League batting leaders -- National
Regular season -- as of 10/1/1978

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
ParkerEEE .347 CarewYOU .401 Smith,RRIN .609
CarewYOU .340 Murray,EROC .393 ParkerEEE .590
OliverQME .335 Smith,RRIN .392 FosterSAN .574
Murray,EROC .315 Thompson,JRIN .383 SimmonsSOP .530
Smith,RRIN .315 ParkerEEE .382 HisleRIN .510
SundbergAVI .298 SundbergAVI .376 OliverQME .502
Roberts,LYOU .298 OtisEEE .373 Murray,EROC .500
FosterSAN .292 Jackson,ReQME .372 OtisEEE .484
SimmonsSOP .291 Roberts,LYOU .371 Jackson,ReQME .480
HerndonAVI .289 SimmonsSOP .369 SoderholmSOP .475
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
ParkerEEE218 FosterSAN117 FosterSAN121
GarveySAN198 ParkerEEE113 Murray,EROC113
CarewYOU187 GarveySAN96 HisleRIN110
Murray,EROC184 Murray,EROC94 ParkerEEE110
FosterSAN182 Smith,RRIN93 GarveySAN104
OliverQME165 NettlesRIN92 SchmidtQME92
Bell,BSAN165 HisleRIN90 Smith,RRIN90
ConcepcionAVI161 KempROC88 NettlesRIN83
Thompson,JRIN158 Thompson,JRIN85 SimmonsSOP82
NettlesRIN154 PageEEE83 SoderholmSOP82
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
OliverQME45 CarewYOU11 FosterSAN45
Maddox,GRIN39 ParkerEEE11 HisleRIN39
OtisEEE36 MatthewsAVI10 Smith,RRIN34
ConcepcionAVI35 GarveySAN10 ParkerEEE34
FiskRIN33 LandreauxAVI9 SoderholmSOP32
Smith,RRIN32 McKaySOP9 StargellEEE30
CarterSAN32 Thomas,GROC9 Jackson,ReQME26
Baker,DSAN31 GriffeySOP9 NettlesRIN26
GarveySAN31 FosterSAN9 GarveySAN26
SimmonsSOP30 HarrahEEE8 SimmonsSOP25
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
FosterSAN77 Smith,OYOU47-14 Jones,RuSOP .923
ParkerEEE74 CarewYOU31-12 CedenoRIN .893
Smith,RRIN70 CedenoRIN25-3 Maddox,GRIN .875
GarveySAN67 Jones,RuSOP24-2 LowensteinAVI .773
OtisEEE61 Maddox,GRIN21-3 Smith,OYOU .770
SimmonsSOP59 Scott,RROC21-11 HerndonAVI .727
OliverQME58 ConcepcionAVI21-13 CarewYOU .721
Thomas,GROC56 PuhlQME20-8 WilsonSAN .720
HisleRIN55 WilsonSAN18-7 PuhlQME .714
Maddox,GRIN54 PageEEE18-19 GriffeySOP .708
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
TenaceQME100 StargellEEE12 FosterSAN148
Thompson,JRIN93 FosterSAN11 Murphy,DaAVI146
KempROC86 TenaceQME10 SchmidtQME125
HarrahEEE80 YountROC9 MatthewsAVI114
Morgan,JSAN79 Murray,EROC9 Jackson,ReQME113
OtisEEE79 BenchEEE6 HisleRIN108
Murray,EROC78 Smith,RRIN6 Thomas,GROC107
GriffeySOP70 NettlesRIN6 BenchEEE102
Jackson,ReQME67 Parrish,LrROC5 PageEEE96
WhitakerAVI67 RussellYOU5 Parrish,LrROC94
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
HerndonAVI22 WatsonSOP10 Roberts,LYOU14
RussellYOU14 NettlesRIN10 WathanRIN13
KnepperRIN12 SchmidtQME10 FosterSAN10
Sutton,DSOP10 BenchEEE9 StargellEEE7
KoosmanROC10 Murray,EROC9 Jackson,ReQME7
BurlesonSOP10 HisleRIN8 Ford,DanSOP6
RandallYOU9 Roberts,LYOU7 RandallYOU5
Scott,RROC9 Thompson,JRIN7 SundbergAVI5
WhitakerAVI9 GarveySAN7 HendrickEEE5
RiversSAN8 DauerAVI6 FiskRIN5
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
WatsonSOP32 ParkerEEE 139.0 Smith,RRIN 9.4
Ford,DanSOP28 FosterSAN 125.3 ParkerEEE 8.7
CashQME24 Smith,RRIN 118.2 Murray,EROC 7.4
SimmonsSOP23 Murray,EROC 116.8 FosterSAN 7.2
CarterSAN22 Thompson,JRIN 96.5 OliverQME 6.5
HisleRIN22 CarewYOU 96.1 Jackson,ReQME 6.5
FosterSAN22 GarveySAN 96.1 SimmonsSOP 6.5
DauerAVI21 Jackson,ReQME 90.1 CarewYOU 6.4
CarewYOU21 NettlesRIN 90.0 Thompson,JRIN 6.3
ConcepcionAVI18 OtisEEE 89.6 Roberts,LYOU 6.1
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
Smith,RRIN .294 Smith,RRIN1.074 ParkerEEE371
FosterSAN .282 ParkerEEE .988 FosterSAN358
HisleRIN .247 FosterSAN .936 GarveySAN327
ParkerEEE .243 Murray,EROC .912 Smith,RRIN294
SimmonsSOP .238 SimmonsSOP .869 Murray,EROC292
SoderholmSOP .231 Jackson,ReQME .860 HisleRIN275
OtisEEE .213 OtisEEE .859 NettlesRIN257
Jackson,ReQME .200 CarewYOU .843 SimmonsSOP251
NettlesRIN .189 Thompson,JRIN .803 OliverQME247
GarveySAN .186 Roberts,LYOU .796 OtisEEE245
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
Smith,RRIN1.001 Smith,RRIN .429 HisleRIN 13.8
ParkerEEE .972 FosterSAN .388 FosterSAN 13.9
FosterSAN .939 OtisEEE .370 Smith,RRIN 14.2
SimmonsSOP .899 SimmonsSOP .363 SoderholmSOP 14.9
Murray,EROC .893 HisleRIN .347 ParkerEEE 18.5
OliverQME .863 Jackson,ReQME .340 SimmonsSOP 19.0
OtisEEE .857 SoderholmSOP .336 Jackson,ReQME 19.0
Jackson,ReQME .852 HarrahEEE .326 NettlesRIN 21.0
CarewYOU .845 Murray,EROC .322 OtisEEE 23.0
HisleRIN .836 ParkerEEE .320 Murray,EROC 23.4
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
GarveySAN693 GarveySAN722 FosterSAN162
ParkerEEE629 FosterSAN706 GriffeySOP162
FosterSAN624 Murray,EROC674 ConcepcionAVI161
ConcepcionAVI599 ParkerEEE672 Smith,OYOU159
PuhlQME595 GriffeySOP668 SundbergAVI159
Bell,BSAN588 Thompson,JRIN656 GarveySAN158
GriffeySOP584 ConcepcionAVI655 Murray,EROC158
Murray,EROC584 PuhlQME652 NettlesRIN158
SchmidtQME566 SchmidtQME645 PuhlQME158
Thompson,JRIN556 Bell,BSAN634 Reynolds,CRIN156
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
CageEEE8 PageEEE20    
CashQME7 CarewYOU18    
RiversSAN7 ParkerEEE18    
WohlfordEEE7 Parrish,LrROC18    
ManningQME6 CedenoRIN14    
McKaySOP6 KempROC14    
ReveringQME6 GarveySAN13    
WatsonSOP6 HisleRIN13    
BochyRIN5 RussellYOU13    
Guerrero,MRIN5 YountROC13    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
FosterSAN434 Smith,RRIN .652 GarveySAN4.57
ParkerEEE410 FosterSAN .615 ParkerEEE4.45
Murray,EROC373 ParkerEEE .610 OtisEEE4.43
Smith,RRIN356 SimmonsSOP .579 FosterSAN4.36
GarveySAN349 OtisEEE .555 HisleRIN4.36
OtisEEE329 Murray,EROC .553 HendrickEEE4.30
HisleRIN329 HisleRIN .547 Murray,EROC4.27
Thompson,JRIN327 Jackson,ReQME .546 Bell,BSAN4.26
NettlesRIN319 OliverQME .518 Thompson,JRIN4.23
SimmonsSOP312 SoderholmSOP .517 HarrahEEE4.23
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
FosterSAN424 Smith,RRIN .650 GarveySAN4.39
ParkerEEE409 ParkerEEE .609 ParkerEEE4.17
Murray,EROC370 FosterSAN .601 Bell,BSAN3.95
Smith,RRIN355 SimmonsSOP .575 OliverQME3.94
GarveySAN348 Murray,EROC .549 HisleRIN3.91
Thompson,JRIN327 OtisEEE .546 HendrickEEE3.89
HisleRIN326 HisleRIN .542 FosterSAN3.85
OtisEEE324 Jackson,ReQME .533 WatsonSOP3.83
NettlesRIN317 OliverQME .516 OtisEEE3.78
SimmonsSOP310 SoderholmSOP .515 PuhlQME3.77
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
GarveySAN580 CarewYOU .364 SimmonsSOP 0.6
PuhlQME544 ParkerEEE .359 Morgan,JSAN 0.7
Bell,BSAN527 OliverQME .344 Reynolds,CRIN 0.7
GriffeySOP522 SundbergAVI .330 OtisEEE 0.8
Smith,OYOU512 Murray,EROC .330 NettlesRIN 0.8
ParkerEEE512 MatthewsAVI .320 DauerAVI 0.8
ConcepcionAVI511 Smith,RRIN .316 Thompson,JRIN 0.9
CarewYOU500 Jackson,ReQME .314 KempROC 0.9
RussellYOU488 FosterSAN .314 CarewYOU 0.9
NettlesRIN482 Roberts,LYOU .312 Smith,OYOU 0.9
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
MatthewsAVI .400 TenaceQME .497 Thomas,GROC .752
Money  .383 MatthewsAVI .468 SoderholmSOP .694
Roberts,LYOU .356 Money  .439 MatthewsAVI .633
ConcepcionAVI .354 Thomas,GROC .428 FosterSAN .630
WatsonSOP .353 FosterSAN .423 TenaceQME .588
OliverQME .340 ConcepcionAVI .419 GarveySAN .566
RussellYOU .335 Roberts,LYOU .414 Roberts,LYOU .556
SundbergAVI .333 RussellYOU .406 Parrish,LrROC .549
FosterSAN .327 Thompson,JRIN .397 HisleRIN .529
Thomas,GROC .326 SundbergAVI .394 Money  .517
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
Roberts,LYOU77 SoderholmSOP41 Thomas,GROC1.180
ConcepcionAVI73 Roberts,LYOU40 MatthewsAVI1.101
MunsonYOU66 Murray,EROC35 TenaceQME1.085
RussellYOU63 HisleRIN34 SoderholmSOP1.065
GarveySAN62 MatthewsAVI32 FosterSAN1.053
Maddox,GRIN62 GarveySAN32 Roberts,LYOU .969
ParkerEEE61 Parrish,LrROC29 Money  .956
MatthewsAVI60 SchmidtQME29 Parrish,LrROC .883
Murray,EROC59 Thomas,GROC28 ConcepcionAVI .880
Money 57 Ford,DanSOP28 GarveySAN .869
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
Maddox,GRIN23 Thomas,GROC6 SoderholmSOP18
OliverQME17 MatthewsAVI6 GarveySAN13
ConcepcionAVI17 FosterSAN6 HisleRIN12
MunsonYOU17 ParkerEEE5 Thomas,GROC11
Money 15 Jackson,RonROC4 SchmidtQME10
MatthewsAVI14 McKaySOP4 Roberts,LYOU10
Roberts,LYOU13 Guerrero,MRIN3 TenaceQME9
SimmonsSOP12 RudiYOU3 Parrish,LrROC9
RudiYOU11 VelezSOP3 FosterSAN9
Baker,DSAN11 SpeierEEE3 BochyRIN8
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
Maddox,GRIN31 Roberts,LYOU120 Thomas,GROC .426
Thomas,GROC27 GarveySAN116 SoderholmSOP .381
FosterSAN26 SoderholmSOP111 TenaceQME .311
GarveySAN26 Maddox,GRIN106 FosterSAN .303
SoderholmSOP25 FosterSAN104 GarveySAN .263
MatthewsAVI23 Thomas,GROC97 Parrish,LrROC .261
Roberts,LYOU23 MatthewsAVI95 HisleRIN .247
OliverQME20 ConcepcionAVI95 SchmidtQME .235
MunsonYOU20 ParkerEEE94 MatthewsAVI .233
SimmonsSOP19 HisleRIN92 SimmonsSOP .209
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
TenaceQME52 Jackson,ReQME56 Roberts,LYOU7
OtisEEE35 PageEEE47 Jackson,ReQME5
Morgan,JSAN32 ParkerEEE46 Edwards,MEEE3
HarrahEEE28 Thomas,GROC43 HendrickEEE3
FosterSAN28 Murphy,DaAVI34 GriffeySOP3
RettenmundRIN26 BenchEEE32 PuhlQME3
KempROC26 Johnson,CROC31 PageEEE3
VelezSOP25 CarewYOU31 FlanaganRIN2
BenchEEE25 KempROC31 WilfongROC2
Thompson,JRIN25 BurlesonSOP30 MorrisonROC2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
HerndonAVI9 BenchEEE5 Maddox,GRIN223
RussellYOU7 VelezSOP4 Roberts,LYOU216
KnepperRIN6 GarveySAN4 MunsonYOU208
Scott,RROC6 Roberts,LYOU4 ParkerEEE208
WhitakerAVI6 NettlesRIN3 ConcepcionAVI206
Sutton,DSOP5 White,FRIN3 GarveySAN205
KoosmanROC5 SchmidtQME3 Murray,EROC191
Moore,DYOU4 Norris,JYOU2 RussellYOU188
RandallYOU4 May,LRIN2 PageEEE185
TaverasEEE4 RandallYOU2 Jackson,ReQME181
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
SoderholmSOP 8.9 OliverQME 9.4 Roberts,LYOU244
Thomas,GROC 11.7 Maddox,GRIN 9.7 Maddox,GRIN236
TenaceQME 13.2 Money  9.9 ConcepcionAVI229
HisleRIN 14.5 MatthewsAVI 10.7 MunsonYOU219
GarveySAN 15.8 ConcepcionAVI 12.1 RussellYOU219
Parrish,LrROC 15.8 MunsonYOU 12.2 ParkerEEE216
SchmidtQME 16.2 RudiYOU 12.6 GarveySAN211
FosterSAN 18.3 SimmonsSOP 12.8 PageEEE211
Murphy,DaAVI 21.0 Thomas,GROC 12.9 KempROC209
BenchEEE 21.1 Baker,DSAN 13.5 Murray,EROC208
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
ParkerEEE .373 ParkerEEE .417 StargellEEE .684
CarewYOU .352 Smith,RRIN .414 Smith,RRIN .663
Smith,RRIN .339 StargellEEE .412 ParkerEEE .658
OliverQME .333 CarewYOU .410 FosterSAN .553
Murray,EROC .318 Murray,EROC .408 SimmonsSOP .545
RiversSAN .309 Jackson,ReQME .389 Murray,EROC .529
StargellEEE .305 SimmonsSOP .378 NettlesRIN .520
Parrish,LrROC .305 Thompson,JRIN .376 OtisEEE .506
CarterSAN .297 KempROC .372 Jackson,ReQME .505
Maddox,GRIN .295 OtisEEE .369 OliverQME .502
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
ParkerEEE157 FosterSAN94 StargellEEE1.097
CarewYOU137 ParkerEEE87 Smith,RRIN1.077
GarveySAN136 Murray,EROC78 ParkerEEE1.075
Smith,RRIN134 Smith,RRIN77 Murray,EROC .937
FosterSAN128 HisleRIN76 SimmonsSOP .924
Murray,EROC125 StargellEEE73 FosterSAN .897
RiversSAN119 GarveySAN72 Jackson,ReQME .893
GriffeySOP118 NettlesRIN69 CarewYOU .890
Bell,BSAN118 SimmonsSOP63 NettlesRIN .888
NettlesRIN115 SchmidtQME63 OtisEEE .875
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
OliverQME28 LandreauxAVI9 FosterSAN36
Smith,RRIN27 CarewYOU9 Smith,RRIN31
Jones,RuSOP26 GarveySAN8 ParkerEEE29
OtisEEE25 GriffeySOP7 StargellEEE28
CarterSAN24 Bell,BSAN7 HisleRIN27
ReveringQME23 HarrahEEE6 NettlesRIN23
FiskRIN22 ReveringQME6 Murray,EROC20
ParkerEEE21 ParkerEEE6 Jackson,ReQME19
Morgan,JSAN20 ThomassonEEE5 SimmonsSOP19
Baker,DSAN20 McKaySOP5 OtisEEE16
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
Smith,RRIN62 ParkerEEE277 StargellEEE .379
ParkerEEE56 Smith,RRIN262 Smith,RRIN .324
FosterSAN51 FosterSAN254 ParkerEEE .285
StargellEEE44 GarveySAN211 FosterSAN .275
OtisEEE43 Murray,EROC208 SimmonsSOP .252
NettlesRIN41 NettlesRIN204 HisleRIN .247
GarveySAN41 CarewYOU187 NettlesRIN .227
SimmonsSOP40 CarterSAN186 OtisEEE .225
CarterSAN40 StargellEEE184 Jackson,ReQME .220
Murray,EROC39 HisleRIN183 Murray,EROC .211
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
Thompson,JRIN68 FosterSAN121 WathanRIN11
Murray,EROC63 Murphy,DaAVI112 FosterSAN10
KempROC60 SchmidtQME97 Roberts,LYOU7
GriffeySOP54 MatthewsAVI89 StargellEEE7
Jackson,ReQME52 HisleRIN87 OtisEEE5
HarrahEEE52 Baker,DSAN77 Ford,DanSOP5
SchmidtQME52 BenchEEE70 RandallYOU4
Smith,RRIN51 Jones,RuSOP70 TenaceQME4
WhitakerAVI50 ConcepcionAVI69 CabellEEE4
NettlesRIN49 GarveySAN69 SundbergAVI4
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
HerndonAVI13 WatsonSOP9 GarveySAN488
BurlesonSOP8 Murray,EROC8 FosterSAN459
RussellYOU7 HisleRIN7 ParkerEEE421
KnepperRIN6 NettlesRIN7 Bell,BSAN417
RiversSAN6 SchmidtQME7 PuhlQME417
Bell,BSAN6 DauerAVI6 GriffeySOP416
GoltzYOU5 SoderholmSOP6 SchmidtQME404
VuckovichRIN5 RiversSAN6 Baker,DSAN402
Martinez,DAVI5 BergmanAVI5 Jones,RuSOP395
KoosmanROC5 Smith,OYOU5 Smith,RRIN395
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
StargellEEE 9.6 OliverQME 11.9 FosterSAN512
Smith,RRIN 12.7 OtisEEE 13.7 GarveySAN511
FosterSAN 12.8 Smith,RRIN 14.6 GriffeySOP478
HisleRIN 13.5 Jones,RuSOP 15.2 Murray,EROC466
ParkerEEE 14.5 ReveringQME 15.2 SchmidtQME465
Jackson,ReQME 16.5 FiskRIN 15.3 PuhlQME459
SimmonsSOP 16.9 Parrish,LrROC 15.4 ParkerEEE456
NettlesRIN 17.0 Morgan,JSAN 15.4 Thompson,JRIN452
Murray,EROC 19.6 CarterSAN 16.0 Bell,BSAN449
OtisEEE 21.4 TenaceQME 17.4 NettlesRIN449