Tuesday April 17, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 17, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       427   61   126   28    5    8    59   14    2   42    63  .295
Pittsburgh       346   43    96   17    5   10    36    9    5   18    48  .278
Philadelphia     291   41    78   15    1   11    40    6    3   25    36  .268
St. Louis        295   43    78   18    3    6    39    7    2   28    45  .264
Atlanta          360   48    93    9    1   12    42    5    5   36    57  .258
New York         298   35    75   14    3    4    34    8    6   24    49  .252
Los Angeles      430   53   103   17    0   11    49   12    5   44    68  .240
Houston          387   54    91   14    4    5    53   17    7   29    60  .235
San Francisco    385   54    90   11    4    6    49    6    5   43    52  .234
Montreal         321   30    75   15    2    6    26   10    7   27    67  .234
San Diego        405   41    94   20    4    4    36    5    4   41    62  .232
Chicago          226   20    51   15    0    3    19    2    1   31    31  .226

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Garry Maddox (PHI)        9   33   10   15   2   1   3    8   2   0    1    2  .455
Lee Mazzilli (NY)         8   35    6   15   4   0   2    8   2   1    5    6  .429
George Foster (CIN)      12   47    7   20   2   1   2   14   0   0    6    8  .426
Dave Winfield (SD)       12   45    7   19   4   1   2    6   1   1    6    6  .422
Steve Henderson (NY)      8   34    5   13   2   1   0    5   3   1    2    7  .382
Jerry Royster (ATL)      11   40    6   15   2   0   0    5   4   0    5    5  .375
Joe Morgan (CIN)         10   43    8   16   6   1   1    2   4   0    5    5  .372
Tony Scott (STL)          9   38    5   14   1   2   0    7   3   1    0    8  .368
Terry Whitfield (SF)     12   44    9   16   5   0   0    5   0   1    4    3  .364
Ken Griffey (CIN)        11   48    7   17   7   0   0    4   2   0    3    5  .354

 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         11   40    6   15   2   0   0    5   4   0    5    5  .375
Dale Murphy           11   39    9   13   0   0   5    8   0   0    5    7  .333
Rowland Office        10    9    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .333
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Barry Bonnell         11   37    8   11   1   1   4   10   0   1    4    2  .297
Mike Lum              10   37    5   10   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    5  .270
Pepe Frias            11   31    2    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .258
Gary Matthews         11   45    4   11   0   0   2    7   1   0    1    6  .244
Glenn Hubbard         11   41    4    8   0   0   0    2   0   2    7    5  .195
Jeff Burroughs        11   36    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    8    9  .139
Bob Beall              8    6    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          4    7    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .714
Steve Ontiveros        7   24    1    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .292
Dave Kingman           7   25    4    7   1   0   3    8   0   0    4    3  .280
Jerry Martin           7   26    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .269
Gene Clines            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Ivan DeJesus           7   31    3    7   4   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .226
Ted Sizemore           7   23    3    5   2   0   0    2   1   0    7    1  .217
Bobby Murcer           6   19    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    1  .211
Bill Buckner           7   28    4    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .179
Barry Foote            7   22    0    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1   11  .136
Larry Biittner         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Vail              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Tim Blackwell          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .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         12   47    7   20   2   1   2   14   0   0    6    8  .426
Joe Morgan            10   43    8   16   6   1   1    2   4   0    5    5  .372
Ken Griffey           11   48    7   17   7   0   0    4   2   0    3    5  .354
Dave Concepcion       12   52   10   18   1   2   1    9   2   0    4    0  .346
Ray Knight            11   38    5   13   4   0   0    3   1   0    5    3  .342
Junior Kennedy         4    9    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    1  .333
Champ Summers          5    9    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .333
Dan Driessen          12   47    6   13   4   0   2   11   2   1    5    9  .277
Arturo DeFreitas       5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Vic Correll            3    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Cesar Geronimo        12   43    5    8   1   1   0    4   1   0    4    5  .186
Johnny Bench          11   38    5    7   0   0   1    5   2   0    9    9  .184
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        7   11    6    5   1   1   0    2   1   0    5    4  .455
Cesar Cedeno           9   29    7   11   4   0   2    8   0   1    1    4  .379
Terry Puhl            12   50   12   16   0   0   0    1   3   3    3    4  .320
Enos Cabell           12   44    5   13   2   0   0   11   6   2    2    5  .296
Jose Cruz             12   39   11   11   2   1   2   12   7   0    8    5  .282
Bruce Bochy            3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Bob Watson            12   40    1    9   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    7  .225
Alan Ashby            10   32    2    7   0   1   0    6   0   0    2   10  .219
Rafael Landestoy      11    5    1    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .200
Craig Reynolds        12   46    5    9   2   1   0    0   0   1    0    3  .196
Art Howe              12   42    2    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .143
Jesus Alou             4    4    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           2    2    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          13   52    4   18   3   0   1    8   0   1    5    2  .346
Rick Monday            9   30    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .300
Dusty Baker           13   47    7   14   2   0   1    2   1   1    4    8  .298
Von Joshua             7    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .286
Steve Garvey          13   53    8   15   2   0   3    8   1   2    2    3  .283
Gary Thomasson        10   25    2    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .240
Joe Ferguson          10   31    4    7   2   0   1    9   0   0    5    6  .226
Davey Lopes           13   51   11   11   4   0   1    1   3   0    9   10  .216
Ron Cey               13   47    6    9   1   0   1    5   3   1    8   13  .192
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
Steve Yeager           6   13    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .154
Derrel Thomas          8   15    2    2   0   0   0    2   2   0    0    4  .133
Vic Davalillo          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Manny Mota             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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            5    5    3    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .600
Jim Mason              1    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Tony Solaita           5    6    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .333
Chris Speier           9   30    2    9   3   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .300
Andre Dawson           9   41    7   12   4   1   3    8   1   1    1    7  .293
Warren Cromartie       9   42    3   11   1   0   1    2   1   1    1    5  .262
Gary Carter            9   31    2    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    5  .258
Rodney Scott           9   35    2    9   2   0   0    4   3   3    8    7  .257
Larry Parrish          8   30    3    6   2   0   0    1   2   0    0    8  .200
Ellis Valentine        9   39    2    7   1   0   0    2   3   2    2    7  .180
Tony Perez             8   31    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2   10  .097
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              2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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             4    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Lee Mazzilli           8   35    6   15   4   0   2    8   2   1    5    6  .429
Steve Henderson        8   34    5   13   2   1   0    5   3   1    2    7  .382
Bruce Boisclair        5    9    1    3   0   1   0    0   0   2    0    2  .333
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Joel Youngblood        6   12    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .250
Richie Hebner          8   31    5    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    3    2  .226
Willie Montanez        8   32    4    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .219
Kelvin Chapman         8   33    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    5  .182
John Stearns           7   28    4    5   1   0   0    2   2   1    1    2  .179
Doug Flynn             8   32    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    4  .156
Ron Hodges             5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Ed Kranepool           5    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Tim Foli               2    2    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              4    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Garry Maddox           9   33   10   15   2   1   3    8   2   0    1    2  .455
Manny Trillo           9   32    3   11   2   0   0    4   0   1    1    3  .344
Greg Luzinski          9   28    2    8   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    8  .286
Mike Schmidt           9   28    6    8   1   0   4   10   0   0    6    4  .286
Larry Bowa             9   33    6    9   2   0   0    0   2   1    3    3  .273
Pete Rose              9   33    4    8   3   0   0    1   1   0    5    2  .242
Bob Boone              7   21    2    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .238
Bake McBride           9   36    3    8   0   0   2    6   1   1    1    4  .222
Tim McCarver           4   11    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .182
Greg Gross             6    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Lonnie Smith           2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Pete Mackanin          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dave Rader             1    1    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        6   22    1    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .364
Omar Moreno           10   34    3   11   0   1   0    2   5   2    5    1  .324
Lee Lacy               5    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .286
Dave Parker           10   36   11   10   2   1   1    3   0   0    3    6  .278
Steve Nicosia          5   18    1    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .278
Frank Taveras         10   41    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .268
Bill Robinson         10   39    6   10   3   0   2    6   1   0    2    6  .256
Phil Garner           10   37    6    9   2   1   1    2   0   1    3    8  .243
Rennie Stennett       10   35    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .171
Dale Berra             4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
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         12   45    7   19   4   1   2    6   1   1    6    6  .422
Kurt Bevacqua          6    5    3    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    3    1  .400
Bill Fahey             4    5    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Broderick Perkins      9   13    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .308
Jerry Turner          12   43    1   12   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    7  .279
Fernando Gonzalez     12   46    5   12   2   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .261
Gene Tenace           11   31    4    8   0   1   1    4   0   1    9    9  .258
Mike Hargrove         11   35    7    9   3   0   0    2   0   1    9    6  .257
Gene Richards         12   53    5   11   2   1   0    3   2   1    2   10  .208
Ozzie Smith           12   49    3    6   3   0   0    3   1   0    2    2  .122
Barry Evans           11   41    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .122
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             5    1    1    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         5    5    0    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
Johnnie Lemaster       3    7    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .429
Terry Whitfield       12   44    9   16   5   0   0    5   0   1    4    3  .364
Jack Clark            12   42    9   13   2   1   1    5   0   0    7    6  .310
Mike Ivie             12   44    6   13   1   1   2    7   1   0    4    8  .296
Darrell Evans         12   45    5   12   1   0   1    8   0   1    4    2  .267
John Tamargo           4    4    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Billy North           11   38    6    8   0   0   0    4   3   3   10    8  .211
Roger Metzger         11   35    4    7   0   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .200
Bill Madlock          12   45    5    7   0   1   1   11   1   0    4    3  .156
Marc Hill             11   38    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .132
Larry Herndon         10    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
Mike Phillips          3    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bernie Carbo           4    2    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Ken Reitz              9   29    2   12   6   0   0    7   1   0    3    2  .414
Tony Scott             9   38    5   14   1   2   0    7   3   1    0    8  .368
Mike Dimmel            5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Ted Simmons            9   33    6   10   3   0   2    4   0   0    4    0  .303
Keith Hernandez        9   34    6    9   3   1   2   11   0   0    4    8  .265
Garry Templeton        9   38    6   10   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .263
Mike Tyson             8   20    1    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .250
Ken Oberkfell          5    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
George Hendrick        9   31    7    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .226
Lou Brock              8   21    2    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    6  .191
Tom Grieve             5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .125
Dane Iorg              7    9    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .111
Roger Freed            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Steve Swisher          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Garvey (LA)           53
  G. Richards (SD)         53
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      52
  B. Russell (LA)          52
  D. Lopes (LA)            51
  T. Puhl (HOU)            50
  O. Smith (SD)            49
  K. Griffey (CIN)         48
  D. Baker (LA)            47
  R. Cey (LA)              47

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            12
  J. Cruz (HOU)            11
  D. Lopes (LA)            11
  D. Parker (PIT)          11
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      10
  G. Maddox (PHI)          10
  J. Clark (SF)             9
  D. Murphy (ATL)           9
  T. Whitfield (SF)         9
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          8

Hits:

  G. Foster (CIN)          20
  D. Winfield (SD)         19
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      18
  B. Russell (LA)          18
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16
  T. Puhl (HOU)            16
  T. Whitfield (SF)        16
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  G. Maddox (PHI)          15

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  K. Reitz (STL)            6
  T. Whitfield (SF)         5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  A. Dawson (MON)           4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         4
  R. Knight (CIN)           4
  D. Lopes (LA)             4

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  D. Murphy (ATL)           5
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  S. Garvey (LA)            3
  D. Kingman (CHI)          3
  G. Maddox (PHI)           3
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          14
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  E. Cabell (HOU)          11
  D. Driessen (CIN)        11
  K. Hernandez (STL)       11
  B. Madlock (SF)          11
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         10
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         10
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       9
  J. Ferguson (LA)          9

Stolen Bases:

  J. Cruz (HOU)             7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  O. Moreno (PIT)           5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  J. Royster (ATL)          4
  R. Cey (LA)               3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  B. North (SF)             3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3

Caught Stealing:

  B. North (SF)             3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  R. Scott (MON)            3
  B. Boisclair (NY)         2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  S. Garvey (LA)            2
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  E. Valentine (MON)        2
  D. Baker (LA)             1

Walks:

  B. North (SF)            10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  M. Hargrove (SD)          9
  D. Lopes (LA)             9
  G. Tenace (SD)            9
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  R. Cey (LA)               8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8
  R. Scott (MON)            8
  J. Clark (SF)             7

Strikeouts:

  R. Cey (LA)              13
  B. Foote (CHI)           11
  A. Ashby (HOU)           10
  D. Lopes (LA)            10
  T. Perez (MON)           10
  G. Richards (SD)         10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        9
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  G. Tenace (SD)            9

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