Monday April 16, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 16, 1979:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       392   54   113   22    5    8    52   13    2   37    55  .288
Pittsburgh       310   41    88   16    5    9    34    6    5   16    43  .284
St. Louis        261   40    71   17    3    5    37    7    2   23    40  .272
New York         256   31    66   12    2    3    31    8    4   22    41  .258
Atlanta          321   44    80    6    0    9    38    5    5   32    53  .249
Philadelphia     246   28    61   15    1    7    27    5    3   20    29  .248
Los Angeles      397   43    92   17    0    7    40    9    3   39    67  .232
San Francisco    354   51    82   10    4    5    46    5    4   40    49  .232
Houston          351   48    81   14    4    4    47   17    6   27    57  .231
Montreal         279   25    63   11    2    5    21   10    5   23    61  .226
San Diego        372   37    84   20    3    3    32    5    3   41    54  .226
Chicago          195   15    43   13    0    2    14    1    1   25    27  .221

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Mazzilli (NY)         7   29    6   13   3   0   2    7   2   1    5    4  .448
Tony Scott (STL)          8   33    5   14   1   2   0    7   3   1    0    6  .424
Dave Winfield (SD)       11   41    6   17   4   0   2    5   1   1    6    6  .415
George Foster (CIN)      11   42    6   17   2   1   2   13   0   0    6    7  .405
Garry Maddox (PHI)        8   28    7   11   2   1   2    4   1   0    1    1  .393
Jerry Royster (ATL)      10   36    6   14   2   0   0    5   4   0    4    5  .389
Joe Morgan (CIN)          9   38    8   14   4   1   1    2   4   0    5    4  .368
Steve Henderson (NY)      7   30    4   11   1   0   0    5   3   1    1    6  .367
Bill Russell (LA)        12   47    4   17   3   0   1    6   0   1    5    2  .362
Ken Griffey (CIN)        11   48    7   17   7   0   0    4   2   0    3    5  .354

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bruce Benedict         1    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .667
Charlie Spikes         3    2    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Jerry Royster         10   36    6   14   2   0   0    5   4   0    4    5  .389
Bob Horner             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Barry Bonnell         10   32    7   10   1   0   4   10   0   1    4    2  .313
Dale Murphy           10   36    7   11   0   0   3    6   0   0    3    7  .306
Mike Lum               9   32    5    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    4  .250
Rowland Office         9    8    3    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .250
Gary Matthews         10   40    3    9   0   0   1    6   1   0    1    5  .225
Pepe Frias            10   27    2    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .222
Glenn Hubbard         10   37    4    8   0   0   0    2   0   2    6    5  .216
Jeff Burroughs        10   31    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    8    8  .129
Bob Beall              7    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Darrel Chaney          6    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Joe Nolan              1    1    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
Scot Thompson          3    3    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .667
Steve Ontiveros        6   21    0    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .286
Dave Kingman           6   22    2    6   1   0   2    6   0   0    3    3  .273
Ted Sizemore           6   19    3    5   2   0   0    2   1   0    6    0  .263
Jerry Martin           6   23    1    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .261
Ivan DeJesus           6   27    3    7   4   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .259
Gene Clines            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Bobby Murcer           6   19    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    1  .211
Bill Buckner           6   24    3    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .167
Barry Foote            6   18    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1   10  .111
Larry Biittner         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Vail              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Tim Blackwell          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .000
Steve Dillard          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Sam Mejias             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
George Foster         11   42    6   17   2   1   2   13   0   0    6    7  .405
Joe Morgan             9   38    8   14   4   1   1    2   4   0    5    4  .368
Ken Griffey           11   48    7   17   7   0   0    4   2   0    3    5  .354
Dave Concepcion       11   50    9   17   0   2   1    8   2   0    1    0  .340
Junior Kennedy         4    9    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    1  .333
Ray Knight            10   34    4   11   4   0   0    2   0   0    5    3  .324
Dan Driessen          11   43    5   12   3   0   2    9   2   1    5    7  .279
Vic Correll            2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Arturo DeFreitas       5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Cesar Geronimo        11   39    5    8   1   1   0    4   1   0    4    5  .205
Johnny Bench          10   35    4    7   0   0   1    5   2   0    8    7  .200
Champ Summers          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .200
Rick Auerbach          4   11    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .182
Dave Collins           5    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jeffrey Leonard        6   10    6    5   1   1   0    2   1   0    5    3  .500
Cesar Cedeno           8   26    5    9   4   0   1    5   0   1    0    4  .346
Terry Puhl            11   45   11   14   0   0   0    1   3   2    3    4  .311
Jose Cruz             11   36   10   11   2   1   2   11   7   0    7    5  .306
Enos Cabell           11   40    5   12   2   0   0   10   6   2    2    5  .300
Bruce Bochy            3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Alan Ashby             9   29    2    7   0   1   0    6   0   0    2    9  .241
Rafael Landestoy      10    5    1    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .200
Craig Reynolds        11   41    3    7   2   1   0    0   0   1    0    3  .171
Bob Watson            11   36    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    7  .167
Art Howe              11   38    2    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .158
Jesus Alou             3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Denny Walling          1    3    0    0   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .000
Jimmy Sexton           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Julio Gonzalez         1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Von Joshua             6    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Bill Russell          12   47    4   17   3   0   1    6   0   1    5    2  .362
Rick Monday            9   30    2    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .300
Dusty Baker           12   44    6   12   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .273
Gary Thomasson         9   22    2    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .273
Steve Garvey          12   49    6   13   2   0   1    5   1   1    1    3  .265
Joe Ferguson          10   31    4    7   2   0   1    9   0   0    5    6  .226
Davey Lopes           12   47    8    9   4   0   1    1   1   0    8   10  .192
Ron Cey               12   43    5    8   1   0   1    4   3   1    8   13  .186
Reggie Smith           6   22    4    4   1   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .182
Derrel Thomas          7   13    1    1   0   0   0    2   2   0    0    4  .077
Steve Yeager           5   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Vic Davalillo          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Manny Mota             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ted Martinez           3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry White            4    4    3    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .750
Jim Mason              1    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Chris Speier           8   26    2    8   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .308
Rodney Scott           8   29    2    8   2   0   0    3   3   3    8    7  .276
Gary Carter            8   27    2    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    5  .259
Warren Cromartie       8   37    3    9   1   0   1    1   1   0    1    4  .243
Andre Dawson           8   37    4    9   2   1   2    7   1   1    0    7  .243
Larry Parrish          7   25    2    5   1   0   0    1   2   0    0    7  .200
Tony Solaita           4    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Ellis Valentine        8   34    2    5   1   0   0    1   3   1    2    6  .147
Tony Perez             7   26    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    9  .115
Ken Macha              2    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Tommy Hutton           5    3    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Dave Cash              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Duffy Dyer             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Trevino           1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Gil Flores             3    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .667
Lee Mazzilli           7   29    6   13   3   0   2    7   2   1    5    4  .448
Bruce Boisclair        4    5    0    2   0   1   0    0   0   1    0    1  .400
Steve Henderson        7   30    4   11   1   0   0    5   3   1    1    6  .367
Elliott Maddox         5   14    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .286
Joel Youngblood        5   12    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .250
Richie Hebner          7   27    4    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    2    2  .222
Kelvin Chapman         7   30    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .200
Doug Flynn             7   27    2    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    3  .185
Willie Montanez        7   27    3    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .185
John Stearns           6   24    4    4   1   0   0    2   2   0    1    2  .167
Ron Hodges             4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .143
Ed Kranepool           4    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Tim Foli               1    0    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
Del Unser              3    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Garry Maddox           8   28    7   11   2   1   2    4   1   0    1    1  .393
Manny Trillo           8   27    2    9   2   0   0    4   0   1    1    2  .333
Greg Luzinski          8   23    2    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    6    6  .304
Pete Rose              8   30    2    8   3   0   0    1   1   0    3    2  .267
Mike Schmidt           8   23    4    6   1   0   3    9   0   0    5    3  .261
Larry Bowa             8   29    5    7   2   0   0    0   2   1    2    2  .241
Bob Boone              7   21    2    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .238
Tim McCarver           3    7    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .143
Bake McBride           8   30    1    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    4  .133
Lonnie Smith           1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Greg Gross             5    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Pete Mackanin          1    0    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
John Milner            8   17    6    9   2   1   2    8   1   1    2    1  .529
Ed Ott                 6   23    2    9   1   1   2    6   0   0    0    4  .391
Willie Stargell        5   18    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .333
Lee Lacy               4    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Dale Berra             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Omar Moreno            9   31    3   10   0   1   0    2   3   2    4    1  .323
Frank Taveras          9   36    4   11   3   0   0    1   2   1    0    2  .306
Steve Nicosia          4   14    1    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .286
Phil Garner            9   33    5    9   2   1   1    2   0   1    2    8  .273
Dave Parker            9   32   11    8   2   1   1    3   0   0    3    5  .250
Bill Robinson          9   35    5    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .229
Rennie Stennett        9   34    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .177
Mike Easler            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Manny Sanguillen       1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Matt Alexander         2    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Winfield         11   41    6   17   4   0   2    5   1   1    6    6  .415
Bill Fahey             4    5    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Broderick Perkins      8   12    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Fernando Gonzalez     11   42    5   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    2    4  .262
Jerry Turner          11   39    1   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    6  .256
Mike Hargrove         10   32    7    8   3   0   0    2   0   1    9    5  .250
Gene Tenace           10   28    3    7   0   1   0    2   0   1    9    8  .250
Kurt Bevacqua          5    4    3    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    3    1  .250
Gene Richards         11   49    5   11   2   1   0    3   2   0    2    9  .225
Barry Evans           10   39    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .128
Ozzie Smith           11   45    2    5   3   0   0    3   1   0    2    2  .111
Dan Briggs             4    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Fred Kendall           2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Don Reynolds           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bill Almon             4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rob Andrews            2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Willie McCovey         4    4    0    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .750
Johnnie Lemaster       3    7    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .429
Terry Whitfield       11   41    8   14   4   0   0    5   0   1    3    3  .342
Mike Ivie             11   40    6   13   1   1   2    7   1   0    4    6  .325
Jack Clark            11   38    9   12   2   1   1    5   0   0    7    6  .316
Darrell Evans         11   41    5   12   1   0   1    8   0   1    4    2  .293
John Tamargo           4    4    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Roger Metzger         10   31    3    6   0   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .194
Billy North           10   35    6    6   0   0   0    3   2   2    9    8  .171
Bill Madlock          11   42    4    6   0   1   0    9   1   0    3    3  .143
Marc Hill             10   34    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .118
Larry Herndon          9    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Mike Sadek             3    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Hector Cruz            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Max Venable            4    1    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bernie Carbo           3    1    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Mike Phillips          2    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ken Reitz              8   25    1   11   5   0   0    7   1   0    3    2  .440
Tony Scott             8   33    5   14   1   2   0    7   3   1    0    6  .424
Mike Dimmel            5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Ted Simmons            8   30    5    9   3   0   1    2   0   0    3    0  .300
Keith Hernandez        8   31    5    9   3   1   2   11   0   0    2    8  .290
Ken Oberkfell          5    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Garry Templeton        8   33    6    8   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .242
Mike Tyson             7   18    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .222
George Hendrick        8   28    7    6   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    6  .214
Lou Brock              7   20    2    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    2    5  .200
Dane Iorg              6    8    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .125
Tom Grieve             4    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Roger Freed            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Steve Swisher          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      50
  S. Garvey (LA)           49
  G. Richards (SD)         49
  K. Griffey (CIN)         48
  D. Lopes (LA)            47
  B. Russell (LA)          47
  T. Puhl (HOU)            45
  O. Smith (SD)            45
  D. Baker (LA)            44
  R. Cey (LA)              43

Runs Scored:

  D. Parker (PIT)          11
  T. Puhl (HOU)            11
  J. Cruz (HOU)            10
  J. Clark (SF)             9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       9
  D. Lopes (LA)             8
  J. Morgan (CIN)           8
  T. Whitfield (SF)         8
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7

Hits:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      17
  G. Foster (CIN)          17
  K. Griffey (CIN)         17
  B. Russell (LA)          17
  D. Winfield (SD)         17
  J. Morgan (CIN)          14
  T. Puhl (HOU)            14
  J. Royster (ATL)         14
  T. Scott (STL)           14
  T. Whitfield (SF)        14

Doubles:

  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  K. Reitz (STL)            5
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  I. DeJesus (CHI)          4
  R. Knight (CIN)           4
  D. Lopes (LA)             4
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  T. Whitfield (SF)         4
  D. Winfield (SD)          4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3

Triples:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)       2
  T. Scott (STL)            2
  A. Ashby (HOU)            1
  K. Bevacqua (SD)          1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  K. Chapman (NY)           1
  J. Clark (SF)             1
  J. Cruz (HOU)             1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  G. Foster (CIN)           1

Home Runs:

  B. Bonnell (ATL)          4
  D. Murphy (ATL)           3
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          3
  J. Cruz (HOU)             2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  D. Driessen (CIN)         2
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  K. Hernandez (STL)        2
  M. Ivie (SF)              2
  D. Kingman (CHI)          2

RBI:

  G. Foster (CIN)          13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            11
  K. Hernandez (STL)       11
  B. Bonnell (ATL)         10
  E. Cabell (HOU)          10
  D. Driessen (CIN)         9
  J. Ferguson (LA)          9
  B. Madlock (SF)           9
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8

Stolen Bases:

  J. Cruz (HOU)             7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           6
  J. Morgan (CIN)           4
  J. Royster (ATL)          4
  R. Cey (LA)               3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3
  O. Moreno (PIT)           3
  T. Puhl (HOU)             3
  R. Scott (MON)            3
  T. Scott (STL)            3

Caught Stealing:

  R. Scott (MON)            3
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  G. Hubbard (ATL)          2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  B. North (SF)             2
  T. Puhl (HOU)             2
  B. Benedict (ATL)         1
  B. Boisclair (NY)         1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  L. Bowa (PHI)             1

Walks:

  M. Hargrove (SD)          9
  B. North (SF)             9
  G. Tenace (SD)            9
  J. Bench (CIN)            8
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  R. Cey (LA)               8
  D. Lopes (LA)             8
  R. Scott (MON)            8
  J. Clark (SF)             7
  J. Cruz (HOU)             7

Strikeouts:

  R. Cey (LA)              13
  B. Foote (CHI)           10
  D. Lopes (LA)            10
  A. Ashby (HOU)            9
  T. Perez (MON)            9
  G. Richards (SD)          9
  D. Baker (LA)             8
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        8
  P. Garner (PIT)           8
  K. Hernandez (STL)        8

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