R. Smith (LA)            30
  B. Watson (HOU)          28
  D. Driessen (CIN)        27
  S. Henderson (NY)        27
  W. McCovey (SF)          27
  R. Cey (LA)              26
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         26

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          21
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          15
  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  F. Taveras (PIT)         12
  G. Richards (SD)         11
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  G. Maddox (PHI)           9
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            7
  F. Taveras (PIT)          7
  G. Richards (SD)          6
  P. Garner (PIT)           5
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  L. Herndon (SF)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  T. Whitfield (SF)         4

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           34
  J. Morgan (CIN)          29
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       27
  G. Tenace (SD)           27
  D. Evans (SF)            26
  D. Lopes (LA)            26
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        25
  O. Moreno (PIT)          25
  G. Carter (MON)          24
  R. Cey (LA)              24

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          42
  A. Dawson (MON)          38
  D. Kingman (CHI)         36
  J. Bench (CIN)           35
  W. Montanez (NY)         30
  D. Murphy (ATL)          30
  S. Henderson (NY)        29
  O. Moreno (PIT)          29
  T. Perez (MON)           29
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        28


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report