European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday september 6, 1978 the major league batting pitching statistics by the associated press Complete through games of Friday american league team batting a r h or rib pet Detroit 4649 609 1288 106 566 .277 Milwaukee 4573 676 1258 148 637 .275 Boston 4595 676 1260 146 627 .274 Minnesota 4621 565 1259 76 536 .273 Kansas City 4442 594 1193 75 558 .269 Cleveland 4532 553 1202 86 515 .265 new York 4508 577 1189 103 548 .264 Chicago 4454 512 1168 84 480 .262 Toronto 4613 532 1193 83 496 .259 California 4520 549 1158 82 509 .256 Baltimore 4513 544 1154 129 504 .256 Seattle 4431 524 1114 83 485 .251 Oakland 4435 450 1104 82 416 .249 Texas 4331 527 1074 101 493 .248 individual batting 250 or More at bats a r h or rib pet Carew min 476 67 159 5 66 .334 Rice bos 553 100 179 36 114 .324 Oiiver Tex 411 49 130 13 66 .316 Cooper Mil 307 43 97 10 43 .316 Piniella by 367 49 115 4 51 .313 Roj Ackson Cal 298 37 90 4 48 .302 Roberts sea 369 66 111 20 75 .301 Yount Mil 390 50 117 4 53 .300 Carty Oak 438 57 131 7 83 .299 Reynolds sea 439 47 131 5 42 .298 Oglivie Mil 379 57 113 15 59 .298 Lynn bos 443 64 132 20 65 .298 Bostock Cal 485 63 144 4 55 .297 Munson by 506 59 150 5 59 .296 Jthompson det 484 71 143 23 83 .295 Fisk bos 464 78 137 18 74 .295 Singleton bal 410 54 121 18 68 .295 Whitaker det 407 63 120 2 46 .295 a Strumski bos 411 51 121 11 63 .294 Buell Cle 459 59 135 s 51 .294 staub det 532 65 155 20 106 .291 Leflore det 563 108 164 8 53 .291 Sundberg Tex 430 44 125 5 47 .291 Brett pc 403 58 117 5 48 .290 Randall min 276 32 80 0 21 .290 Hisle Mil 433 82 125 29 97 .289 Kuiper Cle 454 44 131 0 39 .289 Money Mil 413 71 119 12 44 .288 Chambliss by 505 63 145 9 72 .287 Ford min 494 67 141 10 71 .285 Page Oak 424 52 121 13 59 .285 Kemp det 477 62 136 11 69 .285 Smalley min 495 68 141 17 62 .285 Molitor Mil 453 67 129 6 40 .285 Guerrero Oak 432 28 123 3 35 .285 Cowens pc 387 56 110 5 55 .284 of tatar is of a 1.o 1 1o 1,4 a ofter Jarier Ixl. Bando Mil Cubbage min Lemon Chii Emurray bal Lezcano Mil Garr Chi re Jackson by Bonds Tex White pc is Johnsn Chi Mcrae pc revering Oak Thornton Cle Remy bos Lansford Cal Orta Chi Bailor Tor Howell Tor Decinces bal Corcoran det Edwards Oak Veryzer Cle Trammell det 442 73 125 15 63 .283 330 35 93 7 54 .282 277 37 78 10 41 .282 512 69 144 26 81 .281 360 50 101 13 51 .281 410 61 114 3 29 .278 407 67 113 19 71 .278 462 65 128 23 73 .277 358 51 99 4 37 .277 409 44 113 8 61 .276 523 77 144 13 57 .275 451 43 124 13 38 .275 423 85 116 27 90 .274 500 73 137 2 37 .274 336 43 92 4 36 .274 420 45 115 13 53 .274 541 65 148 1 50 .274 491 58 134 5 57 .273 418 59 114 23 59 .273 272 29 74 1 25 .272 353 40 96 1 21 .272 358 41 97 0 26 .271 362 41 98 2 27 .271 Kessinger Chi Bochte sea Bosetto Tor Stein sea Dempsey bal Manning Cle Ducr bal May det Horton Tor Otis pc Nettles by Randolph by hurdle pc Grubb Tex Mayberry Tor Norwood min patek pc Stynson sea Miller Cal Rivers by Cushing to Chi Chalk Cal Evans bos Baylor Cal Downing Cal Dade Cle Duncan Oak Adams min soderholm Chi Hobson bos Gscott bos a Rodriguez det Hargrove Tex Beniquez Tex Zisk Tex Burleson bos May bal Powell min Jcruz sea Dent by a White by Rudi Cal Wynegar min Bujones sea Mckay Tor Nahorny Chi Thomas Mil Harlow bal a Alexandr Cle wills Tex Meyer sea Grich Cal Essian Oak Gomez Tor Thomassy by Harrah Tex Belanger bal Camp Neris Tex Stanton sea 399 35 108 1 30 .271 429 53 116 9 44 .270 467 56 126 4 37 .270 360 40 97 4 32 .269 364 35 98 6 26 .269 458 55 123 3 41 .269 369 48 99 6 40 .268 287 23 77 10 35 .268 299 29 80 8 47 .268 382 55 102 16 68 .267 469 67 125 23 74 .267 394 69 105 3 31 .266 376 42 100 6 53 .266 378 54 100 14 61 .265 443 49 117 21 65 .264 383 52 101 8 43 .264 378 46 99 1 40 .262 306 43 80 9 47 .261 368 49 96 1 25 .261 438 54 114 10 39 .260 281 25 73 3 25 .260 421 37 109 1 29 .259 441 72 114 23 60 .259 485 89 125 27 72 .258 322 30 83 5 36 .258 304 37 78 3 19 .257 260 17 66 2 31 .254 265 23 67 7 26 .253 376 46 95 16 52 .253 404 59 102 15 68 .252 325 46 82 10 47 .252 317 32 80 6 36 .252 448 58 113 6 37 .252 379 46 95 8 36 .251 409 49 102 16 59 .249 498 59 124 4 45 .249 475 50 118 21 70 .248 315 48 78 3 22 .248 446 64 110 1 22 .247 276 27 68 4 27 .246 264 32 65 7 32 .246 395 43 97 14 66 .246 388 33 95 4 42 .245 368 36 90 4 33 .245 418 50 101 5 41 .242 327 27 79 8 34 .242 381 63 92 29 76 .241 384 53 i 6 23 .237 427 48 98 22 73 .230 433 58 99 7 43 .229 372 29 85 7 51 .228 403 46 92 4 28 .228 264 20 60 3 26 .227 353 39 80 0 26 .227 253 34 57 8 34 .225 360 42 80 7 38 .222 312 34 65 0 14 .208 264 26 50 1 16 .189 271 20 49 3 21 .181 pitching 11 or More decisions in h by so w l Era Guidry by Gossage by la Roc he Cal Matlack Tex Caldwell Mil. Palmer bal Marshall min Hrabosky pc Goltz min Gura pc Stanley bos Sta House bal Jjohnson Oak Kern Cle Keough Oak Lacey Oak Waits Cle Langford Oak Eckersley bos Gale pc 220 160 59 207 19 2 1.88 114 72 45 100 910 1.97 81 54 44 59 9 6 2.20 215 205 40 120 12 11 2.30 242 217 42 110 17 8 2.38 249 217 83 116 17 12 2.52 80 70 31 46 7 11 2.59 61 44 26 47 6 6 2.63 169 164 s3 81 10 9 2.66 172 147 46 64 12 4 2.77 107 110 28 3012 2 2.85 66 53 47 35 6 6 2.86 162 133 69 79 10 7 2.89 83 64 49 81 8 8 2.90 165 140 71 85 8 11 2.95 104 109 35 50 8 9 3.03 188 168 70 82 10 13 3.05 155 139 52 80 6 10 3.07 216 214 59 127 16 5 3.07 166 147 81 79 13 7 3.08 Figueroa by 194 188 58 69 13 9 3.15 Hartzell Cal 130 133 31 50 6 8 3.17 Rozema det 160 164 32 49 6 9 3.20 Lyle by 105 103 30 30 9 2 3.25 Splittorff pc 218202 43 621511 3.25 Zahn min 207 219 67 86 10 13 3.29 Tanana Cal 204205 4711416 9 3.30 Sorensen Mil 239 240 47 69 15 10 3.30 Jenkins Tex 200 183 36 123 13 8 3.32 Tiant bos 168 153 45 91 9 7 3.36 Wilcox det 175 165 52 109 12 8 3.38 Mcgregor bal 199 191 39 79 12 12 3.53 Romo sea 99 80 36 55 10 6 3.53 Paxton Cle 155 146 50 79 9 8 3.53 Lee bos 167 186 56 41 10 10 3.54 Medloch Tex 136 130 44 54 7 8 3.57 Billingham det 180 188 56 47 15 6 3.59 Leonard pc 240 241 65 149 15 16 3.60 Tidrow by 159 157 46 59 6 9 3.61 Ryan Cal 184 137 122 205 6 11 3.70 Hunter by 89 75 27 38 9 5 3.73 Renko Oak 133 129 58 72 6 9 3,79 Mitchell sea 145 144 68 66 7 13 3.84 Kravec Chi 167 153 73 124 10 12 3.92 Sykes det 93 99 34 58 6 6 3.94 Martinez bal 214214 721171110 3.95 Flanagan bal 232 222 73 142 17 11 3.95 Campbell bos 43 52 16 40 6 5 3.98 Barrios Chi 158 144 64 64 8 12 3.99 Clancy Tor 162 163 81 83 10 10 4.00 Wise Cle 192 201 56 100 9 17 4.02 Slaton det 194 191 77 77 14 9 4.02 Torrez bos 195 214 71 92 15 7 4.05 serum min 130 134 31 57 7 6 4.08 Deniis Tex 129 113 46 42 9 5 4.11 Rawley sea 95 98 43 57 4 7 4.14 Jefferson Tor 178 175 72 80 7 11 4.15 Erickson Man 221231 6810313 9 4.15 Aase Cal 153 159 68 83 8 8 4.17 Undrwood Tor 167 171 79 121 6 11 4.19 Murphy Tor 85 81 35 31 5 9 4.22 Knapp Cal 150 148 52 94 13 7 4.30 a Alexandr Tex 154 174 61 62 7 9 4.32 Honeycutt sea 108 106 42 43 5 6 4.32 Clyde Cle 127 136 49 69 6 9 4.32 Stone Chi 186178 771081011 4.44 Augustine Mil 176195 55 55 12 12 "4.49 Moore Tor 117 133 45 56 6 5 4.69 Broberg Oak 138 150 49 75 9 10 4.70 travers Mil 132 149 44 44 9 8 4.77 Umbarger Tex 91 108 33 55 4 8 4.93 Abbott sea 123 145 35 50 6 10 4.96 Wood Chi 168 18-7 74 69 10 10 5.20 Colborn sea 106 117 38 22 4 9 5.23 Garvin Tor 136 185 45 63 4 12 5.94 Leonczyk Tor 128 157 62 55 4 14 6.12 pole sea 98 122 42 41 411 6.48 National league team batting a r h or rib pet los Angeles 4513 604 1185 122 569 .263 Philadelphia 4406 576 1146 109 539 .260 Chicago 4465 538 1155 60 494 .259 Houston 4497 512 1157 62 476 .257 Cincinnati 4503 584 1156 112 550 .257 san Francisco 4448 537 1127 100 506 .253 Pittsburgh 4436 529 1121 85 487 .253 Montreal 4616 523 1164 102 481 .252 St. Louis 4506 500 1127 70 476 .250 san Diego 4483 498 1121 65 457 .250 new York 4483 500 1103 70 468 .246 Atlanta 4418 504 1087 102 469 .246 individual batting 250 or More at bats a r h or rib pet Parker ugh 470 74 149 23 90 .317 Burroughs at 411 61 129 20 68 .314 Buckner Chi 348 37 109 3 55 .313 a Smith la 406 77 126 28 88 .310 Clark of 488 78 151 22 89 .309 Madlock of 360 63 110 12 35 .306 Bowa Phi Jcruz Hon what fled of Rose Cin Howe Hon Richards so Winfield so conc Clon Cin Cromartie Mil Garvey la Stargell ugh Watson Hon Griffey Cin Templeton St Puhl Hon Cabell Hon Simmons St Foster can Boone Phi Hebner Phi Matthews at Perez Mil a Valentine Mil Taveras ugh Hendrick St Mcbride Phi Gamble so Maddox Phi Send run by Luzinski Phi Lopes la Murcer Chi Cey la Stearns by Baker la Russell la Royster at Herndon of Biittner Chi Gross Chi Ott ugh Driessen Cin Parrish Mil Maddox by Dejesus Chi Evans of Mazzilli by Garner ugh Trillo Chi Smith so Montanez by monday la Khan and St Almon so foil by Homer at Speier Mil Bench Cin Dawson Mil Carter Mil office at Metzger of Cash Mil Stennett ugh Mumphry St Gilbreath at Kingman Chi Schmidt Phi Reitz St Sizemore Phi North la Ontiveros Chi Pocoroba at remaster of Morgan Cin b Robinson ugh Flynn by Gonzalez so Randle by Murphy at Tyson St Morales St Dthomas so 526 63 160 3 35 .304 474 64 144 10 74 .304 399 62 121 9 29 .303 552 86 166 5 36 .301 412 46 123 7 55 .299 478 76 142 3 37 .297 489 70 145 21 88 .297 477 65 141 6 57 .296 508 61 150 7 45 .295 538 76 158 18 91 .294 298 46 87 21 69 .292 401 48 117 13 74 .292 533 77 155 9 55 .291 544 71 158 2 41 .290 508 74 147 3 29 .289 547 75 158 6 61 .289 435 58 125 18 64 .287 512 80 147 31 98 .287 345 43 99 11 56 .287 359 50 103 15 58 .287 386 61 110 15 55 .285 449 51 127 10 62 .283 502 63 142 21 65 .283 534 67 148 0 33 .277 408 53 113 18 65 .277 366 52 101 6 34 .276 359 47 99 7 44 .276 474 42 130 9 54 .274 491 76 134 9 57 .273 447 71 122 29 84 .273 477 76 130 14 46 .273 430 56 117 8 55 .272 471 70 128 16 72 .272 402 61 109 14 63 .271 432 50 117 9 59 .271 526 60 142 2 37 .270 445 62 120 2 32 .270 428 50 115 1 32 .269 302 30 81 4 47 .268 288 27 77 1 34 .26 296 35 79 8 30 .267 447 57 119 16 67 .266 451 59 120 13 56 .266 327 35 87 2 33 .266 506 82 134 3 28 .265 457 73 120 16 67 .263 450 60 118 13 51 .262 432 56 113 6 45 .262 443 45 115 4 41 .260 483 59 125 0 36 .259 504 57 130 16 83 .258 273 40 70 15 46 .256 466 77 119 10 52 .255 380 37 97 0 20 .255 369 33 94 0 20 .255 256 38 65 17 51 .254 414 36 105 5 42 .254 317 43 80 19 51 .252 506 72 127 23 63 .251 454 63 113 16 60 .249 338 38 84 8 33 .249 287 23 71 0 18 .247 546 55 135 3 30 .247 328 29 81 3 35 .247 308 35 76 2 33 .247 280 21 69 2 25 .246 309 49 76 23 68 .246 411 77 101 16 61 .246 458 34 112 10 65 .245 258 31 63 0 16 .244 254 45 62 0 8 .244 276 34 67 1 22 .243 289 21 70 6 34 .242 254 24 61 1 14 .240 371 59 89 10 68 .240 392 54 94 9 60 .240 459 28 110 0 30 .240 301 22 72 2 25 .239 386 48 92 1 31 .238 434 53 103 20 68 .237 330 22 78 3 22 .236 405 36 95 3 41 .235 338 34 78 3 26 .231 Mccovey of 347 32 80 12 64 .231 Tenace so 340 53 78 15 54 .229 Moreno ugh 412 72 94 2 24 .228 Brock St 282 30 64 0 12 .227 Geronimo Cin 265 25 60 5 26 .226 Hill of 311 17 70 2 30 .225 Bonnell at 257 29 57 1 14 .222 Ferguson la 296 35 65 13 42. 220 Rader Chi 254 26 53 3 31 .209 pitching 11 or More decisions in h by sow lera Tekulve ugh 110 87 45 62 5 6 1.80 Bair Cin 84 72 36 75 6 5 2.04 Vuckovich St 168 149 54 130 12 10 2.30 dues Mil 99 85 42 36 5 6 2.36 Rogers Mil 219 186 64 126 13 10 2.47 Swan by 184 151 53 114 8 5 2.49 Blue of 216 182 57 145 16 7 2.58 Suiter Chi 84 65 26 90 7 4 2.66 Knepper of 211 179 7311214 9 2.69 Halicki of 159 127 36 77 8 6 2.77 fingers so 87 68 27 58 511 2.77 Lavelle of 84 82 37 52 11 9 2.79 Rjones so 229 231 59 63 11 13 2.79 Hooton la 190 160 50 86 15 8 2.79 Sambito Hon 78 76 28 85 4 7 2.86 Porsch Hon 98 107 33 50 8 4 2.92 Mcgraw Phi 72 63 22 45 8 5 2.99 Seaver Cin 211185 721731213 3.02 Treuschel Chi 195 178 41 88 13 11 3.04 Blyleven ugh 197 176 51 145 12 8 3.06 Cartton Phi 203 193 52 123 12 12 3.10 of Niekro at 275 242 80 209 16 15 3.11 Perry so 205 202 59 115 15 6 3.11 Denny St 196 167 67 90 11 9 3.12 Grimsley Mil 219 195 61 71 16 9 3.12 John la 198 210 53 112 16 9 3.18 lamp Chi 174 162 45 58 5 13 3.20 Richard Hon 229 164 118 249 14 11 3.26 Owchinko so 183 171 70 84 8 11 3.30 Moffitt of 71 67 28 50 8 4 3.30 Robinson ugh 184 158 49 110 11 5 3.32 Zachry by 138 120 60 78 10 6 3.33 Candlaria ugh 164170 46 861011 3.39 Barr of 143 153 28 38 7 10 3.39 Rau la 167 182 55 82 12 8 3.44 Ruthven Phi 184 178 48 94 12 9 3.47 Lockwood by 90 77 31 74 7 12 3.49 Borsch St 210 174 88 108 10 15 3.51 Christensn Phi 180 174 38 100 10 12 3.54 Bonham Cin 122 130 44 73 9 4 3.54 Sutton la 196 192 45 125 12 10 3.58 Koosman by 208 190 70 138 3 14 3.59 Martinez St 121 103 61 37 8 7 3.71 Rhoden la 138134 44 69 8 6 3.71 Norman Cin 157 153 74 96 10 8 3.78 Fryman Mil 143 140 70 77 7 9 3.78 Rasmussen so 178 181 56 79 14 10 3.79 Montefusco of Shirley so Dixon Hon Bibby ugh Sarmiento Cin Murray by Lerch Phi Rooker ugh Moore Chi Lemn Gelo Hon Niekro Hon May Mil Kaat Phi Mahler at Bannister Hon Hume Cin Espinosa Nyhanna at Burris Chi Lunborg Phi Roberts Chi Twitchell Mil Urrea St 195 197 145 146 126 129 93 91 115 93 98 96 143 144 134 125 90 101 178 169 157 151 114 123 114 127 113 108 102 111 144 177 162 182 133 121 156 167 106 121 134 150 97 110 85 98 53 147 55 90 37 61 35 49 48 60 61 28 60 62 31 28 56 62 45 64 86 72 42 51 61 44 66 59 52 75 67 47 63 71 68 40 74 85 73 58 87 73 44 48 60 53 9 6 3.86 7 11 3.89 6 10 3.91 7 7 3.94 9 6 3.98 6 5 4.04 8 7 4.07 8 9 4.08 8 5 4.08 9 12 4.09 11 11 4.28 6 9 4.34 7 5 4.55 4 10 4.59 3 8 4.65 611 4.69 9 13 4.72 7 13 4.98 5 10 5.02 7 10 5.08 6 8 5.23 3 12 5.55 3 9 5.67 Rookie s slide leads to dodger keeps t of c spot with 2nd Aba title Jones captures Quad cities open win Over continued from Page 21 Scott knocked in the game Winner with a sacrifice Fly to give Bob Forsch the Victory Cardinal manager Ken Boyer whose team has not been in Contention All season said the Phillies Are Good but the pirates will win the division. I m still betting on Pittsburgh Boyer said. Padres 8, braves 4 Rookie Jim Wilhelm s first major league hit a two run double in the fifth inning scored Twe runs and Gaylord Perry and two relievers combined on a seven hitter to carry san Diego. Perry 16-6, who now has 262 lifetime victories pitched a five hitter for six innings. Reliever John d Acquisto hurled witless Ball and struck out four of the five batters he faced. Reds 6, astros 3 Johnny Bench slammed his 20th Homer and Joe Morgan added three hits to help Bill Bonham to his 10th win in 14 decisions. Doug Bair the fourth Cincinnati Pitcher came on in the eighth to gain his 24th save. Denny Walling homered for Houston. . 9 whips aussies 7-0 Rimini Italy up the . Beat Australia 7-0 and Japan beat Canada 8-0 monday night in matches of the 25th world Amateur baseball championships. Davenport Iowa a Steve Jones Defeated Bill Spigner 211-177, in the final match to win his second professional bowlers association championship the $62,000 Quad cities open monday night. Lan Stuhl captures owns a tournament Lan Stuhl Germany the lands Tull All stars behind the hitting and pitch ing of Chuck romans and the Home run slugging of Jeff Hyde won the second an Nual Lan Stuhl labor Day slow pitch tournament Here monday. Lan Stuhl shaded the Wei Brincken Grubbs 9-8, in the deciding game Asro mans drove in Joe Echols with the winning run in the seventh inning. Lan Stuhl forced an extra game with a 10-6 Triumph. Alto Gether Lan Stuhl won six games monday. Romans pitched both wins and Hyde hit homers in both games. Hyde slugged 13 homers in the four Day 32-team tourney. He co 498th inf wins title Grafe Wohr Germany he co 498th inf of Grafe Wohr bombarded the military police detachment Hohenfels 23-3, in a game called after 5 /2 innings for the seventh  training come company level slow pitch softball championship. Jones of Kerrville Texas earned $6,000 for the Aba title and gained a spot in the grand prix of Bowling next december. The second Aba title also Means Jones will retain his spot in the Firestone tournament of champions. Jones fourth with eight games remain ing shot 249, 290 and 251 at the beginning of the round giving him the Lead. His margin was Cut until Spigner of Hamden conn., overtook him with two games remaining. Jones then fell to third behind Palmer Fallgren of Sacramento Calif. In the next to last match Jones fired a 279 to regain his Lead Over Spigner setting up the All important final match. Jones took an Early Lead and was never threat ened As Spigner suffered two fatal misses Midway through the match. George Pappas of Charlotte n.c., shot 225 in his final match against Fallgren and slipped past Spigner into second place. Spigner finished third followed by Fallgren and Sam Flanagan Parkersburg . I feel relieved Jones said. I thought that nothing could be better than winning that first title but the second one is even better because it gets me Back into the Firestone for As Long As i m on the  defending Champion Mike Berlin mus Catine Iowa finished 10th and earned $1,400. 11 the  Cav sets ring clinic the clinic will be from 8 30 . To 5 . Each Day. Those who qualify and pass a written examination will be certified As boxing officials for the 1978-79 season Sai Karvasales. Sports on of baseball Pittsburgh pirates at St. Louis cardinals 1 30 ., thursday. Fulda Germany the Lith  cavalry will hold a boxing officials clinic conducted by Mike Karvasales thursday and Friday at the Downs Barracks gymnasium Here. The clinic is open to prospective boxing officials from other units especially those who missed the Usa eur boxing clinic at Bamberg. Those attending from communities outside of commuting distance to Fulda must pay for their own billeting according to Karvasales