Monday June 5, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 5, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1754  260   488   97    9   46   245   38   14  194   250  .278
Cincinnati      1818  258   484  102   13   51   241   51   21  226   322  .266
Philadelphia    1604  223   417   72    8   41   211   55   17  187   269  .260
Montreal        1738  222   445   83   10   36   200   25   11  142   281  .256
Houston         1660  175   418   66    9   30   166   48   14  136   216  .252
San Diego       1694  177   420   63   12   25   157   46   28  176   286  .248
San Francisco   1676  194   414   73   15   34   184   30   15  183   279  .247
Chicago         1630  190   400   58   23   25   178   17   18  155   233  .245
New York        1851  211   450   81   15   27   199   31   29  207   296  .243
St. Louis       1856  189   447   90    8   24   179   24   13  134   244  .241
Atlanta         1602  163   385   56   12   23   148   35   25  175   241  .240
Pittsburgh      1713  193   409   69   14   29   173   65   29  160   282  .239

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons (STL)        55  185   28   62  20   1   6   26   0   1   30   12  .335
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     49  160   21   53  14   1   4   24   1   1   41   29  .331
Ken Griffey (CIN)        53  215   35   70  14   3   3   15   9   2   19   33  .326
Garry Maddox (PHI)       46  169   18   54  10   0   2   22  17   2   16   24  .320
George Foster (CIN)      53  214   35   68   8   4  11   42   3   1   22   49  .318
Reggie Smith (LA)        49  183   32   58  13   1   8   37   3   1   26   36  .317
Terry Puhl (HOU)         48  196   24   62   9   2   2   12   8   4   14   15  .316
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        54  216   31   68  14   2   4   23   7   5   23   30  .315
Jack Clark (SF)          50  192   32   60  14   5   6   27   5   2   20   31  .313
Dan Driessen (CIN)       47  168   30   52  11   1   7   30  11   2   29   22  .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        49  160   21   53  14   1   4   24   1   1   41   29  .331
Darrel Chaney         31   79   12   24   4   0   1    8   1   0   14   12  .304
Jerry Royster         49  190   27   52   5   3   1   13  13   7   21   16  .274
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         22   74   14   19   2   1   7   14   0   1   13   14  .257
Rowland Office        43   99   11   24   1   0   2    5   1   4    6   15  .242
Barry Bonnell         41  121   11   28   5   1   0    9   7   2    9   12  .231
Rod Gilbreath         40  114    6   26   6   1   1   10   2   2    8   17  .228
Bob Beall             29   44    6   10   1   0   0    2   1   1    8    8  .227
Joe Nolan             25   34    4    7   3   1   0    4   0   0    3    4  .206
Dale Murphy           46  159   18   32   2   1   3   19   6   2   17   39  .201
Cito Gaston           27   56    2   11   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .196
Pat Rockett           41   99    3   13   1   0   0    4   1   2    9   10  .131
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          36  133   15   43   7   0   1   16   4   2    7    5  .323
Greg Gross            33   95    8   29   2   5   1   15   0   0    9    5  .305
Gene Clines           32   82   16   24   3   1   0    6   2   2    8    7  .293
Manny Trillo          45  169   14   47   7   3   2   22   0   2   16   23  .278
Ivan DeJesus          48  194   34   52   5   3   2   11   3   4   23   23  .268
Mick Kelleher         11   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Joe Wallis            23   46    6   12   1   1   1    4   0   2    5   12  .261
Dave Rader            38  119   12   30   6   2   1   16   1   0    9    8  .252
Larry Biittner        28   70    9   17   2   1   2   14   0   1    8    8  .243
Bobby Murcer          47  175   20   42   7   4   2   19   4   2   21   24  .240
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       44  154   15   26   5   1   0    7   0   0   17   24  .169
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           53  215   35   70  14   3   3   15   9   2   19   33  .326
George Foster         53  214   35   68   8   4  11   42   3   1   22   49  .318
Dan Driessen          47  168   30   52  11   1   7   30  11   2   29   22  .310
Dave Concepcion       51  193   24   59  15   1   2   25   6   5   15   33  .306
Pete Rose             52  221   36   63  17   2   4   19   4   1   23   12  .285
Mike Lum              26   40    7   11   2   0   3    8   0   0    9    5  .275
Junior Kennedy        31   42    5   11   1   0   0    2   2   1    9   11  .262
Cesar Geronimo        48  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
Joe Morgan            46  162   29   38  12   0   7   34  10   4   34   16  .235
Johnny Bench          45  164   22   38   7   0  10   26   1   1   16   40  .232
Don Werner            25   54    5   11   2   1   0    7   1   0   11   14  .204
Ray Knight            28   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            48  196   24   62   9   2   2   12   8   4   14   15  .316
Enos Cabell           50  204   20   60   5   1   3   25   7   5    9   26  .294
Art Howe              46  161   19   46  16   1   3   16   1   1   13   11  .286
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
Jesus Alou            20   26    1    7   0   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .269
Jose Cruz             48  183   20   49   9   1   3   23   8   1   17   25  .268
Bob Watson            47  161   15   41   8   1   5   29   0   0   18   22  .255
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
Denny Walling         30   43    6    9   1   0   1    6   1   0    5    4  .209
Reggie Baldwin         8   20    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200
Jimmy Sexton          25   45    4    7   0   0   0    0   3   0    4    7  .156
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
Rick Monday           41  132   24   44  11   0  11   34   1   1   20   28  .333
Manny Mota            14   12    0    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .333
Reggie Smith          49  183   32   58  13   1   8   37   3   1   26   36  .317
Lee Lacy              34   89   16   28   7   3   6   12   3   2    8   11  .315
Davey Lopes           41  143   31   43   8   1   4   13  14   1   26   15  .301
Dusty Baker           48  170   20   50   9   0   2   21   2   0   14   29  .294
Billy North           16   49   14   14   4   0   0    1   5   2   13    8  .286
Ron Cey               49  187   30   53  10   0   7   36   1   0   29   29  .283
Vic Davalillo         25   32    6    9   1   0   0    7   0   1    2    1  .281
Steve Garvey          51  210   26   58   9   3   6   30   4   2   10   20  .276
Bill Russell          50  215   30   59  11   1   2   21   4   2    9   11  .274
Jerry Grote           17   37    2   10   4   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .270
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            29    5    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Warren Cromartie      48  186   26   53  11   2   2   18   3   2   12   20  .285
Stan Papi             19   46    5   13   4   0   0    4   0   0    2    6  .283
Dave Cash             51  203   29   57  11   2   1   12   5   3   16    8  .281
Chris Speier          44  144   13   40   5   1   3   15   0   0   19   19  .278
Ellis Valentine       47  178   23   49  10   0   7   29   2   1    9   20  .275
Andre Dawson          51  197   33   52   4   3   8   28  10   3   13   46  .264
Larry Parrish         49  177   21   46  15   1   5   26   0   1    9   37  .260
Tony Perez            48  174   16   44  10   0   4   22   0   0   17   38  .253
Gary Carter           51  180   30   44   6   0   6   27   3   1   27   22  .244
Del Unser             44   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          54  216   31   68  14   2   4   23   7   5   23   30  .315
Bobby Valentine       29   78   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .282
Ron Hodges            16   37    2   10   1   1   0    4   1   1    5    6  .270
Willie Montanez       53  203   26   53  13   0   7   37   1   1   23   38  .261
Elliott Maddox        32  100   12   26   6   2   0   12   1   3   21   10  .260
Steve Henderson       54  205   31   53   7   1   6   29   3   2   20   46  .259
Tom Grieve            20   44    3   11   2   0   1    5   0   0    4    8  .250
Joel Youngblood       31   61    7   15   4   2   0    6   0   0    5   10  .246
John Stearns          47  156   15   38   8   0   3   19   8   2   24   18  .244
Len Randle            45  148   20   34   7   4   0    7   7   7   35   23  .230
Doug Flynn            54  197   12   45   2   2   0   14   0   1    9   16  .228
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              31  122   10   23   7   0   0    8   1   2    5    6  .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         19   38    6   13   6   0   1    8   0   1    4    3  .342
Garry Maddox          46  169   18   54  10   0   2   22  17   2   16   24  .320
Larry Bowa            45  195   24   59   8   1   0   12  10   2    9   17  .303
Tim McCarver          21   43    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   11    9  .302
Bake McBride          37  153   20   44   6   2   2   10  11   1   12   20  .288
Jerry Martin          37   63   13   18   2   1   3   13   2   1    9    9  .286
Bob Boone             41  126   20   35   4   2   6   27   1   2   17    7  .278
Richie Hebner         41  125   18   34   6   1   4   20   2   1   16   22  .272
Mike Schmidt          43  168   35   43   8   0   8   27   7   3   27   37  .256
Greg Luzinski         47  157   27   36   9   0   9   28   4   0   34   41  .229
Bud Harrelson         26   40    6    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          25   67    8   12   0   1   2    9   0   1    7   12  .179
Davey Johnson         21   46    6    7   0   0   2   12   0   0    4    9  .152

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Macha              2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Steve Brye            29   61   11   18   5   0   1    4   1   0    6    5  .295
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      25   66    5   18   0   1   2    4   0   1    1    1  .273
Rennie Stennett       45  168   21   45   4   1   2   21   0   1    6   13  .268
Frank Taveras         50  196   19   51  10   1   0   13  14   9   11   23  .260
Mario Mendoza         22   27    4    7   1   0   1    2   2   1    0    5  .259
John Milner           32   70    8   18   4   0   1    8   1   0   11    7  .257
Bill Robinson         33  120   19   30   7   1   3   19   6   3   12   26  .250
Phil Garner           49  175   16   41   7   4   2   21   6   5   18   26  .234
Ed Ott                35  114   11   26   4   1   2   10   0   0    8   14  .228
Willie Stargell       38  110   12   25   3   0   6   19   2   0   17   29  .227
Jim Fregosi           20   20    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    8  .200
Omar Moreno           51  177   32   35   6   2   1    9  24   6   30   40  .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
Dave Roberts           3    6    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .500
Chuck Baker           25   35    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .314
Don Reynolds          17   26    2    8   0   0   0    2   1   0    5    4  .308
Bill Almon            51  190   21   56  13   0   0   12   8   1   13   35  .295
Dave Winfield         49  188   21   52   7   1   7   27   7   5   13   28  .277
Gene Richards         48  182   25   49   6   4   2   15  11   7   23   26  .269
Derrel Thomas         50  158   12   41   5   0   0   12   6   4   11   14  .260
Mike Champion         21   24    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    6  .250
Ozzie Smith           49  178   13   44   5   3   0   14   8   3    7   14  .247
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Jerry Turner          33   50    4   12   4   0   2    7   0   0    2   12  .240
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           45  128   26   29   7   2   6   16   4   2   38   35  .227
Bob Davis             19   40    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .200
Tucker Ashford        14   33    1    6   2   0   1    6   0   0    3    4  .182

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             32   81   10   29   2   1   3   19   2   0    4   10  .358
Jack Clark            50  192   32   60  14   5   6   27   5   2   20   31  .313
Bill Madlock          41  163   22   50   8   0   5   16   7   1   19   19  .307
Terry Whitfield       48  163   29   47   8   2   4   10   2   4   11   27  .288
Larry Herndon         48  178   20   48   5   3   0   11   4   4   21   29  .270
Darrell Evans         50  174   27   46   9   0   5   19   2   1   38   24  .264
Mike Sadek            18   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        45  148   12   32   8   2   5   35   1   0   18   22  .216
Marc Hill             37  124    6   26   6   0   2   12   1   2   18   13  .210
Johnnie Lemaster      42  135    6   26   5   1   0    5   3   1    8   25  .193
Skip James            30   16    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .125
Vic Harris            28   57    2    4   0   0   1    7   0   0    4   11  .070

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           55  185   28   62  20   1   6   26   0   1   30   12  .335
Mike Phillips         24   42    4   12   2   1   0    5   0   0    1    7  .286
Keith Hernandez       54  200   23   57  13   0   4   26   3   3   26   20  .285
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
Ken Reitz             55  204   17   51   7   0   4   29   1   0    7   22  .250
Roger Freed           21   38    2    9   4   0   2   12   0   0    3    6  .237
Lou Brock             39  140   15   32   4   0   0    6   9   2   10   15  .229
Tony Scott            31   79   11   18   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .228
Garry Templeton       55  233   22   52   8   1   0   11   5   2    4   39  .223
Jerry Morales         53  198   23   43  10   3   3   23   3   1   15   23  .217
Jim Dwyer             29   57    8   12   2   0   1    2   0   0    6    3  .211
George Hendrick        9   36    4    6   3   0   1    4   0   0    3    6  .167
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)      233
  P. Rose (CIN)           221
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        216
  K. Griffey (CIN)        215
  B. Russell (LA)         215
  G. Foster (CIN)         214
  S. Garvey (LA)          210
  S. Henderson (NY)       205
  E. Cabell (HOU)         204
  K. Reitz (STL)          204

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            36
  G. Foster (CIN)          35
  K. Griffey (CIN)         35
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         35
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         34
  A. Dawson (MON)          33
  J. Clark (SF)            32
  O. Moreno (PIT)          32
  R. Smith (LA)            32
  S. Henderson (NY)        31

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         70
  G. Foster (CIN)          68
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         68
  P. Rose (CIN)            63
  T. Puhl (HOU)            62
  T. Simmons (STL)         62
  E. Cabell (HOU)          60
  J. Clark (SF)            60
  L. Bowa (PHI)            59
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      59

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         20
  P. Rose (CIN)            17
  A. Howe (HOU)            16
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      15
  L. Parrish (MON)         15
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       14
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  K. Griffey (CIN)         14
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         14
  B. Almon (SD)            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
  A. Dawson (MON)           8
  D. Parker (PIT)           8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  R. Smith (LA)             8
  R. Cey (LA)               7

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          42
  W. Montanez (NY)         37
  R. Smith (LA)            37
  R. Cey (LA)              36
  W. McCovey (SF)          35
  R. Monday (LA)           34
  J. Morgan (CIN)          34
  D. Driessen (CIN)        30
  S. Garvey (LA)           30
  S. Henderson (NY)        29

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          24
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          19
  G. Maddox (PHI)          17
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  F. Taveras (PIT)         14
  J. Royster (ATL)         13
  D. Driessen (CIN)        11
  B. McBride (PHI)         11
  G. Richards (SD)         11
  L. Bowa (PHI)            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)           38
  L. Randle (NY)           35
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        34
  J. Morgan (CIN)          34
  O. Moreno (PIT)          30
  T. Simmons (STL)         30
  R. Cey (LA)              29
  D. Driessen (CIN)        29

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         50
  G. Foster (CIN)          49
  A. Dawson (MON)          46
  S. Henderson (NY)        46
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        41
  J. Bench (CIN)           40
  O. Moreno (PIT)          40
  D. Murphy (ATL)          39
  G. Templeton (STL)       39
  W. Montanez (NY)         38


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