Saturday June 3, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 3, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1682  248   471   93    8   45   234   34   14  192   241  .280
Cincinnati      1756  255   473  100   13   51   238   47   21  218   308  .269
Philadelphia    1542  210   401   70    7   38   199   53   17  180   252  .260
Montreal        1671  216   430   80   10   35   195   22   11  140   271  .257
Houston         1594  172   402   62    9   30   163   45   13  132   210  .252
San Francisco   1608  188   399   71   14   31   178   29   15  178   266  .248
San Diego       1627  169   401   58   12   24   149   44   27  165   272  .247
Chicago         1573  182   385   54   23   25   170   17   18  146   230  .245
St. Louis       1790  184   436   88    8   24   175   23   13  129   223  .244
New York        1779  200   432   73   15   27   190   31   29  200   285  .243
Atlanta         1528  151   366   52   12   21   136   34   25  169   234  .240
Pittsburgh      1646  185   394   66   14   29   167   64   27  156   271  .239

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons (STL)        53  180   28   60  20   1   6   25   0   1   27   11  .333
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     47  151   19   50  13   1   4   24   1   1   41   25  .331
Garry Maddox (PHI)       44  162   17   53  10   0   2   21  17   2   15   21  .327
Reggie Smith (LA)        47  178   32   58  13   1   8   36   3   1   26   34  .326
Ken Griffey (CIN)        51  206   34   67  13   3   3   15   8   2   19   30  .325
George Foster (CIN)      51  207   34   67   8   4  11   42   3   1   21   48  .324
Jack Clark (SF)          48  185   32   59  14   4   6   25   5   2   19   31  .319
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    49  185   24   59  15   1   2   25   6   5   15   32  .319
Terry Puhl (HOU)         46  187   24   59   7   2   2   11   8   3   14   15  .316
Bill Madlock (SF)        39  154   21   48   7   0   5   16   7   1   18   18  .312

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tom Paciorek           5    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Jeff Burroughs        47  151   19   50  13   1   4   24   1   1   41   25  .331
Darrel Chaney         30   75   12   23   4   0   1    8   1   0   14   12  .307
Jerry Royster         47  182   26   50   5   3   1   13  13   7   21   16  .275
Brian Asselstine      39  103   11   28   3   3   2   13   2   1   11   16  .272
Biff Pocoroba         45  146    9   38   6   0   1   15   0   2   12    7  .260
Gary Matthews         20   66   10   17   1   1   6   13   0   1   12   13  .258
Rowland Office        42   95   11   24   1   0   2    5   1   4    6   15  .253
Rod Gilbreath         38  107    6   25   6   1   1    9   2   2    7   17  .234
Barry Bonnell         39  115   11   26   5   1   0    6   7   2    9   12  .226
Joe Nolan             24   30    3    6   2   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .200
Dale Murphy           45  156   15   31   2   1   2   15   5   2   15   39  .199
Cito Gaston           26   56    2   11   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .196
Bob Beall             27   37    5    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    6    7  .162
Pat Rockett           40   94    3   12   0   0   0    4   1   2    9   10  .128
Jerry Maddox           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 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            31   91    8   28   2   5   1   15   0   0    8    5  .308
Joe Wallis            21   40    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   2    3   11  .300
Manny Trillo          43  161   13   46   7   3   2   22   0   2   16   23  .286
Gene Clines           30   78   15   22   3   1   0    5   2   2    7    7  .282
Ivan DeJesus          46  187   33   50   5   3   2    9   3   4   22   23  .267
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Larry Biittner        26   63    9   16   2   1   2   13   0   1    8    8  .254
Dave Rader            37  116   12   28   6   2   1   15   1   0    9    8  .241
Dave Kingman          40  138   19   33   5   1  10   28   2   3   16   49  .239
Bobby Murcer          46  172   20   41   6   4   2   19   4   2   20   24  .238
Hector Cruz           24   64    7   13   2   0   2    5   0   0    3    6  .203
Larry Cox             22   49    2    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    4    7  .184
Steve Ontiveros       43  152   14   25   5   1   0    7   0   0   16   24  .165
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           51  206   34   67  13   3   3   15   8   2   19   30  .325
George Foster         51  207   34   67   8   4  11   42   3   1   21   48  .324
Dave Concepcion       49  185   24   59  15   1   2   25   6   5   15   32  .319
Dan Driessen          45  162   30   50  11   1   7   28  10   2   28   20  .309
Mike Lum              24   37    7   11   2   0   3    8   0   0    6    5  .297
Pete Rose             50  212   36   63  17   2   4   19   4   1   23   11  .297
Junior Kennedy        30   41    5   11   1   0   0    2   2   1    9   10  .268
Cesar Geronimo        47  129   10   32   9   1   2   16   3   1   20   28  .248
Johnny Bench          45  164   22   38   7   0  10   26   1   1   16   40  .232
Joe Morgan            44  156   28   36  12   0   7   34   8   4   32   16  .231
Dave Collins          36   41    6    9   0   0   0    5   1   3    8    8  .220
Don Werner            23   48    5   10   1   1   0    6   1   0   10   11  .208
Ray Knight            26   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            46  187   24   59   7   2   2   11   8   3   14   15  .316
Enos Cabell           48  198   20   58   5   1   3   24   6   5    9   25  .293
Art Howe              44  153   18   43  15   1   3   16   1   1   13   10  .281
Jesus Alou            19   25    1    7   0   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .280
Jose Cruz             46  176   20   49   9   1   3   23   7   1   16   24  .278
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            45  153   15   40   8   1   5   29   0   0   18   22  .261
Julio Gonzalez        12   26    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .231
Joe Ferguson          37  116   16   26   3   0   5   16   0   0   21   22  .224
Roger Metzger         40  117   11   26   4   1   0    6   0   0   11    8  .222
Denny Walling         28   37    5    7   0   0   1    6   1   0    3    4  .189
Jimmy Sexton          23   38    4    7   0   0   0    0   2   0    4    7  .184
Reggie Baldwin         6   12    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Ed Herrmann           16   36    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .111
Dave Bergman          24   21    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    8  .095

 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
Rick Monday           40  128   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   20   27  .328
Reggie Smith          47  178   32   58  13   1   8   36   3   1   26   34  .326
Lee Lacy              32   82   14   26   7   2   6   12   3   2    7   11  .317
Dusty Baker           46  162   19   50   9   0   2   21   2   0   14   29  .309
Davey Lopes           40  138   30   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   15  .297
Ron Cey               47  180   29   51  10   0   6   33   1   0   28   28  .283
Vic Davalillo         24   32    6    9   1   0   0    7   0   1    2    1  .281
Bill Russell          48  206   28   57  11   1   2   19   3   2    9   11  .277
Jerry Grote           15   29    2    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .276
Steve Garvey          49  202   25   55   9   3   6   29   4   2   10   19  .272
Billy North           14   45   12   12   3   0   0    1   4   2   13    8  .267
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            27    5    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Dave Cash             49  195   29   56  11   2   1   11   5   3   16    8  .287
Chris Speier          42  137   13   39   5   1   3   15   0   0   18   17  .285
Ellis Valentine       45  170   22   47   9   0   7   28   2   1    9   19  .277
Warren Cromartie      46  178   24   49  10   2   2   18   2   2   12   20  .275
Larry Parrish         47  172   21   46  15   1   5   26   0   1    8   34  .267
Stan Papi             18   45    5   12   4   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .267
Tony Perez            46  166   16   44  10   0   4   22   0   0   17   36  .265
Andre Dawson          49  190   30   50   3   3   7   26   9   3   13   46  .263
Gary Carter           49  172   30   41   6   0   6   27   2   1   27   21  .238
Del Unser             42   59    7   14   2   0   0    5   1   0    8   10  .237
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          52  207   28   63  13   2   4   23   7   5   23   30  .304
Bobby Valentine       28   77   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .286
Tom Grieve            18   35    3   10   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .286
Steve Henderson       52  197   29   51   7   1   6   28   3   2   19   43  .259
Ron Hodges            14   35    1    9   0   1   0    4   1   1    4    6  .257
Willie Montanez       51  195   25   50  10   0   7   33   1   1   22   38  .256
John Stearns          45  151   14   38   8   0   3   19   8   2   22   17  .252
Joel Youngblood       30   60    7   15   4   2   0    6   0   0    5   10  .250
Elliott Maddox        30   93   10   22   5   2   0   12   1   3   19    9  .237
Doug Flynn            52  189   12   44   2   2   0   14   0   1    9   15  .233
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              29  113    9   22   6   0   0    6   1   2    5    6  .195
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         17   32    4   11   5   0   0    7   0   1    3    2  .344
Garry Maddox          44  162   17   53  10   0   2   21  17   2   15   21  .327
Tim McCarver          20   42    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    8  .310
Larry Bowa            43  187   24   57   7   1   0   10  10   2    9   16  .305
Bake McBride          37  153   20   44   6   2   2   10  11   1   12   20  .288
Richie Hebner         40  123   16   34   6   1   4   20   2   1   14   21  .276
Jerry Martin          35   55   10   15   2   0   3   13   1   1    8    6  .273
Bob Boone             39  121   18   32   4   2   5   24   1   2   17    7  .265
Mike Schmidt          42  164   35   43   8   0   8   27   7   3   27   35  .262
Greg Luzinski         45  150   27   35   9   0   9   26   3   0   33   38  .233
Bud Harrelson         24   40    5    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    7  .200
Jay Johnstone         31   52    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   2    6    8  .192
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          23   60    6    9   0   1   1    6   0   1    7   12  .150
Davey Johnson         20   45    6    6   0   0   2   12   0   0    4    9  .133

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Brye            29   61   11   18   5   0   1    4   1   0    6    5  .295
Mario Mendoza         21   25    4    7   1   0   1    2   2   1    0    4  .280
Dave Parker           49  194   24   54   7   2   8   29   7   3   15   30  .278
Duffy Dyer            22   65    3   18   6   1   0    7   1   0   10    7  .277
Manny Sanguillen      24   65    4   18   0   1   2    4   0   1    1    1  .277
Rennie Stennett       43  160   20   44   4   1   2   21   0   1    6   10  .275
Frank Taveras         48  190   19   51  10   1   0   13  14   9   11   23  .268
Phil Garner           47  168   16   41   7   4   2   20   6   5   18   25  .244
Ed Ott                33  107   11   26   4   1   2   10   0   0    7   13  .243
Bill Robinson         31  113   16   26   5   1   3   17   6   2   12   25  .230
Willie Stargell       36  103   11   22   2   0   6   18   2   0   16   28  .214
John Milner           30   62    8   13   4   0   1    6   1   0   11    7  .210
Omar Moreno           49  169   30   34   6   2   1    9  23   5   29   39  .201
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
Ken Macha              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 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            49  182   21   53  11   0   0   10   8   1   13   32  .291
Dave Winfield         47  180   20   50   6   1   7   26   7   5   12   27  .278
Gene Richards         46  174   24   47   6   4   2   15  11   6   21   24  .270
Derrel Thomas         48  150   11   38   5   0   0    9   5   4   11   14  .253
Mike Champion         21   24    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    6  .250
Ozzie Smith           47  170   12   42   5   3   0   14   8   3    5   13  .247
Jerry Turner          32   49    4   12   4   0   2    7   0   0    2   12  .245
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Oscar Gamble          44  138   18   32   3   1   3   18   0   1   18   21  .232
Rick Sweet            37   96    7   22   1   0   1    5   0   3   18   16  .229
Gene Tenace           43  121   22   27   6   2   5   15   3   2   36   32  .223
Bob Davis             19   40    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .200
Tucker Ashford        13   32    1    6   2   0   1    6   0   0    3    4  .188
Dave Roberts           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             31   77   10   28   2   1   3   19   2   0    4   10  .364
Jack Clark            48  185   32   59  14   4   6   25   5   2   19   31  .319
Bill Madlock          39  154   21   48   7   0   5   16   7   1   18   18  .312
Terry Whitfield       46  160   29   46   8   2   4   10   2   4   11   26  .288
Darrell Evans         48  166   26   44   9   0   4   18   2   1   38   24  .265
Larry Herndon         46  170   19   44   5   3   0   11   4   4   21   26  .259
Mike Sadek            17   55    7   14   1   0   0    4   1   0    4    5  .255
Rob Andrews           18   44    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .227
Tom Heintzelman       14   18    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    3  .222
Marc Hill             35  116    6   25   5   0   2   12   1   2   18   12  .216
Willie McCovey        43  142   10   30   8   2   4   34   0   0   16   21  .211
Johnnie Lemaster      41  132    6   26   5   1   0    5   3   1    8   25  .197
Skip James            29   16    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .125
Vic Harris            26   52    1    3   0   0   0    5   0   0    4   10  .058

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           53  180   28   60  20   1   6   25   0   1   27   11  .333
Keith Hernandez       52  193   23   56  13   0   4   26   3   3   25   19  .290
Steve Swisher         10   18    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .278
Mike Tyson            48  151   10   40   6   0   3   17   1   0    8   18  .265
Mike Phillips         22   34    2    9   2   1   0    5   0   0    1    5  .265
Ken Reitz             53  197   17   50   7   0   4   29   1   0    7   19  .254
Roger Freed           20   37    2    9   4   0   2   12   0   0    3    5  .243
Lou Brock             37  132   13   32   4   0   0    5   8   2   10   13  .242
Tony Scott            31   79   11   18   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .228
Jerry Morales         51  190   23   43  10   3   3   23   3   1   15   21  .226
Garry Templeton       53  226   22   51   8   1   0   10   5   2    3   36  .226
Jim Dwyer             28   56    8   12   2   0   1    2   0   0    6    2  .214
George Hendrick        7   28    4    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    3  .179
Gary Sutherland       10    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Jerry Mumphrey        35  105   10   17   3   0   0    8   1   2    9   12  .162
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)      226
  P. Rose (CIN)           212
  G. Foster (CIN)         207
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        207
  K. Griffey (CIN)        206
  B. Russell (LA)         206
  S. Garvey (LA)          202
  E. Cabell (HOU)         198
  S. Henderson (NY)       197
  K. Reitz (STL)          197

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            36
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         35
  G. Foster (CIN)          34
  K. Griffey (CIN)         34
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         33
  J. Clark (SF)            32
  R. Smith (LA)            32
  G. Carter (MON)          30
  A. Dawson (MON)          30
  D. Driessen (CIN)        30

Hits:

  G. Foster (CIN)          67
  K. Griffey (CIN)         67
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         63
  P. Rose (CIN)            63
  T. Simmons (STL)         60
  J. Clark (SF)            59
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      59
  T. Puhl (HOU)            59
  E. Cabell (HOU)          58
  R. Smith (LA)            58

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         20
  P. Rose (CIN)            17
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      15
  A. Howe (HOU)            15
  L. Parrish (MON)         15
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       13
  K. Griffey (CIN)         13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       13
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         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
  G. Richards (SD)          4
  B. Asselstine (ATL)       3
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3

Home Runs:

  G. Foster (CIN)          11
  R. Monday (LA)           11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  D. Kingman (CHI)         10
  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)          42
  R. Smith (LA)            36
  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
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       5
  P. Garner (PIT)           5
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          5
  O. Moreno (PIT)           5
  D. Winfield (SD)          5

Walks:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)       41
  D. Evans (SF)            38
  G. Tenace (SD)           36
  L. Randle (NY)           35
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        33
  J. Morgan (CIN)          32
  O. Moreno (PIT)          29
  R. Cey (LA)              28
  D. Driessen (CIN)        28
  G. Carter (MON)          27

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         49
  G. Foster (CIN)          48
  A. Dawson (MON)          46
  S. Henderson (NY)        43
  J. Bench (CIN)           40
  O. Moreno (PIT)          39
  D. Murphy (ATL)          39
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        38
  W. Montanez (NY)         38
  T. Perez (MON)           36


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