League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1979

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
ChamblissKEN .362 LynnLAS .428 LynnLAS .651
OliverOTT .354 Jackson,ReLAS .419 SchmidtTER .573
LynnLAS .344 ChamblissKEN .414 Kingman,DFRA .573
LemonKEN .320 HargroveSMV .408 Jackson,ReLAS .571
TempletonWAB .317 KempTER .397 HornerSMV .563
KempTER .312 LemonKEN .396 Thomas,GCAN .558
Jackson,ReLAS .310 OliverOTT .391 KempTER .556
HornerSMV .307 RandolphLAS .390 ChamblissKEN .548
SmalleyCAN .306 RoseTRI .387 Clark,JCAN .531
RoseTRI .305 SingletonOTT .381 LemonKEN .521
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
TempletonWAB213 LynnLAS129 LynnLAS128
SmalleyCAN194 BrettOTT116 SchmidtTER127
RoseTRI192 LopesOTT115 HornerSMV120
Bell,BWAB188 TempletonWAB111 Jackson,ReLAS115
LynnLAS185 SchmidtTER107 SingletonOTT112
ConcepcionLAS175 SmalleyCAN106 Bell,BWAB112
BumbrySMV173 SingletonOTT100 Kingman,DFRA108
BrettOTT173 RoseTRI99 SmalleyCAN105
McBrideWAB170 Kingman,DFRA96 Clark,JCAN100
ChamblissKEN169 CarewLAS94 LopesOTT99
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
LynnLAS42 TempletonWAB25 SchmidtTER55
CooperWAB42 McBrideWAB13 Kingman,DFRA47
BumbrySMV39 LeFloreTRI13 Thomas,GCAN42
OliverOTT38 MolitorNBO13 LynnLAS41
LemonKEN37 BrettOTT13 HornerSMV36
SingletonOTT37 RandolphLAS11 BaylorTER35
BrettOTT37 LopesOTT11 SmalleyCAN32
Bell,BWAB37 BowaOTT9 Clark,JCAN31
TempletonWAB37 HortonTRI9 SingletonOTT31
BaylorTER35 CollinsNBO8 Jackson,ReLAS29
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
LynnLAS83 LeFloreTRI49-15 Cruz,JuNBO .843
SchmidtTER82 Cruz,JuNBO43-8 Bannister,ATRI .842
BaylorTER75 TempletonWAB38-11 Robinson,BiFRA .842
TempletonWAB74 RoysterWAB31-12 MolitorNBO .833
LopesOTT72 CooperWAB25-7 LopesOTT .808
SingletonOTT71 RichardsSDC25-11 CooperWAB .781
Kingman,DFRA68 LopesOTT21-5 TempletonWAB .776
SmalleyCAN67 Edwards,MFRA20-8 LeFloreTRI .766
BrettOTT66 McBrideWAB19-7 CollinsNBO .765
CooperWAB65 RandolphLAS19-7 McBrideWAB .731
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
RandolphLAS107 Johnson,CWAB13 Thomas,GCAN152
SchmidtTER105 SchmidtTER12 BondsTRI148
SingletonOTT102 SingletonOTT12 Kingman,DFRA122
Thomas,GCAN97 CooperWAB11 SingletonOTT118
HargroveSMV91 LopesOTT11 Alexander,GFRA115
LopesOTT91 Jackson,ReLAS10 SchmidtTER113
Jackson,ReLAS88 Thomas,GCAN10 LopesOTT104
HarrahLAS87 NorthOTT9 LeFloreTRI103
RoseTRI82 Putnam,PTER9 LansfordCAN102
LynnLAS79 BooneWAB9 Robinson,BiFRA100
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
MatulaKEN16 HornerSMV13 FoliKEN12
GoltzTER14 CeroneTBD12 RoenickeCAN10
FoliKEN13 SimmonsSDC11 LemonKEN9
KoosmanLAS12 SchmidtTER11 BaylorTER9
HunterLAS11 RoysterWAB9 SimmonsSDC8
RyanTER11 FergusonLAS8 FiskTRI7
HootonWAB11 StargellOTT8 RichardsSDC7
RichardLAS11 Evans,DwNBO8 Maddox,ECAN6
FriasFRA11 Clark,JCAN8 Jackson,RoSMV6
Reynolds,CTBD11 MumphreySDC7 LopesOTT6
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
BochteOTT27 LynnLAS 153.5 LynnLAS11.3
ConcepcionLAS26 SmalleyCAN 123.2 ChamblissKEN 9.1
Johnson,LSDC25 TempletonWAB 115.1 Jackson,ReLAS 8.8
SpeierSDC25 SingletonOTT 113.5 KempTER 7.8
LeFloreTRI22 LopesOTT 111.4 OliverOTT 7.6
SchmidtTER22 SchmidtTER 108.2 Clark,JCAN 7.4
Leonard,JTBD21 Jackson,ReLAS 108.1 LemonKEN 7.3
HendrickLAS21 ChamblissKEN 105.2 Thomas,GCAN 7.3
LemonKEN19 Clark,JCAN 103.4 SmalleyCAN 7.2
BosettiWAB19 RoseTRI 99.3 SingletonOTT 7.0
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
SchmidtTER .350 LynnLAS1.190 LynnLAS350
Thomas,GCAN .320 Jackson,ReLAS1.059 TempletonWAB336
LynnLAS .307 Thomas,GCAN .984 SmalleyCAN327
Kingman,DFRA .304 KempTER .973 SchmidtTER318
Jackson,ReLAS .261 ChamblissKEN .971 Kingman,DFRA311
HornerSMV .256 SchmidtTER .943 BaylorTER305
BaylorTER .252 Clark,JCAN .924 LopesOTT298
KempTER .244 SingletonOTT .912 SingletonOTT292
LopesOTT .239 LopesOTT .912 Bell,BWAB290
SingletonOTT .237 LemonKEN .903 BrettOTT284
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
LynnLAS1.078 SchmidtTER .542 SchmidtTER 10.1
Jackson,ReLAS .989 Thomas,GCAN .532 Thomas,GCAN 11.0
ChamblissKEN .962 Jackson,ReLAS .458 Kingman,DFRA 11.6
KempTER .953 LynnLAS .454 LynnLAS 13.1
Thomas,GCAN .930 LopesOTT .420 HornerSMV 13.5
LemonKEN .916 SingletonOTT .415 Jackson,ReLAS 15.3
SchmidtTER .916 Kingman,DFRA .394 Clark,JCAN 16.4
Clark,JCAN .906 KempTER .389 BaylorTER 17.0
Kingman,DFRA .895 Clark,JCAN .372 KempTER 17.5
SmalleyCAN .891 BaylorTER .348 SingletonOTT 18.5
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
TempletonWAB672 RoseTRI718 Bell,BWAB162
Bell,BWAB657 SmalleyCAN712 BosettiWAB162
SmalleyCAN635 Bell,BWAB699 CooperWAB162
RoseTRI629 TempletonWAB699 RandolphLAS162
BrettOTT612 LopesOTT690 SmalleyCAN162
ConcepcionLAS607 SingletonOTT682 LopesOTT161
MolitorNBO598 RandolphLAS674 RoseTRI161
BaylorTER595 SchmidtTER674 BaylorTER160
LeFloreTRI593 BrettOTT671 SchmidtTER160
LopesOTT590 ConcepcionLAS670 ConcepcionLAS159
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
HortonTRI6 LeFloreTRI17    
PiniellaTRI6 RoseTRI11    
LeFloreTRI4 PiniellaTRI9    
RoseTRI4 BondsTRI7    
Bannister,ATRI2 ReitzTRI7    
BondsTRI2 BevacquaNBO6    
KempTER2 Clark,JCAN6    
PowellTER2 HortonTRI6    
ReitzTRI2 SimmonsSDC6    
WatsonTER2 Bannister,ATRI5    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
LynnLAS432 LynnLAS .692 BumbrySMV4.72
SchmidtTER425 Jackson,ReLAS .633 TempletonWAB4.51
SmalleyCAN401 Thomas,GCAN .632 HarrahLAS4.46
SingletonOTT396 SchmidtTER .631 RoseTRI4.46
LopesOTT395 KempTER .605 SmalleyCAN4.40
BaylorTER368 Kingman,DFRA .600 RichardsSDC4.36
TempletonWAB360 ChamblissKEN .583 HornerSMV4.32
Thomas,GCAN357 SingletonOTT .581 Bell,BWAB4.31
Kingman,DFRA357 Clark,JCAN .579 BrettOTT4.30
Jackson,ReLAS342 LopesOTT .572 SingletonOTT4.29
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
LynnLAS429 LynnLAS .688 TempletonWAB4.34
SchmidtTER423 Jackson,ReLAS .633 BumbrySMV4.32
SmalleyCAN398 Thomas,GCAN .628 Bell,BWAB4.06
SingletonOTT394 SchmidtTER .628 HornerSMV4.04
LopesOTT389 KempTER .602 RichardsSDC3.93
BaylorTER359 Kingman,DFRA .593 BrettOTT3.92
TempletonWAB359 ChamblissKEN .581 SmalleyCAN3.92
Thomas,GCAN355 SingletonOTT .578 GarnerKEN3.92
Kingman,DFRA353 Clark,JCAN .577 RoseTRI3.91
Jackson,ReLAS342 LopesOTT .564 MolitorNBO3.86
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
RoseTRI604 ChamblissKEN .366 RoseTRI 0.3
Bell,BWAB595 OliverOTT .360 RandolphLAS 0.5
TempletonWAB574 TempletonWAB .350 SimmonsSDC 0.5
BrettOTT565 LynnLAS .344 HargroveSMV 0.6
SmalleyCAN540 BumbrySMV .339 BrettOTT 0.7
MolitorNBO532 Jackson,ReLAS .331 Jones,RuTBD 0.8
ConcepcionLAS522 LeFloreTRI .329 OliverOTT 0.8
BurlesonTER517 LemonKEN .324 HarrahLAS 0.9
RandolphLAS509 McBrideWAB .323 RoysterWAB 0.9
BumbrySMV501 MurcerSMV .317 ChamblissKEN 0.9
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
LemonKEN .373 NorthOTT .493 Kingman,DFRA .785
NorthOTT .349 Johnson,CWAB .471 LopesOTT .719
Murphy,DaSMV .347 SchmidtTER .464 SchmidtTER .704
McBrideWAB .342 LemonKEN .430 Johnson,CWAB .692
Kingman,DFRA .337 Thomas,GCAN .421 LemonKEN .687
Robinson,BiFRA .337 LopesOTT .411 Thomas,GCAN .686
Stein,BNBO .333 Clark,JCAN .408 WockenfussFRA .656
HendrickLAS .331 Murphy,DaSMV .405 BaylorTER .643
RudiKEN .331 McBrideWAB .405 SingletonOTT .643
LopesOTT .329 RandolphLAS .401 Robinson,BiFRA .618
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
LopesOTT69 BaylorTER46 SchmidtTER1.168
TempletonWAB67 LopesOTT46 Johnson,CWAB1.163
Jones,RuTBD66 Thomas,GCAN45 Kingman,DFRA1.161
McBrideWAB64 Kingman,DFRA41 LopesOTT1.130
Cruz,JuNBO63 LemonKEN40 LemonKEN1.117
Robinson,BiFRA60 SingletonOTT40 Thomas,GCAN1.106
BumbrySMV60 HornerSMV39 NorthOTT1.065
BurlesonTER60 Robinson,BiFRA39 SingletonOTT1.032
LansfordCAN59 SpencerNBO37 WockenfussFRA1.009
NorthOTT58 MolitorNBO36 Clark,JCAN1.001
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
Jackson,RoSMV20 TempletonWAB11 Kingman,DFRA21
SingletonOTT20 McBrideWAB8 LopesOTT20
ReitzTRI19 AllensonKEN5 BaylorTER19
SampleKEN18 BowaOTT5 Thomas,GCAN18
LopesOTT18 RudiKEN5 SchmidtTER16
CeroneTBD16 Robinson,BiFRA5 SpencerNBO15
WatsonTER16 MolitorNBO5 HornerSMV14
BumbrySMV15 BurlesonTER5 SimmonsSDC14
EssianTBD14 RandolphLAS4 SingletonOTT14
TempletonWAB14 BrettOTT4 MorrisonCAN13
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
LopesOTT40 LopesOTT151 Kingman,DFRA .448
SingletonOTT37 Kingman,DFRA135 Thomas,GCAN .404
Kingman,DFRA33 BaylorTER126 LopesOTT .390
BaylorTER31 TempletonWAB118 SchmidtTER .389
TempletonWAB30 SingletonOTT117 SingletonOTT .374
SchmidtTER29 SchmidtTER114 BaylorTER .367
Thomas,GCAN27 Robinson,BiFRA110 Johnson,CWAB .367
WockenfussFRA26 MolitorNBO108 WockenfussFRA .351
Robinson,BiFRA25 Thomas,GCAN107 LemonKEN .313
Jackson,RoSMV23 SpencerNBO106 HornerSMV .306
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
NorthOTT47 SingletonOTT53 PageSDC5
SchmidtTER45 Thomas,GCAN52 RichardsSDC5
Thomas,GCAN37 AshbyNBO50 SimmonsSDC4
SingletonOTT37 McBrideWAB47 HargroveSMV4
RandolphLAS35 StargellOTT45 McCarverTRI3
Johnson,CWAB33 PageSDC44 WhitfieldSDC3
HargroveSMV32 BondsTRI42 Iorg,DNBO3
HarrahLAS29 Cruz,JuNBO41 Murphy,DwOTT3
Clark,JCAN29 Jones,RuTBD39 Cox,TSDC3
LopesOTT28 LansfordCAN37 ReitzTRI3
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
TroutKEN6 ConcepcionLAS6 Jones,RuTBD231
FriasFRA6 HornerSMV5 Reynolds,CTBD218
MedichTBD5 Clark,JCAN5 LopesOTT210
GoltzTER5 CeroneTBD5 BurlesonTER207
Niekro,JKEN5 StargellOTT4 TempletonWAB205
CooperWAB5 FergusonLAS4 LansfordCAN203
HunterLAS4 EricksonTER3 Nettles,GTBD201
FulghamOTT4 BooneWAB3 Cruz,JuNBO199
WiseWAB4 LacyOTT3 BaylorTER196
FoliKEN4 Kennedy,JWAB3 DauerTER194
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
Kingman,DFRA 8.2 Jackson,RoSMV 6.9 Jones,RuTBD249
Thomas,GCAN 8.7 ReitzTRI 7.7 LopesOTT241
Johnson,CWAB 10.0 SingletonOTT 9.1 Reynolds,CTBD237
SchmidtTER 10.1 SampleKEN 9.7 Cruz,JuNBO226
BaylorTER 10.3 CeroneTBD 11.3 BurlesonTER225
LopesOTT 10.5 LopesOTT 11.7 SingletonOTT221
HornerSMV 11.2 CedenoLAS 11.8 BaylorTER218
WockenfussFRA 11.6 CarterCAN 11.8 LansfordCAN213
Clark,JCAN 12.1 HarrahLAS 11.9 NorthOTT213
SpencerNBO 12.1 WatsonTER 12.0 DauerTER212
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
ChamblissKEN .383 LynnLAS .458 LynnLAS .719
LynnLAS .374 ChamblissKEN .442 SummersFRA .605
OliverOTT .353 HargroveSMV .431 ChamblissKEN .576
Johnson,LSDC .340 Jackson,ReLAS .426 Jackson,ReLAS .574
CarewLAS .339 MurcerSMV .410 AikensCAN .566
MurcerSMV .337 MilnerSMV .406 KempTER .559
HargroveSMV .327 KempTER .403 CooperWAB .554
WhitfieldSDC .325 CarewLAS .402 HornerSMV .537
HortonTRI .324 RoseTRI .401 HortonTRI .534
CooperWAB .322 CooperWAB .396 SchmidtTER .519
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
OliverOTT150 LynnLAS108 LynnLAS1.177
LynnLAS149 SchmidtTER94 ChamblissKEN1.017
ChamblissKEN147 Jackson,ReLAS92 Jackson,ReLAS1.000
TempletonWAB146 HornerSMV81 SummersFRA .997
RoseTRI142 Bell,BWAB77 KempTER .962
SmalleyCAN139 CooperWAB75 AikensCAN .961
Bell,BWAB138 SmalleyCAN73 CooperWAB .950
ConcepcionLAS133 SingletonOTT72 HargroveSMV .909
CooperWAB132 AikensCAN71 SmalleyCAN .907
CarewLAS131 BondsTRI70 MilnerSMV .902
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
CooperWAB39 TempletonWAB14 SchmidtTER39
OliverOTT34 LeFloreTRI11 LynnLAS35
LynnLAS32 LopesOTT9 SummersFRA26
Bell,BWAB31 BrettOTT9 Kingman,DFRA26
BochteOTT28 MolitorNBO8 Thomas,GCAN24
LemonKEN26 CollinsNBO7 Jackson,ReLAS23
ChamblissKEN26 SundbergOTT7 AikensCAN23
BaylorTER26 HortonTRI7 SmalleyCAN23
BrettOTT26 RandolphLAS7 HornerSMV22
RoseTRI26 PowellTER6 Clark,JCAN18
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
LynnLAS67 LynnLAS286 LynnLAS .344
CooperWAB59 SmalleyCAN235 SchmidtTER .333
SchmidtTER53 CooperWAB227 SummersFRA .322
SmalleyCAN48 ChamblissKEN221 Thomas,GCAN .278
BrettOTT47 TempletonWAB218 Jackson,ReLAS .264
Jackson,ReLAS44 BrettOTT211 AikensCAN .252
BaylorTER44 HortonTRI206 KempTER .250
TempletonWAB44 SchmidtTER204 RoenickeCAN .245
AikensCAN43 OliverOTT204 Kingman,DFRA .237
ChamblissKEN43 AikensCAN202 HornerSMV .232
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
Jackson,ReLAS74 BondsTRI106 FoliKEN11
RandolphLAS72 Thomas,GCAN100 RoenickeCAN10
SingletonOTT65 SchmidtTER95 LemonKEN9
SmalleyCAN64 Alexander,GFRA87 BaylorTER7
LopesOTT63 Kingman,DFRA87 Maddox,ECAN6
LynnLAS63 LeFloreTRI84 FiskTRI6
RoseTRI61 Clark,JCAN78 RandolphLAS5
Thomas,GCAN60 LopesOTT72 HarrelsonSDC4
SchmidtTER60 Evans,DwNBO70 BonnellTER4
HargroveSMV59 TempletonWAB70 CartyTBD4
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
MatulaKEN15 SimmonsSDC10 Bell,BWAB470
GoltzTER9 SchmidtTER10 TempletonWAB467
McGregorLAS9 HornerSMV8 SmalleyCAN457
RyanTER9 RoysterWAB8 RoseTRI448
KoosmanLAS9 CeroneTBD7 BrettOTT443
HootonWAB9 Evans,DwNBO6 ConcepcionLAS439
FoliKEN9 HowellKEN6 RoysterWAB436
KeoughSMV8 BosettiWAB6 LeFloreTRI425
RichardLAS8 Jackson,ReLAS6 OliverOTT425
HunterLAS7 BrettOTT6 MolitorNBO412
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
SchmidtTER 10.1 CooperWAB 10.5 SmalleyCAN525
SummersFRA 11.0 BochteOTT 11.6 RoseTRI516
LynnLAS 11.4 LynnLAS 12.4 Bell,BWAB491
Thomas,GCAN 12.8 OliverOTT 12.5 BrettOTT491
Kingman,DFRA 14.3 LemonKEN 12.8 RandolphLAS491
HornerSMV 14.9 ChamblissKEN 14.8 RoysterWAB491
Jackson,ReLAS 15.0 WhitfieldSDC 14.9 TempletonWAB487
AikensCAN 15.5 FoliKEN 15.1 ConcepcionLAS482
RoenickeCAN 16.8 Bell,BWAB 15.2 CooperWAB467
KempTER 17.9 BaylorTER 15.3 LynnLAS465