Wednesday April 25, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 25, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       636   84   183   34    5   14    81   22    4   68   104  .288
Philadelphia     518   73   137   22    3   15    72   13    6   68    64  .265
Pittsburgh       563   67   148   31    9   16    57   16    6   28    85  .263
Atlanta          574   72   150   19    1   19    66    6    8   55    93  .261
Montreal         519   59   135   28    4   10    51   13    8   45    96  .260
St. Louis        556   65   143   27    8    9    60   11    4   46    77  .257
San Diego        658   88   168   32    6   10    80    8    7   67    90  .255
Los Angeles      678   79   172   28    3   14    75   17    7   66   103  .254
Chicago          429   45   104   23    2    9    40    3    6   53    66  .242
Houston          549   71   133   23    7    5    68   25   10   48    84  .242
New York         485   56   112   19    5    7    52   11    8   46    75  .231
San Francisco    613   83   133   20    7    8    75    8    5   63   100  .217

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)       19   77   14   32   8   2   3   15   1   3    7    8  .416
George Foster (CIN)      18   70   11   28   2   1   3   18   0   0   10   14  .400
Garry Maddox (PHI)       15   56   13   21   2   2   3   11   3   1    4    3  .375
Ken Griffey (CIN)        17   74   12   26   8   0   2    7   5   0    4    7  .351
Manny Trillo (PHI)       16   58    5   20   3   0   0    7   0   1    2    6  .345
Steve Garvey (LA)        20   82   13   28   5   0   3   13   1   2    3    6  .342
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
Terry Puhl (HOU)         17   71   17   24   1   1   0    1   6   5    6    5  .338
Dave Concepcion (CIN)    18   78   14   26   1   2   1   11   4   1    7    0  .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          9   27    5   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .407
Dave Kingman          13   47    8   14   3   0   6   17   0   0    8   11  .298
Steve Ontiveros       13   46    4   13   2   0   0    2   0   0    7    2  .283
Ted Sizemore          13   43    5   11   3   0   0    3   1   0    7    4  .256
Larry Biittner         4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Ivan DeJesus          13   57    7   13   4   0   1    2   0   3    2   11  .228
Bobby Murcer          12   31    5    7   0   0   1    3   0   2    7    4  .226
Bill Buckner          13   54    5   12   5   1   0    4   0   1    4    3  .222
Jerry Martin          12   37    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .189
Barry Foote           13   40    1    7   0   0   1    1   1   0    2   15  .175
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             4    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         18   70   11   28   2   1   3   18   0   0   10   14  .400
Arturo DeFreitas       6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Ken Griffey           17   74   12   26   8   0   2    7   5   0    4    7  .351
Dave Concepcion       18   78   14   26   1   2   1   11   4   1    7    0  .333
Junior Kennedy         6   12    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .333
Ray Knight            17   61    5   20   4   0   0    7   1   0    8    4  .328
Joe Morgan            16   65   11   21   6   1   2    4   7   0    9    9  .323
Vic Correll            7   17    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .294
Dave Collins           7    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .286
Champ Summers          7   11    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .273
Dan Driessen          18   66    7   17   4   0   3   15   2   2    9   14  .258
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
Cesar Geronimo        18   67    7   12   2   1   0    4   1   0    5   11  .179

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeffrey Leonard        9   12    6    5   1   1   0    3   1   0    5    4  .417
Cesar Cedeno          14   46    8   16   6   0   2   10   2   1    5    6  .348
Terry Puhl            17   71   17   24   1   1   0    1   6   5    6    5  .338
Jose Cruz             17   55   13   17   4   2   2   16   8   1   12    8  .309
Enos Cabell           17   62    7   17   2   0   0   11   8   2    4    5  .274
Bob Watson            17   59    2   15   2   0   0    6   0   0    3   11  .254
Denny Walling          2    4    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Craig Reynolds        17   68    7   16   4   2   0    2   0   1    0    5  .235
Alan Ashby            14   44    2    9   1   1   0    8   0   0    5   14  .205
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              17   58    4    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    4  .121
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          20   82   13   28   5   0   3   13   1   2    3    6  .342
Bill Russell          20   84    8   26   4   0   1   10   0   2    6    4  .310
Dusty Baker           19   72    9   22   3   0   1    3   1   2    5   11  .306
Rick Monday           10   32    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .281
Von Joshua            11   15    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .267
Ron Cey               18   65   10   17   3   0   2    7   3   1   11   15  .262
Gary Thomasson        16   43    4   11   0   0   1    4   1   0    9    3  .256
Derrel Thomas         15   37    3    9   1   1   0    4   4   0    2    7  .243
Davey Lopes           20   83   15   18   5   1   1    2   5   0   10   16  .217
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          12   33    3    5   1   1   2    4   0   0    4    5  .152
Vic Davalillo          6    6    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
Jim Mason              2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Jerry White            9   11    5    5   1   1   1    4   0   0    0    3  .455
Tony Solaita           7    8    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .375
Warren Cromartie      15   67    6   22   6   1   1    5   1   1    2    6  .328
Rodney Scott          15   58    7   17   4   0   0    9   4   3   12   11  .293
Andre Dawson          15   65   10   19   5   2   3   11   2   2    4   12  .292
Gary Carter           14   48    5   14   0   0   1    4   0   0    6    7  .292
Chris Speier          15   50    7   14   3   0   1    4   0   0    5    3  .280
Larry Parrish         14   47    6   12   4   0   0    1   2   0    2   11  .255
Duffy Dyer             2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ellis Valentine       14   57    3   12   1   0   1    6   3   2    5    7  .211
Tony Perez            14   55    3   11   1   0   2    5   1   0    3   14  .200
Ken Macha              4    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Tommy Hutton           7    5    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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
Bruce Boisclair        7   11    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   2    0    2  .364
Lee Mazzilli          14   57    7   19   4   0   2   11   4   1    7    7  .333
Frank Taveras          5   16    3    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    1  .313
Steve Henderson       14   54    6   16   2   1   0    5   4   1    6   10  .296
Joel Youngblood       12   28    4    8   1   0   2    7   1   1    5    4  .286
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Richie Hebner         14   54    8   13   3   1   1    7   0   0    5    5  .241
Ron Hodges             8   13    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .231
John Stearns          13   47    7    8   2   0   1    5   2   1    3    6  .170
Willie Montanez       14   53    7    9   3   0   1    3   0   1    7    6  .170
Doug Flynn            14   48    5    8   0   0   0    5   0   0    4    8  .167
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
Del Unser             10   10    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Garry Maddox          15   56   13   21   2   2   3   11   3   1    4    3  .375
Manny Trillo          16   58    5   20   3   0   0    7   0   1    2    6  .345
Pete Rose             16   55    9   17   3   0   1    5   1   0   15    4  .309
Mike Schmidt          16   51    8   15   2   0   4   14   1   1    9   10  .294
Larry Bowa            16   57   11   16   3   1   0    2   2   2   13    4  .281
Greg Luzinski         16   51    7   14   3   0   3   11   1   0   13   11  .275
Bob Boone             14   43    4   10   3   0   1    8   0   0    4    2  .233
Bake McBride          16   54    6   12   0   0   3    9   3   1    3    6  .222
Greg Gross            11    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .200
Tim McCarver           5   13    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .154
Jose Cardenal          4    7    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .000
Lonnie Smith           5    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .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       12   45    6   15   4   0   3    8   0   0    0   10  .333
Dave Parker           16   61   14   19   3   2   2    6   2   0    4   10  .312
Omar Moreno           16   61    7   18   0   3   0    6   8   3    5    5  .295
Ed Ott                11   38    3   11   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    8  .290
Phil Garner           16   64    9   16   7   1   1    2   0   1    4   13  .250
Steve Nicosia          8   24    2    6   1   0   2    3   0   0    1    0  .250
Frank Taveras         11   45    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .244
Lee Lacy              10   13    0    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    4  .231
Bill Robinson         13   48    7   11   3   0   2    6   1   0    2    9  .229
Rennie Stennett       15   55    3   12   3   0   0    3   0   0    3    8  .218
Dale Berra             8   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .182
Tim Foli               5   18    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .056
Manny Sanguillen       3    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
Matt Alexander         5    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Kurt Bevacqua          8    7    4    3   1   1   0    3   0   0    4    1  .429
Dave Winfield         19   77   14   32   8   2   3   15   1   3    7    8  .416
Bill Almon            12   16    3    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    0    2  .375
Jerry Turner          19   73    7   23   3   0   1   15   0   0    5   10  .315
Broderick Perkins     13   17    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .294
Dan Briggs             9   14    5    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .286
Bill Fahey             7   14    0    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
Fernando Gonzalez     16   61    7   17   2   0   2    8   0   0    2    6  .279
Gene Tenace           18   47    8   11   0   1   3    8   0   1   16   13  .234
Mike Hargrove         18   56   11   13   4   0   0    3   0   1   14    6  .232
Gene Richards         19   80   12   18   3   1   1    7   2   1    7   13  .225
Barry Evans           18   69    4   14   3   0   0    5   0   0    3    9  .203
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           19   73   10   11   3   0   0    4   4   0    6    4  .151

 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         9   17    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .412
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
Terry Whitfield       19   73   12   23   6   2   0   11   0   1    6   10  .315
John Tamargo           7    7    1    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .286
Jack Clark            19   68   13   19   3   1   2    9   1   0   10   13  .279
Mike Ivie             18   60    6   15   1   1   2    9   1   0    5   12  .250
Darrell Evans         19   69    8   16   2   0   1    9   0   1    7    5  .232
Billy North           18   64   12   13   2   0   0    6   3   3   13   14  .203
Roger Metzger         16   50    4    8   1   1   0    5   1   0    2    2  .160
Marc Hill             18   60    6    9   0   0   1    6   0   0    5    5  .150
Bill Madlock          19   68    9    8   0   1   1   12   2   0    7    6  .118
Mike Sadek             5    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            7    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)          84
  D. Lopes (LA)            83
  S. Garvey (LA)           82
  G. Richards (SD)         80
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      78
  D. Winfield (SD)         77
  K. Griffey (CIN)         74
  O. Smith (SD)            73
  J. Turner (SD)           73
  T. Whitfield (SF)        73

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         32
  G. Foster (CIN)          28
  S. Garvey (LA)           28
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      26
  K. Griffey (CIN)         26
  B. Russell (LA)          26
  T. Puhl (HOU)            24
  J. Turner (SD)           23
  T. Whitfield (SF)        23
  D. Baker (LA)            22

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  D. Winfield (SD)          8
  P. Garner (PIT)           7
  K. Hernandez (STL)        7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  W. Cromartie (MON)        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
  D. Kingman (CHI)          6
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          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
  D. Kingman (CHI)         17
  J. Cruz (HOU)            16
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         15
  D. Driessen (CIN)        15
  J. Turner (SD)           15
  D. Winfield (SD)         15
  D. Murphy (ATL)          14
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         14
  S. Garvey (LA)           13

Stolen Bases:

  E. Cabell (HOU)           8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8
  O. Moreno (PIT)           8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  T. Puhl (HOU)             6
  K. Griffey (CIN)          5
  D. Lopes (LA)             5
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       4
  S. Henderson (NY)         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:

  G. Tenace (SD)           16
  P. Rose (PHI)            15
  M. Hargrove (SD)         14
  L. Bowa (PHI)            13
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        13
  B. North (SF)            13
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       12
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  R. Scott (MON)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11

Strikeouts:

  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  R. Cey (LA)              15
  B. Foote (CHI)           15
  A. Ashby (HOU)           14
  D. Driessen (CIN)        14
  G. Foster (CIN)          14
  B. North (SF)            14
  T. Perez (MON)           14
  J. Bench (CIN)           13
  J. Clark (SF)            13

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