League batting leaders

League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1979

Batting average			Homeruns			RBI

Rice	Bos	.385	Roenicke	Bal	15	Rice	Bos	48
Bochte	Sea	.379	Oglivie	Mil	14	Lynn	Bos	46
Molitor	Mil	.365	Thornton	Cle	14	Thornton	Cle	43
Carew	Cal	.354	Lynn	Bos	14	Oglivie	Mil	42
Rivers	NYA	.347	Singleton	Bal	14	Bochte	Sea	42
Bannister	ChA	.344	Jackson	NYA	13	Jones,R	Sea	42
Lynn	Bos	.341	Rice	Bos	12	Horton	Sea	39
Miller,R	Cal	.339	Jones,R	Sea	12	Roenicke	Bal	38
Otis	KC	.339	Bochte	Sea	11	Kemp	Det	38
Pryor	ChA	.338	Horton	Sea	11	Singleton	Bal	37
Roberts	Sea	.337	Kemp	Det	10	Molitor	Mil	36
Kemp	Det	.335	Mayberry	Tor	9	Jackson	Min	35


Runs			On-Base Percentage			Slugging Percentage

Brett	KC	49	Rice	Bos	.447	Roenicke	Bal	.715
Rice	Bos	45	Carew	Cal	.436	Rice	Bos	.703
Cruz	Sea	45	Whitaker	Det	.435	Lynn	Bos	.671
Lynn	Bos	42	Bochte	Sea	.433	Oglivie	Mil	.669
Bell	Tex	39	Lynn	Bos	.431	Bochte	Sea	.654
Carew	Cal	39	Murray	Bal	.429	Singleton	Bal	.598
Roenicke	Bal	38	Otis	KC	.428	Kemp	Det	.594
Bochte	Sea	37	Kemp	Det	.427	Jackson	NYA	.590
Roberts	Sea	35	Roenicke	Bal	.421	Molitor	Mil	.589
Singleton	Bal	35	Miller,R	Cal	.414	Thornton	Cle	.556
Smalley	Min	35	Lezcano	Mil	.413	Brett	KC	.550
4 tied with		34	2 tied with		.400	Mayberry	Tor	.539


Hits			Doubles			Triples

Brett	KC	71	McRae	KC	20	Porter	KC	7
Rice	Bos	70	Rice	Bos	16	Randolph	NYA	6
Molitor	Mil	70	Yount	Mil	16	Brett	KC	6
Bochte	Sea	69	Bell	Tex	16	Washington	KC	5
Carew	Cal	69	Lynn	Bos	15	Garcia	Bal	4
Horton	Sea	67	Mayberry	Tor	14	Wilfong	Min	4
Lansford	Cal	65	Washington	ChA	14	Meyer	Sea	4
Bannister	ChA	62	6 tied with		13	Whitaker	Det	4
Cooper	Mil	62				Miller,R	Cal	4
Landreaux	Min	61				Molitor	Mil	4
Yount	Mil	61				Baylor	Cal	4
5 tied with		60				Jones,R	Sea	4


Total Bases			Runs Created			Runs Created/27 outs

Rice	Bos	128	Rice	Bos	57.1	Rice	Bos	13.0
Brett	KC	120	Lynn	Bos	52.7	Bochte	Sea	11.7
Bochte	Sea	119	Bochte	Sea	51.3	Lynn	Bos	11.7
Lynn	Bos	116	Brett	KC	49.1	Molitor	Mil	10.4
Singleton	Bal	113	Molitor	Mil	48.5	Roenicke	Bal	10.2
Molitor	Mil	113	Singleton	Bal	43.4	Kemp	Det	10.0
Horton	Sea	109	Murray	Bal	42.4	Oglivie	Mil	9.4
Jones,R	Sea	108	Kemp	Det	40.7	Brett	KC	8.9
Oglivie	Mil	107	Jackson	NYA	40.4	Murray	Bal	8.9
Jackson	NYA	102	Oglivie	Mil	39.6	Miller,R	Cal	8.8
Thornton	Cle	95	Carew	Cal	39.4	Jackson	NYA	8.7
Landreaux	Min	95	Otis	KC	39.0	Otis	KC	8.4


Walks			Intentional Walks			Hit By Pitch

Thomas	Mil	37	Spencer	NYA	5	Page	Oak	6
Murray	Bal	33	Yastrzemski	Bos	4	Roenicke	Bal	4
Whitaker	Det	32	Murray	Bal	4	Jackson	Min	4
Lynn	Bos	30	Roenicke	Bal	3	Lemon	ChA	4
Porter	KC	30	Mayberry	Tor	3	Essian	Oak	3
Randolph	NYA	30	Howell	Tor	3	Patek	KC	3
Carew	Cal	30	Thornton	Cle	3	Howell	Tor	3
Otis	KC	29	12 tied with		2	Sundberg	Tex	3
Lezcano	Mil	28				Washington	ChA	3
Wynegar	Min	28				Bosetti	Tor	3
Harrah	Cle	28				Lansford	Cal	3
Cruz	Sea	28				Baylor	Cal	3


Strikeouts			Stolen bases			Ground Ball DP

Thomas	Mil	55	Cruz	Sea	24-5	Bell	Tex	12
Alexander	Cle	50	LeFlore	Det	20-5	Bando	Mil	11
Bonds	Cle	46	Molitor	Mil	15-1	Carty	Tor	10
Singleton	Bal	44	Wilson	KC	14-3	Sundberg	Tex	9
Rudi	Cal	39	Bumbry	Bal	13-5	Newman	Oak	8
Washington	ChA	35	Otis	KC	11-1	Jones,R	Sea	8
Norwood	Min	33	Wills	Tex	11-3	9 tied with		7
Parrish	Det	33	Randolph	NYA	11-5
Whitaker	Det	33	Remy	Bos	11-5
Lansford	Cal	33	Bannister	ChA	10-1
4 tied with		32	Dade	Cle	10-5
			3 tied with		9


Games			Plate Appearances			At Bats

Cruz	Sea	51	Brett	KC	239	Brett	KC	218
Horton	Sea	51	Cruz	Sea	238	Cruz	Sea	209
Jones,R	Sea	51	Carew	Cal	228	Bell	Tex	207
Baylor	Cal	50	Cooper	Mil	228	Lansford	Cal	205
Bosetti	Tor	50	Randolph	NYA	225	Munson	NYA	205
Carew	Cal	50	Yount	Mil	224	Horton	Sea	204
Cooper	Mil	50	Baylor	Cal	223	Jones,R	Sea	203
Lansford	Cal	50	Smalley	Min	222	Bonds	Cle	201
Mendoza	Sea	50	Bell	Tex	221	Oliver	Tex	201
Yount	Mil	50	Jones,R	Sea	221	Baylor	Cal	200
4 tied with		49	3 tied with		220	Cooper	Mil	200
						2 tied with		199


Sacrifice Bunts			Sacrifice Flies			Extra-Base Hits

McKay	Tor	6	Porter	KC	7	Rice	Bos	31
Mendoza	Sea	6	Zisk	Tex	5	Lynn	Bos	29
Patek	KC	6	Lynn	Bos	5	Oglivie	Mil	27
Yount	Mil	6	Adams	Min	4	Singleton	Bal	27
Picciolo	Oak	5	Alexander	Cle	4	Brett	KC	27
Dent	NYA	5	Thornton	Cle	4	Bochte	Sea	26
Wynegar	Min	5	Singleton	Bal	4	Jackson	NYA	24
10 tied with		4	Cooper	Mil	4	McRae	KC	24
			14 tied with		3	Bell	Tex	24
						Mayberry	Tor	23
						Thornton	Cle	23
						Molitor	Mil	23


Game-winning RBI			RBI rate			On-Base plus Slugging {OPS}

Meyer	Sea	7	Roenicke	Bal	.250	Rice	Bos	1.150
Dauer	Bal	7	Oglivie	Mil	.240	Roenicke	Bal	1.136
Rice	Bos	6	Rice	Bos	.233	Lynn	Bos	1.101
Carew	Cal	6	Lynn	Bos	.220	Bochte	Sea	1.087
10 tied with		5	Thornton	Cle	.215	Oglivie	Mil	1.040
			Bochte	Sea	.209	Kemp	Det	1.021
			LaCock	KC	.206	Molitor	Mil	.989
			Kemp	Det	.205	Singleton	Bal	.981
			Jones,R	Sea	.190	Jackson	NYA	.978
			Horton	Sea	.178	Murray	Bal	.945
			Jackson	Min	.177	Miller,R	Cal	.937
			Molitor	Mil	.175	Brett	KC	.931


Isolated Power			Total Average			Secondary Average

Roenicke	Bal	.407	Rice	Bos	1.299	Roenicke	Bal	.577
Oglivie	Mil	.344	Lynn	Bos	1.256	Lynn	Bos	.503
Lynn	Bos	.329	Roenicke	Bal	1.239	Jackson	NYA	.457
Rice	Bos	.319	Bochte	Sea	1.171	Rice	Bos	.445
Thornton	Cle	.298	Molitor	Mil	1.129	Thornton	Cle	.444
Singleton	Bal	.291	Oglivie	Mil	1.116	Oglivie	Mil	.444
Jackson	NYA	.289	Kemp	Det	1.112	Kemp	Det	.432
Bochte	Sea	.275	Jackson	NYA	1.048	Singleton	Bal	.418
Mayberry	Tor	.266	Murray	Bal	1.031	Mayberry	Tor	.416
Kemp	Det	.258	Singleton	Bal	1.015	Murray	Bal	.390
Jones,R	Sea	.236	Whitaker	Det	1.009	Lezcano	Mil	.387
Brett	KC	.225	Otis	KC	1.008	Whitaker	Det	.372


AB per Homerun			Current Hitting Streak			Longest Hitting Streak

Roenicke	Bal	8.2	Gantner	Mil	15	Pryor	ChA	19
Oglivie	Mil	11.4	Bochte	Sea	12	Bonds	Cle	18
Thornton	Cle	12.2	DeCinces	Bal	11	Murray	Bal	18
Lynn	Bos	12.4	Yount	Mil	10	Dade	Cle	17
Jackson	NYA	13.3	Grich	Cal	9	Lynn	Bos	17
Singleton	Bal	13.5	Oglivie	Mil	9	Rice	Bos	17
Rice	Bos	15.2	Page	Oak	7	Miller,R	Cal	16
Kemp	Det	15.5	Smalley	Min	7	Parrish	Det	16
Bochte	Sea	16.5	7 tied with		6	Gantner	Mil	15
Jones,R	Sea	16.9				Woods	Tor	15
Mayberry	Tor	17.1				3 tied with		14
Horton	Sea	18.5


Plate appearances vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP			On-base plus slugging vs RHP

Yount	Mil	174	Lansford	Cal	158	Kemp	Det	1.329
Smalley	Min	172	Yount	Mil	154	Lynn	Bos	1.297
Lansford	Cal	170	Baylor	Cal	151	Singleton	Bal	1.222
Cooper	Mil	169	Bell	Tex	150	Rice	Bos	1.184
Baylor	Cal	168	Smalley	Min	150	Mayberry	Tor	1.157
Carew	Cal	166	Remy	Bos	149	Oglivie	Mil	1.146
Remy	Bos	166	Cooper	Mil	147	Bochte	Sea	1.136
Thomas	Mil	165	Bonds	Cle	146	Miller,R	Cal	1.089
Cruz	Sea	159	Landreaux	Min	146	Jackson	NYA	1.089
Bailor	Tor	158	Bosetti	Tor	145	Brett	KC	1.084
Landreaux	Min	158	Garr	ChA	145	Spencer	NYA	1.071
4 tied with		157	Molitor	Mil	145	Whitaker	Det	1.041


Batting average vs RHP			On-base percentage vs RHP			Slugging percentage vs RHP

Lynn	Bos	.424	Whitaker	Det	.513	Kemp	Det	.819
Kemp	Det	.422	Kemp	Det	.510	Lynn	Bos	.797
Bochte	Sea	.406	Lynn	Bos	.500	Singleton	Bal	.768
Rice	Bos	.402	Rice	Bos	.456	Oglivie	Mil	.746
Whitaker	Det	.393	Carew	Cal	.455	Rice	Bos	.727
Miller,R	Cal	.389	Miller,R	Cal	.455	Mayberry	Tor	.721
Singleton	Bal	.384	Singleton	Bal	.454	Bochte	Sea	.692
Otis	KC	.376	Spencer	NYA	.454	Jackson	NYA	.688
Carew	Cal	.371	Bochte	Sea	.444	Brett	KC	.657
McRae	KC	.367	Mayberry	Tor	.436	Miller,R	Cal	.635
Brett	KC	.364	Otis	KC	.436	Spencer	NYA	.617
Landreaux	Min	.363	Brett	KC	.427	Jones,R	Sea	.609


Hits vs RHP			Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP

Bochte	Sea	54	McRae	KC	16	Porter	KC	7
Rice	Bos	53	Mayberry	Tor	14	Brett	KC	5
Landreaux	Min	53	Lynn	Bos	14	Washington	KC	4
Carew	Cal	52	Rice	Bos	14	Whitaker	Det	4
Brett	KC	51	Bell	Tex	13	Wilfong	Min	4
Lansford	Cal	51	Oglivie	Mil	12	Miller,R	Cal	4
Lynn	Bos	50	Hisle	Mil	11	Baylor	Cal	4
Cooper	Mil	50	Woods	Tor	11	8 tied with		3
Miller,R	Cal	49	LaCock	KC	11
Oglivie	Mil	49	Washington	ChA	11
Oliver	Tex	48	Carew	Cal	11
2 tied with		47	Cooper	Mil	11


Homeruns vs RHP			Extra base hits vs RHP			Total bases vs RHP

Oglivie	Mil	14	Oglivie	Mil	26	Oglivie	Mil	103
Jackson	NYA	11	Lynn	Bos	24	Rice	Bos	96
Singleton	Bal	11	Rice	Bos	24	Lynn	Bos	94
Thornton	Cle	11	Mayberry	Tor	23	Bochte	Sea	92
Lynn	Bos	10	Brett	KC	22	Brett	KC	92
Mayberry	Tor	9	Singleton	Bal	21	Singleton	Bal	86
Jones,R	Sea	9	Jackson	NYA	19	Landreaux	Min	82
Rice	Bos	9	McRae	KC	19	Mayberry	Tor	80
Bochte	Sea	9	Bochte	Sea	19	Miller,R	Cal	80
Roenicke	Bal	8	Grich	Cal	19	Jones,R	Sea	78
Kemp	Det	8	Washington	ChA	18	Jackson	NYA	77
Horton	Sea	8	Bell	Tex	18	Lansford	Cal	76


Runs batted in vs RHP			Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP

Oglivie	Mil	41	Thomas	Mil	32	Thomas	Mil	46
Bochte	Sea	39	Murray	Bal	25	Alexander	Cle	41
Rice	Bos	38	Porter	KC	25	Bonds	Cle	34
Lynn	Bos	36	Whitaker	Det	24	Rudi	Cal	33
Thornton	Cle	32	Carew	Cal	23	Downing	Cal	27
LaCock	KC	32	Lynn	Bos	22	Thornton	Cle	27
Mayberry	Tor	31	Evans	Bos	21	Otis	KC	25
Kemp	Det	30	Yastrzemski	Bos	21	6 tied with		24
Jones,R	Sea	30	Cruz	Sea	21
Baylor	Cal	28	4 tied with		20
Singleton	Bal	27
Grich	Cal	27


Hit by pitch vs RHP			Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP

Roenicke	Bal	4	Patek	KC	6	Porter	KC	6
Essian	Oak	3	Yount	Mil	5	Zisk	Tex	4
Patek	KC	3	McKay	Tor	4	Lynn	Bos	4
Jackson	Min	3	Mendoza	Sea	4	11 tied with		3
Bosetti	Tor	3	Dent	NYA	4
Baylor	Cal	3	Veryzer	Cle	4
15 tied with		2	Wilfong	Min	4
			Wynegar	Min	4
			Smalley	Min	4
			7 tied with		3

League batting leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 5/31/1979

League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1979