Thursday May 25, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 25, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1419  216   401   80    6   38   204   30   12  169   205  .283
Cincinnati      1494  219   410   88   12   42   202   44   17  181   259  .274
Philadelphia    1261  179   335   60    7   31   172   31   16  155   207  .266
Houston         1314  149   341   54    8   26   143   41   11  114   173  .260
San Diego       1371  145   346   48   11   21   128   38   24  141   219  .252
Montreal        1393  168   350   66    9   24   152   18   10  128   231  .251
San Francisco   1343  157   333   57   12   27   149   23   14  143   223  .248
Pittsburgh      1378  166   340   53   14   26   153   58   24  131   232  .247
Chicago         1310  154   323   47   19   23   144   13   15  123   193  .247
St. Louis       1463  156   360   74    6   20   148   20   10  111   179  .246
New York        1479  161   353   62   11   20   154   29   25  172   247  .239
Atlanta         1258  117   296   44    8   16   104   31   19  130   195  .235

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Monday (LA)         36  122   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   19   26  .344
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     39  129   16   44  11   1   3   22   0   1   29   22  .341
Terry Puhl (HOU)         37  152   22   51   6   2   2    9   8   3   13   14  .336
Reggie Smith (LA)        40  154   30   51  13   1   7   31   3   1   22   30  .331
Dusty Baker (LA)         38  133   16   44   7   0   2   20   2   0   12   23  .331
Ken Griffey (CIN)        43  176   27   58  12   3   3   14   8   2   13   23  .330
Dan Driessen (CIN)       41  151   27   49  11   1   7   28  10   2   25   20  .325
Jack Clark (SF)          40  155   26   50  13   4   5   22   3   1   15   27  .323
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    41  152   20   49  12   1   2   19   5   4   13   26  .322
Bill Madlock (SF)        31  118   19   38   5   0   4   15   5   1   16   16  .322

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        39  129   16   44  11   1   3   22   0   1   29   22  .341
Tom Paciorek           5    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Darrel Chaney         22   49    7   15   3   0   1    6   1   0   10    7  .306
Brian Asselstine      33   82    8   23   3   2   1    9   2   1   11   12  .281
Jerry Royster         39  146   24   40   5   3   1    9  12   5   19   15  .274
Gary Matthews         12   38    8   10   1   0   5    8   0   1    5    7  .263
Barry Bonnell         31   87    7   21   4   0   0    3   6   2    7    9  .241
Rowland Office        34   88    9   21   1   0   2    5   1   2    6   14  .239
Biff Pocoroba         37  120    4   28   4   0   0    9   0   1    9    7  .233
Rod Gilbreath         32   97    5   21   6   1   0    8   2   2    6   16  .217
Dale Murphy           37  129   13   27   2   1   2   13   5   1   10   31  .209
Joe Nolan             19   24    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .208
Cito Gaston           21   51    1    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .177
Pat Rockett           36   89    3   12   0   0   0    4   1   2    8   10  .135
Bob Beall             24   31    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    5    6  .129

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner          29  110   14   37   7   0   1   13   3   2    6    5  .336
Greg Gross            26   74    5   24   2   5   1   14   0   0    4    4  .324
Joe Wallis            17   37    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   1    2    9  .324
Gene Clines           25   64   14   19   1   1   0    5   2   2    5    6  .297
Manny Trillo          35  131   10   37   6   1   2   19   0   2   14   17  .282
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Ivan DeJesus          38  155   28   40   5   2   1    7   2   4   18   19  .258
Larry Biittner        22   47    7   12   2   1   2   10   0   1    7    6  .255
Bobby Murcer          38  140   17   35   5   4   2   18   2   1   20   22  .250
Dave Kingman          32  114   15   28   5   1   9   25   2   2   12   37  .246
Dave Rader            29   91    9   21   5   1   1    8   1   0    8    8  .231
Hector Cruz           22   62    7   13   2   0   2    5   0   0    3    5  .210
Larry Cox             19   47    2    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .192
Steve Ontiveros       35  126   12   21   4   1   0    5   0   0   14   19  .167
Rudy Meoli            16    9    3    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           43  176   27   58  12   3   3   14   8   2   13   23  .330
Dan Driessen          41  151   27   49  11   1   7   28  10   2   25   20  .325
Dave Concepcion       41  152   20   49  12   1   2   19   5   4   13   26  .322
George Foster         43  176   28   55   6   4   7   31   3   1   17   43  .313
Pete Rose             42  179   31   54  14   2   3   16   4   0   19    9  .302
Cesar Geronimo        40  114   10   32   9   1   2   15   3   1   17   23  .281
Joe Morgan            39  139   28   35  12   0   7   33   8   4   31   15  .252
Ray Knight            18   12    3    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .250
Mike Lum              18   25    3    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    2  .240
Johnny Bench          42  156   20   36   7   0   8   23   1   1   16   36  .231
Dave Collins          29   35    6    8   0   0   0    4   1   2    8    7  .229
Junior Kennedy        26   28    4    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    7  .214
Don Werner            15   26    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    4    6  .192
Rick Auerbach         17   18    5    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .167
Ken Henderson          3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
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
Terry Puhl            37  152   22   51   6   2   2    9   8   3   13   14  .336
Jesus Alou            11   13    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .308
Jose Cruz             37  144   16   42   7   1   1   17   7   1   12   20  .292
Art Howe              37  130   17   37  13   0   3   11   1   1   12    6  .285
Bob Watson            38  135   14   38   8   1   5   28   0   0   16   18  .282
Wilbur Howard         21   36    3   10   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    2  .278
Enos Cabell           39  162   15   44   4   1   3   24   4   3    9   22  .272
Cesar Cedeno          36  138   22   37   7   1   5   15  17   2   11   18  .268
Denny Walling         21   27    4    7   0   0   1    6   1   0    0    3  .259
Julio Gonzalez        10   20    3    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Joe Ferguson          34  108   15   25   3   0   5   16   0   0   20   20  .232
Roger Metzger         35  105   10   24   4   1   0    6   0   0   10    6  .229
Jimmy Sexton          17   21    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    4  .191
Ed Herrmann           12   27    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .111
Dave Bergman          18   12    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .000
Reggie Baldwin         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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
Lee Lacy              24   51   11   18   4   2   4    9   2   2    7    6  .353
Rick Monday           36  122   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   19   26  .344
Jerry Grote           11   24    2    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .333
Johnny Oates           9   12    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Reggie Smith          40  154   30   51  13   1   7   31   3   1   22   30  .331
Dusty Baker           38  133   16   44   7   0   2   20   2   0   12   23  .331
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               39  150   24   41   7   0   4   26   1   0   25   25  .273
Ted Martinez          15   15    6    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .267
Steve Garvey          41  170   23   45   8   1   5   25   4   2   10   18  .265
Bill Russell          40  174   22   46   9   1   1   16   3   2    8   10  .264
Billy North            6   20    5    5   2   0   0    1   1   1    5    3  .250
Steve Yeager          35  108   10   23   5   0   0   12   0   0   18   16  .213
Glenn Burke           16   19    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .211

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            21    5    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Dave Cash             41  159   23   46  10   2   1    9   4   3   16    8  .289
Chris Speier          40  132   12   38   5   1   2   14   0   0   18   17  .288
Ellis Valentine       37  141   17   39   6   0   4   18   2   1    6   18  .277
Warren Cromartie      38  145   19   40  10   1   1   14   1   1   12   15  .276
Larry Parrish         39  143   16   37  12   1   2   20   0   1    7   28  .259
Andre Dawson          41  162   26   41   2   3   6   22   7   3   10   39  .253
Del Unser             35   53    6   13   1   0   0    4   1   0    8    9  .245
Gary Carter           41  144   23   34   6   0   6   25   2   1   24   17  .236
Tony Perez            39  140   11   33   9   0   2   15   0   0   16   31  .236
Sam Mejias            22   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Jerry White           18   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .200
Bob Reece              5    5    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .200
Wayne Garrett         22   31    4    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .194
Stan Papi             11   15    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .133

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Mazzilli          43  171   26   55  11   2   4   21   5   3   19   26  .322
Bobby Valentine       27   76   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .290
Joel Youngblood       23   49    6   13   4   1   0    5   0   0    4    8  .265
Steve Henderson       43  164   19   42   5   1   5   27   3   2   15   35  .256
John Stearns          38  128    9   32   5   0   2   14   8   2   20   15  .250
Willie Montanez       42  164   20   40  10   0   4   26   1   1   16   33  .244
Doug Flynn            43  158   10   37   2   2   0   11   0   1    8   13  .234
Ron Hodges            11   26    1    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    6  .231
Elliott Maddox        22   61    7   14   4   1   0    8   1   2   15    7  .230
Len Randle            42  145   20   33   7   4   0    7   7   7   34   23  .228
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Tom Grieve            16   29    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .207
Bruce Boisclair       33   76   10   15   2   0   1    6   1   3   12   14  .197
Tim Foli              20   78    8   13   5   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .167
Ed Kranepool          19   30    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .167
Sergio Ferrer         16    6    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .167

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tim McCarver          15   34    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    6  .382
Jose Cardenal         14   27    4   10   4   0   0    7   0   1    3    2  .370
Larry Bowa            35  152   21   46   6   1   0    9   7   2    8   14  .303
Bake McBride          29  121   16   35   5   2   1    9   5   1   11   17  .289
Mike Schmidt          36  147   31   42   8   0   8   27   4   3   18   30  .286
Garry Maddox          36  130   12   36   7   0   1   15   9   2   13   18  .277
Richie Hebner         32   94   13   26   5   1   3   16   2   1   13   15  .277
Jerry Martin          28   47    8   13   2   0   2   11   1   1    6    6  .277
Bob Boone             32   93   17   25   3   2   4   21   0   2   17    6  .269
Greg Luzinski         37  123   22   31   8   0   8   21   2   0   27   30  .252
Barry Foote            8    9    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .222
Bud Harrelson         20   38    3    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    7  .211
Jay Johnstone         25   43    3    9   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    7  .209
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           41  160   23   49   7   2   7   27   6   3   15   25  .306
Steve Brye            26   55   10   16   4   0   1    3   1   0    6    5  .291
Rennie Stennett       36  134   17   38   4   1   2   20   0   1    4    9  .284
Frank Taveras         40  157   17   44   8   1   0    9  12   7    8   19  .280
Ed Ott                31   99   11   26   4   1   2   10   0   0    7   10  .263
Bill Robinson         26   90   16   23   4   1   3   17   6   2   11   23  .256
Duffy Dyer            16   47    2   12   4   1   0    6   1   0    5    7  .255
Mario Mendoza         18   20    4    5   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    2  .250
Phil Garner           39  140   14   33   4   4   2   20   5   5   14   22  .236
Omar Moreno           41  145   27   32   5   2   1    9  21   4   25   31  .221
Willie Stargell       36  103   11   22   2   0   6   18   2   0   16   28  .214
Fernando Gonzalez      9   21    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .191
John Milner           24   48    5    9   4   0   0    5   1   0    9    5  .188
Jim Fregosi           16   17    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    7  .177

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Reynolds          13   16    0    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .375
Chuck Baker           20   33    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .333
Tucker Ashford         7   15    1    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    0    1  .333
Bill Almon            41  152   19   46   9   0   0    9   6   1   12   26  .303
Dave Winfield         39  153   15   44   5   1   6   23   5   4    8   23  .288
Gene Richards         39  152   22   43   5   3   2   14  11   6   20   19  .283
Ozzie Smith           39  142   10   36   3   3   0   14   7   3    5   10  .254
Derrel Thomas         40  125   10   31   5   0   0    6   4   3   10   11  .248
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Rick Sweet            31   76    6   18   1   0   1    3   0   3   16   15  .237
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
Oscar Gamble          36  112   14   25   2   1   3   15   0   1   17   16  .223
Gene Tenace           35   98   18   21   5   2   3   11   3   1   28   24  .214

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             25   60    8   20   2   0   2   13   1   0    2    9  .333
Jack Clark            40  155   26   50  13   4   5   22   3   1   15   27  .323
Bill Madlock          31  118   19   38   5   0   4   15   5   1   16   16  .322
Terry Whitfield       39  139   24   39   4   2   4    8   2   4    9   22  .281
Mike Sadek            13   40    5   11   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .275
Larry Herndon         38  141   15   38   5   2   0   10   4   4   17   19  .270
Darrell Evans         40  139   20   36   7   0   4   15   1   1   29   21  .259
Rob Andrews           17   43    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .233
Tom Heintzelman       14   18    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    3  .222
Marc Hill             31  104    6   22   4   0   2   10   1   2   16   12  .212
Willie McCovey        36  117    7   24   7   2   3   28   0   0   13   15  .205
Johnnie Lemaster      36  117    6   23   3   1   0    4   3   1    6   24  .197
Skip James            27   16    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .125
Vic Harris            20   37    1    3   0   0   0    5   0   0    3    7  .081

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Phillips         16   25    2    9   2   1   0    3   0   0    1    3  .360
Ted Simmons           43  150   21   48  16   0   4   22   0   1   23    7  .320
Keith Hernandez       43  162   20   48  13   0   3   21   2   2   24   15  .296
Mike Tyson            40  129   10   36   6   0   3   15   1   0    7   13  .279
Roger Freed           17   30    2    8   4   0   2   12   0   0    1    4  .267
Jim Dwyer             23   43    7   11   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    2  .256
Lou Brock             31  111   13   28   4   0   0    4   7   2   10   12  .252
Ken Reitz             43  161   16   40   6   0   4   24   1   0    6   17  .248
Garry Templeton       43  184   19   40   8   1   0    8   4   1    2   28  .217
Jerry Morales         42  161   17   35   6   2   3   19   3   1   13   18  .217
Tony Scott            27   75   11   16   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .213
Dane Iorg             15   27    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .185
Jerry Mumphrey        30   88    8   15   2   0   0    8   1   1    8    9  .171
Steve Swisher          7   12    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .167
Gary Sutherland       10    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (STL)      184
  P. Rose (CIN)           179
  G. Foster (CIN)         176
  K. Griffey (CIN)        176
  B. Russell (LA)         174
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        171
  S. Garvey (LA)          170
  S. Henderson (NY)       164
  W. Montanez (NY)        164
  E. Cabell (HOU)         162

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         58
  G. Foster (CIN)          55
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         55
  P. Rose (CIN)            54
  T. Puhl (HOU)            51
  R. Smith (LA)            51
  J. Clark (SF)            50
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      49
  D. Driessen (CIN)        49
  D. Parker (PIT)          49

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         16
  P. Rose (CIN)            14
  J. Clark (SF)            13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       13
  A. Howe (HOU)            13
  R. Smith (LA)            13
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12
  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  L. Parrish (MON)         12

Triples:

  G. Gross (CHI)            5
  J. Clark (SF)             4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  P. Garner (PIT)           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
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  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
  J. Morgan (CIN)          33
  G. Foster (CIN)          31
  R. Smith (LA)            31
  D. Driessen (CIN)        28
  W. McCovey (SF)          28
  B. Watson (HOU)          28
  S. Henderson (NY)        27
  D. Parker (PIT)          27
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         27

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          21
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  F. Taveras (PIT)         12
  G. Richards (SD)         11
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  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
  O. Moreno (PIT)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           34
  J. Morgan (CIN)          31
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       29
  D. Evans (SF)            29
  G. Tenace (SD)           28
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        27
  D. Lopes (LA)            26
  R. Cey (LA)              25
  D. Driessen (CIN)        25
  O. Moreno (PIT)          25

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          43
  A. Dawson (MON)          39
  D. Kingman (CHI)         37
  J. Bench (CIN)           36
  S. Henderson (NY)        35
  W. Montanez (NY)         33
  O. Moreno (PIT)          31
  D. Murphy (ATL)          31
  T. Perez (MON)           31
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        30

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