League batting leaders

League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 4/30/1979

Batting average			Homeruns			RBI

Miller,R	Cal	.414	Thornton	Cle	9	Horton	Sea	26
Bochte	Sea	.405	Roenicke	Bal	7	Hisle	Mil	22
Otis	KC	.397	Bochte	Sea	7	Rice	Bos	20
Murray	Bal	.386	Horton	Sea	7	Baylor	Cal	20
Horton	Sea	.385	Singleton	Bal	7	Wilfong	Min	19
Bannister	ChA	.385	Kemp	Det	5	Bochte	Sea	19
Gamble	Tex	.385	Landreaux	Min	5	Aikens	Cal	18
Whitaker	Det	.369	Lemon	ChA	5	Roberts	Sea	18
Rice	Bos	.366	Brett	KC	5	McRae	KC	18
Landreaux	Min	.357	11 tied with		4	Singleton	Bal	18
Brett	KC	.355				3 tied with		17
Wilfong	Min	.355


Runs			On-Base Percentage			Slugging Percentage

Brett	KC	29	Miller,R	Cal	.494	Kemp	Det	.813
Carew	Cal	23	Murray	Bal	.490	Bochte	Sea	.762
Bochte	Sea	21	Otis	KC	.483	Wilfong	Min	.694
McRae	KC	21	Gamble	Tex	.459	Gamble	Tex	.673
Roberts	Sea	19	Carew	Cal	.453	Horton	Sea	.659
Rice	Bos	18	Bochte	Sea	.451	Brett	KC	.645
Murray	Bal	18	Kemp	Det	.441	Landreaux	Min	.619
Singleton	Bal	18	Whitaker	Det	.440	Hisle	Mil	.608
Cruz	Sea	18	Thomas	Mil	.430	Singleton	Bal	.598
Miller,R	Cal	17	Orta	ChA	.429	Washington	ChA	.573
Burleson	Bos	17	Horton	Sea	.426	Rice	Bos	.573
8 tied with		16	Brett	KC	.425	Whitaker	Det	.569


Hits			Doubles			Triples

Horton	Sea	35	Hisle	Mil	11	Wilfong	Min	4
Bochte	Sea	34	McRae	KC	11	Whitaker	Det	3
Brett	KC	33	Oliver	Tex	9	Molitor	Mil	3
Lansford	Cal	33	Woods	Tor	8	Porter	KC	3
Murray	Bal	32	Morales	Det	8	Randolph	NYA	3
Carew	Cal	31	Mayberry	Tor	8	Rivers	NYA	3
Rivers	NYA	31	Washington	ChA	8	Brett	KC	3
McRae	KC	31	Yastrzemski	Bos	8	9 tied with		2
Cowens	KC	31	5 tied with		7
4 tied with		30




Total Bases			Runs Created			Runs Created/27 outs

Bochte	Sea	64	Brett	KC	28.1	Kemp	Det	14.3
Horton	Sea	60	Bochte	Sea	27.5	Bochte	Sea	14.0
Brett	KC	60	Horton	Sea	25.6	Miller,R	Cal	12.5
Singleton	Bal	55	Murray	Bal	23.8	Brett	KC	12.4
Landreaux	Min	52	Miller,R	Cal	20.8	Gamble	Tex	11.7
Hisle	Mil	48	Carew	Cal	20.2	Murray	Bal	11.7
Roberts	Sea	48	Rice	Bos	20.2	Wilfong	Min	11.7
Rice	Bos	47	McRae	KC	20.2	Horton	Sea	11.5
McRae	KC	47	Landreaux	Min	20.1	Otis	KC	10.3
Murray	Bal	46	Roberts	Sea	19.4	Rice	Bos	10.3
3 tied with		44	Otis	KC	18.8	Orta	ChA	10.2
			Wilfong	Min	18.6	Whitaker	Det	9.3


Walks			Intentional Walks			Hit By Pitch

Thomas	Mil	19	Spencer	NYA	3	Lemon	ChA	4
Murray	Bal	18	Thornton	Cle	3	Page	Oak	3
Carew	Cal	17	Rice	Bos	2	Baylor	Cal	3
Porter	KC	15	Grich	Cal	2	Dwyer	Bos	2
Lynn	Bos	14	Murray	Bal	2	Aikens	Cal	2
Norris	Cle	13	18 tied with		1	Howell	Tor	2
Otis	KC	13				Patek	KC	2
Thornton	Cle	13				Washington	ChA	2
Randolph	NYA	13				Bonds	Cle	2
6 tied with		12				36 tied with		1




Strikeouts			Stolen bases			Ground Ball DP

Thomas	Mil	26	Cruz	Sea	9-2	Baylor	Cal	6
Rudi	Cal	24	Remy	Bos	6-0	Bando	Mil	5
Bonds	Cle	23	Molitor	Mil	6-1	Sundberg	Tex	5
Wallis	Oak	21	White	KC	6-1	Patek	KC	5
Page	Oak	21	LeFlore	Det	6-2	Bell	Tex	5
Alexander	Cle	20	Brett	KC	5-0	Oliver	Tex	5
Norwood	Min	20	Bumbry	Bal	5-2	Scott	Bos	5
Patek	KC	20	Wills	Tex	5-2	Smalley	Min	5
Lansford	Cal	18	Squires	ChA	4-0	16 tied with		4
Singleton	Bal	17	Bannister	ChA	4-1
Downing	Cal	15	Otis	KC	4-1
Jones,R	Sea	15	7 tied with		3


Games			Plate Appearances			At Bats

Baylor	Cal	23	Cruz	Sea	108	Cruz	Sea	96
Carew	Cal	23	Carew	Cal	107	Lansford	Cal	95
Cruz	Sea	23	Brett	KC	106	Baylor	Cal	93
Grich	Cal	23	Baylor	Cal	104	Brett	KC	93
Horton	Sea	23	McRae	KC	104	Cowens	KC	93
Jones,R	Sea	23	Singleton	Bal	103	Griffin	Tor	93
Lansford	Cal	23	Murray	Bal	102	Bonds	Cle	92
Murray	Bal	23	Horton	Sea	101	Singleton	Bal	92
Singleton	Bal	23	Lansford	Cal	101	Horton	Sea	91
9 tied with		22	Cowens	KC	100	McRae	KC	91
			Griffin	Tor	99	Jones,R	Sea	90
			2 tied with		98	4 tied with		89


Sacrifice Bunts			Sacrifice Flies			Extra-Base Hits

Allenson	Bos	3	Lynn	Bos	4	Hisle	Mil	15
Picciolo	Oak	3	Porter	KC	3	Bochte	Sea	14
Pryor	ChA	3	17 tied with		2	Brett	KC	14
Belanger	Bal	3				McRae	KC	13
Mendoza	Sea	3				Singleton	Bal	13
Wills	Tex	3				Washington	ChA	12
15 tied with		2				Kemp	Det	11
						Wilfong	Min	11
						Mayberry	Tor	11
						9 tied with		10




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

Meyer	Sea	6	Kemp	Det	.271	Kemp	Det	1.253
DeCinces	Bal	5	Wilfong	Min	.268	Bochte	Sea	1.212
Roberts	Sea	4	Horton	Sea	.257	Gamble	Tex	1.132
McRae	KC	4	Hisle	Mil	.247	Wilfong	Min	1.094
Singleton	Bal	4	Rice	Bos	.222	Horton	Sea	1.085
9 tied with		3	Bochte	Sea	.209	Brett	KC	1.070
			Yastrzemski	Bos	.202	Miller,R	Cal	1.051
			Whitaker	Det	.200	Murray	Bal	1.044
			DeCinces	Bal	.193	Whitaker	Det	1.009
			Baylor	Cal	.192	Landreaux	Min	.997
			Roberts	Sea	.186	Rice	Bos	.995
			Lynn	Bos	.185	Hisle	Mil	.990


Isolated Power			Total Average			Secondary Average

Kemp	Det	.458	Kemp	Det	1.500	Kemp	Det	.646
Thornton	Cle	.359	Bochte	Sea	1.340	Thornton	Cle	.526
Bochte	Sea	.357	Brett	KC	1.283	Thomas	Mil	.507
Wilfong	Min	.339	Wilfong	Min	1.275	Brett	KC	.473
Singleton	Bal	.293	Gamble	Tex	1.257	Gamble	Tex	.462
Hisle	Mil	.291	Miller,R	Cal	1.238	Wilfong	Min	.452
Brett	KC	.290	Murray	Bal	1.222	Bochte	Sea	.440
Gamble	Tex	.288	Horton	Sea	1.172	Hisle	Mil	.418
Parrish	Det	.277	Otis	KC	1.125	Murray	Bal	.410
Horton	Sea	.275	Orta	ChA	1.086	Lynn	Bos	.397
Washington	ChA	.267	Whitaker	Det	1.067	Porter	KC	.392
Landreaux	Min	.262	Rice	Bos	1.057	Mayberry	Tor	.392


AB per Homerun			Current Hitting Streak			Longest Hitting Streak

Thornton	Cle	8.7	Lemon	ChA	12	Miller,R	Cal	16
Kemp	Det	9.6	DeCinces	Bal	11	Singleton	Bal	13
Bochte	Sea	12.0	Murray	Bal	11	Lemon	ChA	12
Horton	Sea	13.0	Pryor	ChA	11	Cooper	Mil	11
Gamble	Tex	13.0	Wilfong	Min	11	DeCinces	Bal	11
Singleton	Bal	13.1	Woods	Tor	10	Jones,R	Sea	11
Parrish	Det	15.7	Bannister	ChA	8	Murray	Bal	11
Thomas	Mil	16.8	Montgomery	Bos	7	Oliver	Tex	11
Landreaux	Min	16.8	Nettles	NYA	7	Pryor	ChA	11
Lemon	ChA	17.0	5 tied with		6	Rice	Bos	11
Brett	KC	18.6				Wilfong	Min	11
Washington	ChA	18.8				4 tied with		10


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

Baylor	Cal	89	Lansford	Cal	83	Kemp	Det	1.446
Lansford	Cal	89	Baylor	Cal	79	Bochte	Sea	1.395
Carew	Cal	88	Rudi	Cal	77	Singleton	Bal	1.273
Grich	Cal	81	Downing	Cal	73	Hisle	Mil	1.234
Rudi	Cal	79	Grich	Cal	73	Mayberry	Tor	1.233
Downing	Cal	78	Bonds	Cle	71	Whitaker	Det	1.223
Harrah	Cle	78	Carew	Cal	70	Brett	KC	1.219
Smalley	Min	78	Cowens	KC	68	Gamble	Tex	1.193
Bonds	Cle	75	Harrah	Cle	68	Spencer	NYA	1.176
Brett	KC	75	Landreaux	Min	68	Woods	Tor	1.152
3 tied with		74	Cooper	Mil	66	Otis	KC	1.112
			Smalley	Min	65	Horton	Sea	1.103


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

Bochte	Sea	.474	Whitaker	Det	.540	Kemp	Det	.933
Otis	KC	.464	Otis	KC	.523	Bochte	Sea	.895
Whitaker	Det	.463	Kemp	Det	.513	Singleton	Bal	.844
Miller,R	Cal	.433	Miller,R	Cal	.500	Hisle	Mil	.780
Kemp	Det	.433	Bochte	Sea	.500	Brett	KC	.766
Bannister	ChA	.431	Woods	Tor	.500	Mayberry	Tor	.750
Woods	Tor	.413	Spencer	NYA	.500	Gamble	Tex	.711
Spencer	NYA	.412	Mayberry	Tor	.483	Horton	Sea	.700
Horton	Sea	.400	Gamble	Tex	.481	Wilfong	Min	.690
Gamble	Tex	.400	Murray	Bal	.472	Whitaker	Det	.683
Singleton	Bal	.400	Carew	Cal	.471	Landreaux	Min	.676
Landreaux	Min	.397	Stinson	Sea	.464	Spencer	NYA	.676


Hits vs RHP			Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP

Lansford	Cal	30	Hisle	Mil	11	Wilfong	Min	4
Bochte	Sea	27	Woods	Tor	8	Whitaker	Det	3
Landreaux	Min	27	Mayberry	Tor	8	Porter	KC	3
Otis	KC	26	Orta	ChA	7	Molitor	Mil	3
Miller,R	Cal	26	Yastrzemski	Bos	7	Brett	KC	3
McRae	KC	25	Carty	Tor	7	Rivers	NYA	2
Carew	Cal	25	Oliver	Tex	7	Bannister	ChA	2
Horton	Sea	24	McRae	KC	7	Miller,R	Cal	2
Brett	KC	24	Cooper	Mil	7	Landreaux	Min	2
Cooper	Mil	24	Carew	Cal	7	Grich	Cal	2
Hisle	Mil	23	6 tied with		5	34 tied with		1
Cowens	KC	23


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

Thornton	Cle	7	Hisle	Mil	15	Bochte	Sea	51
Bochte	Sea	6	Brett	KC	12	Brett	KC	49
Singleton	Bal	5	Mayberry	Tor	11	Hisle	Mil	46
Horton	Sea	5	Bochte	Sea	11	Landreaux	Min	46
Brett	KC	5	Singleton	Bal	10	Horton	Sea	42
Gamble	Tex	4	Wilfong	Min	10	Wilfong	Min	40
Oglivie	Mil	4	Grich	Cal	10	Singleton	Bal	38
Washington	ChA	4	7 tied with		9	Grich	Cal	38
Hisle	Mil	4				McRae	KC	37
Lemon	ChA	4				Cooper	Mil	37
Landreaux	Min	4				Carew	Cal	37
16 tied with		3				3 tied with		36


Runs batted in vs RHP			Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP

Hisle	Mil	20	Carew	Cal	16	Rudi	Cal	22
Bochte	Sea	18	Thomas	Mil	15	Thomas	Mil	21
Wilfong	Min	18	Murray	Bal	12	Alexander	Cle	19
Aikens	Cal	17	Norris	Cle	12	Bonds	Cle	17
Baylor	Cal	17	Porter	KC	12	Norwood	Min	16
Rice	Bos	16	Remy	Bos	10	Wallis	Oak	15
Grich	Cal	16	Cubbage	Min	10	Thornton	Cle	14
Lynn	Bos	15	Brett	KC	10	Downing	Cal	14
Yastrzemski	Bos	15	Smalley	Min	10	Sofield	Min	13
Horton	Sea	15	9 tied with		9	Patek	KC	13
Kemp	Det	14				Grich	Cal	13
7 tied with		13				Lansford	Cal	13


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

Baylor	Cal	3	Wills	Tex	3	Lynn	Bos	3
Dwyer	Bos	2	Smith	Bal	2	Kemp	Det	2
Patek	KC	2	Picciolo	Oak	2	Squires	ChA	2
Lemon	ChA	2	Norman	Tex	2	Cerone	Tor	2
Bonds	Cle	2	Pryor	ChA	2	Soderholm	ChA	2
25 tied with		1	Mendoza	Sea	2	Porter	KC	2
			McKay	Tor	2	Landreaux	Min	2
			Bannister	ChA	2	53 tied with		1
			Sundberg	Tex	2
			Miller,R	Cal	2
			Harrah	Cle	2
			Smalley	Min	2

League batting leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 4/30/1979

League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 4/30/1979