Sunday April 22, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 22, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       565   80   167   32    5   13    77   20    4   63    94  .296
Philadelphia     416   57   111   17    3   13    56   11    5   47    46  .267
Pittsburgh       484   55   125   25    6   13    45   13    6   25    73  .258
Atlanta          496   65   128   17    1   15    59    6    7   50    78  .258
San Diego        591   81   151   27    6    9    73    8    5   60    85  .256
St. Louis        478   56   122   25    6    7    51    9    4   39    64  .255
Los Angeles      571   66   143   22    1   13    62   16    6   57    85  .250
Houston          520   71   128   23    7    5    68   25    9   47    80  .246
Chicago          399   41    97   23    2    7    36    3    5   50    63  .243
Montreal         450   45   109   24    3    8    39   13    7   40    83  .242
New York         429   44   101   17    5    5    42   10    8   37    65  .235
San Francisco    554   80   125   19    7    8    73    8    5   60    92  .226

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)       17   68   13   29   7   2   3   14   1   2    7    6  .427
George Foster (CIN)      16   64   11   27   2   1   3   18   0   0    7   12  .422
Garry Maddox (PHI)       13   48   12   19   2   2   3   11   2   1    3    2  .396
Manny Trillo (PHI)       13   46    3   18   3   0   0    6   0   1    2    4  .391
Ken Griffey (CIN)        15   65   11   25   8   0   2    6   4   0    4    5  .385
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    16   69   14   25   1   2   1   10   4   1    7    0  .362
Jerry Royster (ATL)      14   47    6   17   2   0   0    6   5   1    7    5  .362
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       13   42    8   15   6   0   2   10   2   1    5    6  .357
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        12   51    6   18   4   0   2   10   3   1    6    7  .353
Ray Knight (CIN)         15   52    5   18   4   0   0    7   1   0    8    3  .346

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes         6    5    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .600
Bruce Benedict         2    7    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .429
Jerry Royster         14   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           15   52   13   17   0   0   7   13   0   0    7   11  .327
Barry Bonnell         15   53   10   17   2   1   5   15   0   1    4    3  .321
Rowland Office        13   11    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .273
Pepe Frias            15   42    2   11   3   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .262
Gary Matthews         15   60    8   15   3   0   2    8   1   0    3    6  .250
Mike Lum              13   48    5   12   3   0   0    3   0   1    2    9  .250
Jeff Burroughs        15   50    6   11   0   0   0    2   0   0   11   10  .220
Glenn Hubbard         15   60    6   12   1   0   0    2   0   3    7    7  .200
Mike Macha             2    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .125
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
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          8   24    5   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .458
Dave Kingman          12   44    7   13   3   0   5   16   0   0    7   10  .296
Steve Ontiveros       12   43    3   11   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    2  .256
Larry Biittner         4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Ivan DeJesus          12   53    7   13   4   0   1    2   0   3    2   10  .245
Ted Sizemore          12   40    5    9   3   0   0    2   1   0    7    4  .225
Bobby Murcer          11   27    3    6   0   0   0    1   0   2    7    4  .222
Bill Buckner          12   50    5   11   5   1   0    4   0   0    4    3  .220
Barry Foote           12   37    1    7   0   0   1    1   1   0    2   15  .189
Jerry Martin          11   37    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .189
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             3    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         16   64   11   27   2   1   3   18   0   0    7   12  .422
Arturo DeFreitas       6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Ken Griffey           15   65   11   25   8   0   2    6   4   0    4    5  .385
Dave Concepcion       16   69   14   25   1   2   1   10   4   1    7    0  .362
Ray Knight            15   52    5   18   4   0   0    7   1   0    8    3  .346
Joe Morgan            14   57   10   19   6   1   1    3   6   0    9    8  .333
Champ Summers          5    9    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .333
Junior Kennedy         5   11    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .273
Dan Driessen          16   57    7   15   4   0   3   15   2   2    9   13  .263
Vic Correll            5   10    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .200
Johnny Bench          13   47    7    9   1   0   2    7   2   0   11   13  .192
Cesar Geronimo        16   59    6   11   1   1   0    4   1   0    5    9  .186
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

 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          13   42    8   15   6   0   2   10   2   1    5    6  .357
Terry Puhl            16   67   17   23   1   1   0    1   6   5    6    5  .343
Jose Cruz             16   52   13   16   4   2   2   16   8   0   12    8  .308
Enos Cabell           16   59    7   17   2   0   0   11   8   2    4    5  .288
Bob Watson            16   56    2   14   2   0   0    6   0   0    3   10  .250
Denny Walling          2    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Craig Reynolds        16   64    7   15   4   2   0    2   0   1    0    5  .234
Alan Ashby            13   42    2    9   1   1   0    8   0   0    4   13  .214
Rafael Landestoy      15    5    2    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .200
Bruce Bochy            4   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .182
Art Howe              16   55    4    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    4  .127
Jesus Alou             7    7    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
Bill Russell          17   70    7   24   3   0   1    9   0   2    5    3  .343
Manny Mota             5    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Steve Garvey          17   70   11   22   3   0   3   10   1   2    3    5  .314
Dusty Baker           16   59    8   17   3   0   1    2   1   1    4   11  .288
Von Joshua            10   14    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .286
Rick Monday           10   32    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .281
Gary Thomasson        14   37    3   10   0   0   1    4   1   0    9    2  .270
Joe Ferguson          13   41    5   10   2   0   1   10   0   0    7    7  .244
Ron Cey               15   55    6   12   1   0   1    5   3   1    8   14  .218
Derrel Thomas         12   28    3    6   1   0   0    3   4   0    1    5  .214
Davey Lopes           17   70   12   14   4   1   1    1   4   0    9   13  .200
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
Steve Yeager           9   23    2    4   1   0   2    4   0   0    3    3  .174
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
Tony Solaita           7    8    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .375
Warren Cromartie      13   58    4   18   5   0   1    4   1   1    2    6  .310
Andre Dawson          13   57   10   17   5   2   3   10   2   1    3   10  .298
Chris Speier          13   43    5   11   3   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .256
Rodney Scott          13   51    4   13   2   0   0    7   4   3   10    9  .255
Duffy Dyer             2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Larry Parrish         12   42    6   10   3   0   0    1   2   0    2   10  .238
Gary Carter           12   40    2    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    6    6  .225
Ellis Valentine       13   53    2   10   1   0   0    4   3   2    5    7  .189
Tony Perez            12   47    2    8   1   0   2    4   1   0    2   12  .170
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

 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             7    7    1    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .571
Frank Taveras          3    9    1    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    1  .444
Bruce Boisclair        7   11    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   2    0    2  .364
Lee Mazzilli          12   51    6   18   4   0   2   10   3   1    6    7  .353
Steve Henderson       12   49    5   15   2   1   0    5   4   1    4    9  .306
Joel Youngblood       10   23    3    7   1   0   1    3   1   1    4    2  .304
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Richie Hebner         12   45    6   11   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       12   47    5    8   2   0   1    3   0   1    6    6  .170
Doug Flynn            12   43    4    7   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    8  .163
Kelvin Chapman        12   40    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    7  .150
John Stearns          11   40    6    6   2   0   0    2   2   1    3    4  .150
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
Garry Maddox          13   48   12   19   2   2   3   11   2   1    3    2  .396
Manny Trillo          13   46    3   18   3   0   0    6   0   1    2    4  .391
Del Unser              7    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Pete Rose             13   45    6   14   3   0   0    3   1   0   10    3  .311
Greg Luzinski         13   42    5   12   3   0   2    8   1   0    9    9  .286
Larry Bowa            13   48    8   13   2   1   0    1   2   1    6    3  .271
Mike Schmidt          13   38    7   10   1   0   4   11   1   1    8    7  .263
Bob Boone             11   33    4    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .242
Bake McBride          13   47    6   11   0   0   3    8   3   1    2    5  .234
Tim McCarver           5   13    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .154
Greg Gross            10    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .000
Jose Cardenal          1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    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             2    2    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           11   26    7   12   3   1   3   11   2   1    6    2  .462
Willie Stargell       10   39    5   13   3   0   3    7   0   0    0    8  .333
Ed Ott                 9   32    2   10   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    7  .313
Omar Moreno           14   51    5   15   0   2   0    3   6   3    5    4  .294
Dave Parker           14   51   11   14   2   1   1    4   2   0    4    8  .275
Phil Garner           14   55    9   15   6   1   1    2   0   1    3   12  .273
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
Dale Berra             7   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Lee Lacy               9   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .200
Rennie Stennett       13   47    2    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .192
Tim Foli               3   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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         4    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         17   68   13   29   7   2   3   14   1   2    7    6  .427
Bill Almon            10   15    3    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    2  .400
Kurt Bevacqua          7    6    3    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    3    1  .333
Broderick Perkins     12   16    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .313
Jerry Turner          17   65    5   20   2   0   1   15   0   0    4   10  .308
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
Don Reynolds           3    4    0    1   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Gene Tenace           16   42    8   10   0   1   3    8   0   1   15   11  .238
Mike Hargrove         16   51   11   12   3   0   0    3   0   1   13    6  .235
Gene Richards         17   75   10   17   3   1   0    6   2   1    5   13  .227
Barry Evans           16   63    4   14   3   0   0    5   0   0    3    9  .222
Dan Briggs             8    9    4    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .222
Fred Kendall           4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Ozzie Smith           17   66   10   10   3   0   0    4   4   0    5    4  .152

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rob Andrews            4    3    1    3   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
Terry Whitfield       17   66   11   22   6   2   0   11   0   1    5    9  .333
Johnnie Lemaster       5   15    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .333
Larry Herndon         15    9    2    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    3  .333
John Tamargo           6    6    1    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Jack Clark            17   61   12   17   3   1   2    9   1   0   10   12  .279
Mike Ivie             16   53    6   14   1   1   2    8   1   0    5   11  .264
Darrell Evans         17   62    8   15   2   0   1    8   0   1    7    4  .242
Billy North           16   56   11   12   2   0   0    6   3   3   13   13  .214
Roger Metzger         14   44    4    7   0   1   0    5   1   0    2    2  .159
Marc Hill             16   55    6    8   0   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .146
Bill Madlock          17   61    9    8   0   1   1   12   2   0    7    5  .131
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            6    3    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ken Oberkfell          8   11    2    5   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    2  .455
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Ken Reitz             14   49    2   16   6   0   0    9   1   0    4    6  .327
Tony Scott            14   59    6   18   2   2   0    8   3   1    0   10  .305
Ted Simmons           14   50    8   14   3   0   3    6   0   0    8    1  .280
Lou Brock             12   36    2   10   0   0   1    4   1   1    2    9  .278
Keith Hernandez       14   55   10   15   6   1   2   12   1   0    5    9  .273
Dane Iorg             10   22    2    6   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .273
Garry Templeton       14   61    7   15   2   1   0    2   1   0    2    5  .246
Mike Tyson            11   25    1    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    4    3  .240
George Hendrick       14   40    7    9   2   0   1    2   0   0    6    7  .225
Tom Grieve             7   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .167
Bernie Carbo           8    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125
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         3    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Richards (SD)         75
  S. Garvey (LA)           70
  D. Lopes (LA)            70
  B. Russell (LA)          70
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      69
  D. Winfield (SD)         68
  T. Puhl (HOU)            67
  O. Smith (SD)            66
  T. Whitfield (SF)        66
  K. Griffey (CIN)         65

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            17
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  J. Cruz (HOU)            13
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  D. Winfield (SD)         13
  J. Clark (SF)            12
  D. Lopes (LA)            12
  G. Maddox (PHI)          12
  G. Foster (CIN)          11
  S. Garvey (LA)           11

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         29
  G. Foster (CIN)          27
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      25
  K. Griffey (CIN)         25
  B. Russell (LA)          24
  T. Puhl (HOU)            23
  S. Garvey (LA)           22
  T. Whitfield (SF)        22
  J. Turner (SD)           20
  G. Maddox (PHI)          19

Doubles:

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

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)           7
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          5
  D. Kingman (CHI)          5
  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. Kingman (CHI)         16
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         15
  D. Driessen (CIN)        15
  J. Turner (SD)           15
  D. Winfield (SD)         14
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       12
  B. Madlock (SF)          12

Stolen Bases:

  E. Cabell (HOU)           8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8
  O. Moreno (PIT)           6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           6
  T. Puhl (HOU)             6
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4
  K. Griffey (CIN)          4
  S. Henderson (NY)         4
  D. Lopes (LA)             4

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  G. Tenace (SD)           15
  M. Hargrove (SD)         13
  B. North (SF)            13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       11
  J. Clark (SF)            10
  P. Rose (PHI)            10
  R. Scott (MON)           10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9

Strikeouts:

  B. Foote (CHI)           15
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  A. Ashby (HOU)           13
  J. Bench (CIN)           13
  D. Driessen (CIN)        13
  D. Lopes (LA)            13
  B. North (SF)            13
  G. Richards (SD)         13
  J. Clark (SF)            12
  G. Foster (CIN)          12


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