League batting leaders

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

Batting average			Homeruns			RBI

Rose	Phi	.399	Foster	Cin	15	Parker	Pit	49
Templeton	SL	.387	Winfield	SD	14	Winfield	SD	42
Foster	Cin	.365	Schmidt	Phi	13	Kingman	ChN	41
Henderson	NYN	.364	Kingman	ChN	13	Rose	Phi	39
Hernandez	SL	.352	Lopes	LA	13	Foster	Cin	38
Murcer	ChN	.346	Ivie	SF	12	Schmidt	Phi	37
Whitfield	SF	.344	Dawson	Mon	12	Simmons	SL	36
Richards	SD	.333	Cey	LA	11	Cruz	Hou	35
Parker	Pit	.331	Garvey	LA	11	Hernandez	SL	34
Dawson	Mon	.324	Parker	Pit	9	Ivie	SF	33
Murphy	Atl	.322	5 tied with		8	Garvey	LA	31
Scott	Mon	.316				2 tied with		30


Runs			On-Base Percentage			Slugging Percentage

Lopes	LA	39	Rose	Phi	.491	Foster	Cin	.750
Dawson	Mon	38	Murcer	ChN	.457	Dawson	Mon	.637
Rose	Phi	38	Foster	Cin	.434	Cey	LA	.580
Templeton	SL	34	Henderson	NYN	.411	Parker	Pit	.571
Garvey	LA	34	Morgan	Cin	.411	Kingman	ChN	.571
Puhl	Hou	34	Hernandez	SL	.404	Templeton	SL	.564
Hernandez	SL	33	Whitfield	SF	.404	Rose	Phi	.557
Richards	SD	33	Tenace	SD	.404	Schmidt	Phi	.554
Schmidt	Phi	33	Richards	SD	.402	Hernandez	SL	.534
Griffey	Cin	33	Scott	Mon	.402	Bench	Cin	.527
3 tied with		32	Parker	Pit	.401	Murphy	Atl	.526
			Schmidt	Phi	.397	Lopes	LA	.526


Hits			Doubles			Triples

Rose	Phi	73	Youngblood	NYN	16	Templeton	SL	8
Templeton	SL	70	Whitfield	SF	15	Dawson	Mon	7
Whitfield	SF	65	Hernandez	SL	14	Hernandez	SL	6
Puhl	Hou	65	Cromartie	Mon	14	Metzger	SF	5
Russell	LA	65	Parker	Pit	13	Moreno	Pit	4
Hernandez	SL	62	Richards	SD	13	Knight	Cin	4
Richards	SD	61	Rose	Phi	13	Lopes	LA	4
Griffey	Cin	60	Clark	SF	13	8 tied with		3
Henderson	NYN	59	6 tied with		12
Dawson	Mon	59
Garvey	LA	59
Parker	Pit	58


Total Bases			Runs Created			Runs Created/27 outs

Foster	Cin	117	Rose	Phi	52.2	Foster	Cin	12.5
Dawson	Mon	116	Foster	Cin	48.5	Rose	Phi	11.8
Lopes	LA	111	Dawson	Mon	43.6	Murcer	ChN	9.4
Garvey	LA	104	Parker	Pit	41.0	Templeton	SL	9.2
Templeton	SL	102	Templeton	SL	39.4	Parker	Pit	9.1
Rose	Phi	102	Schmidt	Phi	39.1	Dawson	Mon	9.1
Parker	Pit	100	Lopes	LA	38.5	Henderson	NYN	8.3
Winfield	SD	100	Hernandez	SL	38.1	Hernandez	SL	8.3
Kingman	ChN	97	Richards	SD	37.6	Schmidt	Phi	8.1
Hernandez	SL	94	Whitfield	SF	35.4	Richards	SD	8.1
Schmidt	Phi	92	Henderson	NYN	33.6	Bench	Cin	8.0
Griffey	Cin	91	Griffey	Cin	33.2	Cey	LA	7.9


Walks			Intentional Walks			Hit By Pitch

Schmidt	Phi	41	Schmidt	Phi	5	Foli	Pit	5
Rose	Phi	34	Parrish	Mon	3	Parker	Pit	4
Morgan	Cin	33	Montanez	NYN	3	Kelleher	ChN	3
North	SF	33	Bench	Cin	3	LeMaster	SF	3
Burroughs	Atl	29	Foster	Cin	3	Hebner	NYN	3
Murcer	ChN	28	Kingman	ChN	3	Perez	Mon	3
Tenace	SD	27	Parker	Pit	3	Scott	SL	3
Scott	Mon	26	Dawson	Mon	3	Dawson	Mon	3
Evans	SF	24	Evans	SF	3	Moreno	Pit	3
Lopes	LA	24	Winfield	SD	3	Whitfield	SF	3
4 tied with		22	10 tied with		2	Lopes	LA	3
						22 tied with		2


Strikeouts			Stolen bases			Ground Ball DP

Kingman	ChN	47	Moreno	Pit	25-2	Garvey	LA	14
Foster	Cin	41	Lopes	LA	15-1	Baker	LA	12
Cabell	Hou	39	North	SF	15-9	Concepcion	Cin	10
Luzinski	Phi	36	Scott	SL	13-2	Buckner	ChN	9
Burroughs	Atl	35	Cabell	Hou	13-3	Frias	Atl	8
Cromartie	Mon	35	Scott	Mon	13-4	Bonnell	Atl	8
Matthews	Atl	35	McBride	Phi	11-1	Burroughs	Atl	8
Thomasson	LA	34	Dawson	Mon	11-3	Murphy	Atl	7
Lopes	LA	34	Royster	Atl	11-3	Stearns	NYN	7
Parrish	Mon	32	Smith	SD	10-1	Sizemore	ChN	7
Clark	SF	32	DeJesus	ChN	10-2	Rose	Phi	7
3 tied with		31	Mazzilli	NYN	10-4	Lopes	LA	7


Games			Plate Appearances			At Bats

Winfield	SD	53	Lopes	LA	241	Russell	LA	220
Garvey	LA	52	Griffey	Cin	232	Garvey	LA	215
Lopes	LA	52	Russell	LA	229	Lopes	LA	211
Russell	LA	52	Puhl	Hou	226	Griffey	Cin	210
Smith	SD	52	Winfield	SD	226	Puhl	Hou	209
Cruz	Hou	51	Clark	SF	223	Clark	SF	203
Evans	SF	51	Garvey	LA	222	Winfield	SD	203
Richards	SD	51	Concepcion	Cin	221	Cabell	Hou	202
Turner	SD	51	Rose	Phi	218	Concepcion	Cin	197
4 tied with		50	Matthews	Atl	216	Reynolds	Hou	197
			Evans	SF	214	Smith	SD	197
			Reynolds	Hou	214	Matthews	Atl	193


Sacrifice Bunts			Sacrifice Flies			Extra-Base Hits

Reynolds	Hou	10	Driessen	Cin	5	Foster	Cin	27
Evans	SD	6	Hernandez	SL	4	Lopes	LA	27
Smith	SD	5	Baker	LA	4	Dawson	Mon	26
Denny	SL	4	11 tied with		3	Winfield	SD	24
Blue	SF	4				Schmidt	Phi	23
13 tied with		3				Parker	Pit	23
						Kingman	ChN	22
						Hernandez	SL	22
						Youngblood	NYN	21
						Garvey	LA	21
						Cey	LA	20
						4 tied with		19


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

Cey	LA	8	Parker	Pit	.249	Foster	Cin	1.184
Rose	Phi	8	Foster	Cin	.217	Rose	Phi	1.048
Foster	Cin	7	Kingman	ChN	.216	Dawson	Mon	1.009
Simmons	SL	7	Simmons	SL	.193	Parker	Pit	.972
Cedeno	Hou	7	Winfield	SD	.186	Templeton	SL	.955
Clark	SF	7	Rose	Phi	.179	Cey	LA	.954
Parker	Pit	6	Schmidt	Phi	.177	Schmidt	Phi	.951
Dawson	Mon	6	Cey	LA	.175	Hernandez	SL	.938
Russell	LA	6	Hernandez	SL	.171	Henderson	NYN	.924
Driessen	Cin	5	Foote	ChN	.169	Murcer	ChN	.923
Scott	Mon	5	Cruz	Hou	.164	Bench	Cin	.920
Buckner	ChN	5	Bench	Cin	.150	Kingman	ChN	.913


Isolated Power			Total Average			Secondary Average

Foster	Cin	.385	Foster	Cin	1.295	Schmidt	Phi	.548
Dawson	Mon	.313	Rose	Phi	1.220	Foster	Cin	.506
Schmidt	Phi	.301	Dawson	Mon	1.109	Morgan	Cin	.488
Kingman	ChN	.288	Schmidt	Phi	1.055	Lopes	LA	.450
Cey	LA	.280	Parker	Pit	1.041	Dawson	Mon	.423
Lopes	LA	.270	Murcer	ChN	1.034	Cey	LA	.407
Winfield	SD	.266	Cey	LA	.972	Kingman	ChN	.388
Parker	Pit	.240	Templeton	SL	.965	Winfield	SD	.384
Foote	ChN	.228	Bench	Cin	.963	Rose	Phi	.383
Bench	Cin	.220	Hernandez	SL	.958	Bench	Cin	.380
Garvey	LA	.209	Morgan	Cin	.958	Parker	Pit	.354
Youngblood	NYN	.208	Richards	SD	.936	Mazzilli	NYN	.351


AB per Homerun			Current Hitting Streak			Longest Hitting Streak

Foster	Cin	10.4	Rose	Phi	14	Whitfield	SF	22
Schmidt	Phi	12.8	Hernandez	SL	11	Perez	Mon	19
Kingman	ChN	13.1	Garvey	LA	9	Foli	Pit	17
Cey	LA	13.6	Collins	Cin	8	Dawson	Mon	16
Winfield	SD	14.5	Simmons	SL	8	Rose	Phi	16
Dawson	Mon	15.2	Trillo	Phi	8	Foster	Cin	15
Lopes	LA	16.2	Buckner	ChN	7	Henderson	NYN	15
Foote	ChN	18.1	Joshua	LA	7	Moreno	Pit	15
Bench	Cin	18.8	Reitz	SL	7	Griffey	Cin	14
Bonnell	Atl	19.0	Brock	SL	6	4 tied with		13
Murphy	Atl	19.0	Foli	Pit	6
Parker	Pit	19.4	5 tied with		5


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

Clark	SF	173	Clark	SF	164	Murcer	ChN	1.137
Whitfield	SF	167	Garvey	LA	152	Foster	Cin	1.129
Lopes	LA	165	Russell	LA	151	Rose	Phi	1.084
Evans	SF	160	Whitfield	SF	151	Dawson	Mon	1.017
Russell	LA	158	Griffey	Cin	144	Parker	Pit	.983
Garvey	LA	157	Knight	Cin	144	Youngblood	NYN	.950
Griffey	Cin	157	Madlock	SF	143	Perez	Mon	.947
Madlock	SF	155	Winfield	SD	141	Templeton	SL	.943
Winfield	SD	154	Lopes	LA	140	Cey	LA	.937
Matthews	Atl	152	Evans	SF	138	Richards	SD	.929
Puhl	Hou	151	Puhl	Hou	138	Bonnell	Atl	.922
Schmidt	Phi	151	2 tied with		137	Simmons	SL	.915


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

Murcer	ChN	.430	Murcer	ChN	.534	Foster	Cin	.694
Rose	Phi	.425	Rose	Phi	.534	Dawson	Mon	.636
Templeton	SL	.392	Morgan	Cin	.447	Murcer	ChN	.602
Richards	SD	.364	Foster	Cin	.434	Ivie	SF	.592
Foster	Cin	.361	Richards	SD	.429	Youngblood	NYN	.592
Hernandez	SL	.355	Parker	Pit	.424	Parker	Pit	.559
Whitfield	SF	.351	Lum	Atl	.422	Cey	LA	.557
Lum	Atl	.351	Hernandez	SL	.410	Templeton	SL	.554
Puhl	Hou	.348	Whitfield	SF	.406	Perez	Mon	.552
Flynn	NYN	.346	Cedeno	Hou	.403	Rose	Phi	.550
Geronimo	Cin	.346	Bench	Cin	.395	Kingman	ChN	.549
Parker	Pit	.343	Perez	Mon	.395	Bonnell	Atl	.545


Hits vs RHP			Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP

Whitfield	SF	53	Whitfield	SF	14	Hernandez	SL	6
Rose	Phi	51	Youngblood	NYN	13	Templeton	SL	6
Templeton	SL	51	Cromartie	Mon	11	Metzger	SF	5
Richards	SD	48	Richards	SD	11	Moreno	Pit	4
Puhl	Hou	48	Ashby	Hou	10	Dawson	Mon	4
Dawson	Mon	45	Clark	SF	10	Knight	Cin	4
Griffey	Cin	45	Henderson	NYN	9	12 tied with		2
Hernandez	SL	43	Rose	Phi	9
Russell	LA	42	Scott	Mon	9
Murcer	ChN	40	Russell	LA	9
Knight	Cin	40	9 tied with		8
Clark	SF	40


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

Schmidt	Phi	11	Youngblood	NYN	18	Dawson	Mon	84
Ivie	SF	9	Foster	Cin	18	Foster	Cin	75
Kingman	ChN	9	Dawson	Mon	17	Templeton	SL	72
Dawson	Mon	9	Winfield	SD	17	Whitfield	SF	72
Winfield	SD	9	Schmidt	Phi	16	Griffey	Cin	71
Foster	Cin	8	Lopes	LA	16	Winfield	SD	68
Lopes	LA	8	Whitfield	SF	16	Lopes	LA	67
Garvey	LA	8	Cey	LA	14	Rose	Phi	66
Bonnell	Atl	7	Kingman	ChN	14	Richards	SD	66
Murphy	Atl	7	Simmons	SL	14	Garvey	LA	65
Simmons	SL	7	Richards	SD	14	Simmons	SL	64
2 tied with		6	Garvey	LA	14	Schmidt	Phi	63


Runs batted in vs RHP			Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP

Schmidt	Phi	30	Schmidt	Phi	29	Thomasson	LA	32
Cruz	Hou	30	Rose	Phi	28	Kingman	ChN	31
Parker	Pit	29	North	SF	27	Burroughs	Atl	31
Simmons	SL	28	Burroughs	Atl	23	Foster	Cin	30
Rose	Phi	27	Morgan	Cin	22	Clark	SF	29
Winfield	SD	27	Murcer	ChN	22	Lopes	LA	28
Kingman	ChN	26	Evans	SF	21	Schmidt	Phi	27
Ivie	SF	24	Tenace	SD	20	Matthews	Atl	26
Foster	Cin	23	Scott	Mon	20	Luzinski	Phi	25
Baker	LA	23	Lopes	LA	20	Cabell	Hou	25
Madlock	SF	23	4 tied with		16	Winfield	SD	25
2 tied with		22				Henderson	NYN	24


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

LeMaster	SF	3	Reynolds	Hou	9	Hernandez	SL	4
Kelleher	ChN	3	Moskau	Cin	3	Baker	LA	4
Foli	Pit	3	Nastu	SF	3	Carter	Mon	3
Perez	Mon	3	Denny	SL	3	Driessen	Cin	3
Lopes	LA	3	Blue	SF	3	Simmons	SL	3
11 tied with		2	Vuckovich	SL	3	17 tied with		2
			Smith	SD	3
			19 tied with		2

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

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