League batting leaders -- National
Regular season -- as of 9/29/1979

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
Wilson,WSAN .335 LezcanoROC .399 FosterSAN .635
FosterSAN .329 FosterSAN .398 Jackson,ReQME .563
DowningROC .318 DowningROC .398 SchmidtQME .563
Parrish,LrROC .316 WhitakerAVI .393 Parrish,LrROC .548
ParkerSOP .307 ParkerSOP .386 LezcanoROC .532
OliverQME .302 HarrahEEE .382 TenaceQME .500
LezcanoROC .297 TenaceQME .381 MeyerEEE .496
Jackson,ReQME .297 Morgan,JSAN .380 Thomas,GROC .491
MatthewsAVI .296 Jones,RuSOP .377 ParkerSOP .489
WhitakerAVI .291 KempROC .375 DowningROC .481
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
Bell,BSAN183 SchmidtQME109 Thomas,GROC128
Parrish,LrROC179 LezcanoROC101 SchmidtQME116
GarveySAN175 Jones,RuSOP98 Bell,BSAN104
Wilson,WSAN174 ParkerSOP97 FosterSAN101
ParkerSOP174 HarrahEEE95 GarveySAN94
MatthewsAVI171 Thomas,GROC93 Murray,EROC93
Jones,RuSOP171 Bell,BSAN93 Parrish,LrROC92
MeyerEEE163 FosterSAN92 Jackson,ReQME89
Murray,EROC163 MatthewsAVI88 MeyerEEE85
HarrahEEE159 TenaceQME87 CarterSAN84
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
Parrish,LrROC45 Wilson,WSAN16 SchmidtQME48
Bell,BSAN40 MeyerEEE12 Thomas,GROC47
ParkerSOP38 Garcia,KSAN10 FosterSAN38
LezcanoROC37 WhitakerAVI9 Jackson,ReQME30
MatthewsAVI37 ParkerSOP7 TenaceQME28
Morgan,JSAN34 Bell,BSAN7 Parrish,LrROC28
Murray,EROC31 McBrideROC6 StargellROC26
DowningROC30 Orta 6 LezcanoROC24
OliverQME30 CarewYOU6 MeyerEEE24
RussellYOU30 RussellYOU6 Murphy,DaAVI23
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
SchmidtQME77 Wilson,WSAN60-15 Cruz,JuSOP .815
Parrish,LrROC74 Jones,RuSOP40-16 Wilson,WSAN .800
Thomas,GROC69 Morgan,JSAN30-8 Morgan,JSAN .789
LezcanoROC65 CedenoRIN29-16 OtisEEE .778
FosterSAN63 White,FRIN27-10 MatthewsAVI .769
ParkerSOP62 WhitakerAVI26-14 ParkerSOP .767
Bell,BSAN61 PuhlQME25-16 White,FRIN .730
MatthewsAVI60 ParkerSOP23-7 CollinsAVI .722
Murray,EROC59 Cruz,JuSOP22-5 Jones,RuSOP .714
Jackson,ReQME58 OtisEEE21-6 LowensteinAVI .700
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
SchmidtQME108 SchmidtQME9 Thomas,GROC196
Thomas,GROC92 KempROC8 SchmidtQME122
TenaceQME90 ParkerSOP8 StargellROC121
Jones,RuSOP90 LezcanoROC7 FosterSAN118
LezcanoROC84 AikensSOP6 TenaceQME111
HarrahEEE84 SimmonsSOP6 Parrish,LrROC111
Morgan,JSAN82 WilfongROC5 OtisEEE103
WhitakerAVI76 Washington,CYOU5 ParkerSOP102
ParkerSOP73 BenchEEE5 Jackson,ReQME100
Gross,WYOU60 MorrisonROC4 LezcanoROC96
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
WhitakerAVI17 CarterSAN9 PaciorekRIN8
DentSAN12 SchmidtQME9 Bell,BSAN8
Martinez,DAVI11 Thomas,GROC9 AdamsYOU7
RichardSOP11 OtisEEE8 OliverQME7
Smith,OYOU11 Parrish,LrROC8 CarterSAN6
VuckovichRIN9 PuhlQME8 FosterSAN6
Wilson,WSAN9 AikensSOP7 TenaceQME6
BurlesonSOP9 SimmonsSOP7 Parrish,LrROC6
SeaverSAN8 HendrickEEE7 Ellis,JSAN5
ParrottSAN8 ParkerSOP7 LandreauxAVI5
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
BurlesonSOP26 FosterSAN 119.5 FosterSAN 9.7
SchmidtQME21 SchmidtQME 118.1 Jackson,ReQME 7.8
RussellYOU20 ParkerSOP 111.6 LezcanoROC 7.6
Bell,BSAN19 Parrish,LrROC 108.3 TenaceQME 7.3
GriffeySOP18 LezcanoROC 106.6 ParkerSOP 7.2
DauerAVI18 Jones,RuSOP 96.7 DowningROC 7.2
HendrickEEE18 Thomas,GROC 96.5 SchmidtQME 7.1
FergusonSOP17 Jackson,ReQME 96.3 Parrish,LrROC 7.0
LezcanoROC17 MatthewsAVI 94.5 Wilson,WSAN 6.3
AikensSOP16 HarrahEEE 93.7 Morgan,JSAN 6.2
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
SchmidtQME .309 FosterSAN1.098 SchmidtQME315
FosterSAN .306 SchmidtQME .984 Parrish,LrROC310
Thomas,GROC .279 LezcanoROC .967 FosterSAN297
Jackson,ReQME .266 Jackson,ReQME .964 Thomas,GROC287
TenaceQME .248 TenaceQME .950 MeyerEEE279
LezcanoROC .235 ParkerSOP .920 Bell,BSAN279
Parrish,LrROC .231 Parrish,LrROC .889 ParkerSOP277
MeyerEEE .206 DowningROC .866 GarveySAN274
Baker,DSAN .200 Wilson,WSAN .866 Murray,EROC272
Murray,EROC .184 Morgan,JSAN .860 MatthewsAVI271
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
FosterSAN1.033 SchmidtQME .511 SchmidtQME 11.7
SchmidtQME .935 TenaceQME .460 FosterSAN 12.3
Jackson,ReQME .935 Thomas,GROC .438 Thomas,GROC 12.4
LezcanoROC .931 FosterSAN .417 Jackson,ReQME 15.2
Parrish,LrROC .904 LezcanoROC .410 TenaceQME 16.0
TenaceQME .881 Jackson,ReQME .396 Parrish,LrROC 20.2
DowningROC .879 Morgan,JSAN .351 LezcanoROC 20.8
ParkerSOP .874 Baker,DSAN .339 Baker,DSAN 21.0
KempROC .841 ParkerSOP .339 MeyerEEE 23.5
Baker,DSAN .838 WhitakerAVI .309 KempROC 23.9
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
Bell,BSAN653 Jones,RuSOP704 Bell,BSAN162
GarveySAN611 Bell,BSAN694 Jones,RuSOP162
Jones,RuSOP603 Thomas,GROC686 SchmidtQME162
Murray,EROC592 SchmidtQME681 BurlesonSOP161
Thomas,GROC584 GarveySAN659 PuhlQME160
BurlesonSOP578 Murray,EROC651 Thomas,GROC160
MatthewsAVI577 ParkerSOP651 ConcepcionAVI159
ParkerSOP567 HarrahEEE647 GarveySAN157
Parrish,LrROC566 BurlesonSOP632 Murray,EROC157
MeyerEEE563 MatthewsAVI629 ParkerSOP154
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
OtisEEE10 FosterSAN23    
Maddox,ESOP5 HarrahEEE16    
Orta 5 MatthewsAVI16    
PageEEE5 OtisEEE16    
Parrish,LrROC5 Jackson,ReQME15    
StrainSAN5 White,FRIN15    
WathanRIN5 YountROC13    
YountROC5 Bell,BSAN12    
ZiskRIN5 BurlesonSOP12    
CardenalROC5 DowningROC12    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
SchmidtQME427 FosterSAN .667 LezcanoROC4.49
Thomas,GROC380 SchmidtQME .627 WhitakerAVI4.42
FosterSAN355 Jackson,ReQME .608 Jones,RuSOP4.35
ParkerSOP354 LezcanoROC .594 MatthewsAVI4.31
LezcanoROC352 TenaceQME .584 Thomas,GROC4.29
Parrish,LrROC350 Parrish,LrROC .565 Bell,BSAN4.28
Jones,RuSOP332 Thomas,GROC .554 Parrish,LrROC4.24
HarrahEEE331 ParkerSOP .544 HarrahEEE4.23
Murray,EROC330 DowningROC .538 ParkerSOP4.23
TenaceQME320 Baker,DSAN .533 SchmidtQME4.20
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
SchmidtQME423 FosterSAN .656 Bell,BSAN4.03
Thomas,GROC379 SchmidtQME .621 MatthewsAVI3.95
ParkerSOP350 Jackson,ReQME .600 GarveySAN3.89
FosterSAN349 LezcanoROC .589 Parrish,LrROC3.88
LezcanoROC349 TenaceQME .573 LezcanoROC3.77
Parrish,LrROC344 Parrish,LrROC .556 Murray,EROC3.77
Murray,EROC330 Thomas,GROC .552 MeyerEEE3.75
Jones,RuSOP329 ParkerSOP .538 Jones,RuSOP3.72
HarrahEEE328 DowningROC .530 OtisEEE3.72
MatthewsAVI320 Baker,DSAN .528 ParkerSOP3.68
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
Bell,BSAN589 Wilson,WSAN .377 Morgan,JSAN 0.6
GarveySAN531 FosterSAN .365 PuhlQME 0.7
Jones,RuSOP529 ParkerSOP .345 HarrahEEE 0.8
BurlesonSOP526 DowningROC .343 Jones,RuSOP 0.8
PuhlQME525 Parrish,LrROC .343 WhitakerAVI 0.9
MeyerEEE506 LezcanoROC .321 Smith,OYOU 1.0
MatthewsAVI486 Jackson,ReQME .320 KempROC 1.0
Murray,EROC484 WhitakerAVI .320 DowningROC 1.1
RussellYOU479 MatthewsAVI .317 SchmidtQME 1.1
Smith,OYOU478 OliverQME .316 Baker,DSAN 1.1
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
LezcanoROC .445 LezcanoROC .580 LezcanoROC .813
SchmidtQME .358 SchmidtQME .527 TenaceQME .738
Ford,DanSOP .342 HarrahEEE .472 Thomas,GROC .700
Roberts,LYOU .333 TenaceQME .443 SchmidtQME .650
Baker,DSAN .324 Roberts,LYOU .400 Ford,DanSOP .616
HarrahEEE .321 Johnson,CROC .397 HarrahEEE .591
Johnson,CROC .321 Ford,DanSOP .392 Johnson,CROC .584
Bell,BSAN .318 Baker,DSAN .390 Robinson,BiSOP .576
TenaceQME .312 OtisEEE .388 ParkerSOP .555
OtisEEE .308 Jones,RuSOP .387 Bell,BSAN .532
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
LezcanoROC57 Thomas,GROC58 LezcanoROC1.392
OtisEEE53 Murray,EROC35 TenaceQME1.181
ParkerSOP53 Bell,BSAN34 SchmidtQME1.176
Wilson,WSAN50 Johnson,CROC33 Thomas,GROC1.075
Ford,DanSOP50 Murphy,DaAVI31 HarrahEEE1.063
ConcepcionAVI50 TenaceQME31 Ford,DanSOP1.009
SchmidtQME49 Jackson,ReQME29 Johnson,CROC .981
Roberts,LYOU49 Ford,DanSOP28 Baker,DSAN .922
Bell,BSAN49 OtisEEE28 ParkerSOP .906
Murray,EROC48 Robinson,BiSOP27 OtisEEE .900
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
LezcanoROC19 McBrideROC6 Thomas,GROC20
SchmidtQME16 Robinson,BiSOP5 TenaceQME16
Parrish,LrROC14 CowensAVI4 Robinson,BiSOP13
MatthewsAVI14 Wilson,WSAN4 Jackson,ReQME10
HarrahEEE13 Stein,BRIN4 FergusonSOP9
Murray,EROC13 LacyQME4 Johnson,CROC9
ParkerSOP13 Norris,JYOU3 Murphy,DaAVI9
Ford,DanSOP11 FosterSAN3 Ford,DanSOP9
SundbergAVI11 ReveringQME3 FosterSAN8
CedenoRIN10 White,FRIN3 LezcanoROC8
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
LezcanoROC29 Thomas,GROC105 Thomas,GROC .433
TenaceQME26 LezcanoROC104 TenaceQME .426
Thomas,GROC25 TenaceQME104 LezcanoROC .367
SchmidtQME24 Robinson,BiSOP98 Robinson,BiSOP .306
ParkerSOP24 ParkerSOP96 SchmidtQME .292
HarrahEEE21 Ford,DanSOP90 Ford,DanSOP .274
Ford,DanSOP21 SchmidtQME89 HarrahEEE .270
Robinson,BiSOP21 OtisEEE88 Johnson,CROC .263
OtisEEE19 Bell,BSAN82 ParkerSOP .249
MatthewsAVI18 HarrahEEE81 Bell,BSAN .214
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
SchmidtQME50 Jackson,ReQME46 AdamsYOU6
LezcanoROC40 Thomas,GROC42 LandreauxAVI4
HarrahEEE38 TenaceQME38 OliverQME4
TenaceQME33 LacyQME36 McBrideROC4
Thomas,GROC29 ParkerSOP36 Reynolds,CRIN3
CedenoRIN27 Robinson,BiSOP35 Jackson,ReQME3
OtisEEE25 McBrideROC34 Orta 2
WhitakerAVI24 Alexander,GYOU31 BriggsEEE2
BenchEEE22 WhitakerAVI30 StargellROC2
Morgan,JSAN21 StargellROC29 Washington,CYOU2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
WhitakerAVI8 FosterSAN5 ParkerSOP173
GoltzYOU4 Thomas,GROC5 OtisEEE172
SeaverSAN4 Parrish,LrROC4 ConcepcionAVI171
AaseAVI4 OtisEEE4 Robinson,BiSOP170
Martinez,DAVI4 Washington,CYOU3 DauerAVI169
RichardSOP3 Scott,RROC3 PuhlQME165
PiccioloRIN3 Morgan,JSAN3 BurlesonSOP163
Washington,ULQME3 HeathAVI2 MatthewsAVI159
Smith,OYOU3 Norris,JYOU2 Murray,EROC156
LavelleROC2 CollinsAVI2 Bell,BSAN154
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
Thomas,GROC 7.5 LezcanoROC 6.7 OtisEEE203
TenaceQME 8.8 SchmidtQME 8.6 ConcepcionAVI194
Robinson,BiSOP 13.1 HarrahEEE 10.5 ParkerSOP188
Johnson,CROC 15.2 MatthewsAVI 11.4 SchmidtQME188
LezcanoROC 16.0 Murray,EROC 12.0 Thomas,GROC184
Ford,DanSOP 16.2 Ford,DanSOP 13.3 PuhlQME183
HarrahEEE 17.1 ParkerSOP 13.3 DauerAVI182
SchmidtQME 17.1 SundbergAVI 13.5 BurlesonSOP180
SimmonsSOP 17.5 Roberts,LYOU 16.3 Robinson,BiSOP177
Bell,BSAN 19.3 OtisEEE 17.2 HarrahEEE176
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
OliverQME .329 WhitakerAVI .407 FosterSAN .629
DowningROC .325 DowningROC .402 Parrish,LrROC .571
Wilson,WSAN .320 ParkerSOP .400 Jackson,ReQME .566
RiversSAN .320 FosterSAN .395 SchmidtQME .534
FosterSAN .317 Morgan,JSAN .391 DowningROC .508
PuhlQME .316 KempROC .388 MeyerEEE .502
Parrish,LrROC .313 OliverQME .375 ReveringQME .502
WhitakerAVI .311 Jones,RuSOP .373 KempROC .488
LandreauxAVI .309 Jackson,ReQME .373 StargellROC .485
ParkerSOP .307 PuhlQME .372 MatthewsAVI .481
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
GarveySAN141 SchmidtQME93 FosterSAN1.024
Parrish,LrROC138 GarveySAN78 Jackson,ReQME .939
Bell,BSAN134 FosterSAN76 Parrish,LrROC .928
Jones,RuSOP130 Parrish,LrROC73 DowningROC .910
OliverQME129 CarterSAN71 KempROC .877
DowningROC126 Thomas,GROC70 ParkerSOP .859
Wilson,WSAN124 Bell,BSAN70 SchmidtQME .849
PuhlQME124 MeyerEEE66 OliverQME .847
MatthewsAVI124 StargellROC63 WhitakerAVI .846
MeyerEEE124 MatthewsAVI62 MatthewsAVI .832
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
Morgan,JSAN34 Wilson,WSAN12 SchmidtQME40
Bell,BSAN33 MeyerEEE11 FosterSAN30
Parrish,LrROC31 Garcia,KSAN8 Thomas,GROC27
DowningROC26 WhitakerAVI8 Parrish,LrROC27
RiversSAN25 Orta 6 Jackson,ReQME20
RussellYOU25 CarewYOU6 StargellROC20
OliverQME25 Bell,BSAN6 Murray,EROC20
ParkerSOP25 BucknerYOU5 GarveySAN20
MatthewsAVI23 KempROC5 CarterSAN17
GarveySAN23 Murray,EROC5 ConcepcionAVI17
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
Parrish,LrROC59 Parrish,LrROC252 SchmidtQME .314
SchmidtQME53 SchmidtQME226 FosterSAN .311
FosterSAN48 GarveySAN224 Jackson,ReQME .269
Jackson,ReQME45 FosterSAN220 Parrish,LrROC .259
Bell,BSAN45 MeyerEEE211 StargellROC .240
Thomas,GROC44 Murray,EROC203 Thomas,GROC .226
Murray,EROC43 MatthewsAVI201 ReveringQME .224
GarveySAN43 DowningROC197 MeyerEEE .207
DowningROC42 Bell,BSAN197 AikensSOP .202
MatthewsAVI42 KempROC191 Murray,EROC .202
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
Jones,RuSOP71 Thomas,GROC154 PaciorekRIN7
Thomas,GROC63 SchmidtQME111 Bell,BSAN7
ParkerSOP62 StargellROC92 FosterSAN6
Morgan,JSAN61 FosterSAN92 CarterSAN6
SchmidtQME58 Parrish,LrROC90 Parrish,LrROC6
TenaceQME57 LezcanoROC80 TenaceQME5
KempROC57 OtisEEE76 HarrelsonSOP4
Thompson,JRIN56 TenaceQME73 Ellis,JSAN4
WhitakerAVI52 Murray,EROC72 BosettiYOU4
Murray,EROC48 ConcepcionAVI67 FergusonSOP4
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
DentSAN10 CarterSAN8 Bell,BSAN499
WhitakerAVI9 SchmidtQME8 GarveySAN480
VuckovichRIN8 AikensSOP7 Jones,RuSOP465
RichardSOP8 PuhlQME6 Parrish,LrROC441
CarewYOU8 SimmonsSOP5 Murray,EROC436
Smith,OYOU8 DriessenAVI5 Thomas,GROC434
YountROC8 WhitakerAVI5 SchmidtQME423
Wilson,WSAN8 Baker,DSAN5 MeyerEEE420
Martinez,DAVI7 HendrickEEE5 MatthewsAVI418
BurlesonSOP7 MeyerEEE5 HarrahEEE417
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
SchmidtQME 10.6 Morgan,JSAN 10.4 Jones,RuSOP544
FosterSAN 11.7 Parrish,LrROC 14.2 Bell,BSAN529
Thomas,GROC 16.1 ZiskRIN 14.3 GarveySAN521
Parrish,LrROC 16.3 RiversSAN 14.4 Thomas,GROC502
Jackson,ReQME 16.4 Jackson,ReQME 14.9 SchmidtQME493
StargellROC 16.9 RussellYOU 14.9 Murray,EROC485
AikensSOP 17.8 DowningROC 14.9 Parrish,LrROC480
ReveringQME 19.6 Woods,AYOU 15.1 HarrahEEE471
Baker,DSAN 21.6 Bell,BSAN 15.1 ParkerSOP463
CarterSAN 21.6 OliverQME 15.7 MatthewsAVI458