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Tuesday May 23, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 23, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Los Angeles     1381  213   390   78    5   38   201   30   12  166   193  .282
Cincinnati      1461  214   400   84   12   42   197   43   17  175   254  .274
Philadelphia    1191  174   319   57    6   30   167   31   16  151   198  .268
Houston         1249  148   330   54    8   25   142   38   11  113   157  .264
Montreal        1331  157   337   64    9   24   143   17    9  127   223  .253
San Diego       1334  136   333   48   11   19   119   37   24  136   210  .250
Pittsburgh      1307  158   323   46   14   26   145   57   22  122   222  .247
St. Louis       1401  152   346   71    6   20   144   20   10  108   175  .247
San Francisco   1281  146   316   54   12   27   139   21   13  132   210  .247
Chicago         1242  143   304   45   14   21   134   13   14  116   184  .245
Atlanta         1232  113   292   43    8   16   100   30   18  125   191  .237
New York        1394  153   330   58   11   18   146   25   25  168   235  .237

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs (ATL)     38  125   16   44  11   1   3   22   0   1   29   21  .352
Rick Monday (LA)         35  121   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   19   25  .347
Reggie Smith (LA)        39  149   30   50  12   1   7   30   3   1   22   28  .336
Dusty Baker (LA)         37  129   16   43   7   0   2   19   2   0   12   22  .333
Ken Griffey (CIN)        42  175   27   58  12   3   3   14   8   2   13   23  .331
Terry Puhl (HOU)         35  144   22   47   6   2   2    9   7   3   13   13  .326
George Foster (CIN)      42  172   28   55   6   4   7   31   3   1   16   42  .320
Ted Simmons (STL)        41  144   21   46  16   0   4   20   0   1   23    7  .319
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    40  148   19   47  11   1   2   18   5   4   13   26  .318
Jack Clark (SF)          38  146   26   46  12   4   5   18   3   1   15   23  .315

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeff Burroughs        38  125   16   44  11   1   3   22   0   1   29   21  .352
Tom Paciorek           5    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Darrel Chaney         21   47    6   15   3   0   1    6   1   0    9    7  .319
Gary Matthews         11   35    8   10   1   0   5    8   0   0    4    5  .286
Brian Asselstine      32   81    8   23   3   2   1    7   1   1   10   12  .284
Jerry Royster         38  143   24   40   5   3   1    9  12   5   18   15  .280
Barry Bonnell         31   87    7   21   4   0   0    3   6   2    7    9  .241
Rowland Office        33   88    9   21   1   0   2    5   1   2    6   14  .239
Biff Pocoroba         36  117    3   27   4   0   0    9   0   1    8    7  .231
Joe Nolan             18   23    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .217
Rod Gilbreath         31   94    5   20   6   1   0    6   2   2    6   16  .213
Dale Murphy           36  126   12   26   2   1   2   13   5   1   10   31  .206
Cito Gaston           21   51    1    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .177
Pat Rockett           35   89    3   12   0   0   0    4   1   2    8   10  .135
Bob Beall             24   31    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    5    6  .129

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Wallis            17   37    5   12   1   1   1    4   0   1    2    9  .324
Bill Buckner          27  102   14   33   6   0   1   11   3   2    6    5  .324
Greg Gross            25   72    5   23   2   4   1   12   0   0    4    4  .319
Manny Trillo          33  124    7   34   6   1   0   15   0   2   12   17  .274
Gene Clines           23   55   12   15   1   0   0    5   2   2    5    5  .273
Ivan DeJesus          36  146   26   39   5   2   1    7   2   4   18   18  .267
Mick Kelleher         10   15    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .267
Bobby Murcer          36  133   17   35   5   4   2   18   2   1   20   20  .263
Larry Biittner        21   46    7   12   2   1   2   10   0   1    7    6  .261
Dave Kingman          30  109   14   27   5   0   9   24   2   1    9   36  .248
Dave Rader            27   84    9   20   5   1   1    8   1   0    7    7  .238
Hector Cruz           22   62    7   13   2   0   2    5   0   0    3    5  .210
Larry Cox             18   47    2    9   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .192
Steve Ontiveros       33  119   11   18   3   0   0    4   0   0   13   18  .151
Rudy Meoli            15    9    2    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .111

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ray Knight            17    9    3    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    0  .333
Ken Griffey           42  175   27   58  12   3   3   14   8   2   13   23  .331
George Foster         42  172   28   55   6   4   7   31   3   1   16   42  .320
Dave Concepcion       40  148   19   47  11   1   2   18   5   4   13   26  .318
Dan Driessen          40  147   26   46  10   1   7   27   9   2   25   19  .313
Pete Rose             41  176   30   53  13   2   3   16   4   0   17    9  .301
Cesar Geronimo        39  114   10   32   9   1   2   15   3   1   16   23  .281
Joe Morgan            38  135   28   34  11   0   7   31   8   4   30   15  .252
Johnny Bench          41  156   20   36   7   0   8   23   1   1   16   36  .231
Dave Collins          28   32    5    7   0   0   0    4   1   2    7    7  .219
Don Werner            14   23    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    4    5  .217
Junior Kennedy        26   28    4    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    7  .214
Mike Lum              17   24    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .208
Rick Auerbach         16   18    4    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .167
Ken Henderson          3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Jesus Alou            10   12    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Terry Puhl            35  144   22   47   6   2   2    9   7   3   13   13  .326
Julio Gonzalez         9   16    3    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .313
Bob Watson            37  131   14   38   8   1   5   28   0   0   16   16  .290
Jose Cruz             35  137   16   39   7   1   1   17   5   1   11   19  .285
Cesar Cedeno          34  130   22   37   7   1   5   15  17   2   11   15  .285
Art Howe              36  127   17   36  13   0   3   11   1   1   12    4  .284
Denny Walling         19   25    4    7   0   0   1    6   1   0    0    3  .280
Wilbur Howard         21   36    3   10   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    2  .278
Enos Cabell           37  154   14   42   4   1   2   23   4   3    9   20  .273
Roger Metzger         33   99   10   24   4   1   0    6   0   0   10    6  .242
Joe Ferguson          32  104   15   24   3   0   5   16   0   0   20   18  .231
Jimmy Sexton          17   21    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    4  .191
Ed Herrmann           11   25    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .120
Dave Bergman          17    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Mota            10    8    0    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .375
Jerry Grote           10   22    2    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .364
Rick Monday           35  121   22   42  10   0  11   33   1   1   19   25  .347
Reggie Smith          39  149   30   50  12   1   7   30   3   1   22   28  .336
Dusty Baker           37  129   16   43   7   0   2   19   2   0   12   22  .333
Lee Lacy              23   48   11   16   4   1   4    9   2   2    6    5  .333
Davey Lopes           37  138   30   41   8   1   4   13  12   1   26   15  .297
Vic Davalillo         20   25    4    7   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    1  .280
Ron Cey               38  146   23   40   7   0   4   26   1   0   24   24  .274
Johnny Oates           8   11    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .273
Bill Russell          40  174   22   46   9   1   1   16   3   2    8   10  .264
Steve Garvey          40  165   23   43   8   1   5   25   4   2   10   17  .261
Billy North            5   16    4    4   1   0   0    1   1   1    4    2  .250
Steve Yeager          34  106   10   23   5   0   0   12   0   0   18   16  .217
Glenn Burke           16   19    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .211
Ted Martinez          14   10    5    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    4  .200

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias            20    3    3    2   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .667
Dave Cash             39  154   23   46  10   2   1    8   4   2   15    8  .299
Chris Speier          38  128   11   37   5   1   2   14   0   0   18   17  .289
Warren Cromartie      36  137   19   38   9   1   1   12   1   1   12   15  .277
Ellis Valentine       35  137   16   38   6   0   4   16   2   1    6   17  .277
Larry Parrish         37  137   14   36  12   1   2   19   0   1    7   27  .263
Andre Dawson          39  155   25   40   2   3   6   22   6   3   10   39  .258
Del Unser             33   47    4   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    8    8  .255
Bob Reece              4    4    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Tony Perez            38  137   11   33   9   0   2   15   0   0   16   30  .241
Gary Carter           39  137   21   31   6   0   6   24   2   1   24   17  .226
Jerry White           18   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .200
Wayne Garrett         20   29    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .172
Stan Papi             10   12    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .167
Sam Mejias            21    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Mazzilli          41  162   23   51  11   2   4   20   4   3   18   26  .315
Bobby Valentine       26   76   10   22   2   0   1   13   0   1    8   11  .290
Joel Youngblood       22   48    6   13   4   1   0    5   0   0    3    8  .271
Steve Henderson       41  155   19   40   5   1   5   27   2   2   14   31  .258
John Stearns          38  128    9   32   5   0   2   14   8   2   20   15  .250
Doug Flynn            41  151   10   37   2   2   0   11   0   1    8   13  .245
Elliott Maddox        20   51    6   12   3   1   0    8   1   2   15    6  .235
Willie Montanez       40  155   18   36   9   0   2   20   1   1   15   31  .232
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Len Randle            40  134   19   30   7   4   0    6   6   7   34   21  .224
Tom Grieve            15   28    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .214
Bruce Boisclair       31   74   10   15   2   0   1    6   1   3   12   14  .203
Ed Kranepool          18   29    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .172
Sergio Ferrer         16    6    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .167
Tim Foli              18   69    8   10   3   0   0    2   1   2    4    5  .145
Ron Hodges             9   16    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .125

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tim McCarver          14   32    5   13   4   0   0    3   0   0   10    6  .406
Jose Cardenal         12   25    3    9   4   0   0    6   0   1    2    2  .360
Larry Bowa            33  144   21   45   6   1   0    8   7   2    8   13  .313
Bake McBride          27  113   15   33   5   1   1    9   5   1   10   16  .292
Mike Schmidt          34  139   31   40   8   0   8   26   4   3   18   27  .288
Barry Foote            7    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Jerry Martin          27   46    8   13   2   0   2   11   1   1    6    6  .283
Richie Hebner         31   93   13   25   5   1   3   16   2   1   13   15  .269
Greg Luzinski         35  117   22   31   8   0   8   21   2   0   25   28  .265
Garry Maddox          34  122   11   32   6   0   0   14   9   2   13   18  .262
Bob Boone             31   89   16   23   2   2   4   21   0   2   17    6  .258
Bud Harrelson         18   30    2    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    6  .233
Jay Johnstone         23   36    3    8   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    6  .222
Ted Sizemore          11   37    4    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .189
Jim Morrison          15   46    6    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    6    9  .174
Davey Johnson         14   30    4    4   0   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .133

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Sanguillen      17   38    2   12   0   1   1    2   0   1    1    1  .316
Dave Parker           39  151   22   46   4   2   7   24   6   3   14   25  .305
Steve Brye            24   48    8   14   3   0   1    3   1   0    5    4  .292
Frank Taveras         38  150   14   42   6   1   0    9  12   7    6   19  .280
Rennie Stennett       34  125   17   35   4   1   2   17   0   0    3    9  .280
Bill Robinson         26   90   16   23   4   1   3   17   6   2   11   23  .256
Duffy Dyer            16   47    2   12   4   1   0    6   1   0    5    7  .255
Mario Mendoza         17   20    3    5   0   0   1    2   2   1    0    2  .250
Ed Ott                29   90   11   22   3   1   2   10   0   0    7    9  .244
Phil Garner           37  133   14   32   4   4   2   19   4   5   12   22  .241
Willie Stargell       34   95   11   22   2   0   6   18   2   0   15   24  .232
Omar Moreno           39  136   27   31   5   2   1    9  21   3   25   30  .228
John Milner           22   47    5    9   4   0   0    5   1   0    8    5  .192
Fernando Gonzalez      9   21    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .191
Jim Fregosi           14   15    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    7  .133

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Reynolds          13   16    0    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .375
Chuck Baker           19   29    7   10   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .345
Bill Almon            40  148   18   46   9   0   0    9   6   1   11   25  .311
Dave Winfield         38  149   14   43   5   1   6   22   5   4    8   21  .289
Gene Richards         38  147   21   40   5   3   2   13  11   6   20   19  .272
Ozzie Smith           39  142   10   36   3   3   0   14   7   3    5   10  .254
Derrel Thomas         39  124    9   31   5   0   0    6   3   3   10   11  .250
George Hendrick       36  111    9   27   4   0   3    8   1   1   12   16  .243
Rick Sweet            30   73    5   17   1   0   1    3   0   3   14   13  .233
Bob Davis             17   35    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    4  .229
Mike Champion         18   22    1    5   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    5  .227
Jerry Turner          26   40    4    9   3   0   2    5   0   0    2    8  .225
Oscar Gamble          35  109   12   23   2   1   2   13   0   1   16   16  .211
Gene Tenace           34   93   17   19   5   2   3   11   3   1   28   22  .204
Tucker Ashford         6   10    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Ivie             24   57    8   20   2   0   2   13   1   0    2    7  .351
Jack Clark            38  146   26   46  12   4   5   18   3   1   15   23  .315
Bill Madlock          29  110   16   34   4   0   4   15   3   0   15   15  .309
Terry Whitfield       37  135   23   39   4   2   4    8   2   4    8   21  .289
Mike Sadek            12   36    5   10   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .278
Larry Herndon         36  133   14   36   5   2   0   10   4   4   16   19  .271
Darrell Evans         38  133   17   34   7   0   4   15   1   1   26   20  .256
Rob Andrews           17   43    6   10   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    4  .233
Tom Heintzelman       14   18    2    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    3  .222
Marc Hill             30  101    5   21   4   0   2    9   1   2   15   12  .208
Willie McCovey        34  111    6   23   6   2   3   27   0   0   11   14  .207
Johnnie Lemaster      35  115    6   23   3   1   0    4   3   1    6   23  .200
Skip James            26   16    4    2   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .125
Vic Harris            18   33    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .030

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Simmons           41  144   21   46  16   0   4   20   0   1   23    7  .319
Mike Phillips         15   22    2    7   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    2  .318
Keith Hernandez       41  157   20   47  13   0   3   21   2   2   22   15  .299
Mike Tyson            39  125   10   35   6   0   3   15   1   0    7   13  .280
Ken Reitz             41  153   16   39   6   0   4   24   1   0    6   16  .255
Lou Brock             31  111   13   28   4   0   0    4   7   2   10   12  .252
Roger Freed           16   28    2    7   3   0   2   12   0   0    1    4  .250
Garry Templeton       41  176   18   40   8   1   0    8   4   1    2   28  .227
Tony Scott            26   74   11   16   0   1   0    2   1   2    5   14  .216
Jim Dwyer             21   37    5    8   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .216
Jerry Morales         40  156   17   33   6   2   3   18   3   1   13   17  .212
Dane Iorg             13   25    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .200
Jerry Mumphrey        28   81    8   15   2   0   0    8   1   1    8    9  .185
Gary Sutherland       10    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Steve Swisher          6   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .100

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  P. Rose (CIN)           176
  G. Templeton (STL)      176
  K. Griffey (CIN)        175
  B. Russell (LA)         174
  G. Foster (CIN)         172
  S. Garvey (LA)          165
  L. Mazzilli (NY)        162
  K. Hernandez (STL)      157
  J. Bench (CIN)          156
  J. Morales (STL)        156

Runs Scored:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)         31
  D. Lopes (LA)            30
  P. Rose (CIN)            30
  R. Smith (LA)            30
  G. Foster (CIN)          28
  J. Morgan (CIN)          28
  K. Griffey (CIN)         27
  O. Moreno (PIT)          27
  J. Clark (SF)            26
  I. DeJesus (CHI)         26

Hits:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         58
  G. Foster (CIN)          55
  P. Rose (CIN)            53
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         51
  R. Smith (LA)            50
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      47
  K. Hernandez (STL)       47
  T. Puhl (HOU)            47
  B. Almon (SD)            46
  D. Cash (MON)            46

Doubles:

  T. Simmons (STL)         16
  K. Hernandez (STL)       13
  A. Howe (HOU)            13
  P. Rose (CIN)            13
  J. Clark (SF)            12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12
  L. Parrish (MON)         12
  R. Smith (LA)            12
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       11
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      11

Triples:

  J. Clark (SF)             4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  G. Gross (CHI)            4
  B. Murcer (CHI)           4
  L. Randle (NY)            4
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  K. Griffey (CIN)          3
  G. Richards (SD)          3
  J. Royster (ATL)          3

Home Runs:

  R. Monday (LA)           11
  D. Kingman (CHI)          9
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         8
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          8
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  G. Foster (CIN)           7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  D. Parker (PIT)           7
  R. Smith (LA)             7

RBI:

  R. Monday (LA)           33
  G. Foster (CIN)          31
  J. Morgan (CIN)          31
  R. Smith (LA)            30
  B. Watson (HOU)          28
  D. Driessen (CIN)        27
  S. Henderson (NY)        27
  W. McCovey (SF)          27
  R. Cey (LA)              26
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         26

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          21
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          17
  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  F. Taveras (PIT)         12
  G. Richards (SD)         11
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  G. Maddox (PHI)           9
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8

Caught Stealing:

  L. Randle (NY)            7
  F. Taveras (PIT)          7
  G. Richards (SD)          6
  P. Garner (PIT)           5
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  L. Herndon (SF)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  T. Whitfield (SF)         4

Walks:

  L. Randle (NY)           34
  J. Morgan (CIN)          30
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       29
  G. Tenace (SD)           28
  D. Evans (SF)            26
  D. Lopes (LA)            26
  D. Driessen (CIN)        25
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        25
  O. Moreno (PIT)          25
  G. Carter (MON)          24

Strikeouts:

  G. Foster (CIN)          42
  A. Dawson (MON)          39
  J. Bench (CIN)           36
  D. Kingman (CHI)         36
  S. Henderson (NY)        31
  W. Montanez (NY)         31
  D. Murphy (ATL)          31
  O. Moreno (PIT)          30
  T. Perez (MON)           30
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        28


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