Thursday June 8, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 8, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1845  271   501   99   10   49   256   39   14  204   264  .272
Cincinnati      1917  269   510  107   15   51   252   51   21  233   340  .266
Philadelphia    1675  235   438   72    8   43   221   60   17  195   283  .262
Montreal        1835  238   471   87   10   39   215   27   12  153   294  .257
Houston         1697  179   429   69    9   31   170   48   14  137   221  .253
Chicago         1742  215   438   67   23   28   202   19   19  171   252  .251
San Francisco   1739  204   433   77   18   34   194   32   18  190   290  .249
San Diego       1756  180   430   64   13   25   160   47   30  187   297  .245
New York        1920  216   470   84   15   29   203   31   30  210   311  .245
Atlanta         1702  171   408   59   12   25   155   38   26  185   263  .240
Pittsburgh      1744  197   416   70   15   29   177   66   29  163   283  .239
St. Louis       1942  195   461   92    8   24   184   28   13  144   257  .237

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     52  172   23   57  14   1   4   25   1   1   42   31  .331
Ted Simmons (STL)        57  192   29   62  20   1   6   26   0   1   31   12  .323
Ken Griffey (CIN)        56  227   36   73  15   4   3   15   9   2   20   34  .322
Terry Puhl (HOU)         49  201   24   64  10   2   2   13   8   4   14   15  .318
Larry Bowa (PHI)         47  205   29   65   8   1   0   13  13   2    9   17  .317
Reggie Smith (LA)        52  194   35   61  13   1  10   39   3   1   27   37  .314
Bill Madlock (SF)        43  172   26   54   9   1   5   17   8   2   20   20  .314
George Foster (CIN)      56  224   36   70   8   4  11   43   3   1   22   52  .313
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        56  225   32   70  15   2   4   23   7   5   23   34  .311
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    54  205   27   63  16   2   2   26   6   5   15   36  .307

 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        52  172   23   57  14   1   4   25   1   1   42   31  .331
Darrel Chaney         33   87   12   26   4   0   1    8   1   0   14   15  .299
Gary Matthews         25   87   16   25   3   1   7   14   0   1   13   17  .287
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
Rowland Office        46  106   11   28   2   0   2    5   1   5    6   15  .264
Biff Pocoroba         48  152   10   39   6   0   2   19   0   2   15    7  .257
Barry Bonnell         43  126   11   28   5   1   0    9   8   2    9   13  .222
Joe Nolan             27   36    4    8   3   1   0    4   0   0    3    4  .222
Rod Gilbreath         43  125    7   26   6   1   1   10   3   2   10   20  .208
Bob Beall             31   49    6   10   1   0   0    2   1   1    8    9  .204
Dale Murphy           49  169   20   33   2   1   4   21   6   2   19   44  .195
Cito Gaston           28   57    2   11   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .193
Pat Rockett           43  102    3   14   2   0   0    4   1   2   10   10  .137
Jerry Maddox           5   10    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Buckner          37  134   15   43   7   0   1   16   4   2    7    6  .321
Greg Gross            36  103   10   32   3   5   1   18   0   0   11    5  .311
Manny Trillo          48  180   15   53   8   3   2   23   0   2   19   23  .294
Joe Wallis            25   49    7   14   1   1   1    4   0   2    5   12  .286
Gene Clines           35   88   17   24   3   1   0    6   2   2    8    9  .273
Ivan DeJesus          51  208   37   56   7   3   2   12   4   4   25   27  .269
Larry Biittner        31   82   12   22   3   1   2   16   0   1   11   10  .268
Dave Rader            41  131   14   34   8   2   1   19   1   0   10   10  .260
Mick Kelleher         12   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .250
Bobby Murcer          50  186   24   46   7   4   3   22   5   2   23   25  .247
Dave Kingman          44  154   24   36   5   1  12   34   2   4   17   54  .234
Hector Cruz           26   69    7   16   4   0   2    8   0   0    3    6  .232
Larry Cox             23   52    4   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    5    7  .192
Steve Ontiveros       47  165   18   31   6   1   0    8   0   0   19   25  .188
Rudy Meoli            19   10    3    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .100

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Griffey           56  227   36   73  15   4   3   15   9   2   20   34  .322
George Foster         56  224   36   70   8   4  11   43   3   1   22   52  .313
Dave Concepcion       54  205   27   63  16   2   2   26   6   5   15   36  .307
Dan Driessen          50  178   31   54  11   1   7   31  11   2   32   23  .303
Mike Lum              29   52    8   15   3   0   3   10   0   0   10    5  .289
Pete Rose             55  234   38   66  17   2   4   19   4   1   23   13  .282
Junior Kennedy        32   42    5   11   1   0   0    2   2   1    9   11  .262
Dave Collins          39   44    6   11   0   0   0    5   1   3    8    9  .250
Cesar Geronimo        49  129   10   32   9   1   2   16   3   1   20   28  .248
Joe Morgan            49  171   30   41  12   0   7   37  10   4   36   16  .240
Johnny Bench          45  164   22   38   7   0  10   26   1   1   16   40  .232
Don Werner            28   65    5   12   2   1   0    8   1   0   11   18  .185
Ray Knight            30   28    4    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    5  .179
Rick Auerbach         21   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
Manny Mota            14   12    0    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .333
Rick Monday           44  140   26   45  11   1  11   35   1   1   22   31  .321
Lee Lacy              34   89   16   28   7   3   6   12   3   2    8   11  .315
Reggie Smith          52  194   35   61  13   1  10   39   3   1   27   37  .314
Davey Lopes           44  156   32   46   9   1   5   17  14   1   26   17  .295
Dusty Baker           51  178   20   50   9   0   2   21   2   0   14   30  .281
Ron Cey               52  196   31   54  10   0   7   36   1   0   32   30  .276
Steve Garvey          54  221   28   60  10   3   6   32   4   2   11   23  .272
Jerry Grote           18   37    2   10   4   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .270
Billy North           19   52   15   14   4   0   0    1   6   2   15    9  .269
Vic Davalillo         27   34    6    9   1   0   0    7   0   1    2    1  .265
Bill Russell          53  228   30   59  11   1   2   21   4   2    9   12  .259
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          44  129   12   25   5   0   0   13   0   0   22   19  .194

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            32    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
Ellis Valentine       50  189   25   53  11   0   7   29   2   2   10   21  .280
Dave Cash             54  216   30   60  11   2   1   13   5   3   16   10  .278
Warren Cromartie      51  199   28   55  11   2   2   18   3   2   12   21  .276
Chris Speier          47  153   14   42   5   1   3   15   0   0   23   19  .275
Larry Parrish         52  187   23   50  16   1   6   30   0   1   11   39  .267
Andre Dawson          54  207   37   55   4   3   9   32  12   3   15   48  .266
Tony Perez            51  185   20   48  11   0   5   26   0   0   18   41  .260
Gary Carter           54  191   30   46   7   0   6   29   3   1   27   24  .241
Del Unser             47   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          56  225   32   70  15   2   4   23   7   5   23   34  .311
Bobby Valentine       31   81   10   23   2   0   1   13   0   1    9   12  .284
Joel Youngblood       33   65    8   18   4   2   1    7   0   0    5   11  .277
Willie Montanez       55  211   28   58  13   0   8   38   1   1   23   39  .275
Elliott Maddox        34  105   12   28   6   2   0   12   1   3   22   11  .267
Steve Henderson       56  213   32   55   7   1   6   30   3   3   21   46  .258
Tom Grieve            21   48    3   12   2   0   1    5   0   0    4    9  .250
Ron Hodges            18   44    2   11   2   1   0    4   1   1    5    6  .250
John Stearns          48  157   15   39   8   0   3   19   8   2   24   18  .248
Doug Flynn            56  204   12   47   3   2   0   15   0   1    9   16  .230
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       43  101   15   22   2   1   3   11   1   3   14   18  .218
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         21   40    6   14   6   0   1    9   0   1    4    3  .350
Larry Bowa            47  205   29   65   8   1   0   13  13   2    9   17  .317
Garry Maddox          48  177   18   54  10   0   2   22  17   2   16   27  .305
Jerry Martin          38   64   13   19   2   1   3   13   2   1    9    9  .297
Bake McBride          39  162   24   47   6   2   2   10  13   1   13   20  .290
Tim McCarver          23   45    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   11    9  .289
Richie Hebner         43  130   18   35   6   1   4   20   2   1   18   23  .269
Bob Boone             43  134   20   36   4   2   6   27   1   2   17    7  .269
Mike Schmidt          45  175   35   46   8   0   8   29   7   3   30   39  .263
Greg Luzinski         49  165   28   39   9   0  10   33   4   0   35   44  .236
Bud Harrelson         26   40    6    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    7  .200
Jim Morrison          27   73   10   14   0   1   3   10   0   1    8   13  .192
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jay Johnstone         33   54    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   2    6    9  .185
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
Dave Roberts           5   13    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .385
Chuck Baker           26   38    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .290
Bill Almon            53  195   21   56  13   0   0   12   8   1   14   38  .287
Don Reynolds          18   29    3    8   0   0   0    2   1   0    6    4  .276
Dave Winfield         51  193   21   53   7   1   7   27   7   5   13   29  .275
Gene Richards         50  185   25   49   6   4   2   15  12   7   24   26  .265
Mike Champion         21   24    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    6  .250
Derrel Thomas         52  165   12   41   5   0   0   12   6   4   12   15  .249
Ozzie Smith           51  183   13   45   5   3   0   14   8   4    7   15  .246
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Gene Tenace           47  132   27   31   8   3   6   18   4   3   42   35  .235
Oscar Gamble          45  142   18   33   3   1   3   18   0   1   18   21  .232
Jerry Turner          34   52    4   12   4   0   2    7   0   0    4   12  .231
Rick Sweet            38   97    7   22   1   0   1    5   0   3   18   17  .227
Tucker Ashford        15   37    1    8   2   0   1    6   0   0    3    5  .216
Bob Davis             19   40    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .200
Fernando Gonzalez      2    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             34   86   10   32   2   1   3   20   2   0    4   11  .372
Bill Madlock          43  172   26   54   9   1   5   17   8   2   20   20  .314
Jack Clark            52  199   32   61  14   5   6   28   5   2   20   33  .307
Terry Whitfield       50  167   29   47   8   2   4   10   2   4   11   28  .281
Larry Herndon         50  184   21   50   6   3   0   12   5   4   22   29  .272
Darrell Evans         52  181   29   49   9   1   5   21   2   1   40   24  .271
Mike Sadek            20   61    9   16   2   0   0    4   1   0    6    6  .262
Rob Andrews           18   44    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .227
Willie McCovey        47  156   13   35   9   2   5   39   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      43  137    6   27   5   2   0    5   3   3    9   25  .197
Skip James            30   16    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .125
Vic Harris            30   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           57  192   29   62  20   1   6   26   0   1   31   12  .323
Keith Hernandez       57  210   24   58  13   0   4   26   3   3   27   23  .276
Mike Tyson            51  160   10   43   6   0   3   17   1   0    9   18  .269
Ken Reitz             57  211   17   53   7   0   4   31   1   0    7   23  .251
Mike Phillips         26   50    4   12   2   1   0    5   0   0    1    7  .240
Steve Swisher         11   21    1    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .238
Roger Freed           22   39    2    9   4   0   2   12   0   0    3    6  .231
Garry Templeton       57  240   22   55   9   1   0   12   5   2    4   40  .229
Tony Scott            31   79   11   18   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .228
Lou Brock             41  147   16   33   4   0   0    6  11   2   11   16  .225
Jerry Morales         56  208   24   46  10   3   3   25   3   1   16   24  .221
Jim Dwyer             30   58    8   12   2   0   1    2   1   0    9    3  .207
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       12   46    6    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    4    9  .152
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)      240
  P. Rose (CIN)           234
  B. Russell (LA)         228
  K. Griffey (CIN)        227
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        225
  G. Foster (CIN)         224
  S. Garvey (LA)          221
  D. Cash (MON)           216
  S. Henderson (NY)       213
  W. Montanez (NY)        211

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            38
  A. Dawson (MON)          37
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         37
  G. Foster (CIN)          36
  K. Griffey (CIN)         36
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         35
  R. Smith (LA)            35
  J. Clark (SF)            32
  S. Henderson (NY)        32
  D. Lopes (LA)            32

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         73
  G. Foster (CIN)          70
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         70
  P. Rose (CIN)            66
  L. Bowa (PHI)            65
  T. Puhl (HOU)            64
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      63
  T. Simmons (STL)         62
  E. Cabell (HOU)          61
  J. Clark (SF)            61

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         20
  P. Rose (CIN)            17
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      16
  A. Howe (HOU)            16
  L. Parrish (MON)         16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         15
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         15
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       14
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  B. Almon (SD)            13

Triples:

  J. Clark (SF)             5
  G. Gross (CHI)            5
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  K. Griffey (CIN)          4
  B. Murcer (CHI)           4
  L. Randle (NY)            4
  G. Richards (SD)          4
  B. Asselstine (ATL)       3
  A. Dawson (MON)           3

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         12
  G. Foster (CIN)          11
  R. Monday (LA)           11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        10
  R. Smith (LA)            10
  A. Dawson (MON)           9
  W. Montanez (NY)          8
  D. Parker (PIT)           8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          43
  W. McCovey (SF)          39
  R. Smith (LA)            39
  W. Montanez (NY)         38
  J. Morgan (CIN)          37
  R. Cey (LA)              36
  R. Monday (LA)           35
  D. Kingman (CHI)         34
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        33
  A. Dawson (MON)          32

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
  L. Bowa (PHI)            13
  B. McBride (PHI)         13
  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
  R. Office (ATL)           5

Walks:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)       42
  G. Tenace (SD)           42
  D. Evans (SF)            40
  J. Morgan (CIN)          36
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        35
  L. Randle (NY)           35
  R. Cey (LA)              32
  D. Driessen (CIN)        32
  T. Simmons (STL)         31
  O. Moreno (PIT)          30

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         54
  G. Foster (CIN)          52
  A. Dawson (MON)          48
  S. Henderson (NY)        46
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        44
  D. Murphy (ATL)          44
  T. Perez (MON)           41
  J. Bench (CIN)           40
  O. Moreno (PIT)          40
  G. Templeton (STL)       40


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