Tuesday June 6, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 6, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1786  268   497   99   10   47   253   38   14  201   252  .278
Cincinnati      1847  259   489  102   13   51   242   51   21  229   326  .265
Philadelphia    1639  230   427   72    8   42   216   59   17  191   274  .261
Montreal        1770  226   453   83   10   37   203   27   11  145   287  .256
Houston         1697  179   429   69    9   31   170   48   14  137   221  .253
San Francisco   1708  200   424   75   17   34   190   31   15  186   288  .248
Chicago         1665  199   411   64   23   26   187   18   18  162   237  .247
San Diego       1723  177   424   64   12   25   157   47   29  183   291  .246
New York        1889  213   461   83   15   28   201   31   29  208   304  .244
Atlanta         1637  165   392   57   12   24   150   36   25  176   248  .240
St. Louis       1883  193   450   90    8   24   182   26   13  138   248  .239
Pittsburgh      1744  197   416   70   15   29   177   66   29  163   283  .239

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons (STL)        56  188   29   62  20   1   6   26   0   1   31   12  .330
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     50  163   21   53  14   1   4   24   1   1   42   30  .325
Ken Griffey (CIN)        54  219   35   70  14   3   3   15   9   2   19   33  .320
Reggie Smith (LA)        50  188   34   60  13   1   9   38   3   1   26   36  .319
Terry Puhl (HOU)         49  201   24   64  10   2   2   13   8   4   14   15  .318
Bill Madlock (SF)        42  168   25   53   9   1   5   17   7   1   19   20  .316
George Foster (CIN)      54  217   35   68   8   4  11   42   3   1   22   50  .313
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        55  221   31   69  14   2   4   23   7   5   23   33  .312
Garry Maddox (PHI)       47  173   18   54  10   0   2   22  17   2   16   24  .312
Larry Bowa (PHI)         46  200   27   62   8   1   0   13  12   2    9   17  .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        50  163   21   53  14   1   4   24   1   1   42   30  .325
Darrel Chaney         32   83   12   25   4   0   1    8   1   0   14   14  .301
Jerry Royster         50  194   27   53   5   3   1   13  14   7   21   16  .273
Brian Asselstine      39  103   11   28   3   3   2   13   2   1   11   16  .272
Gary Matthews         23   78   15   21   2   1   7   14   0   1   13   14  .269
Biff Pocoroba         46  147    9   38   6   0   1   15   0   2   12    7  .259
Rowland Office        44  102   11   25   2   0   2    5   1   4    6   15  .245
Barry Bonnell         41  121   11   28   5   1   0    9   7   2    9   12  .231
Joe Nolan             26   35    4    8   3   1   0    4   0   0    3    4  .229
Rod Gilbreath         41  118    6   26   6   1   1   10   2   2    8   18  .220
Bob Beall             30   48    6   10   1   0   0    2   1   1    8    8  .208
Dale Murphy           47  163   19   33   2   1   4   21   6   2   17   41  .203
Cito Gaston           28   57    2   11   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .193
Pat Rockett           41   99    3   13   1   0   0    4   1   2    9   10  .131
Jerry Maddox           3    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            34   99   10   31   3   5   1   16   0   0   10    5  .313
Gene Clines           33   83   16   24   3   1   0    6   2   2    8    7  .289
Manny Trillo          46  172   14   48   8   3   2   22   0   2   17   23  .279
Joe Wallis            24   47    6   13   1   1   1    4   0   2    5   12  .277
Ivan DeJesus          49  197   35   53   6   3   2   11   3   4   25   24  .269
Mick Kelleher         12   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .250
Dave Rader            39  122   13   30   6   2   1   16   1   0   10    9  .246
Larry Biittner        29   74   10   18   3   1   2   15   0   1    9    9  .243
Bobby Murcer          48  179   21   43   7   4   2   19   5   2   21   24  .240
Hector Cruz           25   68    7   16   4   0   2    7   0   0    3    6  .235
Dave Kingman          42  146   21   34   5   1  11   32   2   3   16   51  .233
Larry Cox             23   52    4   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    5    7  .192
Steve Ontiveros       45  157   16   27   6   1   0    7   0   0   18   24  .172
Rudy Meoli            18    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           54  219   35   70  14   3   3   15   9   2   19   33  .320
George Foster         54  217   35   68   8   4  11   42   3   1   22   50  .313
Dan Driessen          48  171   30   53  11   1   7   31  11   2   30   22  .310
Dave Concepcion       52  197   24   60  15   1   2   25   6   5   15   34  .305
Pete Rose             53  225   36   63  17   2   4   19   4   1   23   12  .280
Mike Lum              27   43    7   12   2   0   3    8   0   0   10    5  .279
Junior Kennedy        31   42    5   11   1   0   0    2   2   1    9   11  .262
Dave Collins          38   43    6   11   0   0   0    5   1   3    8    8  .256
Cesar Geronimo        48  129   10   32   9   1   2   16   3   1   20   28  .248
Joe Morgan            47  165   30   39  12   0   7   34  10   4   35   16  .236
Johnny Bench          45  164   22   38   7   0  10   26   1   1   16   40  .232
Don Werner            26   57    5   11   2   1   0    7   1   0   11   15  .193
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            49  201   24   64  10   2   2   13   8   4   14   15  .318
Enos Cabell           51  208   20   61   5   1   3   25   7   5    9   26  .293
Art Howe              47  164   19   47  16   1   3   17   1   1   14   13  .287
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
Jose Cruz             49  187   21   50  10   1   3   23   8   1   17   25  .267
Jesus Alou            21   30    1    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .267
Bob Watson            48  165   17   43   8   1   6   30   0   0   18   22  .261
Roger Metzger         42  118   11   27   4   1   0    6   0   0   11    8  .229
Joe Ferguson          37  116   16   26   3   0   5   16   0   0   21   22  .224
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         9   24    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .208
Jimmy Sexton          26   50    4    8   0   0   0    0   3   0    4    9  .160
Ed Herrmann           16   36    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .111
Dave Bergman          26   22    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    8  .091

 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           42  135   26   45  11   1  11   35   1   1   21   28  .333
Manny Mota            14   12    0    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .333
Reggie Smith          50  188   34   60  13   1   9   38   3   1   26   36  .319
Lee Lacy              34   89   16   28   7   3   6   12   3   2    8   11  .315
Davey Lopes           42  148   31   45   9   1   4   15  14   1   26   16  .304
Dusty Baker           49  171   20   50   9   0   2   21   2   0   14   29  .292
Vic Davalillo         25   32    6    9   1   0   0    7   0   1    2    1  .281
Ron Cey               50  189   31   53  10   0   7   36   1   0   32   29  .280
Steve Garvey          52  215   28   60  10   3   6   32   4   2   10   21  .279
Billy North           17   51   15   14   4   0   0    1   5   2   15    8  .275
Jerry Grote           17   37    2   10   4   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .270
Bill Russell          51  220   30   59  11   1   2   21   4   2    9   11  .268
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          42  124   12   25   5   0   0   13   0   0   22   18  .202

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            30    5    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .600
Dave Cash             52  207   30   59  11   2   1   12   5   3   16    9  .285
Warren Cromartie      49  190   27   54  11   2   2   18   3   2   12   21  .284
Stan Papi             19   46    5   13   4   0   0    4   0   0    2    6  .283
Ellis Valentine       48  182   23   51  10   0   7   29   2   1    9   20  .280
Chris Speier          45  147   13   40   5   1   3   15   0   0   20   19  .272
Andre Dawson          52  200   34   52   4   3   8   28  12   3   14   47  .260
Larry Parrish         50  181   21   46  15   1   5   26   0   1    9   38  .254
Tony Perez            49  178   17   45  10   0   5   24   0   0   17   39  .253
Gary Carter           52  183   30   45   6   0   6   28   3   1   27   23  .246
Del Unser             45   60    7   14   2   0   0    5   1   0    8   10  .233
Wayne Garrett         27   36    4    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .222
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              7    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          55  221   31   69  14   2   4   23   7   5   23   33  .312
Bobby Valentine       30   79   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   12  .279
Ron Hodges            17   40    2   11   2   1   0    4   1   1    5    6  .275
Elliott Maddox        33  104   12   28   6   2   0   12   1   3   22   10  .269
Willie Montanez       54  207   28   55  13   0   8   38   1   1   23   39  .266
Joel Youngblood       32   62    7   16   4   2   0    6   0   0    5   10  .258
Steve Henderson       55  210   31   53   7   1   6   29   3   2   20   46  .252
Tom Grieve            21   48    3   12   2   0   1    5   0   0    4    9  .250
John Stearns          48  157   15   39   8   0   3   19   8   2   24   18  .248
Doug Flynn            55  201   12   47   3   2   0   15   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              32  126   10   23   7   0   0    8   1   2    5    7  .183
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         20   39    6   13   6   0   1    8   0   1    4    3  .333
Garry Maddox          47  173   18   54  10   0   2   22  17   2   16   24  .312
Larry Bowa            46  200   27   62   8   1   0   13  12   2    9   17  .310
Jerry Martin          38   64   13   19   2   1   3   13   2   1    9    9  .297
Tim McCarver          22   44    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   11    9  .296
Bake McBride          38  158   22   45   6   2   2   10  13   1   12   20  .285
Richie Hebner         42  128   18   35   6   1   4   20   2   1   16   23  .273
Bob Boone             42  130   20   35   4   2   6   27   1   2   17    7  .269
Mike Schmidt          44  170   35   44   8   0   8   27   7   3   30   37  .259
Greg Luzinski         48  161   27   38   9   0   9   31   4   0   34   42  .236
Bud Harrelson         26   40    6    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
Jay Johnstone         32   53    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   2    6    9  .189
Jim Morrison          26   70   10   13   0   1   3   10   0   1    8   13  .186
Barry Foote           11   11    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .182
Davey Johnson         22   47    6    7   0   0   2   12   0   0    4   10  .149

 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           50  198   26   56   7   3   8   30   8   3   15   30  .283
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
Mario Mendoza         23   30    4    8   1   0   1    3   2   1    0    5  .267
Rennie Stennett       46  172   21   45   4   1   2   21   0   1    6   13  .262
Frank Taveras         50  196   19   51  10   1   0   13  14   9   11   23  .260
Bill Robinson         34  124   19   31   7   1   3   20   6   3   12   26  .250
John Milner           33   73    8   18   4   0   1    8   1   0   11    7  .247
Ed Ott                36  117   12   28   5   1   2   10   0   0    9   14  .239
Phil Garner           50  177   17   41   7   4   2   21   6   5   20   26  .232
Willie Stargell       39  114   12   26   3   0   6   20   2   0   17   29  .228
Jim Fregosi           20   20    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    8  .200
Omar Moreno           52  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
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
Dave Roberts           4   10    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .300
Bill Almon            52  193   21   56  13   0   0   12   8   1   14   37  .290
Dave Winfield         50  189   21   53   7   1   7   27   7   5   13   28  .280
Gene Richards         49  185   25   49   6   4   2   15  12   7   24   26  .265
Derrel Thomas         51  161   12   41   5   0   0   12   6   4   11   15  .255
Mike Champion         21   24    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    6  .250
Ozzie Smith           50  182   13   45   5   3   0   14   8   4    7   15  .247
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Oscar Gamble          45  142   18   33   3   1   3   18   0   1   18   21  .232
Gene Tenace           46  130   26   30   8   2   6   16   4   2   40   35  .231
Jerry Turner          34   52    4   12   4   0   2    7   0   0    4   12  .231
Rick Sweet            37   96    7   22   1   0   1    5   0   3   18   16  .229
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
Fernando Gonzalez      1    2    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             33   85   10   31   2   1   3   19   2   0    4   11  .365
Bill Madlock          42  168   25   53   9   1   5   17   7   1   19   20  .316
Jack Clark            51  195   32   60  14   5   6   28   5   2   20   33  .308
Terry Whitfield       49  163   29   47   8   2   4   10   2   4   11   27  .288
Larry Herndon         49  180   21   50   6   3   0   12   5   4   22   29  .278
Darrell Evans         51  179   27   47   9   1   5   21   2   1   38   24  .263
Mike Sadek            19   57    8   14   1   0   0    4   1   0    6    5  .246
Rob Andrews           18   44    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .227
Willie McCovey        46  152   13   34   8   2   5   36   1   0   18   23  .224
Tom Heintzelman       14   18    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    3  .222
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            29   61    2    4   0   0   1    7   0   0    4   13  .066

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           56  188   29   62  20   1   6   26   0   1   31   12  .330
Keith Hernandez       55  202   24   57  13   0   4   26   3   3   27   21  .282
Steve Swisher         10   18    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .278
Mike Tyson            49  153   10   40   6   0   3   17   1   0    9   18  .261
Mike Phillips         25   46    4   12   2   1   0    5   0   0    1    7  .261
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             40  143   16   33   4   0   0    6  11   2   11   15  .231
Tony Scott            31   79   11   18   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .228
Garry Templeton       56  236   22   53   8   1   0   12   5   2    4   39  .225
Jerry Morales         54  201   24   44  10   3   3   25   3   1   15   23  .219
Jim Dwyer             29   57    8   12   2   0   1    2   0   0    6    3  .211
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
George Hendrick       10   40    4    6   3   0   1    4   0   0    3    8  .150
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)      236
  P. Rose (CIN)           225
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        221
  B. Russell (LA)         220
  K. Griffey (CIN)        219
  G. Foster (CIN)         217
  S. Garvey (LA)          215
  S. Henderson (NY)       210
  E. Cabell (HOU)         208
  D. Cash (MON)           207

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         70
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         69
  G. Foster (CIN)          68
  T. Puhl (HOU)            64
  P. Rose (CIN)            63
  L. Bowa (PHI)            62
  T. Simmons (STL)         62
  E. Cabell (HOU)          61
  J. Clark (SF)            60
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      60

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
  D. Kingman (CHI)         11
  R. Monday (LA)           11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         9
  R. Smith (LA)             9
  A. Dawson (MON)           8
  W. Montanez (NY)          8
  D. Parker (PIT)           8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          42
  W. Montanez (NY)         38
  R. Smith (LA)            38
  R. Cey (LA)              36
  W. McCovey (SF)          36
  R. Monday (LA)           35
  J. Morgan (CIN)          34
  S. Garvey (LA)           32
  D. Kingman (CHI)         32
  D. Driessen (CIN)        31

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          24
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          19
  G. Maddox (PHI)          17
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  J. Royster (ATL)         14
  F. Taveras (PIT)         14
  B. McBride (PHI)         13
  L. Bowa (PHI)            12
  A. Dawson (MON)          12
  G. Richards (SD)         12

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)       42
  G. Tenace (SD)           40
  D. Evans (SF)            38
  J. Morgan (CIN)          35
  L. Randle (NY)           35
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        34
  R. Cey (LA)              32
  T. Simmons (STL)         31
  D. Driessen (CIN)        30
  O. Moreno (PIT)          30

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         51
  G. Foster (CIN)          50
  A. Dawson (MON)          47
  S. Henderson (NY)        46
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        42
  D. Murphy (ATL)          41
  J. Bench (CIN)           40
  O. Moreno (PIT)          40
  W. Montanez (NY)         39
  T. Perez (MON)           39


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