1978 MLB Player Hitting Stat Leaders

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PLAYER	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1 DuaneD KuiperKuiper 2B 1 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	149	547	52	155	18	6	0	43	19	35	4	9	.283	.311	.338	.649
2 RickR ManningManning CF 2 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	148	566	65	149	27	3	3	50	38	62	12	12	.263	.309	.337	.646
3 AndreA ThorntonThornton 1B 3 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	145	508	97	133	22	4	33	105	93	72	4	7	.262	.377	.516	.893
4 BuddyB BellBell 3B 4 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	142	556	71	157	27	8	6	62	39	43	1	3	.282	.328	.392	.720
5 TomT VeryzerVeryzer SS 5 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	130	421	48	114	18	4	1	32	13	36	1	2	.271	.298	.340	.638
6 JohnnyJ GrubbGrubb LF 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	113	378	54	100	16	6	14	61	59	60	5	1	.265	.365	.450	.815
6 JimJ NorrisNorris RF 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	113	315	41	89	14	5	2	27	42	20	12	7	.283	.364	.378	.742
8 PaulP DadeDade RF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	93	307	37	78	12	1	3	20	34	45	12	9	.254	.331	.329	.660
9 GaryG AlexanderAlexander C 9 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	90	324	39	76	14	3	17	62	35	100	0	2	.235	.308	.454	.762
10 TedT CoxCox LF 10 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	82	227	14	53	7	0	1	19	16	30	0	1	.233	.286	.278	.564
11 RonR PruittPruitt C 11 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	71	187	17	44	6	1	6	17	16	20	2	1	.235	.296	.374	.670
12 LarvellL BlanksBlanks SS 12 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	70	193	19	49	10	0	2	20	10	16	0	0	.254	.285	.337	.622
12 HoraceH SpeedSpeed RF 12 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	70	106	13	24	4	1	0	4	14	31	2	4	.226	.320	.283	.603
14 BernieB CarboCarbo DH 14 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	60	174	21	50	8	0	4	16	20	31	1	0	.287	.362	.402	.764
15 JimJ KernKern P 15 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	58	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
16 WillieW HortonHorton DH 16 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	50	169	15	42	7	0	5	22	15	25	3	0	.249	.314	.379	.693
17 SidS MongeMonge P 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
18 BoB DiazDiaz C 18 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	44	127	12	30	4	0	2	11	4	17	0	0	.236	.260	.315	.575
19 WayneW CageCage DH 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	36	98	11	24	6	1	4	13	9	28	1	2	.245	.308	.449	.757
19 DanD SpillnerSpillner P 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
21 RickR WaitsWaits P 21 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
22 DavidD ClydeClyde P 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
23 RonR HasseyHassey C 23 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	25	74	5	15	0	0	2	9	5	7	2	0	.203	.256	.284	.540
24 PaulP ReuschelReuschel P 24 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
25 DanD BriggsBriggs RF 25 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	15	49	4	8	0	1	1	1	4	9	0	0	.163	.226	.265	.491

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