Sunday April 9, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 9, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      116   26    42    5    0    4    24    4    1   10    10  .362
Cincinnati       125   27    40    7    1    7    26    7    3   21    22  .320
Philadelphia     100   20    29    8    0    4    20    5    1   14    16  .290
Montreal         145   16    42    3    2    2    16    5    1   11    22  .290
San Diego         99    8    28    5    1    1     7    1    2    9    11  .283
Houston          139   17    37    6    0    4    17    3    1   10    26  .266
Chicago          109    7    28    3    0    2     6    4    2    8    16  .257
St. Louis        101    8    25    3    1    2     8    1    1    6    13  .248
San Francisco     94   15    23    6    1    1    14    1    2   14    17  .245
Atlanta           99   10    23    1    0    4    10    2    2    8    13  .232
New York         118   15    24    4    0    5    15    2    3   21    16  .203
Pittsburgh        88    8    14    4    0    1     6    2    0   17    12  .159

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Yeager (LA)         3   13    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .539
George Foster (CIN)       4   14    7    7   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    3  .500
Rick Monday (LA)          3   12    3    6   2   0   1    6   0   1    2    1  .500
Jerry Royster (ATL)       3   10    2    5   0   0   1    2   2   0    3    0  .500
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)      3   11    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .455
Derrel Thomas (SD)        3   11    1    5   1   0   0    0   1   1    2    0  .455
Manny Trillo (CHI)        3   11    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .455
Chris Speier (MON)        4   16    2    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .438
Cesar Geronimo (CIN)      4   14    1    6   1   1   1    5   0   0    2    1  .429
Dusty Baker (LA)          3   12    4    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .417

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jerry Royster          3   10    2    5   0   0   1    2   2   0    3    0  .500
Jeff Burroughs         3   11    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .455
Gary Matthews          3   11    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .273
Biff Pocoroba          3    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    0  .250
Dale Murphy            3   11    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .182
Rowland Office         3   11    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .182
Barry Bonnell          3   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .167
Pat Rockett            3   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .100
Bob Beall              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Cito Gaston            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Brian Asselstine       1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rod Gilbreath          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joe Nolan              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Hector Cruz            2    2    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Manny Trillo           3   11    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .455
Ivan DeJesus           3   12    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   1    2    2  .417
Dave Rader             3   11    0    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .364
Bill Buckner           3   14    3    5   0   0   1    2   2   0    0    2  .357
Larry Biittner         2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Greg Gross             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dave Kingman           3   12    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   1    1    6  .167
Gene Clines            3   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .100
Steve Ontiveros        3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .100
Bobby Murcer           3   13    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .077
Rudy Meoli             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Larry Cox              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joe Wallis             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Collins           1    1    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0 1.000
George Foster          4   14    7    7   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    3  .500
Cesar Geronimo         4   14    1    6   1   1   1    5   0   0    2    1  .429
Joe Morgan             4   12    5    5   2   0   2    7   1   1    5    2  .417
Dave Concepcion        4   14    2    5   1   0   0    3   1   1    1    2  .357
Dan Driessen           4   13    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    3    1  .308
Pete Rose              4   17    3    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .294
Ken Griffey            4   15    3    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    2  .267
Johnny Bench           4   12    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .250
Ray Knight             4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Junior Kennedy         1    0    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             1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Wilbur Howard          3    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Jose Cruz              4   17    2    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .412
Cesar Cedeno           4   18    2    6   0   0   1    2   1   1    1    3  .333
Denny Walling          3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Enos Cabell            4   19    2    6   1   0   0    2   2   0    0    5  .316
Joe Ferguson           4   15    3    4   0   0   2    3   0   0    1    6  .267
Art Howe               4   14    2    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .214
Bob Watson             4   15    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .200
Terry Puhl             4   16    4    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .188
Roger Metzger          4   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .100
Dave Bergman           3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ed Herrmann            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jimmy Sexton           2    0    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
Steve Yeager           3   13    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .539
Rick Monday            3   12    3    6   2   0   1    6   0   1    2    1  .500
Dusty Baker            3   12    4    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .417
Ron Cey                3   13    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .385
Steve Garvey           3   13    5    5   0   0   1    5   0   0    1    1  .385
Reggie Smith           3   13    4    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .385
Bill Russell           3   15    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Vic Davalillo          2    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Davey Lopes            3   12    2    2   0   0   1    4   3   0    3    1  .167
Glenn Burke            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000
Lee Lacy               1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ted Martinez           2    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Parrish          3    9    2    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .444
Chris Speier           4   16    2    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .438
Del Unser              3   12    2    5   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    0  .417
Ellis Valentine        4   19    1    7   0   0   1    2   1   1    0    5  .368
Dave Cash              4   18    4    6   0   1   0    2   1   0    1    0  .333
Gary Carter            4   15    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    2  .333
Tony Perez             4   17    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .177
Andre Dawson           4   16    2    2   0   0   0    2   2   0    2    4  .125
Wayne Garrett          2    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125
Sam Mejias             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jerry White            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Warren Cromartie       1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Stan Papi              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Pepe Frias             2    0    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
Ed Kranepool           1    1    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bruce Boisclair        2    4    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .750
Lee Mazzilli           4   13    2    4   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .308
Steve Henderson        4   12    3    3   0   0   2    5   0   0    1    5  .250
Doug Flynn             4   13    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .231
Ken Henderson          4   13    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    2  .231
Willie Montanez        4   14    3    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .214
John Stearns           4   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .200
Len Randle             4   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   1    5    1  .100
Tim Foli               4   15    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .067
Ron Hodges             1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joel Youngblood        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tom Grieve             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Richie Hebner          3    8    3    5   2   0   1    2   0   1    1    0  .625
Garry Maddox           3   11    1    4   1   0   0    3   2   0    2    1  .364
Larry Bowa             3   13    2    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .308
Bake McBride           3   13    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .308
Mike Schmidt           3   13    4    4   2   0   1    4   1   0    1    3  .308
Greg Luzinski          3    9    1    2   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    2  .222
Ted Sizemore           3   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Bob Boone              3    6    4    1   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .167
Davey Johnson          1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jerry Martin           2    2    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Bud Harrelson          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jay Johnstone          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tim McCarver           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Brye             2    3    3    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Manny Sanguillen       1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dave Parker            3   12    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .250
John Milner            2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Bill Robinson          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .250
Frank Taveras          3   12    1    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    0    0  .167
Fernando Gonzalez      3    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Omar Moreno            3    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .111
Rennie Stennett        3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Ed Ott                 3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Willie Stargell        3    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .000
Phil Garner            1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Jim Fregosi            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000
Mario Mendoza          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Derrel Thomas          3   11    1    5   1   0   0    0   1   1    2    0  .455
Ozzie Smith            3    7    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .429
Dave Winfield          3   13    2    5   1   1   1    4   0   0    0    2  .385
Bill Almon             3   11    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .273
Oscar Gamble           3   11    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .273
George Hendrick        3   12    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Gene Tenace            3    8    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .250
Gene Richards          3   14    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .214
Jerry Turner           3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Rick Sweet             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Chuck Baker            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Champion          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000
Bob Davis              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Don Reynolds           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rob Andrews            3   10    3    4   1   1   0    4   1   0    4    1  .400
Darrell Evans          3   10    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .400
Marc Hill              3   10    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .400
Larry Herndon          3   12    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .333
Jack Clark             3   13    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .308
Willie McCovey         3    8    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    1  .125
Terry Whitfield        3   10    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Johnnie Lemaster       3   10    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Tom Heintzelman        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Ivie              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Skip James             2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Vic Harris             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Brock              2    7    0    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .429
Keith Hernandez        3   11    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .364
Mike Tyson             3    9    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Jerry Morales          3   13    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .308
Ken Reitz              3   11    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .273
Tony Scott             3   11    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   1    1    1  .182
Ted Simmons            3   11    2    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .182
Garry Templeton        3   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .154
Roger Freed            1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Dwyer              2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dane Iorg              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Phillips          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          19
  E. Valentine (MON)       19
  D. Cash (MON)            18
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          18
  J. Cruz (HOU)            17
  T. Perez (MON)           17
  P. Rose (CIN)            17
  A. Dawson (MON)          16
  T. Puhl (HOU)            16
  C. Speier (MON)          16

Runs Scored:

  G. Foster (CIN)           7
  S. Garvey (LA)            5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  D. Baker (LA)             4
  B. Boone (PHI)            4
  D. Cash (MON)             4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         4
  T. Puhl (HOU)             4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4
  R. Smith (LA)             4

Hits:

  J. Cruz (HOU)             7
  G. Foster (CIN)           7
  C. Speier (MON)           7
  E. Valentine (MON)        7
  S. Yeager (LA)            7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  D. Cash (MON)             6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         6
  R. Monday (LA)            6

Doubles:

  S. Brye (PIT)             2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  R. Hebner (PHI)           2
  L. Herndon (SF)           2
  A. Howe (HOU)             2
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          2
  R. Monday (LA)            2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  L. Parrish (MON)          2
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          2

Triples:

  R. Andrews (SF)           1
  D. Cash (MON)             1
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         1
  T. Scott (STL)            1
  C. Speier (MON)           1
  D. Winfield (SD)          1

Home Runs:

  J. Ferguson (HOU)         2
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  S. Henderson (NY)         2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  J. Bench (CIN)            1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  B. Boone (PHI)            1
  B. Buckner (CHI)          1
  G. Carter (MON)           1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1

RBI:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  R. Monday (LA)            6
  S. Garvey (LA)            5
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         5
  S. Henderson (NY)         5
  R. Andrews (SF)           4
  L. Christenson (PHI)      4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  D. Lopes (LA)             4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4

Stolen Bases:

  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  B. Buckner (CHI)          2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  K. Griffey (CIN)          2
  G. Maddox (PHI)           2
  J. Royster (ATL)          2
  R. Andrews (SF)           1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1

Caught Stealing:

  B. Almon (SD)             1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       1
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          1
  D. Flynn (NY)             1
  G. Foster (CIN)           1
  R. Hebner (PHI)           1
  K. Henderson (NY)         1
  L. Herndon (SF)           1

Walks:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  L. Randle (NY)            5
  R. Andrews (SF)           4
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  B. Boone (PHI)            4
  W. Stargell (PIT)         4
  G. Carter (MON)           3
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3
  K. Henderson (NY)         3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3

Strikeouts:

  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         6
  D. Kingman (CHI)          6
  E. Cabell (HOU)           5
  S. Henderson (NY)         5
  E. Valentine (MON)        5
  J. Clark (SF)             4
  A. Dawson (MON)           4
  B. Murcer (CHI)           4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3

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