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