Sunday April 30, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 30, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles      684  112   198   31    1   21   108   16    5   82    83  .290
Cincinnati       752  119   213   42    6   24   108   27   12   94   147  .283
Philadelphia     574   90   154   31    3   14    85   17    8   82    83  .268
Houston          741   81   193   33    3   16    79   22    7   59    87  .261
St. Louis        703   90   178   37    6   11    85   15    3   63   100  .253
San Diego        634   60   160   24    2    9    54   18    7   65    96  .252
Montreal         645   78   162   35    6    9    72    6    6   55   104  .251
Chicago          679   70   165   26    4    9    63    7    8   61    91  .243
Atlanta          650   57   154   17    2   12    53   17   11   60    93  .237
Pittsburgh       621   83   144   20    9   14    74   25   10   72   104  .232
San Francisco    662   72   147   28    6   14    70    5    6   73   105  .222
New York         714   65   143   24    2   12    62   10   12   78   123  .200

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     20   66    7   26   6   0   2   12   0   1   16    9  .394
Rick Monday (LA)         20   68   14   24   4   0   8   22   1   1   11   11  .353
Dusty Baker (LA)         20   74   11   26   5   0   1   12   1   0    7   10  .351
Dave Parker (PIT)        19   74   14   26   3   1   5   14   4   1    6    8  .351
Ken Griffey (CIN)        21   92   14   31   6   2   2    8   7   1    6   15  .337
George Foster (CIN)      21   87   17   29   3   1   4   13   1   1    8   26  .333
Steve Garvey (LA)        20   84   17   28   3   1   3   15   2   2    4    8  .333
Dave Cash (MON)          19   75   17   25   6   2   1    6   1   1    7    3  .333
Mike Schmidt (PHI)       17   72   17   24   6   0   4   16   2   2    7   15  .333
Jerry Royster (ATL)      20   70   13   23   1   0   1    2  11   3   12    3  .329

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        20   66    7   26   6   0   2   12   0   1   16    9  .394
Gary Matthews          6   21    6    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    3    3  .381
Darrel Chaney          9   20    2    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .350
Jerry Royster         20   70   13   23   1   0   1    2  11   3   12    3  .329
Brian Asselstine      15   31    2   10   2   0   0    2   1   1    3    4  .323
Tom Paciorek           3    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .286
Rowland Office        17   44    4   12   1   0   2    3   0   1    2    5  .273
Rod Gilbreath         13   35    2    9   1   1   0    1   1   1    1    3  .257
Biff Pocoroba         18   52    1   12   1   0   0    4   0   1    4    2  .231
Dale Murphy           20   71    8   14   1   1   2   10   1   1    5   23  .197
Barry Bonnell         19   68    5   13   3   0   0    3   2   1    5    6  .191
Cito Gaston           14   35    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .114
Pat Rockett           20   58    2    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    7  .103
Joe Nolan              8   12    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .083
Bob Beall             15   16    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    5  .063

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Greg Gross            14   41    2   15   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    0  .366
Joe Wallis            12   24    2    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    5  .333
Bill Buckner          11   35    4   11   2   0   1    2   2   0    1    3  .314
Ivan DeJesus          20   84   10   26   4   0   0    5   1   3    9    9  .310
Larry Biittner        14   40    6   11   1   1   2    7   0   1    6    5  .275
Manny Trillo          17   58    4   15   2   1   0    6   0   1    7    5  .259
Hector Cruz           12   35    5    9   2   0   2    2   0   0    1    0  .257
Bobby Murcer          20   74   10   19   4   1   1   13   0   0   10   12  .257
Dave Rader            19   63    5   15   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    6  .238
Mick Kelleher          8   13    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .231
Gene Clines           13   41    8    8   1   0   0    5   2   1    4    3  .195
Dave Kingman          16   57    5   11   2   0   2    6   1   1    4   19  .193
Steve Ontiveros       17   55    4    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    7    8  .146
Larry Cox              6    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125
Rudy Meoli             5    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Griffey           21   92   14   31   6   2   2    8   7   1    6   15  .337
George Foster         21   87   17   29   3   1   4   13   1   1    8   26  .333
Pete Rose             21   94   16   30   6   1   3   12   1   0    8    4  .319
Dan Driessen          20   82   14   26   4   1   3   13   7   1   12   13  .317
Cesar Geronimo        21   72    7   22   5   1   2   13   2   1   11   14  .306
Johnny Bench          20   77   12   23   4   0   4   12   1   1   12   18  .299
Don Werner             5    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .286
Dave Concepcion       20   72   10   19   3   0   1   10   3   3    8   14  .264
Joe Morgan            20   76   20   20   9   0   4   17   5   2   16    8  .263
Rick Auerbach         10   12    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .250
Ray Knight             9    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Dave Collins          13   11    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   2    2    5  .182
Junior Kennedy        13    9    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .000
Mike Lum               5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Mike Grace             4    2    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
Jesus Alou             6    8    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .375
Wilbur Howard         14   24    3    8   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .333
Art Howe              22   80   11   25   8   0   3    8   0   1    6    2  .313
Jose Cruz             20   76    9   23   4   0   0    6   3   0    8    8  .303
Denny Walling         10   10    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .300
Enos Cabell           22   95    5   27   2   1   1   11   3   1    2   10  .284
Bob Watson            22   78   10   22   7   0   3   16   0   0   10   11  .282
Terry Puhl            21   87    9   24   3   0   1    4   4   3    7    8  .276
Cesar Cedeno          21   82   11   22   4   0   2    8   9   1    6    8  .268
Roger Metzger         20   60    6   13   2   1   0    5   0   0    6    5  .217
Joe Ferguson          19   67   11   14   2   0   5   11   0   0   10   13  .209
Jimmy Sexton          11   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    0  .200
Ed Herrmann            6   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Dave Bergman          11    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Julio Gonzalez         5    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Johnny Oates           1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Rick Monday           20   68   14   24   4   0   8   22   1   1   11   11  .353
Dusty Baker           20   74   11   26   5   0   1   12   1   0    7   10  .351
Steve Garvey          20   84   17   28   3   1   3   15   2   2    4    8  .333
Ron Cey               20   78   12   25   2   0   2   14   1   0   12    8  .321
Davey Lopes           20   77   18   24   5   0   3   11   8   1   17    7  .312
Glenn Burke            9   10    2    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .300
Reggie Smith          20   74   14   22   6   0   3   11   0   0   10   11  .297
Vic Davalillo          7    8    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Lee Lacy               5    4    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Bill Russell          20   84    8   20   3   0   1    7   2   0    3    5  .238
Steve Yeager          18   62    6   14   2   0   0    8   0   0    7   10  .226
Jerry Grote            2    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .167
Ted Martinez           4    3    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .000
Manny Mota             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            11    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Dave Cash             19   75   17   25   6   2   1    6   1   1    7    3  .333
Ellis Valentine       16   61    6   20   2   0   1    8   1   1    1    8  .328
Del Unser             17   31    3    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .290
Chris Speier          19   64    5   18   2   1   2   10   0   0    6    8  .281
Larry Parrish         18   68    8   19   9   0   0   12   0   0    1   10  .279
Gary Carter           19   71   10   18   4   0   2   12   1   1    8    7  .254
Andre Dawson          19   72   14   18   1   2   3   11   2   2    8   19  .250
Tony Perez            19   70    4   14   4   0   0    5   0   0    8   14  .200
Warren Cromartie      16   57    8   11   4   1   0    2   0   1    7    7  .193
Wayne Garrett          8   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .143
Sam Mejias            13    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Stan Papi              4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jerry White            6    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Reece              2    1    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
Bobby Valentine       10   27    2   10   1   0   0    6   0   1    2    3  .370
Joel Youngblood        9    9    3    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Tom Grieve             8   16    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .313
Doug Flynn            22   76    3   19   0   0   0    4   0   1    4    9  .250
Lee Mazzilli          22   81    7   20   8   1   2    7   1   0    9   14  .247
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Bruce Boisclair       17   45    6   10   1   0   1    5   1   1    7    8  .222
Ed Kranepool           9   20    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .200
John Stearns          21   66    5   13   3   0   0    2   3   0    8   10  .197
Steve Henderson       22   78    9   15   1   1   4   14   1   1    5   18  .192
Willie Montanez       21   77   10   14   3   0   2    5   0   0    5   17  .182
Ron Hodges             6   11    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .182
Elliott Maddox         4    6    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .167
Len Randle            22   71    4   11   3   0   0    3   3   5   17    8  .155
Tim Foli              17   64    7    9   2   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .141
Sergio Ferrer          2    0    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
Barry Foote            4    4    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Tim McCarver           5   10    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    0  .400
Mike Schmidt          17   72   17   24   6   0   4   16   2   2    7   15  .333
Jim Morrison           2    6    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .333
Bud Harrelson          6    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Garry Maddox          17   61    7   19   5   0   0    8   5   1    8    5  .312
Greg Luzinski         17   60   10   18   5   0   3    8   2   0   13   15  .300
Bob Boone             16   39   13   11   1   2   2   11   0   1   13    5  .282
Larry Bowa            17   76    9   21   3   1   0    3   3   1    4    7  .276
Richie Hebner         15   43    5   11   2   0   1    5   2   1    8    7  .256
Jerry Martin          12   20    3    5   1   0   1    6   0   1    2    2  .250
Bake McBride          13   56    7   13   3   0   0    5   2   0    6    4  .232
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jose Cardenal          5   11    0    2   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    0  .182
Davey Johnson         11   26    3    3   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .115
Jay Johnstone          9    8    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Parker           19   74   14   26   3   1   5   14   4   1    6    8  .351
Bill Robinson         19   64   12   19   3   1   3   14   4   2    9   12  .297
Steve Brye            10   14    6    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .286
Omar Moreno           19   60   13   17   3   0   0    5  11   2   13   12  .283
Duffy Dyer             4   11    0    3   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    2  .273
Rennie Stennett       16   60    8   16   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    7  .267
Ed Ott                16   54    5   12   1   1   1    7   0   0    5    5  .222
Frank Taveras         18   69    5   14   2   1   0    6   2   3    1    6  .203
Mario Mendoza         10   10    2    2   0   0   1    1   2   0    0    1  .200
Willie Stargell       16   41    6    8   1   0   2    3   1   0   11   10  .195
Fernando Gonzalez      7   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .188
Jim Fregosi           10   11    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .182
Phil Garner           17   61    5   11   1   3   0    9   1   2    5   13  .180
Manny Sanguillen       5   12    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .167
John Milner            9   16    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .125

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Reynolds           6    5    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .600
Mike Champion         12    6    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .333
Bill Almon            19   71    7   23   4   0   0    4   2   1    5   11  .324
Chuck Baker            8   13    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .308
Dave Winfield         19   77    9   23   3   1   5   15   2   0    3    9  .299
Ozzie Smith           19   61    4   18   1   0   0    4   4   1    2    4  .295
Oscar Gamble          18   60    7   16   1   0   1   10   0   0    7   10  .267
Gene Richards         17   64    9   15   1   0   0    4   7   2   11    9  .234
George Hendrick       19   61    5   14   2   0   2    4   0   0    7    9  .230
Derrel Thomas         19   66    3   15   3   0   0    3   2   1    7    5  .227
Gene Tenace           14   35    5    7   3   1   0    1   1   1   11    7  .200
Bob Davis             11   21    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .191
Jerry Turner          15   27    3    5   3   0   1    2   0   0    1    6  .185
Rick Sweet            13   30    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    6  .167

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             13   27    3   10   1   0   1    6   0   0    0    4  .370
Mike Sadek             6   18    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .278
Terry Whitfield       19   69    7   19   0   2   2    5   1   2    3   10  .275
Rob Andrews           12   30    5    8   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    3  .267
Willie McCovey        20   63    4   16   5   1   3   19   0   0    7    5  .254
Jack Clark            20   74   10   17   5   0   2    8   1   0   10   14  .230
Tom Heintzelman        7    9    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .222
Bill Madlock          13   47    7   10   2   0   2    6   0   0    7    8  .213
Larry Herndon         18   66    7   14   3   1   0    1   0   2    9   10  .212
Marc Hill             15   52    4   11   2   0   1    5   0   2    7    6  .212
Darrell Evans         20   72   10   14   4   0   1    8   0   0   15   13  .194
Johnnie Lemaster      19   62    4   12   1   1   0    1   2   0    3    9  .194
Skip James            16   12    4    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .083
Vic Harris            10   17    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gary Sutherland        5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Keith Hernandez       21   77   14   25   8   0   2   15   2   0   12    7  .325
Lou Brock             15   50    8   16   2   0   0    1   5   0    7    4  .320
Ken Reitz             21   73   10   23   2   0   3   14   1   0    5   10  .315
Ted Simmons           21   73   11   22   9   0   1   12   0   0    9    5  .301
Roger Freed            8   18    2    5   2   0   2    8   0   0    1    2  .278
Jim Dwyer             13   22    3    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .273
Mike Phillips         11   15    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .267
Jerry Morales         21   79   10   20   4   2   1   11   3   0    9    8  .253
Mike Tyson            19   55    4   13   3   0   1    9   0   0    4    6  .236
Tony Scott            12   32    6    7   0   1   0    1   1   2    3    7  .219
Dane Iorg              8   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .200
Steve Swisher          3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Garry Templeton       21   92   11   17   4   1   0    2   3   0    2   13  .185
Jerry Mumphrey        15   46    3    6   1   0   0    4   0   1    4    9  .130

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          95
  P. Rose (CIN)            94
  K. Griffey (CIN)         92
  G. Templeton (STL)       92
  G. Foster (CIN)          87
  T. Puhl (HOU)            87
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         84
  S. Garvey (LA)           84
  B. Russell (LA)          84
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          82

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          20
  D. Lopes (LA)            18
  D. Cash (MON)            17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  S. Garvey (LA)           17
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         17
  P. Rose (CIN)            16
  A. Dawson (MON)          14
  D. Driessen (CIN)        14
  K. Griffey (CIN)         14

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         31
  P. Rose (CIN)            30
  G. Foster (CIN)          29
  S. Garvey (LA)           28
  E. Cabell (HOU)          27
  D. Baker (LA)            26
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       26
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         26
  D. Driessen (CIN)        26
  D. Parker (PIT)          26

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  L. Parrish (MON)          9
  T. Simmons (STL)          9
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  A. Howe (HOU)             8
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          8
  B. Watson (HOU)           7
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        6
  D. Cash (MON)             6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6

Triples:

  P. Garner (PIT)           3
  B. Boone (PHI)            2
  D. Cash (MON)             2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  K. Griffey (CIN)          2
  J. Morales (STL)          2
  T. Whitfield (SF)         2
  R. Andrews (SF)           1
  L. Biittner (CHI)         1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)            8
  J. Ferguson (HOU)         5
  D. Parker (PIT)           5
  D. Winfield (SD)          5
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  S. Henderson (NY)         4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           22
  W. McCovey (SF)          19
  J. Morgan (CIN)          17
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         16
  B. Watson (HOU)          16
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  K. Hernandez (STL)       15
  D. Winfield (SD)         15
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  S. Henderson (NY)        14

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          11
  J. Royster (ATL)         11
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  D. Lopes (LA)             8
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  G. Richards (SD)          7
  L. Brock (STL)            5
  G. Maddox (PHI)           5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3
  F. Taveras (PIT)          3
  D. Collins (CIN)          2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  T. Foli (NY)              2
  P. Garner (PIT)           2

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)            17
  L. Randle (NY)           17
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  D. Evans (SF)            15
  B. Boone (PHI)           13
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        13
  O. Moreno (PIT)          13
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  R. Cey (LA)              12

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          26
  D. Murphy (ATL)          23
  A. Dawson (MON)          19
  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  J. Bench (CIN)           18
  S. Henderson (NY)        18
  W. Montanez (NY)         17
  K. Griffey (CIN)         15
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        15
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         15

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