Sunday April 15, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 15, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       392   54   113   22    5    8    52   13    2   37    55  .288
Pittsburgh       310   41    88   16    5    9    34    6    5   16    43  .284
St. Louis        261   40    71   17    3    5    37    7    2   23    40  .272
New York         256   31    66   12    2    3    31    8    4   22    41  .258
Atlanta          321   44    80    6    0    9    38    5    5   32    53  .249
Philadelphia     246   28    61   15    1    7    27    5    3   20    29  .248
Chicago          167   15    41   13    0    2    14    1    1   23    25  .246
Los Angeles      366   43    87   16    0    7    40    9    3   38    64  .238
Houston          319   44    75   14    3    4    43   16    6   23    53  .235
Montreal         251   23    59   10    2    4    19    9    5   22    50  .235
San Francisco    354   51    82   10    4    5    46    5    4   40    49  .232
San Diego        372   37    84   20    3    3    32    5    3   41    54  .226

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Mazzilli (NY)         7   29    6   13   3   0   2    7   2   1    5    4  .448
Ken Reitz (STL)           8   25    1   11   5   0   0    7   1   0    3    2  .440
Tony Scott (STL)          8   33    5   14   1   2   0    7   3   1    0    6  .424
Dave Winfield (SD)       11   41    6   17   4   0   2    5   1   1    6    6  .415
George Foster (CIN)      11   42    6   17   2   1   2   13   0   0    6    7  .405
Bill Russell (LA)        11   43    4   17   3   0   1    6   0   1    5    2  .395
Garry Maddox (PHI)        8   28    7   11   2   1   2    4   1   0    1    1  .393
Jerry Royster (ATL)      10   36    6   14   2   0   0    5   4   0    4    5  .389
Joe Morgan (CIN)          9   38    8   14   4   1   1    2   4   0    5    4  .368
Steve Henderson (NY)      7   30    4   11   1   0   0    5   3   1    1    6  .367

 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         10   36    6   14   2   0   0    5   4   0    4    5  .389
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Barry Bonnell         10   32    7   10   1   0   4   10   0   1    4    2  .313
Dale Murphy           10   36    7   11   0   0   3    6   0   0    3    7  .306
Mike Lum               9   32    5    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    4  .250
Rowland Office         9    8    3    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .250
Gary Matthews         10   40    3    9   0   0   1    6   1   0    1    5  .225
Pepe Frias            10   27    2    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .222
Glenn Hubbard         10   37    4    8   0   0   0    2   0   2    6    5  .216
Jeff Burroughs        10   31    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    8    8  .129
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        5   18    0    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .333
Gene Clines            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dave Kingman           5   19    2    6   1   0   2    6   0   0    2    3  .316
Ivan DeJesus           5   23    3    7   4   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .304
Jerry Martin           5   20    1    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .300
Ted Sizemore           5   17    3    5   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    0  .294
Bobby Murcer           5   16    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    0  .250
Bill Buckner           5   20    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .150
Barry Foote            5   15    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    9  .067
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
Sam Mejias             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         11   42    6   17   2   1   2   13   0   0    6    7  .405
Joe Morgan             9   38    8   14   4   1   1    2   4   0    5    4  .368
Ken Griffey           11   48    7   17   7   0   0    4   2   0    3    5  .354
Dave Concepcion       11   50    9   17   0   2   1    8   2   0    1    0  .340
Junior Kennedy         4    9    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    1  .333
Ray Knight            10   34    4   11   4   0   0    2   0   0    5    3  .324
Dan Driessen          11   43    5   12   3   0   2    9   2   1    5    7  .279
Vic Correll            2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Arturo DeFreitas       5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Cesar Geronimo        11   39    5    8   1   1   0    4   1   0    4    5  .205
Johnny Bench          10   35    4    7   0   0   1    5   2   0    8    7  .200
Champ Summers          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .200
Rick Auerbach          4   11    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .182
Dave Collins           5    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeffrey Leonard        5    7    4    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    2  .571
Cesar Cedeno           8   26    5    9   4   0   1    5   0   1    0    4  .346
Terry Puhl            10   41    9   13   0   0   0    1   3   2    2    3  .317
Jose Cruz             10   32   10   10   2   1   2   10   6   0    7    5  .313
Enos Cabell           10   36    5   10   2   0   0    9   6   2    2    4  .278
Alan Ashby             8   26    2    7   0   1   0    6   0   0    1    8  .269
Bruce Bochy            3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Craig Reynolds        10   38    3    7   2   1   0    0   0   1    0    3  .184
Bob Watson            10   33    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    7  .182
Art Howe              10   35    2    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .171
Rafael Landestoy       9    4    1    0   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .000
Jesus Alou             3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Denny Walling          1    3    0    0   0   0   0    2   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          11   43    4   17   3   0   1    6   0   1    5    2  .395
Gary Thomasson         8   18    2    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    1  .333
Rick Monday            8   27    2    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .296
Dusty Baker           11   41    6   11   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .268
Steve Garvey          11   46    6   12   2   0   1    5   1   1    0    3  .261
Joe Ferguson           9   28    4    7   2   0   1    9   0   0    5    6  .250
Von Joshua             5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Ron Cey               11   39    5    8   1   0   1    4   3   1    8   13  .205
Davey Lopes           11   43    8    8   3   0   1    1   1   0    8    9  .186
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          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    1   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            4    4    3    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .750
Jim Mason              1    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Chris Speier           7   23    2    8   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .348
Rodney Scott           7   25    2    8   2   0   0    3   3   3    8    5  .320
Andre Dawson           7   33    4    9   2   1   2    7   1   1    0    6  .273
Gary Carter            7   24    2    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .250
Warren Cromartie       7   34    2    8   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    3  .235
Tony Solaita           4    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Larry Parrish          6   22    2    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    6  .182
Ellis Valentine        7   31    1    4   0   0   0    1   3   1    2    4  .129
Tony Perez             6   24    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    9  .125
Ken Macha              2    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Tommy Hutton           5    3    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
Alex Trevino           1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Gil Flores             3    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .667
Lee Mazzilli           7   29    6   13   3   0   2    7   2   1    5    4  .448
Bruce Boisclair        4    5    0    2   0   1   0    0   0   1    0    1  .400
Steve Henderson        7   30    4   11   1   0   0    5   3   1    1    6  .367
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Joel Youngblood        5   12    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .250
Richie Hebner          7   27    4    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    2    2  .222
Kelvin Chapman         7   30    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .200
Doug Flynn             7   27    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    3  .185
Willie Montanez        7   27    3    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .185
John Stearns           6   24    4    4   1   0   0    2   2   0    1    2  .167
Ron Hodges             4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .143
Ed Kranepool           4    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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              3    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Garry Maddox           8   28    7   11   2   1   2    4   1   0    1    1  .393
Manny Trillo           8   27    2    9   2   0   0    4   0   1    1    2  .333
Greg Luzinski          8   23    2    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    6    6  .304
Pete Rose              8   30    2    8   3   0   0    1   1   0    3    2  .267
Mike Schmidt           8   23    4    6   1   0   3    9   0   0    5    3  .261
Larry Bowa             8   29    5    7   2   0   0    0   2   1    2    2  .241
Bob Boone              7   21    2    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .238
Tim McCarver           3    7    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .143
Bake McBride           8   30    1    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    4  .133
Lonnie Smith           1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Greg Gross             5    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Pete Mackanin          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            8   17    6    9   2   1   2    8   1   1    2    1  .529
Ed Ott                 6   23    2    9   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    4  .391
Willie Stargell        5   18    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .333
Lee Lacy               4    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Dale Berra             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Omar Moreno            9   31    3   10   0   1   0    2   3   2    4    1  .323
Frank Taveras          9   36    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .306
Steve Nicosia          4   14    1    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .286
Phil Garner            9   33    5    9   2   1   1    2   0   1    2    8  .273
Dave Parker            9   32   11    8   2   1   1    3   0   0    3    5  .250
Bill Robinson          9   35    5    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .229
Rennie Stennett        9   34    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .177
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

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield         11   41    6   17   4   0   2    5   1   1    6    6  .415
Bill Fahey             4    5    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Broderick Perkins      8   12    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Fernando Gonzalez     11   42    5   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    2    4  .262
Jerry Turner          11   39    1   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    6  .256
Mike Hargrove         10   32    7    8   3   0   0    2   0   1    9    5  .250
Gene Tenace           10   28    3    7   0   1   0    2   0   1    9    8  .250
Kurt Bevacqua          5    4    3    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    3    1  .250
Gene Richards         11   49    5   11   2   1   0    3   2   0    2    9  .225
Barry Evans           10   39    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .128
Ozzie Smith           11   45    2    5   3   0   0    3   1   0    2    2  .111
Dan Briggs             4    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Fred Kendall           2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Don Reynolds           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bill Almon             4    1    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
Rob Andrews            2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Willie McCovey         4    4    0    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .750
Johnnie Lemaster       3    7    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .429
Terry Whitfield       11   41    8   14   4   0   0    5   0   1    3    3  .342
Mike Ivie             11   40    6   13   1   1   2    7   1   0    4    6  .325
Jack Clark            11   38    9   12   2   1   1    5   0   0    7    6  .316
Darrell Evans         11   41    5   12   1   0   1    8   0   1    4    2  .293
John Tamargo           4    4    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Roger Metzger         10   31    3    6   0   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .194
Billy North           10   35    6    6   0   0   0    3   2   2    9    8  .171
Bill Madlock          11   42    4    6   0   1   0    9   1   0    3    3  .143
Marc Hill             10   34    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .118
Larry Herndon          9    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Mike Sadek             3    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Hector Cruz            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Max Venable            4    1    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
Bernie Carbo           3    1    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Mike Phillips          2    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ken Reitz              8   25    1   11   5   0   0    7   1   0    3    2  .440
Tony Scott             8   33    5   14   1   2   0    7   3   1    0    6  .424
Mike Dimmel            5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Ted Simmons            8   30    5    9   3   0   1    2   0   0    3    0  .300
Keith Hernandez        8   31    5    9   3   1   2   11   0   0    2    8  .290
Ken Oberkfell          5    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Garry Templeton        8   33    6    8   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .242
Mike Tyson             7   18    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .222
George Hendrick        8   28    7    6   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    6  .214
Lou Brock              7   20    2    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    5  .200
Dane Iorg              6    8    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .125
Tom Grieve             4    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Roger Freed            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Steve Swisher          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      50
  G. Richards (SD)         49
  K. Griffey (CIN)         48
  S. Garvey (LA)           46
  O. Smith (SD)            45
  D. Driessen (CIN)        43
  D. Lopes (LA)            43
  B. Russell (LA)          43
  G. Foster (CIN)          42
  F. Gonzalez (SD)         42

Runs Scored:

  D. Parker (PIT)          11
  J. Cruz (HOU)            10
  J. Clark (SF)             9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       9
  T. Puhl (HOU)             9
  D. Lopes (LA)             8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  T. Whitfield (SF)         8
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7

Hits:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  B. Russell (LA)          17
  D. Winfield (SD)         17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  J. Royster (ATL)         14
  T. Scott (STL)           14
  T. Whitfield (SF)        14
  M. Ivie (SF)             13

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  K. Reitz (STL)            5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  R. Knight (CIN)           4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  T. Whitfield (SF)         4
  D. Winfield (SD)          4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3
  M. Hargrove (SD)          3

Triples:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  T. Scott (STL)            2
  A. Ashby (HOU)            1
  K. Bevacqua (SD)          1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  K. Chapman (NY)           1
  J. Clark (SF)             1
  J. Cruz (HOU)             1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  G. Foster (CIN)           1

Home Runs:

  B. Bonnell (ATL)          4
  D. Murphy (ATL)           3
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          3
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  K. Hernandez (STL)        2
  M. Ivie (SF)              2
  D. Kingman (CHI)          2

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       11
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         10
  J. Cruz (HOU)            10
  E. Cabell (HOU)           9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  J. Ferguson (LA)          9
  B. Madlock (SF)           9
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8

Stolen Bases:

  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  J. Cruz (HOU)             6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  J. Royster (ATL)          4
  R. Cey (LA)               3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3
  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  R. Scott (MON)            3
  T. Scott (STL)            3

Caught Stealing:

  R. Scott (MON)            3
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  B. North (SF)             2
  T. Puhl (HOU)             2
  B. Benedict (ATL)         1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1

Walks:

  M. Hargrove (SD)          9
  B. North (SF)             9
  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
  J. Cruz (HOU)             7

Strikeouts:

  R. Cey (LA)              13
  B. Foote (CHI)            9
  D. Lopes (LA)             9
  T. Perez (MON)            9
  G. Richards (SD)          9
  A. Ashby (HOU)            8
  D. Baker (LA)             8
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  P. Garner (PIT)           8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8

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