Monday April 9, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 9, 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       175   25    50   10    2    5    25    4    0   20    23  .286
San Francisco    141   28    36    6    2    2    25    2    2   19    13  .255
Los Angeles      168   26    42   10    0    5    26    3    2   19    26  .250
San Diego        142   12    30    8    0    1    10    5    0   17    22  .211
Houston          119   11    25    3    2    0    11    6    3    4    15  .210
Montreal         105   14    21    3    1    2    10    5    1   12    23  .200
Atlanta          123    5    19    0    0    2     4    1    1    8    31  .155
Philadelphia      78    5    12    1    0    4     5    0    1    6     7  .154

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Russell (LA)         5   21    3   11   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    1  .524
Mike Ivie (SF)            4   14    5    7   0   0   2    4   0   0    4    0  .500
Frank Taveras (PIT)       3   13    1    6   1   0   0    0   2   1    0    0  .462
Joe Morgan (CIN)          5   21    4    9   2   0   0    1   2   0    3    2  .429
Dave Winfield (SD)        4   14    2    6   1   0   0    0   1   0    4    2  .429
George Foster (CIN)       5   19    3    8   2   1   1    7   0   0    3    2  .421
Ivan DeJesus (CHI)        2   10    2    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .400
Keith Hernandez (STL)     3   10    2    4   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .400
Omar Moreno (PIT)         3   10    0    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    0  .400
Rodney Scott (MON)        3   10    1    4   2   0   0    2   2   1    5    2  .400

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Royster          4   13    1    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .385
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Gary Matthews          4   15    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .267
Barry Bonnell          4   13    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .154
Dale Murphy            4   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .154
Glenn Hubbard          4   14    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    4  .143
Jeff Burroughs         4   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    6  .091
Mike Lum               4   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .071
Pepe Frias             4    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Beall              4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Rowland Office         3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Darrel Chaney          4    1    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

 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             5   21    4    9   2   0   0    1   2   0    3    2  .429
George Foster          5   19    3    8   2   1   1    7   0   0    3    2  .421
Ken Griffey            5   22    1    8   5   0   0    3   1   0    1    2  .364
Arturo DeFreitas       4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Johnny Bench           5   17    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    3  .294
Dan Driessen           5   18    4    5   0   0   2    6   1   0    3    4  .278
Ray Knight             4   11    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .273
Dave Concepcion        5   21    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .238
Rick Auerbach          4   11    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .182
Cesar Geronimo         5   18    2    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    4  .167
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
Alan Ashby             4   13    1    5   0   1   0    4   0   0    0    0  .385
Cesar Cedeno           4   15    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   1    0    2  .333
Terry Puhl             4   15    3    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    1  .333
Enos Cabell            4   13    2    4   1   0   0    3   2   0    1    1  .308
Jose Cruz              4   12    2    3   0   1   0    1   3   0    1    1  .250
Art Howe               4   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .154
Craig Reynolds         4   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .071
Bob Watson             4   13    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .000
Jesus Alou             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Julio Gonzalez         1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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           5   21    3   11   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    1  .524
Steve Garvey           5   21    4    8   2   0   0    3   0   1    0    2  .381
Rick Monday            3    9    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Joe Ferguson           4   11    2    3   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    2  .273
Ron Cey                5   17    3    4   0   0   1    4   2   1    5    3  .235
Davey Lopes            5   18    5    4   2   0   1    1   0   0    6    3  .222
Dusty Baker            5   19    3    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .211
Reggie Smith           5   18    4    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .167
Derrel Thomas          5    9    1    1   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .111
Steve Yeager           4    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           2    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)         22
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      21
  S. Garvey (LA)           21
  J. Morgan (CIN)          21
  B. Russell (LA)          21
  D. Baker (LA)            19
  G. Foster (CIN)          19
  D. Driessen (CIN)        18
  C. Geronimo (CIN)        18
  D. Lopes (LA)            18

Runs Scored:

  J. Clark (SF)             5
  M. Ivie (SF)              5
  D. Lopes (LA)             5
  D. Parker (PIT)           5
  D. Driessen (CIN)         4
  S. Garvey (LA)            4
  B. Madlock (SF)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  R. Smith (LA)             4
  D. Baker (LA)             3

Hits:

  B. Russell (LA)          11
  J. Morgan (CIN)           9
  G. Foster (CIN)           8
  S. Garvey (LA)            8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  M. Ivie (SF)              7
  D. Evans (SF)             6
  K. Reitz (STL)            6
  T. Scott (STL)            6
  F. Taveras (PIT)          6

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  K. Reitz (STL)            4
  D. Baker (LA)             2
  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

Triples:

  A. Ashby (HOU)            1
  J. Cruz (HOU)             1
  G. Foster (CIN)           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
  J. Bench (CIN)            1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  B. Boone (PHI)            1
  G. Carter (MON)           1
  R. Cey (LA)               1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  J. Ferguson (LA)          1
  G. Foster (CIN)           1

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)           7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         6
  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  J. Ferguson (LA)          5
  R. Hebner (NY)            5
  B. Russell (LA)           5
  A. Ashby (HOU)            4
  R. Cey (LA)               4
  D. Evans (SF)             4
  K. Hernandez (STL)        4

Stolen Bases:

  J. Cruz (HOU)             3
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  R. Cey (LA)               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

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  J. Burroughs (ATL)        6
  D. Baker (LA)             4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         4
  B. Foote (CHI)            4
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         4
  M. Hargrove (SD)          4
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          4
  D. Murphy (ATL)           4
  G. Richards (SD)          4
  G. Tenace (SD)            4


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