Friday April 20, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 20, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       499   73   150   31    5   13    71   15    4   49    80  .301
Pittsburgh       414   49   110   19    6   11    40   11    6   20    63  .266
Philadelphia     359   52    93   17    1   13    51   10    3   34    44  .259
St. Louis        414   51   107   23    5    6    46    8    4   34    60  .259
New York         364   40    89   15    4    4    39    9    7   33    58  .245
Atlanta          422   52   103   11    1   13    46    6    5   40    65  .244
San Diego        521   65   127   26    6    7    59    5    4   54    74  .244
Montreal         390   41    95   20    2    8    35   12    7   33    75  .244
Houston          449   63   108   17    4    5    61   22    9   39    73  .241
Los Angeles      492   55   117   19    0   11    51   12    5   48    74  .238
Chicago          341   33    81   20    1    5    28    3    4   41    52  .238
San Francisco    490   77   114   18    7    7    70    8    5   57    73  .233

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)       15   59   11   25   6   2   2   10   1   1    7    6  .424
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        10   43    6   18   4   0   2   10   3   1    6    7  .419
George Foster (CIN)      14   56    9   23   2   1   3   16   0   0    6   10  .411
Garry Maddox (PHI)       11   42   11   17   2   1   3   10   2   0    1    2  .405
Ken Griffey (CIN)        13   55   10   22   8   0   2    6   3   0    4    5  .400
Jerry Royster (ATL)      12   43    6   16   2   0   0    5   5   0    6    5  .372
Ken Reitz (STL)          12   41    2   15   6   0   0    8   1   0    4    5  .366
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    14   61   11   22   1   2   1   10   2   1    5    0  .361
Manny Trillo (PHI)       11   40    3   14   3   0   0    5   0   1    1    4  .350
Terry Puhl (HOU)         14   58   13   20   1   0   0    1   5   5    5    5  .345

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bruce Benedict         2    7    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .429
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
Charlie Spikes         4    3    2    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Dale Murphy           13   45   10   14   0   0   6   10   0   0    5    8  .311
Rowland Office        11   10    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .300
Barry Bonnell         13   44    8   12   1   1   4   10   0   1    4    3  .273
Pepe Frias            13   36    2    9   3   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .250
Mike Lum              11   41    5   10   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    7  .244
Gary Matthews         13   52    5   12   1   0   2    7   1   0    2    6  .231
Glenn Hubbard         13   49    4    9   0   0   0    2   0   2    7    5  .184
Jeff Burroughs        13   44    4    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    8   10  .182
Bob Beall             10    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .000
Mike Macha             1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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          7   21    4   10   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .476
Mike Vail              4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Dave Kingman          10   38    5   11   2   0   4   14   0   0    5    8  .290
Steve Ontiveros       10   37    2   10   2   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .270
Ivan DeJesus          10   45    7   11   4   0   1    1   0   2    2    9  .244
Bobby Murcer           9   25    3    6   0   0   0    0   0   2    6    2  .240
Jerry Martin           9   32    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .219
Bill Buckner          10   42    5    9   3   1   0    3   0   0    3    3  .214
Ted Sizemore          10   34    5    7   3   0   0    2   1   0    7    2  .206
Barry Foote           10   32    0    6   0   0   0    0   1   0    2   13  .188
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         14   56    9   23   2   1   3   16   0   0    6   10  .411
Ken Griffey           13   55   10   22   8   0   2    6   3   0    4    5  .400
Arturo DeFreitas       6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Dave Concepcion       14   61   11   22   1   2   1   10   2   1    5    0  .361
Ray Knight            13   44    5   15   4   0   0    4   1   0    7    3  .341
Joe Morgan            12   50    9   17   6   1   1    3   4   0    6    6  .340
Champ Summers          5    9    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .333
Dan Driessen          14   53    7   15   4   0   3   14   2   2    6   11  .283
Junior Kennedy         5   11    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .273
Cesar Geronimo        14   50    6   11   1   1   0    4   1   0    5    6  .220
Johnny Bench          12   44    7    9   1   0   2    7   2   0    9   12  .205
Rick Auerbach          4   11    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .182
Dave Collins           6    6    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .167
Vic Correll            4    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeffrey Leonard        8   11    6    5   1   1   0    3   1   0    5    4  .455
Cesar Cedeno          11   35    7   13   4   0   2    9   2   1    3    4  .371
Terry Puhl            14   58   13   20   1   0   0    1   5   5    5    5  .345
Enos Cabell           14   50    7   15   2   0   0   11   7   2    4    5  .300
Jose Cruz             14   45   12   12   3   1   2   14   7   0   10    7  .267
Bruce Bochy            3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Alan Ashby            12   38    2    9   1   1   0    8   0   0    3   13  .237
Bob Watson            14   48    2   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    2   10  .229
Rafael Landestoy      13    5    2    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .200
Craig Reynolds        14   56    6   11   2   1   0    0   0   1    0    3  .196
Art Howe              14   47    4    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    4  .149
Jesus Alou             5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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          15   60    5   20   3   0   1    8   0   1    5    2  .333
Dusty Baker           15   54    8   16   3   0   1    2   1   1    4   10  .296
Gary Thomasson        12   31    2    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    6    2  .290
Rick Monday           10   32    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .281
Steve Garvey          15   61    8   17   2   0   3    8   1   2    2    4  .279
Von Joshua             9    9    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .222
Ron Cey               15   55    6   12   1   0   1    5   3   1    8   14  .218
Joe Ferguson          11   34    4    7   2   0   1   10   0   0    5    7  .206
Davey Lopes           15   59   11   11   4   0   1    1   3   0    9   10  .186
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
Derrel Thomas         10   18    2    3   0   0   0    2   2   0    1    4  .167
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             4    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            7    7    4    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    2  .571
Jim Mason              2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Andre Dawson          11   48    8   14   4   1   3    9   2   1    3    8  .292
Tony Solaita           6    7    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .286
Chris Speier          11   36    5   10   3   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .278
Warren Cromartie      11   51    4   14   3   0   1    3   1   1    1    6  .275
Rodney Scott          11   44    3   12   2   0   0    6   4   3    9    9  .273
Larry Parrish         10   36    6    9   3   0   0    1   2   0    2    8  .250
Gary Carter           11   39    2    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    5  .231
Ellis Valentine       11   47    2    9   1   0   0    3   3   2    3    7  .192
Tony Perez            10   39    2    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    2   11  .180
Tommy Hutton           6    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Ken Macha              2    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .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          10   43    6   18   4   0   2   10   3   1    6    7  .419
Bruce Boisclair        6   10    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   2    0    2  .400
Joel Youngblood        8   16    2    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .313
Steve Henderson       10   42    5   13   2   1   0    5   3   1    3    9  .310
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Richie Hebner         10   38    6   10   2   1   1    5   0   0    4    2  .263
Willie Montanez       10   39    5    8   2   0   1    3   0   1    6    6  .205
Ron Hodges             7   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Doug Flynn            10   39    4    7   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    7  .180
Kelvin Chapman        10   37    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    6  .162
John Stearns           9   36    5    5   1   0   0    2   2   1    2    4  .139
Tim Foli               3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ed Kranepool           6    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Frank Taveras          1    1    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              6    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Garry Maddox          11   42   11   17   2   1   3   10   2   0    1    2  .405
Manny Trillo          11   40    3   14   3   0   0    5   0   1    1    4  .350
Greg Luzinski         11   35    5   11   3   0   2    8   1   0    8    9  .314
Bake McBride          11   44    5   11   0   0   3    8   3   1    1    4  .250
Larry Bowa            11   40    7   10   2   0   0    1   2   1    5    3  .250
Pete Rose             11   40    6   10   3   0   0    2   1   0    7    3  .250
Mike Schmidt          11   35    6    8   1   0   4   10   0   0    7    7  .229
Bob Boone              9   27    3    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .222
Tim McCarver           4   11    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .182
Greg Gross             8    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          4    2    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            9   19    6    9   2   1   2    8   2   1    4    2  .474
Ed Ott                 7   26    2    9   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    6  .346
Omar Moreno           12   42    5   14   0   2   0    3   6   3    5    2  .333
Willie Stargell        8   30    2    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    0    7  .300
Phil Garner           12   46    7   13   4   1   1    2   0   1    3   10  .283
Dave Parker           12   43   11   12   2   1   1    4   0   0    3    7  .279
Bill Robinson         12   44    7   11   3   0   2    6   1   0    2    8  .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
Lee Lacy               7    9    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .222
Rennie Stennett       11   39    2    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .205
Dale Berra             6   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Tim Foli               1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Easler            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Manny Sanguillen       2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Matt Alexander         3    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
Bill Almon             8    7    2    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .429
Dave Winfield         15   59   11   25   6   2   2   10   1   1    7    6  .424
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
Jerry Turner          15   55    3   15   2   0   1   10   0   0    4    9  .273
Fernando Gonzalez     14   54    7   14   2   0   2    7   0   0    2    6  .259
Gene Tenace           14   36    6    9   0   1   2    6   0   1   13   10  .250
Dan Briggs             7    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
Gene Richards         15   67    9   15   3   1   0    6   2   1    3   12  .224
Mike Hargrove         14   45    9   10   3   0   0    3   0   1   12    6  .222
Barry Evans           14   55    3   11   3   0   0    4   0   0    3    7  .200
Ozzie Smith           15   59    5    7   3   0   0    3   1   0    4    3  .119
Fred Kendall           3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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         7   13    1    7   3   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .539
Larry Herndon         13    8    2    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    2  .375
Terry Whitfield       15   58   11   20   6   2   0   10   0   1    5    5  .345
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            15   54   11   15   3   1   1    8   1   0    9    9  .278
Darrell Evans         15   56    8   14   2   0   1    8   0   1    5    3  .250
John Tamargo           4    4    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Billy North           14   49   11   11   2   0   0    6   3   3   13   11  .225
Roger Metzger         12   37    4    7   0   1   0    5   1   0    2    1  .189
Marc Hill             14   49    6    8   0   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .163
Bill Madlock          15   56    8    7   0   1   1   12   2   0    7    4  .125
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            5    2    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             12   41    2   15   6   0   0    8   1   0    4    5  .366
Tony Scott            12   51    6   17   1   2   0    8   3   1    0   10  .333
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
Keith Hernandez       12   47    9   13   5   1   2   12   1   0    5    9  .277
Garry Templeton       12   53    7   14   2   1   0    2   1   0    2    5  .264
Ted Simmons           12   44    6   11   3   0   2    4   0   0    6    1  .250
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
George Hendrick       12   37    7    9   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .243
Mike Tyson            11   25    1    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    4    3  .240
Dane Iorg              9   19    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .211
Tom Grieve             6   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .167
Mike Phillips          5    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .125
Roger Freed            4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Steve Swisher          2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jerry Mumphrey         1    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Richards (SD)         67
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      61
  S. Garvey (LA)           61
  B. Russell (LA)          60
  D. Lopes (LA)            59
  O. Smith (SD)            59
  D. Winfield (SD)         59
  T. Puhl (HOU)            58
  T. Whitfield (SF)        58
  D. Evans (SF)            56

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  J. Clark (SF)            11
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      11
  D. Lopes (LA)            11
  G. Maddox (PHI)          11
  B. North (SF)            11
  D. Parker (PIT)          11
  T. Whitfield (SF)        11
  D. Winfield (SD)         11

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         25
  G. Foster (CIN)          23
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      22
  K. Griffey (CIN)         22
  T. Puhl (HOU)            20
  B. Russell (LA)          20
  T. Whitfield (SF)        20
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         18
  S. Garvey (LA)           17
  G. Maddox (PHI)          17

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  K. Reitz (STL)            6
  T. Whitfield (SF)         6
  D. Winfield (SD)          6
  K. Hernandez (STL)        5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  A. Dawson (MON)           4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         4

Triples:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           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

Home Runs:

  D. Murphy (ATL)           6
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          4
  D. Kingman (CHI)          4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3
  G. Foster (CIN)           3
  S. Garvey (LA)            3
  G. Maddox (PHI)           3
  B. McBride (PHI)          3

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  J. Cruz (HOU)            14
  D. Driessen (CIN)        14
  D. Kingman (CHI)         14
  K. Hernandez (STL)       12
  B. Madlock (SF)          12
  E. Cabell (HOU)          11
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         10
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      10
  J. Ferguson (LA)         10

Stolen Bases:

  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  J. Cruz (HOU)             7
  O. Moreno (PIT)           6
  T. Puhl (HOU)             5
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  R. Scott (MON)            4
  R. Cey (LA)               3
  K. Griffey (CIN)          3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  B. North (SF)            13
  G. Tenace (SD)           13
  M. Hargrove (SD)         12
  J. Cruz (HOU)            10
  J. Bench (CIN)            9
  J. Clark (SF)             9
  D. Lopes (LA)             9
  R. Scott (MON)            9
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  R. Cey (LA)               8

Strikeouts:

  R. Cey (LA)              14
  A. Ashby (HOU)           13
  B. Foote (CHI)           13
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  G. Richards (SD)         12
  D. Driessen (CIN)        11
  B. North (SF)            11
  T. Perez (MON)           11
  D. Baker (LA)            10
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       10

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