Tuesday April 24, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 24, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       599   82   177   34    5   14    79   21    4   65    96  .296
Pittsburgh       526   64   142   29    8   15    54   14    6   25    77  .270
Philadelphia     485   68   127   20    3   15    67   13    6   63    60  .262
Atlanta          574   72   150   19    1   19    66    6    8   55    93  .261
St. Louis        556   65   143   27    8    9    60   11    4   46    77  .257
Los Angeles      642   75   162   26    3   14    71   16    7   64    97  .252
San Diego        623   82   157   27    6   10    74    8    6   62    86  .252
Montreal         484   50   121   26    3    9    44   13    8   42    88  .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
New York         460   54   109   18    5    6    50   10    8   43    68  .237
San Francisco    585   83   131   19    7    8    75    8    5   62    96  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Foster (CIN)      17   66   11   28   2   1   3   18   0   0    9   12  .424
Dave Winfield (SD)       18   72   13   30   7   2   3   14   1   3    7    6  .417
Garry Maddox (PHI)       15   56   13   21   2   2   3   11   3   1    4    3  .375
Ken Griffey (CIN)        16   69   11   25   8   0   2    6   4   0    4    6  .362
Joe Morgan (CIN)         15   60   11   21   6   1   2    4   7   0    9    8  .350
Terry Puhl (HOU)         16   67   17   23   1   1   0    1   6   5    6    5  .343
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    17   73   14   25   1   2   1   10   4   1    7    0  .343
Jerry Royster (ATL)      16   53    6   18   2   0   0    6   5   1    8    5  .340
Barry Bonnell (ATL)      17   62   11   21   3   1   5   15   0   1    4    4  .339
Steve Garvey (LA)        19   78   12   26   4   0   3   12   1   2    3    6  .333

 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
Charlie Spikes         8    7    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .429
Jerry Royster         16   53    6   18   2   0   0    6   5   1    8    5  .340
Barry Bonnell         17   62   11   21   3   1   5   15   0   1    4    4  .339
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy           17   61   13   19   0   0   7   14   0   0    7   12  .312
Mike Lum              15   56    7   15   3   0   1    4   0   1    2   11  .268
Pepe Frias            17   49    2   13   3   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .265
Gary Matthews         17   69   10   18   3   0   4   10   1   0    3    8  .261
Jeff Burroughs        17   58    8   15   1   0   1    3   0   0   12   11  .259
Rowland Office        15   13    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .231
Glenn Hubbard         17   67    6   14   1   0   0    2   0   4   10    8  .209
Mike Macha             4   12    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .167
Bob Beall             12    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              4    4    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         17   66   11   28   2   1   3   18   0   0    9   12  .424
Arturo DeFreitas       6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Ken Griffey           16   69   11   25   8   0   2    6   4   0    4    6  .362
Joe Morgan            15   60   11   21   6   1   2    4   7   0    9    8  .350
Dave Concepcion       17   73   14   25   1   2   1   10   4   1    7    0  .343
Junior Kennedy         6   12    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .333
Ray Knight            16   56    5   18   4   0   0    7   1   0    8    4  .321
Champ Summers          6   10    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .300
Vic Correll            6   14    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .286
Dave Collins           7    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Dan Driessen          17   61    7   16   4   0   3   15   2   2    9   13  .262
Johnny Bench          13   47    7    9   1   0   2    7   2   0   11   13  .192
Cesar Geronimo        17   63    7   12   2   1   0    4   1   0    5    9  .191
Rick Auerbach          4   11    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .182

 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
Manny Mota             6    4    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Steve Garvey          19   78   12   26   4   0   3   12   1   2    3    6  .333
Bill Russell          19   79    8   26   4   0   1   10   0   2    6    3  .329
Rick Monday           10   32    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .281
Dusty Baker           18   68    9   19   3   0   1    2   1   2    5   11  .279
Von Joshua            11   15    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .267
Gary Thomasson        15   38    3   10   0   0   1    4   1   0    9    2  .263
Ron Cey               17   62    8   15   2   0   2    6   3   1   10   15  .242
Derrel Thomas         14   35    3    8   1   1   0    3   4   0    1    7  .229
Davey Lopes           19   78   15   17   5   1   1    2   4   0   10   15  .218
Joe Ferguson          15   47    5   10   2   0   1   12   0   0    8   10  .213
Reggie Smith           8   24    4    5   1   0   1    4   2   0    2    5  .208
Steve Yeager          11   29    3    5   1   1   2    4   0   0    4    4  .172
Vic Davalillo          5    5    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      14   62    4   19   6   0   1    4   1   1    2    6  .307
Andre Dawson          14   60   10   18   5   2   3   11   2   2    4   11  .300
Chris Speier          14   47    6   13   3   0   1    4   0   0    4    2  .277
Rodney Scott          14   55    5   15   3   0   0    8   4   3   10   11  .273
Gary Carter           13   44    3   11   0   0   1    4   0   0    6    7  .250
Duffy Dyer             2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Larry Parrish         13   46    6   11   3   0   0    1   2   0    2   11  .239
Ellis Valentine       14   57    3   12   1   0   1    6   3   2    5    7  .211
Tony Perez            13   50    2    9   1   0   2    4   1   0    3   12  .180
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
Gil Flores             8    9    2    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .556
Alex Trevino           2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Frank Taveras          4   12    3    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    1  .417
Bruce Boisclair        7   11    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   2    0    2  .364
Lee Mazzilli          13   54    7   18   4   0   2   11   3   1    7    7  .333
Joel Youngblood       11   26    4    8   1   0   2    6   1   1    5    3  .308
Steve Henderson       13   53    5   16   2   1   0    5   4   1    4   10  .302
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Richie Hebner         13   50    8   13   3   1   1    7   0   0    5    4  .260
Ron Hodges             8   13    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .231
Doug Flynn            13   46    5    8   0   0   0    5   0   0    3    8  .174
Willie Montanez       13   50    7    8   2   0   1    3   0   1    7    6  .160
John Stearns          12   44    6    7   2   0   0    4   2   1    3    4  .159
Kelvin Chapman        12   40    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    7  .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          15   56   13   21   2   2   3   11   3   1    4    3  .375
Manny Trillo          15   54    3   18   3   0   0    7   0   1    2    5  .333
Del Unser              9    6    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Mike Schmidt          15   48    8   15   2   0   4   14   1   1    8   10  .313
Pete Rose             15   50    9   15   3   0   1    4   1   0   15    4  .300
Greg Luzinski         15   48    7   14   3   0   3   11   1   0   12   11  .292
Larry Bowa            15   54   11   15   2   1   0    2   2   2   11    4  .278
Bake McBride          15   50    6   11   0   0   3    8   3   1    3    5  .220
Bob Boone             13   41    4    9   2   0   1    6   0   0    3    2  .220
Tim McCarver           5   13    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .154
Jose Cardenal          3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Lonnie Smith           4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .000
Greg Gross            10    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .000
Pete Mackanin          5    3    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           12   31    8   15   4   1   4   13   2   1    6    3  .484
Willie Stargell       11   44    6   15   4   0   3    8   0   0    0    9  .341
Omar Moreno           15   56    7   17   0   3   0    5   7   3    5    4  .304
Dave Parker           15   56   13   17   2   2   2    6   2   0    4    9  .304
Ed Ott                10   37    3   11   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    7  .297
Phil Garner           15   60    9   15   6   1   1    2   0   1    3   13  .250
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
Rennie Stennett       14   51    3   12   3   0   0    3   0   0    3    7  .235
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
Tim Foli               4   15    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .067
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         18   72   13   30   7   2   3   14   1   3    7    6  .417
Bill Almon            11   16    3    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    2  .375
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          18   69    5   21   2   0   1   15   0   0    4   10  .304
Bill Fahey             6   10    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .300
Fernando Gonzalez     15   57    7   16   2   0   2    7   0   0    2    6  .281
Gene Tenace           17   46    8   11   0   1   3    8   0   1   15   12  .239
Gene Richards         18   78   11   18   3   1   1    7   2   1    6   13  .231
Dan Briggs             8    9    4    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .222
Mike Hargrove         17   55   11   12   3   0   0    3   0   1   13    6  .218
Barry Evans           17   67    4   14   3   0   0    5   0   0    3    9  .209
Don Reynolds           4    5    0    1   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200
Fred Kendall           4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Ozzie Smith           18   69   10   10   3   0   0    4   4   0    6    4  .145

 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       18   69   12   23   6   2   0   11   0   1    6   10  .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            18   65   13   19   3   1   2    9   1   0   10   12  .292
Mike Ivie             17   57    6   15   1   1   2    9   1   0    5   12  .263
Darrell Evans         18   66    8   16   2   0   1    9   0   1    7    4  .242
Billy North           17   60   12   13   2   0   0    6   3   3   13   14  .217
Roger Metzger         15   47    4    7   0   1   0    5   1   0    2    2  .149
Marc Hill             17   58    6    8   0   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .138
Bill Madlock          18   65    9    8   0   1   1   12   2   0    7    5  .123
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          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
Jerry Mumphrey         5    3    3    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Ken Reitz             16   56    3   18   6   0   0    9   1   0    5    9  .321
Tony Scott            16   69    8   22   2   3   0   10   4   1    0   11  .319
Ted Simmons           16   58    9   16   3   0   4    7   0   0   10    2  .276
Mike Tyson            13   30    2    8   1   1   1    5   1   1    4    5  .267
Keith Hernandez       16   64   10   17   7   1   2   12   1   0    6   10  .266
Garry Templeton       16   70    8   18   2   1   0    3   1   0    3    5  .257
Lou Brock             13   40    2   10   0   0   1    4   1   1    2    9  .250
George Hendrick       16   45    8   11   3   0   1    2   1   0    6    9  .244
Dane Iorg             11   27    2    6   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .222
Tom Grieve             8   15    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .200
Bernie Carbo          10   11    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .182
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          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Russell (LA)          79
  S. Garvey (LA)           78
  D. Lopes (LA)            78
  G. Richards (SD)         78
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      73
  D. Winfield (SD)         72
  G. Templeton (STL)       70
  K. Griffey (CIN)         69
  G. Matthews (ATL)        69
  T. Scott (STL)           69

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            17
  D. Lopes (LA)            15
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  J. Clark (SF)            13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            13
  G. Maddox (PHI)          13
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  D. Parker (PIT)          13
  D. Winfield (SD)         13
  S. Garvey (LA)           12

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         30
  G. Foster (CIN)          28
  S. Garvey (LA)           26
  B. Russell (LA)          26
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      25
  K. Griffey (CIN)         25
  T. Puhl (HOU)            23
  T. Whitfield (SF)        23
  T. Scott (STL)           22
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         21

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  T. Scott (STL)            3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  G. Maddox (PHI)           2
  D. Parker (PIT)           2
  C. Reynolds (HOU)         2
  T. Whitfield (SF)         2
  D. Winfield (SD)          2

Home Runs:

  D. Murphy (ATL)           7
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          5
  D. Kingman (CHI)          5
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  J. Milner (PIT)           4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4
  T. Simmons (STL)          4
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3
  G. Foster (CIN)           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. Murphy (ATL)          14
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         14
  D. Winfield (SD)         14
  J. Milner (PIT)          13

Stolen Bases:

  E. Cabell (HOU)           8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8
  O. Moreno (PIT)           7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  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. Winfield (SD)          3
  D. Baker (LA)             2
  B. Boisclair (NY)         2
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2

Walks:

  P. Rose (PHI)            15
  G. Tenace (SD)           15
  M. Hargrove (SD)         13
  B. North (SF)            13
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       12
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11
  L. Bowa (PHI)            11
  R. Cey (LA)              10

Strikeouts:

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

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