1979 Awards
| Award | League | Winner |
| Most Valuable Player | American | Fred Lynn, Boston |
| National | Dave Parker, Pittsburgh | |
| Cy Young Award | American | Nolan Ryan, California |
| National | Steve Carlton, Philadelphia | |
| Rookie of the Year | American | Rickey Henderson, Oakland |
| National | Jeff Leonard, Houston |
| Gold Glove Awards | ||
| American League | Position | National League |
| Tommy John, New York | P | Steve Carlton, Philadelphia |
| Jim Sundberg, Texas | C | Bob Boone, Philadelphia |
| Chris Chambliss, New York | 1B | Keith Hernandez, St. Louis |
| Bobby Grich, California | 2B | Manny Trillo, Philadelphia |
| Buddy Bell, Texas | 3B | Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia |
| Bucky Dent, New York | SS | Ozzie Smith, San Diego |
| Willie Wilson, Kansas City | OF | Garry Maddox, Philadelphia |
| Rick Manning, Cleveland | OF | Andre Dawson, Montreal |
| Dwight Evans, Boston | OF | Terry Puhl, Houston |