Sunday April 8, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 8, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York          73   19    24    6    0    2    19    3    2    7    11  .329
Pittsburgh       106   13    32    5    1    5    10    3    2    5    13  .302
St. Louis         83   13    25    9    1    2    13    3    1    9     6  .301
Chicago           73   10    21    7    0    1    10    0    0   12    12  .288
Cincinnati       142   16    39    9    1    3    16    3    0   14    20  .275
Los Angeles      137   24    37    9    0    4    24    1    2   17    17  .270
San Francisco    141   28    36    6    2    2    25    2    2   19    13  .255
Houston           91   10    21    3    2    0    10    6    3    2    13  .231
San Diego        142   12    30    8    0    1    10    5    0   17    22  .211
Montreal         105   14    21    3    1    2    10    5    1   12    23  .200
Philadelphia      78    5    12    1    0    4     5    0    1    6     7  .154
Atlanta           90    1    12    0    0    0     0    1    0    6    19  .133

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Scott (STL)          3   10    3    6   1   1   0    3   1   1    0    2  .600
Richie Hebner (NY)        2    9    3    5   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .556
Lee Mazzilli (NY)         2    9    3    5   1   0   1    3   1   1    1    0  .556
Bill Russell (LA)         4   17    2    9   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .529
Joe Morgan (CIN)          4   18    2    9   2   0   0    1   2   0    1    0  .500
Mike Ivie (SF)            4   14    5    7   0   0   2    4   0   0    4    0  .500
Steve Garvey (LA)         4   17    4    8   2   0   0    3   0   1    0    1  .471
Frank Taveras (PIT)       3   13    1    6   1   0   0    0   2   1    0    0  .462
Terry Puhl (HOU)          3   11    3    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    1  .455
Ted Sizemore (CHI)        2    9    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .444

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy            3    9    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .222
Jerry Royster          3    9    0    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .222
Gary Matthews          3   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .182
Glenn Hubbard          3   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .167
Barry Bonnell          3    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .111
Mike Lum               3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .100
Jeff Burroughs         3    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    4  .000
Pepe Frias             3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Beall              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rowland Office         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Joe Nolan              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Charlie Spikes         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Darrel Chaney          3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Scot Thompson          2    3    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .667
Dave Kingman           2    8    1    4   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .500
Ted Sizemore           2    9    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .444
Ivan DeJesus           2   10    2    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .400
Jerry Martin           2    8    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .375
Steve Ontiveros        2    6    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .333
Bobby Murcer           2    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .143
Bill Buckner           2    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .125
Barry Foote            2    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .000
Larry Biittner         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tim Blackwell          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .000
Gene Clines            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Vail              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Morgan             4   18    2    9   2   0   0    1   2   0    1    0  .500
George Foster          4   15    2    5   2   0   1    5   0   0    2    2  .333
Ray Knight             3    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .333
Arturo DeFreitas       4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Dan Driessen           4   16    3    5   0   0   2    5   0   0    1    4  .313
Ken Griffey            4   18    0    5   4   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .278
Dave Concepcion        4   17    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .235
Johnny Bench           4   13    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .231
Cesar Geronimo         4   14    2    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    3  .214
Rick Auerbach          4   11    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .182
Dave Collins           4    3    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Junior Kennedy         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Champ Summers          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Puhl             3   11    3    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    1  .455
Alan Ashby             3   10    1    4   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .400
Cesar Cedeno           3   11    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   1    0    2  .364
Jose Cruz              3    9    2    3   0   1   0    1   3   0    1    0  .333
Enos Cabell            3   10    1    3   1   0   0    3   2   0    0    1  .300
Art Howe               3   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Craig Reynolds         3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .100
Bob Watson             3   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Rafael Landestoy       3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Russell           4   17    2    9   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .529
Steve Garvey           4   17    4    8   2   0   0    3   0   1    0    1  .471
Rick Monday            2    6    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Ron Cey                4   14    3    4   0   0   1    4   1   1    4    2  .286
Davey Lopes            4   14    5    4   2   0   1    1   0   0    6    2  .286
Joe Ferguson           3    8    2    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .250
Dusty Baker            4   15    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .200
Reggie Smith           4   15    4    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .200
Derrel Thomas          4    8    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .125
Steve Yeager           3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Vic Davalillo          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Manny Mota             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Gary Thomasson         2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Von Joshua             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ted Martinez           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Mason              1    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Jerry White            2    2    2    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Rodney Scott           3   10    1    4   2   0   0    2   2   1    5    2  .400
Larry Parrish          2    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286
Tony Solaita           3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .250
Chris Speier           3    9    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .222
Andre Dawson           3   14    3    3   0   0   1    5   1   0    0    2  .214
Gary Carter            3   12    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .167
Tony Perez             2    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
Warren Cromartie       3   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .133
Ellis Valentine        3   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    3  .083
Ken Macha              2    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Tommy Hutton           3    1    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Trevino           1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Richie Hebner          2    9    3    5   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .556
Lee Mazzilli           2    9    3    5   1   0   1    3   1   1    1    0  .556
Joel Youngblood        1    2    2    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    0  .500
Kelvin Chapman         2    9    3    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Elliott Maddox         2    6    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .333
Doug Flynn             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .286
Steve Henderson        2    8    3    2   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    1  .250
Willie Montanez        2    9    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .222
John Stearns           2    6    2    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Tim Foli               1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ed Kranepool           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Boone              3    5    1    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .400
Manny Trillo           3    8    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .375
Pete Rose              3   10    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .300
Greg Luzinski          3    9    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .222
Mike Schmidt           3    7    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    3    1  .143
Garry Maddox           3    9    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .111
Larry Bowa             3   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bake McBride           3   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tim McCarver           1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Greg Gross             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Frank Taveras          3   13    1    6   1   0   0    0   2   1    0    0  .462
Ed Ott                 2    7    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .429
Omar Moreno            3   10    0    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    0  .400
Willie Stargell        3   13    1    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .385
John Milner            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Phil Garner            3   11    2    3   2   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .273
Dave Parker            3   11    5    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .273
Steve Nicosia          2    5    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Bill Robinson          3   11    1    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    1  .182
Rennie Stennett        3   11    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .182
Lee Lacy               2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Easler            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Matt Alexander         2    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dale Berra             2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Fahey             2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Broderick Perkins      3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Dave Winfield          4   14    2    6   1   0   0    0   1   0    4    2  .429
Jerry Turner           4   17    0    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .294
Gene Richards          4   18    2    5   1   0   0    2   2   0    2    4  .278
Mike Hargrove          4   16    3    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .250
Fernando Gonzalez      4   16    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .188
Barry Evans            4   17    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .177
Gene Tenace            3   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    4  .100
Ozzie Smith            4   17    0    0   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .000
Fred Kendall           2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Kurt Bevacqua          2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Dan Briggs             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bill Almon             2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie McCovey         2    2    0    2   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Mike Ivie              4   14    5    7   0   0   2    4   0   0    4    0  .500
Darrell Evans          4   16    2    6   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    0  .375
Jack Clark             4   15    5    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .333
Terry Whitfield        4   17    3    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    0  .294
Roger Metzger          4   14    2    4   0   1   0    4   1   0    1    0  .286
Bill Madlock           4   18    4    3   0   1   0    4   1   0    1    0  .167
Marc Hill              4   15    3    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .133
Billy North            4   17    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    3  .118
Hector Cruz            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Johnnie Lemaster       1    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
John Tamargo           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Larry Herndon          3    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Max Venable            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Reitz              3    9    0    6   4   0   0    4   0   0    0    0  .667
Tony Scott             3   10    3    6   1   1   0    3   1   1    0    2  .600
Keith Hernandez        3   10    2    4   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .400
Ted Simmons            3   10    2    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .400
Garry Templeton        3   12    2    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .250
George Hendrick        3    9    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .222
Lou Brock              2    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .000
Mike Tyson             2    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000
Tom Grieve             1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Dimmel            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ken Oberkfell          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Dane Iorg              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  K. Griffey (CIN)         18
  B. Madlock (SF)          18
  J. Morgan (CIN)          18
  G. Richards (SD)         18
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      17
  B. Evans (SD)            17
  S. Garvey (LA)           17
  B. North (SF)            17
  B. Russell (LA)          17
  O. Smith (SD)            17

Runs Scored:

  J. Clark (SF)             5
  M. Ivie (SF)              5
  D. Lopes (LA)             5
  D. Parker (PIT)           5
  S. Garvey (LA)            4
  B. Madlock (SF)           4
  R. Smith (LA)             4
  R. Cey (LA)               3
  K. Chapman (NY)           3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3

Hits:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  B. Russell (LA)           9
  S. Garvey (LA)            8
  M. Ivie (SF)              7
  D. Evans (SF)             6
  K. Reitz (STL)            6
  T. Scott (STL)            6
  F. Taveras (PIT)          6
  D. Winfield (SD)          6
  J. Clark (SF)             5

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          4
  K. Reitz (STL)            4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  J. Clark (SF)             2
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          2
  B. Evans (SD)             2
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  P. Garner (PIT)           2
  S. Garvey (LA)            2
  M. Hargrove (SD)          2

Triples:

  A. Ashby (HOU)            1
  J. Cruz (HOU)             1
  P. Garner (PIT)           1
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         1
  B. Madlock (SF)           1
  R. Metzger (SF)           1
  T. Scott (STL)            1
  J. White (MON)            1

Home Runs:

  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  M. Ivie (SF)              2
  B. Boone (PHI)            1
  G. Carter (MON)           1
  R. Cey (LA)               1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  J. Ferguson (LA)          1
  G. Foster (CIN)           1
  F. Gonzalez (SD)          1
  R. Hebner (NY)            1

RBI:

  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  D. Driessen (CIN)         5
  G. Foster (CIN)           5
  R. Hebner (NY)            5
  R. Cey (LA)               4
  D. Evans (SF)             4
  J. Ferguson (LA)          4
  K. Hernandez (STL)        4
  M. Ivie (SF)              4
  D. Kingman (CHI)          4

Stolen Bases:

  J. Cruz (HOU)             3
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  G. Richards (SD)          2
  R. Scott (MON)            2
  F. Taveras (PIT)          2
  E. Valentine (MON)        2
  B. Almon (SD)             1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  R. Cey (LA)               1

Caught Stealing:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  R. Cey (LA)               1
  D. Evans (SF)             1
  S. Garvey (LA)            1
  E. Maddox (NY)            1
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          1
  O. Moreno (PIT)           1
  B. North (SF)             1
  T. Puhl (HOU)             1
  C. Reynolds (HOU)         1

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  R. Scott (MON)            5
  J. Bench (CIN)            4
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        4
  R. Cey (LA)               4
  M. Ivie (SF)              4
  G. Tenace (SD)            4
  D. Winfield (SD)          4
  J. Clark (SF)             3
  R. Knight (CIN)           3

Strikeouts:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)        4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         4
  B. Foote (CHI)            4
  M. Hargrove (SD)          4
  G. Richards (SD)          4
  G. Tenace (SD)            4
  J. Bench (CIN)            3
  J. Clark (SF)             3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3

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