Saturday April 21, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 21, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       532   77   159   31    5   13    74   19    4   58    86  .299
Pittsburgh       453   53   121   21    6   13    44   12    6   22    66  .267
Philadelphia     387   55   101   17    2   13    54   11    3   39    45  .261
Houston          490   68   122   19    6    5    66   24    9   45    77  .249
St. Louis        444   52   110   23    5    7    47    8    4   38    63  .248
Atlanta          457   57   113   14    1   14    51    6    6   43    70  .247
San Diego        555   74   137   27    6    8    66    7    4   58    81  .247
Montreal         420   44   103   22    3    8    38   13    7   39    81  .245
Los Angeles      530   57   128   20    0   11    53   13    6   52    77  .242
Chicago          371   37    89   21    2    5    32    3    4   48    57  .240
New York         397   40    94   16    4    4    39    9    7   35    62  .237
San Francisco    522   78   119   19    7    7    71    8    5   60    80  .228

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)       16   64   12   27   7   2   2   12   1   1    7    6  .422
George Foster (CIN)      15   61    9   25   2   1   3   18   0   0    6   11  .410
Garry Maddox (PHI)       12   46   12   18   2   2   3   11   2   0    1    2  .391
Ken Griffey (CIN)        14   60   11   23   8   0   2    6   3   0    4    5  .383
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        11   47    6   18   4   0   2   10   3   1    6    7  .383
Manny Trillo (PHI)       12   43    3   16   3   0   0    6   0   1    1    4  .372
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    15   65   13   24   1   2   1   10   4   1    6    0  .369
Joe Morgan (CIN)         13   52   10   19   6   1   1    3   6   0    9    6  .365
Jerry Royster (ATL)      13   47    6   17   2   0   0    6   5   1    7    5  .362
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       12   40    7   14   5   0   2    9   2   1    4    6  .350

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes         5    4    2    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .500
Bruce Benedict         2    7    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .429
Jerry Royster         13   47    6   17   2   0   0    6   5   1    7    5  .362
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy           14   49   11   16   0   0   6   10   0   0    5   10  .327
Barry Bonnell         14   48   10   14   2   1   5   12   0   1    4    3  .292
Rowland Office        12   11    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .273
Pepe Frias            14   38    2   10   3   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .263
Gary Matthews         14   55    6   13   2   0   2    8   1   0    3    6  .236
Mike Lum              12   43    5   10   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    8  .233
Jeff Burroughs        14   47    5    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    9   10  .192
Glenn Hubbard         14   54    4   10   0   0   0    2   0   2    7    5  .185
Bob Beall             11    9    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .000
Darrel Chaney          8    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Mike Macha             1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joe Nolan              2    2    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
Mike Vail              5    5    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    3    1  .600
Tim Blackwell          3    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .500
Scot Thompson          7   21    4   10   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .476
Steve Ontiveros       11   40    3   11   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    2  .275
Dave Kingman          11   41    5   11   2   0   4   14   0   0    6    9  .268
Larry Biittner         4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Ivan DeJesus          11   49    7   12   4   0   1    2   0   2    2   10  .245
Bobby Murcer          10   25    3    6   0   0   0    0   0   2    7    2  .240
Bill Buckner          11   46    5   10   4   1   0    4   0   0    4    3  .217
Jerry Martin          10   36    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .194
Ted Sizemore          11   37    5    7   3   0   0    2   1   0    7    3  .189
Barry Foote           11   34    0    6   0   0   0    0   1   0    2   14  .177
Gene Clines            6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Steve Dillard          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .000
Sam Mejias             2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Foster         15   61    9   25   2   1   3   18   0   0    6   11  .410
Arturo DeFreitas       6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Ken Griffey           14   60   11   23   8   0   2    6   3   0    4    5  .383
Dave Concepcion       15   65   13   24   1   2   1   10   4   1    6    0  .369
Joe Morgan            13   52   10   19   6   1   1    3   6   0    9    6  .365
Ray Knight            14   48    5   16   4   0   0    4   1   0    8    3  .333
Champ Summers          5    9    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .333
Dan Driessen          15   55    7   15   4   0   3   15   2   2    8   12  .273
Junior Kennedy         5   11    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .273
Cesar Geronimo        15   55    6   11   1   1   0    4   1   0    5    8  .200
Johnny Bench          13   47    7    9   1   0   2    7   2   0   11   13  .192
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          12   40    7   14   5   0   2    9   2   1    4    6  .350
Terry Puhl            15   63   16   22   1   0   0    1   6   5    6    5  .349
Enos Cabell           15   55    7   17   2   0   0   11   8   2    4    5  .309
Jose Cruz             15   50   13   15   4   2   2   16   7   0   11    8  .300
Bob Watson            15   52    2   13   1   0   0    5   0   0    3   10  .250
Bruce Bochy            3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Denny Walling          2    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Craig Reynolds        15   60    6   13   2   2   0    2   0   1    0    3  .217
Alan Ashby            13   42    2    9   1   1   0    8   0   0    4   13  .214
Rafael Landestoy      14    5    2    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .200
Art Howe              15   51    4    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    4  .137
Jesus Alou             6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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
Manny Mota             5    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Bill Russell          16   65    5   21   3   0   1    8   0   2    5    3  .323
Steve Garvey          16   65   10   20   2   0   3    8   1   2    3    4  .308
Dusty Baker           16   59    8   17   3   0   1    2   1   1    4   11  .288
Rick Monday           10   32    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .281
Gary Thomasson        13   35    2    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    6    2  .257
Joe Ferguson          12   37    4    9   2   0   1   10   0   0    6    7  .243
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
Davey Lopes           16   64   11   12   4   0   1    1   4   0    9   11  .188
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
Steve Yeager           8   19    1    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .158
Derrel Thomas         11   23    2    3   0   0   0    2   2   0    1    4  .130
Vic Davalillo          4    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Ted Martinez           4    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            8    8    4    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    2  .500
Jim Mason              2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Andre Dawson          12   53   10   16   5   2   3    9   2   1    3    9  .302
Warren Cromartie      12   54    4   16   4   0   1    4   1   1    2    6  .296
Tony Solaita           6    7    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .286
Rodney Scott          12   47    4   13   2   0   0    7   4   3   10    9  .277
Chris Speier          12   40    5   11   3   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .275
Larry Parrish         11   39    6    9   3   0   0    1   2   0    2   10  .231
Gary Carter           12   40    2    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    6    6  .225
Ellis Valentine       12   50    2   10   1   0   0    4   3   2    4    7  .200
Tony Perez            11   43    2    8   1   0   2    4   1   0    2   12  .186
Tommy Hutton           7    5    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Ken Macha              3    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             6    6    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .500
Frank Taveras          2    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Lee Mazzilli          11   47    6   18   4   0   2   10   3   1    6    7  .383
Bruce Boisclair        7   11    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   2    0    2  .364
Steve Henderson       11   45    5   14   2   1   0    5   3   1    4    9  .311
Joel Youngblood        9   20    2    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .300
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Richie Hebner         11   41    6   10   2   1   1    5   0   0    5    3  .244
Ron Hodges             8   13    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .231
Willie Montanez       11   43    5    8   2   0   1    3   0   1    6    6  .186
Doug Flynn            11   41    4    7   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    8  .171
Kelvin Chapman        11   39    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    7  .154
John Stearns          10   37    5    5   1   0   0    2   2   1    2    4  .135
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

 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          12   46   12   18   2   2   3   11   2   0    1    2  .391
Manny Trillo          12   43    3   16   3   0   0    6   0   1    1    4  .372
Greg Luzinski         12   39    5   11   3   0   2    8   1   0    8    9  .282
Pete Rose             12   41    6   11   3   0   0    2   1   0   10    3  .268
Mike Schmidt          12   38    7   10   1   0   4   11   1   0    8    7  .263
Larry Bowa            12   44    7   11   2   0   0    1   2   1    5    3  .250
Bake McBride          12   47    6   11   0   0   3    8   3   1    2    5  .234
Bob Boone             10   30    3    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .233
Tim McCarver           4   11    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .182
Greg Gross             9    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           10   24    7   11   2   1   3   10   2   1    4    2  .458
Ed Ott                 8   29    2   10   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    6  .345
Omar Moreno           13   47    5   15   0   2   0    3   6   3    5    3  .319
Willie Stargell        9   35    4   11   1   0   3    7   0   0    0    8  .314
Dave Parker           13   48   11   14   2   1   1    4   1   0    3    7  .292
Phil Garner           13   51    8   14   5   1   1    2   0   1    3   10  .275
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          7   22    1    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .227
Lee Lacy               8    9    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .222
Rennie Stennett       12   43    2    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .209
Dale Berra             7   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Tim Foli               2    7    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
Dave Winfield         16   64   12   27   7   2   2   12   1   1    7    6  .422
Bill Almon             9   11    2    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .364
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
Jerry Turner          16   60    5   18   2   0   1   12   0   0    4    9  .300
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           15   39    7   10   0   1   3    8   0   1   13   10  .256
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
Mike Hargrove         15   48   11   11   3   0   0    3   0   1   13    6  .229
Gene Richards         16   70    9   15   3   1   0    6   2   1    5   12  .214
Barry Evans           15   58    3   12   3   0   0    5   0   0    3    8  .207
Ozzie Smith           16   63    8    8   3   0   0    3   3   0    5    4  .127
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         8   16    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .438
John Tamargo           5    5    1    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .400
Larry Herndon         14    8    2    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    2  .375
Terry Whitfield       16   63   11   22   6   2   0   10   0   1    5    7  .349
Johnnie Lemaster       5   15    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .333
Mike Ivie             15   49    6   14   1   1   2    8   1   0    5    9  .286
Jack Clark            16   57   11   16   3   1   1    8   1   0   10   10  .281
Darrell Evans         16   58    8   14   2   0   1    8   0   1    7    3  .241
Billy North           15   53   11   11   2   0   0    6   3   3   13   11  .208
Roger Metzger         13   41    4    7   0   1   0    5   1   0    2    1  .171
Marc Hill             15   52    6    8   0   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .154
Bill Madlock          16   59    9    8   0   1   1   12   2   0    7    5  .136
Mike Sadek             4    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Hector Cruz            4    4    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             13   45    2   15   6   0   0    8   1   0    4    6  .333
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Tony Scott            13   55    6   17   1   2   0    8   3   1    0   10  .309
Ted Simmons           13   46    7   13   3   0   3    5   0   0    8    1  .283
Garry Templeton       13   57    7   15   2   1   0    2   1   0    2    5  .263
Lou Brock             11   35    2    9   0   0   1    3   1   1    2    9  .257
Keith Hernandez       13   51    9   13   5   1   2   12   1   0    5    9  .255
Mike Tyson            11   25    1    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    4    3  .240
George Hendrick       13   39    7    9   2   0   1    2   0   0    6    7  .231
Dane Iorg              9   19    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .211
Bernie Carbo           7    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Tom Grieve             6   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .167
Ken Oberkfell          7    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
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         2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Richards (SD)         70
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      65
  S. Garvey (LA)           65
  B. Russell (LA)          65
  D. Lopes (LA)            64
  D. Winfield (SD)         64
  T. Puhl (HOU)            63
  O. Smith (SD)            63
  T. Whitfield (SF)        63
  G. Foster (CIN)          61

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            16
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            13
  G. Maddox (PHI)          12
  D. Winfield (SD)         12
  J. Clark (SF)            11
  K. Griffey (CIN)         11
  M. Hargrove (SD)         11
  D. Lopes (LA)            11
  D. Murphy (ATL)          11

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         27
  G. Foster (CIN)          25
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      24
  K. Griffey (CIN)         23
  T. Puhl (HOU)            22
  T. Whitfield (SF)        22
  B. Russell (LA)          21
  S. Garvey (LA)           20
  J. Morgan (CIN)          19
  G. Maddox (PHI)          18

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  D. Winfield (SD)          7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  K. Reitz (STL)            6
  T. Whitfield (SF)         6
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5
  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  P. Garner (PIT)           5
  K. Hernandez (STL)        5
  B. Buckner (CHI)          4

Triples:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  G. Maddox (PHI)           2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  C. Reynolds (HOU)         2
  T. Scott (STL)            2
  T. Whitfield (SF)         2
  D. Winfield (SD)          2
  A. Ashby (HOU)            1

Home Runs:

  D. Murphy (ATL)           6
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          5
  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)          18
  J. Cruz (HOU)            16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        15
  D. Kingman (CHI)         14
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         12
  K. Hernandez (STL)       12
  B. Madlock (SF)          12
  J. Turner (SD)           12
  D. Winfield (SD)         12
  E. Cabell (HOU)          11

Stolen Bases:

  E. Cabell (HOU)           8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             7
  O. Moreno (PIT)           6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  T. Puhl (HOU)             6
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4
  D. Lopes (LA)             4
  R. Scott (MON)            4
  R. Cey (LA)               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:

  M. Hargrove (SD)         13
  B. North (SF)            13
  G. Tenace (SD)           13
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  J. Cruz (HOU)            11
  J. Clark (SF)            10
  P. Rose (PHI)            10
  R. Scott (MON)           10
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        9
  D. Lopes (LA)             9

Strikeouts:

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


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