Sunday June 10, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 10, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis       1927  261   558   99   30   41   249   46   24  156   270  .290
Cincinnati      2075  280   570  110   13   51   261   48   15  222   348  .275
Philadelphia    1971  252   532  103   16   44   238   53   21  208   281  .270
Pittsburgh      1865  251   500   97   20   59   226   44   24  148   273  .268
Chicago         1851  239   496   88   12   56   222   18   14  176   248  .268
Los Angeles     2081  287   557   99   12   74   281   39   21  219   311  .268
Montreal        1806  234   468  100   10   44   216   39   16  147   308  .259
Atlanta         1959  258   500   90    6   54   240   23   25  194   316  .255
Houston         2037  240   515   80   15   26   226   64   31  184   266  .253
San Francisco   2010  289   504   67   17   49   265   53   23  208   317  .251
New York        1871  215   467   88   12   30   205   54   27  179   283  .250
San Diego       2071  251   504   78   19   42   232   23   22  207   262  .243

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pete Rose (PHI)          58  227   31   82  21   1   2   26   7   3   29   14  .361
Dave Winfield (SD)       62  237   39   84  16   7  14   50   4   3   25   23  .354
George Hendrick (STL)    53  182   27   64  16   1   6   29   2   0   21   24  .352
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        54  210   33   72  18   1   5   29  14   4   26   24  .343
George Foster (CIN)      50  189   30   64   9   2  12   46   0   1   21   49  .339
Garry Templeton (STL)    52  217   33   73   6   7   1   16  11   6    7   31  .336
Omar Moreno (PIT)        54  227   37   73   5   6   3   25  23   8   13   28  .322
Ray Knight (CIN)         58  217   24   69  14   0   1   18   3   2   23   23  .318
Steve Garvey (LA)        61  246   36   77  14   0  11   44   2   4   12   23  .313
Ted Simmons (STL)        52  179   35   56  13   0  14   39   0   0   33   10  .313

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Biff Pocoroba          4   12    2    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    1    0  .500
Dale Murphy           39  141   26   49   3   1  13   36   2   1   19   24  .348
Bob Horner            23   90   13   29   4   0   8   24   0   1    7   11  .322
Gary Matthews         57  231   38   72  15   2  11   37   5   4   22   31  .312
Jerry Royster         56  217   42   65  12   1   0   18   9   3   22   25  .300
Barry Bonnell         51  172   22   46   8   1   8   24   1   1   10   23  .267
Charlie Spikes        28   35    7    9   4   0   2    9   0   0    4    9  .257
Joe Nolan             22   39    6   10   3   0   0    1   0   0    8    7  .256
Pepe Frias            53  165   13   42   9   1   1   18   2   2    8   14  .255
Rowland Office        49   66   12   16   2   0   2    9   2   0    9   11  .242
Mike Lum              48  124   14   30   6   0   2   14   0   2    9   18  .242
Jeff Burroughs        55  200   23   44   7   0   5   21   0   2   32   37  .220
Glenn Hubbard         54  197   21   43   6   0   2   15   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       7    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .111
Darrel Chaney         24   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
Ken Henderson          1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Scot Thompson         31   56    6   18   4   0   0    8   0   1    2    7  .321
Mike Vail             25   39    6   12   1   1   2    9   0   0    5    6  .308
Dave Kingman          54  197   43   60   7   1  20   48   2   0   28   53  .305
Larry Biittner        23   23    2    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .304
Jerry Martin          52  191   23   57  14   0   7   32   0   1   10   23  .298
Steve Ontiveros       49  182   19   53   8   1   2   17   0   1   19   21  .291
Bill Buckner          54  233   29   67  17   5   6   33   3   2    8   13  .288
Steve Dillard         18   11    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    4    3  .273
Bobby Murcer          50  163   18   43   3   1   7   20   1   3   28   16  .264
Ted Sizemore          53  187   22   49  10   0   2   16   2   1   19   17  .262
Mick Kelleher         16   31    5    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .258
Ivan DeJesus          52  213   34   54   9   1   2   12   8   5   17   30  .254
Barry Foote           50  168   13   36   7   0   7   17   1   0   14   27  .214
Gene Clines           10   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Tim Blackwell         14   23    2    4   0   1   0    4   0   0    9    5  .174
Sam Mejias            18    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          32   61    7   23   1   0   1    8   1   1    2   11  .377
George Foster         50  189   30   64   9   2  12   46   0   1   21   49  .339
Ray Knight            58  217   24   69  14   0   1   18   3   2   23   23  .318
Dave Concepcion       57  238   41   71  10   3   7   32  12   2   24   19  .298
Joe Morgan            40  128   25   38  13   1   3   11  11   1   28   15  .297
Vic Correll           17   44    5   13   4   0   1    5   0   0    6    9  .296
Ken Griffey           57  243   33   70  16   1   6   21  11   4   22   25  .288
Ken Henderson          4    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Dan Driessen          55  190   27   53   9   1  11   38   4   2   22   32  .279
Cesar Geronimo        53  167   19   44  13   3   1   19   1   0   12   24  .264
Johnny Bench          50  169   25   44   7   0   4   24   3   0   33   31  .260
Junior Kennedy        34  112   16   29   4   0   0    5   2   1   10   11  .259
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
Paul Blair            19   39    2    7   1   1   1    7   0   0    3    8  .180
Rick Auerbach         19   31    4    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .161

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeffrey Leonard       45  113   14   36   5   2   0   16   4   3   10   23  .319
Enos Cabell           55  216   23   65  11   0   4   30  16   7   10   23  .301
Craig Reynolds        56  228   30   67   8   2   0   19   6   3    5   16  .294
Jose Cruz             60  216   31   61  11   5   4   37  15   3   28   23  .282
Denny Walling         23   25    5    7   1   1   1    8   0   0    5    2  .280
Terry Puhl            60  234   39   65   8   2   5   17   8  11   25   19  .278
Julio Gonzalez        22   58    5   16   1   0   0    4   1   0    3    3  .276
Cesar Cedeno          54  179   25   47  12   0   4   23  13   2   35   17  .263
Bob Watson            48  162   15   39   4   0   3   18   0   0   16   23  .241
Alan Ashby            51  163   11   36   6   1   1   21   0   0   13   32  .221
Art Howe              53  172   17   37   6   2   2   15   0   0   13   14  .215
Bruce Bochy           19   49    4   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    8  .204
Rafael Landestoy      47   42   10    7   0   0   0    4   1   1    7    4  .167
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          30   26    7   10   3   0   0    0   1   1    0    4  .385
Manny Mota            15   12    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .333
Von Joshua            37   58    9   19   3   1   3    7   0   1    0    9  .328
Steve Garvey          61  246   36   77  14   0  11   44   2   4   12   23  .313
Dusty Baker           58  222   35   69  17   1   6   29   3   2   21   24  .311
Rick Monday           12   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .303
Bill Russell          60  255   27   76  14   1   3   26   1   6    8   19  .298
Derrel Thomas         50  123   14   35   7   2   1   14   5   1   17   14  .285
Davey Lopes           61  242   56   68  13   4  16   33  18   3   34   36  .281
Ron Cey               50  163   23   44   7   0  10   27   3   1   31   32  .270
Reggie Smith          36  114   25   30   5   1   5   19   3   2   20   28  .263
Gary Thomasson        49  156   16   41   3   1   6   25   2   0   22   28  .263
Joe Ferguson          44  139   17   30   4   0   8   30   0   0   29   26  .216
Pedro Guerrero         9   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .200
Steve Yeager          38  102    9   16   2   1   4   12   0   0   11   19  .157
Vic Davalillo         18   16    0    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .125
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
Dave Cash             11    8    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .375
Tony Solaita          18   29    4   10   4   0   1    6   0   0    9   11  .345
Warren Cromartie      53  220   33   68  15   3   4   23   2   2    9   24  .309
Larry Parrish         49  169   17   50  17   0   3   15   3   1   13   37  .296
Gary Carter           49  175   30   50  10   0  10   32   1   1   17   20  .286
Jerry White           30   54    6   15   1   1   1    9   3   0    1    5  .278
Andre Dawson          51  213   34   57  10   4  11   31  10   3    8   41  .268
Tony Perez            48  176   24   47   9   1   5   28   1   0   14   36  .267
Tommy Hutton          26   19    6    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .263
Ellis Valentine       49  182   21   47   8   1   5   33   4   3   12   22  .258
Jim Mason             12   25    3    6   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    5  .240
Duffy Dyer             8   17    0    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .235
Chris Speier          50  160   14   37   9   0   2   12   0   0   21   19  .231
Rodney Scott          53  205   27   45   6   0   1   17  15   4   26   30  .220
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          21   43    5   16   4   1   0    6   0   0    6    6  .372
Lee Mazzilli          54  210   33   72  18   1   5   29  14   4   26   24  .343
Richie Hebner         44  165   21   51   8   1   4   34   1   1   23   20  .309
Joel Youngblood       52  181   30   53  11   1  10   24   8   7   20   21  .293
Steve Henderson       52  190   24   53  10   2   3   22   9   3   24   35  .279
Bruce Boisclair       31   41    6   10   2   1   0    0   0   2    0   12  .244
Gil Flores            21   21    2    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    6  .238
Frank Taveras         45  188   30   44   5   1   0    8  16   2   12   26  .234
Elliott Maddox        25   48    3   11   3   0   0    2   0   1    5   10  .229
John Stearns          52  179   23   41   9   0   3   25   6   5   21   22  .229
Willie Montanez       51  197   19   43  10   0   3   20   0   1   17   22  .218
Doug Flynn            54  188   11   41   4   3   1   20   0   1    7   17  .218
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             58  227   31   82  21   1   2   26   7   3   29   14  .361
Larry Bowa            42  169   29   52   7   2   0   10   6   3   16    9  .308
Manny Trillo          22   76    5   23   4   0   0    8   0   1    4    9  .303
Del Unser             37   68   12   20   3   0   1   12   2   0    3   12  .294
Garry Maddox          53  200   36   58  12   2   7   26  14   5    6   24  .290
Mike Anderson         21   21    4    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .286
Ramon Aviles          26   60    7   17   2   0   0   12   0   0    8    8  .283
Bud Harrelson         14   41    3   11   2   0   0    2   2   1    6    9  .268
Dave Rader            10   15    1    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .267
Mike Schmidt          58  203   37   54  10   1  17   38   3   2   40   49  .266
Greg Gross            38   34    4    9   2   2   0    1   1   0    2    2  .265
Bob Boone             47  155   17   41   9   1   4   22   0   2   21   13  .265
Greg Luzinski         51  177   16   46   9   0   6   30   1   2   24   35  .260
Tim McCarver          27   51    4   13   4   1   0    5   0   0    7    5  .255
Bake McBride          54  210   28   50   6   4   5   24  12   2   14   25  .238
Jose Cardenal         17   31    3    6   2   0   0    7   1   0    6    6  .194
Rudy Meoli            30   73    2   13   4   1   0    6   2   0    9   15  .178
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        18    3    4    2   0   1   0    1   1   0    0    0  .667
Omar Moreno           54  227   37   73   5   6   3   25  23   8   13   28  .322
Willie Stargell       37  132   18   42   8   0  11   30   0   0   13   32  .318
Tim Foli              36  140   20   43   6   1   0   19   1   1    8    3  .307
Dave Parker           54  209   39   64  15   3  12   33   8   2   23   37  .306
Bill Robinson         49  161   26   45   8   2  14   36   2   2    7   25  .280
Ed Ott                35  125   13   34   7   1   3   12   0   1    4   12  .272
Steve Nicosia         27   82    9   22   5   0   3    8   0   1    8    6  .268
Phil Garner           51  178   27   47  16   2   3   10   2   5   19   33  .264
Mike Easler           18   12    5    3   0   0   2    3   0   1    6    1  .250
John Milner           40  101   13   25   5   1   6   20   2   1   17   12  .248
Lee Lacy              30   61    4   15   3   2   1    5   2   0    9    9  .246
Frank Taveras         11   45    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .244
Manny Sanguillen      19   22    5    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .227
Rennie Stennett       42  150   13   34   6   1   0    9   1   1    9   13  .227
Dale Berra            33   89    8   17   5   0   1    8   0   0   10   13  .191

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield         62  237   39   84  16   7  14   50   4   3   25   23  .354
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          60  213   22   57  10   1   5   31   0   0   16   26  .268
Gene Richards         58  222   34   59   9   2   2   19   5   4   21   20  .266
Gene Tenace           55  161   23   42   6   2   7   23   0   2   39   33  .261
Bill Fahey            22   51    3   13   1   1   1    7   0   0    4    5  .255
Fernando Gonzalez     53  166   16   40   7   1   6   17   0   0    8   16  .241
Bill Almon            42   80   13   19   3   0   0    4   2   1    6   20  .238
Kurt Bevacqua         43  100    7   23   3   1   0   11   0   3   15    9  .230
Dan Briggs            40   89   16   20   3   1   4   17   1   1    9   13  .225
Barry Evans           53  154    9   33   5   0   1   13   0   2    5   16  .214
Mike Hargrove         52  125   15   24   5   0   0    8   0   2   25   15  .192
Ozzie Smith           60  218   28   38   4   2   0   10  10   4   18   11  .174

 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         46   91   15   29   5   3   3   15   4   1    9   18  .319
Terry Whitfield       56  205   29   63   9   3   3   28   2   2   16   23  .307
Johnnie Lemaster      26   72   13   22   2   0   1   10   4   0    7   12  .306
Rob Andrews           28   37    7   11   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .297
Jack Clark            59  230   32   66  12   1   9   38   2   3   26   41  .287
Willie McCovey        42  120   15   33   5   0   7   23   0   0    8   22  .275
Darrell Evans         60  216   35   56   6   1   5   23   4   3   27   25  .259
Bill Madlock          57  211   35   54   8   2   7   35   7   3   17   14  .256
Billy North           56  176   40   45   5   1   1   15  21  10   43   32  .256
Mike Ivie             44  134   14   33   3   1   7   30   2   0   11   28  .246
Roger Metzger         46  134   14   27   3   4   0   18   4   0   10   13  .202
John Tamargo          30   60    7   12   3   0   2    6   0   0    4    8  .200
Mike Sadek            23   40    4    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    2    8  .200
Marc Hill             40  120   14   21   1   0   2    9   0   0   15   18  .175
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             41  131   19   47   1   2   3   16   4   4    5   17  .359
George Hendrick       53  182   27   64  16   1   6   29   2   0   21   24  .352
Garry Templeton       52  217   33   73   6   7   1   16  11   6    7   31  .336
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Ken Oberkfell         34   69   14   22   5   2   1    6   1   0    7    8  .319
Ted Simmons           52  179   35   56  13   0  14   39   0   0   33   10  .313
Jerry Mumphrey        38   64   15   20   2   2   0    6   2   3    5    9  .313
Keith Hernandez       54  222   40   69  15   4   7   40   1   2   20   26  .311
Mike Phillips         17   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .303
Tony Scott            53  218   27   62   8   7   0   25  21   5   12   32  .284
Ken Reitz             54  211   15   59  18   1   3   36   1   0    9   27  .280
Dane Iorg             31   72    6   20   3   1   1    7   1   1    6    8  .278
Mike Tyson            43  117   11   29   8   1   3   15   2   1    8   18  .248
Tom Grieve             9   15    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .200
Bernie Carbo          19   15    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    5  .133
Steve Swisher         15   23    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    7  .130
Roger Freed           17   12    1    1   0   0   1    4   0   0    4    3  .083

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Russell (LA)         255
  S. Garvey (LA)          246
  K. Griffey (CIN)        243
  D. Lopes (LA)           242
  D. Concepcion (CIN)     238
  D. Winfield (SD)        237
  T. Puhl (HOU)           234
  B. Buckner (CHI)        233
  F. Taveras (NY)         233
  G. Matthews (ATL)       231

Runs Scored:

  D. Lopes (LA)            56
  D. Kingman (CHI)         43
  J. Royster (ATL)         42
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      41
  K. Hernandez (STL)       40
  B. North (SF)            40
  D. Parker (PIT)          39
  T. Puhl (HOU)            39
  D. Winfield (SD)         39
  G. Matthews (ATL)        38

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         84
  P. Rose (PHI)            82
  S. Garvey (LA)           77
  B. Russell (LA)          76
  O. Moreno (PIT)          73
  G. Templeton (STL)       73
  G. Matthews (ATL)        72
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         72
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      71
  K. Griffey (CIN)         70

Doubles:

  P. Rose (PHI)            21
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         18
  K. Reitz (STL)           18
  D. Baker (LA)            17
  B. Buckner (CHI)         17
  L. Parrish (MON)         17
  P. Garner (PIT)          16
  K. Griffey (CIN)         16
  G. Hendrick (STL)        16
  D. Winfield (SD)         16

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         20
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         17
  D. Lopes (LA)            16
  B. Robinson (PIT)        14
  T. Simmons (STL)         14
  D. Winfield (SD)         14
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  G. Foster (CIN)          12
  D. Parker (PIT)          12
  A. Dawson (MON)          11

RBI:

  D. Winfield (SD)         50
  D. Kingman (CHI)         48
  G. Foster (CIN)          46
  S. Garvey (LA)           44
  K. Hernandez (STL)       40
  T. Simmons (STL)         39
  J. Clark (SF)            38
  D. Driessen (CIN)        38
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         38
  J. Cruz (HOU)            37

Stolen Bases:

  O. Moreno (PIT)          23
  B. North (SF)            21
  T. Scott (STL)           21
  D. Lopes (LA)            18
  F. Taveras (NY)          18
  E. Cabell (HOU)          16
  J. Cruz (HOU)            15
  R. Scott (MON)           15
  G. Maddox (PHI)          14
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         14

Caught Stealing:

  T. Puhl (HOU)            11
  B. North (SF)            10
  O. Moreno (PIT)           8
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  J. Youngblood (NY)        7
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          6
  B. Russell (LA)           6
  G. Templeton (STL)        6
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          5
  P. Garner (PIT)           5

Walks:

  B. North (SF)            43
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         40
  G. Tenace (SD)           39
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          35
  D. Lopes (LA)            34
  J. Bench (CIN)           33
  T. Simmons (STL)         33
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       32
  R. Cey (LA)              31
  J. Ferguson (LA)         29

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         53
  G. Foster (CIN)          49
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         49
  J. Clark (SF)            41
  A. Dawson (MON)          41
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       37
  D. Parker (PIT)          37
  L. Parrish (MON)         37
  D. Lopes (LA)            36
  T. Perez (MON)           36


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