Wednesday May 30, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 30, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati      1710  232   468   92   12   35   217   42   12  179   290  .274
Pittsburgh      1538  211   418   79   18   47   187   39   19  120   231  .272
St. Louis       1559  188   423   77   22   27   180   35   18  120   225  .271
Philadelphia    1583  212   425   86   12   36   201   42   16  174   225  .269
Montreal        1476  200   395   85   10   41   186   31   16  125   252  .268
Los Angeles     1748  233   464   77   10   58   227   34   17  176   252  .265
Chicago         1532  191   398   70    9   45   175   11   10  144   210  .260
Atlanta         1601  211   405   72    5   47   195   19   19  162   259  .253
Houston         1727  210   435   71   11   23   199   56   26  155   234  .252
San Diego       1744  209   428   64   16   31   194   18   19  181   217  .245
New York        1516  170   371   66    9   24   164   41   22  154   224  .245
San Francisco   1651  232   397   52   14   35   211   34   19  170   258  .241

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pete Rose (PHI)          47  182   28   66  19   1   1   23   7   3   26   11  .363
Dave Winfield (SD)       52  198   30   70  13   5  10   39   2   3   22   18  .354
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        44  172   29   60  14   1   5   26  12   3   22   16  .349
Dale Murphy (ATL)        39  141   26   49   3   1  13   36   2   1   19   24  .348
Omar Moreno (PIT)        44  185   29   61   5   6   2   23  19   8   12   23  .330
George Foster (CIN)      39  149   22   49   6   2   6   33   0   1   18   38  .329
Ray Knight (CIN)         47  178   19   58  12   0   1   17   3   1   18   17  .326
Jerry Royster (ATL)      46  172   32   55  10   1   0   15   7   3   19   20  .320
Gary Carter (MON)        39  138   27   44  10   0   9   28   1   1   16   15  .319
Warren Cromartie (MON)   43  182   28   58  12   3   4   18   2   2    7   20  .319

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes        22   25    7    9   4   0   2    8   0   0    3    6  .360
Dale Murphy           39  141   26   49   3   1  13   36   2   1   19   24  .348
Jerry Royster         46  172   32   55  10   1   0   15   7   3   19   20  .320
Joe Nolan             14   22    2    7   3   0   0    1   0   0    3    6  .318
Rowland Office        41   47    9   14   2   0   2    9   1   0    5    6  .298
Gary Matthews         47  188   31   53  13   2  11   31   5   3   19   25  .282
Barry Bonnell         44  152   20   41   6   1   7   21   1   1    8   18  .270
Bob Horner            14   52    7   13   1   0   4   12   0   0    5    8  .250
Brian Asselstine       1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Pepe Frias            43  132   10   32   6   0   1   12   2   2    7   12  .242
Mike Lum              41  106   12   25   6   0   1   10   0   2    8   16  .236
Jeff Burroughs        47  168   20   39   7   0   4   16   0   2   28   29  .232
Glenn Hubbard         46  169   19   38   5   0   2   13   0   4   16   22  .225
Bruce Benedict        17   53    3   10   2   0   0    3   0   1    9    3  .189
Mike Macha             6   13    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .154
Darrel Chaney         20   36    5    4   2   0   0    4   1   0    4   14  .111
Bob Beall             12    9    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Scot Thompson         27   49    6   18   4   0   0    7   0   1    1    5  .367
Ken Henderson          1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Steve Ontiveros       39  146   18   46   8   0   2   14   0   1   17   16  .315
Dave Kingman          44  165   31   47   5   0  15   36   0   0   23   48  .285
Bill Buckner          44  192   22   54  13   4   5   26   3   1    7   10  .281
Mike Vail             21   36    6   10   1   1   2    7   0   0    5    5  .278
Jerry Martin          43  159   20   43  11   0   5   22   0   0    9   18  .270
Mick Kelleher         13   30    5    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .267
Larry Biittner        18   15    0    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .267
Ted Sizemore          44  153   16   39   7   0   2   13   1   0   16   16  .255
Bobby Murcer          40  130   16   33   3   1   6   17   0   3   22   14  .254
Ivan DeJesus          42  173   27   42   8   1   2   11   5   4   15   23  .243
Barry Foote           40  140    9   28   5   0   6   14   1   0    6   25  .200
Gene Clines           10   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Tim Blackwell         11   22    2    4   0   1   0    4   0   0    9    5  .182
Sam Mejias            15    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .143
Steve Dillard         13    8    4    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .125
Miguel Dilone          1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Harry Spilman          1    4    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Dave Collins          25   46    6   17   1   0   1    6   0   1    2   10  .370
George Foster         39  149   22   49   6   2   6   33   0   1   18   38  .329
Ray Knight            47  178   19   58  12   0   1   17   3   1   18   17  .326
Joe Morgan            37  120   25   38  13   1   3   11  11   1   26   14  .317
Dave Concepcion       47  200   35   61   8   3   5   26  10   2   18   17  .305
Junior Kennedy        23   76   11   23   4   0   0    5   1   1    5    8  .303
Vic Correll           13   34    5   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    8  .294
Ken Griffey           47  205   30   60  13   1   5   20  10   2   17   23  .293
Ken Henderson          4    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Dan Driessen          44  153   19   41   8   1   7   31   3   2   18   26  .268
Arturo DeFreitas      14   19    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    7  .263
Johnny Bench          41  141   20   36   6   0   3   23   3   0   27   24  .255
Cesar Geronimo        44  143   15   33  10   3   0   15   1   0    8   23  .231
Champ Summers         27   60   10   12   2   1   1   11   0   1   13   15  .200
Rick Auerbach         17   26    3    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .154
Paul Blair            14   25    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    4  .120

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeffrey Leonard       36   80   12   26   3   2   0   13   3   3    9   21  .325
Jose Cruz             50  181   27   56  11   4   3   30  12   2   25   20  .309
Enos Cabell           50  196   21   59  11   0   4   30  14   6   10   21  .301
Craig Reynolds        47  194   25   54   6   2   0   15   6   2    4   13  .278
Cesar Cedeno          44  143   22   39  12   0   4   21  11   1   29   15  .273
Denny Walling         20   19    4    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    5    2  .263
Terry Puhl            50  198   34   52   6   1   4   15   8  10   20   16  .263
Julio Gonzalez        17   45    5   11   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .244
Bob Watson            46  160   15   39   4   0   3   18   0   0   16   22  .244
Alan Ashby            41  137    9   32   6   1   1   19   0   0    9   27  .234
Bruce Bochy           17   46    4   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    8  .217
Art Howe              43  139   12   28   3   1   2   15   0   0    9   12  .201
Rafael Landestoy      40   35    9    6   0   0   0    3   1   1    6    3  .171
Jimmy Sexton          18   15    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .133
Jesus Alou            16   15    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Martinez          22   17    6    8   2   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .471
Manny Mota            14   11    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .364
Von Joshua            29   47    8   17   3   0   3    7   0   1    0    7  .362
Dusty Baker           49  190   30   59  13   1   6   25   3   2   16   21  .311
Steve Garvey          51  207   29   64  10   0   8   33   2   4    9   17  .309
Bill Russell          51  219   25   67  10   1   3   23   1   5    8   13  .306
Rick Monday           12   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .303
Ron Cey               41  139   20   41   7   0   9   25   3   1   23   28  .295
Gary Thomasson        40  125   14   35   2   1   5   20   2   0   19   22  .280
Derrel Thomas         42  109   12   30   6   2   1   12   4   1   13   12  .275
Reggie Smith          26   79   16   21   3   0   2   13   3   0   14   18  .266
Pedro Guerrero         8    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .250
Davey Lopes           51  208   43   50  10   4  10   19  14   2   25   32  .240
Joe Ferguson          37  115   12   22   4   0   6   25   0   0   26   25  .191
Steve Yeager          34   92    8   16   2   1   4   12   0   0   10   16  .174
Johnny Oates           6    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Vic Davalillo         15   13    0    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .077

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Cash              9    7    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .429
Tony Solaita          12   19    4    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    7    9  .421
Gary Carter           39  138   27   44  10   0   9   28   1   1   16   15  .319
Warren Cromartie      43  182   28   58  12   3   4   18   2   2    7   20  .319
Tony Perez            39  146   21   42   8   1   5   25   1   0   12   27  .288
Larry Parrish         39  134   13   38  15   0   1   11   3   1   11   28  .284
Jim Mason              9   18    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   1    1    3  .278
Andre Dawson          42  174   31   47   9   4  11   27   7   3    8   31  .270
Jerry White           23   45    5   12   1   1   1    8   3   0    1    4  .267
Tommy Hutton          20   15    6    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .267
Ellis Valentine       39  146   17   37   5   1   5   29   4   3   11   19  .253
Chris Speier          42  137   12   34   8   0   2   12   0   0   18   17  .248
Rodney Scott          43  171   23   39   5   0   1   16  10   4   22   26  .228
Duffy Dyer             6   14    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .214
Ken Macha             11   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .077

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Trevino          14   27    3   10   1   1   0    5   0   0    3    4  .370
Lee Mazzilli          44  172   29   60  14   1   5   26  12   3   22   16  .349
Joel Youngblood       42  137   20   42   9   1   7   19   6   6   17   17  .307
Richie Hebner         39  144   16   44   7   1   3   30   1   1   21   16  .306
Gil Flores            19   18    2    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    5  .278
Bruce Boisclair       24   33    4    9   2   1   0    0   0   2    0    9  .273
Steve Henderson       42  154   21   41   6   1   2   17   8   2   22   27  .266
Elliott Maddox        18   35    3    8   2   0   0    2   0   1    5    8  .229
Willie Montanez       41  159   16   35   9   0   2   13   0   1   14   16  .220
John Stearns          43  147   19   31   8   0   3   18   3   3   16   19  .211
Frank Taveras         35  144   21   30   2   1   0    3  11   2   11   23  .208
Doug Flynn            44  150    8   30   2   1   1   16   0   1    7   13  .200
Ed Kranepool          19   28    2    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    2  .179
Ron Hodges            20   23    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .174
Kelvin Chapman        20   47    4    7   1   1   0    2   0   0    5    7  .149
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
Pete Rose             47  182   28   66  19   1   1   23   7   3   26   11  .363
Ramon Aviles          20   53    7   17   2   0   0   12   0   0    6    8  .321
Del Unser             28   51   10   16   3   0   0   10   2   0    3    8  .314
Manny Trillo          22   76    5   23   4   0   0    8   0   1    4    9  .303
Larry Bowa            40  159   27   48   6   2   0    8   6   3   16    9  .302
Garry Maddox          42  157   30   46  11   2   6   23  10   2    5   20  .293
Mike Schmidt          47  162   32   44   8   0  15   34   2   2   34   40  .272
Greg Luzinski         41  137   14   37   9   0   6   28   1   1   21   28  .270
Mike Anderson         18   19    4    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .263
Bob Boone             40  130   14   34   8   1   3   18   0   2   17   11  .262
Greg Gross            30   27    2    7   1   1   0    1   1   0    1    1  .259
Bake McBride          45  172   25   39   3   3   4   18   9   2   13   20  .227
Tim McCarver          19   36    1    8   3   1   0    3   0   0    5    5  .222
Dave Rader             5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Rudy Meoli            23   59    2   11   4   1   0    6   1   0    7   13  .186
Jose Cardenal         11   20    3    3   1   0   0    4   1   0    5    4  .150
Lonnie Smith           5    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .000
Bud Harrelson          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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        15    3    4    2   0   1   0    1   1   0    0    0  .667
Willie Stargell       30  109   15   37   6   0  10   28   0   0    9   31  .339
Omar Moreno           44  185   29   61   5   6   2   23  19   8   12   23  .330
Dave Parker           44  174   33   55  14   3   7   21   8   1   17   29  .316
Tim Foli              28  110   15   33   5   1   0   14   1   1    7    3  .300
Mike Easler           14   10    5    3   0   0   2    3   0   1    4    1  .300
Bill Robinson         39  126   21   35   6   1  10   26   2   1    7   21  .278
John Milner           34   90   13   25   5   1   6   20   2   1   17   10  .278
Steve Nicosia         21   66    8   17   4   0   3    6   0   0    4    4  .258
Phil Garner           41  144   22   37  11   1   3   10   2   4   14   29  .257
Ed Ott                30  111   11   28   5   1   3   11   0   0    1   12  .252
Rennie Stennett       34  124   12   31   6   1   0    8   1   1    9   12  .250
Frank Taveras         11   45    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .244
Lee Lacy              23   45    2   10   1   2   0    3   1   0    8    9  .222
Dale Berra            27   69    8   14   3   0   1    7   0   0    9   10  .203
Manny Sanguillen      14   17    3    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .177

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield         52  198   30   70  13   5  10   39   2   3   22   18  .354
Fred Kendall          13   18    4    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .333
Don Reynolds          20   26    5    8   1   1   0    5   0   0    4    4  .308
Broderick Perkins     37   59    6   18   0   0   0    8   0   0    4    7  .305
Gene Richards         48  182   31   52   8   2   2   15   5   3   18   17  .286
Jerry Turner          51  187   19   50   8   1   4   26   0   0   14   22  .267
Dan Briggs            30   59   13   15   3   1   2   12   0   1    6    9  .254
Fernando Gonzalez     45  147   15   37   7   1   5   16   0   0    8   12  .252
Bill Fahey            19   48    3   12   1   1   1    7   0   0    4    4  .250
Gene Tenace           45  132   18   32   2   2   5   19   0   2   32   28  .242
Kurt Bevacqua         36   80    7   19   3   1   0   10   0   2   13    7  .238
Bill Almon            35   65    8   15   2   0   0    2   2   1    5   17  .231
Barry Evans           45  136    7   28   4   0   1   11   0   2    4   14  .206
Mike Hargrove         46  117   15   24   5   0   0    8   0   2   25   13  .205
Ozzie Smith           50  179   21   29   3   1   0    8   8   3   16    9  .162

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Herndon         37   62    8   22   4   3   2   12   2   1    4   12  .355
Max Venable           20    9    5    3   0   0   0    0   2   1    1    1  .333
Johnnie Lemaster      19   52    9   16   2   0   1    6   2   0    6    7  .308
Rob Andrews           24   28    4    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .286
Terry Whitfield       48  178   24   50   8   2   2   24   2   2   14   21  .281
Willie McCovey        33   90   10   25   4   0   4   15   0   0    6   13  .278
Jack Clark            49  186   26   51   9   1   5   27   1   1   23   34  .274
Darrell Evans         50  182   30   48   5   1   5   21   3   3   20   19  .264
Mike Ivie             36  115   12   27   1   1   5   22   2   0    8   26  .235
Billy North           46  146   34   34   3   1   1   13  11   8   36   29  .233
Bill Madlock          47  175   27   39   6   1   5   28   5   3   14   12  .223
Roger Metzger         39  120   13   24   3   4   0   17   4   0   10   12  .200
Mike Sadek            19   32    4    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    6  .188
John Tamargo          25   51    5    9   2   0   2    5   0   0    3    7  .177
Marc Hill             33   98   12   17   0   0   1    8   0   0   13   13  .174
Hector Cruz           10   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .071

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Brock             34  116   15   43   1   2   3   14   4   4    4   16  .371
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
George Hendrick       43  145   18   44  13   1   3   19   1   0   13   21  .303
Mike Phillips         15   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .303
Garry Templeton       42  170   22   50   3   4   0   10   7   4    4   30  .294
Ted Simmons           43  147   26   43  10   0  10   28   0   0   30    8  .293
Keith Hernandez       44  178   26   52  14   3   4   29   1   2   15   21  .292
Ken Oberkfell         27   55   11   16   3   1   1    4   1   0    5    6  .291
Dane Iorg             26   64    6   18   2   1   1    6   1   1    6    7  .281
Tony Scott            43  178   21   50   6   7   0   20  15   2    8   25  .281
Ken Reitz             44  170    9   44  14   0   2   24   1   0    7   24  .259
Jerry Mumphrey        28   37    9    9   1   0   0    1   2   2    3    7  .243
Mike Tyson            35   94    8   22   7   1   2   12   2   1    6   15  .234
Tom Grieve             9   15    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .200
Bernie Carbo          18   14    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .143
Roger Freed           14   10    1    1   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .100
Steve Swisher          9   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .077

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Russell (LA)         219
  D. Lopes (LA)           208
  S. Garvey (LA)          207
  K. Griffey (CIN)        205
  D. Concepcion (CIN)     200
  T. Puhl (HOU)           198
  D. Winfield (SD)        198
  E. Cabell (HOU)         196
  C. Reynolds (HOU)       194
  B. Buckner (CHI)        192

Runs Scored:

  D. Lopes (LA)            43
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      35
  B. North (SF)            34
  T. Puhl (HOU)            34
  D. Parker (PIT)          33
  J. Royster (ATL)         32
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         32
  A. Dawson (MON)          31
  D. Kingman (CHI)         31
  G. Matthews (ATL)        31

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         70
  B. Russell (LA)          67
  P. Rose (PHI)            66
  S. Garvey (LA)           64
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      61
  O. Moreno (PIT)          61
  K. Griffey (CIN)         60
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         60
  D. Baker (LA)            59
  E. Cabell (HOU)          59

Doubles:

  P. Rose (PHI)            19
  L. Parrish (MON)         15
  K. Hernandez (STL)       14
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         14
  D. Parker (PIT)          14
  K. Reitz (STL)           14
  D. Baker (LA)            13
  B. Buckner (CHI)         13
  K. Griffey (CIN)         13
  G. Hendrick (STL)        13

Triples:

  T. Scott (STL)            7
  O. Moreno (PIT)           6
  D. Winfield (SD)          5
  B. Buckner (CHI)          4
  J. Cruz (HOU)             4
  A. Dawson (MON)           4
  D. Lopes (LA)             4
  R. Metzger (SF)           4
  G. Templeton (STL)        4
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         15
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         15
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  A. Dawson (MON)          11
  G. Matthews (ATL)        11
  D. Lopes (LA)            10
  B. Robinson (PIT)        10
  T. Simmons (STL)         10
  W. Stargell (PIT)        10
  D. Winfield (SD)         10

RBI:

  D. Winfield (SD)         39
  D. Kingman (CHI)         36
  D. Murphy (ATL)          36
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         34
  G. Foster (CIN)          33
  S. Garvey (LA)           33
  D. Driessen (CIN)        31
  G. Matthews (ATL)        31
  E. Cabell (HOU)          30
  J. Cruz (HOU)            30

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          19
  T. Scott (STL)           15
  E. Cabell (HOU)          14
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  F. Taveras (NY)          13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         12
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          11
  J. Morgan (CIN)          11
  B. North (SF)            11

Caught Stealing:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            10
  O. Moreno (PIT)           8
  B. North (SF)             8
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  J. Youngblood (NY)        6
  B. Russell (LA)           5
  L. Brock (STL)            4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  P. Garner (PIT)           4
  S. Garvey (LA)            4

Walks:

  B. North (SF)            36
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         34
  G. Tenace (SD)           32
  T. Simmons (STL)         30
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          29
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       28
  J. Bench (CIN)           27
  J. Ferguson (LA)         26
  J. Morgan (CIN)          26
  P. Rose (PHI)            26

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         48
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         40
  G. Foster (CIN)          38
  J. Clark (SF)            34
  D. Lopes (LA)            32
  A. Dawson (MON)          31
  W. Stargell (PIT)        31
  G. Templeton (STL)       30
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       29
  P. Garner (PIT)          29

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