Thursday April 19, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 19, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       456   63   132   28    5   10    61   14    3   43    68  .290
Pittsburgh       382   45   105   18    5   11    38    9    5   18    50  .275
Philadelphia     325   44    85   17    1   13    43    7    3   27    41  .262
St. Louis        378   48    98   20    4    6    44    8    4   32    56  .259
New York         332   40    84   14    3    4    39    9    7   30    54  .253
Atlanta          389   48    95   10    1   12    42    6    5   39    62  .244
Montreal         355   36    86   17    2    7    31   11    7   31    71  .242
San Diego        479   58   115   24    6    5    52    5    4   51    68  .240
Houston          416   58    99   15    4    5    56   18    9   34    65  .238
San Francisco    460   74   109   17    7    7    68    6    5   55    69  .237
Los Angeles      461   53   109   18    0   11    49   12    5   45    70  .236
Chicago          307   25    71   17    1    4    22    3    3   38    46  .231

 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)       14   54   10   23   6   2   2    9   1   1    7    6  .426
George Foster (CIN)      13   50    8   21   2   1   3   15   0   0    6    8  .420
Ken Reitz (STL)          11   37    2   14   6   0   0    8   1   0    4    3  .378
Jerry Royster (ATL)      12   43    6   16   2   0   0    5   5   0    6    5  .372
Ken Griffey (CIN)        12   52    8   19   7   0   1    5   2   0    3    5  .365
Manny Trillo (PHI)       10   36    3   13   3   0   0    4   0   1    1    4  .361
Tony Scott (STL)         11   48    6   17   1   2   0    8   3   1    0   10  .354
Terry Whitfield (SF)     14   54   10   19   5   2   0   10   0   1    5    5  .352

 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         12   43    6   16   2   0   0    5   5   0    6    5  .372
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy           12   42    9   13   0   0   5    8   0   0    5    8  .310
Rowland Office        11   10    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .300
Barry Bonnell         12   40    8   11   1   1   4   10   0   1    4    3  .275
Pepe Frias            12   33    2    9   3   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .273
Mike Lum              11   41    5   10   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    7  .244
Gary Matthews         12   48    4   11   0   0   2    7   1   0    2    6  .229
Glenn Hubbard         12   45    4    8   0   0   0    2   0   2    7    5  .178
Jeff Burroughs        12   40    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    8   10  .125
Bob Beall              9    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Darrel Chaney          7    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          6   17    2    8   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .471
Mike Vail              4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Ivan DeJesus           9   40    5   11   4   0   1    1   0   2    2    9  .275
Bobby Murcer           8   22    3    6   0   0   0    0   0   1    5    1  .273
Dave Kingman           9   34    4    9   2   0   3   10   0   0    5    6  .265
Steve Ontiveros        9   33    2    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .242
Jerry Martin           9   32    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .219
Barry Foote            9   29    0    6   0   0   0    0   1   0    1   11  .207
Bill Buckner           9   39    4    8   2   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .205
Ted Sizemore           9   30    4    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    7    2  .200
Gene Clines            6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
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         13   50    8   21   2   1   3   15   0   0    6    8  .420
Ken Griffey           12   52    8   19   7   0   1    5   2   0    3    5  .365
Ray Knight            12   41    5   14   4   0   0    3   1   0    5    3  .342
Joe Morgan            11   47    8   16   6   1   1    2   4   0    5    6  .340
Dave Concepcion       13   56   10   19   1   2   1    9   2   1    4    0  .339
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          13   50    6   13   4   0   2   11   2   1    5   10  .260
Arturo DeFreitas       5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Cesar Geronimo        13   45    5    9   1   1   0    4   1   0    5    5  .200
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
Vic Correll            4    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
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         14   54   10   23   6   2   2    9   1   1    7    6  .426
Broderick Perkins     11   15    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Kurt Bevacqua          7    6    3    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    3    1  .333
Bill Fahey             6   10    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .300
Fernando Gonzalez     14   54    7   14   2   0   2    7   0   0    2    6  .259
Gene Tenace           13   32    5    8   0   1   1    4   0   1   12    9  .250
Dan Briggs             6    8    4    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .250
Don Reynolds           3    4    0    1   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Mike Hargrove         13   41    9   10   3   0   0    3   0   1   11    6  .244
Jerry Turner          14   50    1   12   1   0   0    6   0   0    4    9  .240
Gene Richards         14   63    8   15   3   1   0    6   2   1    2   11  .238
Barry Evans           13   50    3   10   3   0   0    4   0   0    3    6  .200
Ozzie Smith           14   54    4    6   3   0   0    3   1   0    4    2  .111
Fred Kendall           3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Bill Almon             7    2    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         6    9    1    5   3   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .556
Larry Herndon         12    8    2    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    2  .375
Terry Whitfield       14   54   10   19   5   2   0   10   0   1    5    5  .352
Johnnie Lemaster       5   15    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .333
Mike Ivie             14   48    6   14   1   1   2    8   1   0    5    8  .292
Jack Clark            14   50   10   14   3   1   1    7   0   0    9    8  .280
Darrell Evans         14   53    8   14   2   0   1    8   0   1    5    3  .264
John Tamargo           4    4    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Billy North           13   45   11   11   2   0   0    6   3   3   13    9  .244
Roger Metzger         11   35    4    7   0   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .200
Marc Hill             13   46    6    7   0   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .152
Bill Madlock          14   53    7    7   0   1   1   12   1   0    6    4  .132
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             11   37    2   14   6   0   0    8   1   0    4    3  .378
Tony Scott            11   48    6   17   1   2   0    8   3   1    0   10  .354
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Lou Brock             10   31    2    9   0   0   1    3   1   1    2    9  .290
Mike Tyson            10   22    1    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    3    2  .273
Keith Hernandez       11   43    8   11   4   1   2   11   1   0    5    9  .256
Bernie Carbo           6    4    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Ken Oberkfell          6    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Ted Simmons           11   41    6   10   3   0   2    4   0   0    6    0  .244
George Hendrick       11   33    7    8   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .242
Garry Templeton       11   48    6   11   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    5  .229
Dane Iorg              9   19    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .211
Tom Grieve             5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .125
Mike Phillips          5    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    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)         63
  S. Garvey (LA)           57
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      56
  B. Russell (LA)          56
  D. Lopes (LA)            55
  F. Gonzalez (SD)         54
  T. Puhl (HOU)            54
  O. Smith (SD)            54
  T. Whitfield (SF)        54
  D. Winfield (SD)         54

Runs Scored:

  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  T. Puhl (HOU)            12
  D. Lopes (LA)            11
  B. North (SF)            11
  D. Parker (PIT)          11
  J. Clark (SF)            10
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      10
  G. Maddox (PHI)          10
  T. Whitfield (SF)        10
  D. Winfield (SD)         10

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         23
  G. Foster (CIN)          21
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      19
  K. Griffey (CIN)         19
  T. Whitfield (SF)        19
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         18
  T. Puhl (HOU)            18
  B. Russell (LA)          18
  T. Scott (STL)           17
  G. Maddox (PHI)          16

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  K. Reitz (STL)            6
  D. Winfield (SD)          6
  T. Whitfield (SF)         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
  T. Whitfield (SF)         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

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          15
  J. Cruz (HOU)            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. Royster (ATL)          5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           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)            13
  G. Tenace (SD)           12
  M. Hargrove (SD)         11
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  J. Clark (SF)             9
  D. Lopes (LA)             9
  R. Scott (MON)            9
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  R. Cey (LA)               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
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       10
  D. Driessen (CIN)        10
  D. Lopes (LA)            10
  T. Scott (STL)           10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9

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