Thursday May 3, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 3, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Montreal         730  103   204   46    5   20    94   16   11   63   131  .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        800   99   211   41   13   13    93   14    9   66   106  .264
Atlanta          737   94   194   28    1   24    87    8   12   78   124  .263
San Diego        857  119   222   37    9   15   109    9   11   90   114  .259
Houston          812  109   210   36    8   12   105   32   13   70   120  .259
Los Angeles      880  105   223   35    5   18   101   18    8   87   130  .253
Philadelphia     700   85   177   30    3   18    83   19   10   84    96  .253
New York         684   80   162   32    5   10    76   21   12   68   113  .237
Chicago          624   63   146   30    2   14    58    7    6   72   103  .234
San Francisco    819  115   189   29    9   17   106   14   10   83   132  .231

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)       25  101   20   38   9   4   4   18   2   3   10   12  .376
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
Warren Cromartie (MON)   21   90   15   33   9   1   1    8   1   2    4    7  .367
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
Barry Bonnell (ATL)      22   78   13   27   3   1   5   16   1   1    4    7  .346
Gary Carter (MON)        20   70   13   24   4   0   6   16   1   0    8    8  .343
Pete Rose (PHI)          22   76   13   26   3   0   1    6   3   1   17    7  .342
Jose Cruz (HOU)          24   84   17   28   7   3   2   19   9   1   14   11  .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
Rafael Landestoy      20    8    4    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .375
Jeffrey Leonard       14   14    6    5   1   1   0    5   1   0    5    5  .357
Jose Cruz             24   84   17   28   7   3   2   19   9   1   14   11  .333
Enos Cabell           24   90   13   27   4   0   2   16  11   4    8    8  .300
Cesar Cedeno          21   71    9   21   8   0   2   11   5   1   12    8  .296
Terry Puhl            24  106   21   31   1   1   2    4   6   6    7    9  .293
Craig Reynolds        24  100   13   28   6   2   0    6   0   1    2    9  .280
Bob Watson            24   86    7   22   2   0   1   10   0   0    5   18  .256
Alan Ashby            20   65    2   16   3   1   0   11   0   0    6   16  .246
Art Howe              24   87   10   19   2   0   2   12   0   0    6    6  .218
Bruce Bochy            7   19    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .211
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         2    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Martinez           9    3    3    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Manny Mota             7    5    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .600
Von Joshua            15   21    3    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .333
Dusty Baker           25   95   12   30   5   0   2   12   1   2    7   13  .316
Bill Russell          26  107   12   33   5   1   1   11   0   3    7    7  .308
Rick Monday           11   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .303
Steve Garvey          26  106   16   32   5   0   3   13   1   2    4    9  .302
Derrel Thomas         20   47    5   13   2   1   0    6   4   0    3    8  .277
Gary Thomasson        21   59    4   15   0   0   1    8   1   0   11    4  .254
Ron Cey               24   83   12   21   4   0   3    8   3   1   15   18  .253
Joe Ferguson          18   56    6   14   2   0   2   15   0   0   12   12  .250
Davey Lopes           26  108   17   24   6   2   1    3   6   0   11   17  .222
Steve Yeager          16   46    4    8   1   1   3    7   0   0    4    8  .174
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      21   90   15   33   9   1   1    8   1   2    4    7  .367
Gary Carter           20   70   13   24   4   0   6   16   1   0    8    8  .343
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          21   92   17   30   7   2   6   16   2   3    4   18  .326
Jerry White           14   25    5    7   1   1   1    6   1   0    0    4  .280
Rodney Scott          21   83   11   23   4   0   0   12   5   4   13   16  .277
Chris Speier          21   66   10   18   4   0   1    4   0   0   12    5  .273
Larry Parrish         20   70    7   19   8   0   0    3   2   0    4   17  .271
Tony Perez            20   77   11   20   3   0   3   14   1   0    5   17  .260
Ellis Valentine       18   69    5   17   2   1   2   13   3   2    6    8  .246
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
Joel Youngblood       18   50   10   17   3   0   4   11   2   2    8    7  .340
Alex Trevino           3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Bruce Boisclair       12   22    3    7   2   1   0    0   0   2    0    6  .318
Lee Mazzilli          20   81   10   24   4   0   2   13   7   1   10   11  .296
Steve Henderson       20   77    8   22   4   1   0    9   4   2    8   14  .286
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Ed Kranepool           9    7    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    0  .286
Richie Hebner         18   66   10   17   3   1   1    9   1   0    7    6  .258
John Stearns          19   67   10   17   6   0   1    7   2   3    6    9  .254
Frank Taveras         11   39    5    8   0   1   0    1   5   0    5    6  .205
Ron Hodges            10   15    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .200
Doug Flynn            20   68    6   12   1   0   1   11   0   0    5    8  .177
Willie Montanez       20   77   10   13   4   0   1    3   0   1    9   13  .169
Kelvin Chapman        14   41    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    4    7  .146
Tim Foli               3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    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
Pete Rose             22   76   13   26   3   0   1    6   3   1   17    7  .342
Dave Rader             4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Garry Maddox          21   78   15   24   3   2   4   13   3   2    4    7  .308
Manny Trillo          22   76    5   23   4   0   0    8   0   1    4    9  .303
Larry Bowa            22   78   12   21   4   1   0    3   3   2   15    5  .269
Greg Luzinski         21   70    8   18   4   0   4   16   1   1   13   14  .257
Mike Schmidt          22   72   10   17   3   0   5   15   1   1   12   18  .236
Bake McBride          21   72    8   16   1   0   3    9   6   2    5    9  .222
Bob Boone             18   56    4   11   4   0   1    8   0   0    5    4  .196
Tim McCarver           8   18    1    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .167
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
Rudy Meoli             1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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         13   16    6    7   1   1   0    4   0   0    7    1  .438
Dave Winfield         25  101   20   38   9   4   4   18   2   3   10   12  .376
Bill Almon            12   16    3    6   1   0   0    1   1   1    0    2  .375
Broderick Perkins     18   21    4    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .333
Jerry Turner          25   98   12   31   4   0   2   17   0   0    7   12  .316
Fernando Gonzalez     22   80   10   24   3   1   3   10   0   0    6    6  .300
Bill Fahey             8   14    0    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    0  .286
Gene Richards         23   93   13   23   4   1   1    9   2   2    8   14  .247
Gene Tenace           24   67   11   16   0   1   4   14   0   1   18   16  .239
Mike Hargrove         22   67   12   15   4   0   0    5   0   1   18    7  .224
Dan Briggs            14   27    7    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    6  .222
Barry Evans           23   88    4   19   3   0   0    9   0   1    3   12  .216
Don Reynolds           4    5    0    1   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200
Ozzie Smith           25   97   13   17   3   0   0    6   4   2    7    4  .175
Fred Kendall           5    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rob Andrews            7    6    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Willie McCovey        13   27    1    9   3   0   0    4   0   0    0    4  .333
Terry Whitfield       25   94   14   31   6   2   1   15   1   2    7   11  .330
Johnnie Lemaster       8   24    6    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    4  .292
Larry Herndon         19   21    4    6   1   2   1    4   0   1    2    7  .286
Jack Clark            25   88   17   25   5   1   3   13   1   1   14   18  .284
Billy North           24   81   18   21   2   0   1    8   6   4   16   16  .259
Darrell Evans         25   88   12   22   2   0   3   12   2   2   13    6  .250
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
Mike Ivie             22   77    8   17   1   1   4   14   1   0    5   17  .221
Marc Hill             22   71    7   12   0   0   1    6   0   0    6    8  .169
Roger Metzger         20   61    6   10   1   2   0    6   1   0    4    3  .164
Bill Madlock          25   92   12   15   3   1   1   15   2   0    8    6  .163
Mike Sadek             6    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Hector Cruz            6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Brock             18   59    5   20   0   1   1    7   1   4    3   10  .339
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Tony Scott            23   97   13   31   4   5   0   13   5   1    1   15  .320
Ken Oberkfell         13   16    5    5   0   1   0    0   0   0    3    3  .313
Ken Reitz             23   83    4   25  10   0   1   12   1   0    6   14  .301
Garry Templeton       23  100   13   29   2   3   0    5   2   1    3    8  .290
Ted Simmons           23   81   12   22   4   0   5   11   0   0   15    4  .272
George Hendrick       23   71   10   19   6   0   1    8   1   0    9   11  .268
Dane Iorg             17   38    3   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    2    4  .263
Mike Tyson            20   50    5   12   3   1   2    9   2   1    6    8  .240
Keith Hernandez       23   93   13   22   9   1   2   15   1   0    7   11  .237
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)           108
  B. Russell (LA)         107
  S. Garvey (LA)          106
  T. Puhl (HOU)           106
  D. Winfield (SD)        101
  C. Reynolds (HOU)       100
  G. Templeton (STL)      100
  J. Turner (SD)           98
  T. Scott (STL)           97
  O. Smith (SD)            97

Runs Scored:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            21
  D. Winfield (SD)         20
  D. Parker (PIT)          19
  B. North (SF)            18
  J. Clark (SF)            17
  J. Cruz (HOU)            17
  A. Dawson (MON)          17
  D. Lopes (LA)            17
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      16
  S. Garvey (LA)           16

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         38
  K. Griffey (CIN)         34
  W. Cromartie (MON)       33
  G. Foster (CIN)          33
  B. Russell (LA)          33
  S. Garvey (LA)           32
  T. Puhl (HOU)            31
  T. Scott (STL)           31
  J. Turner (SD)           31
  T. Whitfield (SF)        31

Doubles:

  K. Reitz (STL)           10
  W. Cromartie (MON)        9
  K. Hernandez (STL)        9
  D. Winfield (SD)          9
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           8
  P. Garner (PIT)           8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  L. Parrish (MON)          8
  J. Cruz (HOU)             7

Triples:

  T. Scott (STL)            5
  D. Winfield (SD)          4
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3
  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  G. Templeton (STL)        3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       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
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          5
  T. Simmons (STL)          5
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  M. Ivie (SF)              4

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          23
  D. Murphy (ATL)          20
  J. Cruz (HOU)            19
  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  D. Winfield (SD)         18
  J. Turner (SD)           17
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         16
  E. Cabell (HOU)          16
  G. Carter (MON)          16
  A. Dawson (MON)          16

Stolen Bases:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          11
  O. Moreno (PIT)          11
  J. Cruz (HOU)             9
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          7
  F. Taveras (NY)           7
  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  B. McBride (PHI)          6
  B. North (SF)             6

Caught Stealing:

  T. Puhl (HOU)             6
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  E. Cabell (HOU)           4
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          4
  O. Moreno (PIT)           4
  B. North (SF)             4
  R. Scott (MON)            4
  A. Dawson (MON)           3
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          3
  B. Russell (LA)           3

Walks:

  M. Hargrove (SD)         18
  G. Tenace (SD)           18
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       17
  P. Rose (PHI)            17
  B. North (SF)            16
  L. Bowa (PHI)            15
  R. Cey (LA)              15
  T. Simmons (STL)         15
  J. Clark (SF)            14
  J. Cruz (HOU)            14

Strikeouts:

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

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