League batting leaders

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

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Madlock	ASP	.325	Burroughs	OKI	.415	DeCinces	PHI	.596
Cruz,Jo	NOR	.311	Singleton	CST	.403	Rice	PHI	.584
Valentine,E	HAM	.309	Cey	NOR	.381	Thornton	NOR	.561
DeCinces	PHI	.306	Thornton	NOR	.376	Oglivie	ASP	.533
Perez,T	PHI	.303	Cruz,Jo	NOR	.374	Valentine,E	HAM	.528
Rice	PHI	.303	Richards	NOR	.373	Cey	NOR	.527
Oglivie	ASP	.299	Madlock	ASP	.369	Winfield	OKI	.507
Richards	NOR	.298	Oglivie	ASP	.369	Luzinski	PHI	.505
Bostock	NOR	.297	LeFlore	ASP	.364	Madlock	ASP	.496
Burroughs	OKI	.293	Bostock	NOR	.364	Baylor	AND	.490


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Rice	PHI	197	Rice	PHI	117	Rice	PHI	123
Templeton	AND	183	Thornton	NOR	104	DeCinces	PHI	122
Winfield	OKI	175	Lopes	NOR	103	Thornton	NOR	118
Perez,T	PHI	171	Luzinski	PHI	101	Cey	NOR	116
LeFlore	ASP	166	Clark	OKI	100	Winfield	OKI	112
DeCinces	PHI	165	DeCinces	PHI	92	Bonds	AND	108
Bonds	AND	165	Winfield	OKI	90	Baylor	AND	102
Clark	OKI	162	Singleton	CST	87	Luzinski	PHI	99
Lopes	NOR	159	Cey	NOR	87	Clark	OKI	88
Smalley	OKI	157	Smalley	OKI	85	Kingman	HAM	85


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Clark	OKI	45	Rice	PHI	21	Rice	PHI	40
Winfield	OKI	40	Templeton	AND	12	Baylor	AND	39
Oglivie	ASP	37	Richards	NOR	10	Luzinski	PHI	38
Valentine,E	HAM	37	Thornton	NOR	10	DeCinces	PHI	37
Perez,T	PHI	37	Clark	OKI	10	Thornton	NOR	36
Cruz,Jo	NOR	36	Cromartie	ASP	9	Bonds	AND	34
DeCinces	PHI	36	Winfield	OKI	8	Cey	NOR	31
Chambliss	CST	33	Dawson	PHI	8	Kingman	HAM	30
Lopes	NOR	32	Cruz,Jo	NOR	7	Winfield	OKI	25
Cey	NOR	31	Moreno	SPP	7	Singleton	CST	24


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Rice	PHI	82	LeFlore	ASP	50-14	Bowa	ASP	.941
DeCinces	PHI	78	Wills	CST	42-16	DeJesus	CST	.889
Thornton	NOR	73	Moreno	SPP	40-14	Lopes	NOR	.865
Winfield	OKI	73	Lopes	NOR	32-5	Cruz,Jo	NOR	.833
Clark	OKI	72	Cruz,Jo	NOR	30-6	Winfield	OKI	.833
Cey	NOR	68	Cruz,Ju	SPP	30-12	Sexton	PHI	.833
Luzinski	PHI	67	Remy	PHI	29-17	Templeton	AND	.808
Oglivie	ASP	62	Bonds	AND	29-22	Oglivie	ASP	.800
Baylor	AND	62	North	CST	28-8	LeFlore	ASP	.781
Valentine,E	HAM	59	Randolph	ASP	24-8	North	CST	.778


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

Evans,Da	OKI	98	Baylor	AND	9	Dawson	PHI	138
Singleton	CST	97	Cey	NOR	9	Bonds	AND	137
Cey	NOR	96	Cruz,Jo	NOR	7	Luzinski	PHI	133
Luzinski	PHI	91	Gamble	NOR	5	Rice	PHI	131
Smalley	OKI	89	Lynn	HAM	5	Kingman	HAM	125
Burroughs	OKI	88	Clark	OKI	5	Evans,Dw	CST	116
Thornton	NOR	81	Stearns	NOR	4	Monday	OKI	113
Bochte	AND	71	Yastrzemski	SPP	4	Winfield	OKI	107
Cruz,Ju	SPP	70	Oglivie	ASP	4	Perez,T	PHI	106
Bonds	AND	69	Rose	PHI	4	Hobson	HAM	103


Sacrifice bunts			Sacrifice flies			Hit by pitch

Remy	PHI	18	Baylor	AND	10	Luzinski	PHI	17
Grich	OKI	9	Brett,G	SPP	9	Baylor	AND	14
Wills	CST	9	Madlock	ASP	8	Belanger	PHI	10
Moreno	SPP	9	Clark	OKI	8	Lemon	CST	9
Wynegar	CST	8	Lopes	NOR	8	Gamble	NOR	7
Bowa	ASP	8	Wynegar	CST	7	Wynegar	CST	7
North	CST	7	Evans,Dw	CST	7	LeFlore	ASP	7
Trammell	CST	7	Cey	NOR	7	Dawson	PHI	7
Randolph	ASP	7	Bonds	AND	7	Zisk	HAM	6
Cruz,Ju	SPP	7	Pocoroba	SPP	6	Molitor	NOR	6


Ground ball DP			Runs created			Runs created/27 outs

Garner	SPP	23	Rice	PHI	129.4	Burroughs	OKI	7.6
Rice	PHI	23	Thornton	NOR	117.6	Thornton	NOR	7.6
Lopes	NOR	22	Cey	NOR	112.0	Cey	NOR	7.3
Clark	OKI	21	DeCinces	PHI	108.6	DeCinces	PHI	7.3
Cromartie	ASP	19	Luzinski	PHI	106.6	Rice	PHI	7.2
Cruz,Ju	SPP	17	Singleton	CST	98.3	Oglivie	ASP	7.2
Bostock	NOR	16	Bonds	AND	97.6	Singleton	CST	7.0
Richards	NOR	16	Winfield	OKI	96.4	Cruz,Jo	NOR	6.8
DeCinces	PHI	16	Oglivie	ASP	91.9	Luzinski	PHI	6.7
Singleton	CST	16	Lopes	NOR	91.9	Madlock	ASP	6.4


Isolated power			Total average			Total bases

DeCinces	PHI	.291	Thornton	NOR	.964	Rice	PHI	380
Rice	PHI	.281	Cey	NOR	.953	DeCinces	PHI	322
Thornton	NOR	.280	DeCinces	PHI	.947	Thornton	NOR	311
Luzinski	PHI	.266	Burroughs	OKI	.937	Winfield	OKI	306
Baylor	AND	.254	Rice	PHI	.927	Bonds	AND	290
Cey	NOR	.253	Oglivie	ASP	.925	Cey	NOR	283
Oglivie	ASP	.235	Singleton	CST	.916	Clark	OKI	278
Valentine,E	HAM	.219	Luzinski	PHI	.913	Luzinski	PHI	276
Winfield	OKI	.217	Cruz,Jo	NOR	.870	Baylor	AND	274
Bonds	AND	.206	Madlock	ASP	.838	Lopes	NOR	264


On-base plus slugging			Secondary average			AB per homerun

DeCinces	PHI	.951	Luzinski	PHI	.443	Baylor	AND	14.3
Rice	PHI	.942	Cey	NOR	.438	Luzinski	PHI	14.4
Thornton	NOR	.937	Thornton	NOR	.421	DeCinces	PHI	14.6
Cey	NOR	.908	Singleton	CST	.393	Thornton	NOR	15.4
Oglivie	ASP	.902	Burroughs	OKI	.381	Rice	PHI	16.3
Singleton	CST	.892	DeCinces	PHI	.380	Cey	NOR	17.3
Burroughs	OKI	.887	Rice	PHI	.370	Bonds	AND	17.9
Valentine,E	HAM	.878	Oglivie	ASP	.367	Singleton	CST	20.3
Luzinski	PHI	.869	Baylor	AND	.345	Oglivie	ASP	20.4
Madlock	ASP	.865	Lopes	NOR	.343	Valentine,E	HAM	21.4


Atbats			Plate appearances			Games

Rice	PHI	651	Smalley	OKI	733	Chambliss	CST	162
Templeton	AND	639	Rice	PHI	715	Rice	PHI	162
Smalley	OKI	629	Bonds	AND	688	Smalley	OKI	162
Dawson	PHI	624	Chambliss	CST	668	Evans,Da	OKI	161
Chambliss	CST	622	Templeton	AND	666	Templeton	AND	160
Bonds	AND	608	Luzinski	PHI	658	Dawson	PHI	158
Winfield	OKI	604	Dawson	PHI	656	Bonds	AND	156
Mazzilli	AND	578	Evans,Da	OKI	649	Winfield	OKI	155
Clark	OKI	573	Mazzilli	AND	647	Baylor	AND	154
LeFlore	ASP	569	Thornton	NOR	645	LeFlore	ASP	154


Current hit streak			Longest hit streak

Chambliss	CST	15	Cey	NOR	16
Baylor	AND	7	Clark	OKI	16
Cruz,Ju	SPP	7	Chambliss	CST	15
Money	ASP	6	DeCinces	PHI	15
Clark	OKI	5	Rose	PHI	14
Cruz,Jo	NOR	5	LeFlore	ASP	13
Hebner	ASP	5	Madlock	ASP	13
Ault	NOR	4	Thornton	NOR	13
Boone	PHI	4	Grubb	OKI	13
Garner	SPP	4	Bochte	AND	12


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Plate appearances per game

Rice	PHI	439	DeCinces	PHI	.620	Smalley	OKI	4.52
Thornton	NOR	397	Thornton	NOR	.616	Thornton	NOR	4.51
Luzinski	PHI	384	Rice	PHI	.614	Madlock	ASP	4.51
Cey	NOR	380	Cey	NOR	.591	Mazzilli	AND	4.46
DeCinces	PHI	366	Luzinski	PHI	.584	Hernandez,K	HAM	4.43
Bonds	AND	363	Oglivie	ASP	.579	Rice	PHI	4.41
Winfield	OKI	340	Singleton	CST	.566	Lansford	AND	4.41
Singleton	CST	337	Burroughs	OKI	.562	Bonds	AND	4.41
Baylor	AND	335	Valentine,E	HAM	.553	Luzinski	PHI	4.33
Lopes	NOR	325	Baylor	AND	.532	DeCinces	PHI	4.28


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			AB per game

Rice	PHI	435	DeCinces	PHI	.620	Madlock	ASP	4.07
Thornton	NOR	392	Rice	PHI	.608	Lansford	AND	4.07
Cey	NOR	379	Thornton	NOR	.608	Rice	PHI	4.02
Luzinski	PHI	367	Cey	NOR	.589	Templeton	AND	3.99
DeCinces	PHI	366	Oglivie	ASP	.574	Mazzilli	AND	3.99
Bonds	AND	359	Singleton	CST	.565	Dawson	PHI	3.95
Singleton	CST	336	Luzinski	PHI	.558	Perez,T	PHI	3.92
Winfield	OKI	336	Burroughs	OKI	.554	DeCinces	PHI	3.91
Lopes	NOR	325	Valentine,E	HAM	.551	Hernandez,K	HAM	3.90
Clark	OKI	321	Bonds	AND	.522	Clark	OKI	3.90


Balls in park			In-play average			Strikeout/walk ratio

Templeton	AND	574	Perez,T	PHI	.345	Evans,Da	OKI	0.6
Smalley	OKI	556	Burroughs	OKI	.336	Bochte	AND	0.6
Chambliss	CST	553	Madlock	ASP	.336	Cruz,Ju	SPP	0.6
Rose	PHI	512	Cruz,Jo	NOR	.333	Bostock	NOR	0.8
Rice	PHI	485	LeFlore	ASP	.331	Smalley	OKI	0.8
Clark	OKI	479	Richards	NOR	.329	Rose	PHI	0.9
Lopes	NOR	478	Rice	PHI	.324	Cruz,Jo	NOR	0.9
Winfield	OKI	478	Templeton	AND	.319	Brett,G	SPP	0.9
Mazzilli	AND	477	Bostock	NOR	.318	Singleton	CST	0.9
Dawson	PHI	477	Valentine,E	HAM	.315	Hernandez,K	HAM	0.9


Batting average vs LHP			On-base percentage vs LHP			Slugging percentage vs LHP

Burroughs	OKI	.429	Burroughs	OKI	.537	Thornton	NOR	.699
Richards	NOR	.340	Bonds	AND	.423	Baylor	AND	.678
Bonds	AND	.339	Thornton	NOR	.418	Burroughs	OKI	.669
Valentine,E	HAM	.336	Randolph	ASP	.415	Kingman	HAM	.588
Baylor	AND	.322	Cey	NOR	.413	DeCinces	PHI	.587
Martin	ASP	.319	Valentine,E	HAM	.408	Stearns	NOR	.585
Stearns	NOR	.316	Richards	NOR	.407	Winfield	OKI	.572
Mazzilli	AND	.315	Stearns	NOR	.404	Bonds	AND	.570
LeFlore	ASP	.314	Baylor	AND	.391	Valentine,E	HAM	.564
Thornton	NOR	.311	Luzinski	PHI	.388	Carty	ASP	.561


Hits vs LHP			Runs batted in vs LHP			On-base plus slugging vs LHP

Mazzilli	AND	67	Thornton	NOR	52	Burroughs	OKI	1.206
Richards	NOR	66	Baylor	AND	46	Thornton	NOR	1.118
Bonds	AND	63	Martin	ASP	40	Baylor	AND	1.069
Burroughs	OKI	57	Cey	NOR	40	Bonds	AND	.993
Thornton	NOR	57	Bonds	AND	38	Stearns	NOR	.989
Templeton	AND	57	Clark	OKI	37	Valentine,E	HAM	.972
Baylor	AND	56	Winfield	OKI	36	Cey	NOR	.968
Lopes	NOR	56	Carty	ASP	35	Kingman	HAM	.963
LeFlore	ASP	55	Kingman	HAM	34	DeCinces	PHI	.940
Stearns	NOR	54	DeCinces	PHI	33	Winfield	OKI	.935


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Perez,T	PHI	18	Rice	PHI	6	Baylor	AND	17
Valentine,E	HAM	16	Thornton	NOR	5	Thornton	NOR	16
Winfield	OKI	16	Richards	NOR	5	Kingman	HAM	13
Piniella	ASP	15	Paciorek	ASP	3	Stearns	NOR	12
Rose	PHI	14	Dade	SPP	3	Bonds	AND	12
Burroughs	OKI	13	Vail	NOR	3	DeCinces	PHI	11
Thornton	NOR	13	Cey	NOR	3	Carty	ASP	11
Templeton	AND	13	Clark	OKI	3	Cey	NOR	11
Lansford	AND	12	Smalley	OKI	3	Parrish,Ln	SPP	10
Lemon	CST	11	Patek	SPP	2	Winfield	OKI	10


Extra base hits vs LHP			Total bases vs LHP			Isolated power vs LHP

Thornton	NOR	34	Thornton	NOR	128	Thornton	NOR	.388
Winfield	OKI	28	Baylor	AND	118	Baylor	AND	.356
Baylor	AND	27	Bonds	AND	106	Kingman	HAM	.305
Kingman	HAM	26	Kingman	HAM	104	Cey	NOR	.299
Cey	NOR	24	Winfield	OKI	103	DeCinces	PHI	.287
Perez,T	PHI	23	Rice	PHI	101	Winfield	OKI	.278
Valentine,E	HAM	22	Stearns	NOR	100	Stearns	NOR	.269
Stearns	NOR	22	Mazzilli	AND	97	Rice	PHI	.253
Clark	OKI	21	Cey	NOR	91	Carty	ASP	.252
Rice	PHI	21	Burroughs	OKI	89	Parrish,Ln	SPP	.247


Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP			Hit by pitch vs LHP

Cey	NOR	46	Kingman	HAM	50	Luzinski	PHI	6
Randolph	ASP	34	Alexander,G	ASP	45	Robinson,B		4
Thornton	NOR	34	Mazzilli	AND	42	McCarver	ASP	3
Evans,Da	OKI	34	Richards	NOR	40	Woods,A	HAM	3
Burroughs	OKI	31	Dawson	PHI	38	Yastrzemski	SPP	3
Luzinski	PHI	27	Lansford	AND	37	Hernandez,K	HAM	3
Evans,Dw	CST	27	Parrish,Ln	SPP	36	Cromartie	ASP	2
Bonds	AND	27	Evans,Dw	CST	34	Remy	PHI	2
Smalley	OKI	27	Thornton	NOR	34	Nordhagen	OKI	2
Stearns	NOR	26	Zisk	HAM	32	Cooper	CST	2


Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP

LeMaster	ASP	4	Wynegar	CST	5	Mazzilli	AND	213
Welch	PHI	3	Clark	OKI	5	Chambliss	CST	202
Rivera	PHI	3	Baylor	AND	5	Templeton	AND	202
Remy	PHI	3	Carty	ASP	4	Evans,Da	OKI	197
Cooper	CST	3	Evans,Dw	CST	4	Richards	NOR	194
Wolfe	HAM	3	Lopes	NOR	4	Smalley	OKI	192
Wynegar	CST	3	Pocoroba	SPP	3	Rice	PHI	186
Trillo	AND	3	Wockenfuss	OKI	3	Bonds	AND	186
Lopes	NOR	3	Boone	PHI	3	Dawson	PHI	183
Grich	OKI	3	North	CST	3	Lopes	NOR	183


AB per homerun vs LHP			AB per double vs LHP			Plate appearances vs LHP

Baylor	AND	10.2	Valentine,E	HAM	9.3	Evans,Da	OKI	232
Thornton	NOR	11.4	Perez,T	PHI	9.6	Smalley	OKI	224
Kingman	HAM	13.6	Piniella	ASP	10.2	Mazzilli	AND	223
DeCinces	PHI	13.6	Burroughs	OKI	10.2	Richards	NOR	221
Carty	ASP	14.1	Rose	PHI	10.4	Thornton	NOR	220
Stearns	NOR	14.3	Winfield	OKI	11.3	Chambliss	CST	216
Cey	NOR	14.9	Boone	PHI	13.9	Bonds	AND	215
Parrish,Ln	SPP	15.0	North	CST	14.0	Cey	NOR	214
Bonds	AND	15.5	Thornton	NOR	14.1	Rice	PHI	208
Martin	ASP	17.8	Lansford	AND	14.5	Templeton	AND	207


Batting average vs RHP			On-base percentage vs RHP			Slugging percentage vs RHP

Cruz,Jo	NOR	.321	Singleton	CST	.425	Rice	PHI	.600
DeCinces	PHI	.308	Yastrzemski	SPP	.389	DeCinces	PHI	.600
Rice	PHI	.308	Cruz,Jo	NOR	.385	Oglivie	ASP	.534
Cromartie	ASP	.307	Stinson	ASP	.376	Singleton	CST	.530
Perez,T	PHI	.305	Lynn	HAM	.374	Luzinski	PHI	.524
Hebner	ASP	.305	Oglivie	ASP	.372	Cey	NOR	.515
Rose	PHI	.304	Evans,Da	OKI	.367	Valentine,E	HAM	.511
Lynn	HAM	.304	Cruz,Ju	SPP	.366	Monday	OKI	.503
Singleton	CST	.303	Bostock	NOR	.366	Thornton	NOR	.493
Bostock	NOR	.301	Cey	NOR	.364	Lynn	HAM	.489


Hits vs RHP			Runs batted in vs RHP			On-base plus slugging vs RHP

Rice	PHI	143	Rice	PHI	91	Rice	PHI	.957
Cruz,Jo	NOR	135	DeCinces	PHI	89	Singleton	CST	.956
Oglivie	ASP	132	Luzinski	PHI	78	DeCinces	PHI	.954
Cromartie	ASP	130	Cey	NOR	76	Oglivie	ASP	.906
Templeton	AND	126	Winfield	OKI	76	Cey	NOR	.879
Rose	PHI	122	Bonds	AND	70	Luzinski	PHI	.877
Winfield	OKI	122	Oglivie	ASP	69	Lynn	HAM	.863
DeCinces	PHI	120	Thornton	NOR	66	Yastrzemski	SPP	.850
Perez,T	PHI	120	Brett,G	SPP	64	Cruz,Jo	NOR	.850
Remy	PHI	119	Cooper	CST	62	Thornton	NOR	.847


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Cruz,Jo	NOR	36	Rice	PHI	15	Luzinski	PHI	32
Clark	OKI	35	Templeton	AND	11	Rice	PHI	30
Oglivie	ASP	32	Cromartie	ASP	8	DeCinces	PHI	26
DeCinces	PHI	28	Dawson	PHI	8	Oglivie	ASP	23
Chambliss	CST	25	Moreno	SPP	7	Monday	OKI	22
Hebner	ASP	24	Clark	OKI	7	Baylor	AND	22
Winfield	OKI	24	Stinson	ASP	6	Bonds	AND	22
Brett,G	SPP	23	Bostock	NOR	6	Thornton	NOR	20
Lynn	HAM	22	Bowa	ASP	6	Cey	NOR	20
Smalley	OKI	22	Cruz,Jo	NOR	6	Singleton	CST	20


Extra base hits vs RHP			Total bases vs RHP			Isolated power vs RHP

Rice	PHI	61	Rice	PHI	279	Rice	PHI	.292
DeCinces	PHI	58	Oglivie	ASP	235	DeCinces	PHI	.292
Oglivie	ASP	56	DeCinces	PHI	234	Luzinski	PHI	.291
Luzinski	PHI	52	Luzinski	PHI	209	Monday	OKI	.247
Clark	OKI	51	Winfield	OKI	203	Oglivie	ASP	.234
Cruz,Jo	NOR	46	Singleton	CST	201	Cey	NOR	.233
Winfield	OKI	45	Cruz,Jo	NOR	195	Singleton	CST	.227
Cey	NOR	44	Cey	NOR	192	Thornton	NOR	.226
Singleton	CST	42	Clark	OKI	191	Valentine,E	HAM	.215
Lopes	NOR	40	Lynn	HAM	185	Porter	OKI	.208


Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP			Hit by pitch vs RHP

Singleton	CST	83	Bonds	AND	115	Baylor	AND	14
Evans,Da	OKI	64	Rice	PHI	104	Luzinski	PHI	11
Luzinski	PHI	64	Luzinski	PHI	103	Belanger	PHI	10
Cruz,Ju	SPP	62	Dawson	PHI	100	Lemon	CST	9
Smalley	OKI	62	Monday	OKI	95	LeFlore	ASP	7
Burroughs	OKI	57	Perez,T	PHI	87	Wynegar	CST	6
Mazzilli	AND	56	Hobson	HAM	83	Molitor	NOR	6
Porter	OKI	54	Evans,Dw	CST	82	Dawson	PHI	6
Bochte	AND	51	Winfield	OKI	80	Gamble	NOR	5
Yastrzemski	SPP	50	DeCinces	PHI	79	Lansford	AND	5


Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP

Remy	PHI	15	Brett,G	SPP	8	Rice	PHI	465
Moreno	SPP	9	Murcer	NOR	6	Dawson	PHI	441
Trammell	CST	7	Madlock	ASP	6	Oglivie	ASP	440
Wills	CST	7	Monday	OKI	6	Smalley	OKI	437
Cruz,Ju	SPP	7	Bonds	AND	6	Templeton	AND	437
North	CST	6	Horner	CST	5	Winfield	OKI	424
Grich	OKI	6	DeCinces	PHI	5	Cromartie	ASP	423
Randolph	ASP	6	Baylor	AND	5	Bonds	AND	422
Bowa	ASP	6	Winfield	OKI	5	Chambliss	CST	420
Wynegar	CST	5	Singleton	CST	5	Cruz,Jo	NOR	420


AB per homerun vs RHP			AB per double vs RHP			Plate appearances vs RHP

Luzinski	PHI	12.5	Clark	OKI	11.4	Smalley	OKI	509
DeCinces	PHI	15.0	Cruz,Jo	NOR	11.7	Rice	PHI	507
Monday	OKI	15.1	Oglivie	ASP	13.8	Oglivie	ASP	492
Rice	PHI	15.5	DeCinces	PHI	13.9	Luzinski	PHI	475
Baylor	AND	17.5	Valentine,E	HAM	15.3	Bonds	AND	473
Thornton	NOR	18.5	Brett,G	SPP	15.6	Singleton	CST	470
Cey	NOR	18.6	Hebner	ASP	16.0	Cruz,Jo	NOR	467
Singleton	CST	19.0	Chambliss	CST	16.8	Dawson	PHI	466
Cooper	CST	19.1	Lynn	HAM	17.2	Templeton	AND	459
Oglivie	ASP	19.1	Winfield	OKI	17.7	Chambliss	CST	452

League batting leaders -- AmericanRegular season -- as of 10/1/1978

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