Sunday June 4, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 4, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1717  252   479   95    9   45   237   36   14  193   243  .279
Cincinnati      1785  256   477  102   13   51   239   48   21  221   314  .267
Philadelphia    1576  219   412   72    8   38   207   54   17  185   261  .261
Montreal        1706  218   436   82   10   35   196   22   11  141   277  .256
Houston         1629  174   410   64    9   30   165   46   13  134   215  .252
San Diego       1658  174   410   60   12   25   154   44   28  171   279  .247
San Francisco   1642  191   406   71   15   32   181   29   15  180   273  .247
Chicago         1602  188   392   57   23   25   176   17   18  149   233  .245
St. Louis       1824  188   441   89    8   24   179   24   13  131   236  .242
New York        1812  202   438   76   15   27   192   31   29  202   291  .242
Pittsburgh      1680  189   402   68   14   29   170   65   28  159   277  .239
Atlanta         1562  155   373   54   12   22   140   34   25  171   236  .239

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons (STL)        54  182   28   62  20   1   6   26   0   1   29   11  .341
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     48  155   20   51  13   1   4   24   1   1   41   27  .329
Garry Maddox (PHI)       45  166   18   54  10   0   2   22  17   2   16   22  .325
Ken Griffey (CIN)        52  210   35   68  14   3   3   15   8   2   19   31  .324
George Foster (CIN)      52  210   34   67   8   4  11   42   3   1   22   48  .319
Reggie Smith (LA)        48  182   32   58  13   1   8   37   3   1   26   35  .319
Jack Clark (SF)          49  189   32   60  14   5   6   27   5   2   19   31  .318
Terry Puhl (HOU)         47  192   24   60   8   2   2   11   8   3   14   15  .313
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    50  189   24   59  15   1   2   25   6   5   15   32  .312
Bill Madlock (SF)        40  158   22   49   7   0   5   16   7   1   19   18  .310

 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        48  155   20   51  13   1   4   24   1   1   41   27  .329
Darrel Chaney         31   79   12   24   4   0   1    8   1   0   14   12  .304
Jerry Royster         48  185   26   51   5   3   1   13  13   7   21   16  .276
Brian Asselstine      39  103   11   28   3   3   2   13   2   1   11   16  .272
Gary Matthews         21   70   12   19   2   1   7   14   0   1   12   13  .271
Biff Pocoroba         45  146    9   38   6   0   1   15   0   2   12    7  .260
Rowland Office        43   99   11   24   1   0   2    5   1   4    6   15  .242
Rod Gilbreath         39  110    6   25   6   1   1    9   2   2    7   17  .227
Barry Bonnell         40  116   11   26   5   1   0    6   7   2    9   12  .224
Joe Nolan             25   34    4    7   3   1   0    4   0   0    3    4  .206
Dale Murphy           45  156   15   31   2   1   2   15   5   2   15   39  .199
Cito Gaston           27   56    2   11   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .196
Bob Beall             28   39    5    7   1   0   0    2   1   1    8    7  .180
Pat Rockett           40   94    3   12   0   0   0    4   1   2    9   10  .128
Jerry Maddox           2    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   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            32   92    8   28   2   5   1   15   0   0    8    5  .304
Gene Clines           31   82   16   24   3   1   0    6   2   2    7    7  .293
Joe Wallis            22   43    6   12   1   1   1    4   0   2    4   12  .279
Manny Trillo          44  165   13   46   7   3   2   22   0   2   16   23  .279
Ivan DeJesus          47  190   34   51   5   3   2   10   3   4   23   23  .268
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Larry Biittner        27   66    9   16   2   1   2   14   0   1    8    8  .242
Dave Rader            37  116   12   28   6   2   1   15   1   0    9    8  .241
Bobby Murcer          46  172   20   41   6   4   2   19   4   2   20   24  .238
Hector Cruz           25   68    7   16   4   0   2    7   0   0    3    6  .235
Dave Kingman          41  141   20   33   5   1  10   28   2   3   16   50  .234
Larry Cox             23   52    4   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    5    7  .192
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           52  210   35   68  14   3   3   15   8   2   19   31  .324
George Foster         52  210   34   67   8   4  11   42   3   1   22   48  .319
Dave Concepcion       50  189   24   59  15   1   2   25   6   5   15   32  .312
Dan Driessen          46  164   30   50  11   1   7   29  10   2   29   22  .305
Pete Rose             51  216   36   63  17   2   4   19   4   1   23   11  .292
Mike Lum              25   38    7   11   2   0   3    8   0   0    7    5  .290
Junior Kennedy        31   42    5   11   1   0   0    2   2   1    9   11  .262
Cesar Geronimo        47  129   10   32   9   1   2   16   3   1   20   28  .248
Dave Collins          37   42    6   10   0   0   0    5   1   3    8    8  .238
Johnny Bench          45  164   22   38   7   0  10   26   1   1   16   40  .232
Joe Morgan            45  160   28   37  12   0   7   34   9   4   32   16  .231
Don Werner            24   51    5   11   2   1   0    6   1   0   10   12  .216
Ray Knight            27   25    4    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .160
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            47  192   24   60   8   2   2   11   8   3   14   15  .313
Enos Cabell           49  201   20   58   5   1   3   25   6   5    9   26  .289
Art Howe              45  157   18   44  15   1   3   16   1   1   13   11  .280
Wilbur Howard         21   36    3   10   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    2  .278
Jose Cruz             47  180   20   49   9   1   3   23   7   1   16   25  .272
Cesar Cedeno          41  159   24   43   7   1   6   16  19   2   11   22  .270
Jesus Alou            20   26    1    7   0   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .269
Bob Watson            46  157   15   41   8   1   5   29   0   0   18   22  .261
Denny Walling         29   40    6    9   1   0   1    6   1   0    4    4  .225
Joe Ferguson          37  116   16   26   3   0   5   16   0   0   21   22  .224
Roger Metzger         41  117   11   26   4   1   0    6   0   0   11    8  .222
Julio Gonzalez        13   27    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .222
Reggie Baldwin         7   16    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .188
Jimmy Sexton          24   41    4    7   0   0   0    0   3   0    4    7  .171
Ed Herrmann           16   36    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .111
Dave Bergman          25   21    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    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            14   12    0    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .333
Rick Monday           40  128   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   20   27  .328
Lee Lacy              33   86   15   28   7   3   6   12   3   2    7   11  .326
Reggie Smith          48  182   32   58  13   1   8   37   3   1   26   35  .319
Dusty Baker           47  166   19   50   9   0   2   21   2   0   14   29  .301
Davey Lopes           40  138   30   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   15  .297
Billy North           15   49   14   14   4   0   0    1   5   2   13    8  .286
Ron Cey               48  183   29   52  10   0   6   33   1   0   29   28  .284
Vic Davalillo         24   32    6    9   1   0   0    7   0   1    2    1  .281
Bill Russell          49  210   29   58  11   1   2   19   4   2    9   11  .276
Jerry Grote           16   33    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    6    3  .273
Steve Garvey          50  206   25   56   9   3   6   30   4   2   10   19  .272
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          41  122   12   24   5   0   0   12   0   0   21   18  .197

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            28    5    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Stan Papi             19   46    5   13   4   0   0    4   0   0    2    6  .283
Dave Cash             50  199   29   56  11   2   1   11   5   3   16    8  .281
Warren Cromartie      47  182   25   51  11   2   2   18   2   2   12   20  .280
Chris Speier          43  140   13   39   5   1   3   15   0   0   19   18  .279
Ellis Valentine       46  174   22   47   9   0   7   28   2   1    9   20  .270
Andre Dawson          50  194   31   51   4   3   7   26   9   3   13   46  .263
Larry Parrish         48  175   21   46  15   1   5   26   0   1    8   36  .263
Tony Perez            47  170   16   44  10   0   4   22   0   0   17   37  .259
Gary Carter           50  176   30   42   6   0   6   27   2   1   27   22  .239
Del Unser             43   60    7   14   2   0   0    5   1   0    8   10  .233
Wayne Garrett         26   35    4    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .229
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          53  211   28   64  13   2   4   23   7   5   23   30  .303
Bobby Valentine       28   77   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .286
Tom Grieve            19   39    3   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    4    6  .282
Willie Montanez       52  198   25   51  11   0   7   34   1   1   23   38  .258
Steve Henderson       53  201   30   51   7   1   6   28   3   2   19   44  .254
Elliott Maddox        31   96   11   24   6   2   0   12   1   3   20   10  .250
Joel Youngblood       30   60    7   15   4   2   0    6   0   0    5   10  .250
Ron Hodges            15   36    1    9   0   1   0    4   1   1    4    6  .250
John Stearns          46  155   14   38   8   0   3   19   8   2   22   18  .245
Doug Flynn            53  192   12   45   2   2   0   14   0   1    9   16  .234
Len Randle            45  148   20   34   7   4   0    7   7   7   35   23  .230
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Bruce Boisclair       42   97   15   22   2   1   3   11   1   3   14   16  .227
Ed Kranepool          25   37    2    7   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    3  .189
Tim Foli              30  117    9   22   6   0   0    6   1   2    5    6  .188
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         18   35    5   12   6   0   0    7   0   1    4    3  .343
Garry Maddox          45  166   18   54  10   0   2   22  17   2   16   22  .325
Tim McCarver          20   42    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    8  .310
Larry Bowa            44  191   24   59   8   1   0   12  10   2    9   17  .309
Jerry Martin          36   59   13   17   2   1   3   13   2   1    9    8  .288
Bake McBride          37  153   20   44   6   2   2   10  11   1   12   20  .288
Bob Boone             40  125   19   34   4   2   5   26   1   2   17    7  .272
Richie Hebner         41  125   18   34   6   1   4   20   2   1   16   22  .272
Mike Schmidt          42  164   35   43   8   0   8   27   7   3   27   35  .262
Greg Luzinski         46  155   27   36   9   0   9   28   3   0   33   40  .232
Bud Harrelson         25   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          24   64    7   11   0   1   1    7   0   1    7   12  .172
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       44  164   20   44   4   1   2   21   0   1    6   13  .268
Frank Taveras         49  195   19   51  10   1   0   13  14   9   11   23  .262
John Milner           31   66    8   17   4   0   1    8   1   0   11    7  .258
Bill Robinson         32  117   19   29   7   1   3   17   6   2   12   25  .248
Phil Garner           48  171   16   41   7   4   2   21   6   5   18   25  .240
Ed Ott                34  110   11   26   4   1   2   10   0   0    8   14  .236
Willie Stargell       37  106   12   23   2   0   6   18   2   0   17   28  .217
Jim Fregosi           20   20    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    8  .200
Omar Moreno           50  173   30   34   6   2   1    9  24   6   30   40  .197
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          16   22    2    7   0   0   0    2   1   0    5    3  .318
Chuck Baker           24   35    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .314
Bill Almon            50  186   21   54  12   0   0   12   8   1   13   34  .290
Dave Winfield         48  183   21   51   7   1   7   26   7   5   13   27  .279
Gene Richards         47  178   24   49   6   4   2   15  11   7   22   25  .275
Derrel Thomas         49  154   12   39   5   0   0   11   5   4   11   14  .253
Mike Champion         21   24    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    6  .250
Dave Roberts           2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Ozzie Smith           48  174   13   43   5   3   0   14   8   3    6   14  .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           44  124   24   28   6   2   6   16   3   2   37   34  .226
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

 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            49  189   32   60  14   5   6   27   5   2   19   31  .318
Bill Madlock          40  158   22   49   7   0   5   16   7   1   19   18  .310
Terry Whitfield       47  163   29   47   8   2   4   10   2   4   11   27  .288
Darrell Evans         49  170   26   45   9   0   4   18   2   1   38   24  .265
Larry Herndon         47  174   19   45   5   3   0   11   4   4   21   28  .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
Willie McCovey        44  145   11   31   8   2   4   34   0   0   17   21  .214
Marc Hill             36  120    6   25   5   0   2   12   1   2   18   13  .208
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            27   56    2    4   0   0   1    6   0   0    4   11  .071

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           54  182   28   62  20   1   6   26   0   1   29   11  .341
Keith Hernandez       53  197   23   56  13   0   4   26   3   3   25   20  .284
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         23   38    3   10   2   1   0    5   0   0    1    6  .263
Ken Reitz             54  201   17   50   7   0   4   29   1   0    7   22  .249
Roger Freed           20   37    2    9   4   0   2   12   0   0    3    5  .243
Lou Brock             38  136   15   32   4   0   0    6   9   2   10   14  .235
Tony Scott            31   79   11   18   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .228
Garry Templeton       54  230   22   51   8   1   0   11   5   2    3   38  .222
Jerry Morales         52  194   23   43  10   3   3   23   3   1   15   23  .222
Jim Dwyer             28   56    8   12   2   0   1    2   0   0    6    2  .214
George Hendrick        8   32    4    6   3   0   1    4   0   0    3    4  .188
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)      230
  P. Rose (CIN)           216
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        211
  G. Foster (CIN)         210
  K. Griffey (CIN)        210
  B. Russell (LA)         210
  S. Garvey (LA)          206
  E. Cabell (HOU)         201
  S. Henderson (NY)       201
  K. Reitz (STL)          201

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         68
  G. Foster (CIN)          67
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         64
  P. Rose (CIN)            63
  T. Simmons (STL)         62
  J. Clark (SF)            60
  T. Puhl (HOU)            60
  L. Bowa (PHI)            59
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      59
  E. Cabell (HOU)          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
  K. Griffey (CIN)         14
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       13
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         13

Triples:

  J. Clark (SF)             5
  G. Gross (CHI)            5
  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)            37
  W. McCovey (SF)          34
  W. Montanez (NY)         34
  J. Morgan (CIN)          34
  R. Cey (LA)              33
  R. Monday (LA)           33
  S. Garvey (LA)           30
  D. Driessen (CIN)        29
  D. Parker (PIT)          29

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          24
  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
  G. Richards (SD)          7
  J. Royster (ATL)          7
  O. Moreno (PIT)           6
  E. Cabell (HOU)           5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       5
  P. Garner (PIT)           5
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          5
  D. Winfield (SD)          5

Walks:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)       41
  D. Evans (SF)            38
  G. Tenace (SD)           37
  L. Randle (NY)           35
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        33
  J. Morgan (CIN)          32
  O. Moreno (PIT)          30
  R. Cey (LA)              29
  D. Driessen (CIN)        29
  T. Simmons (STL)         29

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         50
  G. Foster (CIN)          48
  A. Dawson (MON)          46
  S. Henderson (NY)        44
  J. Bench (CIN)           40
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        40
  O. Moreno (PIT)          40
  D. Murphy (ATL)          39
  W. Montanez (NY)         38
  G. Templeton (STL)       38


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