Saturday June 17, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 17, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     2150  320   594  112   11   59   301   48   19  239   302  .276
Cincinnati      2178  301   576  116   17   59   284   61   22  252   384  .265
Montreal        2162  273   558  104   10   42   247   29   13  180   343  .258
Houston         1986  228   510   82   13   36   218   61   18  168   256  .257
Philadelphia    1972  262   505   86    8   53   245   66   20  216   335  .256
San Francisco   2026  244   507   91   21   40   230   39   21  213   331  .250
Pittsburgh      2030  241   506   90   16   34   213   83   35  181   337  .249
Chicago         2020  250   503   83   27   31   234   24   21  197   295  .249
San Diego       2084  214   518   77   17   31   190   56   32  214   342  .249
New York        2213  242   548   89   16   33   228   40   35  238   358  .248
Atlanta         1958  206   471   70   16   34   187   41   29  219   315  .241
St. Louis       2197  220   516  100   12   28   209   35   16  169   297  .235

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     60  197   28   64  15   2   7   32   1   1   51   37  .325
Ken Griffey (CIN)        64  261   41   84  16   5   3   19  10   2   20   38  .322
Reggie Smith (LA)        53  195   37   62  13   1  11   41   4   1   28   37  .318
Larry Bowa (PHI)         56  242   32   76   9   1   1   14  13   2   10   19  .314
Terry Puhl (HOU)         53  214   25   67  10   2   2   13   8   5   14   16  .313
Davey Lopes (LA)         53  190   41   59   9   2   6   20  16   1   33   19  .311
Bill Madlock (SF)        48  187   28   58   9   1   6   18  11   3   23   21  .310
Ted Simmons (STL)        65  220   34   68  23   1   6   26   0   1   34   13  .309
Jack Clark (SF)          61  230   38   71  19   5   8   41   8   2   24   36  .309
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    60  229   27   70  16   2   2   30   7   6   16   41  .306

 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        60  197   28   64  15   2   7   32   1   1   51   37  .325
Gary Matthews         33  116   22   33   5   2   8   19   0   1   18   24  .285
Jerry Royster         57  221   32   62   7   3   1   15  15   7   25   20  .281
Brian Asselstine      39  103   11   28   3   3   2   13   2   1   11   16  .272
Biff Pocoroba         51  162   11   44   6   0   3   20   0   3   16    7  .272
Darrel Chaney         40  113   14   29   5   1   1    8   1   0   16   22  .257
Rowland Office        53  126   12   29   2   0   2   10   2   5    8   19  .230
Rod Gilbreath         50  146    9   33   7   1   2   14   3   3   13   22  .226
Joe Nolan             29   36    4    8   3   1   0    4   0   0    4    4  .222
Bob Beall             38   64   11   14   3   0   0    4   2   1   12   10  .219
Barry Bonnell         48  138   11   30   5   2   0    9   8   2   10   14  .217
Jerry Maddox           7   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
Dale Murphy           57  201   23   40   3   1   5   24   6   3   20   54  .199
Cito Gaston           31   62    2   12   0   0   0    0   0   0    2   10  .194
Bob Horner             2    6    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .167
Pat Rockett           44  105    3   14   2   0   0    4   1   2   10   11  .133

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Wallis            28   55    7   17   2   1   1    6   0   2    5   13  .309
Bill Buckner          42  150   15   46   8   0   1   18   4   2    7    6  .307
Larry Biittner        39  115   16   35   5   1   3   22   0   1   12   13  .304
Greg Gross            43  128   12   38   6   5   1   23   0   0   14    5  .297
Gene Clines           40  100   19   28   6   1   0    7   2   2    8   14  .280
Ivan DeJesus          58  234   43   63   9   4   2   13   7   5   30   32  .269
Manny Trillo          56  208   18   55   9   3   2   24   0   2   21   26  .264
Hector Cruz           30   76    8   18   5   0   2    9   0   0    3    6  .237
Bobby Murcer          57  207   28   49   7   4   3   22   6   2   26   29  .237
Dave Rader            48  154   17   36   8   2   1   19   1   0   12   13  .234
Dave Kingman          52  175   27   40   5   1  14   39   3   4   19   62  .229
Larry Cox             26   57    5   13   2   0   1    7   0   0    6    7  .228
Mick Kelleher         13   19    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .211
Steve Ontiveros       55  194   22   39   7   3   0   11   0   1   23   28  .201
Rudy Meoli            22   15    5    2   0   1   0    2   1   0    3    3  .133

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Griffey           64  261   41   84  16   5   3   19  10   2   20   38  .322
Mike Lum              33   61    8   19   3   0   3   12   0   0   12    7  .312
Dave Concepcion       60  229   27   70  16   2   2   30   7   6   16   41  .306
George Foster         64  252   44   77  10   4  14   48   3   1   27   59  .306
Dan Driessen          57  206   34   62  13   1   9   37  12   2   32   26  .301
Pete Rose             63  267   45   74  18   3   4   21   5   1   24   15  .277
Joe Morgan            56  197   33   52  15   0   8   42  15   4   41   17  .264
Dave Collins          43   48    6   12   0   0   0    5   1   3    8    9  .250
Cesar Geronimo        57  145   13   36   9   1   4   18   4   1   22   31  .248
Junior Kennedy        34   46    5   11   1   0   0    3   2   1    9   12  .239
Johnny Bench          46  165   22   38   7   0  10   26   1   1   16   40  .230
Don Werner            36   91    6   15   2   1   0    9   1   0   11   24  .165
Ray Knight            34   31    4    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    5  .161
Rick Auerbach         24   26    5    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    7  .115
Ken Henderson          4    6    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
Vic Correll            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Alou            24   36    2   12   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .333
Terry Puhl            53  214   25   67  10   2   2   13   8   5   14   16  .313
Enos Cabell           59  247   30   73   6   1   4   30  11   5    9   29  .296
Jose Cruz             57  217   28   62  12   3   3   32  10   3   23   25  .286
Cesar Cedeno          48  185   30   52   8   2   6   21  23   2   15   22  .281
Art Howe              55  194   24   54  17   1   4   22   1   1   17   20  .278
Bob Watson            56  191   24   51   9   1   8   38   0   0   23   26  .267
Denny Walling         38   65    8   17   1   1   1    9   3   0    7    5  .262
Julio Gonzalez        16   31    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .258
Wilbur Howard         25   47    5   12   0   1   1    3   1   0    1    6  .255
Joe Ferguson          41  126   18   28   5   0   5   18   0   0   25   25  .222
Roger Metzger         45  123   11   27   4   1   0    6   0   0   12    9  .220
Reggie Baldwin        15   43    4    9   4   0   1    7   0   0    0    2  .209
Jimmy Sexton          33   67    4   11   0   0   0    1   4   1    5   12  .164
Ed Herrmann           16   36    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .111
Dave Bergman          33   29    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    8  .103
Mike Fischlin          2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Johnny Oates          12   18    1    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .444
Manny Mota            16   14    0    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .357
Reggie Smith          53  195   37   62  13   1  11   41   4   1   28   37  .318
Davey Lopes           53  190   41   59   9   2   6   20  16   1   33   19  .311
Rick Monday           51  163   30   50  12   1  12   37   1   2   24   39  .307
Lee Lacy              42  109   18   33   9   3   7   17   3   2   12   13  .303
Jerry Grote           20   43    4   13   5   0   0    6   0   0    6    4  .302
Steve Garvey          63  259   35   74  11   3   8   40   5   3   13   24  .286
Dusty Baker           60  214   23   60  11   0   3   28   3   0   17   34  .280
Ron Cey               61  229   36   64  14   0   8   42   1   2   37   37  .280
Bill Russell          62  267   36   74  12   1   2   28   4   2   10   15  .277
Billy North           27   77   18   21   5   0   0    2   9   3   18   12  .273
Vic Davalillo         31   35    7    9   1   0   0    7   0   1    3    1  .257
Ted Martinez          21   17    6    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    6  .235
Glenn Burke           16   19    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .211
Steve Yeager          52  153   14   30   5   0   2   15   0   0   26   24  .196

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            37    6    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .500
Stan Papi             26   63    6   18   5   0   0    6   0   0    5    7  .286
Dave Cash             64  256   33   73  12   2   1   14   5   4   20   11  .285
Chris Speier          55  184   19   52   7   1   3   17   0   0   28   21  .283
Ellis Valentine       60  227   28   64  14   0   8   32   3   2   13   29  .282
Larry Parrish         58  206   27   57  16   1   7   34   0   1   13   44  .277
Tony Perez            60  219   27   60  18   0   5   35   0   0   19   48  .274
Warren Cromartie      61  235   32   64  12   2   2   21   3   2   13   25  .272
Andre Dawson          61  230   40   61   4   3   9   35  12   3   16   53  .265
Gary Carter           62  221   31   51   8   0   6   31   3   1   30   27  .231
Del Unser             55   74   10   17   3   0   1    6   2   0    9   14  .230
Sam Mejias            29   19    5    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .211
Wayne Garrett         33   45    4    9   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    6  .200
Jerry White           18   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .200
Bob Reece              7    7    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .143
Ed Herrmann            2    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Mazzilli          65  257   36   77  16   3   4   28   9   6   26   41  .300
Bobby Valentine       34   83   10   23   2   0   1   13   0   1    9   13  .277
Elliott Maddox        42  130   15   36   7   2   0   12   1   4   27   14  .277
Willie Montanez       64  244   31   66  14   0   9   44   3   1   27   46  .271
Steve Henderson       65  246   37   65   8   1   6   33   4   4   25   53  .264
John Stearns          56  179   19   46   8   0   5   22  10   2   28   22  .257
Joel Youngblood       39   73    9   18   4   2   1    7   0   0    5   12  .247
Ron Hodges            22   53    3   13   2   1   0    4   1   2    7    7  .245
Doug Flynn            65  232   12   56   3   2   0   17   1   2   10   18  .241
Len Randle            52  179   23   42   8   4   1   12   7   7   36   26  .235
Tom Grieve            25   56    3   13   2   0   1    5   0   0    5   11  .232
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Bruce Boisclair       49  111   16   25   2   1   3   12   2   3   15   18  .225
Tim Foli              40  154   10   33   7   0   0    8   1   2    5    8  .214
Ed Kranepool          28   38    3    7   0   0   1    5   0   0    5    3  .184
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         26   52    6   17   7   0   1   11   0   1    4    4  .327
Larry Bowa            56  242   32   76   9   1   1   14  13   2   10   19  .314
Garry Maddox          57  206   20   62  13   0   3   24  19   2   21   32  .301
Bake McBride          46  191   27   54   6   2   2   11  15   2   16   25  .283
Jerry Martin          45   74   14   20   2   1   3   14   3   1   10   14  .270
Richie Hebner         50  153   20   41   8   1   5   24   2   2   18   27  .268
Mike Schmidt          54  210   42   56  10   0  10   33   8   3   33   46  .267
Bob Boone             50  157   23   41   5   2   6   28   1   3   20   10  .261
Tim McCarver          27   54    5   14   5   0   0    4   0   0   11   11  .259
Greg Luzinski         58  200   33   48  10   0  15   40   4   0   38   52  .240
Bud Harrelson         28   41    6    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    7  .220
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jay Johnstone         35   56    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   2    6    9  .179
Jim Morrison          35   95   10   16   0   1   3   10   0   1    9   16  .168
Barry Foote           13   12    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .167
Davey Johnson         27   58    7    8   1   0   2   12   0   0    5   11  .138

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Macha              5    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Dave Parker           58  232   33   69   8   4  10   38  10   3   17   35  .297
Manny Sanguillen      32   78    5   23   0   1   2    5   1   1    1    2  .295
Frank Taveras         58  232   27   65  15   1   0   16  19  12   11   26  .280
John Milner           38   89   10   24   4   0   1   10   1   0   12   10  .270
Steve Brye            32   67   11   18   5   0   1    4   1   0    6    6  .269
Ed Ott                42  138   17   37   6   1   4   16   1   0   10   18  .268
Duffy Dyer            25   75    4   20   7   1   0    7   1   0   11   11  .267
Willie Stargell       45  136   17   36   8   0   7   26   2   0   22   32  .265
Bill Robinson         42  156   24   40  11   1   3   25   6   4   12   37  .256
Rennie Stennett       53  199   22   50   5   1   2   22   1   1    7   17  .251
Mario Mendoza         29   33    4    8   1   0   1    3   2   1    0    5  .242
Phil Garner           58  206   23   48   9   4   2   24  10   6   24   30  .233
Omar Moreno           60  191   35   39   6   2   1   10  27   7   33   41  .204
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

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield         61  232   27   69  10   1  11   41   8   5   14   30  .297
Bill Almon            61  221   23   64  14   0   0   13   8   2   15   40  .290
Chuck Baker           27   39    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .282
Fernando Gonzalez     10   29    2    8   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .276
Gene Richards         59  220   31   60   8   6   2   17  15   7   26   31  .273
Derrel Thomas         62  188   17   49   5   1   1   14   6   5   14   19  .261
Ozzie Smith           61  221   18   57   6   3   0   14  12   4   13   18  .258
Mike Champion         21   24    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    6  .250
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Don Reynolds          20   34    3    8   0   0   0    2   1   0    6    6  .235
Gene Tenace           57  163   31   37   9   3   6   22   4   3   51   42  .227
Oscar Gamble          53  172   21   39   5   2   4   21   0   1   20   22  .227
Rick Sweet            44  115    7   26   1   0   1    5   0   3   19   18  .226
Dave Roberts          11   31    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .226
Jerry Turner          36   54    4   12   4   0   2    7   0   0    4   12  .222
Tucker Ashford        23   53    1   11   4   0   1    6   0   0    5    9  .208
Bob Davis             19   40    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .200

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Hector Cruz            2    2    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .500
Mike Ivie             42  114   14   40   3   1   4   25   2   0    6   14  .351
Bill Madlock          48  187   28   58   9   1   6   18  11   3   23   21  .310
Jack Clark            61  230   38   71  19   5   8   41   8   2   24   36  .309
Terry Whitfield       59  194   31   56   8   2   4   12   2   6   11   29  .289
Darrell Evans         61  213   38   58  12   1   6   25   2   1   44   27  .272
Mike Sadek            22   68    9   18   2   0   0    5   1   0    7    6  .265
Larry Herndon         59  217   22   57   6   5   0   19   6   4   23   33  .263
Rob Andrews           26   64   12   16   2   2   0    4   1   0    7    9  .250
Willie McCovey        51  170   16   40  11   2   5   41   1   0   19   26  .235
Tom Heintzelman       14   18    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    3  .222
Johnnie Lemaster      52  165   10   34   8   2   0    5   3   3   10   30  .206
Marc Hill             44  150    6   29   6   0   2   12   1   2   18   16  .193
Skip James            34   18    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .111
Vic Harris            32   62    2    4   0   0   1    7   0   0    4   14  .065
Jim Dwyer              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           65  220   34   68  23   1   6   26   0   1   34   13  .309
Steve Swisher         13   25    1    7   2   0   0    2   1   0    1    4  .280
Keith Hernandez       65  235   32   64  13   2   6   32   4   3   33   29  .272
Ken Reitz             65  237   18   60   8   0   5   35   1   0   11   25  .253
Mike Tyson            58  182   11   46   6   0   3   17   1   0    9   22  .253
Tony Scott            35   86   11   20   0   1   0    2   2   3    5   15  .233
Garry Templeton       65  271   25   63   9   3   0   13   8   2    6   41  .233
Jerry Morales         64  237   25   54  11   3   3   29   3   2   17   27  .228
Roger Freed           24   40    2    9   4   0   2   13   0   0    4    7  .225
Mike Phillips         30   58    4   13   2   1   0    5   0   0    2    8  .224
Jim Dwyer             34   65    8   14   3   0   1    4   1   0    9    3  .215
Lou Brock             47  167   17   35   4   0   0    6  11   3   11   19  .210
George Hendrick       18   68    7   12   5   0   2    9   0   0    6   15  .177
Jerry Mumphrey        40  114   13   20   3   0   0    9   3   2   12   12  .175
Gary Sutherland       10    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Dane Iorg             19   35    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .143
Bob Coluccio           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Templeton (STL)      271
  P. Rose (CIN)           267
  B. Russell (LA)         267
  K. Griffey (CIN)        261
  S. Garvey (LA)          259
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        257
  D. Cash (MON)           256
  G. Foster (CIN)         252
  E. Cabell (HOU)         247
  S. Henderson (NY)       246

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            45
  G. Foster (CIN)          44
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         43
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         42
  K. Griffey (CIN)         41
  D. Lopes (LA)            41
  A. Dawson (MON)          40
  J. Clark (SF)            38
  D. Evans (SF)            38
  S. Henderson (NY)        37

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         84
  G. Foster (CIN)          77
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         77
  L. Bowa (PHI)            76
  S. Garvey (LA)           74
  P. Rose (CIN)            74
  B. Russell (LA)          74
  E. Cabell (HOU)          73
  D. Cash (MON)            73
  J. Clark (SF)            71

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         23
  J. Clark (SF)            19
  T. Perez (MON)           18
  P. Rose (CIN)            18
  A. Howe (HOU)            17
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         16
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         16
  L. Parrish (MON)         16
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       15

Triples:

  G. Richards (SD)          6
  J. Clark (SF)             5
  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  G. Gross (CHI)            5
  L. Herndon (SF)           5
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  B. Murcer (CHI)           4
  D. Parker (PIT)           4

Home Runs:

  G. Luzinski (PHI)        15
  G. Foster (CIN)          14
  D. Kingman (CHI)         14
  R. Monday (LA)           12
  R. Smith (LA)            11
  D. Winfield (SD)         11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  D. Parker (PIT)          10
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         10
  A. Dawson (MON)           9

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          48
  W. Montanez (NY)         44
  R. Cey (LA)              42
  J. Morgan (CIN)          42
  J. Clark (SF)            41
  W. McCovey (SF)          41
  R. Smith (LA)            41
  D. Winfield (SD)         41
  S. Garvey (LA)           40
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        40

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          27
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          23
  G. Maddox (PHI)          19
  F. Taveras (PIT)         19
  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  B. McBride (PHI)         15
  J. Morgan (CIN)          15
  G. Richards (SD)         15
  J. Royster (ATL)         15
  L. Bowa (PHI)            13

Caught Stealing:

  F. Taveras (PIT)         12
  O. Moreno (PIT)           7
  L. Randle (NY)            7
  G. Richards (SD)          7
  J. Royster (ATL)          7
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6
  P. Garner (PIT)           6
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          6
  T. Whitfield (SF)         6
  E. Cabell (HOU)           5

Walks:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)       51
  G. Tenace (SD)           51
  D. Evans (SF)            44
  J. Morgan (CIN)          41
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        38
  R. Cey (LA)              37
  L. Randle (NY)           36
  T. Simmons (STL)         34
  K. Hernandez (STL)       33
  D. Lopes (LA)            33

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         62
  G. Foster (CIN)          59
  D. Murphy (ATL)          54
  A. Dawson (MON)          53
  S. Henderson (NY)        53
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        52
  T. Perez (MON)           48
  W. Montanez (NY)         46
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         46
  L. Parrish (MON)         44

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