Tuesday June 12, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of June 12, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis       2001  273   579  101   30   45   261   46   25  160   276  .289
Cincinnati      2138  288   584  113   13   52   269   49   15  232   361  .273
Los Angeles     2153  303   583  103   12   77   297   39   21  226   324  .271
Pittsburgh      1903  254   511   99   20   60   229   44   24  151   283  .269
Chicago         1887  241   505   88   12   57   224   18   14  183   254  .268
Philadelphia    2023  260   541  104   18   45   246   55   23  219   291  .267
Montreal        1851  240   480  103   11   44   221   39   17  149   315  .259
Atlanta         1999  263   509   93    7   54   244   24   25  201   324  .255
Houston         2103  242   530   81   15   26   228   65   31  186   270  .252
San Francisco   2044  296   513   69   18   52   271   54   23  214   324  .251
New York        1939  230   485   94   13   31   220   55   27  191   296  .250
San Diego       2104  257   514   79   19   43   238   24   22  214   264  .244

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pete Rose (PHI)          60  232   32   82  21   1   2   26   7   4   32   15  .353
Dave Winfield (SD)       63  241   40   85  16   7  15   53   4   3   26   24  .353
George Hendrick (STL)    55  191   28   67  17   1   6   30   2   1   21   24  .351
Lee Mazzilli (NY)        56  215   34   74  19   1   5   31  14   4   30   24  .344
Garry Templeton (STL)    54  226   34   75   7   7   1   16  11   6    7   32  .332
George Foster (CIN)      52  197   31   65   9   2  13   49   0   1   21   51  .330
Ted Simmons (STL)        54  187   37   60  13   0  16   45   0   0   34   11  .321
Omar Moreno (PIT)        55  231   37   74   5   6   3   25  23   8   14   28  .320
Steve Garvey (LA)        63  254   39   81  16   0  11   45   2   4   14   24  .319
Dusty Baker (LA)         60  230   37   73  17   1   7   32   3   2   21   25  .317

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Biff Pocoroba          5   16    3    7   3   0   0    2   1   0    2    0  .438
Dale Murphy           39  141   26   49   3   1  13   36   2   1   19   24  .348
Gary Matthews         58  235   40   74  16   2  11   37   5   4   23   31  .315
Bob Horner            24   96   13   30   5   0   8   25   0   1    7   12  .313
Jerry Royster         57  223   42   67  12   1   0   19   9   3   22   27  .300
Barry Bonnell         52  176   22   46   8   1   8   25   1   1   11   24  .261
Pepe Frias            54  169   14   44   9   1   1   18   3   2    9   14  .260
Joe Nolan             23   39    6   10   3   0   0    1   0   0    8    7  .256
Charlie Spikes        29   36    7    9   4   0   2    9   0   0    4   10  .250
Rowland Office        50   66   12   16   2   0   2    9   2   0    9   11  .242
Mike Lum              49  127   14   30   6   0   2   14   0   2   10   19  .236
Jeff Burroughs        56  204   24   45   7   1   5   22   0   2   34   37  .221
Glenn Hubbard         55  198   21   43   6   0   2   15   0   6   17   27  .217
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         25   41    6    4   2   0   0    4   1   1    6   17  .098
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
Larry Biittner        23   23    2    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .304
Jerry Martin          53  194   24   59  14   0   8   34   0   1   12   23  .304
Mike Vail             26   40    6   12   1   1   2    9   0   0    5    6  .300
Dave Kingman          55  202   43   60   7   1  20   48   2   0   28   55  .297
Steve Ontiveros       50  186   19   54   8   1   2   17   0   1   20   21  .290
Bill Buckner          55  238   29   69  17   5   6   33   3   2    8   13  .290
Steve Dillard         19   11    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    5    3  .273
Ted Sizemore          54  191   23   51  10   0   2   16   2   1   19   17  .267
Bobby Murcer          51  166   18   43   3   1   7   20   1   3   30   16  .259
Mick Kelleher         16   31    5    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .258
Ivan DeJesus          53  218   34   55   9   1   2   12   8   5   17   31  .252
Barry Foote           51  170   13   36   7   0   7   17   1   0   14   27  .212
Gene Clines           10   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Tim Blackwell         15   25    2    4   0   1   0    4   0   0   10    7  .160
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          34   66    8   26   1   0   1    8   1   1    3   12  .394
George Foster         52  197   31   65   9   2  13   49   0   1   21   51  .330
Ray Knight            60  222   25   70  14   0   1   18   3   2   26   24  .315
Dave Concepcion       59  245   41   73  11   3   7   33  12   2   24   20  .298
Joe Morgan            40  128   25   38  13   1   3   11  11   1   28   15  .297
Vic Correll           18   48    5   14   5   0   1    7   0   0    6    9  .292
Ken Griffey           58  246   33   70  16   1   6   21  11   4   23   27  .285
Dan Driessen          57  198   28   55  10   1  11   39   5   2   22   33  .278
Junior Kennedy        36  118   18   32   4   0   0    5   2   1   13   11  .271
Cesar Geronimo        55  169   19   44  13   3   1   19   1   0   12   25  .260
Johnny Bench          51  172   25   44   7   0   4   24   3   0   34   31  .256
Ken Henderson          6    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .222
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            21   45    3    8   1   1   1    8   0   0    3   10  .178
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       47  121   14   37   5   2   0   17   4   3   10   23  .306
Craig Reynolds        58  235   31   71   8   2   0   19   6   3    5   16  .302
Enos Cabell           57  224   24   66  11   0   4   30  17   7   10   24  .295
Jose Cruz             62  224   31   63  12   5   4   38  15   3   28   24  .281
Denny Walling         23   25    5    7   1   1   1    8   0   0    5    2  .280
Julio Gonzalez        22   58    5   16   1   0   0    4   1   0    3    3  .276
Terry Puhl            62  243   39   66   8   2   5   17   8  11   25   19  .272
Cesar Cedeno          56  185   25   48  12   0   4   23  13   2   37   17  .260
Bob Watson            49  163   15   39   4   0   3   18   0   0   16   23  .239
Alan Ashby            52  166   11   38   6   1   1   21   0   0   13   32  .229
Art Howe              55  179   17   39   6   2   2   15   0   0   13   14  .218
Bruce Bochy           20   52    4   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    8  .192
Rafael Landestoy      48   43   10    7   0   0   0    4   1   1    7    4  .163
Jimmy Sexton          19   15    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .133
Jesus Alou            18   16    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .063

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Manny Mota            16   13    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .385
Ted Martinez          32   27    7   10   3   0   0    0   1   1    0    4  .370
Von Joshua            37   58    9   19   3   1   3    7   0   1    0    9  .328
Steve Garvey          63  254   39   81  16   0  11   45   2   4   14   24  .319
Dusty Baker           60  230   37   73  17   1   7   32   3   2   21   25  .317
Rick Monday           12   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .303
Bill Russell          62  265   30   79  15   1   3   26   1   6    8   19  .298
Davey Lopes           63  252   57   72  13   4  17   35  18   3   34   37  .286
Ron Cey               52  171   26   48   7   0  11   31   3   1   32   35  .281
Derrel Thomas         52  128   14   35   7   2   1   14   5   1   18   16  .273
Reggie Smith          38  123   27   33   5   1   5   21   3   2   21   29  .268
Gary Thomasson        50  157   16   41   3   1   6   25   2   0   23   28  .261
Joe Ferguson          46  146   18   32   5   0   8   32   0   0   30   28  .219
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             12    9    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .444
Tony Solaita          19   30    4   10   4   0   1    6   0   0    9   12  .333
Warren Cromartie      54  225   34   70  16   3   4   23   2   2    9   24  .311
Tommy Hutton          27   20    6    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .300
Larry Parrish         50  174   18   51  17   0   3   16   3   1   13   38  .293
Gary Carter           50  180   30   51  10   0  10   32   1   1   17   20  .283
Jerry White           30   54    6   15   1   1   1    9   3   0    1    5  .278
Tony Perez            49  181   25   49  10   2   5   30   1   0   14   36  .271
Ellis Valentine       50  187   23   49   9   1   5   33   4   4   12   22  .262
Andre Dawson          52  218   34   57  10   4  11   31  10   3    9   43  .262
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          51  165   14   38   9   0   2   12   0   0   21   20  .230
Rodney Scott          54  210   28   46   6   0   1   18  15   4   27   31  .219
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          22   47    5   18   5   1   0    8   0   0    6    6  .383
Lee Mazzilli          56  215   34   74  19   1   5   31  14   4   30   24  .344
Richie Hebner         45  169   22   52   8   1   4   37   1   1   23   20  .308
Joel Youngblood       54  190   32   55  11   1  10   24   9   7   21   23  .290
Steve Henderson       54  196   27   54  10   2   3   23   9   3   27   36  .276
Bruce Boisclair       31   41    6   10   2   1   0    0   0   2    0   12  .244
Frank Taveras         47  198   32   48   8   1   0   10  16   2   12   27  .242
Gil Flores            21   21    2    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    6  .238
Elliott Maddox        25   48    3   11   3   0   0    2   0   1    5   10  .229
John Stearns          54  186   25   42  10   0   3   25   6   5   22   23  .226
Doug Flynn            56  196   13   44   4   4   2   23   0   1    8   17  .225
Willie Montanez       53  205   20   43  10   0   3   21   0   1   17   26  .210
Ron Hodges            24   25    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    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          2    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pete Rose             60  232   32   82  21   1   2   26   7   4   32   15  .353
Larry Bowa            44  177   29   55   7   4   0   11   6   3   16   10  .311
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
Mike Anderson         23   21    5    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .286
Garry Maddox          55  208   36   59  13   2   7   27  14   5    6   24  .284
Ramon Aviles          26   60    7   17   2   0   0   12   0   0    8    8  .283
Bud Harrelson         16   46    4   13   2   0   0    3   3   1    8    9  .283
Dave Rader            10   15    1    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .267
Greg Gross            38   34    4    9   2   2   0    1   1   0    2    2  .265
Mike Schmidt          60  208   40   55  10   1  18   40   3   2   42   50  .264
Bob Boone             49  162   17   42   9   1   4   24   0   2   21   15  .259
Tim McCarver          27   51    4   13   4   1   0    5   0   0    7    5  .255
Greg Luzinski         53  181   17   46   9   0   6   30   1   2   26   38  .254
Bake McBride          56  216   29   51   6   4   5   24  13   3   15   26  .236
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
Willie Stargell       38  137   18   45   9   0  11   30   0   0   13   34  .329
Omar Moreno           55  231   37   74   5   6   3   25  23   8   14   28  .320
Dave Parker           55  214   40   67  15   3  13   36   8   2   23   38  .313
Tim Foli              37  145   20   44   7   1   0   19   1   1    8    3  .303
Bill Robinson         50  166   26   45   8   2  14   36   2   2    7   27  .271
Steve Nicosia         27   82    9   22   5   0   3    8   0   1    8    6  .268
Phil Garner           52  182   28   48  16   2   3   10   2   5   19   35  .264
Ed Ott                36  129   13   34   7   1   3   12   0   1    4   14  .264
John Milner           41  102   14   26   5   1   6   20   2   1   17   12  .255
Lee Lacy              31   61    4   15   3   2   1    5   2   0   10    9  .246
Frank Taveras         11   45    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .244
Mike Easler           19   13    5    3   0   0   2    3   0   1    6    2  .231
Rennie Stennett       43  154   13   35   6   1   0    9   1   1    9   13  .227
Manny Sanguillen      19   22    5    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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         63  241   40   85  16   7  15   53   4   3   26   24  .353
Fred Kendall          18   31    6   10   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    0  .323
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          61  215   22   58  10   1   5   33   1   0   18   26  .270
Gene Richards         59  226   36   60   9   2   2   19   5   4   22   20  .266
Gene Tenace           56  164   24   42   6   2   7   23   0   2   41   34  .256
Bill Fahey            22   51    3   13   1   1   1    7   0   0    4    5  .255
Fernando Gonzalez     54  170   16   42   7   1   6   18   0   0    8   16  .247
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           54  158    9   33   5   0   1   13   0   2    5   16  .209
Mike Hargrove         52  125   15   24   5   0   0    8   0   2   25   15  .192
Ozzie Smith           61  223   30   40   5   2   0   10  10   4   18   11  .179

 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         47   96   17   31   6   3   3   15   4   1    9   19  .323
Terry Whitfield       56  205   29   63   9   3   3   28   2   2   16   23  .307
Rob Andrews           29   37    7   11   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .297
Jack Clark            60  234   34   69  12   2  10   40   3   3   27   41  .295
Johnnie Lemaster      27   75   13   22   2   0   1   10   4   0    8   12  .293
Willie McCovey        42  120   15   33   5   0   7   23   0   0    8   22  .275
Billy North           57  179   41   46   5   1   2   16  21  10   45   33  .257
Bill Madlock          58  215   35   55   9   2   7   35   7   3   17   15  .256
Darrell Evans         61  219   36   56   6   1   5   23   4   3   28   25  .256
Mike Ivie             45  139   15   34   3   1   8   33   2   0   11   29  .245
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             41  123   14   22   1   0   2    9   0   0   16   19  .179
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             43  139   22   51   1   2   4   17   4   4    5   17  .367
George Hendrick       55  191   28   67  17   1   6   30   2   1   21   24  .351
Mike Dimmel            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Garry Templeton       54  226   34   75   7   7   1   16  11   6    7   32  .332
Ted Simmons           54  187   37   60  13   0  16   45   0   0   34   11  .321
Keith Hernandez       56  231   43   73  15   4   7   41   1   2   21   27  .316
Jerry Mumphrey        40   65   15   20   2   2   0    6   2   3    5   10  .308
Mike Phillips         18   33    2   10   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .303
Ken Oberkfell         35   73   14   22   5   2   1    6   1   0    7    8  .301
Tony Scott            55  226   27   64   8   7   0   27  21   5   13   33  .283
Ken Reitz             56  218   15   60  18   1   3   36   1   0   10   27  .275
Dane Iorg             33   74    6   20   3   1   1    7   1   1    6    8  .270
Mike Tyson            44  121   11   29   8   1   3   15   2   1    8   19  .240
Tom Grieve             9   15    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .200
Roger Freed           18   13    2    2   0   0   2    5   0   0    4    3  .154
Steve Swisher         16   23    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    7  .130
Bernie Carbo          20   16    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    5  .125

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Russell (LA)         265
  S. Garvey (LA)          254
  D. Lopes (LA)           252
  K. Griffey (CIN)        246
  D. Concepcion (CIN)     245
  T. Puhl (HOU)           243
  F. Taveras (NY)         243
  D. Winfield (SD)        241
  B. Buckner (CHI)        238
  G. Matthews (ATL)       235

Runs Scored:

  D. Lopes (LA)            57
  K. Hernandez (STL)       43
  D. Kingman (CHI)         43
  J. Royster (ATL)         42
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      41
  B. North (SF)            41
  G. Matthews (ATL)        40
  D. Parker (PIT)          40
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         40
  D. Winfield (SD)         40

Hits:

  D. Winfield (SD)         85
  P. Rose (PHI)            82
  S. Garvey (LA)           81
  B. Russell (LA)          79
  G. Templeton (STL)       75
  G. Matthews (ATL)        74
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         74
  O. Moreno (PIT)          74
  D. Baker (LA)            73
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      73

Doubles:

  P. Rose (PHI)            21
  L. Mazzilli (NY)         19
  K. Reitz (STL)           18
  D. Baker (LA)            17
  B. Buckner (CHI)         17
  G. Hendrick (STL)        17
  L. Parrish (MON)         17
  W. Cromartie (MON)       16
  P. Garner (PIT)          16
  S. Garvey (LA)           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
  L. Bowa (PHI)             4
  A. Dawson (MON)           4
  D. Flynn (NY)             4
  K. Hernandez (STL)        4

Home Runs:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         20
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         18
  D. Lopes (LA)            17
  T. Simmons (STL)         16
  D. Winfield (SD)         15
  B. Robinson (PIT)        14
  G. Foster (CIN)          13
  D. Murphy (ATL)          13
  D. Parker (PIT)          13
  R. Cey (LA)              11

RBI:

  D. Winfield (SD)         53
  G. Foster (CIN)          49
  D. Kingman (CHI)         48
  S. Garvey (LA)           45
  T. Simmons (STL)         45
  K. Hernandez (STL)       41
  J. Clark (SF)            40
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         40
  D. Driessen (CIN)        39
  J. Cruz (HOU)            38

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)          17
  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)            45
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         42
  G. Tenace (SD)           41
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          37
  J. Bench (CIN)           34
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       34
  D. Lopes (LA)            34
  T. Simmons (STL)         34
  R. Cey (LA)              32
  P. Rose (PHI)            32

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (CHI)         55
  G. Foster (CIN)          51
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         50
  A. Dawson (MON)          43
  J. Clark (SF)            41
  G. Luzinski (PHI)        38
  D. Parker (PIT)          38
  L. Parrish (MON)         38
  J. Burroughs (ATL)       37
  D. Lopes (LA)            37

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