Wednesday June 28, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 28, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     2472  353   671  126   13   66   333   55   24  279   352  .271
Cincinnati      2504  332   655  127   18   62   310   70   25  282   435  .262
Houston         2357  267   605   97   17   39   251   76   23  204   307  .257
Philadelphia    2286  298   584   98   10   60   278   76   22  238   380  .256
Pittsburgh      2433  290   620  106   19   44   260  104   39  218   388  .255
San Francisco   2455  296   624  113   24   47   280   48   30  261   394  .254
Montreal        2487  298   632  119   12   47   271   35   15  196   398  .254
San Diego       2470  254   620   93   20   34   227   71   39  252   390  .251
Chicago         2388  286   595   98   32   34   269   30   23  232   331  .249
New York        2583  280   637   99   18   44   265   42   36  277   411  .247
St. Louis       2535  265   606  126   13   38   252   44   18  199   336  .239
Atlanta         2333  240   555   81   19   42   218   49   30  253   368  .238

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Puhl (HOU)         63  259   35   86  11   3   2   14  12   7   17   24  .332
Bill Madlock (SF)        55  201   32   65  10   1   7   22  11   4   26   23  .323
Larry Bowa (PHI)         66  280   38   90  13   1   1   16  16   3   10   21  .321
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     66  218   30   70  16   2   8   34   1   1   56   41  .321
Reggie Smith (LA)        54  198   37   62  13   1  11   42   4   1   28   37  .313
Ken Griffey (CIN)        74  299   45   93  18   5   3   24  10   2   20   42  .311
Davey Lopes (LA)         63  232   48   72  12   2   8   24  20   1   36   28  .310
Dave Parker (PIT)        69  274   42   85  12   4  13   45  12   4   26   39  .310
Ted Simmons (STL)        75  258   39   79  27   1   8   34   0   1   39   17  .306
Garry Maddox (PHI)       66  239   24   73  13   1   6   30  20   2   22   35  .305

 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        66  218   30   70  16   2   8   34   1   1   56   41  .321
Gary Matthews         44  159   26   45   6   3   9   25   2   1   25   30  .283
Jerry Royster         67  262   37   74   8   4   1   19  18   8   29   21  .282
Brian Asselstine      39  103   11   28   3   3   2   13   2   1   11   16  .272
Biff Pocoroba         61  194   13   52   7   0   3   21   0   3   19    9  .268
Rowland Office        61  152   17   38   2   0   6   18   3   5   10   23  .250
Rod Gilbreath         56  159   10   36   8   1   2   14   3   3   13   24  .226
Barry Bonnell         56  166   11   36   5   2   0    9   9   2   13   16  .217
Joe Nolan             32   42    5    9   4   1   0    4   0   0    6    4  .214
Jerry Maddox           7   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
Darrel Chaney         50  140   17   29   5   1   1    9   1   0   19   27  .207
Cito Gaston           38   78    3   16   1   0   0    0   0   0    2   12  .205
Bob Beall             47   83   12   17   4   0   0    5   3   1   12   13  .205
Dale Murphy           66  235   27   47   4   1   6   26   6   3   22   62  .200
Bob Horner            11   42    5    6   2   0   2    5   0   0    2    7  .143
Pat Rockett           47  113    3   16   2   0   0    4   1   2   11   12  .142

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rodney Scott           5   17    2    6   1   0   0    0   2   1    3    3  .353
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            54  166   13   47   6   5   1   23   1   0   15    6  .283
Larry Biittner        50  159   20   45   6   1   3   27   0   1   15   17  .283
Gene Clines           49  117   20   33   6   1   0    9   2   2   12   15  .282
Ivan DeJesus          69  278   49   74  11   6   3   17   9   5   34   39  .266
Manny Trillo          64  236   20   60  10   4   2   26   0   2   23   29  .254
Bobby Murcer          66  241   30   59   8   4   3   24   7   2   31   30  .245
Dave Kingman          62  206   33   49   6   3  15   45   3   4   21   70  .238
Hector Cruz           30   76    8   18   5   0   2    9   0   0    3    6  .237
Larry Cox             32   72    6   17   3   0   1    9   0   0    7    9  .236
Steve Ontiveros       63  221   26   52  11   3   0   17   0   2   25   28  .235
Dave Rader            57  176   19   39   9   2   2   23   1   0   14   13  .222
Mick Kelleher         17   23    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .217
Mike Vail              8    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Rudy Meoli            30   24    6    3   0   1   0    2   1   0    5    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           74  299   45   93  18   5   3   24  10   2   20   42  .311
Dave Concepcion       70  268   32   81  16   2   2   31   9   6   19   43  .302
George Foster         73  289   47   87  11   5  16   53   3   2   29   66  .301
Dan Driessen          67  242   35   72  15   1   9   40  16   3   36   30  .298
Pete Rose             73  309   52   89  20   3   4   22   7   2   26   16  .288
Mike Lum              37   66    8   19   3   0   3   12   0   0   13    8  .288
Joe Morgan            64  218   34   57  17   0   8   46  15   4   45   21  .262
Vic Correll            7    8    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Cesar Geronimo        67  174   15   42   9   1   5   20   4   1   25   36  .241
Johnny Bench          47  166   22   39   7   0  10   26   1   1   16   40  .235
Dave Collins          50   58    6   13   0   0   0    7   2   3    8   12  .224
Junior Kennedy        39   60    6   13   1   0   0    3   2   1   12   14  .217
Ray Knight            41   38    5    6   3   0   1    3   0   0    2    8  .158
Don Werner            45  110    7   17   2   1   0   10   1   0   14   29  .155
Rick Auerbach         26   27    5    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    7  .111
Ken Henderson          8   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .100
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            63  259   35   86  11   3   2   14  12   7   17   24  .332
Jesus Alou            31   57    3   17   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    1  .298
Enos Cabell           70  296   36   87  11   1   4   39  14   6    9   37  .294
Bob Watson            67  227   30   65  10   2   9   45   0   0   26   29  .286
Art Howe              65  230   26   65  23   1   4   26   2   2   21   23  .283
Cesar Cedeno          48  185   30   52   8   2   6   21  23   2   15   22  .281
Jose Cruz             67  256   31   67  13   4   3   35  12   3   25   30  .262
Julio Gonzalez        22   46    5   12   1   0   0    2   0   1    3    5  .261
Denny Walling         47   94   12   23   2   2   1   12   5   0   10    7  .245
Reggie Baldwin        19   51    4   12   4   0   1    7   0   0    0    2  .235
Wilbur Howard         32   51    6   12   0   1   1    3   2   0    1    7  .235
Roger Metzger         45  123   11   27   4   1   0    6   0   0   12    9  .220
Joe Ferguson          51  150   20   31   5   0   7   22   0   0   37   30  .207
Jimmy Sexton          38   68    4   11   0   0   0    1   5   1    5   12  .162
Dave Bergman          40   39    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0   10    9  .154
Mike Fischlin         12   27    0    4   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .148
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          15   21    1    9   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    1  .429
Reggie Smith          54  198   37   62  13   1  11   42   4   1   28   37  .313
Manny Mota            18   16    0    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    3  .313
Davey Lopes           63  232   48   72  12   2   8   24  20   1   36   28  .310
Jerry Grote           24   50    5   15   5   0   0    7   0   0    9    4  .300
Rick Monday           58  177   31   53  12   1  13   38   1   2   25   43  .299
Steve Garvey          73  297   42   88  13   3   9   46   5   3   18   27  .296
Vic Davalillo         37   42    9   12   1   1   0    7   1   1    3    1  .286
Billy North           36  102   19   29   7   0   0    3   9   4   23   16  .284
Lee Lacy              49  134   20   38  10   3   7   20   4   3   15   18  .284
Ron Cey               71  262   39   71  17   0  10   49   1   4   46   45  .271
Bill Russell          72  308   41   83  14   2   2   29   5   2   12   19  .270
Dusty Baker           70  252   26   65  12   0   4   32   3   1   19   41  .258
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          60  174   15   34   5   0   2   17   0   0   30   25  .195

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            39    6    3    3   2   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .500
Ellis Valentine       70  263   34   78  15   1  10   37   5   3   15   33  .297
Stan Papi             29   68    6   20   5   0   0    6   0   0    6    8  .294
Larry Parrish         66  232   31   67  17   2   8   38   0   2   15   50  .289
Tony Perez            70  254   30   70  25   0   5   37   0   0   20   52  .276
Dave Cash             74  298   35   82  13   2   1   17   6   4   20   14  .275
Warren Cromartie      71  273   35   73  14   2   2   21   3   2   15   27  .267
Chris Speier          64  219   20   56   7   1   3   18   0   0   30   32  .256
Andre Dawson          71  262   42   65   5   3  10   39  14   3   16   60  .248
Gary Carter           71  248   33   56  10   0   6   32   4   1   33   33  .226
Del Unser             63   86   10   19   3   0   1    8   2   0   10   15  .221
Jerry White           18   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .200
Sam Mejias            31   21    5    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .191
Wayne Garrett         40   55    5   10   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    8  .182
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          76  294   39   84  17   3   6   31   9   6   33   45  .286
Elliott Maddox        51  164   20   46   8   2   1   16   1   4   32   19  .281
Bobby Valentine       39   90   10   25   2   0   1   13   0   1   11   14  .278
Willie Montanez       75  287   35   77  14   0  11   47   3   1   32   53  .268
John Stearns          67  216   25   57   8   0   7   29  11   3   34   25  .264
Steve Henderson       76  289   42   76  11   3   8   41   4   4   26   58  .263
Doug Flynn            76  270   15   66   3   2   0   17   1   2   12   21  .244
Joel Youngblood       48   82   11   20   4   2   1    7   0   0    5   13  .244
Ron Hodges            26   58    3   14   2   1   0    5   1   2    7    7  .241
Tom Grieve            30   63    4   15   2   0   2    6   0   0    5   13  .238
Len Randle            63  219   28   51   9   4   1   15   8   7   44   32  .233
Bruce Boisclair       57  122   16   28   2   1   3   12   2   3   16   20  .230
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Tim Foli              47  182   13   40  10   0   0   10   1   2    7   10  .220
Ed Kranepool          35   49    4   10   1   0   2    9   0   0    5    7  .204
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            66  280   38   90  13   1   1   16  16   3   10   21  .321
Jose Cardenal         32   68    6   21   7   0   1   14   0   1    4    4  .309
Garry Maddox          66  239   24   73  13   1   6   30  20   2   22   35  .305
Bake McBride          54  217   30   62   7   2   2   15  16   2   16   28  .286
Jerry Martin          55   90   17   24   4   1   4   16   3   1   12   14  .267
Richie Hebner         59  177   22   47   8   1   5   25   2   2   19   30  .266
Bob Boone             57  181   23   47   6   2   6   29   1   3   22   13  .260
Tim McCarver          34   62    6   16   5   0   0    5   1   1   13   11  .258
Mike Schmidt          64  244   45   60  12   1  11   37   9   3   38   53  .246
Greg Luzinski         68  233   37   57  11   0  17   47   6   0   45   60  .245
Bud Harrelson         30   41    7    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    7  .220
Ted Sizemore          20   65    9   12   1   0   0    2   2   0    3    6  .185
Jay Johnstone         35   56    3   10   2   0   0    4   0   2    6    9  .179
Barry Foote           16   17    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .177
Jim Morrison          35   95   10   16   0   1   3   10   0   1    9   16  .168
Davey Johnson         29   65    7    9   1   0   2   12   0   0    5   14  .139

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Milner           47  115   17   36   8   0   3   16   3   0   18   14  .313
Dave Parker           69  274   42   85  12   4  13   45  12   4   26   39  .310
Manny Sanguillen      38   91    6   27   0   1   2    5   1   1    3    2  .297
Frank Taveras         69  284   31   82  17   2   0   20  21  13   12   29  .289
Willie Stargell       52  156   20   42   8   0  10   34   2   0   23   37  .269
Duffy Dyer            29   90    5   24   7   1   0    8   1   0   11   11  .267
Mario Mendoza         31   34    4    9   1   0   1    3   2   1    1    5  .265
Steve Brye            37   73   12   19   6   0   1    4   1   0    7    7  .260
Ed Ott                51  170   20   44   6   2   5   18   1   0   11   22  .259
Rennie Stennett       64  229   25   58   6   1   3   27   1   1   10   18  .253
Phil Garner           69  252   28   62  10   4   2   28  12   7   27   35  .246
Bill Robinson         52  197   32   48  13   2   3   29   9   4   16   46  .244
Omar Moreno           70  229   39   48   6   2   1   15  36   8   36   47  .210
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
Ken Macha             10   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .188

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Richards         71  266   38   79  10   7   2   20  20  10   32   36  .297
Dave Winfield         73  273   36   80  11   1  14   51   9   6   19   34  .293
Chuck Baker           28   39    7   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .282
Bill Almon            73  258   27   71  15   1   0   16   8   3   22   47  .275
Oscar Gamble          64  210   25   56  11   3   4   24   1   1   23   27  .267
Ozzie Smith           73  261   23   67   7   3   0   17  17   4   17   21  .257
Derrel Thomas         71  221   19   56   6   1   1   17   6   6   16   20  .253
Mike Champion         21   24    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    6  .250
Jerry Turner          39   57    4   14   4   0   2    9   0   0    4   13  .246
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Fernando Gonzalez     22   79    6   18   1   0   0    2   3   1    0    8  .228
Gene Tenace           63  174   32   39  10   3   6   22   4   3   52   43  .224
Don Reynolds          25   41    3    9   0   0   0    3   1   0    7    7  .220
Tucker Ashford        29   70    1   15   5   0   1   12   0   0    6   13  .214
Rick Sweet            54  141   10   30   2   0   1    6   1   3   22   18  .213
Dave Roberts          17   38    2    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    7    6  .211
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             46  124   15   43   4   1   4   25   2   0    6   15  .347
Bill Madlock          55  201   32   65  10   1   7   22  11   4   26   23  .323
Jim Dwyer             11   22    2    7   3   1   0    7   0   0    5    2  .318
Terry Whitfield       71  236   37   72   9   2   5   13   2   7   14   36  .305
Roger Metzger         11   33    2   10   3   0   0    6   1   1    1    1  .303
Jack Clark            71  261   42   79  20   5   9   47   8   2   27   40  .303
Larry Herndon         72  259   28   76   9   7   0   21  11   6   26   35  .293
Mike Sadek            28   83   12   21   2   0   1    6   1   0    8    9  .253
Darrell Evans         74  257   43   65  14   1   7   33   2   2   52   33  .253
Hector Cruz           13   37    7    9   0   0   2    6   0   2    5    8  .243
Rob Andrews           35   94   12   22   3   2   0    5   3   1   10   11  .234
Willie McCovey        61  201   20   45  13   2   6   43   1   0   26   32  .224
Tom Heintzelman       14   18    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    3  .222
Johnnie Lemaster      58  176   11   38  10   2   0    7   3   3   11   31  .216
Marc Hill             54  178   11   38   6   0   2   16   1   2   21   16  .214
Skip James            34   18    5    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .111
Vic Harris            38   75    3    8   2   0   1    7   0   0    4   18  .107

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           75  258   39   79  27   1   8   34   0   1   39   17  .306
Keith Hernandez       75  270   44   73  15   2   9   38   7   3   41   30  .270
Mike Tyson            67  212   15   55   8   0   3   18   1   0   11   25  .259
Mike Phillips         33   63    5   16   3   1   0    5   0   0    5    8  .254
Tony Scott            38   91   11   23   0   1   0    2   2   3    5   17  .253
Garry Templeton       75  312   34   76  13   4   1   17  11   3   10   44  .244
Ken Reitz             75  276   20   66  12   0   6   43   1   0   12   31  .239
Jerry Morales         73  272   26   65  13   3   3   32   3   2   18   30  .239
Steve Swisher         19   45    4   10   2   0   1    4   1   0    2    8  .222
George Hendrick       27  101   10   22   9   0   3   14   0   0    9   16  .218
Jim Dwyer             34   65    8   14   3   0   1    4   1   0    9    3  .215
Roger Freed           27   43    2    9   4   0   2   13   0   0    4    8  .209
Lou Brock             52  178   18   37   4   0   0    6  13   4   12   20  .208
Jerry Mumphrey        47  132   15   26   5   0   0   12   4   2   13   14  .197
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)      312
  P. Rose (CIN)           309
  B. Russell (LA)         308
  K. Griffey (CIN)        299
  D. Cash (MON)           298
  S. Garvey (LA)          297
  E. Cabell (HOU)         296
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        294
  G. Foster (CIN)         289
  S. Henderson (NY)       289

Runs Scored:

  P. Rose (CIN)            52
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         49
  D. Lopes (LA)            48
  G. Foster (CIN)          47
  K. Griffey (CIN)         45
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         45
  K. Hernandez (STL)       44
  D. Evans (SF)            43
  J. Clark (SF)            42
  A. Dawson (MON)          42

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         93
  L. Bowa (PHI)            90
  P. Rose (CIN)            89
  S. Garvey (LA)           88
  E. Cabell (HOU)          87
  G. Foster (CIN)          87
  T. Puhl (HOU)            86
  D. Parker (PIT)          85
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         84
  B. Russell (LA)          83

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         27
  T. Perez (MON)           25
  A. Howe (HOU)            23
  J. Clark (SF)            20
  P. Rose (CIN)            20
  K. Griffey (CIN)         18
  R. Cey (LA)              17
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  L. Parrish (MON)         17

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. Luzinski (PHI)        17
  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  D. Kingman (CHI)         15
  D. Winfield (SD)         14
  R. Monday (LA)           13
  D. Parker (PIT)          13
  W. Montanez (NY)         11
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         11
  R. Smith (LA)            11
  J. Bench (CIN)           10

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          53
  D. Winfield (SD)         51
  R. Cey (LA)              49
  J. Clark (SF)            47
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        47
  W. Montanez (NY)         47
  S. Garvey (LA)           46
  J. Morgan (CIN)          46
  D. Kingman (CHI)         45
  D. Parker (PIT)          45

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          36
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          23
  F. Taveras (PIT)         21
  D. Lopes (LA)            20
  G. Maddox (PHI)          20
  G. Richards (SD)         20
  J. Royster (ATL)         18
  O. Smith (SD)            17
  L. Bowa (PHI)            16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16

Caught Stealing:

  F. Taveras (PIT)         13
  G. Richards (SD)         10
  O. Moreno (PIT)           8
  J. Royster (ATL)          8
  P. Garner (PIT)           7
  T. Puhl (HOU)             7
  L. Randle (NY)            7
  T. Whitfield (SF)         7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6

Walks:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)       56
  D. Evans (SF)            52
  G. Tenace (SD)           52
  R. Cey (LA)              46
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        45
  J. Morgan (CIN)          45
  L. Randle (NY)           44
  K. Hernandez (STL)       41
  T. Simmons (STL)         39
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         38

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         70
  G. Foster (CIN)          66
  D. Murphy (ATL)          62
  A. Dawson (MON)          60
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        60
  S. Henderson (NY)        58
  W. Montanez (NY)         53
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         53
  T. Perez (MON)           52
  L. Parrish (MON)         50

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