1979 Season

26 teams competing across 6 divisions

🏆 Postseason

1979 Bracket
World Series PIT def. BAL (4-3)
AL Championship BAL def. CAL (3-1)
NL Championship PIT def. CIN (3-0)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1979 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Oscar Gamble 0.389 2 Keith Hernandez 0.344 3 Bob Watson 0.337 4 Oscar Gamble 0.335 5 Mike Vail 0.335

Home Runs

1 Dave Kingman 48 2 Mike Schmidt 45 3 Gorman Thomas 45 4 Fred Lynn 39 5 Jim Rice 39

RBI

1 Don Baylor 139 2 Jim Rice 130 3 Gorman Thomas 123 4 Fred Lynn 122 5 Dave Winfield 118

Stolen Bases

1 Willie Wilson 83 2 Ron LeFlore 78 3 Omar Moreno 77 4 Bill North 58 5 Julio Cruz 49

Hits

1 George Brett 212 2 Garry Templeton 211 3 Keith Hernandez 210 4 Pete Rose 208 5 Steve Garvey 204

Runs

1 Don Baylor 120 2 George Brett 119 3 Jim Rice 117 4 Keith Hernandez 116 5 Fred Lynn 116
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1979 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Skip Lockwood 1.49 2 Jim Kern 1.57 3 Bert Roberge 1.69 4 Tim Stoddard 1.71 5 Joe Sambito 1.77

Wins

1 Mike Flanagan 23 2 Tommy John 21 3 Joe Niekro 21 4 Phil Niekro 21 5 Jerry Koosman 20

Strikeouts

1 J. R. Richard 313 2 Nolan Ryan 223 3 Steve Carlton 213 4 Phil Niekro 208 5 Ron Guidry 201

Saves

1 Bruce Sutter 37 2 Mike Marshall 32 3 Kent Tekulve 31 4 Jim Kern 29 5 Gene Garber 25

WHIP

1 Bruce Sutter 0.98 2 Dave Ford 1.00 3 John Fulgham 1.02 4 Danny Darwin 1.03 5 Tom Hausman 1.07
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📋 Standings

AL East

Baltimore Orioles ★ 102-57 Milwaukee Brewers 95-66 Boston Red Sox 91-69 New York Yankees 89-71 Detroit Tigers 85-76 Cleveland Indians 81-80 Toronto Blue Jays 53-109

AL West

California Angels ★ 88-74 Kansas City Royals 85-77 Texas Rangers 83-79 Minnesota Twins 82-80 Chicago White Sox 73-87 Seattle Mariners 67-95 Oakland Athletics 54-108

NL East

Pittsburgh Pirates ★ 98-64 Montreal Expos 95-65 St. Louis Cardinals 86-76 Philadelphia Phillies 84-78 Chicago Cubs 80-82 New York Mets 63-99

NL West

Cincinnati Reds ★ 90-71 Houston Astros 89-73 Los Angeles Dodgers 79-83 San Francisco Giants 71-91 San Diego Padres 68-93 Atlanta Braves 66-94
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