Thursday April 12, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 12, 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
Pittsburgh       205   23    58   10    3    6    19    3    2    9    23  .283
New York         191   26    52   11    2    2    26    6    4   16    28  .272
St. Louis        148   21    40   10    3    5    21    5    1   14    22  .270
Chicago          105   10    28    8    0    1    10    1    0   19    19  .267
Philadelphia     182   19    46   12    1    6    18    3    2   13    20  .253
Montreal         193   20    48    9    2    3    16    7    3   20    42  .249
San Francisco    233   37    57    8    2    4    34    3    3   27    28  .245
Los Angeles      267   32    62   13    0    6    31    7    3   28    50  .232
Atlanta          225   26    52    4    0    7    22    3    3   22    41  .231
San Diego        241   21    53   13    1    3    18    5    2   31    37  .220
Houston          179   23    39    9    2    1    23    8    4   12    25  .218

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)        7   25    5   13   2   0   2    4   1   1    6    3  .520
Garry Maddox (PHI)        6   21    7   10   2   1   2    4   1   0    0    1  .476
Lee Mazzilli (NY)         5   22    5   10   2   0   1    4   2   1    4    2  .455
George Foster (CIN)       7   27    3   12   2   1   1   10   0   0    5    3  .444
Bill Russell (LA)         8   33    3   14   3   0   1    6   0   1    2    1  .424
Ray Knight (CIN)          6   19    4    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .421
Mike Ivie (SF)            7   25    6   10   1   0   2    5   1   0    4    3  .400
Jerry Royster (ATL)       7   25    2   10   1   0   0    1   2   0    2    3  .400
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)        6   23    5    9   4   0   1    5   0   1    0    3  .391
Keith Hernandez (STL)     5   18    5    7   2   1   2    6   0   0    1    4  .389

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Royster          7   25    2   10   1   0   0    1   2   0    2    3  .400
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Barry Bonnell          7   23    4    7   1   0   3    7   0   1    3    2  .304
Dale Murphy            7   24    6    7   0   0   3    3   0   0    3    5  .292
Gary Matthews          7   29    3    8   0   0   1    4   1   0    0    3  .276
Glenn Hubbard          7   25    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   2    5    5  .200
Mike Lum               7   25    3    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Rowland Office         6    5    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .200
Pepe Frias             7   19    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .158
Jeff Burroughs         7   20    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    7    8  .100
Bob Beall              6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    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         2    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   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           8   33    3   14   3   0   1    6   0   1    2    1  .424
Steve Garvey           8   33    6   11   2   0   1    5   1   1    0    3  .333
Ron Cey                8   27    4    8   1   0   1    4   2   1    7    7  .296
Dusty Baker            8   31    4    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .258
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
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
Davey Lopes            8   30    6    5   2   0   1    1   0   0    8    6  .167
Derrel Thomas          7   13    1    1   0   0   0    2   2   0    0    4  .077
Steve Yeager           5   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Gary Thomasson         5    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Vic Davalillo          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Manny Mota             2    2    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           5   22    5   10   2   0   1    4   2   1    4    2  .455
Joel Youngblood        3    5    2    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    0  .400
Steve Henderson        5   22    3    7   1   0   0    4   2   1    1    5  .318
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Kelvin Chapman         5   22    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    3  .273
Richie Hebner          5   22    4    5   2   0   1    5   0   0    2    2  .227
Doug Flynn             5   20    1    4   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .200
Willie Montanez        5   21    3    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .191
John Stearns           5   20    3    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .150
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
Del Unser              2    1    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Garry Maddox           6   21    7   10   2   1   2    4   1   0    0    1  .476
Bob Boone              5   13    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .308
Manny Trillo           6   20    0    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    1  .300
Mike Schmidt           6   17    3    5   1   0   2    6   0   0    3    2  .294
Pete Rose              6   22    1    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .273
Larry Bowa             6   23    3    6   2   0   0    0   1   1    1    2  .261
Greg Luzinski          6   18    1    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    4    5  .222
Tim McCarver           3    7    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .143
Bake McBride           6   20    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .100
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

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Milner            5    8    2    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .625
Ed Ott                 4   15    1    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .467
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
Phil Garner            6   22    4    7   2   1   1    2   0   0    0    5  .318
Frank Taveras          6   26    2    7   2   0   0    0   2   1    0    2  .269
Omar Moreno            6   21    1    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    1  .238
Dave Parker            6   21    7    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    3  .238
Bill Robinson          6   22    3    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .227
Steve Nicosia          3    9    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .222
Rennie Stennett        6   22    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .182
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          7   25    5   13   2   0   2    4   1   1    6    3  .520
Broderick Perkins      4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Gene Tenace            6   17    2    5   0   1   0    1   0   1    8    5  .294
Jerry Turner           7   28    1    8   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    4  .286
Mike Hargrove          7   26    6    7   3   0   0    2   0   0    6    5  .269
Gene Richards          7   32    3    7   2   0   0    2   2   0    2    7  .219
Fernando Gonzalez      7   28    2    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    2  .214
Barry Evans            7   27    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .111
Ozzie Smith            7   30    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          4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Bill Almon             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000
Dan Briggs             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Don Reynolds           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   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              7   25    6   10   1   0   2    5   1   0    4    3  .400
John Tamargo           3    3    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Darrell Evans          7   28    3    9   1   0   1    7   0   1    2    2  .321
Jack Clark             7   24    7    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .292
Roger Metzger          7   21    3    6   0   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .286
Terry Whitfield        7   27    4    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    2  .259
Billy North            7   28    2    5   0   0   0    3   0   2    4    5  .179
Marc Hill              7   23    3    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .130
Bill Madlock           7   29    4    3   0   1   0    4   1   0    2    2  .103
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          5    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             5   18    3    9   1   2   0    5   2   1    0    4  .500
Ken Oberkfell          2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Ken Reitz              5   15    0    7   4   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .467
Keith Hernandez        5   18    5    7   2   1   2    6   0   0    1    4  .389
Ted Simmons            5   18    2    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .278
Lou Brock              4   13    2    3   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    2  .231
Garry Templeton        5   19    3    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .211
George Hendrick        5   15    4    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .200
Mike Tyson             4   10    0    0   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .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              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Garvey (LA)           33
  B. Russell (LA)          33
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      32
  K. Griffey (CIN)         32
  G. Richards (SD)         32
  D. Baker (LA)            31
  D. Lopes (LA)            30
  O. Smith (SD)            30
  B. Madlock (SF)          29
  G. Matthews (ATL)        29

Runs Scored:

  J. Clark (SF)             7
  G. Maddox (PHI)           7
  D. Parker (PIT)           7
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6
  J. Cruz (HOU)             6
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  M. Hargrove (SD)          6
  M. Ivie (SF)              6
  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6

Hits:

  B. Russell (LA)          14
  D. Winfield (SD)         13
  G. Foster (CIN)          12
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12
  S. Garvey (LA)           11
  J. Morgan (CIN)          11
  M. Ivie (SF)             10
  G. Maddox (PHI)          10
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         10
  J. Royster (ATL)         10

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  K. Reitz (STL)            4
  M. Hargrove (SD)          3
  R. Knight (CIN)           3
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  C. Speier (MON)           3
  D. Baker (LA)             2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2

Triples:

  T. Scott (STL)            2
  A. Ashby (HOU)            1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  K. Chapman (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

Home Runs:

  B. Bonnell (ATL)          3
  D. Murphy (ATL)           3
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  K. Hernandez (STL)        2
  M. Ivie (SF)              2
  G. Maddox (PHI)           2
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          2
  D. Winfield (SD)          2
  J. Bench (CIN)            1
  B. Boone (PHI)            1

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          7
  D. Driessen (CIN)         7
  D. Evans (SF)             7
  A. Ashby (HOU)            6
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  J. Ferguson (LA)          6
  K. Hernandez (STL)        6
  B. Russell (LA)           6

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
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          2
  G. Richards (SD)          2
  J. Royster (ATL)          2

Caught Stealing:

  G. Hubbard (ATL)          2
  B. North (SF)             2
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1
  E. Cabell (HOU)           1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  R. Cey (LA)               1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  D. Evans (SF)             1

Walks:

  D. Lopes (LA)             8
  G. Tenace (SD)            8
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        7
  R. Cey (LA)               7
  R. Scott (MON)            7
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  J. Clark (SF)             6
  M. Hargrove (SD)          6
  D. Winfield (SD)          6
  J. Cruz (HOU)             5

Strikeouts:

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

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