Monday April 23, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 23, 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     447   61   117   17    3   14    60   12    6   57    51  .262
Pittsburgh       484   55   125   25    6   13    45   13    6   25    73  .258
St. Louis        518   59   133   25    6    7    54   10    4   44    69  .257
Atlanta          530   67   136   17    1   17    61    6    8   54    86  .257
San Diego        591   81   151   27    6    9    73    8    5   60    85  .256
Los Angeles      607   69   153   25    2   13    65   16    7   57    91  .252
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)       14   51   12   20   2   2   3   11   2   1    4    2  .392
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
Manny Trillo (PHI)       14   50    3   18   3   0   0    6   0   1    2    4  .360
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       13   42    8   15   6   0   2   10   2   1    5    6  .357
Jerry Royster (ATL)      15   48    6   17   2   0   0    6   5   1    8    5  .354
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        12   51    6   18   4   0   2   10   3   1    6    7  .353
Bill Russell (LA)        18   75    7   26   4   0   1   10   0   2    5    3  .347

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes         7    6    2    3   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         15   48    6   17   2   0   0    6   5   1    8    5  .354
Barry Bonnell         16   57   10   19   2   1   5   15   0   1    4    3  .333
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy           16   56   13   17   0   0   7   13   0   0    7   11  .304
Gary Matthews         16   64    9   17   3   0   3    9   1   0    3    8  .266
Mike Lum              14   52    5   13   3   0   0    3   0   1    2   10  .250
Pepe Frias            16   44    2   11   3   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .250
Rowland Office        14   12    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .250
Jeff Burroughs        16   54    7   12   0   0   1    3   0   0   11   11  .222
Glenn Hubbard         16   62    6   13   1   0   0    2   0   4   10    8  .210
Mike Macha             3   11    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .182
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              3    3    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          18   75    7   26   4   0   1   10   0   2    5    3  .347
Manny Mota             5    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Steve Garvey          18   73   11   24   3   0   3   11   1   2    3    6  .329
Von Joshua            10   14    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .286
Dusty Baker           17   64    8   18   3   0   1    2   1   2    4   11  .281
Rick Monday           10   32    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .281
Gary Thomasson        15   38    3   10   0   0   1    4   1   0    9    2  .263
Joe Ferguson          14   44    5   10   2   0   1   10   0   0    7    8  .227
Ron Cey               16   59    6   13   2   0   1    5   3   1    8   14  .220
Derrel Thomas         13   32    3    7   1   0   0    3   4   0    1    6  .219
Davey Lopes           18   74   14   16   5   1   1    2   4   0    9   14  .216
Steve Yeager          10   26    3    5   1   1   2    4   0   0    3    3  .192
Reggie Smith           7   23    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    5  .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
Del Unser              8    4    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Garry Maddox          14   51   12   20   2   2   3   11   2   1    4    2  .392
Manny Trillo          14   50    3   18   3   0   0    6   0   1    2    4  .360
Pete Rose             14   47    7   14   3   0   0    3   1   0   13    4  .298
Greg Luzinski         14   45    6   13   3   0   3   10   1   0   11   10  .289
Mike Schmidt          14   43    7   12   1   0   4   13   1   1    8    9  .279
Larry Bowa            14   50   10   13   2   1   0    1   2   2    9    3  .260
Bake McBride          14   50    6   11   0   0   3    8   3   1    3    5  .220
Bob Boone             12   37    4    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .216
Tim McCarver           5   13    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .154
Jose Cardenal          2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Greg Gross            10    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .000
Lonnie Smith           3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   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
Jerry Mumphrey         4    2    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500
Ken Oberkfell          9   15    2    5   0   1   0    0   0   0    2    3  .333
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Tony Scott            15   64    8   21   2   2   0    8   4   1    0   10  .328
Ken Reitz             15   52    2   17   6   0   0    9   1   0    5    7  .327
Ted Simmons           15   54    8   15   3   0   3    6   0   0    9    2  .278
Keith Hernandez       15   59   10   16   6   1   2   12   1   0    6    9  .271
Garry Templeton       15   66    7   17   2   1   0    3   1   0    2    5  .258
Lou Brock             13   40    2   10   0   0   1    4   1   1    2    9  .250
Mike Tyson            12   26    1    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    4    4  .231
George Hendrick       15   40    7    9   2   0   1    2   0   0    6    7  .225
Dane Iorg             11   27    2    6   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .222
Bernie Carbo           9   10    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .200
Tom Grieve             7   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .167
Mike Phillips          5    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .125
Roger Freed            5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Steve Swisher          2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  G. Richards (SD)         75
  B. Russell (LA)          75
  D. Lopes (LA)            74
  S. Garvey (LA)           73
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      69
  D. Winfield (SD)         68
  T. Puhl (HOU)            67
  O. Smith (SD)            66
  G. Templeton (STL)       66
  T. Whitfield (SF)        66

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         29
  G. Foster (CIN)          27
  B. Russell (LA)          26
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      25
  K. Griffey (CIN)         25
  S. Garvey (LA)           24
  T. Puhl (HOU)            23
  T. Whitfield (SF)        22
  T. Scott (STL)           21
  G. Maddox (PHI)          20

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. Luzinski (PHI)         3
  G. Maddox (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
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         13
  K. Hernandez (STL)       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
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  B. North (SF)             3
  R. Scott (MON)            3
  D. Baker (LA)             2
  B. Boisclair (NY)         2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2

Walks:

  G. Tenace (SD)           15
  M. Hargrove (SD)         13
  B. North (SF)            13
  P. Rose (PHI)            13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       11
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        11
  J. Clark (SF)            10
  G. Hubbard (ATL)         10

Strikeouts:

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


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