Tuesday April 11, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 11, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       158   29    48    9    1    7    28    8    3   23    30  .304
Los Angeles      178   31    52    7    1    5    29    4    1   22    21  .292
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
St. Louis        137   19    39    5    1    3    19    4    1    9    21  .285
Chicago          175   11    45    7    0    2    10    4    5   13    25  .257
Atlanta          167   20    42    1    0    7    19    2    3   20    23  .252
San Diego        162   18    40    8    1    2    17    3    4   19    25  .247
Houston          200   20    49    7    0    5    20    5    3   10    37  .245
San Francisco    129   18    30    7    1    4    17    1    2   15    25  .233
New York         185   23    40    8    0    8    23    4    3   25    28  .216
Pittsburgh       122   10    21    6    0    1     8    2    0   19    16  .172

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Keith Hernandez (STL)     4   16    4    8   2   0   1    4   1   0    2    1  .500
George Foster (CIN)       5   18    7    8   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    5  .444
Joe Morgan (CIN)          5   16    5    7   3   0   2    8   1   1    5    3  .438
Chris Speier (MON)        4   16    2    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .438
Bill Buckner (CHI)        5   21    4    9   1   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .429
Dave Winfield (SD)        5   22    4    9   1   1   2    8   1   0    0    3  .409
Gary Matthews (ATL)       5   18    5    7   0   0   3    5   0   0    3    3  .389
Steve Yeager (LA)         5   18    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .389
Ivan DeJesus (CHI)        5   21    1    8   1   0   0    1   0   2    2    2  .381
Steve Garvey (LA)         5   21    6    8   1   1   1    5   0   0    2    2  .381

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          2    2    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Rod Gilbreath          2    5    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Gary Matthews          5   18    5    7   0   0   3    5   0   0    3    3  .389
Jerry Royster          5   16    4    6   0   0   1    2   2   1    6    1  .375
Biff Pocoroba          5   14    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    0  .357
Jeff Burroughs         5   17    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .353
Barry Bonnell          5   21    2    6   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .286
Dale Murphy            5   18    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    6  .167
Pat Rockett            5   15    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .133
Rowland Office         5   16    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .125
Cito Gaston            4    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Beall              5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joe Nolan              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Brian Asselstine       2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mick Kelleher          1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bill Buckner           5   21    4    9   1   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .429
Larry Biittner         4    5    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Ivan DeJesus           5   21    1    8   1   0   0    1   0   2    2    2  .381
Manny Trillo           5   17    0    6   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .353
Greg Gross             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Dave Rader             5   18    1    5   2   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .278
Bobby Murcer           5   20    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .200
Dave Kingman           5   18    1    3   0   0   1    1   0   1    3    9  .167
Gene Clines            4   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    1    0  .133
Hector Cruz            4    8    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Steve Ontiveros        3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .100
Rudy Meoli             2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joe Wallis             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Larry Cox              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           2    1    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0 1.000
Ray Knight             5    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
George Foster          5   18    7    8   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    5  .444
Joe Morgan             5   16    5    7   3   0   2    8   1   1    5    3  .438
Cesar Geronimo         5   16    1    6   1   1   1    5   0   0    3    2  .375
Dave Concepcion        5   18    3    6   1   0   0    3   1   1    1    3  .333
Dan Driessen           5   17    4    5   1   0   1    3   2   0    3    1  .294
Ken Griffey            5   18    3    5   0   0   0    0   3   0    2    3  .278
Pete Rose              5   22    4    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .273
Johnny Bench           5   16    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    7  .188
Rick Auerbach          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Junior Kennedy         2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Alou             2    2    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Wilbur Howard          4    3    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .667
Jose Cruz              6   24    2    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .333
Denny Walling          3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Cesar Cedeno           6   25    2    7   0   0   1    3   2   1    1    4  .280
Bob Watson             6   22    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .273
Terry Puhl             6   23    5    6   0   0   1    2   1   1    2    0  .261
Enos Cabell            6   26    2    6   1   0   0    3   2   0    0    6  .231
Joe Ferguson           6   22    4    5   0   0   3    4   0   0    1    8  .227
Art Howe               6   20    2    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .150
Roger Metzger          6   15    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .067
Dave Bergman           3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Julio Gonzalez         1    1    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           3    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           5   18    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .389
Steve Garvey           5   21    6    8   1   1   1    5   0   0    2    2  .381
Dusty Baker            5   20    4    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .350
Ron Cey                5   20    3    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .350
Reggie Smith           5   21    5    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .333
Rick Monday            5   18    3    6   2   0   1    6   0   1    4    2  .333
Vic Davalillo          2    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Russell           5   22    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .227
Davey Lopes            5   20    3    3   0   0   1    4   3   0    4    1  .150
Glenn Burke            3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000
Lee Lacy               2    1    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
Bruce Boisclair        3    5    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .600
Steve Henderson        6   19    5    6   1   0   3    9   0   0    1    7  .316
Lee Mazzilli           6   21    3    6   2   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .286
Doug Flynn             6   18    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    2  .278
Ed Kranepool           3    8    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Ken Henderson          6   21    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    3    4  .238
John Stearns           6   18    0    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    2  .222
Willie Montanez        5   15    3    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .200
Tim Foli               6   23    4    4   2   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .174
Len Randle             6   19    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   1    5    2  .053
Ron Hodges             1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joel Youngblood        3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tom Grieve             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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             3    5    3    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .600
Bill Robinson          4    8    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .375
Manny Sanguillen       1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dave Parker            4   15    1    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .267
John Milner            3    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Frank Taveras          4   16    1    3   1   0   0    3   1   0    0    1  .188
Phil Garner            2    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .167
Willie Stargell        4    8    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .125
Rennie Stennett        3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Fernando Gonzalez      4   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .091
Ed Ott                 4   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .091
Omar Moreno            4   12    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .083
Jim Fregosi            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .000
Mario Mendoza          3    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
Don Reynolds           3    2    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Dave Winfield          5   22    4    9   1   1   2    8   1   0    0    3  .409
Derrel Thomas          5   16    2    5   1   0   0    0   1   1    4    1  .313
Gene Richards          5   21    4    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    1    5  .286
George Hendrick        5   20    0    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .250
Ozzie Smith            5   13    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .231
Oscar Gamble           5   18    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .222
Jerry Turner           5    5    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Bill Almon             5   17    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .177
Gene Tenace            5   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    7    1  .167
Rick Sweet             3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Champion          4    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Chuck Baker            3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Davis              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rob Andrews            4   14    3    5   1   1   0    4   1   0    4    1  .357
Darrell Evans          4   14    2    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .357
Marc Hill              4   14    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .357
Larry Herndon          4   15    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   1    3    3  .333
Jack Clark             4   17    4    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    4  .294
Terry Whitfield        4   14    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    3  .143
Willie McCovey         4   12    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .083
Johnnie Lemaster       4   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .071
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             3    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
Keith Hernandez        4   16    4    8   2   0   1    4   1   0    2    1  .500
Mike Tyson             4   13    2    5   0   0   1    5   0   0    0    2  .385
Ken Reitz              4   15    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .333
Lou Brock              3    9    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    3  .333
Jerry Morales          4   17    2    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .294
Garry Templeton        4   18    2    4   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .222
Ted Simmons            4   14    2    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .214
Tony Scott             4   15    2    3   0   1   0    0   0   1    1    2  .200
Roger Freed            1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Dwyer              3    3    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          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          26
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          25
  J. Cruz (HOU)            24
  T. Foli (NY)             23
  T. Puhl (HOU)            23
  J. Ferguson (HOU)        22
  P. Rose (CIN)            22
  B. Russell (LA)          22
  B. Watson (HOU)          22
  D. Winfield (SD)         22

Runs Scored:

  G. Foster (CIN)           7
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  S. Henderson (NY)         5
  G. Matthews (ATL)         5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  T. Puhl (HOU)             5
  R. Smith (LA)             5
  D. Baker (LA)             4
  B. Boone (PHI)            4
  B. Buckner (CHI)          4

Hits:

  B. Buckner (CHI)          9
  D. Winfield (SD)          9
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          8
  G. Foster (CIN)           8
  S. Garvey (LA)            8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  D. Baker (LA)             7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  R. Cey (LA)               7

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  S. Brye (PIT)             2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  T. Foli (NY)              2
  R. Hebner (PHI)           2
  K. Henderson (NY)         2
  G. Hendrick (SD)          2
  K. Hernandez (STL)        2
  L. Herndon (SF)           2
  M. Hill (SF)              2

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  J. Ferguson (HOU)         3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3
  G. Matthews (ATL)         3
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  D. Winfield (SD)          2
  J. Bench (CIN)            1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  B. Boone (PHI)            1

RBI:

  S. Henderson (NY)         9
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  D. Winfield (SD)          8
  R. Monday (LA)            6
  S. Garvey (LA)            5
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         5
  G. Matthews (ATL)         5
  M. Tyson (STL)            5
  R. Andrews (SF)           4
  L. Christenson (PHI)      4

Stolen Bases:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  B. Buckner (CHI)          2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  G. Maddox (PHI)           2
  J. Royster (ATL)          2
  J. Stearns (NY)           2

Caught Stealing:

  I. DeJesus (CHI)          2
  B. Almon (SD)             1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  G. Clines (CHI)           1
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       1
  D. Flynn (NY)             1
  G. Foster (CIN)           1
  R. Hebner (PHI)           1
  K. Henderson (NY)         1

Walks:

  G. Tenace (SD)            7
  J. Royster (ATL)          6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  L. Randle (NY)            5
  R. Andrews (SF)           4
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  B. Boone (PHI)            4
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        4
  R. Cey (LA)               4
  D. Lopes (LA)             4

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)          9
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         8
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  S. Henderson (NY)         7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  D. Murphy (ATL)           6
  G. Foster (CIN)           5
  B. Murcer (CHI)           5
  G. Richards (SD)          5
  E. Valentine (MON)        5

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