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

Batting average Homeruns RBI
           
FosterCin .398 FosterCin8 FosterCin22
TenaceSD .387 WinfieldSD8 IvieSF21
HendersonNYN .362 FooteChN7 FooteChN20
RosePhi .356 IvieSF7 WinfieldSD20
BenchCin .356 SchmidtPhi5 ParkerPit16
CedenoHou .348 DawsonMon5 CeyLA16
LumAtl .339 GarveyLA5 GarveyLA16
TempletonSL .337 MartinChN4 SchmidtPhi15
MurcerChN .333 MurphyAtl4 HernandezSL15
ReynoldsHou .325 CeyLA4 MadlockSF15
MazzilliNYN .324 DriessenCin4 3 tied with 14
PerezMon .315 18 tied with 3    
           
           
Runs On-Base Percentage Slugging Percentage
           
DawsonMon18 TenaceSD .506 FosterCin .795
FosterCin18 FosterCin .474 FooteChN .694
LopesLA17 RosePhi .453 SchmidtPhi .613
RussellLA16 SchmidtPhi .436 BenchCin .576
HernandezSL15 BenchCin .435 PerezMon .562
ScottMon15 HebnerNYN .425 TenaceSD .548
ClarkSF15 LumAtl .423 RosePhi .548
7 tied with 14 HendersonNYN .421 DawsonMon .548
    NorthSF .404 IvieSF .542
    MurcerChN .403 HernandezSL .528
    MorganCin .400 MazzilliNYN .521
    MazzilliNYN .400 CeyLA .519
           
           
Hits Doubles Triples
           
FosterCin33 MaddoxPhi8 MetzgerSF5
TempletonSL30 CromartieMon8 HernandezSL3
ClarkSF28 ClarkSF8 TempletonSL3
ReynoldsHou27 BenchCin7 LopesLA3
WhitfieldSF27 ParrishMon7 MorenoPit2
RosePhi26 PerezMon7 RosePhi2
DawsonMon26 CeyLA7 DeJesusChN2
GarveyLA26 EvansSF7 FosterCin2
RussellLA26 AshbyHou6 WinfieldSD2
5 tied with 25 TaverasNYN6 38 tied with 1
    15 tied with 5    
           
           
           
Total Bases Runs Created Runs Created/27 outs
           
FosterCin66 FosterCin 29.6 FosterCin14.8
WinfieldSD48 TenaceSD 18.6 TenaceSD12.9
DawsonMon46 RosePhi 18.1 SchmidtPhi10.6
GarveyLA46 SchmidtPhi 17.7 BenchCin10.6
IvieSF45 DawsonMon 17.6 RosePhi 9.6
TempletonSL45 ClarkSF 16.9 MazzilliNYN 8.5
ClarkSF44 LopesLA 16.7 HendersonNYN 8.1
FooteChN43 BenchCin 15.7 DawsonMon 8.1
LopesLA43 MazzilliNYN 15.4 HebnerNYN 8.0
PerezMon41 PerezMon 15.1 PerezMon 8.0
RosePhi40 HernandezSL 14.6 FooteChN 7.6
CeyLA40 TempletonSL 14.5 HernandezSL 7.3
           
           
Walks Intentional Walks Hit By Pitch
           
MorganCin19 ParrishMon3 HebnerNYN3
SchmidtPhi16 MontanezNYN3 DawsonMon3
NorthSF16 SchmidtPhi3 FoliPit2
TenaceSD15 MazzilliNYN2 StargellPit2
BurroughsAtl14 FosterCin2 SizemoreChN2
WatsonHou13 14 tied with 1 MontanezNYN2
BowaPhi13     PerezMon2
RosePhi13     EvansSD2
FosterCin12     WhitfieldSF2
LopesLA12     28 tied with 1
4 tied with 11        
           
           
           
Strikeouts Stolen bases Ground Ball DP
           
FosterCin22 LopesLA8-0 FriasAtl7
KingmanChN20 NorthSF8-5 GarveyLA6
CeyLA18 CabellHou7-0 AshbyHou5
ParrishMon17 ScottMon7-1 BonnellAtl5
BurroughsAtl17 MorenoPit7-2 ConcepcionCin5
CromartieMon17 SmithSD6-0 OntiverosChN4
TurnerSD17 DawsonMon5-0 KnightCin4
ConcepcionCin17 DeJesusChN5-0 MurphyAtl4
LopesLA17 McBridePhi5-0 BakerLA4
HillSF16 CruzHou5-1 FosterCin4
IvieSF16 MaddoxPhi5-1 13 tied with 3
DawsonMon16 ScottSL5-2    
           
           
Games Plate Appearances At Bats
           
GarveyLA24 LopesLA110 RussellLA103
LopesLA24 RussellLA106 GarveyLA102
RussellLA24 SmithSD104 ConcepcionCin96
BakerLA23 GarveyLA103 LopesLA96
ClarkSF23 ConcepcionCin101 SmithSD96
EvansSD23 ClarkSF100 WinfieldSD93
EvansSF23 MadlockSF100 GriffeyCin92
MadlockSF23 WinfieldSD100 ClarkSF91
SmithSD23 NorthSF99 MadlockSF91
TurnerSD23 WhitfieldSF99 PuhlHou91
WhitfieldSF23 GriffeyCin97 TurnerSD90
WinfieldSD23 PuhlHou96 2 tied with 89
           
           
Sacrifice Bunts Sacrifice Flies Extra-Base Hits
           
ReynoldsHou7 MurphyAtl3 FosterCin15
SmithSD4 AuerbachCin2 FooteChN11
DennySL3 KingmanChN2 PerezMon11
OwchinkoSD2 SimmonsSL2 CeyLA11
BlueSF2 HernandezSL2 ClarkSF11
RoysterAtl2 CromartieMon2 WinfieldSD11
EvansSD2 DriessenCin2 SchmidtPhi10
WhitfieldSF2 MadlockSF2 IvieSF10
43 tied with 1 SmithSD2 GarveyLA10
    39 tied with 1 5 tied with 9
           
           
           
           
Game-winning RBI RBI rate On-Base plus Slugging {OPS}
           
FooteChN3 FooteChN .299 FosterCin1.269
CedenoHou3 IvieSF .241 TenaceSD1.055
MaddoxPhi3 FosterCin .232 SchmidtPhi1.049
BucknerChN3 ParkerPit .211 FooteChN1.022
SimmonsSL3 WinfieldSD .200 BenchCin1.011
CeyLA3 SchmidtPhi .192 RosePhi1.001
DriessenCin3 HernandezSL .181 PerezMon .929
ScottMon3 CeyLA .180 MazzilliNYN .921
FosterCin3 CedenoHou .176 DawsonMon .910
20 tied with 2 ValentineMon .174 HernandezSL .901
    MurphyAtl .169 HebnerNYN .888
    CromartieMon .157 HendersonNYN .885
           
           
Isolated Power Total Average Secondary Average
           
FooteChN .403 FosterCin1.444 SchmidtPhi .581
FosterCin .398 TenaceSD1.256 FosterCin .542
SchmidtPhi .323 SchmidtPhi1.222 FooteChN .468
WinfieldSD .312 BenchCin1.128 MorganCin .457
IvieSF .289 RosePhi1.078 WinfieldSD .409
CeyLA .247 FooteChN1.022 TenaceSD .403
PerezMon .247 DawsonMon .983 LopesLA .396
DawsonMon .238 MazzilliNYN .980 BurroughsAtl .391
HernandezSL .222 HebnerNYN .936 BenchCin .390
BenchCin .220 HernandezSL .923 CeyLA .390
DriessenCin .218 PerezMon .922 RosePhi .384
StearnsNYN .207 HendersonNYN .891 HernandezSL .361
           
           
AB per Homerun Current Hitting Streak Longest Hitting Streak
           
FooteChN 8.9 PerezMon18 PerezMon18
FosterCin 10.4 CedenoHou11 RosePhi16
WinfieldSD 11.6 CromartieMon10 CedenoHou11
IvieSF 11.9 MadlockSF7 CromartieMon10
SchmidtPhi 12.4 CarterMon6 GarveyLA10
DawsonMon 16.8 DeJesusChN6 GriffeyCin10
MurphyAtl 18.5 FoliPit6 HendersonNYN10
CeyLA 19.3 GriffeyCin6 MurcerChN10
StearnsNYN 19.3 TrilloPhi6 SizemoreChN9
DriessenCin 19.5 FosterCin5 MontanezNYN8
GarveyLA 20.4 HargroveSD5 ThomassonLA8
HendrickSL 20.7 ScottMon5 8 tied with 7
           
           
Plate appearances vs RHP Atbats vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
MadlockSF79 ClarkSF73 HebnerNYN1.043
WhitfieldSF78 GarveyLA73 PerezMon1.040
ClarkSF77 MadlockSF72 MurcerChN1.037
LopesLA75 RussellLA71 DawsonMon1.026
NorthSF75 WhitfieldSF71 FosterCin1.020
GarveyLA74 MatthewsAtl65 SchmidtPhi1.019
RussellLA73 EvansSF64 FooteChN1.009
MatthewsAtl72 NorthSF64 YoungbloodNYN .991
BurroughsAtl70 ConcepcionCin63 CeyLA .958
EvansSF70 LopesLA63 MorganCin .956
MurphyAtl69 HubbardAtl62 ParkerPit .908
HubbardAtl67 MurphyAtl62 SimmonsSL .905
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
MurcerChN .471 MurcerChN .537 FooteChN .705
HebnerNYN .375 HebnerNYN .468 YoungbloodNYN .676
PerezMon .370 MorganCin .467 DawsonMon .630
LumAtl .362 RosePhi .453 PerezMon .609
TempletonSL .361 SchmidtPhi .444 FosterCin .607
CedenoHou .360 TenaceSD .442 WinfieldSD .607
DawsonMon .352 LumAtl .439 CeyLA .579
RosePhi .352 ParkerPit .435 HebnerNYN .575
FlynnNYN .341 PerezMon .431 SchmidtPhi .574
FosterCin .339 FosterCin .413 SimmonsSL .549
MazzilliNYN .333 CedenoHou .407 BrockSL .545
ClarkSF .329 2 tied with  .400 2 tied with  .541
           
           
Hits vs RHP Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP
           
ClarkSF24 CeyLA7 MetzgerSF5
WhitfieldSF23 EvansSF7 HernandezSL3
TempletonSL22 ClarkSF7 TempletonSL3
LumAtl21 AshbyHou6 MorenoPit2
DawsonMon19 MaddoxPhi6 28 tied with 1
RosePhi19 YoungbloodNYN5    
FosterCin19 PerezMon5    
ReynoldsHou19 CromartieMon5    
NorthSF19 GarveyLA5    
7 tied with 18 10 tied with 4    
           
           
           
           
Homeruns vs RHP Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP
           
WinfieldSD6 CeyLA10 ClarkSF37
FooteChN5 ClarkSF9 GarveyLA35
DawsonMon5 GarveyLA9 DawsonMon34
IvieSF5 YoungbloodNYN8 FosterCin34
SchmidtPhi4 FooteChN8 WinfieldSD34
DriessenCin4 FosterCin8 CeyLA33
MurphyAtl4 WinfieldSD8 IvieSF33
GarveyLA4 8 tied with 7 TempletonSL33
10 tied with 3     FooteChN31
        MurphyAtl29
        WhitfieldSF29
        MadlockSF29
           
           
Runs batted in vs RHP Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP
           
IvieSF17 SchmidtPhi16 FosterCin18
FooteChN16 MorganCin15 BurroughsAtl17
WinfieldSD14 BurroughsAtl13 HillSF14
CeyLA13 BowaPhi11 LopesLA14
MadlockSF13 NorthSF11 LuzinskiPhi13
GarveyLA13 TenaceSD10 IvieSF13
ParkerPit12 WatsonHou10 KingmanChN12
MurphyAtl12 RosePhi10 6 tied with 11
5 tied with 11 LopesLA10    
    7 tied with 8    
           
           
           
           
Hit by pitch vs RHP Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP
           
SizemoreChN2 ReynoldsHou6 CromartieMon2
PerezMon2 SmithSD3 HernandezSL2
25 tied with 1 OwchinkoSD2 SimmonsSL2
    DennySL2 MurphyAtl2
    30 tied with 1 30 tied with 1