1979 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1978 NL / 1980 NL / 1979 AL / 1979 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award	Keith Hernandez STL 161 G .344/.417/.513 Willie Stargell PIT 126 G .281/.352/.552
Cy Young Award	Bruce Sutter CHC 6-6 (37 SV), 2.22, 110 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Rick Sutcliffe LAD 17-10, 3.46, 117 SO
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Keith Hernandez STL 161 G .344/.417/.513
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	J.R. Richard HOU 18-13, 2.71, 313 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Bruce Sutter CHC 6-6 (37 SV), 2.22, 110 SO
NLCS MVP	Willie Stargell - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Joe Niekro HOU 21-11, 3.00, 119 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Phil Niekro
Catcher	Bob Boone
First Base	Keith Hernandez
Second Base	Manny Trillo
Third Base	Mike Schmidt
Shortstop	Dave Concepcion
Outfield	Garry Maddox, Dave Parker and Dave Winfield

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Steve Carlton (PHI) C. Bob Boone (PHI) 1B. Steve Garvey (LAD) 2B. Davey Lopes (LAD) 3B. Mike Schmidt (PHI) SS. Larry Bowa (PHI) LF. George Foster (CIN) CF. Dave Winfield (SDP) RF. Dave Parker (PIT)	Joaquin Andujar* (HOU) Johnny Bench (CIN) Lou Brock* (STL) Gary Carter* (MON) Ron Cey* (LAD) Jack Clark* (SFG) Dave Concepcion (CIN) Keith Hernandez* (STL) Dave Kingman (CHC)	Mike LaCoss* (CIN) Gary Matthews* (ATL) Lee Mazzilli* (NYM) Joe Morgan* (CIN) Joe Niekro (HOU) Larry Parrish* (MON) Gaylord Perry* (SDP) Craig Reynolds* (HOU) Steve Rogers* (MON)	Pete Rose* (PHI) Joe Sambito* (HOU) Ted Simmons (STL) John Stearns (NYM) Bruce Sutter* (CHC) Garry Templeton (STL)

NL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Winfield (SDP)	8.3
2.	Niekro (ATL)	8.0
3.	Schmidt (PHI)	7.9
4.	Hernandez (STL)	7.6
5.	Parker (PIT)	6.7
6.	Carter (MON)	6.0
7.	Tenace (SDP)	5.9
8.	Reuschel (CHC)	5.9
9.	Bench (CIN)	5.6
10.	Richard (HOU)	5.4

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Davalillo (LAD)	born 1936-07-31
2.	McCovey (SFG)	born 1938-01-10
3.	Mota (LAD)	born 1938-02-18
4.	Perry (SDP)	born 1938-09-15
5.	Kaat (PHI)	born 1938-11-07
6.	Niekro (ATL)	born 1939-04-01
7.	Brock (STL)	born 1939-06-18
8.	Stargell (PIT)	born 1940-03-06
9.	Fryman (MON)	born 1940-04-12
10.	Lolich (SDP)	born 1940-09-12

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Raines (MON)	born 1959-09-16
2.	Greer (SDP)	born 1959-05-14
3.	Gullickson (MON)	born 1959-02-20
4.	Wiedenbauer (HOU)	born 1958-11-05
5.	James (MON)	born 1958-08-18
6.	Allen (NYM)	born 1958-01-24
7.	Flannery (SDP)	born 1957-09-29
8.	Hubbard (ATL)	born 1957-09-25
9.	Trevino (NYM)	born 1957-08-26
10.	Pastore (CIN)	born 1957-08-21

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

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