Wednesday April 11, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 11, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       254   38    77   18    2    6    36    8    0   28    34  .303
St. Louis        115   20    33   10    3    4    20    5    1   14    13  .287
Pittsburgh       175   20    48    8    2    6    16    3    2    6    20  .274
New York         163   23    44    8    1    2    23    5    4   14    23  .270
Chicago          105   10    28    8    0    1    10    1    0   19    19  .267
Montreal         193   20    48    9    2    3    16    7    3   20    42  .249
Los Angeles      236   30    58   13    0    5    29    7    3   26    45  .246
San Francisco    204   33    49    7    2    3    30    2    3   26    22  .240
Philadelphia     146   17    34    7    1    5    17    3    1   11    18  .233
San Diego        208   18    47   12    1    2    16    5    2   24    30  .226
Houston          179   23    39    9    2    1    23    8    4   12    25  .218
Atlanta          188   16    38    3    0    5    13    3    2   17    35  .202

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)        6   22    4   11   2   0   1    2   1   1    4    3  .500
Bill Russell (LA)         7   29    3   14   3   0   1    6   0   1    2    1  .483
Jerry Royster (ATL)       6   22    2   10   1   0   0    1   2   0    1    2  .455
George Foster (CIN)       7   27    3   12   2   1   1   10   0   0    5    3  .444
Lee Mazzilli (NY)         4   18    4    8   1   0   1    4   1   1    4    1  .444
Ray Knight (CIN)          6   19    4    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .421
Garry Maddox (PHI)        5   17    6    7   1   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .412
Mike Ivie (SF)            6   22    5    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    4    3  .409
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)        6   23    5    9   4   0   1    5   0   1    0    3  .391
Chris Speier (MON)        5   18    2    7   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .389

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Royster          6   22    2   10   1   0   0    1   2   0    1    2  .455
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Barry Bonnell          6   19    3    5   0   0   2    3   0   1    2    2  .263
Dale Murphy            6   19    4    5   0   0   2    2   0   0    3    4  .263
Gary Matthews          6   24    1    6   0   0   1    4   1   0    0    3  .250
Glenn Hubbard          6   21    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    4  .143
Mike Lum               6   21    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .143
Jeff Burroughs         6   18    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    8  .111
Pepe Frias             6   14    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .071
Bob Beall              5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Rowland Office         5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Darrel Chaney          5    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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          3    3    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .667
Gene Clines            2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Dave Kingman           3   11    1    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .455
Ted Sizemore           3   11    2    5   2   0   0    2   1   0    4    0  .455
Steve Ontiveros        3   10    0    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .400
Jerry Martin           3   12    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Ivan DeJesus           3   15    2    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .267
Barry Foote            3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    7  .100
Bobby Murcer           3   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .100
Bill Buckner           3   13    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .077
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
Mike Vail              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Foster          7   27    3   12   2   1   1   10   0   0    5    3  .444
Ray Knight             6   19    4    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .421
Joe Morgan             7   29    6   11   4   0   0    1   3   0    5    4  .379
Ken Griffey            7   32    4   12   5   0   0    3   2   0    2    3  .375
Arturo DeFreitas       4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Dan Driessen           7   28    5    9   2   0   2    7   1   0    3    4  .321
Dave Concepcion        7   32    6    9   0   0   1    5   1   0    1    0  .281
Cesar Geronimo         7   26    3    6   1   1   0    3   1   0    2    4  .231
Johnny Bench           7   25    3    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    6    6  .200
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
Champ Summers          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Junior Kennedy         2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Vic Correll            1    0    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
Bruce Bochy            1    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500
Cesar Cedeno           6   23    5    9   4   0   1    5   0   1    0    3  .391
Enos Cabell            6   21    4    8   2   0   0    6   3   1    1    2  .381
Alan Ashby             5   16    2    6   0   1   0    6   0   0    1    1  .375
Jose Cruz              6   16    6    5   2   1   0    2   4   0    5    2  .313
Terry Puhl             6   24    3    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    2  .208
Art Howe               6   18    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .111
Bob Watson             6   18    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .056
Craig Reynolds         6   23    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .044
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       5    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jeffrey Leonard        1    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
Von Joshua             3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Bill Russell           7   29    3   14   3   0   1    6   0   1    2    1  .483
Steve Garvey           7   29    5   10   2   0   0    3   1   1    0    3  .345
Ron Cey                7   23    4    6   1   0   1    4   2   1    7    6  .261
Dusty Baker            7   27    4    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .259
Joe Ferguson           6   17    3    4   1   0   1    6   0   0    5    5  .235
Rick Monday            5   17    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .235
Davey Lopes            7   27    5    5   2   0   1    1   0   0    7    6  .185
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
Derrel Thomas          6    9    1    1   0   0   0    2   2   0    0    1  .111
Steve Yeager           4    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Gary Thomasson         4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Vic Davalillo          2    2    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
Ted Martinez           3    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
Jerry White            3    3    3    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Jim Mason              1    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Chris Speier           5   18    2    7   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .389
Rodney Scott           5   18    1    6   2   0   0    3   2   1    7    5  .333
Andre Dawson           5   25    3    8   2   1   1    6   1   1    0    5  .320
Gary Carter            5   20    2    6   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .300
Larry Parrish          4   16    2    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    6  .250
Tony Solaita           4    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Warren Cromartie       5   26    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .192
Tony Perez             4   18    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    6  .167
Ellis Valentine        5   23    1    2   0   0   0    1   3   1    2    3  .087
Ken Macha              2    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Tommy Hutton           4    2    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Dave Cash              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Duffy Dyer             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gil Flores             2    2    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bruce Boisclair        2    1    0    1   0   1   0    0   0   1    0    0 1.000
Alex Trevino           1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Lee Mazzilli           4   18    4    8   1   0   1    4   1   1    4    1  .444
Joel Youngblood        3    5    2    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    0  .400
Richie Hebner          4   18    4    5   2   0   1    5   0   0    2    1  .278
Steve Henderson        4   19    3    5   0   0   0    4   2   1    1    5  .263
Kelvin Chapman         4   20    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .250
Elliott Maddox         4   13    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .231
John Stearns           4   16    3    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .188
Doug Flynn             4   17    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .177
Willie Montanez        4   17    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .177
Ron Hodges             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ed Kranepool           3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tim Foli               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
Garry Maddox           5   17    6    7   1   1   1    3   1   0    0    1  .412
Manny Trillo           5   16    0    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    1  .375
Mike Schmidt           5   14    3    5   1   0   2    6   0   0    3    1  .357
Pete Rose              5   18    1    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .333
Bob Boone              4    9    1    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .333
Tim McCarver           2    6    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Greg Luzinski          5   14    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    4  .143
Larry Bowa             5   19    3    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .105
Bake McBride           5   15    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .067
Lonnie Smith           1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Greg Gross             3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Del Unser              1    0    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
John Milner            4    4    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Ed Ott                 3   11    1    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .455
Lee Lacy               3    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Willie Stargell        4   17    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .353
Frank Taveras          5   22    2    7   2   0   0    0   2   1    0    2  .318
Phil Garner            5   19    4    6   2   1   1    2   0   0    0    3  .316
Omar Moreno            5   18    0    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    1  .278
Bill Robinson          5   19    3    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    1  .263
Steve Nicosia          3    9    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .222
Dave Parker            5   17    6    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    3    3  .177
Rennie Stennett        5   19    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .158
Mike Easler            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Manny Sanguillen       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             3    3    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Dave Winfield          6   22    4   11   2   0   1    2   1   1    4    3  .500
Broderick Perkins      3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Jerry Turner           6   24    1    8   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    2  .333
Mike Hargrove          6   22    5    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .273
Gene Tenace            5   15    2    4   0   1   0    1   0   1    6    5  .267
Gene Richards          6   27    2    6   2   0   0    2   2   0    2    6  .222
Fernando Gonzalez      6   24    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    1  .208
Barry Evans            6   24    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .125
Ozzie Smith            6   26    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          3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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         3    3    0    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Rob Andrews            1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Johnnie Lemaster       2    4    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Mike Ivie              6   22    5    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    4    3  .409
Darrell Evans          6   24    2    8   1   0   0    5   0   1    2    1  .333
John Tamargo           3    3    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Jack Clark             6   20    6    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .300
Terry Whitfield        6   24    4    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    2  .250
Roger Metzger          6   18    2    4   0   1   0    4   1   0    1    0  .222
Billy North            6   24    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   2    4    3  .167
Bill Madlock           6   25    4    3   0   1   0    4   1   0    2    1  .120
Marc Hill              6   20    3    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .100
Hector Cruz            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Sadek             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Larry Herndon          4    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Max Venable            3    0    2    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
Tony Scott             4   14    3    8   1   2   0    5   2   1    0    3  .571
Ken Reitz              4   12    0    6   4   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .500
Keith Hernandez        4   14    4    6   2   1   1    5   0   0    1    2  .429
Ted Simmons            4   14    2    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .286
George Hendrick        4   11    4    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    3  .273
Lou Brock              3    9    2    2   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .222
Garry Templeton        4   15    3    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .200
Mike Tyson             3    8    0    0   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .000
Tom Grieve             1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Dimmel            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dane Iorg              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Ken Oberkfell          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      32
  K. Griffey (CIN)         32
  S. Garvey (LA)           29
  J. Morgan (CIN)          29
  B. Russell (LA)          29
  D. Driessen (CIN)        28
  D. Baker (LA)            27
  G. Foster (CIN)          27
  D. Lopes (LA)            27
  G. Richards (SD)         27

Runs Scored:

  J. Clark (SF)             6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6
  J. Cruz (HOU)             6
  G. Maddox (PHI)           6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  D. Parker (PIT)           6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  D. Driessen (CIN)         5
  S. Garvey (LA)            5
  M. Hargrove (SD)          5

Hits:

  B. Russell (LA)          14
  G. Foster (CIN)          12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12
  J. Morgan (CIN)          11
  D. Winfield (SD)         11
  S. Garvey (LA)           10
  J. Royster (ATL)         10
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  K. Reitz (STL)            4
  R. Knight (CIN)           3
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  C. Speier (MON)           3
  D. Baker (LA)             2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  J. Clark (SF)             2

Triples:

  T. Scott (STL)            2
  A. Ashby (HOU)            1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  J. Cruz (HOU)             1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  G. Foster (CIN)           1
  P. Garner (PIT)           1
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         1
  K. Hernandez (STL)        1
  G. Maddox (PHI)           1

Home Runs:

  B. Bonnell (ATL)          2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  M. Ivie (SF)              2
  D. Murphy (ATL)           2
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          2
  J. Bench (CIN)            1
  B. Boone (PHI)            1
  L. Brock (STL)            1
  G. Carter (MON)           1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  A. Ashby (HOU)            6
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  J. Ferguson (LA)          6
  B. Russell (LA)           6
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       5

Stolen Bases:

  J. Cruz (HOU)             4
  E. Cabell (HOU)           3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  E. Valentine (MON)        3
  R. Cey (LA)               2
  K. Griffey (CIN)          2
  S. Henderson (NY)         2
  G. Richards (SD)          2
  J. Royster (ATL)          2
  R. Scott (MON)            2

Caught Stealing:

  B. North (SF)             2
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  E. Cabell (HOU)           1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  R. Cey (LA)               1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  D. Evans (SF)             1
  S. Garvey (LA)            1
  S. Henderson (NY)         1

Walks:

  R. Cey (LA)               7
  D. Lopes (LA)             7
  R. Scott (MON)            7
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  J. Clark (SF)             6
  G. Tenace (SD)            6
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        5
  J. Cruz (HOU)             5
  J. Ferguson (LA)          5
  G. Foster (CIN)           5

Strikeouts:

  D. Baker (LA)             8
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  B. Foote (CHI)            7
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  R. Cey (LA)               6
  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  R. Monday (LA)            6
  L. Parrish (MON)          6
  T. Perez (MON)            6
  G. Richards (SD)          6

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