1979 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1979 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1979 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Dave Kingman led with 48 home runs, Don Baylor led with 139 RBI, and George Brett led with 212 hits. Batting leaders require at least 200 at bats and pitching leaders at least 50 innings pitched, which is why a part-season line does not appear here.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

1979 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1979 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Keith Hernandez SLN 161 610 116 210 48 11 11 105 11 80 78 0.344 0.417 0.513 0.930
Bob Watson BOS 84 312 48 105 19 4 13 53 3 29 33 0.337 0.401 0.548 0.949
Fred Lynn BOS 147 531 116 177 42 1 39 122 2 82 79 0.333 0.423 0.637 1.059
Pete Rose PHI 163 628 90 208 40 5 4 59 20 95 32 0.331 0.418 0.430 0.848
George Brett KCA 154 645 119 212 42 20 23 107 17 51 36 0.329 0.376 0.563 0.939
Bill Madlock PIT 85 311 48 102 17 3 7 44 21 34 22 0.328 0.390 0.469 0.860
Brian Downing CAL 148 509 87 166 27 3 12 75 3 77 57 0.326 0.418 0.462 0.880
Mike Hargrove CLE 100 338 60 110 21 4 10 56 2 63 40 0.325 0.433 0.500 0.933
Jim Rice BOS 158 619 117 201 39 6 39 130 9 57 97 0.325 0.381 0.596 0.977
Al Oliver TEX 136 492 69 159 28 4 12 76 4 34 34 0.323 0.367 0.470 0.836
Paul Molitor ML4 140 584 88 188 27 16 9 62 33 48 48 0.322 0.372 0.469 0.842
Sixto Lezcano ML4 138 473 84 152 29 3 28 101 4 77 74 0.321 0.414 0.573 0.987
Steve Kemp DET 134 490 88 156 26 3 26 105 5 68 70 0.318 0.398 0.543 0.941
Chet Lemon CHA 148 556 79 177 44 2 17 86 7 56 68 0.318 0.391 0.496 0.887
Dave Collins CIN 122 396 59 126 16 4 3 35 16 27 48 0.318 0.364 0.402 0.765
Rod Carew CAL 110 409 78 130 15 3 3 44 18 73 46 0.318 0.419 0.391 0.810
Ray Knight CIN 150 551 64 175 37 4 10 79 4 38 57 0.318 0.360 0.454 0.814
Bruce Bochte SEA 150 554 81 175 38 6 16 100 2 67 64 0.316 0.385 0.493 0.878
Ken Griffey CIN 95 380 62 120 27 4 8 32 12 36 39 0.316 0.374 0.471 0.845
Steve Garvey LAN 162 648 92 204 32 1 28 110 3 37 59 0.315 0.351 0.497 0.848
Willie Wilson KCA 154 588 113 185 18 13 6 49 83 28 92 0.315 0.351 0.420 0.771
Bob Horner ATL 121 487 66 153 15 1 33 98 0 22 74 0.314 0.346 0.552 0.898
Garry Templeton SLN 154 672 105 211 32 19 9 62 26 18 91 0.314 0.331 0.458 0.790
Champ Summers DET 90 246 47 77 12 1 20 51 7 40 33 0.313 0.414 0.614 1.028
Rob Wilfong MIN 140 419 71 131 22 6 9 59 11 29 54 0.313 0.352 0.458 0.810
Dave Parker PIT 158 622 109 193 45 7 25 94 20 67 101 0.310 0.380 0.526 0.906
Lamar Johnson CHA 133 479 60 148 29 1 12 74 8 41 56 0.309 0.363 0.449 0.812
Cecil Cooper ML4 150 590 83 182 44 1 24 106 15 56 77 0.308 0.364 0.508 0.872
Dave Winfield SDN 159 597 97 184 27 10 34 118 15 85 71 0.308 0.395 0.558 0.953
Larry Parrish MON 153 544 83 167 39 2 30 82 5 41 101 0.307 0.357 0.551 0.909
Steve Henderson NYN 98 350 42 107 16 8 5 39 13 38 58 0.306 0.380 0.440 0.820
Ken Landreaux MIN 151 564 81 172 27 5 15 83 10 37 57 0.305 0.347 0.450 0.798
Gary Matthews ATL 156 631 97 192 34 5 27 90 18 60 75 0.304 0.363 0.502 0.865
Lou Brock SLN 120 405 56 123 15 4 5 38 21 23 43 0.304 0.342 0.398 0.739
Lee Mazzilli NYN 158 597 78 181 34 4 15 79 34 93 74 0.303 0.395 0.449 0.844
George Foster CIN 121 440 68 133 18 3 30 98 0 59 105 0.302 0.386 0.561 0.948
Ken Oberkfell SLN 135 369 53 111 19 5 1 35 4 57 35 0.301 0.396 0.388 0.784
Glenn Adams MIN 119 326 34 98 13 1 8 50 2 25 27 0.301 0.350 0.420 0.770
George Hendrick SLN 140 493 67 148 27 1 16 75 2 49 62 0.300 0.359 0.456 0.816
Ron LeFlore DET 148 600 110 180 22 10 9 57 78 52 95 0.300 0.355 0.415 0.770
Charlie Moore ML4 111 337 45 101 16 2 5 38 8 29 32 0.300 0.355 0.404 0.759
Mickey Rivers TEX 58 247 35 74 9 3 6 25 7 9 18 0.300 0.323 0.433 0.756
Buddy Bell TEX 162 670 89 200 42 3 18 101 5 30 45 0.299 0.327 0.451 0.778
Jerry Remy BOS 80 306 49 91 11 2 0 29 14 26 25 0.297 0.350 0.346 0.697
Lou Piniella NYA 130 461 49 137 22 2 11 69 3 17 31 0.297 0.320 0.425 0.745
Reggie Jackson NYA 131 465 78 138 24 2 29 89 9 65 107 0.297 0.382 0.544 0.926
Don Baylor CAL 162 628 120 186 33 3 36 139 22 71 51 0.296 0.371 0.530 0.901
Lynn Jones DET 95 213 33 63 8 0 4 26 9 17 22 0.296 0.349 0.390 0.739
Eddie Murray BAL 159 606 90 179 30 2 25 99 10 72 78 0.295 0.369 0.475 0.844
Jerry Mumphrey SLN 124 339 53 100 10 3 3 32 8 26 39 0.295 0.341 0.369 0.710
Ken Singleton BAL 159 570 93 168 29 1 35 111 3 109 118 0.295 0.405 0.533 0.938
Amos Otis KCA 151 577 100 170 28 2 18 90 30 68 92 0.295 0.369 0.444 0.813
Al Cowens KCA 136 516 69 152 18 7 9 73 10 40 44 0.295 0.345 0.409 0.753
Bobby Grich CAL 153 534 78 157 30 5 30 101 1 59 84 0.294 0.365 0.537 0.903
Jay Johnstone SDN 75 201 10 59 8 2 0 32 1 18 21 0.294 0.348 0.353 0.702
Phil Garner PIT 150 549 76 161 32 8 11 59 17 55 74 0.293 0.359 0.441 0.800
Hosken Powell MIN 104 338 49 99 17 3 2 36 5 33 25 0.293 0.360 0.379 0.739
Rick Miller CAL 120 427 60 125 15 5 2 28 5 50 69 0.293 0.367 0.365 0.733
Billy Sample TEX 128 325 60 95 21 2 5 35 8 37 28 0.292 0.365 0.415 0.781
Tim Foli PIT 133 525 70 153 23 1 1 65 6 28 14 0.291 0.335 0.345 0.679
Darrell Porter KCA 157 533 101 155 23 10 20 112 3 121 65 0.291 0.421 0.484 0.905
Larry Biittner CHN 111 272 35 79 13 3 3 50 1 21 23 0.290 0.339 0.393 0.732
Dan Ford CAL 142 569 100 165 26 5 21 101 8 40 86 0.290 0.333 0.464 0.797
Jeffrey Leonard HOU 134 411 47 119 15 5 0 47 23 46 68 0.290 0.360 0.350 0.710
Scot Thompson CHN 128 346 36 100 13 5 2 29 4 17 37 0.289 0.322 0.373 0.694
Jose Cruz HOU 157 558 73 161 33 7 9 72 36 72 66 0.289 0.367 0.421 0.788
Otto Velez TOR 99 274 45 79 21 0 15 48 0 46 45 0.288 0.396 0.529 0.925
Dave Revering OAK 125 472 63 136 25 5 19 77 1 34 65 0.288 0.334 0.483 0.817
Jim Spencer NYA 106 295 60 85 15 3 23 53 0 38 25 0.288 0.367 0.593 0.960
Thurman Munson NYA 97 382 42 110 18 3 3 39 1 32 37 0.288 0.340 0.374 0.714
Dave Kingman CHN 145 532 97 153 19 5 48 115 4 45 131 0.288 0.343 0.613 0.956
Hal McRae KCA 101 393 55 113 32 4 10 74 5 38 46 0.288 0.351 0.466 0.816
Carney Lansford CAL 157 654 114 188 30 5 19 79 20 39 115 0.287 0.329 0.436 0.764
Tom Paciorek SEA 103 310 38 89 23 4 6 42 6 28 62 0.287 0.353 0.445 0.798
Bill Fahey SDN 73 209 14 60 8 1 3 19 1 21 17 0.287 0.348 0.378 0.726
Ron Hassey CLE 75 223 20 64 14 0 4 32 1 19 19 0.287 0.339 0.404 0.742
Alfredo Griffin TOR 153 624 81 179 22 10 2 31 21 40 59 0.287 0.333 0.364 0.697
Terry Whitfield SFN 133 394 52 113 20 4 5 44 5 36 47 0.287 0.349 0.396 0.745
Mickey Rivers NYA 74 286 37 82 18 5 3 25 3 13 21 0.287 0.315 0.416 0.731
Terry Puhl HOU 157 600 87 172 22 4 8 49 30 58 46 0.287 0.352 0.377 0.729
Bob Boone PHI 119 398 38 114 21 3 9 58 1 49 33 0.286 0.367 0.422 0.789
Mike Ivie SFN 133 402 58 115 18 3 27 89 5 47 80 0.286 0.359 0.547 0.906
Lou Whitaker DET 127 423 75 121 14 8 3 42 20 78 66 0.286 0.395 0.378 0.774
Steve Ontiveros CHN 152 519 58 148 28 2 4 57 0 58 68 0.285 0.362 0.370 0.732
John Castino MIN 148 393 49 112 13 8 5 52 5 27 72 0.285 0.331 0.397 0.728
John Ellis TEX 111 316 33 90 12 0 12 61 2 15 55 0.285 0.318 0.437 0.754
Al Bumbry BAL 148 569 80 162 29 1 7 49 37 43 74 0.285 0.336 0.376 0.712
Alan Bannister CHA 136 506 71 144 28 8 2 55 22 43 40 0.285 0.342 0.383 0.725
Bill Buckner CHN 149 591 72 168 34 7 14 66 9 30 28 0.284 0.319 0.437 0.756
Jim Gantner ML4 70 208 29 59 10 3 2 22 3 16 17 0.284 0.336 0.389 0.726
Ted Simmons SLN 123 448 68 127 22 0 26 87 0 61 34 0.283 0.369 0.507 0.875
Gary Carter MON 141 505 74 143 26 5 22 75 3 40 62 0.283 0.338 0.485 0.823
Ivan de Jesus CHN 160 636 92 180 26 10 5 52 24 59 82 0.283 0.345 0.379 0.724
Joe Simpson SEA 120 265 29 75 11 0 2 27 6 11 21 0.283 0.312 0.347 0.659
Ben Oglivie ML4 139 514 88 145 30 4 29 81 12 48 56 0.282 0.343 0.525 0.869
Omar Moreno PIT 162 695 110 196 21 12 8 69 77 51 104 0.282 0.333 0.381 0.714
Bombo Rivera MIN 112 263 37 74 13 5 2 31 5 17 40 0.281 0.324 0.392 0.715
Dave Concepcion CIN 149 590 91 166 25 3 16 84 19 64 73 0.281 0.348 0.415 0.764
Ron Cey LAN 150 487 77 137 20 1 28 81 3 86 85 0.281 0.389 0.499 0.888
Garry Maddox PHI 148 548 70 154 28 6 13 61 26 17 71 0.281 0.304 0.425 0.729
Willie Stargell PIT 126 424 60 119 19 0 32 82 0 47 105 0.281 0.352 0.552 0.904
Claudell Washington CHA 131 471 79 132 33 5 13 66 19 28 93 0.280 0.322 0.454 0.776
Ralph Garr CHA 102 307 34 86 10 2 9 39 2 17 19 0.280 0.318 0.414 0.732
Bake McBride PHI 151 582 82 163 16 12 12 60 25 41 77 0.280 0.328 0.411 0.739
Chris Chambliss NYA 149 554 61 155 27 3 18 63 3 34 53 0.280 0.324 0.437 0.761
Willie Aikens CAL 116 379 59 106 18 0 21 81 1 61 79 0.280 0.376 0.493 0.869
Toby Harrah CLE 149 527 99 147 25 1 20 77 20 89 60 0.279 0.389 0.444 0.833
Gene Richards SDN 150 545 77 152 17 9 4 41 24 47 62 0.279 0.343 0.365 0.708
Willie Horton SEA 162 646 77 180 19 5 29 106 1 42 112 0.279 0.326 0.458 0.784
Dan Meyer SEA 144 525 72 146 21 7 20 74 11 29 35 0.278 0.317 0.459 0.776
Larry Milbourne SEA 123 356 40 99 13 4 2 26 5 19 20 0.278 0.313 0.354 0.667
Al Woods TOR 132 436 57 121 24 4 5 36 6 40 28 0.278 0.337 0.385 0.722
Rick Burleson BOS 153 627 93 174 32 5 5 60 9 35 54 0.278 0.315 0.368 0.683
Pat Putnam TEX 139 426 57 118 19 2 18 64 1 23 50 0.277 0.319 0.458 0.777
Pete LaCock KCA 132 408 54 113 25 4 3 56 2 37 26 0.277 0.334 0.380 0.714
Alan Trammell DET 142 460 68 127 11 4 6 50 17 43 55 0.276 0.335 0.357 0.691
John Milner PIT 128 326 52 90 9 4 16 60 3 53 37 0.276 0.373 0.475 0.849
Dale Murphy ATL 104 384 53 106 7 2 21 57 6 38 67 0.276 0.340 0.469 0.809
Johnny Bench CIN 130 464 73 128 19 0 22 80 4 67 73 0.276 0.364 0.459 0.824
Lance Parrish DET 143 493 65 136 26 3 19 65 6 49 105 0.276 0.343 0.456 0.800
Mike Cubbage MIN 94 243 26 67 10 1 2 23 1 39 26 0.276 0.371 0.350 0.720
Paul Dade SDN 76 283 38 78 19 2 1 19 13 14 48 0.276 0.311 0.367 0.679
Ellis Valentine MON 146 548 73 151 29 3 21 82 11 22 74 0.276 0.303 0.454 0.758
Andre Dawson MON 155 639 90 176 24 12 25 92 35 27 115 0.275 0.309 0.468 0.777
Greg Pryor CHA 143 476 60 131 23 3 3 34 3 35 41 0.275 0.324 0.355 0.679
Bobby Bonds CLE 146 538 93 148 24 1 25 85 34 74 135 0.275 0.367 0.463 0.830
Jim Morrison CHA 67 240 38 66 14 0 14 35 11 15 48 0.275 0.324 0.508 0.833
Jim Sundberg TEX 150 495 50 136 23 4 5 64 3 51 51 0.275 0.345 0.368 0.713
Warren Cromartie MON 158 659 84 181 46 5 8 46 8 38 78 0.275 0.312 0.396 0.709
Joel Youngblood NYN 158 590 90 162 37 5 16 60 18 60 84 0.275 0.346 0.436 0.782
Dusty Baker LAN 151 554 86 152 29 1 23 88 11 56 70 0.274 0.340 0.455 0.795
Dwight Evans BOS 152 489 69 134 24 1 21 58 6 69 76 0.274 0.364 0.456 0.820
John Mayberry TOR 137 464 61 127 22 1 21 74 1 69 60 0.274 0.372 0.461 0.833
Rickey Henderson OAK 89 351 49 96 13 3 1 26 33 34 39 0.274 0.338 0.336 0.675
Reggie Smith LAN 68 234 41 64 13 1 10 32 6 31 50 0.274 0.359 0.466 0.825
Johnny Grubb TEX 102 289 42 79 14 0 10 37 2 34 44 0.273 0.350 0.426 0.775
Jack Clark SFN 143 527 84 144 25 2 26 86 11 63 95 0.273 0.348 0.476 0.825
Ed Ott PIT 117 403 49 110 20 2 7 51 0 26 62 0.273 0.314 0.385 0.699
Jerry Royster ATL 154 601 103 164 25 6 3 51 35 62 59 0.273 0.337 0.349 0.687
Junior Kennedy CIN 83 220 29 60 7 0 1 17 4 28 31 0.273 0.355 0.318 0.673
Bobby Murcer NYA 74 264 42 72 12 0 8 33 1 25 32 0.273 0.339 0.409 0.748
Bump Wills TEX 146 543 90 148 21 3 5 46 35 53 58 0.273 0.340 0.350 0.690
Enos Cabell HOU 155 603 60 164 30 5 6 67 37 21 68 0.272 0.299 0.368 0.668
Carlton Fisk BOS 91 320 49 87 23 2 10 42 3 10 38 0.272 0.304 0.450 0.754
Jerry Martin CHN 150 534 74 145 34 3 19 73 2 38 85 0.272 0.321 0.453 0.774
Bill Russell LAN 153 627 72 170 26 4 7 56 6 24 43 0.271 0.297 0.359 0.656
Leon Roberts SEA 140 450 61 122 24 6 15 54 3 56 64 0.271 0.352 0.451 0.803
Ron Jackson MIN 159 583 85 158 40 5 14 68 3 51 59 0.271 0.337 0.429 0.766
Cliff Johnson CLE 72 240 37 65 10 0 18 61 2 24 39 0.271 0.343 0.537 0.881
Julio Cruz SEA 107 414 70 112 16 2 1 29 49 62 61 0.271 0.363 0.326 0.689
Roy Smalley MIN 162 621 94 168 28 3 24 95 2 80 80 0.271 0.353 0.441 0.794
Alex Trevino NYN 79 207 24 56 11 1 0 20 2 20 27 0.271 0.338 0.333 0.671
Carl Yastrzemski BOS 147 518 69 140 28 1 21 87 3 62 46 0.270 0.346 0.450 0.796
Willie Randolph NYA 153 574 98 155 15 13 5 61 33 95 39 0.270 0.374 0.368 0.741
Tony Perez MON 132 489 58 132 29 4 13 73 2 38 82 0.270 0.322 0.425 0.748
Butch Wynegar MIN 149 504 74 136 20 0 7 57 2 74 36 0.270 0.363 0.351 0.714
Rafael Landestoy HOU 129 282 33 76 9 6 0 30 13 29 24 0.270 0.338 0.344 0.682
Richie Hebner NYN 136 473 54 127 25 2 10 79 3 59 59 0.268 0.354 0.393 0.747
Elliott Maddox NYN 86 224 21 60 13 0 1 12 3 20 27 0.268 0.335 0.339 0.674
Ken Reitz SLN 159 605 42 162 41 2 8 73 1 25 85 0.268 0.299 0.382 0.681
Robin Yount ML4 149 577 72 154 26 5 8 51 11 35 52 0.267 0.308 0.371 0.679
Ruppert Jones SEA 162 622 109 166 29 9 21 78 33 85 78 0.267 0.356 0.444 0.799
Dick Davis ML4 91 335 51 89 13 1 12 41 3 16 46 0.266 0.298 0.418 0.716
Frank White KCA 127 467 73 124 26 4 10 48 28 25 54 0.266 0.300 0.403 0.703
Craig Reynolds HOU 146 555 63 147 20 9 0 39 12 21 49 0.265 0.292 0.333 0.625
Davey Lopes LAN 153 582 109 154 20 6 28 73 44 97 88 0.265 0.372 0.464 0.836
Mike Squires CHA 122 295 44 78 10 1 2 22 15 22 9 0.264 0.318 0.325 0.643
John Wockenfuss DET 87 231 27 61 9 1 15 46 2 18 40 0.264 0.320 0.506 0.827
Junior Moore CHA 88 201 24 53 6 2 1 23 0 12 20 0.264 0.300 0.328 0.628
Bill Robinson PIT 148 421 59 111 17 6 24 75 13 24 81 0.264 0.302 0.504 0.805
Gene Tenace SDN 151 463 61 122 16 4 20 67 2 105 106 0.263 0.403 0.445 0.848
Frank Taveras NYN 153 635 89 167 26 9 1 33 42 33 72 0.263 0.301 0.337 0.639
Richie Zisk TEX 144 503 69 132 21 1 18 64 1 57 75 0.262 0.336 0.416 0.752
Joe Ferguson LAN 122 363 54 95 14 0 20 69 1 70 68 0.262 0.380 0.466 0.845
Cesar Cedeno HOU 132 470 57 123 27 4 6 54 30 64 52 0.262 0.348 0.374 0.722
Jorge Orta CHA 113 325 49 85 18 3 11 46 1 44 33 0.262 0.348 0.437 0.785
Butch Hobson BOS 146 528 74 138 26 7 28 93 3 30 78 0.261 0.298 0.496 0.794
Bill Madlock SFN 69 249 37 65 9 2 7 41 11 18 19 0.261 0.309 0.398 0.706
Gary Roenicke BAL 133 376 60 98 16 1 25 64 1 61 74 0.261 0.378 0.508 0.886
Rick Bosetti TOR 162 619 59 161 35 2 8 65 13 22 70 0.260 0.286 0.362 0.648
Manny Trillo PHI 118 431 40 112 22 1 6 42 4 20 59 0.260 0.296 0.357 0.654
Pepe Frias ATL 140 475 41 123 18 4 1 44 3 20 36 0.259 0.290 0.320 0.610
Tony Scott SLN 153 587 69 152 22 10 6 68 37 34 92 0.259 0.301 0.361 0.662
Rick Manning CLE 144 560 67 145 12 2 3 51 30 55 48 0.259 0.323 0.304 0.626
Bill North SFN 142 460 87 119 15 4 5 30 58 96 84 0.259 0.386 0.341 0.727
Barry Bonnell ATL 127 375 47 97 20 3 12 45 8 26 55 0.259 0.311 0.424 0.735
Larry Herndon SFN 132 354 35 91 14 5 7 36 8 29 70 0.257 0.313 0.384 0.698
Rich Dauer BAL 142 479 63 123 20 0 9 61 0 36 36 0.257 0.305 0.355 0.660
Derrel Thomas LAN 141 406 47 104 15 4 5 44 18 41 49 0.256 0.330 0.350 0.679
Rico Carty TOR 132 461 48 118 26 0 12 55 3 46 45 0.256 0.322 0.390 0.713
Mike Heath OAK 74 258 19 66 8 0 3 27 1 17 18 0.256 0.304 0.322 0.626
Dwayne Murphy OAK 121 388 57 99 10 4 11 40 15 84 80 0.255 0.387 0.387 0.773
Duane Kuiper CLE 140 479 46 122 9 5 0 39 4 37 27 0.255 0.313 0.294 0.608
Lee May BAL 124 456 59 116 15 0 19 69 3 28 100 0.254 0.297 0.412 0.709
Barry Foote CHN 132 429 47 109 26 0 16 56 5 34 49 0.254 0.316 0.427 0.742
U. L. Washington KCA 101 268 32 68 12 5 2 25 10 20 44 0.254 0.299 0.358 0.658
Johnnie LeMaster SFN 108 343 42 87 11 2 3 29 9 23 55 0.254 0.304 0.324 0.627
Aurelio Rodriguez DET 106 343 27 87 18 0 5 36 0 11 40 0.254 0.277 0.350 0.626
Graig Nettles NYA 145 521 71 132 15 1 20 73 1 59 53 0.253 0.325 0.401 0.726
Mike Schmidt PHI 160 541 109 137 25 4 45 114 9 120 115 0.253 0.386 0.564 0.950
Rob Picciolo OAK 115 348 37 88 16 2 2 27 2 3 45 0.253 0.261 0.328 0.589
Darrell Evans SFN 160 562 68 142 23 2 17 70 6 91 80 0.253 0.356 0.391 0.748
Kurt Bevacqua SDN 114 297 23 75 12 4 1 34 2 38 25 0.253 0.331 0.330 0.661
Milt May CHA 65 202 23 51 13 0 7 28 0 14 27 0.252 0.306 0.421 0.727
Eric Soderholm CHA 56 210 31 53 8 2 6 34 0 19 19 0.252 0.313 0.395 0.708
Greg Luzinski PHI 137 452 47 114 23 1 18 81 3 56 103 0.252 0.343 0.427 0.770
Freddie Patek KCA 106 306 30 77 17 0 1 37 11 16 42 0.252 0.293 0.317 0.610
Roger Metzger SFN 94 259 24 65 7 8 0 31 11 23 31 0.251 0.311 0.340 0.651
Dan Driessen CIN 150 515 72 129 24 3 18 75 11 62 77 0.250 0.330 0.414 0.744
Joe Morgan CIN 127 436 70 109 26 1 9 32 28 93 45 0.250 0.379 0.376 0.756
Willie McCovey SFN 117 353 34 88 9 0 15 57 0 36 70 0.249 0.318 0.402 0.720
Rowland Office ATL 124 277 35 69 14 2 2 37 5 27 33 0.249 0.320 0.336 0.656
Dave Edwards MIN 96 229 42 57 8 0 8 35 6 24 45 0.249 0.323 0.389 0.711
Mike Lum ATL 111 217 27 54 6 0 6 27 0 18 34 0.249 0.304 0.359 0.663
Ted Sizemore CHN 98 330 36 82 17 0 2 24 3 32 25 0.248 0.319 0.318 0.637
Tony Armas OAK 80 278 29 69 9 3 11 34 1 16 67 0.248 0.290 0.421 0.710
Willie Norwood MIN 96 270 32 67 13 3 6 30 9 20 51 0.248 0.299 0.385 0.684
Bill Stein SEA 88 250 28 62 9 2 7 27 1 17 28 0.248 0.297 0.384 0.681
Art Howe HOU 118 355 32 88 15 2 6 33 3 36 37 0.248 0.316 0.352 0.668
Jim Anderson CAL 96 234 33 58 13 1 3 23 3 17 31 0.248 0.298 0.350 0.648
Joe Nolan ATL 89 230 28 57 9 3 4 21 1 27 28 0.248 0.333 0.365 0.699
Jerry Turner SDN 138 448 55 111 23 2 9 61 4 34 58 0.248 0.301 0.368 0.670
Gary Thomasson LAN 115 315 39 78 11 1 14 45 4 43 70 0.248 0.339 0.422 0.761
Kiko Garcia BAL 126 417 54 103 15 9 5 24 11 32 87 0.247 0.303 0.362 0.665
Mitchell Page OAK 133 478 51 118 11 2 9 42 17 52 93 0.247 0.323 0.335 0.657
Roy Howell TOR 138 511 60 126 28 4 15 72 1 42 91 0.247 0.310 0.405 0.715
Jim Norris CLE 124 353 50 87 15 6 3 30 15 44 35 0.246 0.328 0.348 0.676
Jason Thompson DET 145 492 58 121 16 1 20 79 2 70 90 0.246 0.338 0.404 0.742
Sal Bando ML4 130 476 57 117 14 3 9 43 2 57 42 0.246 0.330 0.345 0.674
Kevin Bell CHA 70 200 20 49 8 1 4 22 2 15 43 0.245 0.296 0.355 0.651
Gorman Thomas ML4 156 557 97 136 29 0 45 123 1 98 175 0.244 0.356 0.539 0.895
John Stearns NYN 155 538 58 131 29 2 9 66 15 52 57 0.243 0.312 0.355 0.667
Doug Flynn NYN 157 555 35 135 19 5 4 61 0 17 46 0.243 0.265 0.317 0.582
Bob Stinson SEA 95 247 19 60 8 0 6 28 1 33 38 0.243 0.338 0.348 0.686
Jim Essian OAK 98 313 34 76 16 0 8 40 0 25 29 0.243 0.295 0.371 0.666
Joe Rudi CAL 90 330 35 80 11 3 11 61 0 24 61 0.242 0.294 0.394 0.688
Joe Strain SFN 67 257 27 62 8 1 1 12 8 13 21 0.241 0.285 0.292 0.577
Larry Bowa PHI 147 539 74 130 17 11 0 31 20 61 32 0.241 0.316 0.314 0.630
Rick Dempsey BAL 124 368 48 88 23 0 6 41 0 38 37 0.239 0.307 0.351 0.658
Rick Cerone TOR 136 469 47 112 27 4 7 61 1 37 40 0.239 0.294 0.358 0.652
Cesar Geronimo CIN 123 356 38 85 17 4 4 38 1 37 56 0.239 0.312 0.343 0.655
Rodney Scott MON 151 562 69 134 12 5 3 42 39 66 82 0.238 0.319 0.294 0.613
Rennie Stennett PIT 108 319 31 76 13 2 0 24 1 24 25 0.238 0.289 0.292 0.581
Don Money ML4 92 350 52 83 20 1 6 38 1 40 47 0.237 0.316 0.351 0.667
Danny Ainge TOR 87 308 26 73 7 1 2 19 1 12 58 0.237 0.269 0.286 0.554
Rusty Staub DET 68 246 32 58 12 1 9 40 1 32 18 0.236 0.331 0.402 0.733
Bert Campaneris CAL 85 239 27 56 4 4 0 15 12 19 32 0.234 0.294 0.285 0.578
Willie Montanez NYN 109 410 36 96 19 0 5 47 0 25 48 0.234 0.277 0.317 0.594
Andre Thornton CLE 143 515 89 120 31 1 26 93 5 90 93 0.233 0.347 0.449 0.796
Mike Edwards OAK 122 400 35 93 12 2 1 23 10 15 37 0.233 0.263 0.280 0.543
Glenn Hubbard ATL 97 325 34 75 12 0 3 29 0 27 43 0.231 0.290 0.295 0.586
Jeff Newman OAK 143 516 53 119 17 2 22 71 2 27 88 0.231 0.267 0.399 0.666
Doug DeCinces BAL 120 422 67 97 27 1 16 61 5 54 68 0.230 0.318 0.412 0.731
Bucky Dent NYA 141 431 47 99 14 2 2 32 0 37 30 0.230 0.287 0.285 0.573
Bob Bailor TOR 130 414 50 95 11 5 1 38 14 36 27 0.229 0.297 0.287 0.585
Gary Alexander CLE 110 358 54 82 9 2 15 54 4 46 100 0.229 0.313 0.391 0.704
Chris Speier MON 113 344 31 78 13 1 7 26 0 43 45 0.227 0.317 0.331 0.649
Bruce Benedict ATL 76 204 14 46 11 0 0 15 1 33 18 0.225 0.331 0.279 0.610
Jeff Burroughs ATL 116 397 49 89 14 1 11 47 2 73 75 0.224 0.347 0.348 0.695
Wayne Gross OAK 138 442 54 99 19 1 14 50 4 72 62 0.224 0.332 0.367 0.699
Dave Chalk OAK 66 212 15 47 6 0 2 13 2 29 14 0.222 0.317 0.278 0.595
Nelson Norman TEX 147 343 36 76 9 3 0 21 4 19 41 0.222 0.260 0.265 0.526
Tom Veryzer CLE 149 449 41 99 9 3 0 34 2 34 54 0.220 0.279 0.254 0.533
Fernando Gonzalez SDN 114 323 22 70 13 3 9 34 0 18 34 0.217 0.258 0.359 0.617
Steve Yeager LAN 105 310 33 67 9 2 13 41 1 29 68 0.216 0.282 0.384 0.665
Larry Cox SEA 100 293 32 63 11 3 4 36 2 22 39 0.215 0.266 0.314 0.580
Roy White NYA 81 205 24 44 6 0 3 27 2 23 21 0.215 0.290 0.288 0.578
Jerry Morales DET 129 440 50 93 23 1 14 56 10 30 56 0.211 0.260 0.364 0.624
Ozzie Smith SDN 156 587 77 124 18 6 0 27 28 37 37 0.211 0.260 0.262 0.522
Dan Briggs SDN 104 227 34 47 4 3 8 30 2 18 45 0.207 0.277 0.357 0.634
Gary Allenson BOS 108 241 27 49 10 2 3 22 1 20 42 0.203 0.264 0.299 0.563
Alan Ashby HOU 108 336 25 68 15 2 2 35 0 26 70 0.202 0.262 0.277 0.538
Mario Mendoza SEA 148 373 26 74 10 3 1 29 3 9 62 0.198 0.216 0.249 0.466
Larry Murray OAK 105 226 25 42 11 2 2 20 6 28 34 0.186 0.275 0.279 0.553
Showing 1-50 of 274 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

1979 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Jim Kern TEX 13 5 71 0 0 0 29 143.0 99 25 62 136 1.57 1.13
Tim Stoddard BAL 3 1 29 0 0 0 3 58.0 44 11 19 47 1.71 1.09
Joe Sambito HOU 8 7 63 0 0 0 22 91.3 80 18 23 83 1.77 1.13
Greg Minton SFN 4 3 46 0 0 0 4 79.6 59 16 27 33 1.81 1.08
Elias Sosa MON 8 7 62 0 0 0 18 96.6 77 21 37 59 1.96 1.18
Mark Littell SLN 9 4 63 0 0 0 13 82.3 60 20 39 67 2.19 1.20
Bruce Sutter CHN 6 6 62 0 0 0 37 101.3 67 25 32 110 2.22 0.98
Rudy May MON 10 3 33 7 2 1 0 93.6 88 24 31 67 2.31 1.27
Sid Monge CLE 12 10 76 0 0 0 19 131.0 96 35 64 108 2.40 1.22
Aurelio Lopez DET 10 5 61 0 0 0 21 127.0 95 34 51 106 2.41 1.15
Ed Farmer CHA 3 7 42 3 0 0 14 81.3 66 22 34 48 2.43 1.23
Joey McLaughlin ATL 5 3 37 0 0 0 5 69.0 54 19 34 40 2.48 1.28
Gary Lavelle SFN 7 9 70 0 0 0 20 96.6 86 27 42 80 2.51 1.32
John Fulgham SLN 10 6 20 19 10 2 0 146.0 123 41 26 75 2.53 1.02
Rich Gossage NYA 5 3 36 0 0 0 18 58.3 48 17 19 41 2.62 1.15
Dave Tomlin CIN 2 2 53 0 0 0 1 58.3 59 17 18 30 2.62 1.32
David Palmer MON 10 2 36 11 2 1 2 122.6 110 36 30 72 2.64 1.14
Mike Marshall MIN 10 15 90 1 0 0 32 142.6 132 42 48 81 2.65 1.26
J. R. Richard HOU 18 13 38 38 19 4 0 292.3 220 88 98 313 2.71 1.09
Dick Tidrow CHN 11 5 63 0 0 0 4 102.6 86 31 42 68 2.72 1.25
Tom Burgmeier BOS 3 2 44 0 0 0 4 88.6 89 27 16 60 2.74 1.18
Tom Hausman NYN 2 6 19 10 1 0 2 78.6 65 24 19 33 2.75 1.07
Kent Tekulve PIT 10 8 94 0 0 0 31 134.3 109 41 49 75 2.75 1.18
Tom Hume CIN 10 9 57 12 2 0 17 163.0 162 50 33 80 2.76 1.20
Ron Guidry NYA 18 8 33 30 15 2 2 236.3 203 73 71 201 2.78 1.16
Woodie Fryman MON 3 6 44 0 0 0 10 58.0 52 18 22 44 2.79 1.28
Jim Bibby PIT 12 4 34 17 4 1 0 137.6 110 43 47 103 2.81 1.14
Dan Schatzeder MON 10 5 32 21 3 0 1 162.0 136 51 59 106 2.83 1.20
Ron Davis NYA 14 2 44 0 0 0 9 85.3 84 27 28 43 2.85 1.31
Don Stanhouse BAL 7 3 52 0 0 0 21 72.6 49 23 51 34 2.85 1.38
Tippy Martinez BAL 10 3 39 0 0 0 3 78.0 59 25 31 61 2.88 1.15
Roy Thomas SLN 3 4 26 6 0 0 1 77.0 66 25 24 44 2.92 1.17
Will McEnaney SLN 0 3 45 0 0 0 2 64.0 60 21 16 15 2.95 1.19
Grant Jackson PIT 8 5 72 0 0 0 14 82.0 67 27 35 39 2.96 1.24
Tommy John NYA 21 9 37 36 17 3 0 276.3 268 91 65 111 2.96 1.21
Burt Hooton LAN 11 10 29 29 12 1 0 212.0 191 70 63 129 2.97 1.20
Dennis Eckersley BOS 17 10 33 33 17 2 0 246.6 234 82 59 150 2.99 1.19
Enrique Romo PIT 10 5 84 0 0 0 5 129.3 122 43 43 106 2.99 1.28
Ed Glynn NYN 1 4 46 0 0 0 7 60.0 57 20 40 32 3.00 1.62
Joe Niekro HOU 21 11 38 38 11 5 0 263.6 221 88 107 119 3.00 1.24
Steve Rogers MON 13 12 37 37 13 5 0 248.6 232 83 78 143 3.00 1.25
Dick Drago BOS 10 6 53 1 0 0 13 89.0 85 30 21 67 3.03 1.19
Ken Forsch HOU 11 6 26 24 10 2 0 177.6 155 60 35 58 3.04 1.07
Bill Lee MON 16 10 33 33 6 3 0 222.0 230 75 46 59 3.04 1.24
Gaylord Perry SDN 12 11 32 32 10 0 0 232.6 225 79 67 140 3.06 1.26
Don Hood NYA 3 1 27 6 0 0 1 67.3 62 23 30 22 3.07 1.37
Steve Mura SDN 4 4 38 5 0 0 2 73.0 57 25 37 59 3.08 1.29
Mike Flanagan BAL 23 9 39 38 16 5 0 265.6 245 91 70 190 3.08 1.19
Sparky Lyle TEX 5 8 67 0 0 0 13 95.0 78 33 28 48 3.13 1.12
Tom Seaver CIN 16 6 32 32 9 5 0 215.0 187 75 61 131 3.14 1.15
Stan Bahnsen MON 3 1 55 0 0 0 5 94.3 80 33 42 71 3.15 1.29
Bruce Kison PIT 13 7 33 25 3 1 0 172.3 157 61 45 105 3.19 1.17
John Candelaria PIT 14 9 33 30 8 0 0 207.0 201 74 41 101 3.22 1.17
Adrian Devine ATL 1 2 40 0 0 0 0 66.6 84 24 25 22 3.24 1.63
Rick Williams HOU 4 7 31 16 2 2 0 121.3 122 44 30 37 3.26 1.25
Silvio Martinez SLN 15 8 32 29 7 2 0 206.6 204 75 67 102 3.27 1.31
Eric Rasmussen SDN 6 9 45 20 5 3 3 156.6 142 57 42 54 3.27 1.17
Jack Morris DET 17 7 27 27 9 1 0 197.6 179 72 59 113 3.28 1.20
Mike Caldwell ML4 16 6 30 30 16 4 0 235.0 252 86 39 89 3.29 1.24
Craig Swan NYN 14 13 35 35 10 3 0 251.3 241 92 57 145 3.29 1.19
Jim Palmer BAL 10 6 23 22 7 0 0 155.6 144 57 43 67 3.30 1.20
Jack Billingham DET 10 7 35 19 2 0 3 158.0 163 58 60 59 3.30 1.41
Scott McGregor BAL 13 6 27 23 7 2 0 174.6 165 65 23 81 3.35 1.08
Jerry Koosman MIN 20 13 37 36 10 2 0 263.6 268 99 83 157 3.38 1.33
Bob Shirley SDN 8 16 49 25 4 1 0 205.0 196 77 59 117 3.38 1.24
Phil Niekro ATL 21 20 44 44 23 1 0 342.0 311 129 113 208 3.39 1.24
Scott Sanderson MON 9 8 34 24 5 3 1 168.0 148 64 54 138 3.43 1.20
Tom Buskey TOR 6 10 44 0 0 0 7 78.6 74 30 25 44 3.43 1.26
Joaquin Andujar HOU 12 12 46 23 8 0 4 194.0 168 74 88 77 3.43 1.32
Rick Sutcliffe LAN 17 10 39 30 5 1 0 242.0 217 93 97 117 3.46 1.30
Jerry Augustine ML4 9 6 43 2 0 0 5 85.6 95 33 30 41 3.47 1.46
Pete Redfern MIN 7 3 40 6 0 0 1 108.3 106 42 35 85 3.49 1.30
Mike LaCoss CIN 14 8 35 32 6 1 0 205.6 202 80 79 73 3.50 1.37
Dennis Lamp CHN 11 10 38 32 6 1 0 200.3 223 78 46 86 3.50 1.34
Kevin Kobel NYN 6 8 30 27 1 1 0 161.6 169 63 46 67 3.51 1.33
Dave Rozema DET 4 4 16 16 4 1 0 97.3 101 38 30 33 3.51 1.35
Sammy Stewart BAL 8 5 31 3 1 0 1 117.6 96 46 71 71 3.52 1.42
Dave Rajsich TEX 1 3 27 3 0 0 0 53.6 56 21 18 32 3.52 1.38
Ross Baumgarten CHA 13 8 28 28 4 3 0 190.6 175 75 83 72 3.54 1.35
Jerry Reuss LAN 7 14 39 21 4 1 3 160.0 178 63 60 83 3.54 1.49
Neil Allen NYN 6 10 50 5 0 0 8 99.0 100 39 47 65 3.55 1.48
Geoff Zahn MIN 13 7 26 24 4 0 0 169.0 181 67 41 58 3.57 1.31
Dave Frost CAL 16 10 36 33 12 2 1 239.3 226 95 77 107 3.57 1.27
Fred Howard CHA 1 5 28 6 0 0 0 68.0 73 27 32 36 3.57 1.54
Pete Vuckovich SLN 15 10 34 32 9 0 0 233.0 229 93 64 145 3.59 1.26
Nolan Ryan CAL 16 14 34 34 17 5 0 222.6 169 89 114 223 3.60 1.27
Bert Blyleven PIT 12 5 37 37 4 0 0 237.3 238 95 92 172 3.60 1.39
Francisco Barrios CHA 8 3 15 15 2 0 0 94.6 88 38 33 28 3.61 1.28
Rick Reuschel CHN 18 12 36 36 5 1 0 239.0 251 96 75 125 3.62 1.36
Steve Carlton PHI 18 11 35 35 13 4 0 251.0 202 101 89 213 3.62 1.16
Steve Busby KCA 6 6 22 12 4 0 0 94.3 71 38 64 45 3.63 1.43
Randy Jones SDN 11 12 39 39 6 0 0 263.0 257 106 64 112 3.63 1.22
Mark Clear CAL 11 5 52 0 0 0 14 109.0 87 44 68 98 3.63 1.42
Jim Slaton ML4 15 9 32 31 12 3 0 213.0 229 86 54 80 3.63 1.33
Fred Norman CIN 11 13 34 31 5 0 0 195.3 193 79 57 95 3.64 1.28
Nino Espinosa PHI 14 12 33 33 8 3 0 212.0 211 86 65 88 3.65 1.30
Dennis Martinez BAL 15 16 40 39 18 3 0 292.3 279 119 78 132 3.66 1.22
Steve Comer TEX 17 12 36 36 6 1 0 242.3 230 99 84 86 3.68 1.30
Tom Underwood TOR 9 16 33 32 12 1 0 227.0 213 93 95 127 3.69 1.36
Andy Hassler NYN 4 5 29 8 1 0 4 80.3 74 33 42 53 3.70 1.44
Dave Hamilton OAK 3 4 40 7 1 0 5 82.6 80 34 43 52 3.70 1.49
Dave Lemanczyk TOR 8 10 22 20 11 3 0 143.0 137 59 45 63 3.71 1.27
Rick Wise CLE 15 10 34 34 9 2 0 231.6 229 96 68 108 3.73 1.28
Bob Owchinko SDN 6 12 42 20 2 0 0 149.3 144 62 55 66 3.74 1.33
Al Hrabosky KCA 9 4 58 0 0 0 11 65.0 67 27 41 39 3.74 1.66
Randy Lerch PHI 10 13 37 35 6 1 0 214.0 228 89 60 92 3.74 1.35
Ken Kravec CHA 15 13 36 35 10 3 1 250.0 208 104 111 132 3.74 1.28
Craig Chamberlain KCA 4 4 10 10 4 0 0 69.6 68 29 18 30 3.75 1.23
Randy Niemann HOU 3 2 26 7 3 2 1 67.0 68 28 22 24 3.76 1.34
Mike Parrott SEA 14 12 38 30 13 2 0 229.3 231 96 86 127 3.77 1.38
Steve Stone BAL 11 7 32 32 3 0 0 186.0 173 78 73 96 3.77 1.32
Bill Bonham CIN 9 7 29 29 2 0 0 175.6 173 74 60 78 3.79 1.33
Dickie Noles PHI 3 4 14 14 0 0 0 90.0 80 38 38 42 3.80 1.31
Chuck Rainey BOS 8 5 20 16 4 1 1 103.6 97 44 41 41 3.82 1.33
Don Sutton LAN 12 15 33 32 6 1 1 226.0 201 96 61 146 3.82 1.16
Bob Forsch SLN 11 11 33 32 7 1 0 218.6 215 93 52 92 3.83 1.22
Shane Rawley SEA 5 9 48 3 0 0 11 84.3 88 36 40 48 3.84 1.52
Jim Kaat NYA 2 3 40 1 0 0 2 58.3 64 25 14 23 3.86 1.34
Don Robinson PIT 8 8 29 25 4 0 0 160.6 171 69 52 96 3.87 1.39
Mike Proly CHA 3 8 38 6 0 0 9 88.3 89 38 40 32 3.87 1.46
Bob McClure ML4 5 2 36 0 0 0 5 51.0 53 22 24 37 3.88 1.51
Frank Tanana CAL 7 5 18 17 2 1 0 90.3 93 39 25 46 3.89 1.31
Steve Trout CHA 11 8 34 18 6 2 4 155.0 165 67 59 76 3.89 1.45
Bill Travers ML4 14 8 30 27 9 2 0 187.3 196 81 45 74 3.89 1.29
Paul Moskau CIN 5 4 21 15 1 0 0 106.3 107 46 51 58 3.89 1.49
Luis Tiant NYA 13 8 30 30 5 1 0 195.6 190 85 53 104 3.91 1.24
Tom Griffin SFN 5 6 59 3 0 0 2 94.3 83 41 46 82 3.91 1.37
John Montefusco SFN 3 8 22 22 0 0 0 137.0 145 60 51 76 3.94 1.43
Ed Whitson SFN 5 8 18 17 2 0 0 100.3 98 44 39 62 3.95 1.37
Dan Petry DET 6 5 15 15 2 0 0 98.0 90 43 33 43 3.95 1.26
Craig Skok ATL 1 3 44 0 0 0 2 54.3 58 24 17 30 3.98 1.38
Lary Sorensen ML4 15 14 34 34 16 2 0 235.3 250 104 42 63 3.98 1.24
Bob Welch LAN 5 6 25 12 1 0 5 81.3 82 36 32 64 3.98 1.40
Bob Stanley BOS 16 12 40 30 9 4 1 216.6 250 96 44 56 3.99 1.36
Rick Honeycutt SEA 11 12 33 28 8 1 0 194.0 201 87 67 83 4.04 1.38
Danny Darwin TEX 4 4 20 6 1 0 0 78.0 50 35 30 58 4.04 1.03
Floyd Bannister SEA 10 15 30 30 6 2 0 182.3 185 82 68 115 4.05 1.39
Fergie Jenkins TEX 16 14 37 37 10 3 0 259.0 252 117 81 164 4.07 1.29
Vern Ruhle HOU 2 6 13 10 2 2 0 66.3 64 30 8 33 4.07 1.09
Dennis Leonard KCA 14 12 32 32 12 5 0 236.0 226 107 56 126 4.08 1.19
Steve Renko BOS 11 9 27 27 4 1 0 171.0 174 78 53 99 4.11 1.33
Lynn McGlothen CHN 13 14 42 29 6 1 2 212.0 236 97 55 147 4.12 1.37
Ed Figueroa NYA 4 6 16 16 4 1 0 104.6 109 48 35 42 4.13 1.38
Jon Matlack TEX 5 4 13 13 2 0 0 85.0 98 39 15 35 4.13 1.33
Ron Reed PHI 13 8 61 0 0 0 5 102.0 110 47 32 58 4.15 1.39
Rick Matula ATL 8 10 28 28 1 0 0 171.3 193 79 64 67 4.15 1.50
Pete Falcone NYN 6 14 33 31 1 1 0 184.0 194 85 76 113 4.16 1.47
Dave Goltz MIN 14 13 36 35 12 1 0 250.6 282 116 69 132 4.16 1.40
Doc Medich TEX 10 7 29 19 4 1 0 149.0 156 69 49 58 4.17 1.38
John Curtis SFN 10 9 27 18 3 2 0 120.6 121 56 42 85 4.18 1.35
Kevin Saucier PHI 1 4 29 2 0 0 1 62.3 68 29 33 21 4.19 1.62
Dave Heaverlo OAK 4 11 62 0 0 0 9 85.6 97 40 42 40 4.20 1.62
Jim Barr CAL 10 12 36 25 5 0 0 197.0 217 92 55 69 4.20 1.38
Mike Krukow CHN 9 9 28 28 0 0 0 164.6 172 77 81 119 4.21 1.54
Eddie Solomon ATL 7 14 31 30 4 0 0 186.0 184 87 51 96 4.21 1.26
Steve McCatty OAK 11 12 31 23 8 0 0 185.6 207 87 80 87 4.22 1.55
Byron McLaughlin SEA 7 7 47 7 1 0 14 123.6 114 58 60 74 4.22 1.41
Victor Cruz CLE 3 9 61 0 0 0 10 78.6 70 37 44 63 4.23 1.45
Paul Splittorff KCA 15 17 36 35 11 0 0 240.0 248 113 77 77 4.24 1.35
Frank Pastore CIN 6 7 30 9 2 1 4 95.3 102 45 23 63 4.25 1.31
Dick Ruthven PHI 7 5 20 20 3 2 0 122.3 121 58 37 58 4.27 1.29
Bill Campbell BOS 3 4 41 0 0 0 9 54.6 55 26 23 25 4.28 1.43
Rick Langford OAK 12 16 34 29 14 1 0 218.6 233 104 57 101 4.28 1.33
Darrell Jackson MIN 4 4 24 8 1 0 0 69.3 89 33 26 43 4.28 1.66
Mark Lee SDN 2 4 46 1 0 0 5 65.0 88 31 25 25 4.29 1.74
Doug Bair CIN 11 7 65 0 0 0 16 94.3 93 45 51 86 4.29 1.53
Brian Kingman OAK 8 7 18 17 5 1 0 112.6 113 54 33 58 4.31 1.30
Dave Stieb TOR 8 8 18 18 7 1 0 129.3 139 62 48 52 4.31 1.45
Phil Nastu SFN 3 4 25 14 1 0 0 100.0 105 48 41 47 4.32 1.46
Dave Tobik DET 3 5 37 0 0 0 3 68.6 59 33 25 48 4.33 1.22
Gene Garber ATL 6 16 68 0 0 0 25 106.0 121 51 24 56 4.33 1.37
Milt Wilcox DET 12 10 33 29 7 0 0 196.3 201 95 73 109 4.35 1.40
John Henry Johnson OAK 2 8 14 13 1 0 0 84.6 89 41 36 50 4.36 1.48
Ed Whitson PIT 2 3 19 7 0 0 1 57.6 53 28 36 31 4.37 1.54
Bob Galasso ML4 3 1 31 0 0 0 3 51.3 64 25 26 28 4.38 1.75
Mike Bacsik MIN 4 2 31 0 0 0 0 65.6 61 32 29 33 4.39 1.37
Eric Wilkins CLE 2 4 16 14 0 0 0 69.6 77 34 38 52 4.39 1.65
Rick Waits CLE 16 13 34 34 8 3 0 231.0 230 114 91 91 4.44 1.39
Doyle Alexander TEX 5 7 23 18 0 0 0 113.3 114 56 69 50 4.45 1.61
Larry Gura KCA 13 12 39 33 7 1 0 233.6 226 116 73 85 4.47 1.28
Mike Torrez BOS 16 13 36 36 12 1 0 252.3 254 126 121 125 4.49 1.49
Larry Christenson PHI 5 10 19 17 2 0 0 106.0 118 53 30 53 4.50 1.40
Rollie Fingers SDN 9 9 54 0 0 0 13 83.6 91 42 37 65 4.52 1.53
Marty Pattin KCA 5 2 31 7 1 0 3 94.3 109 48 21 41 4.58 1.38
Ed Halicki SFN 5 8 33 19 3 1 0 125.6 134 64 47 81 4.58 1.44
Pat Underwood DET 6 4 27 15 1 0 0 121.6 126 62 29 83 4.59 1.27
Ken Holtzman CHN 6 9 23 20 3 2 0 117.6 133 60 53 44 4.59 1.58
Jim Rooker PIT 4 7 19 17 1 0 0 103.6 106 53 39 44 4.60 1.40
Randy Scarbery CHA 2 8 45 5 0 0 4 101.3 102 52 34 45 4.62 1.34
Dan Spillner CLE 9 5 49 13 3 0 1 157.6 153 81 64 97 4.62 1.38
Bob Knepper SFN 9 12 34 34 6 2 0 207.3 241 107 77 123 4.64 1.53
Charlie Hough LAN 7 5 42 14 0 0 0 151.3 152 80 66 76 4.76 1.44
Moose Haas ML4 11 11 29 28 8 1 0 184.6 198 98 59 95 4.78 1.39
Mike Norris OAK 5 8 29 18 3 0 0 146.3 146 78 94 96 4.80 1.64
Bill Caudill CHN 1 7 29 12 0 0 0 90.0 89 48 41 104 4.80 1.44
Don Aase CAL 9 10 37 28 7 1 2 185.3 200 99 77 96 4.81 1.49
Dale Murray NYN 4 8 58 0 0 0 4 97.0 105 52 52 37 4.82 1.62
Eduardo Rodriguez KCA 4 1 29 1 1 0 2 74.3 79 40 34 26 4.84 1.52
Balor Moore TOR 5 7 34 16 5 0 0 139.3 135 75 79 51 4.84 1.54
John Denny SLN 8 11 31 31 5 2 0 206.0 206 111 100 99 4.85 1.49
Joel Finch BOS 0 3 15 7 0 0 0 57.3 65 31 25 25 4.87 1.57
Rich Wortham CHA 14 14 34 33 5 0 0 204.0 195 111 100 119 4.90 1.45
Rawly Eastwick PHI 3 6 51 0 0 0 6 82.6 90 45 25 47 4.90 1.39
Andy Messersmith LAN 2 4 11 11 1 0 0 62.3 55 34 34 26 4.91 1.43
Len Barker CLE 6 6 29 19 2 0 0 137.3 146 75 70 93 4.92 1.57
John D'Acquisto SDN 9 13 51 11 1 1 2 133.6 140 73 86 97 4.92 1.69
John Henry Johnson TEX 2 6 17 12 1 0 0 82.3 79 45 36 46 4.92 1.40
Rob Dressler SEA 3 2 21 11 2 0 0 104.0 134 57 22 36 4.93 1.50
Dave Freisleben TOR 2 3 42 2 0 0 3 91.0 101 50 53 35 4.95 1.69
Vida Blue SFN 14 14 34 34 10 0 0 237.0 246 132 111 138 5.01 1.51
Willie Hernandez CHN 4 4 51 2 0 0 0 79.0 85 44 39 53 5.01 1.57
Matt Keough OAK 2 17 30 28 7 1 0 176.6 220 99 78 95 5.04 1.69
Mike Barlow CAL 1 1 35 0 0 0 0 86.0 106 49 30 33 5.13 1.58
Allen Ripley BOS 3 1 16 3 0 0 1 64.6 77 37 25 34 5.15 1.58
Tug McGraw PHI 4 3 65 1 0 0 16 83.6 83 48 29 57 5.16 1.34
Doug Bird PHI 2 0 32 1 1 0 0 61.0 73 35 16 33 5.16 1.46
Glenn Abbott SEA 4 10 23 19 3 0 0 116.6 138 67 38 25 5.17 1.51
Donnie Moore CHN 1 4 39 1 0 0 1 73.0 95 42 25 43 5.18 1.64
Jim Beattie NYA 3 6 15 13 1 1 0 76.0 85 44 41 32 5.21 1.66
John Hiller DET 4 7 43 0 0 0 9 79.3 83 46 55 46 5.22 1.74
Butch Edge TOR 3 4 9 9 1 0 0 51.6 60 30 24 19 5.23 1.63
Wayne Garland CLE 4 10 18 14 2 0 0 94.6 120 55 34 40 5.23 1.63
Wayne Twitchell NYN 5 3 33 2 0 0 0 63.6 55 37 55 44 5.23 1.73
Dave Patterson LAN 4 1 36 0 0 0 6 53.0 62 31 22 34 5.26 1.58
Tony Brizzolara ATL 6 9 20 19 2 0 0 107.3 133 63 33 64 5.28 1.55
Doug Rau LAN 1 5 11 11 1 1 0 56.0 73 33 22 28 5.30 1.70
Catfish Hunter NYA 2 9 19 19 1 0 0 105.0 128 62 34 34 5.31 1.54
Mike Scott NYN 1 3 18 9 0 0 0 52.3 59 31 20 21 5.33 1.51
Ross Grimsley MON 10 9 32 27 2 0 0 151.3 199 90 41 42 5.35 1.59
Paul Hartzell MIN 6 10 28 26 4 0 0 163.0 193 97 44 44 5.36 1.45
Ken Clay NYA 1 7 32 5 0 0 2 78.3 88 47 25 28 5.40 1.44
Jesse Jefferson TOR 2 10 34 10 2 0 1 116.0 150 71 45 43 5.51 1.68
Chris Knapp CAL 5 5 20 18 3 0 0 98.0 109 60 35 36 5.51 1.47
Jim Clancy TOR 2 7 12 11 2 0 0 63.6 65 39 31 33 5.51 1.51
Craig Minetto OAK 1 5 36 13 0 0 0 118.3 131 73 58 64 5.55 1.60
Larry McWilliams ATL 3 2 13 13 1 0 0 66.3 69 41 22 32 5.56 1.37
Dave LaRoche CAL 7 11 53 1 0 0 10 85.6 107 53 32 59 5.57 1.62
John Montague SEA 6 4 41 1 0 0 1 116.3 125 72 47 60 5.57 1.48
Roger Erickson MIN 3 10 24 21 0 0 0 123.0 154 77 48 47 5.63 1.64
Rich Gale KCA 9 10 34 31 2 1 0 181.6 197 114 99 103 5.65 1.63
Paul Mitchell ML4 3 3 18 8 0 0 0 75.0 81 48 10 32 5.76 1.21
Phil Huffman TOR 6 18 31 31 2 1 0 173.0 220 111 68 56 5.77 1.66
Mickey Mahler ATL 5 11 26 18 1 0 0 100.0 123 65 47 71 5.85 1.70
Mike Paxton CLE 8 8 33 24 3 0 0 159.6 210 105 52 70 5.92 1.64
Mike Morgan OAK 2 10 13 13 2 0 0 77.3 102 51 50 17 5.94 1.97
Dock Ellis NYN 3 7 17 14 1 0 0 85.0 110 57 34 41 6.04 1.69
Odell Jones SEA 3 11 25 19 3 0 0 118.6 151 80 58 72 6.07 1.76
Bob Sykes SLN 4 3 13 11 0 0 0 67.0 86 46 34 35 6.18 1.79
Mark Lemongello TOR 1 9 18 10 2 0 0 83.0 97 58 34 40 6.29 1.58
Jim Todd OAK 2 5 51 0 0 0 2 81.0 108 59 51 26 6.56 1.96
Gary Serum MIN 1 3 20 5 0 0 0 64.0 93 47 20 31 6.61 1.77
Steve Baker DET 1 7 21 12 0 0 1 84.0 97 62 51 54 6.64 1.76
Reggie Cleveland ML4 1 5 29 1 0 0 4 55.0 77 41 23 22 6.71 1.82
Showing 1-50 of 253 qualified pitchers

1979 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1979?
Dave Kingman led with 48 home runs in 1979.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1979?
Don Baylor led with 139 RBI in 1979.
Who led MLB in hits in 1979?
George Brett led with 212 hits in 1979.
Who led MLB in wins in 1979?
Mike Flanagan led with 23 wins in 1979.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1979?
J. R. Richard led with 313 strikeouts in 1979.
Who had the lowest ERA in 1979?
Jim Kern at 1.57, among pitchers with at least 50 innings.