Sunday April 29, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 29, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       727   94   203   39    5   15    90   24    6   79   120  .279
Montreal         627   86   172   36    4   18    78   15    9   54   113  .274
Pittsburgh       644   85   176   36   10   18    74   20    7   42    97  .273
Atlanta          673   87   179   26    1   21    80    6    9   74   112  .266
St. Louis        661   81   174   32   10   10    75   12    5   54    91  .263
Philadelphia     607   79   156   27    3   15    77   17    8   79    80  .257
Houston          669   91   169   27    7    9    87   25   11   57   105  .253
San Diego        755   96   189   35    6   11    87    8    9   75   107  .250
Los Angeles      780   93   195   32    3   16    89   18    7   81   117  .250
Chicago          559   57   131   25    2   12    52    6    6   67    89  .234
San Francisco    720  100   164   28    8   13    91    9    8   73   113  .228
New York         578   66   130   24    5    9    62   15   10   52    89  .225

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Foster (CIN)      21   81   13   31   2   1   4   22   0   0   10   17  .383
Dave Winfield (SD)       22   90   16   34   9   2   3   17   1   3    7   10  .378
Warren Cromartie (MON)   18   80   12   29   9   1   1    7   1   2    2    7  .363
Ken Griffey (CIN)        20   83   13   30   8   0   2    8   6   1    7    9  .361
Jerry Royster (ATL)      19   64   10   23   2   0   0    7   5   1   12    6  .359
Garry Maddox (PHI)       18   67   14   23   3   2   3   12   3   2    4    5  .343
Barry Bonnell (ATL)      20   70   12   24   3   1   5   16   0   1    4    5  .343
Omar Moreno (PIT)        18   70   11   24   1   3   0   10  11   4    7    5  .343
Gary Carter (MON)        17   59   10   20   2   0   5   12   1   0    7    7  .339
Joe Morgan (CIN)         19   73   13   24   8   1   2    4   8   0   12    9  .329

 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         19   64   10   23   2   0   0    7   5   1   12    6  .359
Barry Bonnell         20   70   12   24   3   1   5   16   0   1    4    5  .343
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy           20   72   16   23   1   0   9   19   0   0   10   13  .319
Jeff Burroughs        20   69    9   19   4   0   1    6   0   0   15   13  .275
Gary Matthews         20   80   13   22   4   0   4   11   1   0    6   10  .275
Pepe Frias            20   60    3   16   3   0   0    3   0   0    3    6  .267
Mike Lum              18   66    7   16   4   0   1    6   0   2    6   12  .242
Rowland Office        18   17    4    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .235
Glenn Hubbard         20   78    6   16   1   0   0    2   0   4   11   10  .205
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          4    4    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    5    0  .500
Scot Thompson         11   31    5   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .355
Larry Biittner         7    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Steve Ontiveros       17   60    6   17   3   0   0    2   0   0    9    4  .283
Dave Kingman          17   62   10   17   3   0   7   19   0   0    9   16  .274
Bobby Murcer          16   44    7   12   0   0   2    7   0   2   11    4  .273
Ted Sizemore          17   56    6   14   3   0   0    4   1   0    9    8  .250
Ivan DeJesus          17   71    8   16   5   0   1    2   2   3    4   14  .225
Jerry Martin          16   49    2   11   2   0   1    3   0   0    5    8  .225
Bill Buckner          17   71    5   13   5   1   0    5   1   1    4    5  .183
Barry Foote           17   54    1    9   0   0   1    1   1   0    2   17  .167
Gene Clines            8    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Steve Dillard          3    1    1    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
Mick Kelleher          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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         21   81   13   31   2   1   4   22   0   0   10   17  .383
Dave Collins           8    8    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .375
Ken Griffey           20   83   13   30   8   0   2    8   6   1    7    9  .361
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            19   73   13   24   8   1   2    4   8   0   12    9  .329
Dave Concepcion       21   89   15   28   2   2   1   12   4   2    8    2  .315
Ray Knight            20   71    6   22   6   0   0    8   1   0    9    6  .310
Champ Summers          9   13    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .231
Dan Driessen          21   77    7   17   4   0   3   16   2   2   10   14  .221
Johnny Bench          16   55    8   10   1   0   2    7   2   0   13   14  .182
Cesar Geronimo        21   78    8   14   2   1   0    4   1   0    5   14  .180
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       12   14    6    5   1   1   0    4   1   0    5    5  .357
Cesar Cedeno          17   57    8   18   6   0   2   10   2   1    8    7  .316
Jose Cruz             20   69   15   21   5   2   2   17   8   1   12   10  .304
Terry Puhl            20   86   19   26   1   1   1    2   6   5    7    7  .302
Enos Cabell           20   76   10   22   3   0   1   13   8   3    5    7  .290
Craig Reynolds        20   84   11   24   5   2   0    5   0   1    0    7  .286
Bob Watson            20   71    6   18   2   0   0    8   0   0    4   17  .254
Alan Ashby            16   51    2   11   1   1   0    9   0   0    6   14  .216
Art Howe              20   71    7   15   2   0   2   11   0   0    5    5  .211
Denny Walling          4    5    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .200
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             8    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .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
Ted Martinez           6    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Manny Mota             6    4    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Dusty Baker           22   83   11   27   4   0   2    9   1   2    7   11  .325
Steve Garvey          23   94   15   30   5   0   3   13   1   2    4    9  .319
Von Joshua            13   19    2    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .316
Rick Monday           11   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .303
Bill Russell          23   97    9   28   5   0   1   10   0   2    6    6  .289
Gary Thomasson        19   52    4   14   0   0   1    7   1   0   10    3  .269
Ron Cey               21   74   11   19   4   0   2    7   3   1   14   15  .257
Derrel Thomas         17   42    4   10   2   1   0    4   4   0    3    7  .238
Davey Lopes           23   96   15   20   5   1   1    3   6   0   11   16  .208
Joe Ferguson          16   50    5   10   2   0   1   12   0   0   10   12  .200
Reggie Smith          11   27    7    5   1   0   1    4   2   0    6    7  .185
Steve Yeager          14   40    4    7   1   1   3    7   0   0    4    7  .175
Vic Davalillo          7    7    0    0   0   0   0    1   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      18   80   12   29   9   1   1    7   1   2    2    7  .363
Gary Carter           17   59   10   20   2   0   5   12   1   0    7    7  .339
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          18   78   15   24   6   2   5   14   2   2    4   15  .308
Jerry White           12   24    5    7   1   1   1    6   1   0    0    4  .292
Chris Speier          18   56    9   16   3   0   1    4   0   0   11    3  .286
Rodney Scott          18   71    9   20   4   0   0   10   4   3   12   14  .282
Larry Parrish         17   59    7   16   6   0   0    2   2   0    3   14  .271
Tony Perez            17   66    7   15   1   0   3   12   1   0    4   15  .227
Ellis Valentine       15   58    4   13   1   0   2    9   3   2    5    7  .224
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             9    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          17   68    8   22   4   0   2   13   5   1    8    9  .324
Joel Youngblood       15   38    7   12   2   0   4   11   1   2    6    4  .316
Bruce Boisclair       10   16    2    5   1   1   0    0   0   2    0    3  .313
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Steve Henderson       17   66    6   17   2   1   0    6   4   1    6   12  .258
Richie Hebner         17   62   10   15   3   1   1    8   1   0    6    6  .242
Frank Taveras          8   26    4    6   0   1   0    1   2   0    3    1  .231
John Stearns          16   56    7   12   4   0   1    6   2   2    3    7  .214
Ron Hodges            10   15    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .200
Doug Flynn            17   57    5    9   1   0   0    6   0   0    4    8  .158
Willie Montanez       17   64    9   10   3   0   1    3   0   1    8    9  .156
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           7    5    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          18   67   14   23   3   2   3   12   3   2    4    5  .343
Dave Rader             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Pete Rose             19   66   11   21   3   0   1    5   1   0   16    7  .318
Manny Trillo          19   68    5   21   3   0   0    8   0   1    4    8  .309
Larry Bowa            19   67   12   19   3   1   0    3   3   2   15    5  .284
Greg Luzinski         18   58    7   16   4   0   3   13   1   1   13   13  .276
Mike Schmidt          19   61    9   16   3   0   4   14   1   1   11   13  .262
Bake McBride          19   64    7   14   1   0   3    9   6   1    5    7  .219
Bob Boone             16   50    4   10   3   0   1    8   0   0    4    3  .200
Tim McCarver           7   15    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .133
Greg Gross            13    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .125
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           14   32    8   15   4   1   4   13   2   1    9    3  .469
Omar Moreno           18   70   11   24   1   3   0   10  11   4    7    5  .343
Dave Parker           18   70   16   23   4   2   3    7   3   0    6   10  .329
Willie Stargell       14   55    7   18   5   0   4   14   0   0    0   13  .327
Ed Ott                13   49    4   15   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    8  .306
Bill Robinson         15   52    7   13   3   0   2    7   1   0    2    9  .250
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
Phil Garner           18   70   12   17   8   1   1    2   0   1    7   14  .243
Steve Nicosia          9   25    2    6   1   0   2    3   0   0    1    0  .240
Rennie Stennett       17   65    5   14   3   0   0    5   0   0    4   10  .215
Lee Lacy              11   19    0    4   0   2   0    2   0   0    2    7  .211
Tim Foli               7   26    2    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .192
Dale Berra             9   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .154
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         11   14    5    6   1   1   0    3   0   0    7    1  .429
Dave Winfield         22   90   16   34   9   2   3   17   1   3    7   10  .378
Bill Almon            12   16    3    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    0    2  .375
Jerry Turner          22   85    9   27   4   0   1   15   0   0    6   12  .318
Broderick Perkins     15   19    1    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .316
Fernando Gonzalez     19   69    7   21   3   0   2    8   0   0    4    6  .304
Bill Fahey             7   14    0    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .286
Gene Tenace           21   58    9   13   0   1   4   12   0   1   17   15  .224
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
Dan Briggs            12   25    5    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .200
Don Reynolds           4    5    0    1   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200
Barry Evans           20   76    4   15   3   0   0    5   0   1    3   11  .197
Fred Kendall           4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Ozzie Smith           22   86   12   14   3   0   0    4   4   1    6    4  .163

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rob Andrews            5    4    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .750
Willie McCovey        11   19    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .368
John Tamargo          10   12    2    4   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Terry Whitfield       22   82   12   26   6   2   0   12   0   2    6   10  .317
Larry Herndon         18   20    4    6   1   2   1    4   0   1    2    7  .300
Jack Clark            22   78   17   23   5   1   3   12   1   0   12   15  .295
Johnnie Lemaster       7   21    5    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .286
Darrell Evans         22   79    9   20   2   0   2   11   0   2   10    5  .253
Max Venable            8    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Mike Ivie             21   73    8   17   1   1   4   14   1   0    5   14  .233
Billy North           21   70   14   16   2   0   0    6   4   3   14   14  .229
Marc Hill             21   69    6   11   0   0   1    6   0   0    6    7  .159
Bill Madlock          22   81   11   12   2   1   1   14   2   0    7    6  .148
Roger Metzger         18   54    4    8   1   1   0    5   1   0    3    3  .148
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
Ken Oberkfell         10   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            19   80    9   26   3   4   0   12   4   1    1   13  .325
Ken Reitz             19   68    3   21   8   0   0   11   1   0    5   12  .309
Garry Templeton       19   81   13   25   2   2   0    3   2   0    3    5  .309
Lou Brock             15   47    4   13   0   0   1    6   1   1    3   10  .277
Ted Simmons           19   67   10   18   4   0   4    9   0   0   12    3  .269
George Hendrick       19   56    9   14   3   0   1    5   1   0    8   10  .250
Mike Tyson            16   40    4   10   1   1   2    7   1   1    4    7  .250
Dane Iorg             13   32    2    8   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .250
Keith Hernandez       19   77   12   19   8   1   2   14   1   0    6   10  .247
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          11   12    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .167
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)          97
  D. Lopes (LA)            96
  S. Garvey (LA)           94
  D. Winfield (SD)         90
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      89
  T. Puhl (HOU)            86
  O. Smith (SD)            86
  J. Turner (SD)           85
  C. Reynolds (HOU)        84
  D. Baker (LA)            83

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            19
  J. Clark (SF)            17
  D. Murphy (ATL)          16
  D. Parker (PIT)          16
  D. Winfield (SD)         16
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      15
  J. Cruz (HOU)            15
  A. Dawson (MON)          15
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  D. Lopes (LA)            15

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         34
  G. Foster (CIN)          31
  S. Garvey (LA)           30
  K. Griffey (CIN)         30
  W. Cromartie (MON)       29
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      28
  B. Russell (LA)          28
  D. Baker (LA)            27
  J. Turner (SD)           27
  T. Puhl (HOU)            26

Doubles:

  W. Cromartie (MON)        9
  D. Winfield (SD)          9
  P. Garner (PIT)           8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  K. Reitz (STL)            8
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  R. Knight (CIN)           6

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  D. Murphy (ATL)           9
  D. Kingman (CHI)          7
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          5
  G. Carter (MON)           5
  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  M. Ivie (SF)              4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4
  J. Milner (PIT)           4
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          4

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          22
  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  D. Murphy (ATL)          19
  J. Cruz (HOU)            17
  D. Winfield (SD)         17
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16
  J. Turner (SD)           15
  A. Dawson (MON)          14
  K. Hernandez (STL)       14

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          11
  E. Cabell (HOU)           8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  B. McBride (PHI)          6
  T. Puhl (HOU)             6
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          5
  J. Royster (ATL)          5

Caught Stealing:

  T. Puhl (HOU)             5
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          4
  O. Moreno (PIT)           4
  E. Cabell (HOU)           3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          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
  L. Bowa (PHI)            15
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       15
  M. Hargrove (SD)         15
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  B. North (SF)            14
  J. Bench (CIN)           13
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        13
  J. Clark (SF)            12

Strikeouts:

  B. Foote (CHI)           17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  B. Watson (HOU)          17
  D. Kingman (CHI)         16
  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  R. Cey (LA)              15
  J. Clark (SF)            15
  A. Dawson (MON)          15
  T. Perez (MON)           15
  G. Tenace (SD)           15


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