Sunday June 25, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 25, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     2378  345   654  124   13   63   325   54   24  269   336  .275
Cincinnati      2411  324   639  124   18   62   303   69   24  272   419  .265
Houston         2261  254   580   94   15   38   239   70   23  195   295  .257
Philadelphia    2191  289   562   96   10   58   269   75   20  230   368  .257
Montreal        2389  288   608  112   11   46   261   33   14  195   384  .255
San Francisco   2320  281   586  105   24   45   265   47   26  245   381  .253
San Diego       2343  245   591   87   20   32   219   71   37  239   381  .252
Pittsburgh      2289  273   577   99   17   41   244   96   39  210   368  .252
Chicago         2286  265   561   92   31   32   249   27   21  214   325  .245
New York        2471  256   602   96   18   36   241   42   35  264   397  .244
Atlanta         2237  233   534   78   19   38   211   49   30  245   359  .239
St. Louis       2391  242   564  112   12   33   230   40   16  183   324  .236

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Puhl (HOU)         60  247   31   81  11   2   2   13  10   7   16   22  .328
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     64  211   28   68  16   2   7   33   1   1   55   41  .322
Larry Bowa (PHI)         63  267   37   86  12   1   1   15  15   2   10   20  .322
Bill Madlock (SF)        52  193   32   62  10   1   7   21  11   3   25   22  .321
Ken Griffey (CIN)        71  286   44   91  17   5   3   22  10   2   20   42  .318
Davey Lopes (LA)         60  220   47   70  11   2   8   24  20   1   35   24  .318
Reggie Smith (LA)        53  195   37   62  13   1  11   41   4   1   28   37  .318
George Foster (CIN)      70  277   47   87  11   5  16   53   3   2   29   63  .314
Ted Simmons (STL)        71  241   36   75  25   1   7   29   0   1   37   16  .311
Dan Driessen (CIN)       64  232   35   71  15   1   9   40  16   3   34   28  .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        64  211   28   68  16   2   7   33   1   1   55   41  .322
Gary Matthews         41  149   25   43   6   3   8   24   2   1   22   30  .289
Jerry Royster         65  253   37   73   8   4   1   19  18   8   29   21  .289
Brian Asselstine      39  103   11   28   3   3   2   13   2   1   11   16  .272
Biff Pocoroba         58  184   12   49   7   0   3   21   0   3   18    9  .266
Rowland Office        59  144   16   36   2   0   5   17   3   5   10   22  .250
Rod Gilbreath         54  155   10   34   7   1   2   14   3   3   13   24  .219
Barry Bonnell         54  158   11   34   5   2   0    9   9   2   13   16  .215
Jerry Maddox           7   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
Bob Beall             44   80   12   17   4   0   0    5   3   1   12   13  .213
Darrel Chaney         48  137   17   29   5   1   1    9   1   0   19   26  .212
Cito Gaston           36   76    3   16   1   0   0    0   0   0    2   12  .211
Dale Murphy           63  225   26   45   3   1   6   26   6   3   22   59  .200
Joe Nolan             31   41    5    8   3   1   0    4   0   0    6    4  .195
Bob Horner             8   31    4    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    5  .161
Pat Rockett           45  108    3   15   2   0   0    4   1   2   10   12  .139

 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          43  154   15   46   8   0   1   18   4   2    7    6  .299
Greg Gross            51  155   12   45   6   5   1   23   1   0   14    6  .290
Gene Clines           47  114   20   32   6   1   0    9   2   2   11   15  .281
Larry Biittner        47  147   17   40   6   1   3   25   0   1   13   17  .272
Ivan DeJesus          66  264   47   71   9   6   3   15   8   5   33   36  .269
Manny Trillo          63  236   20   60  10   4   2   26   0   2   22   29  .254
Larry Cox             30   68    6   17   3   0   1    9   0   0    7    9  .250
Bobby Murcer          63  229   28   57   8   4   3   23   7   2   28   30  .249
Hector Cruz           30   76    8   18   5   0   2    9   0   0    3    6  .237
Steve Ontiveros       60  213   23   47   9   3   0   13   0   1   23   28  .221
Dave Kingman          59  195   29   43   6   2  14   39   3   4   21   69  .221
Dave Rader            54  171   17   37   8   2   1   19   1   0   12   13  .216
Mick Kelleher         16   20    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .200
Mike Vail              6    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Rudy Meoli            28   22    6    3   0   1   0    2   1   0    5    3  .136
Rodney Scott           2    8    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .125
Jerry White            2    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Griffey           71  286   44   91  17   5   3   22  10   2   20   42  .318
George Foster         70  277   47   87  11   5  16   53   3   2   29   63  .314
Dan Driessen          64  232   35   71  15   1   9   40  16   3   34   28  .306
Dave Concepcion       67  257   31   77  16   2   2   31   8   6   18   42  .300
Pete Rose             70  296   50   86  20   3   4   21   7   1   26   15  .291
Mike Lum              36   66    8   19   3   0   3   12   0   0   13    8  .288
Vic Correll            5    7    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .286
Cesar Geronimo        64  166   15   42   9   1   5   20   4   1   24   34  .253
Joe Morgan            61  210   34   53  15   0   8   43  15   4   42   21  .252
Dave Collins          47   56    6   13   0   0   0    6   2   3    8   11  .232
Johnny Bench          46  165   22   38   7   0  10   26   1   1   16   40  .230
Junior Kennedy        39   60    6   13   1   0   0    3   2   1   12   14  .217
Don Werner            42  103    6   17   2   1   0   10   1   0   13   27  .165
Ray Knight            39   37    4    6   3   0   1    3   0   0    2    7  .162
Rick Auerbach         25   26    5    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    7  .115
Ken Henderson          6    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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            60  247   31   81  11   2   2   13  10   7   16   22  .328
Jesus Alou            30   53    3   16   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    1  .302
Julio Gonzalez        19   37    4   11   1   0   0    2   0   1    3    3  .297
Enos Cabell           67  284   35   84  10   1   4   35  13   6    9   35  .296
Art Howe              63  222   26   64  22   1   4   26   2   2   21   23  .288
Cesar Cedeno          48  185   30   52   8   2   6   21  23   2   15   22  .281
Bob Watson            64  217   29   60  10   2   8   40   0   0   25   29  .277
Jose Cruz             65  248   30   66  12   4   3   35  12   3   25   27  .266
Denny Walling         44   85   10   21   2   1   1   10   4   0    7    6  .247
Reggie Baldwin        19   51    4   12   4   0   1    7   0   0    0    2  .235
Wilbur Howard         31   51    5   12   0   1   1    3   1   0    1    7  .235
Roger Metzger         45  123   11   27   4   1   0    6   0   0   12    9  .220
Joe Ferguson          48  142   20   31   5   0   7   22   0   0   33   29  .218
Jimmy Sexton          37   68    4   11   0   0   0    1   4   1    5   12  .162
Mike Fischlin          9   21    0    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .143
Dave Bergman          38   38    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0   10    9  .132
Ed Herrmann           16   36    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .111

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Johnny Oates          13   18    1    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    2    1  .444
Davey Lopes           60  220   47   70  11   2   8   24  20   1   35   24  .318
Reggie Smith          53  195   37   62  13   1  11   41   4   1   28   37  .318
Manny Mota            18   16    0    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    3  .313
Rick Monday           55  167   30   51  12   1  12   37   1   2   24   39  .305
Jerry Grote           24   50    5   15   5   0   0    7   0   0    9    4  .300
Steve Garvey          70  286   40   84  12   3   9   46   5   3   16   26  .294
Vic Davalillo         35   41    9   12   1   1   0    7   1   1    3    1  .293
Lee Lacy              49  134   20   38  10   3   7   20   4   3   15   18  .284
Billy North           33   97   19   27   7   0   0    3   9   4   21   15  .278
Ron Cey               68  250   37   69  17   0   8   43   1   4   46   44  .276
Dusty Baker           67  241   26   65  12   0   4   32   3   1   18   38  .270
Bill Russell          69  296   39   79  14   2   2   29   4   2   12   19  .267
Ted Martinez          23   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          58  167   15   34   5   0   2   17   0   0   29   24  .204

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            38    6    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .500
Stan Papi             28   67    6   20   5   0   0    6   0   0    6    8  .299
Ellis Valentine       67  251   31   72  15   0  10   37   4   3   15   31  .287
Dave Cash             71  287   34   81  13   2   1   15   6   4   20   14  .282
Tony Perez            67  242   29   67  23   0   5   35   0   0   20   51  .277
Larry Parrish         63  222   28   61  16   2   7   35   0   1   15   48  .275
Warren Cromartie      68  261   34   70  13   2   2   21   3   2   15   27  .268
Chris Speier          61  208   20   55   7   1   3   18   0   0   30   30  .264
Andre Dawson          68  251   41   63   4   3  10   37  13   3   16   58  .251
Gary Carter           68  238   33   54   8   0   6   31   4   1   32   31  .227
Del Unser             61   86   10   19   3   0   1    8   2   0   10   15  .221
Sam Mejias            30   20    5    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .200
Jerry White           18   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .200
Wayne Garrett         38   53    5   10   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    8  .189
Ed Herrmann            4   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
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          73  285   37   82  17   3   5   29   9   6   31   43  .288
Bobby Valentine       39   90   10   25   2   0   1   13   0   1   11   14  .278
Willie Montanez       72  272   33   73  14   0  10   45   3   1   32   51  .268
Elliott Maddox        48  150   16   40   7   2   0   13   1   4   30   17  .267
John Stearns          64  207   22   53   8   0   5   24  11   2   30   24  .256
Steve Henderson       73  276   40   70   9   3   7   36   4   4   26   58  .254
Joel Youngblood       46   81   11   20   4   2   1    7   0   0    5   13  .247
Doug Flynn            73  258   13   62   3   2   0   17   1   2   11   20  .240
Tom Grieve            28   59    3   14   2   0   1    5   0   0    5   12  .237
Tim Foli              44  171   11   39  10   0   0   10   1   2    6    9  .228
Ron Hodges            25   57    3   13   2   1   0    4   1   2    7    7  .228
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Len Randle            60  207   23   47   9   4   1   14   8   7   41   30  .227
Bruce Boisclair       55  120   16   27   2   1   3   12   2   3   16   20  .225
Ed Kranepool          33   47    3    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    5    7  .192
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
Larry Bowa            63  267   37   86  12   1   1   15  15   2   10   20  .322
Jose Cardenal         30   63    6   19   7   0   1   13   0   1    4    4  .302
Garry Maddox          63  229   22   69  13   1   5   27  20   2   21   34  .301
Bake McBride          52  210   30   60   7   2   2   15  16   2   16   26  .286
Richie Hebner         57  171   21   47   8   1   5   25   2   2   18   30  .275
Jerry Martin          52   85   17   23   3   1   4   16   3   1   10   14  .271
Bob Boone             55  175   23   46   6   2   6   29   1   3   22   13  .263
Tim McCarver          32   61    6   16   5   0   0    4   1   0   11   11  .262
Mike Schmidt          61  232   44   60  12   1  11   37   9   3   37   51  .259
Greg Luzinski         65  221   36   54  11   0  16   45   6   0   44   58  .244
Bud Harrelson         29   41    6    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    7  .220
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
Ted Sizemore          17   55    8    9   1   0   0    1   2   0    3    5  .164
Davey Johnson         29   65    7    9   1   0   2   12   0   0    5   14  .139
Barry Foote           14   16    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .125

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Parker           65  259   40   79  10   4  12   43  11   4   23   37  .305
John Milner           43  102   15   31   7   0   3   16   1   0   16   12  .304
Manny Sanguillen      36   87    6   25   0   1   2    5   1   1    2    2  .287
Frank Taveras         65  265   30   75  16   1   0   19  20  13   12   29  .283
Duffy Dyer            28   86    5   23   7   1   0    8   1   0   11   11  .267
Willie Stargell       50  151   19   40   8   0   9   31   2   0   23   35  .265
Mario Mendoza         31   34    4    9   1   0   1    3   2   1    1    5  .265
Steve Brye            34   70   11   18   5   0   1    4   1   0    7    6  .257
Ed Ott                48  158   17   40   6   1   4   17   1   0   11   21  .253
Ken Macha              7    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .250
Bill Robinson         49  185   29   46  12   2   3   28   8   4   15   42  .249
Phil Garner           65  236   27   58  10   4   2   25  11   7   27   33  .246
Rennie Stennett       60  221   24   54   5   1   3   25   1   1   10   18  .244
Omar Moreno           66  212   37   45   6   2   1   13  34   8   35   45  .212
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         69  260   34   76  11   1  12   47   9   5   16   34  .292
Gene Richards         67  250   37   73   9   7   2   19  20   9   31   35  .292
Bill Almon            69  249   27   71  15   1   0   16   8   3   18   45  .285
Chuck Baker           27   39    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .282
Ozzie Smith           69  251   22   65   7   3   0   17  17   4   16   20  .259
Fernando Gonzalez     18   62    5   16   1   0   0    2   3   1    0    8  .258
Derrel Thomas         68  209   18   53   5   1   1   17   6   6   16   20  .254
Oscar Gamble          61  198   24   50   9   3   4   24   1   1   23   26  .253
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
Jerry Turner          38   56    4   13   4   0   2    7   0   0    4   13  .232
Don Reynolds          23   39    3    9   0   0   0    3   1   0    7    6  .231
Dave Roberts          15   35    1    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .229
Gene Tenace           59  165   31   37   9   3   6   22   4   3   51   43  .224
Rick Sweet            51  134   10   30   2   0   1    6   1   3   22   18  .224
Tucker Ashford        27   63    1   14   4   0   1   11   0   0    5   13  .222
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
Mike Ivie             45  123   15   43   4   1   4   25   2   0    6   15  .350
Hector Cruz            9   27    6    9   0   0   2    6   0   2    4    7  .333
Bill Madlock          52  193   32   62  10   1   7   21  11   3   25   22  .321
Jim Dwyer              9   16    1    5   3   1   0    6   0   0    3    2  .313
Roger Metzger          8   23    1    7   2   0   0    5   1   1    0    1  .304
Jack Clark            67  251   41   76  20   5   8   43   8   2   26   39  .303
Terry Whitfield       68  227   37   67   9   2   5   13   2   6   14   36  .295
Larry Herndon         68  243   25   69   8   7   0   21  10   4   26   34  .284
Mike Sadek            26   79   12   21   2   0   1    6   1   0    8    8  .266
Darrell Evans         70  241   43   62  12   1   7   30   2   2   51   30  .257
Rob Andrews           34   94   12   22   3   2   0    5   3   1    9   11  .234
Willie McCovey        57  187   18   43  12   2   5   42   1   0   23   29  .230
Tom Heintzelman       14   18    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    3  .222
Johnnie Lemaster      56  172   11   37   9   2   0    6   3   3   11   31  .215
Marc Hill             51  169    7   34   6   0   2   14   1   2   18   16  .201
Skip James            34   18    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .111
Vic Harris            36   66    2    4   0   0   1    7   0   0    4   18  .061

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           71  241   36   75  25   1   7   29   0   1   37   16  .311
Keith Hernandez       71  256   38   68  14   2   8   36   5   3   35   30  .266
Steve Swisher         17   38    4   10   2   0   1    4   1   0    2    6  .263
Mike Tyson            64  202   13   52   7   0   3   18   1   0   10   24  .257
Jerry Morales         70  260   26   63  12   3   3   32   3   2   18   29  .242
Ken Reitz             71  261   19   63  10   0   5   37   1   0   11   30  .241
Tony Scott            36   88   11   21   0   1   0    2   2   3    5   16  .239
Garry Templeton       71  293   29   67  11   3   0   15  10   2    9   43  .229
Mike Phillips         32   59    4   13   2   1   0    5   0   0    3    8  .220
Jim Dwyer             34   65    8   14   3   0   1    4   1   0    9    3  .215
Roger Freed           26   42    2    9   4   0   2   13   0   0    4    8  .214
George Hendrick       23   85    8   18   8   0   2   11   0   0    7   15  .212
Lou Brock             51  173   17   35   4   0   0    6  12   3   11   20  .202
Jerry Mumphrey        44  121   13   22   3   0   0    9   4   2   13   13  .182
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:

  P. Rose (CIN)           296
  B. Russell (LA)         296
  G. Templeton (STL)      293
  D. Cash (MON)           287
  S. Garvey (LA)          286
  K. Griffey (CIN)        286
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        285
  E. Cabell (HOU)         284
  G. Foster (CIN)         277
  S. Henderson (NY)       276

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            50
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         47
  G. Foster (CIN)          47
  D. Lopes (LA)            47
  K. Griffey (CIN)         44
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         44
  D. Evans (SF)            43
  J. Clark (SF)            41
  A. Dawson (MON)          41
  S. Garvey (LA)           40

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         91
  G. Foster (CIN)          87
  L. Bowa (PHI)            86
  P. Rose (CIN)            86
  E. Cabell (HOU)          84
  S. Garvey (LA)           84
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         82
  D. Cash (MON)            81
  T. Puhl (HOU)            81
  D. Parker (PIT)          79

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         25
  T. Perez (MON)           23
  A. Howe (HOU)            22
  J. Clark (SF)            20
  P. Rose (CIN)            20
  R. Cey (LA)              17
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         17
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       16
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      16

Triples:

  L. Herndon (SF)           7
  G. Richards (SD)          7
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          6
  J. Clark (SF)             5
  G. Foster (CIN)           5
  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  G. Gross (CHI)            5
  J. Cruz (HOU)             4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  B. Murcer (CHI)           4

Home Runs:

  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        16
  D. Kingman (CHI)         14
  R. Monday (LA)           12
  D. Parker (PIT)          12
  D. Winfield (SD)         12
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         11
  R. Smith (LA)            11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10
  A. Dawson (MON)          10

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          53
  D. Winfield (SD)         47
  S. Garvey (LA)           46
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        45
  W. Montanez (NY)         45
  R. Cey (LA)              43
  J. Clark (SF)            43
  J. Morgan (CIN)          43
  D. Parker (PIT)          43
  W. McCovey (SF)          42

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          34
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          23
  D. Lopes (LA)            20
  G. Maddox (PHI)          20
  G. Richards (SD)         20
  F. Taveras (PIT)         20
  J. Royster (ATL)         18
  O. Smith (SD)            17
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16
  B. McBride (PHI)         16

Caught Stealing:

  F. Taveras (PIT)         13
  G. Richards (SD)          9
  O. Moreno (PIT)           8
  J. Royster (ATL)          8
  P. Garner (PIT)           7
  T. Puhl (HOU)             7
  L. Randle (NY)            7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          6

Walks:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)       55
  D. Evans (SF)            51
  G. Tenace (SD)           51
  R. Cey (LA)              46
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        44
  J. Morgan (CIN)          42
  L. Randle (NY)           41
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         37
  T. Simmons (STL)         37
  K. Hernandez (STL)       35

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         69
  G. Foster (CIN)          63
  D. Murphy (ATL)          59
  A. Dawson (MON)          58
  S. Henderson (NY)        58
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        58
  W. Montanez (NY)         51
  T. Perez (MON)           51
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         51
  L. Parrish (MON)         48


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