Monday April 30, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 30, 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         660   94   183   40    5   20    86   16   10   58   119  .277
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        696   86   185   36   11   11    80   12    6   57    93  .266
Philadelphia     637   83   165   27    3   17    81   19   10   80    86  .259
Houston          702   97   179   29    7   10    93   27   11   60   111  .255
San Diego        785   99   197   36    8   12    90    8   10   79   110  .251
Los Angeles      812   97   202   33    4   16    93   18    7   83   121  .249
Chicago          559   57   131   25    2   12    52    6    6   67    89  .234
New York         610   70   140   26    5    9    66   19   11   61    94  .230
San Francisco    753  101   171   28    8   13    92    9    8   76   118  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)       23   94   17   37   9   4   3   17   1   3    7   11  .394
George Foster (CIN)      21   81   13   31   2   1   4   22   0   0   10   17  .383
Warren Cromartie (MON)   19   84   13   31   9   1   1    7   1   2    2    7  .369
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
Gary Carter (MON)        18   63   12   22   3   0   6   14   1   0    7    8  .349
Pete Rose (PHI)          20   69   13   24   3   0   1    5   3   1   17    7  .348
Barry Bonnell (ATL)      20   70   12   24   3   1   5   16   0   1    4    5  .343
Garry Maddox (PHI)       19   70   15   24   3   2   4   13   3   2    4    5  .343
Omar Moreno (PIT)        18   70   11   24   1   3   0   10  11   4    7    5  .343

 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       13   14    6    5   1   1   0    5   1   0    5    5  .357
Jose Cruz             21   73   16   23   6   2   2   18   8   1   12   10  .315
Terry Puhl            21   91   21   28   1   1   2    4   6   5    7    8  .308
Cesar Cedeno          18   60    8   18   6   0   2   10   3   1    9    8  .300
Enos Cabell           21   78   11   23   4   0   1   13   9   3    7    7  .295
Rafael Landestoy      18    7    2    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .286
Craig Reynolds        21   88   11   25   5   2   0    5   0   1    0    8  .284
Bob Watson            21   75    6   20   2   0   0    9   0   0    4   18  .267
Art Howe              21   75    8   16   2   0   2   12   0   0    5    5  .213
Alan Ashby            17   54    2   11   1   1   0    9   0   0    6   15  .204
Denny Walling          4    5    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .200
Bruce Bochy            6   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .177
Jesus Alou             8    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Jimmy Sexton           3    2    1    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
Ted Martinez           7    2    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Von Joshua            14   20    3    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .350
Dusty Baker           23   87   12   29   5   0   2   11   1   2    7   12  .333
Steve Garvey          24   98   15   31   5   0   3   13   1   2    4    9  .316
Rick Monday           11   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .303
Bill Russell          24  100   10   29   5   1   1   10   0   2    6    6  .290
Gary Thomasson        20   55    4   15   0   0   1    8   1   0   11    3  .273
Derrel Thomas         18   43    5   11   2   1   0    4   4   0    3    7  .256
Ron Cey               22   77   11   19   4   0   2    7   3   1   14   16  .247
Davey Lopes           24  100   15   20   5   1   1    3   6   0   11   17  .200
Joe Ferguson          16   50    5   10   2   0   1   12   0   0   10   12  .200
Reggie Smith          12   29    7    5   1   0   1    5   2   0    6    7  .172
Steve Yeager          15   42    4    7   1   1   3    7   0   0    4    7  .167
Vic Davalillo          8    7    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000
Johnny Oates           1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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      19   84   13   31   9   1   1    7   1   2    2    7  .369
Gary Carter           18   63   12   22   3   0   6   14   1   0    7    8  .349
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          19   82   16   25   6   2   6   16   2   2    4   17  .305
Chris Speier          19   58   10   17   3   0   1    4   0   0   12    3  .293
Jerry White           13   24    5    7   1   1   1    6   1   0    0    4  .292
Rodney Scott          19   74    9   21   4   0   0   11   5   4   13   14  .284
Larry Parrish         18   63    7   17   7   0   0    3   2   0    3   15  .270
Ellis Valentine       16   61    5   14   1   1   2   10   3   2    6    7  .230
Tony Perez            18   70    8   16   2   0   3   13   1   0    4   17  .229
Ken Macha              5    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Tommy Hutton           9    5    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Dave Cash              4    3    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
Joel Youngblood       16   40    8   14   2   0   4   11   2   2    8    4  .350
Bruce Boisclair       10   16    2    5   1   1   0    0   0   2    0    3  .313
Lee Mazzilli          18   71    9   22   4   0   2   13   7   1   10    9  .310
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Steve Henderson       18   69    6   19   3   1   0    8   4   2    7   12  .275
Frank Taveras          9   30    5    8   0   1   0    1   3   0    4    1  .267
Richie Hebner         18   66   10   17   3   1   1    9   1   0    7    6  .258
John Stearns          17   59    8   13   5   0   1    6   2   2    5    7  .220
Ron Hodges            10   15    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .200
Doug Flynn            18   61    5   10   1   0   0    7   0   0    4    8  .164
Kelvin Chapman        12   40    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    7  .150
Willie Montanez       18   69    9   10   3   0   1    3   0   1    8   13  .145
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          2    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
Pete Rose             20   69   13   24   3   0   1    5   3   1   17    7  .348
Garry Maddox          19   70   15   24   3   2   4   13   3   2    4    5  .343
Dave Rader             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Manny Trillo          20   71    5   21   3   0   0    8   0   1    4    9  .296
Greg Luzinski         19   62    8   18   4   0   4   16   1   1   13   14  .290
Larry Bowa            20   70   12   19   3   1   0    3   3   2   15    5  .271
Mike Schmidt          20   65    9   16   3   0   4   14   1   1   11   15  .246
Bake McBride          20   68    7   15   1   0   3    9   6   2    5    8  .221
Bob Boone             17   53    4   10   3   0   1    8   0   0    4    4  .189
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         12   15    5    6   1   1   0    3   0   0    7    1  .400
Dave Winfield         23   94   17   37   9   4   3   17   1   3    7   11  .394
Bill Almon            12   16    3    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    0    2  .375
Jerry Turner          23   89    9   28   4   0   1   15   0   0    6   12  .315
Fernando Gonzalez     20   72    8   22   3   0   3    9   0   0    5    6  .306
Broderick Perkins     16   20    1    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .300
Bill Fahey             8   14    0    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    0  .286
Gene Richards         21   85   12   20   4   1   1    7   2   2    7   13  .235
Gene Tenace           22   59    9   13   0   1   4   12   0   1   17   15  .220
Mike Hargrove         20   62   12   13   4   0   0    3   0   1   16    7  .210
Barry Evans           21   79    4   16   3   0   0    7   0   1    3   12  .203
Don Reynolds           4    5    0    1   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200
Dan Briggs            13   26    5    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .192
Fred Kendall           4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Ozzie Smith           23   89   12   14   3   0   0    4   4   1    6    4  .157

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rob Andrews            6    5    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
Willie McCovey        11   19    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .368
Terry Whitfield       23   86   12   28   6   2   0   12   0   2    6   10  .326
Jack Clark            23   80   17   24   5   1   3   13   1   0   13   15  .300
Larry Herndon         19   21    4    6   1   2   1    4   0   1    2    7  .286
Johnnie Lemaster       7   21    5    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .286
John Tamargo          11   16    2    4   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Max Venable            8    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Darrell Evans         23   82    9   20   2   0   2   11   0   2   11    5  .244
Billy North           22   74   15   18   2   0   0    6   4   3   15   15  .243
Mike Ivie             22   77    8   17   1   1   4   14   1   0    5   17  .221
Marc Hill             21   69    6   11   0   0   1    6   0   0    6    7  .159
Roger Metzger         19   58    4    9   1   1   0    5   1   0    3    3  .155
Bill Madlock          23   85   11   13   2   1   1   14   2   0    7    6  .153
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         11   15    3    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             20   71    4   23   9   0   1   12   1   0    6   12  .324
Tony Scott            20   84   10   27   4   4   0   13   4   1    1   14  .321
Lou Brock             16   51    5   16   0   1   1    6   1   2    3   10  .314
Garry Templeton       20   86   13   26   2   2   0    3   2   0    3    5  .302
Dane Iorg             14   33    2    9   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .273
George Hendrick       20   60   10   16   4   0   1    6   1   0    8   10  .267
Mike Tyson            17   42    4   11   2   1   2    8   1   1    5    7  .262
Ted Simmons           20   70   10   18   4   0   4    9   0   0   13    3  .257
Keith Hernandez       20   82   12   19   8   1   2   14   1   0    6   10  .232
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
Bernie Carbo          12   12    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .167
Jerry Mumphrey         8    6    3    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    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:

  D. Lopes (LA)           100
  B. Russell (LA)         100
  S. Garvey (LA)           98
  D. Winfield (SD)         94
  T. Puhl (HOU)            91
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      89
  O. Smith (SD)            89
  J. Turner (SD)           89
  C. Reynolds (HOU)        88
  D. Baker (LA)            87

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            21
  J. Clark (SF)            17
  D. Winfield (SD)         17
  J. Cruz (HOU)            16
  A. Dawson (MON)          16
  D. Murphy (ATL)          16
  D. Parker (PIT)          16
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      15
  S. Garvey (LA)           15
  D. Lopes (LA)            15

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         37
  W. Cromartie (MON)       31
  G. Foster (CIN)          31
  S. Garvey (LA)           31
  K. Griffey (CIN)         30
  D. Baker (LA)            29
  B. Russell (LA)          29
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      28
  T. Puhl (HOU)            28
  J. Turner (SD)           28

Doubles:

  W. Cromartie (MON)        9
  K. Reitz (STL)            9
  D. Winfield (SD)          9
  P. Garner (PIT)           8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  L. Parrish (MON)          7
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           6
  J. Cruz (HOU)             6

Triples:

  T. Scott (STL)            4
  D. Winfield (SD)          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

Home Runs:

  D. Murphy (ATL)           9
  D. Kingman (CHI)          7
  G. Carter (MON)           6
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          5
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  M. Ivie (SF)              4
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         4
  G. Maddox (PHI)           4
  G. Matthews (ATL)         4

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          22
  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  D. Murphy (ATL)          19
  J. Cruz (HOU)            18
  D. Winfield (SD)         17
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         16
  A. Dawson (MON)          16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        16
  J. Turner (SD)           15

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          11
  E. Cabell (HOU)           9
  J. Cruz (HOU)             8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          6
  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  B. McBride (PHI)          6
  T. Puhl (HOU)             6
  J. Royster (ATL)          5

Caught Stealing:

  T. Puhl (HOU)             5
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          4
  O. Moreno (PIT)           4
  R. Scott (MON)            4
  E. Cabell (HOU)           3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  B. North (SF)             3
  D. Winfield (SD)          3
  D. Baker (LA)             2
  B. Boisclair (NY)         2

Walks:

  P. Rose (PHI)            17
  G. Tenace (SD)           17
  M. Hargrove (SD)         16
  L. Bowa (PHI)            15
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       15
  B. North (SF)            15
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  J. Bench (CIN)           13
  J. Clark (SF)            13
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        13

Strikeouts:

  B. Watson (HOU)          18
  A. Dawson (MON)          17
  B. Foote (CHI)           17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  M. Ivie (SF)             17
  D. Lopes (LA)            17
  T. Perez (MON)           17
  R. Cey (LA)              16
  D. Kingman (CHI)         16
  A. Ashby (HOU)           15


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