Thursday June 7, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 7, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis       1821  244   526   93   29   38   233   43   23  146   255  .289
Cincinnati      1979  267   543  103   12   46   248   47   13  216   333  .274
Pittsburgh      1770  242   478   93   19   57   217   41   22  138   257  .270
Philadelphia    1853  235   496   96   13   43   224   50   21  196   267  .268
Los Angeles     1990  270   532   93   11   70   264   38   19  205   293  .267
Chicago         1764  220   468   85   11   54   203   14   14  165   238  .265
Montreal        1709  229   452   97   10   43   211   35   16  141   287  .265
Houston         1935  230   488   78   15   26   219   60   29  174   258  .252
New York        1779  208   448   84   12   30   199   52   26  171   267  .252
Atlanta         1841  234   462   81    6   50   217   21   23  184   297  .251
San Francisco   1906  274   475   57   16   46   250   50   22  200   299  .249
San Diego       1968  237   478   74   18   40   220   21   21  198   250  .243

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield (SD)       59  225   37   80  15   6  14   46   3   3   24   22  .356
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        51  197   32   69  17   1   5   28  14   4   26   21  .350
Pete Rose (PHI)          55  215   30   75  20   1   2   26   7   3   27   13  .349
George Hendrick (STL)    50  172   26   59  14   1   6   26   2   0   18   23  .343
Garry Templeton (STL)    49  203   32   69   6   7   1   15  11   6    7   30  .340
George Foster (CIN)      47  178   29   59   8   2  11   43   0   1   21   47  .332
Warren Cromartie (MON)   50  208   33   68  15   3   4   23   2   2    9   22  .327
Ray Knight (CIN)         55  206   22   66  13   0   1   18   3   2   23   20  .320
Omar Moreno (PIT)        51  214   34   68   5   6   3   25  21   8   13   27  .318
Dusty Baker (LA)         55  210   34   65  15   1   6   26   3   2   21   22  .310

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Biff Pocoroba          1    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Dale Murphy           39  141   26   49   3   1  13   36   2   1   19   24  .348
Gary Matthews         54  217   37   67  15   2  11   34   5   3   21   31  .309
Jerry Royster         53  201   38   61  11   1   0   17   9   3   22   24  .304
Joe Nolan             20   34    4   10   3   0   0    1   0   0    7    6  .294
Bob Horner            20   76    9   22   3   0   6   20   0   0    7   10  .290
Barry Bonnell         49  168   21   45   7   1   8   24   1   1    8   21  .268
Charlie Spikes        28   35    7    9   4   0   2    9   0   0    4    9  .257
Rowland Office        46   58   10   14   2   0   2    9   1   0    8    9  .241
Pepe Frias            50  154   10   37   8   1   1   14   2   2    7   13  .240
Mike Lum              45  115   12   27   6   0   1   11   0   2    8   17  .235
Jeff Burroughs        52  188   21   41   7   0   4   17   0   2   31   33  .218
Glenn Hubbard         53  193   21   42   5   0   2   14   0   6   17   26  .218
Bruce Benedict        20   64    3   12   2   0   0    3   0   2    9    4  .188
Mike Macha             6   13    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .154
Brian Asselstine       5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125
Darrel Chaney         23   40    6    4   2   0   0    4   1   1    6   16  .100
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         29   54    6   18   4   0   0    8   0   1    2    6  .333
Ken Henderson          1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Larry Biittner        22   22    2    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .318
Mike Vail             25   39    6   12   1   1   2    9   0   0    5    6  .308
Dave Kingman          51  189   39   57   7   1  19   45   1   0   25   52  .302
Steve Ontiveros       46  173   19   52   8   1   2   16   0   1   18   20  .301
Jerry Martin          49  182   23   53  13   0   7   27   0   1    9   20  .291
Bill Buckner          51  221   25   61  17   4   5   27   3   2    8   12  .276
Bobby Murcer          47  154   18   41   3   1   7   19   0   3   26   16  .266
Ted Sizemore          50  177   20   46  10   0   2   14   1   1   17   17  .260
Mick Kelleher         16   31    5    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .258
Ivan DeJesus          49  200   29   49   8   1   2   11   7   5   17   28  .245
Barry Foote           47  159   11   35   7   0   7   17   1   0   12   27  .220
Gene Clines           10   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Steve Dillard         17   10    5    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    4    3  .200
Tim Blackwell         14   23    2    4   0   1   0    4   0   0    9    5  .174
Sam Mejias            17    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .143
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          31   60    7   23   1   0   1    8   1   1    2   11  .383
George Foster         47  178   29   59   8   2  11   43   0   1   21   47  .332
Ray Knight            55  206   22   66  13   0   1   18   3   2   23   20  .320
Vic Correll           16   41    5   13   4   0   1    5   0   0    5    8  .317
Joe Morgan            40  128   25   38  13   1   3   11  11   1   28   15  .297
Dave Concepcion       54  227   39   66   8   3   6   30  12   2   23   18  .291
Ken Griffey           54  233   32   67  15   1   6   21  11   2   20   25  .288
Ken Henderson          4    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Dan Driessen          52  178   25   50   9   1  10   36   3   2   22   31  .281
Junior Kennedy        31  101   14   28   4   0   0    5   2   1    9   11  .277
Johnny Bench          48  163   23   43   7   0   3   23   3   0   32   29  .264
Cesar Geronimo        51  160   18   40  12   3   0   17   1   0   12   24  .250
Arturo DeFreitas      16   23    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    9  .217
Champ Summers         27   60   10   12   2   1   1   11   0   1   13   15  .200
Rick Auerbach         19   31    4    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .161
Paul Blair            18   35    2    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    6  .143

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Denny Walling         22   21    5    7   1   1   1    8   0   0    5    2  .333
Jeffrey Leonard       43  104   13   32   5   2   0   15   4   3   10   23  .308
Jose Cruz             57  205   31   61  11   5   4   37  13   3   27   22  .298
Enos Cabell           52  203   21   60  11   0   4   30  14   6   10   21  .296
Craig Reynolds        53  216   29   63   7   2   0   17   6   3    5   16  .292
Julio Gonzalez        22   58    5   16   1   0   0    4   1   0    3    3  .276
Terry Puhl            57  222   37   59   8   2   5   16   8  10   23   19  .266
Cesar Cedeno          51  166   25   43  12   0   4   22  13   2   34   17  .259
Bob Watson            48  162   15   39   4   0   3   18   0   0   16   23  .241
Alan Ashby            48  154    9   34   6   1   1   20   0   0   11   31  .221
Art Howe              50  162   15   35   5   2   2   15   0   0   11   13  .216
Bruce Bochy           19   49    4   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    8  .204
Rafael Landestoy      44   41   10    7   0   0   0    4   1   1    7    4  .171
Jimmy Sexton          18   15    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .133
Jesus Alou            17   15    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Martinez          28   22    6    8   2   0   0    0   1   1    0    2  .364
Von Joshua            35   56    9   19   3   1   3    7   0   1    0    9  .339
Manny Mota            15   12    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .333
Dusty Baker           55  210   34   65  15   1   6   26   3   2   21   22  .310
Steve Garvey          58  236   33   73  14   0  10   39   2   4   11   22  .309
Rick Monday           12   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .303
Bill Russell          58  248   27   74  14   1   3   26   1   5    8   17  .298
Derrel Thomas         48  121   14   34   6   2   1   14   5   1   17   14  .281
Gary Thomasson        46  146   15   41   3   1   6   22   2   0   20   26  .281
Ron Cey               47  155   20   43   7   0   9   25   3   1   27   30  .277
Davey Lopes           58  233   53   64  13   4  14   31  17   3   32   33  .275
Reggie Smith          33  106   20   26   3   0   5   19   3   1   16   28  .245
Joe Ferguson          42  134   17   28   4   0   8   29   0   0   28   26  .209
Pedro Guerrero         9   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .200
Steve Yeager          36   98    9   16   2   1   4   12   0   0   11   17  .163
Vic Davalillo         17   15    0    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .133
Johnny Oates           8    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Solaita          16   25    4   10   4   0   1    6   0   0    8   10  .400
Dave Cash             10    8    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .375
Warren Cromartie      50  208   33   68  15   3   4   23   2   2    9   22  .327
Gary Carter           46  167   29   49  10   0  10   31   1   1   16   19  .293
Larry Parrish         46  158   15   46  16   0   2   13   3   1   13   32  .291
Tony Perez            45  167   24   46   9   1   5   28   1   0   14   33  .275
Jerry White           27   48    5   13   1   1   1    8   3   0    1    4  .271
Duffy Dyer             7   15    0    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .267
Andre Dawson          49  205   34   54  10   4  11   30   8   3    8   39  .263
Ellis Valentine       46  171   21   45   6   1   5   33   4   3   12   21  .263
Tommy Hutton          24   19    6    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .263
Chris Speier          48  155   14   37   9   0   2   12   0   0   20   18  .239
Jim Mason             11   21    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    4  .238
Rodney Scott          50  194   27   43   6   0   1   17  13   4   25   29  .222
Ken Macha             13   16    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .063

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Trevino          18   36    5   14   3   1   0    6   0   0    3    4  .389
Lee Mazzilli          51  197   32   69  17   1   5   28  14   4   26   21  .350
Richie Hebner         44  165   21   51   8   1   4   34   1   1   23   20  .309
Joel Youngblood       49  169   29   52  11   1  10   24   7   7   19   19  .308
Steve Henderson       49  180   24   49   9   2   3   20   9   3   24   32  .272
Bruce Boisclair       29   39    5   10   2   1   0    0   0   2    0   12  .256
Elliott Maddox        23   46    3   11   3   0   0    2   0   1    5    9  .239
Gil Flores            20   21    2    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    6  .238
John Stearns          49  170   23   40   9   0   3   23   6   4   19   21  .235
Doug Flynn            51  179   11   41   4   3   1   20   0   1    7   17  .229
Frank Taveras         42  176   26   39   4   1   0    8  15   2   11   25  .222
Willie Montanez       48  186   19   41  10   0   3   19   0   1   17   21  .220
Ron Hodges            23   25    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .160
Ed Kranepool          23   32    2    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .156
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
Sergio Ferrer          1    1    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             55  215   30   75  20   1   2   26   7   3   27   13  .349
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          50  186   34   55  11   2   7   24  13   5    6   23  .296
Del Unser             35   65   11   19   3   0   1   12   2   0    3   12  .292
Mike Anderson         21   21    4    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .286
Ramon Aviles          25   60    7   17   2   0   0   12   0   0    7    8  .283
Mike Schmidt          55  193   36   52   9   1  17   37   2   2   36   47  .269
Bud Harrelson         11   30    2    8   2   0   0    1   2   1    4    7  .267
Greg Luzinski         48  164   15   43   9   0   6   28   1   2   23   33  .262
Bob Boone             45  145   16   38   8   1   4   21   0   2   21   13  .262
Tim McCarver          25   50    3   13   4   1   0    5   0   0    6    5  .260
Greg Gross            35   32    3    8   2   1   0    1   1   0    1    2  .250
Bake McBride          52  200   27   47   6   3   5   23  11   2   14   24  .235
Dave Rader             8   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Rudy Meoli            29   70    2   13   4   1   0    6   2   0    9   15  .186
Jose Cardenal         14   24    3    4   1   0   0    5   1   0    6    5  .167
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        17    3    4    2   0   1   0    1   1   0    0    0  .667
Willie Stargell       35  128   17   41   8   0  10   28   0   0   12   31  .320
Omar Moreno           51  214   34   68   5   6   3   25  21   8   13   27  .318
Tim Foli              35  140   20   43   6   1   0   19   1   1    8    3  .307
Dave Parker           51  200   38   61  14   3  11   30   8   1   20   36  .305
Steve Nicosia         24   73    9   21   5   0   3    7   0   1    6    4  .288
Bill Robinson         46  149   26   42   8   1  14   34   2   2    7   21  .282
Ed Ott                35  125   13   34   7   1   3   12   0   1    4   12  .272
Phil Garner           48  168   25   45  15   2   3   10   2   4   17   31  .268
John Milner           39  100   13   25   5   1   6   20   2   1   17   12  .250
Manny Sanguillen      17   20    5    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Mike Easler           17   12    5    3   0   0   2    3   0   1    5    1  .250
Frank Taveras         11   45    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .244
Rennie Stennett       39  139   12   33   6   1   0    9   1   1    9   12  .237
Lee Lacy              27   53    3   12   2   2   1    5   1   0    9    9  .226
Dale Berra            30   79    8   15   4   0   1    7   0   0    9   13  .190

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield         59  225   37   80  15   6  14   46   3   3   24   22  .356
Fred Kendall          17   27    6    9   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    0  .333
Don Reynolds          20   26    5    8   1   1   0    5   0   0    4    4  .308
Broderick Perkins     41   67    6   19   0   0   0    8   0   0    4    9  .284
Jerry Turner          57  203   21   55  10   1   4   28   0   0   14   25  .271
Gene Richards         55  209   32   56   8   2   2   18   5   4   20   18  .268
Gene Tenace           52  149   22   37   5   2   7   22   0   2   38   32  .248
Bill Almon            39   73   11   18   3   0   0    3   2   1    5   19  .247
Bill Fahey            20   49    3   12   1   1   1    7   0   0    4    5  .245
Fernando Gonzalez     51  164   16   40   7   1   6   17   0   0    8   16  .244
Kurt Bevacqua         40   93    7   22   3   1   0   11   0   3   14    8  .237
Dan Briggs            37   77   15   18   3   1   3   15   1   1    8   12  .234
Barry Evans           51  150    8   31   5   0   1   13   0   2    5   16  .207
Mike Hargrove         50  123   15   24   5   0   0    8   0   2   25   14  .195
Ozzie Smith           57  205   25   34   3   2   0   10   9   3   17   10  .166

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Max Venable           23   12    5    5   0   1   0    0   2   1    1    2  .417
Larry Herndon         44   87   14   28   5   3   3   15   4   1    9   17  .322
Johnnie Lemaster      24   66   13   21   2   0   1   10   4   0    7   11  .318
Terry Whitfield       53  194   28   59   8   3   3   28   2   2   16   21  .304
Rob Andrews           27   34    6   10   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .294
Jack Clark            56  218   30   62  10   1   8   35   2   2   25   38  .284
Willie McCovey        39  112   13   31   4   0   6   19   0   0    6   20  .277
Darrell Evans         57  204   33   53   5   1   5   21   4   3   26   21  .260
Billy North           53  164   38   41   3   1   1   14  18  10   42   32  .250
Mike Ivie             42  129   14   32   2   1   7   29   2   0   10   27  .248
Bill Madlock          54  202   31   50   7   1   6   32   7   3   16   13  .248
Roger Metzger         44  131   14   27   3   4   0   17   4   0   10   13  .206
Mike Sadek            23   40    4    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    2    8  .200
John Tamargo          29   55    7   10   2   0   2    6   0   0    4    8  .182
Marc Hill             38  113   14   19   1   0   2    9   0   0   15   18  .168
Hector Cruz           11   15    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .067

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Brock             38  124   18   46   1   2   3   16   4   4    5   16  .371
George Hendrick       50  172   26   59  14   1   6   26   2   0   18   23  .343
Garry Templeton       49  203   32   69   6   7   1   15  11   6    7   30  .340
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Jerry Mumphrey        35   59   14   19   2   2   0    6   2   3    4    7  .322
Keith Hernandez       51  210   35   65  15   4   7   39   1   2   18   25  .310
Ken Oberkfell         32   65   13   20   4   1   1    6   1   0    7    8  .308
Ted Simmons           49  168   31   51  12   0  12   34   0   0   32    9  .304
Mike Phillips         17   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .303
Tony Scott            50  206   26   61   8   7   0   23  18   4   11   30  .296
Ken Reitz             51  198   14   53  17   1   2   32   1   0    9   26  .268
Dane Iorg             30   71    6   19   2   1   1    7   1   1    6    8  .268
Mike Tyson            40  109   10   27   8   1   3   15   2   1    7   17  .248
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
Steve Swisher         14   23    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    7  .130
Roger Freed           16   11    1    1   0   0   1    4   0   0    4    3  .091

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Russell (LA)         248
  S. Garvey (LA)          236
  K. Griffey (CIN)        233
  D. Lopes (LA)           233
  D. Concepcion (CIN)     227
  D. Winfield (SD)        225
  T. Puhl (HOU)           222
  B. Buckner (CHI)        221
  F. Taveras (NY)         221
  J. Clark (SF)           218

Runs Scored:

  D. Lopes (LA)            53
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      39
  D. Kingman (CHI)         39
  B. North (SF)            38
  D. Parker (PIT)          38
  J. Royster (ATL)         38
  G. Matthews (ATL)        37
  T. Puhl (HOU)            37
  D. Winfield (SD)         37
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         36

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         80
  P. Rose (PHI)            75
  B. Russell (LA)          74
  S. Garvey (LA)           73
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         69
  G. Templeton (STL)       69
  W. Cromartie (MON)       68
  O. Moreno (PIT)          68
  K. Griffey (CIN)         67
  G. Matthews (ATL)        67

Doubles:

  P. Rose (PHI)            20
  B. Buckner (CHI)         17
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         17
  K. Reitz (STL)           17
  L. Parrish (MON)         16
  D. Baker (LA)            15
  W. Cromartie (MON)       15
  P. Garner (PIT)          15
  K. Griffey (CIN)         15
  K. Hernandez (STL)       15

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         19
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         17
  D. Lopes (LA)            14
  B. Robinson (PIT)        14
  D. Winfield (SD)         14
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  T. Simmons (STL)         12
  A. Dawson (MON)          11
  G. Foster (CIN)          11
  G. Matthews (ATL)        11

RBI:

  D. Winfield (SD)         46
  D. Kingman (CHI)         45
  G. Foster (CIN)          43
  S. Garvey (LA)           39
  K. Hernandez (STL)       39
  J. Cruz (HOU)            37
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         37
  D. Driessen (CIN)        36
  D. Murphy (ATL)          36
  J. Clark (SF)            35

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          21
  B. North (SF)            18
  T. Scott (STL)           18
  D. Lopes (LA)            17
  F. Taveras (NY)          17
  E. Cabell (HOU)          14
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         14
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            13
  G. Maddox (PHI)          13

Caught Stealing:

  B. North (SF)            10
  T. Puhl (HOU)            10
  O. Moreno (PIT)           8
  J. Youngblood (NY)        7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          6
  G. Templeton (STL)        6
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          5
  G. Maddox (PHI)           5
  B. Russell (LA)           5

Walks:

  B. North (SF)            42
  G. Tenace (SD)           38
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         36
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          34
  J. Bench (CIN)           32
  D. Lopes (LA)            32
  T. Simmons (STL)         32
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       31
  J. Ferguson (LA)         28
  J. Morgan (CIN)          28

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         52
  G. Foster (CIN)          47
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         47
  A. Dawson (MON)          39
  J. Clark (SF)            38
  D. Parker (PIT)          36
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       33
  D. Lopes (LA)            33
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        33
  T. Perez (MON)           33

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