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1979 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Pittsbgh PIT 98 64 .605 -- Montreal MON 95 65 .594 2.0 St.Louis STL 86 76 .531 12.0 Phildlpa PHI 84 78 .519 14.0 ChicagoC CHC 80 82 .494 18.0 NewYorkM NYM 63 99 .389 35.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB Cincnnti CIN 90 71 .559 -- Houston HOU 89 73 .549 1.5 LosAngls LAD 79 83 .488 11.5 SanFranc SFG 71 91 .438 19.5 SanDiego SDP 68 93 .422 22.0 Atlanta ATL 66 94 .413 23.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-3):   Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles NL Championship Series (3-0):   Pittsburgh Pirates over Cincinnati Reds BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1979 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 PIT  4.75   775  163  5661  1541  264  52  148  483   855  .272  .329  .416  180   66 106  4.93  4.59
 LAD  4.56   739  162  5490  1443  220  24  183  556   834  .263  .331  .412  106   46 110  4.80  4.32
 CIN  4.54   731  161  5477  1445  266  31  132  614   902  .264  .338  .396   99   47 107  4.50  4.58
 STL  4.48   731  163  5734  1594  279  63  100  460   838  .278  .332  .401  116   69 106  4.62  4.35
 MON  4.38   701  160  5465  1445  273  42  143  432   890  .264  .318  .408  121   56 105  4.67  4.09
 CHC  4.36   706  162  5550  1494  250  43  135  478   762  .269  .327  .403   73   52  96  5.22  3.49
 PHI  4.19   683  163  5463  1453  250  53  119  602   764  .266  .339  .396  128   76 104  4.10  4.28
 ATL  4.18   669  160  5422  1389  220  28  126  490   818  .256  .318  .377   98   50  91  4.54  3.83
 SFG  4.15   672  162  5395  1328  192  36  125  580   925  .246  .319  .365  140   73  98  3.68  4.62
 SDP  3.75   603  161  5446  1316  193  53   93  534   770  .242  .309  .348  100   58  92  3.54  3.95
 NYM  3.64   593  163  5591  1399  255  41   74  498   817  .250  .312  .350  135   79  91  3.26  4.02
 HOU  3.60   583  162  5394  1382  224  52   49  461   745  .256  .315  .344  190   95  91  3.32  3.88
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.22  8186 1942 66088 17229 2886 518 1427 6188  9920  .261  .325  .385 1486  767

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 MON  3.63   581  160  3.14  1447  1379   8.6   450  2.8  116   813   33    13    18  39 117  3.40  3.87
 HOU  3.59   582  162  3.20  1447  1278   7.9   504  3.1   90   854   55    17    19  31 110  2.89  4.30
 PIT  3.94   643  163  3.41  1493  1424   8.7   504  3.1  125   904   24     2     7  52 115  4.19  3.71
 CIN  4.00   644  161  3.58  1440  1415   8.8   485  3.0  103   773   27     7    10  40 105  3.73  4.27
 SDP  4.23   681  161  3.69  1453  1438   8.9   513  3.2  108   779   29     5     7  25  95  4.14  4.33
 STL  4.25   693  163  3.72  1486  1449   8.9   501  3.1  127   788   38     7    10  25 102  4.54  3.96
 LAD  4.43   717  162  3.83  1444  1425   8.8   555  3.4  101   811   30     5     6  34  95  4.21  4.64
 NYM  4.33   706  163  3.84  1482  1486   9.1   607  3.7  120   819   16     5    10  36  94  4.32  4.35
 CHC  4.36   707  162  3.88  1446  1500   9.3   521  3.2  127   933   20     5    11  44 106  4.57  4.16
 PHI  4.40   718  163  4.16  1441  1455   8.9   477  2.9  135   787   33    10    14  29  92  4.22  4.59
 SFG  4.64   751  162  4.16  1436  1484   9.2   577  3.6  143   880   25     5     6  34  84  4.46  4.81
 ATL  4.77   763  160  4.18  1407  1496   9.4   494  3.1  132   779   32     1     3  34  98  5.38  4.17
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.22  8186 1942  3.73 17422 17229   8.9  6188  3.2 1427  9920  362         121 423

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 PIT  134  163  .979   .705  1,435,454  17,722   95-67  48-33 50-31 105 105 29.5 29.7   1   1  23 Tanner
 MON  131  123  .979   .710  2,102,173  25,953   94-66  56-25 39-40  99  98 27.3 28.6   2   3  17 Williams
 CIN  124  152  .980   .703  2,356,933  29,462   90-71  48-32 42-39 101 101 29.3 28.5   3   5  18 McNamara
 HOU  137  146  .978   .718  1,900,312  23,461   81-81  52-29 37-44  94  94 27.2 28.3   0   4  20 Virdon
 STL  132  166  .980   .706  1,627,256  19,845   85-77  42-39 44-37 102 102 27.4 26.4   1   4  17 Boyer
 PHI  106  148  .983   .702  2,775,011  34,259   77-85  43-38 41-40 103 102 30.6 28.3   2   5  31 Ozark and Green
 CHC  159  163  .975   .679  1,648,587  20,353   81-81  45-36 35-46 110 111 28.5 27.7   1   2  14 Franks and Amalfitano
 LAD  118  123  .981   .702  2,860,954  35,320   83-79  46-35 33-48  99  98 30.4 28.3   1   3  30 Lasorda
 SFG  161  138  .974   .687  1,456,402  17,980   73-89  38-43 33-48  93  94 28.1 28.3   1   1  16 Altobelli and Bristol
 SDP  140  154  .978   .699  1,456,967  17,987   72-89  39-42 29-51  93  94 27.4 29.1   4   2  11 Craig
 ATL  183  139  .970   .683    769,465   9,740   70-90  34-45 32-49 107 109 26.4 28.9   1   1  12 Cox
 NYM  140  168  .978   .695    788,905   9,621   68-94  28-53 35-46  96  97 27.6 26.5   0   2  25 Torre
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Keith Hernandez STL .344/.417/.513 Willie Stargell PIT .281/.352/.552 Cy Young Award Bruce Sutter CHC 6-6 (37 sv) 2.22 110 SO Rookie of the Year Rick Sutcliffe LAD 17-10  3.46 117 SO Rolaids Relief Bruce Sutter CHC 6-6 (37 sv) 2.22 110 SO NLCS MVP Willie Stargell PIT .455/.571/1.182

Gold Glove Winners 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 Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Hernandez-STL .344 Rose-PHI .331 Knight-CIN .318 Garvey-LAD .315 Horner-ATL .314	On-base % Rose-PHI .418 Hernandez-STL .417 Tenace-SDP .403 Mazzilli-NYM .395 Winfield-SDP .395	Slugging % Kingman-CHC .613 Schmidt-PHI .564 Foster-CIN .561 Winfield-SDP .558 Horner-ATL .552	OPS Kingman-CHC .956 Winfield-SDP .953 Schmidt-PHI .950 Foster-CIN .948 Hernandez-STL .930
Games Taveras-TOT 164 Rose-PHI 163 Garvey-LAD 162 Moreno-PIT 162 Hernandez-STL 161	At Bats Moreno-PIT 695 Taveras-TOT 680 Templeton-STL 672 Cromartie-MON 659 Garvey-LAD 648	Plate Appearances (approx.) Moreno-PIT 757 Rose-PHI 730 Taveras-TOT 725 DeJesus-CHC 716 Cromartie-MON 710	Runs Hernandez-STL 116 Moreno-PIT 110 Lopes-LAD 109 Parker-PIT 109 Schmidt-PHI 109
Hits Templeton-STL 211 Hernandez-STL 210 Rose-PHI 208 Garvey-LAD 204 Moreno-PIT 196	Total Bases Winfield-SDP 333 Parker-PIT 327 Kingman-CHC 326 Garvey-LAD 322 Matthews-ATL 317	Doubles Hernandez-STL 48 Cromartie-MON 46 Parker-PIT 45 Reitz-STL 41 Rose-PHI 40	Triples Templeton-STL 19 Dawson-MON 12 McBride-PHI 12 Moreno-PIT 12 Bowa-PHI 11 Hernandez-STL 11
Home Runs Kingman-CHC 48 Schmidt-PHI 45 Winfield-SDP 34 Horner-ATL 33 Stargell-PIT 32	RBI Winfield-SDP 118 Kingman-CHC 115 Schmidt-PHI 114 Garvey-LAD 110 Hernandez-STL 105	Bases on Balls Schmidt-PHI 120 Tenace-SDP 105 Lopes-LAD 97 North-SFG 96 Rose-PHI 95	Strikeouts Kingman-CHC 131 Dawson-MON 115 Schmidt-PHI 115 Tenace-SDP 106 Foster-CIN 105 Stargell-PIT 105
Stolen Bases Moreno-PIT 77 North-SFG 58 Lopes-LAD 44 Taveras-TOT 44 Scott-MON 39	Singles Rose-PHI 159 Moreno-PIT 155 Templeton-STL 151 Garvey-LAD 143 Hernandez-STL 140	Adjusted OPS+ Winfield-SDP 166 Foster-CIN 155 Schmidt-PHI 154 Hernandez-STL 151 Parrish-MON 146	Runs Created Hernandez-STL 135 Winfield-SDP 132 Parker-PIT 131 Schmidt-PHI 123 Matthews-ATL 118
Adjusted Batting Runs Winfield-SDP 54 Hernandez-STL 47 Schmidt-PHI 44 Parker-PIT 37 Foster-CIN 33	Batting Wins Winfield-SDP 5.3 Hernandez-STL 4.7 Schmidt-PHI 4.4 Parker-PIT 3.7 Foster-CIN 3.3	Extra-Base Hits Parker-PIT 77 Schmidt-PHI 74 Kingman-CHC 72 Parrish-MON 71 Winfield-SDP 71	Times on Base Rose-PHI 305 Hernandez-STL 291 Mazzilli-NYM 274 Winfield-SDP 271 Parker-PIT 269
Offensive Win% Hernandez-STL .773 Winfield-SDP .757 Foster-CIN .745 Parker-PIT .742 Schmidt-PHI .733	Hit By Pitch Luzinski-PHI 10 Foli-TOT 9 Parker-PIT 9 Hebner-NYM 8 Richards-SDP 8	Sac. Hits Reynolds-HOU 34 Smith-SDP 22 Foli-TOT 19 DeJesus-CHC 17 Blyleven-PIT 15	Sac. Flies Cedeno-HOU 9 Parker-PIT 9 Schmidt-PHI 9 Hebner-NYM 8 Kingman-CHC 8 Knight-CIN 8 Scott-STL 8 Simmons-STL 8
Intentional Walks Winfield-SDP 24 Simmons-STL 22 Cromartie-MON 19 Cruz-HOU 16 Garvey-LAD 16	Grounded into Double Plays Garvey-LAD 25 Valentine-MON 23 Stearns-NYM 21 Knight-CIN 20 Russell-LAD 20	Caught Stealing North-SFG 24 Puhl-HOU 22 Moreno-PIT 21 DeJesus-CHC 20 Taveras-TOT 20	Power/Speed Number Lopes-LAD 34.2 Dawson-MON 29.2 Parker-PIT 22.2 Matthews-ATL 21.6 Mazzilli-NYM 20.8 Winfield-SDP 20.8
At Bats per Strikeout Foli-TOT 38.0 Buckner-CHC 21.1 Rose-PHI 19.6 Bowa-PHI 16.8 Smith-SDP 15.9	At Bats per Home Run Kingman-CHC 11.1 Schmidt-PHI 12.0 Stargell-PIT **13.3 Foster-CIN 14.7 Horner-ATL 14.8	Outs Taveras-TOT 545 Moreno-PIT 535 Cromartie-MON 508 DeJesus-CHC 504 Russell-LAD 504 Smith-SDP 504	ERA Richard-HOU 2.71 Hume-CIN 2.76 Schatzeder-MON 2.83 Hooton-LAD 2.97 Niekro-HOU 3.00 Rogers-MON 3.00
Wins Niekro-HOU 21 Niekro-ATL 21 Carlton-PHI 18 Reuschel-CHC 18 Richard-HOU 18	Won-Loss % Bibby-PIT .750 Seaver-CIN .727 Blyleven-PIT .706 Tidrow-CHC .688 Romo-PIT .667 Schatzeder-MON .667	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Forsch-HOU 1.069 Richard-HOU 1.088 Seaver-CIN 1.153 Sutton-LAD 1.159 Carlton-PHI 1.159	Hits Allowed/9IP Richard-HOU 6.77 Carlton-PHI 7.24 Niekro-HOU 7.54 Schatzeder-MON 7.56 Andujar-HOU 7.79
Bases on Balls/9IP Forsch-HOU 1.77 Candelaria-PIT 1.78 Hume-CIN 1.82 Lee-MON 1.86 Swan-NYM 2.04	Strikeouts/9IP Richard-HOU 9.64 Carlton-PHI 7.64 Sanderson-MON 7.39 Blyleven-PIT 6.52 Krukow-CHC 6.50	Games Tekulve-PIT 94 Romo-PIT 84 Jackson-PIT 72 Lavelle-SFG 70 Garber-ATL 68	Saves Sutter-CHC 37 Tekulve-PIT 31 Garber-ATL 25 Sambito-HOU 22 Lavelle-SFG 20
Innings Niekro-ATL 342.0 Richard-HOU 292.3 Niekro-HOU 263.7 Jones-SDP 263.0 Swan-NYM 251.3	Strikeouts Richard-HOU 313 Carlton-PHI 213 Niekro-ATL 208 Blyleven-PIT 172 McGlothen-CHC 147	Games Started Niekro-ATL 44 Jones-SDP 39 Niekro-HOU 38 Richard-HOU 38 Blyleven-PIT 37 Rogers-MON 37	Comp. Games Niekro-ATL 23 Richard-HOU 19 Carlton-PHI 13 Rogers-MON 13 Hooton-LAD 12
Shutouts Niekro-HOU 5 Rogers-MON 5 Seaver-CIN 5 Carlton-PHI 4 Richard-HOU 4	Home Runs Allow. Niekro-ATL 41 Knepper-SFG 30 McGlothen-CHC 27 Candelaria-PIT 25 Carlton-PHI 25	Bases On Balls Allow. Niekro-ATL 113 Blue-SFG 111 Niekro-HOU 107 Denny-STL 100 Richard-HOU 98	Hits Allowed Niekro-ATL 311 Jones-SDP 257 Reuschel-CHC 251 Blue-SFG 246 Knepper-SFG 241 Swan-NYM 241
SO to Walk Richard-HOU 3.19 McGlothen-CHC 2.67 Sanderson-MON 2.56 Swan-NYM 2.54 Candelaria-PIT 2.46	Losses Niekro-ATL 20 Garber-ATL 16 Shirley-SDP 16 Sutton-LAD 15 Blue-SFG 14 Falcone-NYM 14 McGlothen-CHC 14 Reuss-LAD 14 Solomon-ATL 14	Earned Runs Allow. Blue-SFG 132 Niekro-ATL 129 Denny-STL 111 Knepper-SFG 107 Jones-SDP 106	Wild Pitches Niekro-HOU 19 Richard-HOU 19 Niekro-ATL 18 Carlton-PHI 10 Falcone-NYM 10 Rogers-MON 10
Hit Batsmen Niekro-ATL 11 Reuschel-CHC 10 Bonham-CIN 8 Hough-LAD 8 Niekro-HOU 7	Batters Faced Niekro-ATL 1436 Richard-HOU 1175 Niekro-HOU 1095 Jones-SDP 1088 Blue-SFG 1041	Games Finished Tekulve-PIT 67 Sutter-CHC 56 Garber-ATL 55 Lavelle-SFG 55 Sambito-HOU 51	Adjusted ERA+ Hume-CIN 137 Richard-HOU 130 Schatzeder-MON 129 Hooton-LAD 123 Kison-PIT 123
Oldest Player Davalillo-LAD 1936-07-31 (42) McCovey-SFG 1938-01-10 (41) Mota-LAD 1938-02-18 (41) Perry-SDP 1938-09-15 (40) Kaat-PHI 1938-11-07 (40)	Youngest Player Raines- 1959-09-16 (19) Greer-SDP 1959-05-14 (20) Gullickson-MON 1959-02-20 (20) Wiedenbauer-HOU 1958-11-05 (20) James-MON 1958-08-15 (20)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All Stars (* - indicates they played)
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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)

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