Wednesday April 18, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 18, 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       382   45   105   18    5   11    38    9    5   18    50  .275
St. Louis        346   46    91   20    3    6    42    7    3   29    53  .263
Philadelphia     325   44    85   17    1   13    43    7    3   27    41  .262
Atlanta          360   48    93    9    1   12    42    5    5   36    57  .258
New York         332   40    84   14    3    4    39    9    7   30    54  .253
Montreal         355   36    86   17    2    7    31   11    7   31    71  .242
Houston          416   58    99   15    4    5    56   18    9   34    65  .238
Los Angeles      461   53   109   18    0   11    49   12    5   45    70  .236
San Diego        440   48   103   22    5    4    43    5    4   46    64  .234
San Francisco    419   60    97   12    6    6    55    6    5   49    58  .232
Chicago          276   22    63   17    1    3    21    3    3   37    43  .228

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Mazzilli (NY)         9   39    6   18   4   0   2   10   3   1    6    7  .462
Garry Maddox (PHI)       10   37   10   16   2   1   3    8   2   0    1    2  .432
Dave Winfield (SD)       13   49    8   21   5   2   2    9   1   1    7    6  .429
George Foster (CIN)      12   47    7   20   2   1   2   14   0   0    6    8  .426
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
Ken Reitz (STL)          10   35    2   13   6   0   0    8   1   0    3    2  .371
Tony Scott (STL)         10   44    6   16   1   2   0    8   3   1    0    9  .364
Manny Trillo (PHI)       10   36    3   13   3   0   0    4   0   1    1    4  .361
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          5   13    2    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .539
Mike Vail              4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Dave Kingman           8   30    4    9   2   0   3   10   0   0    5    5  .300
Ivan DeJesus           8   36    4    9   4   0   0    0   0   2    2    9  .250
Steve Ontiveros        8   29    1    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .241
Ted Sizemore           8   27    4    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    7    2  .222
Jerry Martin           8   32    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .219
Bill Buckner           8   35    4    7   2   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .200
Bobby Murcer           7   20    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    1  .200
Gene Clines            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Barry Foote            8   26    0    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    1   11  .192
Larry Biittner         3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tim Blackwell          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .000
Steve Dillard          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    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          10   32    7   12   4   0   2    8   1   1    2    4  .375
Terry Puhl            13   54   12   18   0   0   0    1   3   5    4    5  .333
Enos Cabell           13   47    6   14   2   0   0   11   6   2    3    5  .298
Jose Cruz             13   42   12   12   3   1   2   14   7   0    8    6  .286
Bruce Bochy            3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Alan Ashby            11   34    2    8   0   1   0    7   0   0    3   11  .235
Bob Watson            13   44    1   10   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    7  .227
Rafael Landestoy      12    5    2    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .200
Craig Reynolds        13   51    5   10   2   1   0    0   0   1    0    3  .196
Art Howe              13   44    3    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .136
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          14   56    4   18   3   0   1    8   0   1    5    2  .321
Rick Monday            9   30    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .300
Dusty Baker           14   50    7   14   2   0   1    2   1   1    4    8  .280
Steve Garvey          14   57    8   15   2   0   3    8   1   2    2    4  .263
Von Joshua             8    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Gary Thomasson        11   29    2    7   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .241
Ron Cey               14   51    6   12   1   0   1    5   3   1    8   13  .235
Joe Ferguson          10   31    4    7   2   0   1    9   0   0    5    6  .226
Davey Lopes           14   55   11   11   4   0   1    1   3   0    9   10  .200
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
Derrel Thomas          9   17    2    3   0   0   0    2   2   0    1    4  .177
Steve Yeager           7   16    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .125
Vic Davalillo          4    4    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            6    6    4    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .667
Jim Mason              2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Andre Dawson          10   44    8   13   4   1   3    8   2   1    3    7  .296
Tony Solaita           6    7    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .286
Rodney Scott          10   39    2   11   2   0   0    6   3   3    9    8  .282
Chris Speier          10   32    3    9   3   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .281
Warren Cromartie      10   47    4   13   2   0   1    2   1   1    1    5  .277
Gary Carter           10   35    2    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    5  .229
Ellis Valentine       10   43    2    9   1   0   0    3   3   2    3    7  .209
Larry Parrish          9   34    4    7   2   0   0    1   2   0    0    8  .206
Tony Perez             9   35    2    5   0   0   2    4   0   0    2   11  .143
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             5    5    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .600
Lee Mazzilli           9   39    6   18   4   0   2   10   3   1    6    7  .462
Bruce Boisclair        6   10    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   2    0    2  .400
Steve Henderson        9   38    5   13   2   1   0    5   3   1    3    8  .342
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Joel Youngblood        7   14    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    1    1  .286
Ron Hodges             6    9    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .222
Richie Hebner          9   34    6    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    4    2  .206
Doug Flynn             9   36    4    7   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .194
Willie Montanez        9   36    5    7   2   0   1    3   0   1    5    6  .194
Kelvin Chapman         9   33    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    5  .182
John Stearns           8   32    5    5   1   0   0    2   2   1    2    4  .156
Tim Foli               3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ed Kranepool           5    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Del Unser              5    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Garry Maddox          10   37   10   16   2   1   3    8   2   0    1    2  .432
Manny Trillo          10   36    3   13   3   0   0    4   0   1    1    4  .361
Greg Luzinski         10   32    3   10   3   0   2    6   0   0    6    8  .313
Larry Bowa            10   36    6    9   2   0   0    0   2   1    4    3  .250
Pete Rose             10   36    5    9   3   0   0    1   1   0    6    3  .250
Mike Schmidt          10   32    6    8   1   0   4   10   0   0    6    6  .250
Bake McBride          10   40    4    9   0   0   3    7   1   1    1    4  .225
Bob Boone              8   25    2    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .200
Tim McCarver           4   11    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .182
Greg Gross             7    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000
Lonnie Smith           2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Pete Mackanin          3    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        7   26    2    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    0    3  .346
Omar Moreno           11   38    3   12   0   1   0    2   5   2    5    2  .316
Dave Parker           11   40   11   12   2   1   1    3   0   0    3    6  .300
Phil Garner           11   41    6   12   3   1   1    2   0   1    3    8  .293
Bill Robinson         11   43    7   11   3   0   2    6   1   0    2    7  .256
Lee Lacy               6    8    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Frank Taveras         11   45    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .244
Steve Nicosia          6   22    1    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .227
Dale Berra             5   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Rennie Stennett       10   35    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .171
Manny Sanguillen       2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Easler            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         13   49    8   21   5   2   2    9   1   1    7    6  .429
Kurt Bevacqua          6    5    3    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    3    1  .400
Bill Fahey             5    9    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Broderick Perkins     10   14    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .286
Mike Hargrove         12   38    8   10   3   0   0    3   0   1   11    6  .263
Gene Tenace           12   31    4    8   0   1   1    4   0   1   10    9  .258
Jerry Turner          13   47    1   12   1   0   0    6   0   0    4    7  .255
Fernando Gonzalez     13   49    5   12   2   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .245
Gene Richards         13   58    7   13   2   1   0    3   2   1    2   11  .224
Barry Evans           12   45    2    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    3    6  .156
Dan Briggs             5    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Ozzie Smith           13   52    4    6   3   0   0    3   1   0    3    2  .115
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             6    1    2    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            3    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       4   10    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .400
Terry Whitfield       13   48    9   17   5   1   0    6   0   1    5    3  .354
Mike Ivie             13   48    6   14   1   1   2    8   1   0    4    8  .292
Larry Herndon         11    7    2    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    2  .286
Jack Clark            13   46    9   13   2   1   1    6   0   0    8    7  .283
Darrell Evans         13   49    6   13   2   0   1    8   0   1    4    3  .265
John Tamargo           4    4    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Billy North           12   40    8    9   0   0   0    4   3   3   12    8  .225
Roger Metzger         11   35    4    7   0   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .200
Bill Madlock          13   49    6    7   0   1   1   12   1   0    5    4  .143
Marc Hill             12   42    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .119
Mike Sadek             3    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Hector Cruz            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .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
Ken Reitz             10   35    2   13   6   0   0    8   1   0    3    2  .371
Tony Scott            10   44    6   16   1   2   0    8   3   1    0    9  .364
Bernie Carbo           5    3    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Mike Tyson             9   22    1    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    3    2  .273
Dane Iorg              8   15    1    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .267
Ted Simmons           10   38    6   10   3   0   2    4   0   0    5    0  .263
Lou Brock              9   27    2    7   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    9  .259
Garry Templeton       10   44    6   11   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    5  .250
Keith Hernandez       10   40    7   10   4   1   2   11   0   0    4    9  .250
Ken Oberkfell          5    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Mike Phillips          4    4    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
George Hendrick       10   32    7    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .219
Tom Grieve             5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .125
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:

  G. Richards (SD)         58
  S. Garvey (LA)           57
  B. Russell (LA)          56
  D. Lopes (LA)            55
  T. Puhl (HOU)            54
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      52
  O. Smith (SD)            52
  R. Cey (LA)              51
  C. Reynolds (HOU)        51
  D. Baker (LA)            50

Runs Scored:

  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  T. Puhl (HOU)            12
  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:

  D. Winfield (SD)         21
  G. Foster (CIN)          20
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      18
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         18
  T. Puhl (HOU)            18
  B. Russell (LA)          18
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  T. Whitfield (SF)        17
  G. Maddox (PHI)          16
  J. Morgan (CIN)          16

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  T. Scott (STL)            2
  D. Winfield (SD)          2
  A. Ashby (HOU)            1
  K. Bevacqua (SD)          1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  B. Buckner (CHI)          1
  K. Chapman (NY)           1
  J. Clark (SF)             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
  B. McBride (PHI)          3
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2

RBI:

  J. Cruz (HOU)            14
  G. Foster (CIN)          14
  B. Madlock (SF)          12
  E. Cabell (HOU)          11
  D. Driessen (CIN)        11
  K. Hernandez (STL)       11
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         10
  D. Kingman (CHI)         10
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         10
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         10

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
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          3
  B. North (SF)             3

Caught Stealing:

  T. Puhl (HOU)             5
  B. North (SF)             3
  R. Scott (MON)            3
  B. Boisclair (NY)         2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          2
  S. Garvey (LA)            2
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  E. Valentine (MON)        2

Walks:

  B. North (SF)            12
  M. Hargrove (SD)         11
  G. Tenace (SD)           10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  D. Lopes (LA)             9
  R. Scott (MON)            9
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  R. Cey (LA)               8
  J. Clark (SF)             8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8

Strikeouts:

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


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