Friday April 13, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 13, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       286   42    85   20    3    6    40   10    0   30    39  .297
Pittsburgh       238   30    67   12    3    8    24    3    3   11    31  .282
St. Louis        183   27    50   13    3    5    26    5    2   16    31  .273
New York         191   26    52   11    2    2    26    6    4   16    28  .272
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    264   45    65    9    3    5    41    3    3   32    36  .246
Atlanta          258   28    63    4    0    7    24    3    4   25    44  .244
Los Angeles      301   33    70   14    0    6    32    7    3   29    56  .233
Houston          217   30    49   11    2    2    29    9    4   15    31  .226
San Diego        276   23    62   16    1    3    20    5    2   32    40  .225

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Scott (STL)          6   22    4   12   1   2   0    6   2   1    0    5  .546
Dave Winfield (SD)        8   29    6   15   3   0   2    4   1   1    6    3  .517
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
Bill Russell (LA)         9   37    3   15   3   0   1    6   0   1    2    2  .405
George Foster (CIN)       8   30    3   12   2   1   1   11   0   0    5    4  .400
Jerry Royster (ATL)       8   30    3   12   1   0   0    1   2   0    2    3  .400
Chris Speier (MON)        5   18    2    7   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .389
Mike Ivie (SF)            8   29    6   11   1   0   2    6   1   0    4    4  .379
Joe Morgan (CIN)          7   29    6   11   4   0   0    1   3   0    5    4  .379

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bruce Benedict         1    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .667
Jerry Royster          8   30    3   12   1   0   0    1   2   0    2    3  .400
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy            8   28    6    9   0   0   3    4   0   0    3    6  .321
Barry Bonnell          8   25    4    7   1   0   3    7   0   1    4    2  .280
Gary Matthews          8   33    3    8   0   0   1    5   1   0    0    3  .242
Pepe Frias             8   23    0    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .217
Glenn Hubbard          8   29    3    6   0   0   0    1   0   2    5    5  .207
Mike Lum               7   25    3    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Rowland Office         7    6    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .167
Jeff Burroughs         8   23    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    8    8  .130
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          8   30    3   12   2   1   1   11   0   0    5    4  .400
Joe Morgan             7   29    6   11   4   0   0    1   3   0    5    4  .379
Ray Knight             7   22    4    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .364
Dave Concepcion        8   36    8   13   0   1   1    6   1   0    1    0  .361
Ken Griffey            8   36    5   13   6   0   0    3   2   0    2    4  .361
Dan Driessen           8   32    5   11   3   0   2    9   2   0    3    5  .344
Arturo DeFreitas       5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Cesar Geronimo         8   30    3    6   1   1   0    3   1   0    2    5  .200
Junior Kennedy         3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Johnny Bench           8   27    4    5   0   0   1    2   1   0    8    6  .185
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
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
Jeffrey Leonard        2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500
Cesar Cedeno           7   25    5    9   4   0   1    5   0   1    0    4  .360
Bruce Bochy            2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Alan Ashby             6   19    2    6   0   1   0    6   0   0    1    4  .316
Enos Cabell            7   26    5    8   2   0   0    7   4   1    1    2  .308
Jose Cruz              7   20    8    6   2   1   0    2   4   0    6    3  .300
Terry Puhl             7   29    3    7   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    2  .241
Art Howe               7   22    2    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .182
Bob Watson             7   21    1    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .143
Craig Reynolds         7   27    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .111
Jesus Alou             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rafael Landestoy       6    2    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Jimmy Sexton           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

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Russell           9   37    3   15   3   0   1    6   0   1    2    2  .405
Von Joshua             4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Steve Garvey           9   37    6   12   2   0   1    5   1   1    0    3  .324
Dusty Baker            9   35    4   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .286
Rick Monday            6   21    1    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .286
Ron Cey                9   31    4    8   1   0   1    4   2   1    7    9  .258
Joe Ferguson           7   21    3    4   1   0   1    6   0   0    5    6  .191
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
Davey Lopes            9   34    6    5   2   0   1    1   0   0    8    7  .147
Gary Thomasson         6   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .100
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
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            6   11    4    7   2   1   2    6   0   0    1    0  .636
Lee Lacy               3    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Ed Ott                 5   19    1    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    3  .368
Willie Stargell        4   17    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .353
Phil Garner            7   26    4    8   2   1   1    2   0   1    0    7  .308
Frank Taveras          7   30    3    9   2   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .300
Dave Parker            7   24    9    6   1   1   1    2   0   0    3    4  .250
Omar Moreno            7   25    2    6   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    1  .240
Steve Nicosia          3    9    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .222
Bill Robinson          7   26    3    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .192
Rennie Stennett        7   25    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .160
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          8   29    6   15   3   0   2    4   1   1    6    3  .517
Gene Tenace            7   20    3    7   0   1   0    2   0   1    9    5  .350
Fernando Gonzalez      8   32    2    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .250
Jerry Turner           8   32    1    8   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    4  .250
Broderick Perkins      5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Mike Hargrove          8   30    6    7   3   0   0    2   0   0    6    5  .233
Gene Richards          8   36    3    7   2   0   0    2   2   0    2    9  .194
Barry Evans            8   31    1    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .161
Ozzie Smith            8   34    0    1   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .029
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
Dan Briggs             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bill Almon             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .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              8   29    6   11   1   0   2    6   1   0    4    4  .379
John Tamargo           3    3    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Jack Clark             8   28    9    9   2   1   1    5   0   0    6    3  .321
Darrell Evans          8   30    4    9   1   0   1    7   0   1    4    2  .300
Terry Whitfield        8   31    6    9   3   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .290
Roger Metzger          8   25    3    6   0   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .240
Billy North            8   30    4    5   0   0   0    3   0   2    6    7  .167
Marc Hill              8   27    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .148
Bill Madlock           8   31    4    4   0   1   0    7   1   0    3    2  .129
Mike Sadek             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Hector Cruz            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Larry Herndon          6    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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             6   22    4   12   1   2   0    6   2   1    0    5  .546
Ken Reitz              6   18    1    9   4   0   0    5   0   0    1    2  .500
Keith Hernandez        6   21    5    7   2   1   2    6   0   0    2    5  .333
Dane Iorg              4    3    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Ken Oberkfell          3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Ted Simmons            6   22    4    7   2   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .318
George Hendrick        6   19    5    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .211
Garry Templeton        6   24    3    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    4  .167
Lou Brock              5   18    2    3   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    5  .167
Mike Tyson             5   13    1    1   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .077
Tom Grieve             2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Mike Dimmel            4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .000
Roger Freed            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bernie Carbo           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Phillips          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Garvey (LA)           37
  B. Russell (LA)          37
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      36
  K. Griffey (CIN)         36
  G. Richards (SD)         36
  D. Baker (LA)            35
  D. Lopes (LA)            34
  O. Smith (SD)            34
  G. Matthews (ATL)        33
  D. Driessen (CIN)        32

Runs Scored:

  J. Clark (SF)             9
  D. Parker (PIT)           9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8
  G. Maddox (PHI)           7
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  M. Hargrove (SD)          6
  M. Ivie (SF)              6
  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6

Hits:

  B. Russell (LA)          15
  D. Winfield (SD)         15
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      13
  K. Griffey (CIN)         13
  G. Foster (CIN)          12
  S. Garvey (LA)           12
  J. Royster (ATL)         12
  T. Scott (STL)           12
  D. Driessen (CIN)        11
  M. Ivie (SF)             11

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  K. Reitz (STL)            4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3
  M. Hargrove (SD)          3
  R. Knight (CIN)           3
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  C. Speier (MON)           3
  T. Whitfield (SF)         3

Triples:

  T. Scott (STL)            2
  A. Ashby (HOU)            1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  K. Chapman (NY)           1
  J. Clark (SF)             1
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       1
  J. Cruz (HOU)             1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  G. Foster (CIN)           1
  P. Garner (PIT)           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
  J. Milner (PIT)           2
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          2
  D. Winfield (SD)          2
  J. Bench (CIN)            1

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          11
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  D. Evans (SF)             7
  B. Madlock (SF)           7
  A. Ashby (HOU)            6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  J. Ferguson (LA)          6

Stolen Bases:

  E. Cabell (HOU)           4
  J. Cruz (HOU)             4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  E. Valentine (MON)        3
  R. Cey (LA)               2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  K. Griffey (CIN)          2
  S. Henderson (NY)         2
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          2
  G. Richards (SD)          2

Caught Stealing:

  G. Hubbard (ATL)          2
  B. North (SF)             2
  B. Benedict (ATL)         1
  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

Walks:

  G. Tenace (SD)            9
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  D. Lopes (LA)             8
  R. Cey (LA)               7
  R. Scott (MON)            7
  J. Clark (SF)             6
  J. Cruz (HOU)             6
  M. Hargrove (SD)          6
  B. North (SF)             6

Strikeouts:

  R. Cey (LA)               9
  G. Richards (SD)          9
  D. Baker (LA)             8
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  B. Foote (CHI)            7
  P. Garner (PIT)           7
  D. Lopes (LA)             7
  B. North (SF)             7
  J. Bench (CIN)            6
  J. Ferguson (LA)          6

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