Wednesday May 31, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 31, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1619  245   458   91    7   43   231   33   14  187   232  .283
Cincinnati      1696  248   460   97   12   48   231   46   20  209   299  .271
Philadelphia    1483  201   386   68    7   34   191   51   16  176   244  .260
Montreal        1603  206   410   76   10   32   186   21   11  137   262  .256
Houston         1505  164   382   57    9   29   156   45   13  124   196  .254
San Francisco   1540  179   381   66   13   30   170   28   15  165   258  .247
St. Louis       1695  179   419   85    8   23   170   21   12  119   205  .247
San Diego       1562  162   385   56   11   23   143   40   26  156   256  .247
Chicago         1500  172   365   53   22   24   161   16   16  139   220  .243
New York        1711  193   413   68   15   26   184   29   29  196   277  .241
Pittsburgh      1576  180   377   58   14   29   162   62   26  146   261  .239
Atlanta         1456  144   348   51   11   20   129   34   22  157   227  .239

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     45  145   19   49  13   1   4   24   1   1   38   24  .338
Ted Simmons (STL)        50  173   27   58  19   1   5   23   0   1   25   10  .335
Rick Monday (LA)         38  126   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   20   27  .333
Reggie Smith (LA)        45  172   32   57  13   1   8   35   3   1   25   34  .331
Ken Griffey (CIN)        49  201   34   66  13   3   3   15   8   2   16   28  .328
Garry Maddox (PHI)       42  154   15   50   9   0   2   21  16   2   15   20  .325
Dan Driessen (CIN)       43  155   29   50  11   1   7   28  10   2   27   20  .323
Jack Clark (SF)          46  177   30   57  14   4   5   23   5   2   18   31  .322
Terry Puhl (HOU)         43  177   24   57   6   2   2   10   8   3   13   14  .322
George Foster (CIN)      49  200   31   64   8   4   9   40   3   1   20   48  .320

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        45  145   19   49  13   1   4   24   1   1   38   24  .338
Tom Paciorek           5    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Darrel Chaney         28   69   12   21   4   0   1    7   1   0   14   11  .304
Jerry Royster         45  172   25   48   5   3   1   13  13   7   21   15  .279
Brian Asselstine      39  103   11   28   3   3   2   13   2   1   11   16  .272
Biff Pocoroba         43  141    9   37   6   0   1   15   0   1   12    7  .262
Rowland Office        40   91   11   22   1   0   2    5   1   2    6   15  .242
Gary Matthews         18   60    9   14   1   1   6   10   0   1    8   13  .233
Rod Gilbreath         36  100    5   23   6   1   0    8   2   2    6   16  .230
Barry Bonnell         37  109   11   25   5   1   0    6   7   2    9   12  .229
Dale Murphy           43  150   15   31   2   1   2   15   5   2   13   37  .207
Cito Gaston           24   54    1   10   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .185
Joe Nolan             22   27    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .185
Pat Rockett           38   91    3   12   0   0   0    4   1   2    9   10  .132
Bob Beall             26   33    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    5    7  .121

 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           29   77   15   22   3   1   0    5   2   2    7    7  .286
Manny Trillo          41  152   12   41   6   2   2   20   0   2   16   22  .270
Ivan DeJesus          44  179   31   48   5   3   2    9   2   4   20   21  .268
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Larry Biittner        24   54    7   13   2   1   2   11   0   1    7    7  .241
Bobby Murcer          44  163   19   39   6   4   2   19   4   1   20   23  .239
Dave Rader            35  109   12   26   6   2   1   12   1   0    9    8  .239
Dave Kingman          38  134   17   31   5   1   9   27   2   2   14   47  .231
Hector Cruz           24   64    7   13   2   0   2    5   0   0    3    6  .203
Larry Cox             21   49    2    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    4    7  .184
Steve Ontiveros       41  145   14   24   5   1   0    6   0   0   16   21  .166
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           49  201   34   66  13   3   3   15   8   2   16   28  .328
Dan Driessen          43  155   29   50  11   1   7   28  10   2   27   20  .323
George Foster         49  200   31   64   8   4   9   40   3   1   20   48  .320
Dave Concepcion       47  178   24   56  13   1   2   23   5   4   14   32  .315
Pete Rose             48  204   36   61  17   2   4   19   4   1   23   10  .299
Mike Lum              23   34    7   10   2   0   3    8   0   0    6    4  .294
Junior Kennedy        30   41    5   11   1   0   0    2   2   1    9   10  .268
Cesar Geronimo        46  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
Johnny Bench          44  163   21   37   7   0   9   25   1   1   16   40  .227
Dave Collins          35   40    6    9   0   0   0    4   1   3    8    8  .225
Ray Knight            24   20    3    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .200
Don Werner            21   43    4    8   0   0   0    6   1   0    7   10  .186
Rick Auerbach         20   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            43  177   24   57   6   2   2   10   8   3   13   14  .322
Enos Cabell           45  185   18   53   5   1   3   24   6   5    9   23  .287
Jose Cruz             43  166   18   47   8   1   2   21   7   1   14   22  .283
Art Howe              42  146   18   41  14   1   3   14   1   1   13    7  .281
Wilbur Howard         21   36    3   10   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    2  .278
Cesar Cedeno          41  159   24   43   7   1   6   16  19   2   11   22  .270
Bob Watson            42  147   14   39   8   1   5   28   0   0   17   21  .265
Julio Gonzalez        11   24    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Jesus Alou            16   20    1    5   0   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .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          20   27    3    5   0   0   0    0   2   0    3    6  .185
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         5    8    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
Johnny Oates          10   16    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .438
Manny Mota            12   10    0    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .400
Rick Monday           38  126   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   20   27  .333
Reggie Smith          45  172   32   57  13   1   8   35   3   1   25   34  .331
Dusty Baker           44  156   19   49   9   0   2   21   2   0   13   27  .314
Jerry Grote           13   26    2    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .308
Lee Lacy              30   75   14   23   6   2   6   12   3   2    7   10  .307
Davey Lopes           39  138   30   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   15  .297
Ron Cey               45  172   28   50  10   0   5   32   1   0   28   27  .291
Vic Davalillo         23   31    6    9   1   0   0    7   0   1    2    1  .290
Billy North           12   39   11   11   3   0   0    1   3   2   10    5  .282
Steve Garvey          47  194   25   53   9   2   6   29   4   2   10   19  .273
Bill Russell          46  198   27   54  10   1   1   18   3   2    9   11  .273
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          39  119   12   24   5   0   0   12   0   0   21   18  .202

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            26    5    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Dave Cash             47  187   29   55  11   2   1   10   5   3   16    8  .294
Stan Papi             17   41    5   12   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    5  .293
Chris Speier          40  132   12   38   5   1   2   14   0   0   18   17  .288
Ellis Valentine       43  162   21   45   9   0   6   26   2   1    9   18  .278
Warren Cromartie      44  170   23   47  10   2   2   18   2   2   12   20  .277
Andre Dawson          47  184   28   48   2   3   7   26   8   3   11   44  .261
Larry Parrish         45  164   19   41  13   1   4   23   0   1    8   33  .250
Tony Perez            44  158   16   39   9   0   4   22   0   0   17   35  .247
Del Unser             40   58    7   14   2   0   0    5   1   0    8   10  .241
Gary Carter           47  163   28   39   6   0   6   27   2   1   27   19  .239
Wayne Garrett         24   33    4    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .212
Jerry White           18   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .200
Sam Mejias            24   11    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
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          50  199   28   60  12   2   4   23   5   5   23   30  .302
Bobby Valentine       28   77   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .286
Steve Henderson       50  189   27   49   5   1   6   28   3   2   19   41  .259
Willie Montanez       49  189   24   49  10   0   7   33   1   1   20   37  .259
Joel Youngblood       28   58    7   15   4   2   0    6   0   0    5    9  .259
Ron Hodges            14   35    1    9   0   1   0    4   1   1    4    6  .257
John Stearns          43  143   12   36   7   0   2   17   8   2   22   16  .252
Doug Flynn            50  183   12   44   2   2   0   14   0   1    9   15  .240
Len Randle            44  146   20   34   7   4   0    7   7   7   35   23  .233
Elliott Maddox        28   86   10   20   5   2   0   11   1   3   17    8  .233
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Bruce Boisclair       40   95   15   21   2   1   3   11   1   3   14   16  .221
Tom Grieve            16   29    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .207
Tim Foli              27  105    9   20   6   0   0    4   1   2    5    6  .191
Ed Kranepool          24   36    2    6   0   0   1    5   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
Jose Cardenal         16   31    4   11   5   0   0    7   0   1    3    2  .355
Tim McCarver          18   40    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    8  .325
Garry Maddox          42  154   15   50   9   0   2   21  16   2   15   20  .325
Larry Bowa            41  179   23   54   6   1   0   10  10   2    9   15  .302
Bake McBride          35  145   19   43   6   2   1    9  11   1   12   19  .297
Richie Hebner         38  117   15   32   6   1   3   18   2   1   14   20  .274
Jerry Martin          34   55    9   15   2   0   3   13   1   1    7    6  .273
Mike Schmidt          42  164   35   43   8   0   8   27   7   3   27   35  .262
Bob Boone             37  115   17   30   4   2   4   23   1   2   17    6  .261
Greg Luzinski         43  144   26   34   9   0   9   26   2   0   32   37  .236
Jay Johnstone         29   47    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    7  .213
Bud Harrelson         23   40    5    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    7  .200
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Barry Foote           11   11    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .182
Jim Morrison          21   56    6    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    6   12  .143
Davey Johnson         19   44    5    5   0   0   1    8   0   0    4    9  .114

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen      23   62    4   18   0   1   2    4   0   1    1    1  .290
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
Mario Mendoza         21   25    4    7   1   0   1    2   2   1    0    4  .280
Dave Parker           47  185   24   51   7   2   8   29   6   3   15   29  .276
Frank Taveras         46  180   19   49   9   1   0   11  14   8   11   20  .272
Duffy Dyer            21   62    2   16   5   1   0    7   1   0    9    7  .258
Ed Ott                32  102   11   26   4   1   2   10   0   0    7   11  .255
Bill Robinson         29  104   16   25   4   1   3   17   6   2   11   24  .240
Phil Garner           45  160   16   38   5   4   2   20   5   5   17   23  .238
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
Jim Fregosi           20   20    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    8  .200
Omar Moreno           47  167   29   33   5   2   1    9  23   5   26   39  .198
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           22   35    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .314
Bill Almon            47  174   20   51  11   0   0   10   7   1   13   29  .293
Gene Richards         44  164   23   45   5   3   2   15  11   6   21   22  .274
Dave Winfield         45  173   19   47   6   1   6   23   5   5   10   26  .272
Derrel Thomas         46  144   11   37   5   0   0    8   5   4   10   13  .257
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
Ozzie Smith           45  162   11   40   4   3   0   14   7   3    5   12  .247
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Oscar Gamble          42  130   17   30   3   1   3   17   0   1   18   19  .231
Rick Sweet            35   91    6   21   1   0   1    5   0   3   16   16  .231
Gene Tenace           41  117   22   26   6   2   5   15   3   1   32   30  .222
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             30   73   10   28   2   1   3   19   2   0    4   10  .384
Jack Clark            46  177   30   57  14   4   5   23   5   2   18   31  .322
Bill Madlock          37  145   20   45   6   0   5   16   6   1   17   18  .310
Terry Whitfield       45  156   28   45   8   2   4    8   2   4   10   25  .289
Darrell Evans         46  158   25   41   8   0   4   18   2   1   36   23  .260
Larry Herndon         44  163   17   42   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             34  112    6   23   5   0   2   11   1   2   18   12  .205
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            24   49    1    3   0   0   0    5   0   0    4   10  .061

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           50  173   27   58  19   1   5   23   0   1   25   10  .335
Keith Hernandez       49  184   23   54  13   0   4   26   2   2   25   18  .294
Mike Phillips         20   31    2    9   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    4  .290
Mike Tyson            46  144   10   40   6   0   3   17   1   0    8   15  .278
Ken Reitz             50  186   17   49   7   0   4   29   1   0    7   18  .263
Lou Brock             35  124   13   30   4   0   0    5   7   2   10   13  .242
George Hendrick        4   17    3    4   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    0  .235
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       50  213   21   48   8   1   0   10   5   2    3   34  .225
Jerry Morales         48  182   22   40   8   3   3   21   3   1   13   20  .220
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             19   35    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .143

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (STL)      213
  P. Rose (CIN)           204
  K. Griffey (CIN)        201
  G. Foster (CIN)         200
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        199
  B. Russell (LA)         198
  S. Garvey (LA)          194
  S. Henderson (NY)       189
  W. Montanez (NY)        189
  D. Cash (MON)           187

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            36
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         35
  K. Griffey (CIN)         34
  R. Smith (LA)            32
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         31
  G. Foster (CIN)          31
  J. Clark (SF)            30
  D. Lopes (LA)            30
  D. Cash (MON)            29
  D. Driessen (CIN)        29

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         66
  G. Foster (CIN)          64
  P. Rose (CIN)            61
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         60
  T. Simmons (STL)         58
  J. Clark (SF)            57
  T. Puhl (HOU)            57
  R. Smith (LA)            57
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      56
  D. Cash (MON)            55

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         19
  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
  G. Foster (CIN)           9
  D. Kingman (CHI)          9
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         9
  D. Parker (PIT)           8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  R. Smith (LA)             8
  A. Dawson (MON)           7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          40
  R. Smith (LA)            35
  J. Morgan (CIN)          34
  W. McCovey (SF)          33
  R. Monday (LA)           33
  W. Montanez (NY)         33
  R. Cey (LA)              32
  S. Garvey (LA)           29
  D. Parker (PIT)          29
  K. Reitz (STL)           29

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          23
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          19
  G. Maddox (PHI)          16
  F. Taveras (PIT)         14
  J. Royster (ATL)         13
  D. Lopes (LA)            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
  E. Cabell (HOU)           5
  P. Garner (PIT)           5
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          5
  O. Moreno (PIT)           5
  D. Winfield (SD)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4

Walks:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)       38
  D. Evans (SF)            36
  L. Randle (NY)           35
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        32
  J. Morgan (CIN)          32
  G. Tenace (SD)           32
  R. Cey (LA)              28
  G. Carter (MON)          27
  D. Driessen (CIN)        27
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         27

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          48
  D. Kingman (CHI)         47
  A. Dawson (MON)          44
  S. Henderson (NY)        41
  J. Bench (CIN)           40
  O. Moreno (PIT)          39
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        37
  W. Montanez (NY)         37
  D. Murphy (ATL)          37
  T. Perez (MON)           35


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