1979 Season Leaders

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

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

Complete Statistics

Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG
Keith Hernandez STL 161 610 116 210 48 11 11 105 11 80 78 0.344 0.417 0.513
Bob Watson BOS 84 312 48 105 19 4 13 53 3 29 33 0.337 0.401 0.548
Fred Lynn BOS 147 531 116 177 42 1 39 122 2 82 79 0.333 0.423 0.637
Pete Rose PHI 163 628 90 208 40 5 4 59 20 95 32 0.331 0.418 0.430
George Brett KCR 154 645 119 212 42 20 23 107 17 51 36 0.329 0.376 0.563
Bill Madlock PIT 85 311 48 102 17 3 7 44 21 34 22 0.328 0.390 0.469
Brian Downing LAA 148 509 87 166 27 3 12 75 3 77 57 0.326 0.418 0.462
Mike Hargrove CLE 100 338 60 110 21 4 10 56 2 63 40 0.325 0.433 0.500
Jim Rice BOS 158 619 117 201 39 6 39 130 9 57 97 0.325 0.381 0.596
Al Oliver TEX 136 492 69 159 28 4 12 76 4 34 34 0.323 0.367 0.470
Paul Molitor ATL 140 584 88 188 27 16 9 62 33 48 48 0.322 0.372 0.469
Sixto Lezcano ATL 138 473 84 152 29 3 28 101 4 77 74 0.321 0.414 0.573
Steve Kemp DET 134 490 88 156 26 3 26 105 5 68 70 0.318 0.398 0.543
Chet Lemon CHW 148 556 79 177 44 2 17 86 7 56 68 0.318 0.391 0.496
Dave Collins CIN 122 396 59 126 16 4 3 35 16 27 48 0.318 0.364 0.402
Rod Carew LAA 110 409 78 130 15 3 3 44 18 73 46 0.318 0.419 0.391
Ray Knight CIN 150 551 64 175 37 4 10 79 4 38 57 0.318 0.360 0.454
Bruce Bochte SEA 150 554 81 175 38 6 16 100 2 67 64 0.316 0.385 0.493
Ken Griffey CIN 95 380 62 120 27 4 8 32 12 36 39 0.316 0.374 0.471
Steve Garvey LAD 162 648 92 204 32 1 28 110 3 37 59 0.315 0.351 0.497
Willie Wilson KCR 154 588 113 185 18 13 6 49 83 28 92 0.315 0.351 0.420
Bob Horner ATL 121 487 66 153 15 1 33 98 0 22 74 0.314 0.346 0.552
Garry Templeton STL 154 672 105 211 32 19 9 62 26 18 91 0.314 0.331 0.458
Champ Summers DET 90 246 47 77 12 1 20 51 7 40 33 0.313 0.414 0.614
Rob Wilfong MIN 140 419 71 131 22 6 9 59 11 29 54 0.313 0.352 0.458
Dave Parker PIT 158 622 109 193 45 7 25 94 20 67 101 0.310 0.380 0.526
Lamar Johnson CHW 133 479 60 148 29 1 12 74 8 41 56 0.309 0.363 0.449
Cecil Cooper ATL 150 590 83 182 44 1 24 106 15 56 77 0.308 0.364 0.508
Dave Winfield SDP 159 597 97 184 27 10 34 118 15 85 71 0.308 0.395 0.558
Larry Parrish WSN 153 544 83 167 39 2 30 82 5 41 101 0.307 0.357 0.551
Steve Henderson NYN 98 350 42 107 16 8 5 39 13 38 58 0.306 0.380 0.440
Ken Landreaux MIN 151 564 81 172 27 5 15 83 10 37 57 0.305 0.347 0.450
Gary Matthews ATL 156 631 97 192 34 5 27 90 18 60 75 0.304 0.363 0.502
Lou Brock STL 120 405 56 123 15 4 5 38 21 23 43 0.304 0.342 0.398
Lee Mazzilli NYN 158 597 78 181 34 4 15 79 34 93 74 0.303 0.395 0.449
George Foster CIN 121 440 68 133 18 3 30 98 0 59 105 0.302 0.386 0.561
Ken Oberkfell STL 135 369 53 111 19 5 1 35 4 57 35 0.301 0.396 0.388
Glenn Adams MIN 119 326 34 98 13 1 8 50 2 25 27 0.301 0.350 0.420
George Hendrick STL 140 493 67 148 27 1 16 75 2 49 62 0.300 0.359 0.456
Ron LeFlore DET 148 600 110 180 22 10 9 57 78 52 95 0.300 0.355 0.415
Charlie Moore ATL 111 337 45 101 16 2 5 38 8 29 32 0.300 0.355 0.404
Mickey Rivers TEX 58 247 35 74 9 3 6 25 7 9 18 0.300 0.323 0.433
Buddy Bell TEX 162 670 89 200 42 3 18 101 5 30 45 0.299 0.327 0.451
Jerry Remy BOS 80 306 49 91 11 2 0 29 14 26 25 0.297 0.350 0.346
Lou Piniella NYY 130 461 49 137 22 2 11 69 3 17 31 0.297 0.320 0.425
Reggie Jackson NYY 131 465 78 138 24 2 29 89 9 65 107 0.297 0.382 0.544
Don Baylor LAA 162 628 120 186 33 3 36 139 22 71 51 0.296 0.371 0.530
Lynn Jones DET 95 213 33 63 8 0 4 26 9 17 22 0.296 0.349 0.390
Eddie Murray BAL 159 606 90 179 30 2 25 99 10 72 78 0.295 0.369 0.475
Jerry Mumphrey STL 124 339 53 100 10 3 3 32 8 26 39 0.295 0.341 0.369
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Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

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 SFG 4 3 46 0 0 0 4 79.6 59 16 27 33 1.81 1.08
Elias Sosa WSN 8 7 62 0 0 0 18 96.6 77 21 37 59 1.96 1.18
Mark Littell STL 9 4 63 0 0 0 13 82.3 60 20 39 67 2.19 1.20
Bruce Sutter CHC 6 6 62 0 0 0 37 101.3 67 25 32 110 2.22 0.98
Rudy May WSN 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 CHW 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 SFG 7 9 70 0 0 0 20 96.6 86 27 42 80 2.51 1.32
John Fulgham STL 10 6 20 19 10 2 0 146.0 123 41 26 75 2.53 1.02
Rich Gossage NYY 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 WSN 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 CHC 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 NYY 18 8 33 30 15 2 2 236.3 203 73 71 201 2.78 1.16
Woodie Fryman WSN 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 WSN 10 5 32 21 3 0 1 162.0 136 51 59 106 2.83 1.20
Ron Davis NYY 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 STL 3 4 26 6 0 0 1 77.0 66 25 24 44 2.92 1.17
Will McEnaney STL 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 NYY 21 9 37 36 17 3 0 276.3 268 91 65 111 2.96 1.21
Burt Hooton LAD 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 WSN 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 WSN 16 10 33 33 6 3 0 222.0 230 75 46 59 3.04 1.24
Gaylord Perry SDP 12 11 32 32 10 0 0 232.6 225 79 67 140 3.06 1.26
Don Hood NYY 3 1 27 6 0 0 1 67.3 62 23 30 22 3.07 1.37
Steve Mura SDP 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
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