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Wednesday May 2, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 2, 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
Pittsburgh       714   97   198   43   11   20    85   22    7   51   107  .277
Cincinnati       790   99   218   41    6   15    94   25    6   85   129  .276
St. Louis        768   98   204   39   13   13    92   14    7   64   103  .266
Atlanta          737   94   194   28    1   24    87    8   12   78   124  .263
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          774  105   196   35    7   11   101   31   12   69   116  .253
Los Angeles      847  100   211   33    5   18    96   18    8   84   125  .249
New York         649   75   153   29    5   10    71   19   12   65   107  .236
Chicago          624   63   146   30    2   14    58    7    6   72   103  .234
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)        22   91   13   34   8   1   2    9   7   1    7    9  .374
George Foster (CIN)      23   89   13   33   3   1   4   23   0   0   10   17  .371
Jerry Royster (ATL)      21   72   11   26   3   0   0    7   5   2   12    8  .361
Dave Parker (PIT)        20   77   19   27   5   2   3    8   4   0    7   10  .351
Gary Carter (MON)        19   66   13   23   4   0   6   15   1   0    8    8  .349
Barry Bonnell (ATL)      22   78   13   27   3   1   5   16   1   1    4    7  .346
Tony Scott (STL)         22   93   13   31   4   5   0   13   5   1    1   14  .333
Terry Whitfield (SF)     24   90   13   30   6   2   1   15   0   2    6   10  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes         9    8    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .375
Bruce Benedict         3   11    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .364
Jerry Royster         21   72   11   26   3   0   0    7   5   2   12    8  .361
Barry Bonnell         22   78   13   27   3   1   5   16   1   1    4    7  .346
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dale Murphy           22   79   16   25   1   0   9   20   0   1   10   14  .317
Gary Matthews         22   87   15   25   4   0   6   13   2   0    7   10  .287
Jeff Burroughs        22   74    9   20   4   0   1    6   0   1   17   14  .270
Pepe Frias            22   65    4   17   3   0   1    4   0   0    4    7  .262
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         22   86    7   17   1   0   0    3   0   4   11   10  .198
Mike Macha             5   13    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .154
Bob Beall             12    9    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .000
Darrel Chaney          9    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .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          5    5    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    5    1  .400
Scot Thompson         12   32    5   11   4   0   0    4   0   0    1    3  .344
Larry Biittner         8    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .286
Bobby Murcer          18   53    7   14   1   0   2    8   0   2   11    5  .264
Steve Ontiveros       19   68    6   17   3   0   0    2   0   0    9    6  .250
Jerry Martin          18   56    3   14   4   0   1    3   0   0    5    9  .250
Dave Kingman          19   69   10   17   3   0   7   19   0   0   10   20  .246
Ted Sizemore          19   61    7   15   3   0   0    4   1   0   10    8  .246
Bill Buckner          19   80    7   18   6   1   2    7   1   1    4    6  .225
Ivan DeJesus          19   80    9   17   5   0   1    4   3   3    4   14  .213
Barry Foote           19   59    1   10   0   0   1    1   1   0    3   20  .170
Gene Clines            8    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Steve Dillard          4    1    2    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           22   91   13   34   8   1   2    9   7   1    7    9  .374
George Foster         23   89   13   33   3   1   4   23   0   0   10   17  .371
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
Joe Morgan            21   78   14   25   8   1   2    5   8   0   14   11  .321
Ray Knight            22   79    7   25   7   0   0    9   1   0    9    6  .317
Dave Concepcion       23   96   16   29   2   2   1   12   4   2    9    2  .302
Dan Driessen          23   84    7   18   4   0   3   16   2   2   11   17  .214
Champ Summers         11   16    3    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .188
Cesar Geronimo        23   82    8   15   2   1   0    4   1   0    6   15  .183
Johnny Bench          18   62    8   11   1   0   2    7   2   0   13   14  .177
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             23   80   17   26   7   2   2   19   9   1   14   11  .325
Cesar Cedeno          20   66    9   20   8   0   2   11   5   1   12    8  .303
Enos Cabell           23   86   12   25   4   0   1   15  10   4    8    8  .291
Rafael Landestoy      19    7    3    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .286
Craig Reynolds        23   95   13   27   6   2   0    6   0   1    2    8  .284
Terry Puhl            23  101   21   28   1   1   2    4   6   5    7    8  .277
Bob Watson            23   83    7   22   2   0   1   10   0   0    5   18  .265
Alan Ashby            19   61    2   14   2   1   0    9   0   0    6   16  .230
Bruce Bochy            7   19    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .211
Art Howe              23   84    8   17   2   0   2   12   0   0    5    6  .202
Denny Walling          6    7    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .143
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
Matt Alexander         7    2    2    2   0   1   0    1   1   0    0    0 1.000
John Milner           15   34    8   15   4   1   4   13   2   1    9    4  .441
Dave Parker           20   77   19   27   5   2   3    8   4   0    7   10  .351
Willie Stargell       15   56    7   18   5   0   4   14   0   0    2   14  .321
Tim Foli               9   35    6   11   3   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .314
Omar Moreno           20   80   11   25   2   3   0   10  11   4    7    8  .313
Ed Ott                14   53    4   16   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    8  .302
Bill Robinson         17   61   10   16   3   0   4   11   1   0    2    9  .262
Steve Nicosia         10   28    3    7   1   0   2    3   0   0    2    0  .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           20   76   12   18   8   1   1    2   1   1    8   17  .237
Lee Lacy              12   22    0    5   0   2   0    3   0   0    3    7  .227
Rennie Stennett       19   72    6   15   4   0   0    7   0   0    5   10  .208
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

 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
Tony Scott            22   93   13   31   4   5   0   13   5   1    1   14  .333
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
Lou Brock             17   55    5   17   0   1   1    6   1   2    3   10  .309
Garry Templeton       22   96   13   29   2   3   0    5   2   1    3    8  .302
Ken Reitz             22   80    4   24   9   0   1   12   1   0    6   14  .300
Ted Simmons           22   77   12   22   4   0   5   11   0   0   15    3  .286
George Hendrick       22   68   10   19   6   0   1    8   1   0    8   11  .279
Dane Iorg             16   38    3   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .263
Mike Tyson            19   47    5   12   3   1   2    9   2   1    6    8  .255
Keith Hernandez       22   89   13   19   8   1   2   15   1   0    7   11  .214
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        10    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)           101
  D. Winfield (SD)         97
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      96
  G. Templeton (STL)       96
  C. Reynolds (HOU)        95
  T. Scott (STL)           93
  J. Turner (SD)           93

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            21
  D. Parker (PIT)          19
  D. Winfield (SD)         18
  J. Clark (SF)            17
  J. Cruz (HOU)            17
  A. Dawson (MON)          17
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      16
  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  D. Murphy (ATL)          16
  B. North (SF)            16

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         37
  K. Griffey (CIN)         34
  W. Cromartie (MON)       33
  G. Foster (CIN)          33
  S. Garvey (LA)           31
  B. Russell (LA)          31
  T. Scott (STL)           31
  T. Whitfield (SF)        30
  D. Baker (LA)            29
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      29

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  T. Scott (STL)            5
  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)          23
  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)             9
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          7
  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. Cruz (HOU)            14
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14

Strikeouts:

  B. Foote (CHI)           20
  D. Kingman (CHI)         20
  B. Watson (HOU)          18
  R. Cey (LA)              17
  J. Clark (SF)            17
  A. Dawson (MON)          17
  D. Driessen (CIN)        17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  P. Garner (PIT)          17
  M. Ivie (SF)             17


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