National League
| 00#00 | 00000000000000Player00000000000000 | 00I00Team0I000 | 000Cht000 | 0000.0FD70.0000 | 0000.0FD8.00000 | 0000.0FD90.0000 | 000Total FD Outs000 | 0.00Current HRs0.00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Clark | SF | RP | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21 |
| 02 | Parker | PIT | LP | 0 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 27 |
| 03 | Carter | MON | RP | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
| 04 | Madlock | SF | RP | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 21 |
| 05 | DaMurphy | ATL | RP | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 28 |
| 06 | Simmons | STL | SP | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 07 | Garvey | LA | RP | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| 08 | Berra | PIT | RP | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| 09 | Cash | MON | RN | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| 10 | Foster | CIN | RP | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 32 |
Notes
• Totals updated through August 28th.
• Three NL players are tied with 12 deep fly-outs.
• Dave Winfield of the Padres bats RH, but Avalon Hill printed his player card as a LH.
• Joe Niekro of the Astros is the only pitcher to hit a deep fly-out, on August 19th.
American League
| 00#00 | 00000000000000Player00000000000000 | 00I00Team0I000 | 000Cht000 | 0000.0FD70.0000 | 0000.0FD8.00000 | 0000.0FD90.0000 | 000Total FD Outs000 | 0.00Current HRs0.00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Mayberry | TOR | LP | 0 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 20 |
| 02 | Carty | OAK | RP | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| 03 | Smalley | MIN | SP | 2 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 26 |
| 04 | Oglivie | MIL | LP | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| 05 | Bando | MIL | RP | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 16 |
| 06 | EMurray | BAL | SP | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 25 |
| 07 | Ashby | TOR | SP | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 9 |
| 08 | DeCinces | BAL | RP | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 |
| 09 | LRoberts | SEA | RP | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 26 |
| 10 | Staub | DET | LP | 0 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Notes
• Totals updated through August 28th.
• Three AL players are tied with 15 deep fly-outs.
Statis Pro 1978 Replay 
The three National Leaguers with more deep fly outs than HRs were all stars of the ’60s, husband and wife team Johnny Cash and June Carter, and the legendary crooner Yogi Berra! The other thing I find interesting is that apparently it’s SP78-impossible to drill one to the opposite field, since the only hitters that are spraying the ball to the deepest parts of the outfield are the switchers. And what’s up with Roy Smalley? Dead center?
And the NL’ers who’re leading them all…Petula Clark, accompanied by Charlie Parker on sax!
That’s the one thing that amazed me while compiling this list, and it basically holds true for all 700+ players: RH batters hit deep drives only to left, LH batters hit them only to right, and switch-hitters hit predominantly to center, with additional deep shots to both left and right. And the pitchers…I’d just assumed after compiling these stats from April through July that it wasn’t even possible for them to hit a deep drive. Then Joe Niekro hits one in mid-August…I still have to track down how that happened, and why it never happened before.
And Roy Smalley? I guess someone bet him a significant amount of money that he couldn’t hit the center field scoreboard at Metropolitan Stadium…and he’s been trying ever since.