Friday June 2, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 2, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1655  247   469   92    7   45   233   33   14  189   237  .283
Cincinnati      1726  251   465   99   12   50   234   46   20  214   301  .269
Philadelphia    1512  205   395   69    7   36   194   52   17  177   248  .261
Montreal        1641  211   419   78   10   34   191   21   11  138   269  .255
Houston         1534  166   387   58    9   30   158   45   13  126   197  .252
San Francisco   1575  185   392   68   14   30   175   29   15  176   264  .249
San Diego       1596  167   392   57   11   24   148   42   27  161   260  .246
St. Louis       1727  180   424   86    8   23   171   22   12  123   209  .246
New York        1748  197   425   71   15   27   188   30   29  197   281  .243
Chicago         1537  174   373   54   23   24   163   17   18  144   223  .243
Pittsburgh      1611  182   386   62   14   29   164   64   27  152   266  .240
Atlanta         1492  145   355   51   11   21   130   34   24  162   228  .238

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     46  147   19   50  13   1   4   24   1   1   40   24  .340
Ted Simmons (STL)        51  175   27   59  20   1   5   24   0   1   27   10  .337
Reggie Smith (LA)        46  175   32   58  13   1   8   35   3   1   26   34  .331
Ken Griffey (CIN)        50  202   34   66  13   3   3   15   8   2   19   29  .327
Garry Maddox (PHI)       43  158   16   51   9   0   2   21  17   2   15   20  .323
Terry Puhl (HOU)         44  181   24   58   6   2   2   10   8   3   13   14  .320
George Foster (CIN)      50  204   32   65   8   4  10   41   3   1   20   48  .319
Jack Clark (SF)          47  181   30   57  14   4   5   23   5   2   19   31  .315
Dan Driessen (CIN)       44  159   29   50  11   1   7   28  10   2   27   20  .315
Bill Madlock (SF)        38  150   21   47   6   0   5   16   7   1   18   18  .313

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        46  147   19   50  13   1   4   24   1   1   40   24  .340
Tom Paciorek           5    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Darrel Chaney         29   70   12   22   4   0   1    7   1   0   14   11  .314
Brian Asselstine      39  103   11   28   3   3   2   13   2   1   11   16  .272
Jerry Royster         46  177   25   48   5   3   1   13  13   7   21   15  .271
Biff Pocoroba         44  145    9   38   6   0   1   15   0   2   12    7  .262
Rod Gilbreath         37  104    6   25   6   1   1    9   2   2    6   16  .240
Rowland Office        41   92   11   22   1   0   2    5   1   3    6   15  .239
Gary Matthews         19   63    9   15   1   1   6   10   0   1   10   13  .238
Barry Bonnell         38  114   11   26   5   1   0    6   7   2    9   12  .228
Dale Murphy           44  155   15   31   2   1   2   15   5   2   13   38  .200
Cito Gaston           25   55    1   10   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .182
Joe Nolan             23   28    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .179
Pat Rockett           39   93    3   12   0   0   0    4   1   2    9   10  .129
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
Bill Buckner          35  133   15   43   7   0   1   16   4   2    6    5  .323
Greg Gross            30   87    7   28   2   5   1   15   0   0    7    5  .322
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          42  157   13   44   7   3   2   21   0   2   16   22  .280
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Ivan DeJesus          45  182   31   48   5   3   2    9   3   4   22   21  .264
Larry Biittner        25   58    7   14   2   1   2   11   0   1    8    8  .241
Dave Rader            36  113   12   27   6   2   1   13   1   0    9    8  .239
Bobby Murcer          45  168   19   39   6   4   2   19   4   2   20   23  .232
Dave Kingman          39  134   17   31   5   1   9   27   2   3   15   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       42  149   14   25   5   1   0    6   0   0   16   23  .168
Rudy Meoli            17    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           50  202   34   66  13   3   3   15   8   2   19   29  .327
George Foster         50  204   32   65   8   4  10   41   3   1   20   48  .319
Dan Driessen          44  159   29   50  11   1   7   28  10   2   27   20  .315
Dave Concepcion       48  182   24   57  14   1   2   23   5   4   14   32  .313
Pete Rose             49  208   36   62  17   2   4   19   4   1   23   10  .298
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            43  152   28   36  12   0   7   34   8   4   32   16  .237
Johnny Bench          45  164   22   38   7   0  10   26   1   1   16   40  .232
Dave Collins          36   41    6    9   0   0   0    5   1   3    8    8  .220
Don Werner            22   45    4    9   1   0   0    6   1   0    9   10  .200
Ray Knight            25   24    4    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .167
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            44  181   24   58   6   2   2   10   8   3   13   14  .320
Enos Cabell           46  189   19   55   5   1   3   24   6   5    9   24  .291
Jose Cruz             44  170   19   48   8   1   3   23   7   1   14   22  .282
Art Howe              43  149   18   42  15   1   3   14   1   1   13    7  .282
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            43  150   14   39   8   1   5   28   0   0   17   21  .260
Julio Gonzalez        11   24    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Jesus Alou            17   21    1    5   0   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .238
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
Denny Walling         26   34    5    7   0   0   1    6   1   0    2    3  .206
Jimmy Sexton          21   30    3    5   0   0   0    0   2   0    3    6  .167
Dave Bergman          22   18    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    6  .111
Ed Herrmann           15   33    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .091
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          11   17    1    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .471
Manny Mota            13   11    0    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .364
Reggie Smith          46  175   32   58  13   1   8   35   3   1   26   34  .331
Rick Monday           39  127   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   20   27  .331
Lee Lacy              31   79   14   25   6   2   6   12   3   2    7   10  .317
Dusty Baker           45  160   19   50   9   0   2   21   2   0   13   28  .313
Jerry Grote           14   26    2    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .308
Davey Lopes           40  138   30   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   15  .297
Ron Cey               46  176   29   51  10   0   6   33   1   0   28   28  .290
Vic Davalillo         24   32    6    9   1   0   0    7   0   1    2    1  .281
Bill Russell          47  203   28   57  11   1   2   19   3   2    9   11  .281
Billy North           13   43   11   12   3   0   0    1   3   2   11    7  .279
Steve Garvey          48  198   25   54   9   2   6   29   4   2   10   19  .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          40  121   12   24   5   0   0   12   0   0   21   18  .198

 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             48  192   29   56  11   2   1   10   5   3   16    8  .292
Chris Speier          41  133   12   38   5   1   2   14   0   0   18   17  .286
Warren Cromartie      45  174   24   49  10   2   2   18   2   2   12   20  .282
Ellis Valentine       44  166   22   46   9   0   7   28   2   1    9   19  .277
Stan Papi             18   45    5   12   4   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .267
Andre Dawson          48  188   29   49   3   3   7   26   8   3   11   46  .261
Larry Parrish         46  168   20   43  14   1   5   26   0   1    8   33  .256
Tony Perez            45  162   16   41   9   0   4   22   0   0   17   36  .253
Del Unser             41   59    7   14   2   0   0    5   1   0    8   10  .237
Gary Carter           48  168   28   39   6   0   6   27   2   1   27   21  .232
Wayne Garrett         25   34    4    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .206
Jerry White           18   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .200
Sam Mejias            25   11    4    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          51  203   28   61  12   2   4   23   6   5   23   30  .301
Bobby Valentine       28   77   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .286
Steve Henderson       51  193   28   50   6   1   6   28   3   2   19   41  .259
John Stearns          44  147   14   38   8   0   3   19   8   2   22   16  .259
Ron Hodges            14   35    1    9   0   1   0    4   1   1    4    6  .257
Willie Montanez       50  192   24   49  10   0   7   33   1   1   21   38  .255
Joel Youngblood       29   59    7   15   4   2   0    6   0   0    5   10  .254
Tom Grieve            17   32    3    8   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .250
Elliott Maddox        29   91   10   22   5   2   0   12   1   3   17    8  .242
Doug Flynn            51  186   12   44   2   2   0   14   0   1    9   15  .237
Len Randle            45  148   20   34   7   4   0    7   7   7   35   23  .230
Bruce Boisclair       41   96   15   22   2   1   3   11   1   3   14   16  .229
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Tim Foli              28  109    9   22   6   0   0    5   1   2    5    6  .202
Ed Kranepool          25   37    2    7   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    3  .189
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
Garry Maddox          43  158   16   51   9   0   2   21  17   2   15   20  .323
Tim McCarver          19   41    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    8  .317
Larry Bowa            42  183   24   57   7   1   0   10  10   2    9   15  .312
Bake McBride          36  149   20   44   6   2   2   10  11   1   12   20  .295
Richie Hebner         39  120   16   34   6   1   4   20   2   1   14   20  .283
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             38  118   17   30   4   2   4   23   1   2   17    7  .254
Greg Luzinski         44  147   26   34   9   0   9   26   2   0   32   38  .231
Jay Johnstone         30   50    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    8  .200
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          22   58    6    9   0   1   1    6   0   1    7   12  .155
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
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           48  190   24   53   7   2   8   29   7   3   15   29  .279
Rennie Stennett       42  157   19   43   4   1   2   21   0   1    5   10  .274
Frank Taveras         47  185   19   50   9   1   0   11  14   9   11   22  .270
Duffy Dyer            21   62    2   16   5   1   0    7   1   0    9    7  .258
Phil Garner           46  163   16   40   6   4   2   20   6   5   18   23  .245
Ed Ott                33  107   11   26   4   1   2   10   0   0    7   13  .243
Bill Robinson         30  109   16   26   5   1   3   17   6   2   11   24  .239
Willie Stargell       36  103   11   22   2   0   6   18   2   0   16   28  .214
John Milner           29   61    8   13   4   0   1    6   1   0   11    7  .213
Omar Moreno           48  168   30   34   6   2   1    9  23   5   29   39  .202
Jim Fregosi           20   20    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    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           23   35    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .314
Bill Almon            48  178   20   52  11   0   0   10   8   1   13   30  .292
Dave Winfield         46  177   20   48   6   1   7   26   5   5   11   26  .271
Gene Richards         45  169   23   45   5   3   2   15  11   6   21   23  .266
Derrel Thomas         47  148   11   38   5   0   0    9   5   4   10   13  .257
Ozzie Smith           46  167   12   42   5   3   0   14   8   3    5   12  .252
Jerry Turner          31   48    4   12   4   0   2    7   0   0    2   11  .250
Mike Champion         21   24    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    6  .250
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Oscar Gamble          43  134   18   31   3   1   3   18   0   1   18   19  .231
Rick Sweet            36   94    7   21   1   0   1    5   0   3   17   16  .223
Gene Tenace           42  118   22   26   6   2   5   15   3   2   35   30  .220
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            47  181   30   57  14   4   5   23   5   2   19   31  .315
Bill Madlock          38  150   21   47   6   0   5   16   7   1   18   18  .313
Terry Whitfield       46  160   29   46   8   2   4   10   2   4   11   26  .288
Darrell Evans         47  163   25   43   8   0   4   18   2   1   37   24  .264
Larry Herndon         45  167   19   44   5   3   0   11   4   4   20   25  .264
Mike Sadek            17   55    7   14   1   0   0    4   1   0    4    5  .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        42  138   10   30   8   2   4   34   0   0   16   20  .217
Marc Hill             34  112    6   23   5   0   2   11   1   2   18   12  .205
Johnnie Lemaster      40  129    6   25   4   1   0    5   3   1    8   25  .194
Skip James            29   16    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .125
Vic Harris            25   50    1    3   0   0   0    5   0   0    4   10  .060

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           51  175   27   59  20   1   5   24   0   1   27   10  .337
Keith Hernandez       50  188   23   55  13   0   4   26   3   2   25   18  .293
Mike Phillips         20   31    2    9   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    4  .290
Mike Tyson            47  148   10   40   6   0   3   17   1   0    8   16  .270
Ken Reitz             51  190   17   49   7   0   4   29   1   0    7   18  .258
George Hendrick        5   20    4    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .250
Lou Brock             36  128   13   31   4   0   0    5   7   2   10   13  .242
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         49  185   22   41   8   3   3   21   3   1   14   20  .222
Garry Templeton       51  217   21   48   8   1   0   10   5   2    3   35  .221
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)      217
  P. Rose (CIN)           208
  G. Foster (CIN)         204
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        203
  B. Russell (LA)         203
  K. Griffey (CIN)        202
  S. Garvey (LA)          198
  S. Henderson (NY)       193
  D. Cash (MON)           192
  W. Montanez (NY)        192

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         66
  G. Foster (CIN)          65
  P. Rose (CIN)            62
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         61
  T. Simmons (STL)         59
  T. Puhl (HOU)            58
  R. Smith (LA)            58
  L. Bowa (PHI)            57
  J. Clark (SF)            57
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      57

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         20
  P. Rose (CIN)            17
  A. Howe (HOU)            15
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  L. Parrish (MON)         14
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       13
  K. Griffey (CIN)         13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       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)           10
  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  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)          41
  R. Smith (LA)            35
  W. McCovey (SF)          34
  J. Morgan (CIN)          34
  R. Cey (LA)              33
  R. Monday (LA)           33
  W. Montanez (NY)         33
  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)          17
  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)          9
  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)       40
  D. Evans (SF)            37
  L. Randle (NY)           35
  G. Tenace (SD)           35
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        32
  J. Morgan (CIN)          32
  O. Moreno (PIT)          29
  R. Cey (LA)              28
  G. Carter (MON)          27
  D. Driessen (CIN)        27

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          48
  D. Kingman (CHI)         47
  A. Dawson (MON)          46
  S. Henderson (NY)        41
  J. Bench (CIN)           40
  O. Moreno (PIT)          39
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        38
  W. Montanez (NY)         38
  D. Murphy (ATL)          38
  T. Perez (MON)           36

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