Friday April 27, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 27, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       666   88   190   36    5   14    84   22    5   70   111  .285
Montreal         560   73   152   31    4   14    65   14    8   48    99  .271
Philadelphia     549   75   146   23    3   15    74   14    6   71    67  .266
Pittsburgh       610   75   161   34   10   18    64   17    6   34    94  .264
Atlanta          603   75   158   21    1   19    69    6    8   66    98  .262
St. Louis        590   68   153   27   10    9    62   11    5   48    83  .259
Los Angeles      678   79   172   28    3   14    75   17    7   66   103  .254
Houston          633   86   159   27    7    8    83   25   11   55    99  .251
San Diego        687   88   172   33    6   10    80    8    7   69    96  .250
Chicago          494   49   116   24    2   11    44    3    6   58    83  .235
New York         485   56   112   19    5    7    52   11    8   46    75  .231
San Francisco    655   91   147   21    7   11    83    8    5   65   104  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Foster (CIN)      19   74   12   30   2   1   3   20   0   0   10   15  .405
Dave Winfield (SD)       20   81   14   32   8   2   3   15   1   3    7   10  .395
Garry Maddox (PHI)       16   59   13   21   2   2   3   12   3   1    4    3  .356
Ken Griffey (CIN)        18   77   12   27   8   0   2    7   5   1    5    8  .351
Warren Cromartie (MON)   16   72    8   25   7   1   1    7   1   1    2    6  .347
Steve Garvey (LA)        20   82   13   28   5   0   3   13   1   2    3    6  .342
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       16   53    8   18   6   0   2   10   2   1    7    6  .340
Joe Morgan (CIN)         17   69   13   23   8   1   2    4   7   0    9    9  .333
Barry Bonnell (ATL)      18   66   11   22   3   1   5   16   0   1    4    4  .333
Manny Trillo (PHI)       17   60    5   20   3   0   0    7   0   1    4    7  .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
Barry Bonnell         18   66   11   22   3   1   5   16   0   1    4    4  .333
Jerry Royster         17   57    7   19   2   0   0    6   5   1    9    6  .333
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy           18   64   13   21   1   0   7   15   0   0    9   12  .328
Pepe Frias            18   52    3   15   3   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .289
Jeff Burroughs        18   61    8   16   2   0   1    4   0   0   14   11  .262
Mike Lum              16   58    7   15   3   0   1    4   0   1    5   12  .259
Gary Matthews         18   72   11   18   3   0   4   10   1   0    5   10  .250
Rowland Office        16   13    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .231
Glenn Hubbard         18   71    6   15   1   0   0    2   0   4   10    8  .211
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              6    6    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    3    2  .500
Tim Blackwell          3    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .500
Scot Thompson         10   30    5   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .367
Steve Ontiveros       15   53    5   16   3   0   0    2   0   0    8    3  .302
Dave Kingman          15   54    9   15   3   0   7   19   0   0    9   14  .278
Ted Sizemore          15   50    5   13   3   0   0    4   1   0    7    8  .260
Bobby Murcer          14   38    6    9   0   0   1    3   0   2    8    4  .237
Bill Buckner          15   62    5   13   5   1   0    4   0   1    4    5  .210
Ivan DeJesus          15   64    7   13   4   0   1    2   0   3    3   13  .203
Larry Biittner         5    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .200
Jerry Martin          14   41    2    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    5    7  .195
Barry Foote           15   48    1    9   0   0   1    1   1   0    2   16  .188
Gene Clines            7    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
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         19   74   12   30   2   1   3   20   0   0   10   15  .405
Arturo DeFreitas       6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Dave Collins           8    8    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .375
Ken Griffey           18   77   12   27   8   0   2    7   5   1    5    8  .351
Joe Morgan            17   69   13   23   8   1   2    4   7   0    9    9  .333
Junior Kennedy         6   12    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .333
Dave Concepcion       19   82   15   27   1   2   1   11   4   1    7    1  .329
Ray Knight            18   64    5   20   4   0   0    7   1   0    8    5  .313
Vic Correll            7   17    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .294
Champ Summers          8   12    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .250
Dan Driessen          19   69    7   17   4   0   3   16   2   2   10   14  .246
Rick Auerbach          4   11    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .182
Johnny Bench          14   50    7    9   1   0   2    7   2   0   11   13  .180
Cesar Geronimo        19   70    7   12   2   1   0    4   1   0    5   13  .171

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeffrey Leonard       11   14    6    5   1   1   0    3   1   0    5    5  .357
Cesar Cedeno          16   53    8   18   6   0   2   10   2   1    7    6  .340
Terry Puhl            19   81   18   25   1   1   0    1   6   5    7    6  .309
Jose Cruz             19   65   14   19   5   2   2   17   8   1   12   10  .292
Enos Cabell           19   72   10   21   3   0   1   13   8   3    5    6  .292
Craig Reynolds        19   79    9   22   5   2   0    5   0   1    0    7  .279
Bob Watson            19   67    5   17   2   0   0    8   0   0    4   16  .254
Alan Ashby            15   48    2   10   1   1   0    9   0   0    5   14  .208
Denny Walling          3    5    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .200
Art Howe              19   67    7   13   2   0   2    9   0   0    5    4  .194
Bruce Bochy            5   16    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .188
Rafael Landestoy      17    6    2    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .167
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
Duffy Dyer             3    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Jerry White           10   16    5    6   1   1   1    5   0   0    0    3  .375
Warren Cromartie      16   72    8   25   7   1   1    7   1   1    2    6  .347
Tony Solaita           8    9    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .333
Jim Mason              3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Andre Dawson          16   70   14   23   6   2   5   14   2   2    4   12  .329
Gary Carter           15   51    7   16   0   0   3    7   1   0    7    7  .314
Rodney Scott          16   62    9   19   4   0   0   10   4   3   12   11  .307
Larry Parrish         15   52    6   14   5   0   0    2   2   0    2   12  .269
Chris Speier          16   52    8   14   3   0   1    4   0   0    7    3  .269
Tony Perez            15   59    5   13   1   0   2    8   1   0    3   14  .220
Ellis Valentine       14   57    3   12   1   0   1    6   3   2    5    7  .211
Ken Macha              4    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Tommy Hutton           8    5    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Dave Cash              3    2    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          16   59   13   21   2   2   3   12   3   1    4    3  .356
Manny Trillo          17   60    5   20   3   0   0    7   0   1    4    7  .333
Pete Rose             17   59   10   19   3   0   1    5   1   0   15    5  .322
Mike Schmidt          17   54    8   16   3   0   4   14   1   1   10   10  .296
Larry Bowa            17   61   11   18   3   1   0    3   2   2   13    4  .295
Greg Luzinski         17   55    7   15   3   0   3   11   1   0   13   12  .273
Bake McBride          17   58    7   13   0   0   3    9   4   1    3    6  .224
Bob Boone             15   47    4   10   3   0   1    8   0   0    4    2  .213
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           13   31    8   15   4   1   4   13   2   1    7    3  .484
Willie Stargell       13   51    7   17   5   0   4   11   0   0    0   11  .333
Omar Moreno           17   66    9   21   1   3   0    7   9   3    6    5  .318
Ed Ott                12   44    4   14   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    8  .318
Dave Parker           17   66   15   20   3   2   3    7   2   0    5   10  .303
Manny Sanguillen       4    4    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Frank Taveras         11   45    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .244
Bill Robinson         14   50    7   12   3   0   2    6   1   0    2    9  .240
Steve Nicosia          9   25    2    6   1   0   2    3   0   0    1    0  .240
Phil Garner           17   67    9   16   7   1   1    2   0   1    5   14  .239
Lee Lacy              11   19    0    4   0   2   0    2   0   0    2    7  .211
Rennie Stennett       16   61    3   12   3   0   0    3   0   0    3   10  .197
Dale Berra             9   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .154
Tim Foli               6   21    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .095
Mike Easler            3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Matt Alexander         6    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          9   10    4    4   1   1   0    3   0   0    4    1  .400
Dave Winfield         20   81   14   32   8   2   3   15   1   3    7   10  .395
Bill Almon            12   16    3    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    0    2  .375
Jerry Turner          20   77    7   24   3   0   1   15   0   0    5   10  .312
Fernando Gonzalez     17   64    7   19   3   0   2    8   0   0    2    6  .297
Broderick Perkins     13   17    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .294
Bill Fahey             7   14    0    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
Dan Briggs            10   17    5    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .235
Gene Tenace           19   49    8   11   0   1   3    8   0   1   17   14  .225
Gene Richards         20   81   12   18   3   1   1    7   2   1    7   13  .222
Mike Hargrove         19   59   11   13   4   0   0    3   0   1   15    7  .220
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           20   77   10   11   3   0   0    4   4   0    6    4  .143

 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
John Tamargo           8    8    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .375
Terry Whitfield       20   78   12   25   6   2   0   11   0   1    6   10  .321
Johnnie Lemaster       6   19    5    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .316
Larry Herndon         16   13    2    4   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    4  .308
Jack Clark            20   73   14   20   3   1   2   10   1   0   10   14  .274
Mike Ivie             19   65    8   17   1   1   4   13   1   0    5   12  .262
Max Venable            8    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Darrell Evans         20   73    9   18   2   0   2   10   0   1    8    5  .247
Billy North           19   65   12   13   2   0   0    6   3   3   13   14  .200
Roger Metzger         16   50    4    8   1   1   0    5   1   0    2    2  .160
Marc Hill             19   65    6   10   0   0   1    6   0   0    5    6  .154
Bill Madlock          20   73   10   10   0   1   1   14   2   0    7    6  .137
Hector Cruz            5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Mike Sadek             5    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .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         6    3    3    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Ken Reitz             17   60    3   19   6   0   0    9   1   0    5   11  .317
Tony Scott            17   73    8   23   2   4   0   11   4   1    0   12  .315
Garry Templeton       17   74    9   21   2   2   0    3   1   0    3    5  .284
Keith Hernandez       17   68   11   18   7   1   2   12   1   0    6   10  .265
Mike Tyson            14   34    3    9   1   1   1    5   1   1    4    5  .265
Ted Simmons           17   61    9   16   3   0   4    7   0   0   11    3  .262
Dane Iorg             12   31    2    8   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .258
George Hendrick       17   48    8   12   3   0   1    3   1   0    7    9  .250
Lou Brock             13   40    2   10   0   0   1    4   1   1    2    9  .250
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
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      82
  S. Garvey (LA)           82
  T. Puhl (HOU)            81
  G. Richards (SD)         81
  D. Winfield (SD)         81
  C. Reynolds (HOU)        79
  T. Whitfield (SF)        78
  K. Griffey (CIN)         77

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            18
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      15
  D. Lopes (LA)            15
  D. Parker (PIT)          15
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  J. Cruz (HOU)            14
  A. Dawson (MON)          14
  D. Winfield (SD)         14
  S. Garvey (LA)           13
  G. Maddox (PHI)          13

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         32
  G. Foster (CIN)          30
  S. Garvey (LA)           28
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      27
  K. Griffey (CIN)         27
  B. Russell (LA)          26
  W. Cromartie (MON)       25
  T. Puhl (HOU)            25
  T. Whitfield (SF)        25
  J. Turner (SD)           24

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  T. Scott (STL)            4
  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  L. Lacy (PIT)             2
  G. Maddox (PHI)           2
  D. Parker (PIT)           2
  C. Reynolds (HOU)         2
  G. Templeton (STL)        2

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (CHI)          7
  D. Murphy (ATL)           7
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          5
  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  M. Ivie (SF)              4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  J. Milner (PIT)           4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4
  T. Simmons (STL)          4
  W. Stargell (PIT)         4

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          20
  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  J. Cruz (HOU)            17
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16
  D. Murphy (ATL)          15
  J. Turner (SD)           15
  D. Winfield (SD)         15
  A. Dawson (MON)          14
  B. Madlock (SF)          14

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)           9
  E. Cabell (HOU)           8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             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
  E. Cabell (HOU)           3
  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

Walks:

  G. Tenace (SD)           17
  M. Hargrove (SD)         15
  P. Rose (PHI)            15
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       14
  L. Bowa (PHI)            13
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        13
  B. North (SF)            13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  R. Scott (MON)           12
  J. Bench (CIN)           11

Strikeouts:

  B. Foote (CHI)           16
  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  B. Watson (HOU)          16
  R. Cey (LA)              15
  G. Foster (CIN)          15
  A. Ashby (HOU)           14
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  D. Driessen (CIN)        14
  P. Garner (PIT)          14
  D. Kingman (CHI)         14

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