Tuesday May 30, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 30, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1585  244   450   91    7   43   230   33   14  186   225  .284
Cincinnati      1658  238   447   95   12   45   221   46   20  204   293  .270
Philadelphia    1449  200   380   67    7   34   191   50   16  175   242  .262
Montreal        1568  197   401   76   10   30   180   21   11  135   258  .256
Houston         1476  163   377   57    9   29   155   45   12  122   192  .255
San Francisco   1509  179   374   64   13   30   170   27   15  164   257  .248
San Diego       1531  159   378   56   11   23   140   40   25  155   252  .247
St. Louis       1658  174   408   83    7   23   166   21   12  118   198  .246
Chicago         1468  171   360   52   22   23   160   16   16  137   217  .245
New York        1681  189   406   67   15   25   180   29   28  193   272  .242
Pittsburgh      1547  178   371   57   14   29   162   62   25  140   256  .240
Atlanta         1421  140   338   49   11   19   125   33   22  155   219  .238

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Reggie Smith (LA)        44  168   32   57  13   1   8   35   3   1   25   33  .339
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     44  142   19   48  13   1   4   24   1   1   37   24  .338
Ken Griffey (CIN)        48  196   33   66  13   3   3   15   8   2   16   28  .337
Rick Monday (LA)         37  125   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   20   26  .336
Jack Clark (SF)          45  173   30   57  14   4   5   23   5   2   18   31  .330
Terry Puhl (HOU)         42  173   24   57   6   2   2   10   8   3   13   14  .330
Ted Simmons (STL)        49  169   25   55  18   1   5   23   0   1   25   10  .325
Dusty Baker (LA)         43  152   19   49   9   0   2   21   2   0   13   26  .322
Dan Driessen (CIN)       42  152   27   49  11   1   7   28  10   2   25   20  .322
Garry Maddox (PHI)       41  150   15   48   9   0   2   21  15   2   15   20  .320

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        44  142   19   48  13   1   4   24   1   1   37   24  .338
Tom Paciorek           5    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Darrel Chaney         27   65   11   19   4   0   1    7   1   0   14   11  .292
Brian Asselstine      38  100   11   28   3   3   2   12   2   1   11   14  .280
Jerry Royster         44  168   24   46   5   3   1   12  12   7   20   15  .274
Biff Pocoroba         42  137    8   35   6   0   0   13   0   1   12    7  .256
Rowland Office        39   90   11   22   1   0   2    5   1   2    6   14  .244
Rod Gilbreath         35   99    5   23   6   1   0    8   2   2    6   16  .232
Gary Matthews         17   56    9   13   1   1   6   10   0   1    8   11  .232
Barry Bonnell         36  105   11   24   4   1   0    6   7   2    9   11  .229
Dale Murphy           42  146   15   31   2   1   2   15   5   2   13   36  .212
Joe Nolan             21   26    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .192
Cito Gaston           24   54    1   10   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .185
Pat Rockett           38   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            29   83    6   28   2   5   1   15   0   0    6    5  .337
Bill Buckner          34  128   15   41   7   0   1   16   4   2    6    5  .320
Joe Wallis            20   40    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   2    3   11  .300
Gene Clines           28   73   15   20   2   1   0    5   2   2    7    7  .274
Manny Trillo          40  148   12   40   6   2   2   20   0   2   16   22  .270
Ivan DeJesus          43  175   30   47   5   3   1    8   2   4   20   21  .269
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Larry Biittner        23   50    7   13   2   1   2   11   0   1    7    6  .260
Bobby Murcer          43  159   19   39   6   4   2   19   4   1   20   23  .245
Dave Rader            34  107   12   26   6   2   1   12   1   0    9    8  .243
Dave Kingman          37  131   17   30   5   1   9   27   2   2   13   46  .229
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       40  141   14   24   5   1   0    6   0   0   16   20  .170
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           48  196   33   66  13   3   3   15   8   2   16   28  .337
Dan Driessen          42  152   27   49  11   1   7   28  10   2   25   20  .322
George Foster         48  195   29   62   7   4   8   37   3   1   20   47  .318
Dave Concepcion       46  173   23   55  13   1   2   23   5   4   14   31  .318
Pete Rose             47  199   35   59  17   2   3   17   4   1   23   10  .297
Cesar Geronimo        45  128   10   32   9   1   2   16   3   1   20   27  .250
Joe Morgan            42  148   28   36  12   0   7   34   8   4   32   16  .243
Junior Kennedy        29   37    5    9   1   0   0    1   2   1    8    9  .243
Mike Lum              22   30    5    7   1   0   2    6   0   0    5    3  .233
Dave Collins          34   39    6    9   0   0   0    4   1   3    8    8  .231
Johnny Bench          44  163   21   37   7   0   9   25   1   1   16   40  .227
Don Werner            20   40    3    8   0   0   0    5   1   0    6    9  .200
Ray Knight            23   20    3    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .200
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            42  173   24   57   6   2   2   10   8   3   13   14  .330
Jesus Alou            15   17    1    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    0  .294
Jose Cruz             42  163   18   47   8   1   2   21   7   1   14   22  .288
Wilbur Howard         21   36    3   10   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    2  .278
Enos Cabell           44  181   18   50   5   1   3   24   6   4    9   23  .276
Art Howe              41  143   18   39  14   1   3   14   1   1   13    7  .273
Bob Watson            41  144   14   39   8   1   5   28   0   0   16   20  .271
Cesar Cedeno          41  159   24   43   7   1   6   16  19   2   11   22  .270
Julio Gonzalez        11   24    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Denny Walling         25   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          19   24    2    5   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    4  .208
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         4    5    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
Lee Lacy              29   71   14   23   6   2   6   12   3   2    7    9  .324
Dusty Baker           43  152   19   49   9   0   2   21   2   0   13   26  .322
Jerry Grote           13   26    2    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .308
Vic Davalillo         22   30    6    9   1   0   0    7   0   1    2    1  .300
Davey Lopes           39  138   30   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   15  .297
Ron Cey               44  169   28   49  10   0   5   31   1   0   27   27  .290
Billy North           11   35   11   10   3   0   0    1   3   2   10    4  .286
Bill Russell          45  194   27   52  10   1   1   18   3   2    9   11  .268
Steve Garvey          46  190   25   50   9   2   6   29   4   2   10   19  .263
Ted Martinez          18   16    6    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .250
Glenn Burke           16   19    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .211
Steve Yeager          38  116   11   23   5   0   0   12   0   0   21   17  .198

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            25    5    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Dave Cash             46  182   29   55  11   2   1   10   5   3   16    8  .302
Stan Papi             16   37    4   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .297
Chris Speier          40  132   12   38   5   1   2   14   0   0   18   17  .288
Warren Cromartie      43  166   22   46  10   2   2   18   2   2   12   20  .277
Ellis Valentine       42  160   20   44   9   0   5   23   2   1    8   18  .275
Andre Dawson          46  180   27   47   2   3   7   25   8   3   11   44  .261
Larry Parrish         44  160   19   41  13   1   4   23   0   1    8   32  .256
Del Unser             39   58    7   14   2   0   0    5   1   0    8   10  .241
Gary Carter           46  159   27   38   6   0   6   27   2   1   27   19  .239
Tony Perez            43  155   13   36   9   0   3   20   0   0   16   35  .232
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          49  197   27   60  12   2   4   23   5   4   21   30  .305
Bobby Valentine       28   77   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .286
Steve Henderson       49  186   26   49   5   1   6   28   3   2   18   40  .263
Joel Youngblood       27   54    7   14   4   2   0    5   0   0    5    8  .259
Ron Hodges            14   35    1    9   0   1   0    4   1   1    4    6  .257
Willie Montanez       48  185   23   47  10   0   6   31   1   1   20   36  .254
John Stearns          42  139   11   35   6   0   2   17   8   2   22   16  .252
Doug Flynn            49  180   12   43   2   2   0   14   0   1    9   15  .239
Elliott Maddox        28   86   10   20   5   2   0   11   1   3   17    8  .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
Bruce Boisclair       39   94   15   21   2   1   3   11   1   3   14   15  .223
Tom Grieve            16   29    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .207
Tim Foli              26  101    9   19   6   0   0    4   1   2    5    6  .188
Ed Kranepool          23   34    2    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .177
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
Jose Cardenal         15   28    4   10   4   0   0    7   0   1    3    2  .357
Tim McCarver          18   40    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    8  .325
Garry Maddox          41  150   15   48   9   0   2   21  15   2   15   20  .320
Bake McBride          34  144   19   43   6   2   1    9  11   1   12   19  .299
Larry Bowa            40  175   22   52   6   1   0   10  10   2    9   15  .297
Richie Hebner         37  116   15   32   6   1   3   18   2   1   14   20  .276
Jerry Martin          33   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
Mike Schmidt          41  163   35   43   8   0   8   27   7   3   27   35  .264
Greg Luzinski         42  141   26   34   9   0   9   26   2   0   31   36  .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          20   54    6    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    6   12  .148
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      22   58    4   17   0   1   2    4   0   1    1    1  .293
Dave Parker           46  181   24   51   7   2   8   29   6   3   15   28  .282
Rennie Stennett       41  153   19   43   4   1   2   21   0   1    4   10  .281
Steve Brye            28   57   10   16   4   0   1    3   1   0    6    5  .281
Frank Taveras         45  177   18   49   9   1   0   11  14   8   10   20  .277
Ed Ott                32  102   11   26   4   1   2   10   0   0    7   11  .255
Bill Robinson         28  100   16   25   4   1   3   17   6   2   11   23  .250
Duffy Dyer            20   61    2   15   5   1   0    7   1   0    6    7  .246
Phil Garner           44  156   15   37   5   4   2   20   5   5   17   23  .237
Mario Mendoza         20   22    4    5   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    3  .227
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           46  163   29   33   5   2   1    9  23   4   26   37  .203
Jim Fregosi           19   20    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    8  .200
Fernando Gonzalez      9   21    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .191

 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            46  170   20   51  11   0   0   10   7   1   13   29  .300
Dave Winfield         44  169   19   46   6   1   6   23   5   4   10   24  .272
Gene Richards         43  160   23   43   5   3   2   14  11   6   21   21  .269
Jerry Turner          30   47    4   12   4   0   2    7   0   0    2   10  .255
Mike Champion         20   24    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    6  .250
Derrel Thomas         45  141   10   35   5   0   0    6   5   4   10   13  .248
Ozzie Smith           44  158   11   39   4   3   0   14   7   3    5   12  .247
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Rick Sweet            34   88    6   21   1   0   1    5   0   3   16   16  .239
Oscar Gamble          41  126   16   29   3   1   3   17   0   1   18   19  .230
Gene Tenace           40  114   21   26   6   2   5   15   3   1   31   29  .228
Bob Davis             19   40    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .200
Tucker Ashford        12   31    1    6   2   0   1    6   0   0    3    4  .194

 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            45  173   30   57  14   4   5   23   5   2   18   31  .330
Terry Whitfield       44  154   28   45   8   2   4    8   2   4   10   25  .292
Bill Madlock          36  141   20   41   5   0   5   16   6   1   17   18  .291
Darrell Evans         45  155   25   41   8   0   4   18   2   1   35   23  .265
Larry Herndon         43  159   17   41   5   2   0   11   4   4   19   24  .258
Rob Andrews           17   43    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .233
Mike Sadek            16   52    5   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .231
Tom Heintzelman       14   18    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    3  .222
Willie McCovey        41  134   10   29   7   2   4   33   0   0   14   18  .216
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            28   16    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .125
Vic Harris            23   45    1    3   0   0   0    5   0   0    4   10  .067

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Hendrick        3   12    3    4   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    0  .333
Ted Simmons           49  169   25   55  18   1   5   23   0   1   25   10  .325
Keith Hernandez       48  180   23   53  13   0   4   25   2   2   25   17  .294
Mike Phillips         20   31    2    9   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    4  .290
Mike Tyson            45  141   10   38   6   0   3   16   1   0    8   15  .270
Ken Reitz             49  183   16   48   7   0   4   28   1   0    6   17  .262
Lou Brock             34  119   13   29   4   0   0    4   7   2   10   12  .244
Garry Templeton       49  208   21   48   8   1   0   10   5   2    3   31  .231
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
Jerry Morales         47  178   20   39   8   2   3   21   3   1   13   20  .219
Jim Dwyer             27   56    8   12   2   0   1    2   0   0    5    2  .214
Steve Swisher          9   15    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .200
Jerry Mumphrey        34  101    9   17   3   0   0    8   1   2    8   12  .168
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)      208
  P. Rose (CIN)           199
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        197
  K. Griffey (CIN)        196
  G. Foster (CIN)         195
  B. Russell (LA)         194
  S. Garvey (LA)          190
  S. Henderson (NY)       186
  W. Montanez (NY)        185
  K. Reitz (STL)          183

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            35
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         35
  K. Griffey (CIN)         33
  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)         66
  G. Foster (CIN)          62
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         60
  P. Rose (CIN)            59
  J. Clark (SF)            57
  T. Puhl (HOU)            57
  R. Smith (LA)            57
  D. Cash (MON)            55
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      55
  T. Simmons (STL)         55

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         18
  P. Rose (CIN)            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. Luzinski (PHI)         9
  G. Foster (CIN)           8
  D. Parker (PIT)           8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  R. Smith (LA)             8
  A. Dawson (MON)           7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          37
  R. Smith (LA)            35
  J. Morgan (CIN)          34
  W. McCovey (SF)          33
  R. Monday (LA)           33
  R. Cey (LA)              31
  W. Montanez (NY)         31
  S. Garvey (LA)           29
  D. Parker (PIT)          29
  D. Driessen (CIN)        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
  B. McBride (PHI)         11
  G. Richards (SD)         11
  L. Bowa (PHI)            10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10

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)       37
  D. Evans (SF)            35
  L. Randle (NY)           35
  J. Morgan (CIN)          32
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        31
  G. Tenace (SD)           31
  G. Carter (MON)          27
  R. Cey (LA)              27
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         27
  D. Lopes (LA)            26

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          47
  D. Kingman (CHI)         46
  A. Dawson (MON)          44
  J. Bench (CIN)           40
  S. Henderson (NY)        40
  O. Moreno (PIT)          37
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        36
  W. Montanez (NY)         36
  D. Murphy (ATL)          36
  T. Perez (MON)           35


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