Tuesday May 1, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 1, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Montreal         694  101   194   43    5   20    92   16   11   61   127  .280
Cincinnati       759   95   209   40    6   15    91   24    6   83   125  .275
Pittsburgh       677   87   183   40   10   18    75   21    7   48   103  .270
Atlanta          703   92   186   27    1   23    85    8   11   78   118  .265
St. Louis        737   93   195   38   12   13    87   13    6   63   101  .265
Philadelphia     669   83   170   29    3   17    81   19   10   83    89  .254
San Diego        819  109   208   37    9   12   100    8   11   88   111  .254
Houston          743  103   188   34    7   10    99   30   12   65   115  .253
Los Angeles      847  100   211   33    5   18    96   18    8   84   125  .249
Chicago          595   62   142   29    2   14    57    7    6   69    99  .239
New York         649   75   153   29    5   10    71   19   12   65   107  .236
San Francisco    785  108   178   28    9   14    99   10    8   79   124  .227

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)       24   97   18   37   9   4   3   17   1   3    9   11  .381
Warren Cromartie (MON)   20   87   14   33   9   1   1    8   1   2    3    7  .379
Ken Griffey (CIN)        21   87   13   32   8   1   2    9   6   1    7    9  .368
George Foster (CIN)      22   85   13   31   2   1   4   22   0   0   10   17  .365
Jerry Royster (ATL)      20   68   11   24   3   0   0    7   5   1   12    8  .353
Gary Carter (MON)        19   66   13   23   4   0   6   15   1   0    8    8  .349
Barry Bonnell (ATL)      21   74   13   25   3   1   5   16   1   1    4    7  .338
Dave Parker (PIT)        19   74   16   25   4   2   3    8   3   0    7   10  .338
Terry Whitfield (SF)     24   90   13   30   6   2   1   15   0   2    6   10  .333
Omar Moreno (PIT)        19   75   11   25   2   3   0   10  11   4    7    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
Jerry Royster         20   68   11   24   3   0   0    7   5   1   12    8  .353
Barry Bonnell         21   74   13   25   3   1   5   16   1   1    4    7  .338
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy           21   75   16   24   1   0   9   20   0   1   10   14  .320
Gary Matthews         21   83   15   24   4   0   6   13   2   0    7   10  .289
Jeff Burroughs        21   71    9   20   4   0   1    6   0   1   17   13  .282
Pepe Frias            21   63    3   16   3   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .254
Rowland Office        19   17    5    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .235
Mike Lum              19   69    7   16   4   0   1    7   0   2    6   13  .232
Glenn Hubbard         21   82    6   17   1   0   0    3   0   4   11   10  .207
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
Bobby Murcer          17   49    7   14   1   0   2    8   0   2   11    4  .286
Larry Biittner         7    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Steve Ontiveros       18   64    6   17   3   0   0    2   0   0    9    6  .266
Dave Kingman          18   66   10   17   3   0   7   19   0   0    9   19  .258
Jerry Martin          17   53    3   13   3   0   1    3   0   0    5    9  .245
Ted Sizemore          18   58    7   14   3   0   0    4   1   0   10    8  .241
Ivan DeJesus          18   76    9   17   5   0   1    4   3   3    4   14  .224
Bill Buckner          18   76    7   16   6   1   2    7   1   1    4    6  .211
Barry Foote           18   58    1   10   0   0   1    1   1   0    2   20  .172
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             5    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
Dave Collins           8    8    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .375
Ken Griffey           21   87   13   32   8   1   2    9   6   1    7    9  .368
George Foster         22   85   13   31   2   1   4   22   0   0   10   17  .365
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
Arturo DeFreitas       7    6    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Ray Knight            21   75    7   24   7   0   0    8   1   0    9    6  .320
Joe Morgan            20   76   13   24   8   1   2    4   8   0   13   11  .316
Dave Concepcion       22   92   15   28   2   2   1   12   4   2    9    2  .304
Champ Summers         10   14    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .214
Dan Driessen          22   80    7   17   4   0   3   16   2   2   11   16  .213
Johnny Bench          17   59    8   11   1   0   2    7   2   0   13   14  .186
Cesar Geronimo        22   81    8   15   2   1   0    4   1   0    6   14  .185
Rick Auerbach          6   14    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143

 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             22   77   17   25   7   2   2   19   8   1   13   10  .325
Cesar Cedeno          19   62    9   19   7   0   2   10   5   1   12    8  .307
Enos Cabell           22   83   12   24   4   0   1   15  10   4    7    8  .289
Terry Puhl            22   97   21   28   1   1   2    4   6   5    7    8  .289
Rafael Landestoy      19    7    3    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .286
Craig Reynolds        22   93   12   26   6   2   0    6   0   1    0    8  .280
Bob Watson            22   79    6   21   2   0   0    9   0   0    5   18  .266
Alan Ashby            18   57    2   12   2   1   0    9   0   0    6   16  .211
Bruce Bochy            7   19    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .211
Art Howe              22   80    8   16   2   0   2   12   0   0    5    6  .200
Denny Walling          5    6    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .167
Jesus Alou             9    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Jimmy Sexton           4    2    2    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             7    5    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .600
Ted Martinez           8    2    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Von Joshua            15   21    3    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .333
Dusty Baker           24   91   12   29   5   0   2   11   1   2    7   13  .319
Steve Garvey          25  102   15   31   5   0   3   13   1   2    4    9  .304
Rick Monday           11   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .303
Bill Russell          25  104   10   31   5   1   1   11   0   3    6    7  .298
Ron Cey               23   81   12   21   4   0   3    8   3   1   14   17  .259
Derrel Thomas         19   43    5   11   2   1   0    4   4   0    3    7  .256
Gary Thomasson        21   59    4   15   0   0   1    8   1   0   11    4  .254
Joe Ferguson          17   53    6   12   2   0   2   13   0   0   11   12  .226
Davey Lopes           25  104   16   22   5   2   1    3   6   0   11   17  .212
Steve Yeager          15   42    4    7   1   1   3    7   0   0    4    7  .167
Reggie Smith          13   33    7    5   1   0   1    5   2   0    6    7  .152
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      20   87   14   33   9   1   1    8   1   2    3    7  .379
Gary Carter           19   66   13   23   4   0   6   15   1   0    8    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          20   87   17   28   7   2   6   16   2   3    4   17  .322
Jerry White           13   24    5    7   1   1   1    6   1   0    0    4  .292
Rodney Scott          20   78   11   22   4   0   0   12   5   4   13   15  .282
Chris Speier          20   62   10   17   3   0   1    4   0   0   12    5  .274
Larry Parrish         19   67    7   18   8   0   0    3   2   0    3   17  .269
Tony Perez            19   73   10   18   2   0   3   14   1   0    5   17  .247
Ellis Valentine       17   65    5   15   1   1   2   12   3   2    6    8  .231
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       17   45   10   17   3   0   4   11   2   2    8    5  .378
Bruce Boisclair       11   21    3    7   2   1   0    0   0   2    0    5  .333
Lee Mazzilli          19   76    9   23   4   0   2   13   7   1   10   10  .303
Steve Henderson       19   73    7   21   3   1   0    8   4   2    8   13  .288
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Richie Hebner         18   66   10   17   3   1   1    9   1   0    7    6  .258
John Stearns          18   63    8   15   5   0   1    7   2   3    6    8  .238
Frank Taveras         10   35    5    8   0   1   0    1   3   0    4    6  .229
Ron Hodges            10   15    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .200
Doug Flynn            19   65    6   12   1   0   1   11   0   0    4    8  .185
Kelvin Chapman        13   40    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    4    7  .150
Willie Montanez       19   74    9   11   4   0   1    3   0   1    8   13  .149
Tim Foli               3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ed Kranepool           8    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Anderson          3    5    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .600
Del Unser             10   10    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Dave Rader             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Pete Rose             21   73   13   24   3   0   1    5   3   1   17    7  .329
Garry Maddox          20   74   15   24   3   2   4   13   3   2    4    5  .324
Manny Trillo          21   75    5   22   4   0   0    8   0   1    4    9  .293
Greg Luzinski         20   66    8   18   4   0   4   16   1   1   13   14  .273
Larry Bowa            21   74   12   20   3   1   0    3   3   2   15    5  .270
Mike Schmidt          21   68    9   16   3   0   4   14   1   1   12   15  .235
Bake McBride          20   68    7   15   1   0   3    9   6   2    5    8  .221
Bob Boone             18   56    4   11   4   0   1    8   0   0    5    4  .196
Tim McCarver           7   15    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .133
Greg Gross            14    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .125
Jose Cardenal          5    8    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .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           15   34    8   15   4   1   4   13   2   1    9    4  .441
Dave Parker           19   74   16   25   4   2   3    8   3   0    7   10  .338
Omar Moreno           19   75   11   25   2   3   0   10  11   4    7    7  .333
Willie Stargell       15   56    7   18   5   0   4   14   0   0    2   14  .321
Ed Ott                14   53    4   16   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    8  .302
Tim Foli               8   30    4    8   3   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .267
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
Steve Nicosia          9   25    2    6   1   0   2    3   0   0    1    0  .240
Phil Garner           19   72   12   17   8   1   1    2   1   1    8   15  .236
Bill Robinson         16   56    7   13   3   0   2    7   1   0    2    9  .232
Lee Lacy              11   19    0    4   0   2   0    2   0   0    2    7  .211
Rennie Stennett       18   68    5   14   3   0   0    5   0   0    5   10  .206
Dale Berra             9   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .154
Mike Easler            4    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .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         24   97   18   37   9   4   3   17   1   3    9   11  .381
Bill Almon            12   16    3    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    0    2  .375
Broderick Perkins     17   21    3    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .333
Fernando Gonzalez     21   76    9   24   3   1   3    9   0   0    6    6  .316
Jerry Turner          24   93   10   29   4   0   1   16   0   0    7   12  .312
Bill Fahey             8   14    0    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    0  .286
Gene Tenace           23   63   10   15   0   1   4   14   0   1   18   15  .238
Gene Richards         22   89   13   21   4   1   1    8   2   2    8   14  .236
Mike Hargrove         21   64   12   13   4   0   0    4   0   1   18    7  .203
Barry Evans           22   84    4   17   3   0   0    9   0   1    3   12  .202
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           24   92   13   15   3   0   0    5   4   2    7    4  .163

 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        12   23    1    8   3   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .348
Terry Whitfield       24   90   13   30   6   2   1   15   0   2    6   10  .333
Jack Clark            24   84   17   24   5   1   3   13   1   0   13   17  .286
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          12   20    3    5   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Max Venable            8    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Billy North           23   77   16   19   2   0   0    7   5   3   15   16  .247
Darrell Evans         24   85   10   20   2   0   2   11   0   2   12    6  .235
Mike Ivie             22   77    8   17   1   1   4   14   1   0    5   17  .221
Roger Metzger         20   61    6   10   1   2   0    6   1   0    4    3  .164
Marc Hill             21   69    6   11   0   0   1    6   0   0    6    7  .159
Bill Madlock          24   88   12   13   2   1   1   14   2   0    8    6  .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         12   15    4    5   0   1   0    0   0   0    3    3  .333
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Ken Reitz             21   76    4   24   9   0   1   12   1   0    6   14  .316
Tony Scott            21   89   11   28   4   4   0   13   4   1    1   14  .315
Lou Brock             17   55    5   17   0   1   1    6   1   2    3   10  .309
Garry Templeton       21   92   13   28   2   3   0    4   2   0    3    7  .304
George Hendrick       21   65   10   18   6   0   1    7   1   0    8   11  .277
Ted Simmons           21   73   12   20   4   0   5   10   0   0   15    3  .274
Dane Iorg             15   34    2    9   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .265
Mike Tyson            18   44    4   11   2   1   2    8   2   1    6    8  .250
Keith Hernandez       21   87   12   19   8   1   2   14   1   0    6   11  .218
Tom Grieve             9   15    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .200
Mike Phillips          7   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
Roger Freed            7    6    1    1   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .167
Jerry Mumphrey         9    7    3    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .143
Steve Swisher          5    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  D. Lopes (LA)           104
  B. Russell (LA)         104
  S. Garvey (LA)          102
  T. Puhl (HOU)            97
  D. Winfield (SD)         97
  C. Reynolds (HOU)        93
  J. Turner (SD)           93
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      92
  O. Smith (SD)            92
  G. Templeton (STL)       92

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            21
  D. Winfield (SD)         18
  J. Clark (SF)            17
  J. Cruz (HOU)            17
  A. Dawson (MON)          17
  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  D. Murphy (ATL)          16
  B. North (SF)            16
  D. Parker (PIT)          16
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      15

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         37
  W. Cromartie (MON)       33
  K. Griffey (CIN)         32
  G. Foster (CIN)          31
  S. Garvey (LA)           31
  B. Russell (LA)          31
  T. Whitfield (SF)        30
  D. Baker (LA)            29
  J. Turner (SD)           29
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      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)          8
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           7
  J. Cruz (HOU)             7

Triples:

  T. Scott (STL)            4
  D. Winfield (SD)          4
  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  G. Templeton (STL)        3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  L. Herndon (SF)           2
  L. Lacy (PIT)             2
  D. Lopes (LA)             2

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          22
  D. Murphy (ATL)          20
  J. Cruz (HOU)            19
  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  D. Winfield (SD)         17
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         16
  A. Dawson (MON)          16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        16
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        16
  J. Turner (SD)           16

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          11
  E. Cabell (HOU)          10
  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
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           5

Caught Stealing:

  T. Puhl (HOU)             5
  E. Cabell (HOU)           4
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          4
  O. Moreno (PIT)           4
  R. Scott (MON)            4
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  B. North (SF)             3
  B. Russell (LA)           3
  J. Stearns (NY)           3

Walks:

  M. Hargrove (SD)         18
  G. Tenace (SD)           18
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       17
  P. Rose (PHI)            17
  L. Bowa (PHI)            15
  B. North (SF)            15
  T. Simmons (STL)         15
  R. Cey (LA)              14
  J. Bench (CIN)           13
  J. Clark (SF)            13

Strikeouts:

  B. Foote (CHI)           20
  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  B. Watson (HOU)          18
  R. Cey (LA)              17
  J. Clark (SF)            17
  A. Dawson (MON)          17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  M. Ivie (SF)             17
  D. Lopes (LA)            17
  L. Parrish (MON)         17


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