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1978 National League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
Central Team W L WPct GB Cleveland (N) 91 69 .569 -- Pittsburgh 83 77 .519 8 Washington 69 91 .431 22 Philadelphia 52 108 .325 39	East Team W L WPct GB Montreal 99 61 .619 -- Boston (N) 91 69 .569 8 New York (N) 72 88 .450 27 Miami 71 89 .444 28	West Team W L WPct GB San Diego 98 62 .613 -- Los Angeles 88 72 .550 10 Colorado 84 76 .525 14 Milwaukee 68 92 .425 30

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1)	San Diego Padres over Seattle Mariners
NL League Series (4-3)	San Diego Padres over Montreal Expos
NL Divisional Series (4-1)	San Diego Padres over Boston (N) Braves
NL Divisional Series (4-0)	Montreal Expos over Cleveland (N) Spiders

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MON	5.4	858	160	5650	1644	257	34	146	534	637	.291	.352	.426	.778
BSN	5.1	808	160	5644	1544	284	34	180	544	718	.274	.337	.432	.769
SDP	5.0	803	160	5575	1513	232	29	107	675	771	.271	.350	.381	.731
COL	4.9	783	160	5539	1471	276	22	151	634	677	.266	.341	.405	.746
CLN	4.7	746	160	5437	1387	221	21	177	609	875	.255	.330	.401	.731
PIT	4.6	738	160	5610	1493	288	32	108	434	693	.266	.319	.387	.705
LAD	4.4	696	160	5558	1463	222	34	98	465	583	.263	.320	.368	.688
NYG	4.3	684	160	5432	1371	235	30	129	552	768	.252	.321	.378	.699
WAS	4.1	660	160	5624	1505	261	44	92	455	646	.268	.322	.379	.701
MIA	3.9	624	160	5509	1340	219	26	113	466	862	.243	.302	.354	.656
MIL	3.7	596	160	5269	1238	203	29	108	489	644	.235	.300	.346	.646
PHN	3.5	555	160	5502	1311	234	32	65	479	703	.238	.299	.328	.627
Totals	4.5	8551	1920	66349	17280	2932	367	1474	6336	8577	.260	.325	.382	.707
Average		713	160	5529	1440	244	31	123	528	715

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
CLN	3.9	621	160	3.68	1423.0	1368	8.6	445	2.8	764	4.8	28
LAD	3.9	626	160	3.68	1448.7	1422	8.9	458	2.9	716	4.5	30
SDP	4.0	641	160	3.68	1446.7	1468	9.2	448	2.8	564	3.5	38
MON	4.1	648	160	3.73	1423.0	1327	8.3	574	3.6	777	4.9	34
PIT	4.1	657	160	3.67	1440.0	1442	9.0	414	2.6	742	4.6	17
COL	4.5	717	160	4.08	1434.3	1419	8.9	535	3.3	833	5.2	29
MIL	4.6	729	160	4.08	1406.7	1465	9.2	486	3.0	624	3.9	26
NYG	4.6	738	160	4.03	1426.7	1396	8.7	588	3.7	697	4.4	24
MIA	4.6	743	160	4.19	1450.7	1435	9.0	466	2.9	736	4.6	26
BSN	4.7	749	160	4.32	1447.0	1417	8.9	540	3.4	815	5.1	23
WAS	4.9	780	160	4.43	1429.7	1612	10.1	420	2.6	619	3.9	20
PHN	5.4	866	160	4.99	1441.3	1612	10.1	662	4.1	581	3.6	20
Totals	4.4	8515	1920	4.05	17217.6	17383	9.1	6036	3.1	8468	4.4	315
Average		710	160		1435	1449		503		706		26

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
MON	100	60	-1	6	12	7	1	1	6	0.97	0.95	2,283,508		Jason Spiegel II
PIT	88	72	-5	4	13	0	0	1	9	1.05	1.04	2,090,651		Alex Baxter
MIA	67	93	4	3	10	0	1	0	4	1.02	1.21	1,585,077		Carlos Gonzalez
SDP	96	64	2	3	15	0	0	1	28	0.92	0.84	2,373,212		Jamie D'Agostini
BSN	86	74	5	2	14	4	0	4	11	0.92	0.98	2,389,996		Ben Thompson
COL	86	74	-2	2	12	1	2	0	17	1.02	0.77	2,302,971		Chris Kelsey
NYG	74	86	-2	2	12	0	5	1	14	1.00	1.09	1,795,457		Matt Ida
CLN	93	67	-2	1	16	0	4	3	19	1.01	0.95	2,258,195		Ricky Sanford II
LAD	88	72	0	1	12	0	1	2	13	0.90	0.90	1,960,622		Ty Kubick
WAS	68	92	1	1	12	0	1	1	14	0.97	0.93	1,479,911		Jay Zorn
MIL	65	95	3	0	7	0	0	0	10	1.04	1.20	1,558,167		Fletch Lives
PHN	49	111	3	0	7	2	0	1	5	1.03	1.02	929,852		Cory Einhorn II

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
MON	297	164.57	86.38	46.01	7.33	3.35	8.24	5.38	7.56	14.16
SDP	294	154.68	95.38	43.91	6.40	2.38	9.84	6.02	8.96	10.32
CLN	273	125.47	101.93	45.56	4.20	2.93	10.98	6.57	7.90	12.99
BSN	273	164.88	70.25	37.83	3.45	3.25	7.12	5.77	8.08	10.17
LAD	264	119.53	100.27	44.16	13.24	3.60	6.32	4.43	8.69	7.89
COL	252	133.30	80.46	38.21	7.49	0.42	4.43	4.33	8.19	13.37
PIT	249	111.05	96.22	41.70	3.47	4.86	4.16	3.59	9.17	16.46
NYG	216	104.77	75.60	35.59	7.01	2.90	3.05	4.62	6.09	11.92
MIA	213	87.28	82.61	43.07	10.12	2.76	5.19	6.01	7.42	11.59
WAS	207	106.14	71.07	29.75	5.70	3.63	5.18	2.98	6.00	6.27
MIL	204	80.05	85.11	38.80	8.77	1.90	7.24	4.32	3.83	12.75
PHN	156	66.60	53.78	35.58	10.50	2.45	4.17	3.45	4.56	10.45

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Bobby Bonds	MON	.294, 41 HR, 113 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Rick Reuschel	LAD	19-6, 2.59, 264.0 IP, 107 K
Bronze Rookie:	Ron Davis	WAS	9-5, 11 SV, 2.92, 132.7 IP, 91 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Dave Pagan	CLN	.985, 22 PO, 45 A, 1 E
C	Johnny Bench	COL	.994, 788 PO, 64 A, 5 E 39.4% (41-104) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Andre Thornton	CLN	.994, 1697 PO, 115 A, 11 E
2B	Jerry Terrell	SDP	.992, 313 PO, 566 A, 7 E
3B	Fernando Gonzalez	MIL	.982, 71 PO, 367 A, 8 E
SS	Tom Matchick	SDP	.962, 195 PO, 594 A, 31 E
LF	Dave Parker	MON	.980, 287 PO, 9 A, 6 E
CF	Ken Griffey Sr.	SDP	.997, 385 PO, 8 A, 1 E
RF	Bruce Bochte	NYG	.986, 335 PO, 9 A, 5 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Manning COL .335 Oliver PIT .328 Hargrove SDP .327 Fuentes MON .324 Parker MON .320	On-Base Pct Adams SDP .420 Hargrove SDP .417 Tenace SDP .398 White NYG .397 Bonds MON .397	Slugging Pct Scott BSN .568 Bonds MON .554 Gamble COL .550 McRae MON .529 Staub COL .493	OPS Bonds MON .952 Scott BSN .889 McRae MON .886 Gamble COL .876 Staub COL .874
XR Bonds MON 122.2 Scott BSN 105.7 Adams SDP 104.8 McRae MON 102.1 White NYG 97.4	Games Scott BSN 156 Solaita CLN 156 Ayala MIL 155 Bando BSN 155 Bonds MON 155	At-Bats Scott BSN 613 Dawson PIT 609 Bumbry LAD 604 White NYG 600 Hebner MON 594	Runs Bonds MON 123 Adams SDP 108 McRae MON 107 Bando BSN 103 Hebner MON 102
Hits Oliver PIT 193 White NYG 188 Hebner MON 185 McRae MON 183 May WAS 181	Total Bases Scott BSN 348 Bonds MON 317 McRae MON 311 Gamble COL 299 Evans BSN 274	Singles White NYG 146 May WAS 144 Fuentes MON 142 Bumbry LAD 139 Hebner MON 139	Doubles McRae MON 47 Oliver PIT 43 Scott BSN 41 Buckner MIA 39 Whitfield WAS 38
Triples Richards MIL 8 Thomas WAS 8 Dawson PIT 7 Hebner MON 7 Lacy NYG 7	Homeruns Bonds MON 41 Gamble COL 41 Scott BSN 40 Bench COL 32 Evans BSN 29	RBIs Scott BSN 129 McRae MON 123 Bonds MON 113 Evans BSN 108 Ford PIT 106	Stolen Bases Richards MIL 70 Lintz NYG 59 Molinaro MIL 46 Bonds MON 41 Remy PHN 40
Caught Stealing Richards MIL 32 Lintz NYG 28 White NYG 24 Molinaro MIL 20 Harrelson LAD 18	Walks Adams SDP 130 Tenace SDP 109 Bonds MON 99 Ferguson COL 99 Brooks MON 91	Strikeouts Solaita CLN 138 Scott BSN 134 Brooks MON 113 Cey NYG 112 Blefary CLN 104

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Reuschel LAD 2.59 Tanana MON 2.93 Garman LAD 2.97 Slayback CLN 3.00 Butler MON 3.01	Wins Underwood MON 22 Foster SDP 21 Minton SDP 20 Lee MIL 19 Reuschel LAD 19	Losses Sambito WAS 20 Whitson PHN 19 Williams   19 Guidry PIT 18 McGlothen MIL 18	Winning Pct Tanana MON .792 Butler MON .789 Reuschel LAD .760 Underwood MON .759 Minton SDP .741
Saves Cook SDP 26 Waits LAD 22 Thomas MIL 18 Holland MON 12 Borbon CLN 11	Games Pitched Capra BSN 82 Waits LAD 80 McDowell BSN 79 Rautzhan NYG 78 Thomas MIL 77	Games Started Burton MIA 36 Denny WAS 36 Lee MIL 36 Rodriguez NYG 36 Wilcox PIT 36	Complete Games Underwood MON 19 Guidry PIT 17 Reuschel LAD 17 Denny WAS 12 Robinson BSN 12
Shutouts Reuschel LAD 6 Tanana MON 4 Rodriguez NYG 3 Shellenback CLN 3 Slayback CLN 3	Innings Pitched Denny WAS 287.0 Wilcox PIT 286.0 Lee MIL 283.0 Rodriguez NYG 283.0 Guidry PIT 277.7	Hits Allowed Lee MIL 316 Bruhert WAS 300 Foster SDP 289 Denny WAS 281 Wilcox PIT 281	Homeruns Allowed Norris MIL 38 Laroche COL 37 Guidry PIT 32 Burton MIA 31 Demola MIA 30
Strikeouts Laroche COL 211 Rodriguez NYG 192 Richard COL 178 Lauzerique LAD 175 Wilcox PIT 167	Walks Allowed Kern SDP 125 Patterson MIA 120 McGlothen MIL 119 McClure PHN 118 Riccelli MON 115	Walks per 9IP Baney BSN 0.8 Lee MIL 1.0 Lauzerique LAD 1.2 Rozema MIA 1.3 Kline SDP 1.3	Hits per 9IP Marshall BSN 7.0 Underwood MON 7.0 Moore CLN 7.1 Riccelli MON 7.2 Butler MON 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Richard COL 7.9 Boswell BSN 7.1 Laroche COL 7.1 Moore CLN 6.7 Lauzerique LAD 6.6	WHiP Reuschel LAD 1.02 Demola MIA 1.07 Underwood MON 1.12 Baney BSN 1.14 Slayback CLN 1.17	OAVG Underwood MON .213 Moore CLN .215 Marshall BSN .217 Butler MON .220 Riccelli MON .221	OOBP Reuschel LAD .265 Demola MIA .268 Underwood MON .281 Baney BSN .284 Moore CLN .292
OSLG Butler MON .294 Garman LAD .306 Slayback CLN .314 Marshall BSN .314 Minton SDP .318	OOPS Reuschel LAD .587 Butler MON .599 Slayback CLN .608 Garman LAD .614 Underwood MON .620

League All-Stars
Sal Bando	Johnny Bench	Ron Blomberg
Bobby Bonds	Ron Cook	Ron Davis
Don Demola	Dan Ford	Oscar Gamble
Richie Hebner	Willie Horton	Steve Kline
Will McEnaney	Hal McRae	Greg Minton
Don Money	Al Oliver	Ed Ott
Dave Parker	Rick Reuschel	George Scott
Bill Slayback	Frank Tanana	Jerry White
Milt Wilcox

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Steve Carlton	CLN	$ 11,600,000
2.	Gene Tenace	SDP	$ 11,000,000
3.	Bill Butler	MON	$ 10,000,000
4.	Bobby Bonds	MON	$ 9,500,000
5.	Dick Dietz	BSN	$ 8,962,199
6.	Rusty Staub	COL	$ 8,610,000
7.	Rick Monday	CLN	$ 8,500,000
8.	Dick Allen	COL	$ 7,750,000
9.	Curt Blefary	CLN	$ 7,250,000
	Mike Marshall	BSN	$ 7,250,000
11.	Jerry Reuss	NYG	$ 7,200,000
12.	Bill Lee	MIL	$ 7,000,000
13.	Pedro Borbon	CLN	$ 6,500,000
14.	Richie Hebner	MON	$ 6,460,000
15.	George Scott	BSN	$ 6,400,000
	Johnny Bench	COL	$ 6,400,000
	Bobby Brooks	MON	$ 6,400,000
18.	Mike Schmidt	SDP	$ 6,171,429
19.	Ken Henderson	NYG	$ 6,069,069
20.	John Denny	WAS	$ 6,042,857
21.	Rick Reuschel	LAD	$ 6,040,000
22.	J.R. Richard	COL	$ 6,000,000
23.	Bill Slayback	CLN	$ 5,500,000
	Charlie Williams	NYG	$ 5,500,000
	Jim Spencer	CLN	$ 5,500,000
	George Lauzerique	LAD	$ 5,500,000

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