Friday May 26, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 26, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1450  217   407   81    6   39   205   31   12  171   207  .281
Cincinnati      1521  222   415   91   12   43   205   44   18  183   268  .273
Philadelphia    1294  181   341   61    7   32   174   34   16  157   212  .264
Houston         1345  154   350   54    8   28   148   42   12  117   176  .260
San Diego       1403  146   352   49   11   21   129   38   24  144   227  .251
Montreal        1427  169   357   66    9   25   153   19   10  132   237  .250
San Francisco   1371  163   340   58   12   28   155   23   15  151   227  .248
Chicago         1344  160   333   49   20   23   150   13   15  128   198  .248
St. Louis       1495  156   367   74    6   20   148   20   10  111   179  .246
Pittsburgh      1405  168   344   53   14   27   155   58   25  132   235  .245
New York        1515  165   365   62   12   21   158   29   27  174   250  .241
Atlanta         1287  121   303   46    9   16   108   31   19  136   199  .235

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     40  133   16   46  12   1   3   23   0   1   29   22  .346
Rick Monday (LA)         36  122   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   19   26  .344
Terry Puhl (HOU)         38  156   23   52   6   2   2    9   8   3   13   14  .333
Jack Clark (SF)          41  158   28   52  14   4   5   22   3   2   16   27  .329
Dusty Baker (LA)         39  137   16   45   7   0   2   20   2   0   12   24  .329
Reggie Smith (LA)        41  156   30   51  13   1   7   31   3   1   24   30  .327
Ken Griffey (CIN)        44  179   27   58  12   3   3   14   8   2   13   26  .324
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        44  176   26   57  11   2   4   22   5   4   19   26  .324
Dan Driessen (CIN)       42  152   27   49  11   1   7   28  10   2   25   20  .322
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    42  156   21   50  13   1   2   19   5   4   13   27  .321

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        40  133   16   46  12   1   3   23   0   1   29   22  .346
Tom Paciorek           5    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Darrel Chaney         23   52    7   15   3   0   1    6   1   0   11    9  .289
Gary Matthews         13   42    8   12   1   1   5    9   0   1    5    7  .286
Brian Asselstine      34   82    8   23   3   2   1    9   2   1   11   12  .281
Jerry Royster         40  149   24   40   5   3   1    9  12   5   20   15  .269
Rowland Office        35   88    9   21   1   0   2    5   1   2    6   14  .239
Barry Bonnell         32   89    9   21   4   0   0    3   6   2    9    9  .236
Biff Pocoroba         38  123    5   29   5   0   0   10   0   1   10    7  .236
Rod Gilbreath         32   97    5   21   6   1   0    8   2   2    6   16  .217
Dale Murphy           38  133   14   28   2   1   2   13   5   1   10   32  .211
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           37   91    3   12   0   0   0    4   1   2    9   10  .132
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          30  115   14   39   7   0   1   13   3   2    6    5  .339
Greg Gross            26   74    5   24   2   5   1   14   0   0    4    4  .324
Joe Wallis            18   38    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   1    2    9  .316
Manny Trillo          36  135   11   38   6   1   2   19   0   2   14   17  .282
Gene Clines           26   68   14   19   1   1   0    5   2   2    6    7  .279
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Bobby Murcer          39  144   19   37   6   4   2   19   2   1   20   23  .257
Larry Biittner        22   47    7   12   2   1   2   10   0   1    7    6  .255
Ivan DeJesus          39  159   28   40   5   2   1    7   2   4   19   20  .252
Dave Kingman          33  118   16   29   5   1   9   25   2   2   12   39  .246
Dave Rader            30   95   10   23   5   2   1   12   1   0    8    8  .242
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       36  128   13   21   4   1   0    5   0   0   16   19  .164
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           44  179   27   58  12   3   3   14   8   2   13   26  .324
Dan Driessen          42  152   27   49  11   1   7   28  10   2   25   20  .322
Dave Concepcion       42  156   21   50  13   1   2   19   5   4   13   27  .321
George Foster         44  179   28   56   6   4   7   31   3   1   18   43  .313
Pete Rose             43  182   32   56  16   2   3   16   4   0   20   10  .308
Cesar Geronimo        41  115   10   32   9   1   2   16   3   1   17   23  .278
Ray Knight            19   12    3    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .250
Joe Morgan            40  143   28   35  12   0   7   34   8   4   31   16  .245
Mike Lum              18   25    3    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    2  .240
Johnny Bench          43  160   21   37   7   0   9   24   1   1   16   39  .231
Dave Collins          30   35    6    8   0   0   0    4   1   3    8    7  .229
Junior Kennedy        26   28    4    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    7  .214
Don Werner            16   27    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    4    6  .185
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            38  156   23   52   6   2   2    9   8   3   13   14  .333
Jesus Alou            12   15    1    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    0  .333
Jose Cruz             38  147   17   43   7   1   2   19   7   1   13   20  .293
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           40  166   16   46   4   1   3   24   4   4    9   22  .277
Cesar Cedeno          37  142   23   39   7   1   5   15  18   2   11   18  .275
Denny Walling         21   27    4    7   0   0   1    6   1   0    0    3  .259
Julio Gonzalez        11   24    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Roger Metzger         36  108   10   25   4   1   0    6   0   0   11    6  .232
Joe Ferguson          35  111   15   25   3   0   5   16   0   0   20   21  .225
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          19   13    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            11    9    0    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .444
Rick Monday           36  122   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   19   26  .344
Lee Lacy              25   54   11   18   4   2   4    9   2   2    7    6  .333
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
Dusty Baker           39  137   16   45   7   0   2   20   2   0   12   24  .329
Reggie Smith          41  156   30   51  13   1   7   31   3   1   24   30  .327
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               40  154   25   42   7   0   5   27   1   0   25   25  .273
Ted Martinez          15   15    6    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .267
Steve Garvey          42  174   23   46   8   1   5   25   4   2   10   18  .264
Bill Russell          41  178   22   47   9   1   1   16   3   2    8   10  .264
Billy North            7   24    5    6   3   0   0    1   2   1    5    3  .250
Glenn Burke           16   19    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .211
Steve Yeager          36  111   10   23   5   0   0   12   0   0   18   16  .207

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            22    5    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Dave Cash             42  164   23   48  10   2   1    9   4   3   16    8  .293
Chris Speier          40  132   12   38   5   1   2   14   0   0   18   17  .288
Ellis Valentine       38  143   17   39   6   0   4   18   2   1    8   18  .273
Warren Cromartie      39  149   19   40  10   1   1   14   2   1   12   16  .269
Larry Parrish         40  147   17   38  12   1   3   21   0   1    7   29  .259
Andre Dawson          42  165   26   42   2   3   6   22   7   3   11   40  .255
Del Unser             36   53    6   13   1   0   0    4   1   0    8    9  .245
Gary Carter           42  147   23   34   6   0   6   25   2   1   25   18  .231
Tony Perez            40  144   11   33   9   0   2   15   0   0   16   32  .229
Wayne Garrett         23   32    4    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .219
Stan Papi             12   20    0    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .200
Sam Mejias            23   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

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Mazzilli          44  176   26   57  11   2   4   22   5   4   19   26  .324
Bobby Valentine       27   76   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .290
Joel Youngblood       24   50    7   14   4   2   0    5   0   0    4    8  .280
Steve Henderson       44  168   19   44   5   1   5   27   3   2   15   36  .262
Willie Montanez       43  167   21   43  10   0   5   29   1   1   17   33  .258
John Stearns          38  128    9   32   5   0   2   14   8   2   20   15  .250
Doug Flynn            44  162   10   37   2   2   0   11   0   1    8   14  .228
Len Randle            42  145   20   33   7   4   0    7   7   7   34   23  .228
Elliott Maddox        23   66    7   15   4   1   0    8   1   3   15    7  .227
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       34   79   12   16   2   0   1    6   1   3   13   14  .203
Ron Hodges            12   30    1    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    6  .200
Ed Kranepool          20   31    2    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .194
Tim Foli              21   82    8   14   5   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .171
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          16   35    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    6  .371
Jose Cardenal         14   27    4   10   4   0   0    7   0   1    3    2  .370
Larry Bowa            36  156   21   47   6   1   0    9   8   2    8   15  .301
Jerry Martin          29   48    9   14   2   0   3   13   1   1    6    6  .292
Garry Maddox          37  134   12   39   8   0   1   15   9   2   13   18  .291
Bake McBride          30  125   16   36   5   2   1    9   7   1   11   17  .288
Mike Schmidt          37  150   31   42   8   0   8   27   4   3   19   30  .280
Richie Hebner         33   98   13   26   5   1   3   16   2   1   13   17  .265
Bob Boone             33   97   17   25   3   2   4   21   0   2   17    6  .258
Greg Luzinski         38  126   22   31   8   0   8   21   2   0   28   30  .246
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          16   47    6    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    6    9  .170
Davey Johnson         15   33    5    4   0   0   1    7   0   0    4    7  .121

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen      18   41    3   13   0   1   2    4   0   1    1    1  .317
Dave Parker           42  163   23   49   7   2   7   27   6   3   15   26  .301
Steve Brye            26   55   10   16   4   0   1    3   1   0    6    5  .291
Rennie Stennett       37  137   18   39   4   1   2   20   0   1    4    9  .285
Frank Taveras         41  161   17   45   8   1   0    9  12   8    8   19  .280
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
Ed Ott                32  102   11   26   4   1   2   10   0   0    7   11  .255
Mario Mendoza         18   20    4    5   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    2  .250
Phil Garner           40  143   14   34   4   4   2   20   5   5   14   22  .238
Omar Moreno           42  148   27   32   5   2   1    9  21   4   25   31  .216
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           25   51    5    9   4   0   0    5   1   0    9    5  .177
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           21   35    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .314
Bill Almon            42  155   19   48  10   0   0    9   6   1   13   26  .310
Dave Winfield         40  157   15   44   5   1   6   23   5   4    8   24  .280
Tucker Ashford         8   18    1    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    1    1  .278
Gene Richards         40  156   23   43   5   3   2   14  11   6   20   19  .276
Ozzie Smith           40  142   10   36   3   3   0   14   7   3    5   10  .254
Derrel Thomas         41  127   10   32   5   0   0    6   4   3   10   12  .252
Rick Sweet            32   80    6   20   1   0   1    3   0   3   16   15  .250
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
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
Oscar Gamble          37  116   14   26   2   1   3   16   0   1   17   18  .224
Jerry Turner          27   41    4    9   3   0   2    5   0   0    2    8  .220
Gene Tenace           36  101   18   21   5   2   3   11   3   1   29   26  .208

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             26   63    8   22   2   0   2   13   1   0    3   10  .349
Jack Clark            41  158   28   52  14   4   5   22   3   2   16   27  .329
Bill Madlock          32  123   19   38   5   0   4   15   5   1   16   16  .309
Terry Whitfield       40  140   24   39   4   2   4    8   2   4    9   22  .279
Mike Sadek            13   40    5   11   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .275
Larry Herndon         39  142   15   38   5   2   0   10   4   4   19   19  .268
Darrell Evans         41  141   22   36   7   0   4   15   1   1   32   21  .255
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
Willie McCovey        37  120    9   26   7   2   4   33   0   0   13   15  .217
Marc Hill             32  107    6   22   4   0   2   11   1   2   17   12  .206
Johnnie Lemaster      37  120    6   24   3   1   0    4   3   1    6   24  .200
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           44  154   21   49  16   0   4   22   0   1   23    7  .318
Keith Hernandez       43  162   20   48  13   0   3   21   2   2   24   15  .296
Mike Tyson            41  132   10   37   6   0   3   15   1   0    7   13  .280
Jim Dwyer             24   47    7   12   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    2  .255
Lou Brock             31  111   13   28   4   0   0    4   7   2   10   12  .252
Ken Reitz             44  164   16   41   6   0   4   24   1   0    6   17  .250
Roger Freed           18   34    2    8   4   0   2   12   0   0    1    4  .235
Tony Scott            28   77   11   18   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .234
Garry Templeton       44  188   19   41   8   1   0    8   4   1    2   28  .218
Jerry Morales         43  165   17   35   6   2   3   19   3   1   13   18  .212
Dane Iorg             16   28    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .179
Jerry Mumphrey        31   90    8   15   2   0   0    8   1   1    8    9  .167
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)      188
  P. Rose (CIN)           182
  G. Foster (CIN)         179
  K. Griffey (CIN)        179
  B. Russell (LA)         178
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        176
  S. Garvey (LA)          174
  S. Henderson (NY)       168
  W. Montanez (NY)        167
  E. Cabell (HOU)         166

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            32
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         31
  D. Lopes (LA)            30
  R. Smith (LA)            30
  J. Clark (SF)            28
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         28
  G. Foster (CIN)          28
  J. Morgan (CIN)          28
  D. Driessen (CIN)        27
  K. Griffey (CIN)         27

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         58
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         57
  G. Foster (CIN)          56
  P. Rose (CIN)            56
  J. Clark (SF)            52
  T. Puhl (HOU)            52
  R. Smith (LA)            51
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      50
  D. Driessen (CIN)        49
  D. Parker (PIT)          49

Doubles:

  P. Rose (CIN)            16
  T. Simmons (STL)         16
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       13
  A. Howe (HOU)            13
  R. Smith (LA)            13
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12
  J. Morgan (CIN)          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
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  D. Kingman (CHI)          9
  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:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          34
  W. McCovey (SF)          33
  R. Monday (LA)           33
  G. Foster (CIN)          31
  R. Smith (LA)            31
  W. Montanez (NY)         29
  D. Driessen (CIN)        28
  B. Watson (HOU)          28
  R. Cey (LA)              27
  S. Henderson (NY)        27

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          21
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18
  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  F. Taveras (PIT)         12
  G. Richards (SD)         11
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  G. Maddox (PHI)           9
  L. Bowa (PHI)             8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8

Caught Stealing:

  F. Taveras (PIT)          8
  L. Randle (NY)            7
  G. Richards (SD)          6
  P. Garner (PIT)           5
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  E. Cabell (HOU)           4
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  L. Herndon (SF)           4
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          4

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           34
  D. Evans (SF)            32
  J. Morgan (CIN)          31
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       29
  G. Tenace (SD)           29
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        28
  D. Lopes (LA)            26
  G. Carter (MON)          25
  R. Cey (LA)              25
  D. Driessen (CIN)        25

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          43
  A. Dawson (MON)          40
  J. Bench (CIN)           39
  D. Kingman (CHI)         39
  S. Henderson (NY)        36
  W. Montanez (NY)         33
  D. Murphy (ATL)          32
  T. Perez (MON)           32
  O. Moreno (PIT)          31
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        30

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