Saturday April 28, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 28, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       696   89   194   36    5   14    85   22    5   74   115  .279
Montreal         594   79   162   34    4   15    71   15    8   50   107  .273
St. Louis        632   80   170   32   10   10    74   11    5   53    88  .269
Pittsburgh       610   75   161   34   10   18    64   17    6   34    94  .264
Atlanta          635   82   167   23    1   20    75    6    8   71   106  .263
Philadelphia     577   75   150   25    3   15    74   15    7   76    72  .260
San Diego        723   93   184   35    6   10    85    8    9   74   103  .255
Houston          633   86   159   27    7    8    83   25   11   55    99  .251
Los Angeles      708   82   176   29    3   15    78   17    7   72   108  .249
Chicago          526   51   125   25    2   11    46    4    6   61    85  .238
New York         516   57   116   20    5    8    53   11    8   47    83  .225
San Francisco    687   95   154   25    7   12    86    8    7   69   109  .224

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)       21   86   16   34   9   2   3   17   1   3    7   10  .395
George Foster (CIN)      20   77   12   30   2   1   3   21   0   0   10   16  .390
Warren Cromartie (MON)   17   76   11   27   8   1   1    7   1   1    2    6  .355
Garry Maddox (PHI)       17   63   13   22   2   2   3   12   3   2    4    4  .349
Ken Griffey (CIN)        19   81   13   28   8   0   2    7   5   1    5    9  .346
Barry Bonnell (ATL)      19   70   12   24   3   1   5   16   0   1    4    5  .343
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       16   53    8   18   6   0   2   10   2   1    7    6  .340
Tony Scott (STL)         18   77    9   26   3   4   0   12   4   1    1   13  .338
Jerry Turner (SD)        21   81    9   27   4   0   1   15   0   0    6   10  .333
Jerry Royster (ATL)      18   60    8   20   2   0   0    6   5   1   11    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
Barry Bonnell         19   70   12   24   3   1   5   16   0   1    4    5  .343
Jerry Royster         18   60    8   20   2   0   0    6   5   1   11    6  .333
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy           19   67   15   22   1   0   8   17   0   0   10   13  .328
Pepe Frias            19   56    3   15   3   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .268
Jeff Burroughs        19   64    9   17   3   0   1    5   0   0   15   12  .266
Mike Lum              17   62    7   16   4   0   1    6   0   1    5   12  .258
Gary Matthews         19   76   12   19   3   0   4   10   1   0    5   10  .250
Rowland Office        17   13    4    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .231
Glenn Hubbard         19   74    6   16   1   0   0    2   0   4   11    9  .216
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         11   31    5   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .355
Steve Ontiveros       16   57    5   16   3   0   0    2   0   0    8    3  .281
Dave Kingman          16   58    9   16   3   0   7   19   0   0    9   15  .276
Bobby Murcer          15   41    6   11   0   0   1    4   0   2    9    4  .268
Ted Sizemore          16   53    5   14   3   0   0    4   1   0    8    8  .264
Jerry Martin          15   45    2   11   2   0   1    3   0   0    5    7  .244
Ivan DeJesus          16   68    8   15   5   0   1    2   0   3    3   14  .221
Bill Buckner          16   66    5   13   5   1   0    5   1   1    4    5  .197
Barry Foote           16   52    1    9   0   0   1    1   1   0    2   16  .173
Larry Biittner         6    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .167
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
Arturo DeFreitas       6    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
George Foster         20   77   12   30   2   1   3   21   0   0   10   16  .390
Dave Collins           8    8    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .375
Ken Griffey           19   81   13   28   8   0   2    7   5   1    5    9  .346
Vic Correll            8   18    2    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .333
Junior Kennedy         6   12    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .333
Joe Morgan            18   70   13   23   8   1   2    4   7   0   11    9  .329
Dave Concepcion       20   85   15   27   1   2   1   11   4   1    8    1  .318
Ray Knight            19   68    5   20   4   0   0    7   1   0    8    6  .294
Dan Driessen          20   73    7   17   4   0   3   16   2   2   10   14  .233
Champ Summers          9   13    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .231
Johnny Bench          15   52    7   10   1   0   2    7   2   0   12   13  .192
Cesar Geronimo        20   74    7   13   2   1   0    4   1   0    5   13  .176
Rick Auerbach          5   13    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .154

 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          21   86   13   28   5   0   3   13   1   2    3    6  .326
Dusty Baker           20   76    9   24   4   0   1    4   1   2    5   11  .316
Bill Russell          21   88    8   26   4   0   1   10   0   2    6    5  .296
Rick Monday           10   32    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .281
Ron Cey               19   67   10   18   3   0   2    7   3   1   13   15  .269
Von Joshua            11   15    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .267
Gary Thomasson        17   43    4   11   0   0   1    4   1   0   10    3  .256
Derrel Thomas         16   40    4    9   1   1   0    4   4   0    3    7  .225
Joe Ferguson          15   47    5   10   2   0   1   12   0   0    8   10  .213
Davey Lopes           21   87   15   18   5   1   1    2   5   0   10   16  .207
Reggie Smith           9   25    5    5   1   0   1    4   2   0    4    6  .200
Steve Yeager          13   37    4    6   1   1   3    6   0   0    4    6  .162
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
Warren Cromartie      17   76   11   27   8   1   1    7   1   1    2    6  .355
Jerry White           11   20    5    7   1   1   1    6   1   0    0    4  .350
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
Gary Carter           16   55    8   18   2   0   3    8   1   0    7    7  .327
Andre Dawson          17   74   15   24   6   2   5   14   2   2    4   14  .324
Rodney Scott          17   66    9   20   4   0   0   10   4   3   12   13  .303
Chris Speier          17   54    8   14   3   0   1    4   0   0    9    3  .259
Larry Parrish         16   56    6   14   5   0   0    2   2   0    2   13  .250
Tony Perez            16   63    6   15   1   0   3   12   1   0    3   15  .238
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
Lee Mazzilli          15   61    7   20   4   0   2   11   4   1    7    8  .328
Joel Youngblood       13   31    5    9   1   0   3    8   1   1    5    4  .290
Bruce Boisclair        8   14    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   2    0    3  .286
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Steve Henderson       15   58    6   16   2   1   0    5   4   1    6   11  .276
Frank Taveras          6   20    3    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    1  .250
Richie Hebner         15   55    8   13   3   1   1    7   0   0    5    6  .236
Ron Hodges             9   13    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .231
John Stearns          14   50    7    9   2   0   1    5   2   1    3    7  .180
Doug Flynn            15   51    5    9   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    8  .177
Willie Montanez       15   57    7    9   3   0   1    3   0   1    7    8  .158
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
Mike Anderson          1    1    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Del Unser             10   10    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Garry Maddox          17   63   13   22   2   2   3   12   3   2    4    4  .349
Dave Rader             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Manny Trillo          18   64    5   20   3   0   0    7   0   1    4    7  .313
Pete Rose             18   62   10   19   3   0   1    5   1   0   16    6  .307
Larry Bowa            18   64   11   18   3   1   0    3   2   2   14    4  .281
Mike Schmidt          18   58    8   16   3   0   4   14   1   1   10   11  .276
Greg Luzinski         17   55    7   15   3   0   3   11   1   0   13   12  .273
Bake McBride          18   61    7   14   1   0   3    9   5   1    4    7  .230
Bob Boone             15   47    4   10   3   0   1    8   0   0    4    2  .213
Tim McCarver           6   14    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .143
Greg Gross            12    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .143
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

 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         10   12    4    5   1   1   0    3   0   0    6    1  .417
Dave Winfield         21   86   16   34   9   2   3   17   1   3    7   10  .395
Bill Almon            12   16    3    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    0    2  .375
Jerry Turner          21   81    9   27   4   0   1   15   0   0    6   10  .333
Broderick Perkins     14   18    1    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .333
Fernando Gonzalez     18   66    7   20   3   0   2    8   0   0    4    6  .303
Bill Fahey             7   14    0    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
Gene Richards         20   81   12   18   3   1   1    7   2   1    7   13  .222
Gene Tenace           20   54    8   12   0   1   3   10   0   1   17   15  .222
Mike Hargrove         19   59   11   13   4   0   0    3   0   1   15    7  .220
Barry Evans           19   73    4   15   3   0   0    5   0   1    3   11  .206
Don Reynolds           4    5    0    1   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200
Dan Briggs            11   21    5    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .191
Fred Kendall           4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Ozzie Smith           21   82   11   13   3   0   0    4   4   1    6    4  .159

 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        10   18    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .389
Terry Whitfield       21   81   12   26   6   2   0   12   0   2    6   10  .321
Johnnie Lemaster       6   19    5    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .316
Jack Clark            21   77   17   23   5   1   3   11   1   0   10   15  .299
John Tamargo           9   11    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .273
Darrell Evans         21   75    9   19   2   0   2   11   0   2   10    5  .253
Larry Herndon         17   16    2    4   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    7  .250
Max Venable            8    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Mike Ivie             20   69    8   17   1   1   4   13   1   0    5   12  .246
Billy North           20   66   12   13   2   0   0    6   3   3   13   14  .197
Marc Hill             20   66    6   10   0   0   1    6   0   0    5    6  .152
Roger Metzger         17   53    4    8   1   1   0    5   1   0    3    2  .151
Bill Madlock          21   77   11   11   1   1   1   14   2   0    7    6  .143
Hector Cruz            6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .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
Tony Scott            18   77    9   26   3   4   0   12   4   1    1   13  .338
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
Ken Reitz             18   65    3   21   8   0   0   11   1   0    5   11  .323
Garry Templeton       18   77   12   23   2   2   0    3   1   0    3    5  .299
Ted Simmons           18   63   10   18   4   0   4    9   0   0   12    3  .286
Lou Brock             14   44    4   12   0   0   1    6   1   1    2   10  .273
Mike Tyson            15   38    4   10   1   1   2    7   1   1    4    6  .263
Dane Iorg             12   31    2    8   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .258
Keith Hernandez       18   74   12   19   8   1   2   13   1   0    6   10  .257
George Hendrick       18   53    9   13   3   0   1    5   1   0    8   10  .245
Tom Grieve             8   15    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .200
Mike Phillips          6   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Jerry Mumphrey         7    5    3    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Bernie Carbo          10   11    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .182
Roger Freed            6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Steve Swisher          4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Russell (LA)          88
  D. Lopes (LA)            87
  S. Garvey (LA)           86
  D. Winfield (SD)         86
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      85
  O. Smith (SD)            82
  K. Griffey (CIN)         81
  T. Puhl (HOU)            81
  G. Richards (SD)         81
  J. Turner (SD)           81

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            18
  J. Clark (SF)            17
  D. Winfield (SD)         16
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      15
  A. Dawson (MON)          15
  D. Lopes (LA)            15
  D. Murphy (ATL)          15
  D. Parker (PIT)          15
  J. Cruz (HOU)            14
  S. Garvey (LA)           13

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         34
  G. Foster (CIN)          30
  S. Garvey (LA)           28
  K. Griffey (CIN)         28
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      27
  W. Cromartie (MON)       27
  J. Turner (SD)           27
  B. Russell (LA)          26
  T. Scott (STL)           26
  T. Whitfield (SF)        26

Doubles:

  D. Winfield (SD)          9
  W. Cromartie (MON)        8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  K. Reitz (STL)            8
  P. Garner (PIT)           7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  A. Dawson (MON)           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. Murphy (ATL)           8
  D. Kingman (CHI)          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)          21
  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  J. Cruz (HOU)            17
  D. Murphy (ATL)          17
  D. Winfield (SD)         17
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16
  J. Turner (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
  B. McBride (PHI)          5
  J. Royster (ATL)          5
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       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
  P. Rose (PHI)            16
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       15
  M. Hargrove (SD)         15
  L. Bowa (PHI)            14
  R. Cey (LA)              13
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        13
  B. North (SF)            13
  J. Bench (CIN)           12
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12

Strikeouts:

  B. Foote (CHI)           16
  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  B. Watson (HOU)          16
  R. Cey (LA)              15
  J. Clark (SF)            15
  D. Kingman (CHI)         15
  T. Perez (MON)           15
  G. Tenace (SD)           15
  A. Ashby (HOU)           14


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