1978 Batting Average Leaders

Rk	Player	AVG	G	PA	AB	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Dave Parker	0.334	148	638	581	30	0.334	0.393	0.585	0.979
2	Rod Carew	0.333	152	642	564	5	0.333	0.414	0.441	0.856
3	Al Oliver	0.324	133	556	525	14	0.324	0.362	0.490	0.851
4	Steve Garvey	0.316	162	679	639	21	0.316	0.356	0.499	0.856
5	Jose Cruz	0.315	153	622	565	10	0.315	0.378	0.460	0.838
6	Jim Rice	0.315	163	735	677	46	0.315	0.369	0.600	0.968
7	Lou Piniella	0.314	130	506	472	6	0.314	0.360	0.445	0.805
8	Dave Winfield	0.308	158	642	587	24	0.308	0.368	0.499	0.867
9	Gene Richards	0.308	154	619	555	4	0.308	0.380	0.420	0.799
10	Jack Clark	0.306	156	642	592	25	0.306	0.360	0.537	0.897
11	Ben Oglivie	0.303	128	521	469	18	0.303	0.372	0.497	0.869
12	Pete Rose	0.302	159	717	655	7	0.302	0.363	0.421	0.784
13	Jeff Burroughs	0.301	153	605	488	23	0.301	0.436	0.529	0.965
14	Dave Concepcion	0.301	153	616	565	6	0.301	0.359	0.405	0.764
15	Leon Roberts	0.301	134	513	472	22	0.301	0.357	0.515	0.872
16	Amos Otis	0.298	141	552	486	22	0.298	0.382	0.525	0.907
17	Fred Lynn	0.298	150	616	541	22	0.298	0.383	0.492	0.875
18	Ron LeFlore	0.297	155	731	666	12	0.297	0.360	0.405	0.765
19	Thurman Munson	0.297	154	652	617	6	0.297	0.334	0.373	0.707
20	Warren Cromartie	0.297	159	640	607	10	0.297	0.333	0.418	0.751
21	Lyman Bostock	0.296	147	627	568	5	0.296	0.362	0.379	0.741
22	Enos Cabell	0.295	162	682	660	7	0.295	0.318	0.398	0.717
23	Reggie Smith	0.295	128	517	447	29	0.295	0.391	0.559	0.950
24	George Brett	0.294	128	549	510	9	0.294	0.344	0.467	0.811
25	Larry Bowa	0.294	156	678	654	3	0.294	0.319	0.370	0.689
26	Don Money	0.293	137	566	518	14	0.293	0.353	0.440	0.794
27	Ken Singleton	0.293	149	600	502	20	0.293	0.408	0.462	0.870
28	Robin Yount	0.293	127	526	502	9	0.293	0.325	0.428	0.753
29	Craig Reynolds	0.292	148	584	548	5	0.292	0.336	0.374	0.710
30	Sixto Lezcano	0.292	132	506	442	15	0.292	0.381	0.459	0.841
31	Tony Perez	0.290	148	582	544	14	0.290	0.337	0.449	0.785
32	Larry Hisle	0.290	142	587	520	34	0.290	0.371	0.533	0.904
33	Ellis Valentine	0.289	151	605	570	25	0.289	0.331	0.489	0.820
34	Terry Whitfield	0.289	149	521	488	10	0.289	0.334	0.400	0.734
35	Terry Puhl	0.289	149	633	585	3	0.289	0.343	0.368	0.710
36	Bob Watson	0.289	139	512	461	14	0.289	0.359	0.451	0.811
37	Ken Griffey Sr.	0.288	158	668	614	10	0.288	0.346	0.417	0.763
38	Garry Maddox	0.288	155	637	598	11	0.288	0.331	0.410	0.741
39	Jason Thompson	0.287	153	663	589	26	0.287	0.367	0.472	0.839
40	Ted Simmons	0.287	152	593	516	22	0.287	0.379	0.512	0.891
41	Bill Russell	0.286	155	655	625	3	0.286	0.319	0.365	0.684
42	Doug DeCinces	0.286	142	557	511	28	0.286	0.345	0.526	0.871
43	Eddie Murray	0.285	161	680	610	27	0.285	0.359	0.480	0.839
44	Sal Bando	0.285	152	612	540	17	0.285	0.369	0.439	0.808
45	Lou Whitaker	0.285	139	545	484	3	0.285	0.365	0.357	0.723
46	Mitchell Page	0.285	147	569	516	17	0.285	0.351	0.459	0.811
47	Gary Matthews Sr.	0.285	129	535	474	18	0.285	0.366	0.462	0.828
48	Carlton Fisk	0.284	157	642	571	20	0.284	0.363	0.475	0.838
49	Duane Kuiper	0.283	149	566	547	0	0.283	0.307	0.338	0.646
50	Buddy Bell	0.282	142	595	556	6	0.282	0.329	0.392	0.721
51	Rico Carty	0.282	145	585	528	31	0.282	0.352	0.502	0.854
52	George Foster	0.281	158	674	604	40	0.281	0.356	0.546	0.902
53	Bobby Murcer	0.281	146	579	499	9	0.281	0.380	0.403	0.783
54	Garry Templeton Sr.	0.280	155	669	647	2	0.280	0.303	0.377	0.681
55	Willie Randolph	0.279	134	581	499	3	0.279	0.380	0.357	0.737
56	Frank Taveras	0.278	157	683	654	0	0.278	0.309	0.353	0.662
57	Jim Sundberg	0.278	149	582	518	6	0.278	0.357	0.380	0.738
58	George Hendrick	0.278	138	533	493	20	0.278	0.332	0.467	0.799
59	Jerry Remy	0.278	148	623	583	2	0.278	0.324	0.350	0.674
60	Ivan De Jesus Sr.	0.278	160	693	619	3	0.278	0.355	0.354	0.709
61	Davey Lopes	0.278	151	658	587	17	0.278	0.356	0.421	0.776
62	Carl Yastrzemski	0.277	144	599	523	17	0.277	0.369	0.423	0.792
63	Larry Parrish	0.277	144	552	520	15	0.277	0.319	0.454	0.773
64	Steve Kemp	0.277	159	679	582	15	0.277	0.380	0.399	0.779
65	Graig Nettles	0.276	159	646	587	27	0.276	0.342	0.460	0.802
66	Mario Guerrero	0.275	143	520	505	3	0.275	0.296	0.345	0.641
67	Al Cowens	0.274	132	516	485	5	0.274	0.318	0.388	0.705
68	Reggie Jackson	0.274	139	569	511	27	0.274	0.348	0.477	0.825
69	Dan Ford	0.274	151	640	592	11	0.274	0.328	0.424	0.752
70	Chris Chambliss	0.274	162	666	625	12	0.274	0.318	0.382	0.701
71	Lamar Johnson	0.273	148	541	498	8	0.273	0.331	0.376	0.706
72	Lee Mazzilli	0.273	148	611	542	16	0.273	0.355	0.432	0.787
73	Roy Smalley III	0.273	158	671	586	19	0.273	0.365	0.433	0.799
74	Hal McRae	0.273	156	674	623	16	0.273	0.328	0.429	0.756
75	Rusty Staub	0.273	162	718	642	24	0.273	0.350	0.435	0.784
76	Paul Molitor	0.273	125	540	521	6	0.273	0.298	0.372	0.671
77	Dave Revering	0.271	152	547	521	16	0.271	0.305	0.415	0.720
78	Roy Howell	0.270	140	595	551	8	0.270	0.324	0.376	0.700
79	Ron Cey	0.270	159	651	555	23	0.270	0.378	0.452	0.830
80	Bobby Bonds	0.267	156	644	565	31	0.267	0.357	0.480	0.837
81	Steve Henderson	0.266	157	647	587	10	0.266	0.334	0.399	0.732
82	Darrell Porter	0.265	150	595	520	18	0.265	0.358	0.444	0.802
83	Greg Luzinski	0.265	155	640	540	35	0.265	0.380	0.526	0.906
84	Mickey Rivers	0.265	141	588	559	11	0.265	0.301	0.397	0.698
85	John Stearns	0.264	143	547	477	15	0.264	0.358	0.413	0.771
86	Bob Bailor	0.264	154	659	621	1	0.264	0.307	0.338	0.645
87	Bruce Bochte	0.263	140	546	486	11	0.263	0.344	0.395	0.739
88	Rick Manning	0.263	148	604	566	3	0.263	0.310	0.337	0.647
89	Rick Miller	0.263	132	529	475	1	0.263	0.338	0.339	0.677
90	Dusty Baker Jr.	0.262	149	569	522	11	0.262	0.323	0.375	0.699
91	Richie Zisk	0.262	140	569	511	22	0.262	0.337	0.432	0.770
92	Andre Thornton	0.262	145	601	508	33	0.262	0.376	0.516	0.892
93	Phil Garner	0.261	154	594	528	10	0.261	0.343	0.400	0.743
94	Manny Trillo	0.261	152	602	552	4	0.261	0.322	0.332	0.654
95	Larry Herndon	0.259	151	506	471	1	0.259	0.310	0.335	0.646
96	Jerry Royster	0.259	140	585	529	2	0.259	0.330	0.333	0.663
97	Rick Bosetti	0.259	136	598	568	5	0.259	0.296	0.347	0.643
98	Ozzie Smith	0.258	159	637	590	1	0.258	0.312	0.312	0.624
99	Willie Montanez	0.256	159	669	609	17	0.256	0.323	0.392	0.715
100	Joe Rudi	0.256	133	525	497	17	0.256	0.295	0.416	0.712
101	Don Baylor	0.255	158	647	591	34	0.255	0.320	0.472	0.792
102	Gary Carter	0.255	157	595	533	20	0.255	0.333	0.422	0.755
103	Keith Hernandez	0.255	159	624	542	11	0.255	0.353	0.389	0.742
104	Dave Chalk	0.253	135	508	470	1	0.253	0.309	0.285	0.594
105	Andre Dawson	0.253	157	639	609	25	0.253	0.288	0.442	0.730
106	Dave Cash	0.252	159	695	658	3	0.252	0.292	0.315	0.607
107	Chris Speier	0.251	150	561	501	5	0.251	0.332	0.329	0.661
108	Mike Schmidt	0.251	145	604	513	21	0.251	0.364	0.435	0.799
109	Mike Hargrove	0.251	146	601	494	7	0.251	0.384	0.346	0.731
110	Bobby Grich	0.251	144	562	487	6	0.251	0.351	0.329	0.679
111	John Mayberry Sr.	0.250	152	575	515	22	0.250	0.329	0.416	0.744
112	Bump Wills	0.250	157	602	539	9	0.250	0.329	0.347	0.676
113	Dan Driessen	0.250	153	599	524	16	0.250	0.344	0.397	0.741
114	Butch Hobson	0.250	147	562	512	17	0.250	0.317	0.408	0.725
115	Rick Burleson	0.248	145	666	626	5	0.248	0.293	0.339	0.631
116	Dwight Evans	0.247	147	562	497	24	0.247	0.335	0.449	0.783