Saturday April 14, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 14, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh       271   37    78   14    4    9    31    5    4   12    36  .288
Cincinnati       318   44    90   20    3    6    42   11    1   32    43  .283
New York         191   26    52   11    2    2    26    6    4   16    28  .272
St. Louis        216   31    56   14    3    5    29    5    2   20    33  .259
Philadelphia     182   19    46   12    1    6    18    3    2   13    20  .253
Chicago          137   10    34   10    0    1    10    1    0   21    20  .248
Atlanta          288   33    70    5    0    8    29    3    5   28    50  .243
Montreal         220   22    53   10    2    4    18    9    5   22    48  .241
San Francisco    290   47    69    9    4    5    43    4    3   35    38  .238
Los Angeles      329   39    77   15    0    6    36    8    3   34    60  .234
Houston          251   31    58   13    3    2    30    9    4   15    39  .231
San Diego        308   26    70   18    1    3    23    5    2   35    44  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)        9   33    6   16   4   0   2    5   1   1    6    4  .485
Lee Mazzilli (NY)         5   22    5   10   2   0   1    4   2   1    4    2  .455
Tony Scott (STL)          7   27    4   12   1   2   0    6   2   1    0    5  .444
George Foster (CIN)       9   34    4   13   2   1   1   11   0   0    5    4  .382
Jerry Royster (ATL)       9   34    3   13   1   0   0    2   2   0    2    5  .382
Rodney Scott (MON)        6   21    2    8   2   0   0    3   3   3    8    5  .381
Bill Russell (LA)        10   40    3   15   3   0   1    6   0   1    3    2  .375
Mike Ivie (SF)            9   32    6   12   1   1   2    7   1   0    4    4  .375
Dave Concepcion (CIN)     9   40    9   14   0   1   1    6   1   0    1    0  .350
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)        8   26    5    9   4   0   1    5   0   1    0    4  .346

 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
Charlie Spikes         3    2    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Jerry Royster          9   34    3   13   1   0   0    2   2   0    2    5  .382
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy            9   32    6   10   0   0   3    6   0   0    3    6  .313
Rowland Office         8    7    3    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    2  .286
Barry Bonnell          9   28    4    7   1   0   3    7   0   1    4    2  .250
Gary Matthews          9   37    3    9   0   0   1    5   1   0    0    4  .243
Mike Lum               8   27    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    3  .222
Pepe Frias             9   24    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .208
Glenn Hubbard          9   32    3    6   0   0   0    1   0   2    6    5  .188
Jeff Burroughs         9   27    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    8    8  .148
Bob Beall              7    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Darrel Chaney          6    3    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

 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
Steve Ontiveros        4   14    0    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .357
Ted Sizemore           4   14    2    5   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    0  .357
Dave Kingman           4   15    1    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .333
Gene Clines            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jerry Martin           4   16    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .313
Ivan DeJesus           4   19    2    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .263
Bobby Murcer           4   14    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .214
Bill Buckner           4   17    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .118
Barry Foote            4   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .083
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
Steve Dillard          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Foster          9   34    4   13   2   1   1   11   0   0    5    4  .382
Dave Concepcion        9   40    9   14   0   1   1    6   1   0    1    0  .350
Dan Driessen           9   35    5   12   3   0   2    9   2   1    4    6  .343
Joe Morgan             8   33    6   11   4   0   0    1   3   0    5    4  .333
Ken Griffey            9   40    5   13   6   0   0    3   2   0    2    5  .325
Ray Knight             8   26    4    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .308
Arturo DeFreitas       5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Johnny Bench           9   31    4    7   0   0   1    4   2   0    8    7  .226
Junior Kennedy         3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Cesar Geronimo         9   32    3    6   1   1   0    3   1   0    3    5  .188
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        3    5    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .600
Cesar Cedeno           8   26    5    9   4   0   1    5   0   1    0    4  .346
Bruce Bochy            2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Alan Ashby             7   22    2    6   0   1   0    6   0   0    1    7  .273
Enos Cabell            8   30    5    8   2   0   0    7   4   1    1    3  .267
Jose Cruz              8   24    8    6   2   1   0    2   4   0    6    4  .250
Terry Puhl             8   33    4    8   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    3  .242
Art Howe               8   26    2    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .231
Bob Watson             8   25    1    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .200
Craig Reynolds         8   31    1    5   1   1   0    0   0   1    0    2  .161
Jesus Alou             3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Rafael Landestoy       7    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          10   40    3   15   3   0   1    6   0   1    3    2  .375
Von Joshua             4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Steve Garvey          10   41    6   12   2   0   1    5   1   1    0    3  .293
Dusty Baker           10   38    5   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    8  .263
Rick Monday            7   23    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .261
Joe Ferguson           8   24    4    6   2   0   1    9   0   0    5    6  .250
Ron Cey               10   34    5    8   1   0   1    4   3   1    8   10  .235
Gary Thomasson         7   14    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .214
Davey Lopes           10   38    7    7   2   0   1    1   0   0    8    9  .184
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
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
Rodney Scott           6   21    2    8   2   0   0    3   3   3    8    5  .381
Chris Speier           6   20    2    7   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .350
Andre Dawson           6   29    4    9   2   1   2    7   1   1    0    5  .310
Gary Carter            6   22    2    6   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .273
Warren Cromartie       6   30    1    7   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .233
Larry Parrish          5   19    2    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    6  .211
Tony Solaita           4    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Tony Perez             5   20    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    8  .150
Ellis Valentine        6   27    1    2   0   0   0    1   3   1    2    4  .074
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            7   14    5    9   2   1   2    8   1   0    1    0  .643
Lee Lacy               3    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Ed Ott                 6   23    2    9   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    4  .391
Willie Stargell        4   17    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .353
Frank Taveras          8   34    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .324
Omar Moreno            8   28    3    8   0   0   0    1   2   2    3    1  .286
Phil Garner            8   30    4    8   2   1   1    2   0   1    0    7  .267
Dave Parker            8   27   10    7   2   1   1    3   0   0    3    5  .259
Steve Nicosia          3    9    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .222
Bill Robinson          8   30    4    6   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    4  .200
Rennie Stennett        8   29    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .172
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          9   33    6   16   4   0   2    5   1   1    6    4  .485
Gene Tenace            8   23    3    7   0   1   0    2   0   1    9    6  .304
Jerry Turner           9   35    1   10   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .286
Broderick Perkins      6    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .286
Fernando Gonzalez      9   36    2    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    4  .250
Mike Hargrove          9   30    6    7   3   0   0    2   0   0    7    5  .233
Gene Richards          9   40    4    9   2   0   0    2   2   0    2    9  .225
Barry Evans            9   35    1    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .143
Ozzie Smith            9   38    1    2   2   0   0    2   1   0    1    2  .053
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             3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bill Almon             4    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            2    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              9   32    6   12   1   1   2    7   1   0    4    4  .375
Jack Clark             9   30    9   10   2   1   1    5   0   0    7    4  .333
John Tamargo           3    3    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Darrell Evans          9   33    5   10   1   0   1    8   0   1    4    2  .303
Terry Whitfield        9   34    7   10   3   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .294
Roger Metzger          9   28    3    6   0   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .214
Billy North            9   33    4    5   0   0   0    3   1   2    7    7  .152
Marc Hill              9   30    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .133
Bill Madlock           9   35    4    4   0   1   0    7   1   0    3    2  .114
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          7    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             7   27    4   12   1   2   0    6   2   1    0    5  .444
Ken Reitz              7   21    1    9   4   0   0    5   0   0    2    2  .429
Ken Oberkfell          4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Keith Hernandez        7   25    5    8   2   1   2    8   0   0    2    5  .320
Ted Simmons            7   25    4    7   2   0   1    1   0   0    2    0  .280
George Hendrick        7   23    6    5   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    6  .217
Lou Brock              6   19    2    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    5  .211
Mike Tyson             6   16    1    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .188
Garry Templeton        7   27    4    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .185
Dane Iorg              5    7    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .143
Tom Grieve             3    4    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           2    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)           41
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      40
  K. Griffey (CIN)         40
  G. Richards (SD)         40
  B. Russell (LA)          40
  D. Baker (LA)            38
  D. Lopes (LA)            38
  O. Smith (SD)            38
  G. Matthews (ATL)        37
  F. Gonzalez (SD)         36

Runs Scored:

  D. Parker (PIT)          10
  J. Clark (SF)             9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       9
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8
  D. Lopes (LA)             7
  G. Maddox (PHI)           7
  T. Whitfield (SF)         7
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  M. Hargrove (SD)          6
  G. Hendrick (STL)         6

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         16
  B. Russell (LA)          15
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  G. Foster (CIN)          13
  K. Griffey (CIN)         13
  J. Royster (ATL)         13
  D. Driessen (CIN)        12
  S. Garvey (LA)           12
  M. Ivie (SF)             12
  T. Scott (STL)           12

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  K. Reitz (STL)            4
  D. Winfield (SD)          4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3
  M. Hargrove (SD)          3
  R. Knight (CIN)           3
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  C. Speier (MON)           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
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  K. Hernandez (STL)        2
  M. Ivie (SF)              2
  G. Maddox (PHI)           2
  J. Milner (PIT)           2
  E. Ott (PIT)              2
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          2

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          11
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  J. Ferguson (LA)          9
  D. Evans (SF)             8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  J. Milner (PIT)           8
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  A. Dawson (MON)           7
  M. Ivie (SF)              7

Stolen Bases:

  E. Cabell (HOU)           4
  J. Cruz (HOU)             4
  R. Cey (LA)               3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  R. Scott (MON)            3
  E. Valentine (MON)        3
  J. Bench (CIN)            2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  K. Griffey (CIN)          2
  S. Henderson (NY)         2

Caught Stealing:

  R. Scott (MON)            3
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           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

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  R. Cey (LA)              10
  D. Lopes (LA)             9
  G. Richards (SD)          9
  D. Baker (LA)             8
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  T. Perez (MON)            8
  A. Ashby (HOU)            7
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  B. Foote (CHI)            7
  P. Garner (PIT)           7


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