which designated hitter had the most total bases plus rbis in 1978

Rusty Staub had the most total bases + RBIs by a designated hitter in 1978, with 400.

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	NAME	TB+RBI	TB	RBI	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Rusty Staub R. Staub	400	279	121	1978	DET	162	642	75	175	30	1	24	76	3	35	3	1	734	55	2	11	5	24	.273	.347	.435	.782	98	18.4	.351	116	13.5
2	Don Baylor D. Baylor	378	279	99	1978	CAL	158	591	103	151	26	0	34	56	18	71	22	9	677	60	0	12	9	15	.255	.332	.472	.804	93	19.4	.356	126	20
3	Rico Carty R. Carty	364	265	99	1978	TOT	145	528	70	149	21	1	31	57	0	57	1	1	593	53	1	7	7	15	.282	.348	.502	.850	90	25.8	.375	134	22.6
4	Hal McRae H. McRae	339	267	72	1978	KCR	156	623	90	170	39	5	16	51	6	62	17	8	692	60	1	11	6	15	.273	.329	.429	.757	85	10.1	.337	109	7
5	Lee May L. May	310	230	80	1978	BAL	148	556	56	137	16	1	25	31	1	110	5	2	590	42	0	2	5	18	.246	.286	.414	.700	62	-2.3	.313	98	-1.1
6	Richie Zisk R. Zisk	306	221	85	1978	TEX	140	511	68	134	19	1	22	58	3	76	3	3	581	42	4	5	7	14	.262	.338	.432	.770	75	12	.345	115	10
7	Willie Horton W. Horton	213	153	60	1978	TOT	115	393	38	99	21	0	11	28	1	69	3	1	425	32	2	1	6	14	.252	.303	.389	.692	43	-2.6	.309	91	-4.1
8	Glenn Adams G. Adams	156	121	35	1978	MIN	116	310	27	80	18	1	7	17	0	32	0	1	329	26	2	0	0	10	.258	.297	.390	.687	34	-1.6	.311	91	-3.4
9	Jose Morales J. Morales	135	97	38	1978	MIN	101	242	22	76	13	1	2	20	1	35	0	1	273	16	6	4	3	10	.314	.363	.401	.764	35	5.2	.343	112	3.7
10	Bernie Carbo B. Carbo	110	88	22	1978	TOT	77	220	28	62	11	0	5	28	1	39	2	1	251	16	1	1	1	9	.282	.364	.400	.764	33	6.1	.350	117	4.8
11	Dick Davis D. Davis	107	81	26	1978	MIL	69	218	28	54	10	1	5	7	2	23	2	5	235	16	4	4	0	5	.248	.273	.372	.644	20	-5.1	.289	79	-5.6
12	Bob Robertson B. Robertson	101	73	28	1978	SEA	64	174	17	40	5	2	8	24	1	39	0	0	200	15	0	1	1	6	.230	.325	.420	.745	25	3	.337	108	1.8
13	Leroy Stanton L. Stanton	99	75	24	1978	SEA	93	302	24	55	11	0	3	34	1	80	1	0	342	14	3	2	1	6	.182	.265	.248	.514	18	-19	.244	45	-20.9
14	Jim Spencer J. Spencer	90	66	24	1978	NYY	71	150	12	34	9	1	7	15	0	32	0	1	166	17	0	1	3	4	.227	.295	.440	.735	19	0.7	.323	104	0.7
15	Ron Blomberg R. Blomberg	80	58	22	1978	CWS	61	156	16	36	7	0	5	11	0	17	0	0	169	12	1	1	2	1	.231	.280	.372	.652	15	-3.4	.291	79	-4
16	Cliff Johnson C. Johnson	80	61	19	1978	NYY	76	174	20	32	9	1	6	30	1	32	0	0	205	16	0	0	5	6	.184	.307	.351	.658	19	-3.1	.298	86	-3.1
17	Wayne Cage W. Cage	57	44	13	1978	CLE	36	98	11	24	6	1	4	9	0	28	1	2	108	11	1	0	0	2	.245	.308	.449	.757	14	1.9	.341	112	1.5
18	Bob Bailey B. Bailey	42	33	9	1978	BOS	43	94	12	18	3	0	4	19	1	19	2	1	116	7	0	2	0	2	.191	.328	.351	.679	13	0	.318	90	-1.3
19	Alan Bannister A. Bannister	39	31	8	1978	CWS	49	107	16	24	3	2	0	11	1	12	3	3	119	5	0	0	1	2	.224	.303	.290	.592	9	-3.8	.275	68	-4.3
20	Terry Crowley T. Crowley	38	26	12	1978	BAL	62	95	9	24	2	0	0	8	1	12	0	0	105	2	0	1	0	4	.253	.314	.274	.588	8	-3.2	.277	74	-3
21	Danny Goodwin D. Goodwin	37	27	10	1978	CAL	24	58	9	16	5	0	2	10	0	13	0	0	69	7	0	1	0	1	.276	.377	.466	.842	11	3.2	.380	142	3.3
22	Sam Ewing S. Ewing	25	16	9	1978	TOR	40	56	3	10	0	0	2	5	0	9	0	0	62	2	0	1	2	0	.179	.242	.286	.528	3	-4.1	.230	34	-4.6
23	Gary Gray G. Gray	25	19	6	1978	TEX	17	50	4	12	1	0	2	1	0	12	1	0	51	3	0	0	0	1	.240	.255	.380	.635	4	-1.2	.286	76	-1.4
24	Junior Moore J. Moore	25	21	4	1978	CWS	24	65	8	19	0	1	0	6	0	7	1	1	71	1	0	0	0	4	.292	.352	.323	.675	8	-0.2	.315	95	-0.4
25	Pat Putnam P. Putnam	13	11	2	1978	TEX	20	46	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	49	2	1	0	1	0	.152	.188	.239	.427	0	-4.8	.186	8	-5

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