League batting leaders -- National
Regular season -- as of 9/27/1980

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
OliverQME .326 CarewHNT .376 Jackson,ReQME .559
Wilson,WRDG .311 HarrahPAK .370 Murphy,DaAVI .558
Murray,EROC .308 Jackson,ReQME .365 Murray,EROC .528
Murphy,DaAVI .308 Murphy,DaAVI .364 CarterRDG .505
CarewHNT .303 OliverQME .364 OliverQME .501
SimmonsSOP .291 SimmonsSOP .364 SimmonsSOP .493
RiversHNT .284 Murray,EROC .349 SchmidtQME .483
RichardsHNT .284 RichardsHNT .347 HendrickPAK .444
CarterRDG .277 WhitakerAVI .342 Thomas,GROC .438
GarveyRDG .271 SchmidtQME .342 GarveyRDG .431
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
Wilson,WRDG211 Wilson,WRDG103 GarveyRDG122
Murphy,DaAVI186 Murray,EROC95 Jackson,ReQME114
Murray,EROC185 Jackson,ReQME94 Murphy,DaAVI111
GarveyRDG176 SchmidtQME90 SchmidtQME106
OliverQME173 Murphy,DaAVI90 Thomas,GROC105
CarewHNT169 OliverQME88 SimmonsSOP98
RichardsHNT159 SimmonsSOP85 HendrickPAK88
BurlesonSOP152 BurlesonSOP78 Murray,EROC83
SimmonsSOP151 YountROC76 YountROC81
KnightPAK151 Thomas,GROC76 CarterRDG76
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
YountROC44 Thomas,GROC11 Jackson,ReQME39
Murphy,DaAVI43 KnightPAK10 Murphy,DaAVI34
Murray,EROC36 Wilson,WRDG10 SchmidtQME31
Concepcion,DAVI33 HebnerRDG9 Murray,EROC30
OliverQME32 ReynoldsRIN9 Thomas,GROC30
DriessenAVI31 YountROC9 CarterRDG29
HendrickPAK29 Scott,RRDG8 HendrickPAK28
Gross,WHNT28 Howell,RSOP8 SimmonsSOP23
Parrish,LrROC28 HerndonAVI8 GarveyRDG23
CarewHNT28 CarewHNT8 MoneyQME21
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
Murphy,DaAVI80 Wilson,WRDG101-23 GriffeySOP .920
YountROC72 Smith,OHNT60-29 LeFloreRDG .889
Murray,EROC69 LeFloreRDG56-7 YountROC .889
Thomas,GROC64 RichardsHNT53-23 Wilson,WRDG .815
Jackson,ReQME62 Law,RAVI41-17 BrownSOP .810
HendrickPAK58 Washington,CRDG31-11 CedenoQME .789
SimmonsSOP54 Scott,RRDG29-9 Cruz,JuHNT .789
SchmidtQME54 CarewHNT28-18 Scott,RRDG .763
CarterRDG53 Smith,LoQME26-12 Washington,CRDG .738
OliverQME53 GriffeySOP23-2 White,FRIN .719
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
HarrahPAK94 Thompson,JRIN6 Thomas,GROC176
TenaceQME86 Washington,CRDG5 Murphy,DaAVI142
Smith,OHNT78 OliverQME5 SchmidtQME132
WhitakerAVI77 Jackson,ReQME5 Jackson,ReQME112
Jackson,ReQME75 HendrickPAK5 Concepcion,DAVI102
SchmidtQME70 Murray,EROC5 CabellAVI92
Morgan,JRDG66 Wilson,WRDG5 CarterRDG90
CarewHNT66 MoneyQME4 FosterRDG88
Thompson,JRIN63 BenchPAK4 YountROC87
KempROC61 Garcia,DaROC4 ZiskRIN86
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
Smith,OHNT14 SchmidtQME11 FiskRIN17
WhitakerAVI13 YountROC11 KnightPAK6
WynegarAVI12 Thomas,GROC11 HarrahPAK6
Washington,ULQME10 GarveyRDG11 StennettPAK5
ReuschelHNT9 RussellRDG9 TenaceQME5
SandersonSOP9 HendrickPAK9 RussellRDG5
ReynoldsRIN9 Murray,EROC9 SimmonsSOP5
White,FRIN9 CarterRDG8 Concepcion,DAVI5
RussellRDG9 KnightPAK7 HendrickPAK5
ZahnPAK8 Washington,CRDG6 Smith,LoQME4
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
KnightPAK36 Murphy,DaAVI 117.3 Jackson,ReQME 7.5
HendrickPAK27 Murray,EROC 108.4 Murphy,DaAVI 7.1
BurlesonSOP23 Jackson,ReQME 103.9 Murray,EROC 6.7
DriessenAVI18 SchmidtQME 93.9 OliverQME 6.6
GarveyRDG18 OliverQME 93.5 SimmonsSOP 6.4
SimmonsSOP17 Wilson,WRDG 93.2 SchmidtQME 6.0
Murphy,DaAVI16 SimmonsSOP 92.2 CarterRDG 5.6
PaciorekRIN15 CarewHNT 84.3 CarewHNT 5.4
Garcia,DaROC15 CarterRDG 79.7 Wilson,WRDG 5.0
PutnamPAK14 GriffeySOP 77.5 HarrahPAK 4.8
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
Jackson,ReQME .289 Jackson,ReQME .957 Murphy,DaAVI337
Murphy,DaAVI .250 Murphy,DaAVI .912 Murray,EROC317
CarterRDG .228 Murray,EROC .842 GarveyRDG280
SchmidtQME .223 SchmidtQME .833 Jackson,ReQME276
Murray,EROC .220 SimmonsSOP .831 Thomas,GROC270
Thomas,GROC .219 OliverQME .819 YountROC267
SimmonsSOP .202 CarterRDG .779 OliverQME266
HendrickPAK .192 Wilson,WRDG .776 HendrickPAK266
YountROC .191 CarewHNT .757 SchmidtQME262
OliverQME .175 RichardsHNT .740 SimmonsSOP256
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
Jackson,ReQME .923 Jackson,ReQME .439 Jackson,ReQME 12.7
Murphy,DaAVI .922 SchmidtQME .363 CarterRDG 17.2
Murray,EROC .877 Murphy,DaAVI .344 SchmidtQME 17.5
OliverQME .865 SimmonsSOP .316 Murphy,DaAVI 17.8
SimmonsSOP .857 Thomas,GROC .313 Murray,EROC 20.0
CarterRDG .830 CarterRDG .301 Thomas,GROC 20.6
SchmidtQME .825 Murray,EROC .293 HendrickPAK 21.4
CarewHNT .770 HarrahPAK .282 SimmonsSOP 22.6
FosterRDG .748 Smith,OHNT .277 OliverQME 27.9
GarveyRDG .733 YountROC .269 GarveyRDG 28.3
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
Wilson,WRDG678 Wilson,WRDG716 Concepcion,DAVI162
GarveyRDG650 GarveyRDG697 Thomas,GROC162
YountROC624 Thomas,GROC685 Wilson,WRDG161
Thomas,GROC617 YountROC674 YountROC161
Murphy,DaAVI604 Murphy,DaAVI665 Murphy,DaAVI160
Murray,EROC600 Murray,EROC651 GarveyRDG158
HendrickPAK599 BurlesonSOP633 OliverQME158
BurlesonSOP582 CarewHNT633 Smith,OHNT158
KnightPAK568 HendrickPAK630 Murray,EROC157
RichardsHNT560 Smith,OHNT627 HendrickPAK156
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
Washington,ULQME15 CarewHNT23    
HarrelsonSOP10 HendrickPAK23    
OliverQME10 OliverQME18    
MackaninHNT7 Washington,ULQME15    
Murray,EROC6 Parrish,LrROC14    
PuhlQME6 KnightPAK13    
TrevinoRIN6 Murphy,DaAVI13    
Baker,D 5 Smith,RQME13    
FergusonSOP5 BainesPAK12    
Howe,ARIN5 RichardsHNT12    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
Murphy,DaAVI393 Jackson,ReQME .613 Wilson,WRDG4.45
Murray,EROC359 Murphy,DaAVI .591 GarveyRDG4.41
Jackson,ReQME353 Murray,EROC .551 RichardsHNT4.34
SchmidtQME335 SimmonsSOP .543 CarewHNT4.34
Thomas,GROC325 SchmidtQME .535 SchmidtQME4.29
SimmonsSOP319 CarterRDG .534 Thomas,GROC4.23
GarveyRDG314 OliverQME .527 YountROC4.19
YountROC305 Thomas,GROC .474 Murphy,DaAVI4.16
OliverQME301 FosterRDG .471 Murray,EROC4.15
CarterRDG292 HendrickPAK .457 HarrahPAK4.14
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
Murphy,DaAVI392 Jackson,ReQME .609 Wilson,WRDG4.21
Murray,EROC359 Murphy,DaAVI .589 GarveyRDG4.11
Jackson,ReQME351 Murray,EROC .551 RichardsHNT3.92
SchmidtQME332 SimmonsSOP .534 YountROC3.88
Thomas,GROC324 SchmidtQME .530 HendrickPAK3.84
SimmonsSOP314 CarterRDG .530 Murray,EROC3.82
GarveyRDG310 OliverQME .524 CarewHNT3.82
YountROC302 Thomas,GROC .473 Thomas,GROC3.81
OliverQME299 FosterRDG .471 BurlesonSOP3.80
CarterRDG290 CarewHNT .450 Murphy,DaAVI3.78
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
Wilson,WRDG605 Murphy,DaAVI .351 Smith,OHNT 0.5
GarveyRDG567 Wilson,WRDG .345 HarrahPAK 0.7
YountROC530 CarewHNT .326 CarewHNT 0.8
BurlesonSOP521 OliverQME .315 WhitakerAVI 0.8
Murray,EROC515 RichardsHNT .310 OliverQME 0.8
CarewHNT512 Murray,EROC .301 SimmonsSOP 0.9
Smith,OHNT507 RiversHNT .297 RichardsHNT 1.3
HendrickPAK500 FosterRDG .292 BurlesonSOP 1.4
KnightPAK495 KnightPAK .287 Jackson,ReQME 1.5
RichardsHNT493 SimmonsSOP .283 Murray,EROC 1.5
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
CedenoQME .348 CedenoQME .423 CarterRDG .797
CarterRDG .338 CarterRDG .408 Murphy,DaAVI .576
LacyQME .337 TenaceQME .399 CedenoQME .567
Wilson,WRDG .337 MatthewsAVI .395 Jackson,ReQME .545
Murphy,DaAVI .327 Johnson,CROC .385 TenaceQME .542
SoderholmSOP .317 SoderholmSOP .382 BenchPAK .532
MatthewsAVI .313 Murphy,DaAVI .374 SchmidtQME .526
SchmidtQME .305 LacyQME .372 SoderholmSOP .524
KnightPAK .300 BenchPAK .371 LacyQME .497
MackaninHNT .290 HarrahPAK .370 Thomas,GROC .491
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
KnightPAK69 Thomas,GROC48 CarterRDG1.205
Wilson,WRDG68 Jackson,ReQME39 CedenoQME .990
Murphy,DaAVI67 Murphy,DaAVI37 Murphy,DaAVI .949
Murray,EROC64 HendrickPAK36 TenaceQME .941
LacyQME63 CarterRDG32 SoderholmSOP .906
CedenoQME62 SchmidtQME32 BenchPAK .903
SoderholmSOP60 SoderholmSOP29 SchmidtQME .881
RiversHNT59 FosterRDG28 LacyQME .869
Concepcion,DAVI57 Murray,EROC28 Jackson,ReQME .864
BurlesonSOP57 Lezcano,SROC26 FosterRDG .837
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
Murphy,DaAVI25 Scott,RRDG7 CarterRDG17
YountROC17 Thomas,GROC7 Jackson,ReQME13
Concepcion,DAVI16 FosterRDG5 Thomas,GROC13
LacyQME15 CarewHNT5 SoderholmSOP12
Murray,EROC15 Concepcion,DAVI5 HendrickPAK12
CedenoQME14 WohlfordPAK4 MoneyQME11
Maddox,EHNT13 Lezcano,SROC4 TenaceQME11
KnightPAK13 SchmidtQME4 ZiskRIN10
MackaninHNT12 DurhamHNT3 BenchPAK10
RiversHNT12 Blackwell 3 AyalaSOP10
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
Murphy,DaAVI34 Murphy,DaAVI118 CarterRDG .459
Thomas,GROC28 Thomas,GROC110 Jackson,ReQME .285
CarterRDG27 Murray,EROC108 TenaceQME .282
YountROC26 CarterRDG106 Thomas,GROC .272
Murray,EROC25 CedenoQME101 BenchPAK .252
CedenoQME23 KnightPAK101 Murphy,DaAVI .249
Concepcion,DAVI23 SoderholmSOP99 AyalaSOP .239
Jackson,ReQME21 HendrickPAK96 SchmidtQME .221
LacyQME21 LacyQME93 CedenoQME .219
FosterRDG20 Jackson,ReQME90 SoderholmSOP .206
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
HarrahPAK34 Jackson,ReQME53 Law,RAVI4
TenaceQME30 Thomas,GROC51 KempROC4
Johnson,CROC30 Murphy,DaAVI40 HarrahPAK4
Smith,OHNT27 KempROC38 LandrumROC3
Roberts,LHNT23 Thompson,JRIN37 SquiresPAK3
Thomas,GROC23 Lezcano,SROC33 Ford,DnSOP3
CedenoQME22 TenaceQME33 RussellRDG2
SimmonsSOP21 DriessenAVI31 StennettPAK2
BenchPAK20 VelezSOP31 Parrish,LrROC2
SoderholmSOP20 KnightPAK31 RichardsHNT2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
Smith,OHNT7 YountROC8 Murray,EROC233
ZahnPAK4 SchmidtQME4 KnightPAK230
RussellRDG4 Murray,EROC4 Thomas,GROC224
CarewHNT4 RussellRDG3 HendrickPAK220
SandersonSOP3 Lezcano,SROC3 YountROC215
CaudillQME3 Maddox,EHNT3 BurlesonSOP212
PetryAVI3 Roberts,LHNT3 Concepcion,DAVI208
KoosmanROC3 Concepcion,DAVI3 Murphy,DaAVI205
TroutHNT3 Thomas,GROC3 RiversHNT204
ReynoldsRIN3 Washington,CRDG2 Wilson,WRDG202
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
CarterRDG 7.8 Murphy,DaAVI 8.2 Thomas,GROC251
TenaceQME 11.9 MackaninHNT 12.1 KnightPAK244
Jackson,ReQME 12.7 LacyQME 12.5 Murray,EROC243
BenchPAK 13.9 YountROC 12.6 YountROC236
SoderholmSOP 15.8 CedenoQME 12.7 HarrahPAK227
AyalaSOP 15.9 Concepcion,DAVI 13.0 HendrickPAK226
Thomas,GROC 17.2 Maddox,EHNT 13.2 BurlesonSOP224
HendrickPAK 18.3 CarterRDG 13.3 Murphy,DaAVI223
SimmonsSOP 19.8 MatthewsAVI 14.7 Concepcion,DAVI221
SchmidtQME 22.0 Murray,EROC 15.5 CarewHNT218
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
OliverQME .347 CarewHNT .395 Murray,EROC .569
Murray,EROC .330 GriffeySOP .392 Jackson,ReQME .565
SimmonsSOP .320 OliverQME .388 Murphy,DaAVI .549
GriffeySOP .318 SimmonsSOP .387 OliverQME .540
CarewHNT .316 Jackson,ReQME .385 SimmonsSOP .528
Washington,CRDG .312 Murray,EROC .385 GriffeySOP .501
ParkerSOP .310 KempROC .382 Washington,CRDG .470
Wilson,WRDG .300 Morgan,JRDG .374 ParkerSOP .469
Murphy,DaAVI .298 HarrahPAK .370 SchmidtQME .466
ZiskRIN .293 HebnerRDG .368 HendrickPAK .449
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
OliverQME147 GarveyRDG97 Murray,EROC .954
Wilson,WRDG143 Jackson,ReQME75 Jackson,ReQME .951
ParkerSOP131 SimmonsSOP74 OliverQME .928
GarveyRDG130 SchmidtQME74 SimmonsSOP .915
Murray,EROC121 Murphy,DaAVI74 Murphy,DaAVI .909
GriffeySOP121 ParkerSOP70 GriffeySOP .893
Murphy,DaAVI119 PuhlQME60 Washington,CRDG .830
CarewHNT114 YastrzemskiSOP58 KempROC .811
RichardsHNT111 Thomas,GROC57 ParkerSOP .809
SimmonsSOP109 Murray,EROC55 SchmidtQME .803
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
DriessenAVI27 ReynoldsRIN9 Jackson,ReQME26
YountROC27 HerndonAVI8 Murphy,DaAVI26
OliverQME27 KnightPAK8 SchmidtQME24
Gross,WHNT26 Howell,RSOP8 Murray,EROC21
GriffeySOP22 YountROC7 GarveyRDG19
SimmonsSOP21 Wilson,WRDG7 Thomas,GROC17
Murray,EROC21 HerrHNT6 OliverQME17
HendrickPAK21 HebnerRDG6 HendrickPAK16
Washington,CRDG20 GriffeySOP6 ParkerSOP16
Parrish,LrROC19 RichardsHNT6 YastrzemskiSOP15
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
Murphy,DaAVI46 OliverQME229 Jackson,ReQME .292
YountROC46 Murphy,DaAVI219 Murphy,DaAVI .251
OliverQME46 GarveyRDG215 Murray,EROC .240
Murray,EROC44 Murray,EROC209 SchmidtQME .224
Jackson,ReQME41 ParkerSOP198 SimmonsSOP .208
GarveyRDG41 GriffeySOP191 OliverQME .193
GriffeySOP40 Jackson,ReQME186 DriessenAVI .191
DriessenAVI39 SchmidtQME181 Thomas,GROC .188
SimmonsSOP39 SimmonsSOP180 YountROC .188
Gross,WHNT38 YountROC179 HendrickPAK .187
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
WhitakerAVI69 Thomas,GROC125 FiskRIN16
Jackson,ReQME62 SchmidtQME112 HendrickPAK5
HarrahPAK60 Murphy,DaAVI102 TenaceQME4
TenaceQME56 Concepcion,DAVI78 Smith,LoQME4
SchmidtQME56 HendrickPAK76 Garcia,DaROC4
Morgan,JRDG54 CarterRDG75 KnightPAK4
Smith,OHNT51 CabellAVI71 HerrHNT3
Thompson,JRIN50 YountROC67 StennettPAK3
DriessenAVI50 FosterRDG63 PetersHNT3
CarewHNT49 Parrish,LrROC62 RoenickeROC3
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
WhitakerAVI11 GarveyRDG10 GarveyRDG481
WynegarAVI9 Thomas,GROC8 Wilson,WRDG476
ReuschelHNT8 KnightPAK7 OliverQME424
Washington,ULQME8 HendrickPAK7 ParkerSOP422
White,FRIN8 SchmidtQME7 YountROC409
Smith,OHNT7 RussellRDG6 Murphy,DaAVI399
SandersonSOP6 ReynoldsRIN6 PuhlQME395
ReynoldsRIN6 CarterRDG6 Thomas,GROC393
PetryAVI5 BenchPAK5 RichardsHNT388
AbbottHNT5 TenaceQME5 SchmidtQME388
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
Jackson,ReQME 12.7 DriessenAVI 12.0 GarveyRDG522
Murphy,DaAVI 15.3 Gross,WHNT 12.8 Wilson,WRDG506
SchmidtQME 16.2 YountROC 15.1 OliverQME461
Murray,EROC 17.5 OliverQME 15.7 SchmidtQME454
Thomas,GROC 23.1 Washington,CRDG 15.9 ParkerSOP447
HendrickPAK 23.7 SimmonsSOP 16.2 Murphy,DaAVI442
SimmonsSOP 24.4 GriffeySOP 17.3 PuhlQME438
OliverQME 24.9 Murray,EROC 17.5 YountROC438
GarveyRDG 25.3 HendrickPAK 18.0 Thomas,GROC434
ParkerSOP 26.4 CarewHNT 19.0 GriffeySOP433