1979 Batting Average Leaders

Rk	Player	AVG	G	PA	AB	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Keith Hernandez	0.344	161	690	610	11	0.344	0.420	0.513	0.933
2	Fred Lynn	0.333	147	613	531	39	0.333	0.423	0.637	1.059
3	Pete Rose	0.331	163	723	628	4	0.331	0.419	0.430	0.849
4	George Brett	0.329	154	696	645	23	0.329	0.378	0.563	0.941
5	Brian Downing	0.326	148	586	509	12	0.326	0.415	0.462	0.876
6	Jim Rice	0.325	158	676	619	39	0.325	0.382	0.596	0.978
7	Al Oliver	0.323	136	526	492	12	0.323	0.367	0.470	0.836
8	Paul Molitor	0.322	140	632	584	9	0.322	0.373	0.469	0.843
9	Sixto Lezcano	0.321	138	550	473	28	0.321	0.416	0.573	0.989
10	Steve Kemp	0.318	134	558	490	26	0.318	0.401	0.543	0.944
11	Chet Lemon	0.318	148	612	556	17	0.318	0.381	0.496	0.877
12	Ray Knight	0.318	150	589	551	10	0.318	0.362	0.454	0.815
13	Bruce Bochte	0.316	150	621	554	16	0.316	0.390	0.493	0.882
14	Steve Garvey	0.315	162	685	648	28	0.315	0.352	0.497	0.849
15	Willie Wilson	0.315	154	616	588	6	0.315	0.346	0.420	0.766
16	Bob Horner	0.314	121	509	487	33	0.314	0.344	0.552	0.896
17	Garry Templeton Sr.	0.314	154	690	672	9	0.314	0.332	0.458	0.790
18	Dave Parker	0.310	158	689	622	25	0.310	0.377	0.526	0.903
19	Lamar Johnson	0.309	133	520	479	12	0.309	0.363	0.449	0.812
20	Cecil Cooper	0.308	150	646	590	24	0.308	0.368	0.508	0.877
21	Dave Winfield	0.308	159	682	597	34	0.308	0.394	0.558	0.952
22	Larry Parrish	0.307	153	585	544	30	0.307	0.356	0.551	0.907
23	Ken Landreaux	0.305	151	601	564	15	0.305	0.348	0.450	0.798
24	Gary Matthews Sr.	0.304	156	691	631	27	0.304	0.365	0.502	0.867
25	Lee Mazzilli	0.303	158	690	597	15	0.303	0.397	0.449	0.846
26	Bob Watson	0.303	133	520	475	16	0.303	0.363	0.469	0.833
27	George Hendrick	0.300	140	542	493	16	0.300	0.363	0.456	0.820
28	Ron LeFlore	0.300	148	652	600	9	0.300	0.356	0.415	0.771
29	Buddy Bell	0.299	162	700	670	18	0.299	0.329	0.451	0.779
30	Bill Madlock	0.298	154	612	560	14	0.298	0.358	0.438	0.795
31	Reggie Jackson	0.297	131	530	465	29	0.297	0.383	0.544	0.927
32	Don Baylor	0.296	162	699	628	36	0.296	0.368	0.530	0.898
33	Eddie Murray	0.295	159	678	606	25	0.295	0.370	0.475	0.845
34	Ken Singleton	0.295	159	679	570	35	0.295	0.408	0.533	0.941
35	Amos Otis	0.295	151	645	577	18	0.295	0.369	0.444	0.813
36	Al Cowens	0.295	136	556	516	9	0.295	0.345	0.409	0.754
37	Bobby Grich	0.294	153	593	534	30	0.294	0.364	0.537	0.902
38	Phil Garner	0.293	150	604	549	11	0.293	0.358	0.441	0.798
39	Mickey Rivers	0.293	132	555	533	9	0.293	0.321	0.424	0.745
40	Darrell Porter	0.291	157	654	533	20	0.291	0.422	0.484	0.906
41	Dan Ford	0.290	142	609	569	21	0.290	0.337	0.464	0.801
42	Mike Hargrove	0.289	152	551	463	10	0.289	0.403	0.428	0.831
43	Jose Cruz	0.289	157	630	558	9	0.289	0.370	0.421	0.791
44	Dave Revering	0.288	125	506	472	19	0.288	0.336	0.483	0.819
45	Tim Foli	0.288	136	560	532	1	0.288	0.323	0.340	0.663
46	Dave Kingman	0.288	145	577	532	48	0.288	0.343	0.613	0.956
47	Carney Lansford	0.287	157	693	654	19	0.287	0.328	0.436	0.763
48	Alfredo Griffin	0.287	153	664	624	2	0.287	0.330	0.364	0.694
49	Terry Puhl	0.287	157	658	600	8	0.287	0.350	0.377	0.726
50	Steve Ontiveros	0.285	152	577	519	4	0.285	0.357	0.370	0.727
51	Al Bumbry	0.285	148	612	569	7	0.285	0.335	0.376	0.711
52	Alan Bannister	0.285	136	549	506	2	0.285	0.341	0.383	0.724
53	Bill Buckner	0.284	149	621	591	14	0.284	0.319	0.437	0.755
54	Ted Simmons	0.283	123	509	448	26	0.283	0.369	0.507	0.876
55	Gary Carter	0.283	141	545	505	22	0.283	0.336	0.485	0.821
56	Ivan De Jesus Sr.	0.283	160	695	636	5	0.283	0.344	0.379	0.723
57	Ben Oglivie	0.282	139	562	514	29	0.282	0.343	0.525	0.869
58	Omar Moreno	0.282	162	746	695	8	0.282	0.331	0.381	0.712
59	Dave Concepcion	0.281	149	654	590	16	0.281	0.352	0.415	0.767
60	Ron Cey	0.281	150	573	487	28	0.281	0.389	0.499	0.888
61	Garry Maddox	0.281	148	565	548	13	0.281	0.303	0.425	0.728
62	Bake McBride	0.280	151	623	582	12	0.280	0.327	0.411	0.738
63	Chris Chambliss	0.280	149	588	554	18	0.280	0.321	0.437	0.758
64	Toby Harrah	0.279	149	616	527	20	0.279	0.383	0.444	0.827
65	Gene Richards	0.279	150	592	545	4	0.279	0.336	0.365	0.701
66	Willie Horton	0.279	162	688	646	29	0.279	0.323	0.458	0.781
67	Dan Meyer	0.278	144	554	525	20	0.278	0.316	0.459	0.775
68	Rick Burleson	0.278	153	662	627	5	0.278	0.316	0.368	0.684
69	Alan Trammell	0.276	142	503	460	6	0.276	0.338	0.357	0.694
70	Johnny Bench	0.276	130	531	464	22	0.276	0.367	0.459	0.826
71	Lance Parrish	0.276	143	542	493	19	0.276	0.341	0.456	0.798
72	Ellis Valentine	0.276	146	570	548	21	0.276	0.304	0.454	0.758
73	Andre Dawson	0.275	155	666	639	25	0.275	0.305	0.468	0.773
74	Greg Pryor	0.275	143	511	476	3	0.275	0.325	0.355	0.680
75	Bobby Bonds	0.275	146	612	538	25	0.275	0.363	0.463	0.826
76	Jim Sundberg	0.275	150	546	495	5	0.275	0.342	0.368	0.710
77	Warren Cromartie	0.275	158	697	659	8	0.275	0.314	0.396	0.710
78	Joel Youngblood	0.275	158	650	590	16	0.275	0.342	0.436	0.777
79	Dusty Baker Jr.	0.274	151	610	554	23	0.274	0.341	0.455	0.796
80	Dwight Evans	0.274	152	558	489	21	0.274	0.364	0.456	0.820
81	John Mayberry Sr.	0.274	137	533	464	21	0.274	0.368	0.461	0.829
82	Jack Clark	0.273	143	590	527	26	0.273	0.351	0.476	0.827
83	Jerry Royster	0.273	154	663	601	3	0.273	0.341	0.349	0.690
84	Bump Wills	0.273	146	596	543	5	0.273	0.337	0.350	0.687
85	Enos Cabell	0.272	155	624	603	6	0.272	0.296	0.368	0.665
86	Jerry Martin	0.272	150	572	534	19	0.272	0.320	0.453	0.773
87	Bill Russell	0.271	153	651	627	7	0.271	0.298	0.359	0.657
88	Leon Roberts	0.271	140	506	450	15	0.271	0.352	0.451	0.803
89	Ron Jackson	0.271	159	634	583	14	0.271	0.330	0.429	0.758
90	Roy Smalley III	0.271	162	701	621	24	0.271	0.354	0.441	0.795
91	Carl Yastrzemski	0.270	147	580	518	21	0.270	0.348	0.450	0.798
92	Willie Randolph	0.270	153	669	574	5	0.270	0.374	0.368	0.741
93	Tony Perez	0.270	132	527	489	13	0.270	0.323	0.425	0.748
94	Butch Wynegar	0.270	149	578	504	7	0.270	0.363	0.351	0.715
95	Richie Hebner	0.268	136	532	473	10	0.268	0.350	0.393	0.743
96	Ken Reitz	0.268	159	630	605	8	0.268	0.297	0.382	0.679
97	Robin Yount	0.267	149	612	577	8	0.267	0.309	0.371	0.680
98	Ruppert Jones	0.267	162	707	622	21	0.267	0.355	0.444	0.799
99	Bobby Murcer	0.267	132	515	454	15	0.267	0.353	0.405	0.759
100	Craig Reynolds	0.265	146	576	555	0	0.265	0.292	0.333	0.625
101	Davey Lopes	0.265	153	679	582	28	0.265	0.370	0.464	0.834
102	Gene Tenace	0.263	151	568	463	20	0.263	0.400	0.445	0.845
103	Richie Zisk	0.262	144	560	503	18	0.262	0.338	0.416	0.753
104	Frank Taveras	0.262	164	713	680	1	0.262	0.296	0.335	0.631
105	Cesar Cedeno	0.262	132	534	470	6	0.262	0.350	0.374	0.725
106	Butch Hobson	0.261	146	558	528	28	0.261	0.301	0.496	0.797
107	Rick Bosetti	0.260	162	641	619	8	0.260	0.285	0.362	0.647
108	Tony Scott	0.259	153	621	587	6	0.259	0.300	0.361	0.661
109	Rick Manning	0.259	144	615	560	3	0.259	0.325	0.304	0.629
110	Bill North	0.259	142	556	460	5	0.259	0.387	0.341	0.728
111	Rich Dauer	0.257	142	515	479	9	0.257	0.309	0.355	0.664
112	Willie Montanez	0.256	147	587	554	13	0.256	0.298	0.372	0.670
113	Rico Carty	0.256	132	507	461	12	0.256	0.323	0.390	0.714
114	Duane Kuiper	0.255	140	516	479	0	0.255	0.308	0.294	0.603