Monday May 29, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 29, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1550  234   437   88    7   41   220   33   14  183   222  .282
Cincinnati      1623  235   439   95   12   45   218   44   19  199   285  .271
Philadelphia    1415  194   370   66    7   33   186   45   16  170   233  .262
Houston         1444  163   372   57    9   29   155   44   12  121   188  .258
Montreal        1535  190   390   74   10   27   173   20   10  135   254  .254
San Francisco   1480  178   371   64   13   30   169   25   15  158   250  .251
San Diego       1500  157   374   56   11   23   138   40   25  152   247  .249
New York        1654  187   405   67   15   24   179   29   28  187   270  .245
Chicago         1435  167   350   51   22   23   156   15   16  134   209  .244
St. Louis       1621  166   394   79    7   22   158   21   11  115   193  .243
Pittsburgh      1518  177   366   55   14   29   161   62   25  137   251  .241
Atlanta         1382  136   325   48   11   18   121   33   21  153   218  .235

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     43  138   19   48  13   1   4   24   1   1   36   23  .348
Reggie Smith (LA)        44  168   32   57  13   1   8   35   3   1   25   33  .339
Rick Monday (LA)         37  125   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   20   26  .336
Jack Clark (SF)          44  170   30   57  14   4   5   23   5   2   17   29  .335
Ken Griffey (CIN)        47  191   32   64  13   3   3   15   8   2   16   27  .335
Ted Simmons (STL)        48  165   23   54  17   1   5   23   0   1   24    9  .327
Terry Puhl (HOU)         41  169   24   55   6   2   2   10   8   3   13   14  .325
Dan Driessen (CIN)       42  152   27   49  11   1   7   28  10   2   25   20  .322
Garry Maddox (PHI)       40  146   15   47   9   0   2   20  15   2   15   19  .322
George Foster (CIN)      47  191   29   61   7   4   8   36   3   1   19   45  .319

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        43  138   19   48  13   1   4   24   1   1   36   23  .348
Tom Paciorek           5    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Darrel Chaney         26   61   11   18   4   0   1    7   1   0   14   11  .295
Brian Asselstine      37   96   10   27   3   3   2   12   2   1   11   14  .281
Jerry Royster         43  163   24   44   5   3   1   12  12   7   20   15  .270
Biff Pocoroba         41  132    7   32   5   0   0   11   0   1   12    7  .242
Barry Bonnell         35  101   11   24   4   1   0    6   7   2    9   11  .238
Rowland Office        38   89   10   21   1   0   2    5   1   2    6   14  .236
Gary Matthews         16   51    8   12   1   1   5    9   0   1    8   11  .235
Rod Gilbreath         35   99    5   23   6   1   0    8   2   2    6   16  .232
Dale Murphy           41  143   15   29   2   1   2   14   5   1   12   36  .203
Joe Nolan             21   26    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .192
Cito Gaston           23   53    1    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .170
Pat Rockett           37   91    3   12   0   0   0    4   1   2    9   10  .132
Bob Beall             25   32    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    5    6  .125

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Greg Gross            28   80    6   28   2   5   1   15   0   0    6    5  .350
Bill Buckner          33  127   15   41   7   0   1   15   4   2    6    5  .323
Joe Wallis            19   39    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   2    3   10  .308
Gene Clines           27   72   15   20   2   1   0    5   2   2    6    7  .278
Manny Trillo          39  145   11   39   6   2   2   20   0   2   15   20  .269
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Larry Biittner        22   47    7   12   2   1   2   10   0   1    7    6  .255
Ivan DeJesus          42  170   30   43   5   3   1    7   2   4   20   20  .253
Bobby Murcer          42  155   19   38   6   4   2   19   3   1   20   23  .245
Dave Rader            33  104   11   25   6   2   1   12   1   0    8    8  .240
Dave Kingman          36  127   17   30   5   1   9   27   2   2   13   43  .236
Hector Cruz           23   63    7   13   2   0   2    5   0   0    3    6  .206
Larry Cox             20   48    2    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .188
Steve Ontiveros       39  137   13   23   4   1   0    5   0   0   16   19  .168
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           47  191   32   64  13   3   3   15   8   2   16   27  .335
Dan Driessen          42  152   27   49  11   1   7   28  10   2   25   20  .322
George Foster         47  191   29   61   7   4   8   36   3   1   19   45  .319
Dave Concepcion       45  168   23   53  13   1   2   21   5   4   14   29  .316
Pete Rose             46  195   34   58  17   2   3   17   4   0   22   10  .297
Mike Lum              21   27    5    7   1   0   2    6   0   0    4    2  .259
Cesar Geronimo        44  124   10   32   9   1   2   16   3   1   20   27  .258
Joe Morgan            42  148   28   36  12   0   7   34   8   4   32   16  .243
Junior Kennedy        28   33    5    8   1   0   0    1   1   1    8    9  .242
Dave Collins          33   38    6    9   0   0   0    4   1   3    8    8  .237
Johnny Bench          44  163   21   37   7   0   9   25   1   1   16   40  .227
Ray Knight            22   19    3    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .211
Don Werner            19   38    2    7   0   0   0    5   0   0    4    9  .184
Rick Auerbach         19   19    5    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    4  .158
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            41  169   24   55   6   2   2   10   8   3   13   14  .325
Jesus Alou            14   16    1    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    0  .313
Jose Cruz             41  159   18   47   8   1   2   21   7   1   14   21  .296
Enos Cabell           43  178   18   50   5   1   3   24   5   4    9   23  .281
Art Howe              40  140   18   39  14   1   3   14   1   1   12    7  .279
Wilbur Howard         21   36    3   10   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    2  .278
Cesar Cedeno          40  155   24   43   7   1   6   16  19   2   11   21  .277
Bob Watson            40  140   14   38   8   1   5   28   0   0   16   19  .271
Julio Gonzalez        11   24    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Denny Walling         24   31    5    7   0   0   1    6   1   0    2    3  .226
Joe Ferguson          37  116   16   26   3   0   5   16   0   0   21   22  .224
Roger Metzger         39  117   11   26   4   1   0    6   0   0   11    8  .222
Jimmy Sexton          18   21    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    4  .191
Dave Bergman          21   18    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .111
Ed Herrmann           14   31    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .097
Reggie Baldwin         3    2    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
Johnny Oates          10   16    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .438
Reggie Smith          44  168   32   57  13   1   8   35   3   1   25   33  .339
Rick Monday           37  125   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   20   26  .336
Dusty Baker           42  148   17   47   8   0   2   21   2   0   13   26  .318
Jerry Grote           12   26    2    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .308
Lee Lacy              28   67   13   20   5   2   5   10   3   2    7    8  .299
Davey Lopes           39  138   30   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   15  .297
Ron Cey               43  165   28   48   9   0   5   29   1   0   27   26  .291
Vic Davalillo         21   25    4    7   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    1  .280
Ted Martinez          17   15    6    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .267
Steve Garvey          45  186   24   49   9   2   5   27   4   2   10   19  .263
Bill Russell          44  190   26   50  10   1   1   18   3   2    9   11  .263
Billy North           10   31    8    8   3   0   0    1   3   2    9    4  .258
Glenn Burke           16   19    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .211
Steve Yeager          37  114   11   23   5   0   0   12   0   0   19   17  .202

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            24    5    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Stan Papi             15   33    4   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .333
Dave Cash             45  178   29   53  11   2   1   10   5   3   16    8  .298
Chris Speier          40  132   12   38   5   1   2   14   0   0   18   17  .288
Ellis Valentine       41  156   18   42   8   0   4   21   2   1    8   18  .269
Warren Cromartie      42  162   20   43  10   2   1   16   2   1   12   20  .265
Larry Parrish         43  158   19   41  13   1   4   23   0   1    8   31  .260
Andre Dawson          45  176   26   45   2   3   6   23   7   3   11   43  .256
Gary Carter           45  155   26   37   6   0   6   27   2   1   27   19  .239
Tony Perez            42  152   13   36   9   0   3   20   0   0   16   34  .237
Del Unser             38   57    6   13   1   0   0    4   1   0    8   10  .228
Wayne Garrett         24   33    4    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .212
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              6    7    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .143

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Mazzilli          48  193   27   60  12   2   4   23   5   4   21   28  .311
Bobby Valentine       27   76   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .290
Steve Henderson       48  183   24   48   5   1   5   27   3   2   17   40  .262
Joel Youngblood       26   54    7   14   4   2   0    5   0   0    4    8  .259
Willie Montanez       47  182   23   47  10   0   6   31   1   1   19   36  .258
Ron Hodges            14   35    1    9   0   1   0    4   1   1    4    6  .257
John Stearns          41  137   11   35   6   0   2   17   8   2   20   16  .256
Doug Flynn            48  177   12   43   2   2   0   14   0   1    9   15  .243
Elliott Maddox        27   85   10   20   5   2   0   11   1   3   16    8  .235
Bruce Boisclair       38   90   15   21   2   1   3   11   1   3   14   15  .233
Len Randle            43  145   20   33   7   4   0    7   7   7   35   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
Tim Foli              25   97    9   19   6   0   0    4   1   2    5    6  .196
Ed Kranepool          22   33    2    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .182
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          17   36    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    7  .361
Jose Cardenal         15   28    4   10   4   0   0    7   0   1    3    2  .357
Garry Maddox          40  146   15   47   9   0   2   20  15   2   15   19  .322
Larry Bowa            39  170   22   50   6   1   0   10  10   2    9   15  .294
Bake McBride          33  140   17   41   6   2   1    9   9   1   12   19  .293
Jerry Martin          32   51    9   14   2   0   3   13   1   1    7    6  .275
Bob Boone             36  111   17   30   4   2   4   23   1   2   17    6  .270
Richie Hebner         36  113   15   30   6   1   3   17   2   1   13   20  .266
Mike Schmidt          40  161   33   42   8   0   8   27   4   3   24   34  .261
Greg Luzinski         41  137   24   33   9   0   8   23   2   0   30   33  .241
Jay Johnstone         28   46    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    7  .217
Bud Harrelson         23   40    5    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    7  .200
Barry Foote           10   10    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .200
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jim Morrison          19   50    6    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    6   10  .160
Davey Johnson         18   41    5    5   0   0   1    8   0   0    4    8  .122

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen      21   55    4   17   0   1   2    4   0   1    1    1  .309
Dave Parker           45  177   24   51   7   2   8   29   6   3   15   27  .288
Rennie Stennett       40  150   19   43   4   1   2   21   0   1    4    9  .287
Steve Brye            28   57   10   16   4   0   1    3   1   0    6    5  .281
Frank Taveras         44  173   18   47   9   1   0   10  14   8   10   20  .272
Ed Ott                32  102   11   26   4   1   2   10   0   0    7   11  .255
Duffy Dyer            19   59    2   15   5   1   0    7   1   0    5    7  .254
Bill Robinson         27   96   16   24   4   1   3   17   6   2   11   23  .250
Mario Mendoza         19   21    4    5   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    3  .238
Phil Garner           43  154   15   36   4   4   2   20   5   5   15   23  .234
Willie Stargell       36  103   11   22   2   0   6   18   2   0   16   28  .214
John Milner           28   58    7   12   4   0   1    6   1   0   10    7  .207
Omar Moreno           45  160   29   33   5   2   1    9  23   4   26   36  .206
Fernando Gonzalez      9   21    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .191
Jim Fregosi           18   19    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    8  .158

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Reynolds          15   19    2    7   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    3  .368
Chuck Baker           21   35    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .314
Bill Almon            45  166   20   51  11   0   0   10   7   1   13   27  .307
Dave Winfield         43  165   18   45   6   1   6   23   5   4   10   24  .273
Gene Richards         43  160   23   43   5   3   2   14  11   6   21   21  .269
Jerry Turner          29   46    4   12   4   0   2    7   0   0    2    9  .261
Mike Champion         19   23    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    5  .261
Derrel Thomas         44  137   10   35   5   0   0    6   5   4   10   13  .256
Ozzie Smith           43  154   11   38   4   3   0   14   7   3    5   11  .247
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Rick Sweet            33   84    6   20   1   0   1    3   0   3   16   16  .238
Gene Tenace           39  112   21   26   6   2   5   15   3   1   30   29  .232
Oscar Gamble          40  123   15   28   3   1   3   17   0   1   17   19  .228
Tucker Ashford        11   28    1    6   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .214
Bob Davis             19   40    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .200

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             29   69   10   27   2   1   3   19   1   0    4   10  .391
Jack Clark            44  170   30   57  14   4   5   23   5   2   17   29  .335
Terry Whitfield       43  151   28   45   8   2   4    8   2   4    9   25  .298
Bill Madlock          35  136   20   39   5   0   5   16   5   1   17   18  .287
Darrell Evans         44  154   25   41   8   0   4   18   1   1   32   23  .266
Larry Herndon         42  155   16   41   5   2   0   11   4   4   19   23  .265
Mike Sadek            15   48    5   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .250
Rob Andrews           17   43    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .233
Willie McCovey        40  130   10   29   7   2   4   33   0   0   14   17  .223
Tom Heintzelman       14   18    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    3  .222
Marc Hill             33  109    6   22   4   0   2   11   1   2   18   12  .202
Johnnie Lemaster      39  126    6   24   3   1   0    4   3   1    6   25  .191
Skip James            27   16    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .125
Vic Harris            22   43    1    3   0   0   0    5   0   0    3   10  .070

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Hendrick        2    9    2    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ted Simmons           48  165   23   54  17   1   5   23   0   1   24    9  .327
Keith Hernandez       47  175   23   53  13   0   4   25   2   2   25   17  .303
Mike Phillips         20   31    2    9   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    4  .290
Mike Tyson            44  138   10   37   6   0   3   15   1   0    7   15  .268
Ken Reitz             48  179   16   45   7   0   4   26   1   0    6   17  .251
Lou Brock             34  119   13   29   4   0   0    4   7   2   10   12  .244
Tony Scott            30   78   11   18   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .231
Roger Freed           19   35    2    8   4   0   2   12   0   0    1    4  .229
Garry Templeton       48  203   20   45   8   1   0    8   5   1    3   30  .222
Jim Dwyer             27   56    8   12   2   0   1    2   0   0    5    2  .214
Jerry Morales         46  174   18   36   7   2   3   21   3   1   13   20  .207
Steve Swisher          9   15    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .200
Jerry Mumphrey        33   96    8   16   2   0   0    8   1   2    8   10  .167
Gary Sutherland       10    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Dane Iorg             18   34    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .147

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (STL)      203
  P. Rose (CIN)           195
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        193
  G. Foster (CIN)         191
  K. Griffey (CIN)        191
  B. Russell (LA)         190
  S. Garvey (LA)          186
  S. Henderson (NY)       183
  W. Montanez (NY)        182
  K. Reitz (STL)          179

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            34
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         33
  K. Griffey (CIN)         32
  R. Smith (LA)            32
  J. Clark (SF)            30
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         30
  D. Lopes (LA)            30
  D. Cash (MON)            29
  G. Foster (CIN)          29
  O. Moreno (PIT)          29

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         64
  G. Foster (CIN)          61
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         60
  P. Rose (CIN)            58
  J. Clark (SF)            57
  R. Smith (LA)            57
  T. Puhl (HOU)            55
  T. Simmons (STL)         54
  D. Cash (MON)            53
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      53

Doubles:

  P. Rose (CIN)            17
  T. Simmons (STL)         17
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  A. Howe (HOU)            14
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       13
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      13
  K. Griffey (CIN)         13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       13
  L. Parrish (MON)         13
  R. Smith (LA)            13

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
  B. Asselstine (ATL)       3
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  K. Griffey (CIN)          3

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          36
  R. Smith (LA)            35
  J. Morgan (CIN)          34
  W. McCovey (SF)          33
  R. Monday (LA)           33
  W. Montanez (NY)         31
  R. Cey (LA)              29
  D. Parker (PIT)          29
  D. Driessen (CIN)        28
  B. Watson (HOU)          28

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          23
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          19
  G. Maddox (PHI)          15
  F. Taveras (PIT)         14
  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  G. Richards (SD)         11
  L. Bowa (PHI)            10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  B. McBride (PHI)          9

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)       36
  L. Randle (NY)           35
  D. Evans (SF)            32
  J. Morgan (CIN)          32
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        30
  G. Tenace (SD)           30
  G. Carter (MON)          27
  R. Cey (LA)              27
  D. Lopes (LA)            26
  O. Moreno (PIT)          26

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          45
  A. Dawson (MON)          43
  D. Kingman (CHI)         43
  J. Bench (CIN)           40
  S. Henderson (NY)        40
  W. Montanez (NY)         36
  O. Moreno (PIT)          36
  D. Murphy (ATL)          36
  T. Perez (MON)           34
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         34


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