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MLB Batting Leaders - 1979

Statistics: Batting | Pitching
Type: Career | Single-Season (Post-1900) | Single-Season
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MLB Batting Leaders - 1979 - Batting Average
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
1	Oscar Gamble	17	100	274	48	98	10	1	19	64	50	28	2	1	.358
2	Keith Hernandez	17	161	610	116	210	48	11	11	105	80	78	11	6	.344
3	Fred Lynn	17	147	531	116	177	42	1	39	122	82	79	2	2	.333
4	Pete Rose	24	163	628	90	208	40	5	4	59	95	32	20	11	.331
5	George Brett	21	154	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	51	36	17	10	.329
6	Brian Downing	20	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	77	57	3	3	.326
7	Jim Rice	16	158	619	117	201	39	6	39	130	57	97	9	4	.325
8	Al Oliver	18	136	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	34	34	4	5	.323
9	Paul Molitor	21	140	584	88	188	27	16	9	62	48	48	33	13	.322
10	Sixto Lezcano	12	138	473	84	152	29	3	28	101	77	74	4	3	.321
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
11	Rod Carew	19	110	409	78	130	15	3	3	44	73	46	18	8	.318
	Dave Collins	16	122	396	59	126	16	4	3	35	27	48	16	9	.318
	Ray Knight	13	150	551	64	175	37	4	10	79	38	57	4	4	.318
	Steve Kemp	11	134	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	68	70	5	6	.318
	Chet Lemon	16	148	556	79	177	44	2	17	86	56	68	7	11	.318
16	Bruce Bochte	12	150	554	81	175	38	6	16	100	67	64	2	2	.316
	Ken Griffey Sr.	19	95	380	62	120	27	4	8	32	36	39	12	5	.316
18	Steve Garvey	19	162	648	92	204	32	1	28	110	37	59	3	6	.315
	Willie Wilson	19	154	588	113	185	18	13	6	49	28	92	83	12	.315
20	Garry Templeton	16	154	672	105	211	32	19	9	62	18	91	26	10	.314
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Bob Horner	10	121	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	22	74	0	2	.314
22	Rob Wilfong	11	140	419	71	131	22	6	9	59	29	54	11	4	.313
23	Dave Parker	19	158	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	67	101	20	4	.310
24	Lamar Johnson	9	133	479	60	148	29	1	12	74	41	56	8	2	.309
25	Cecil Cooper	17	150	590	83	182	44	1	24	106	56	77	15	3	.308
	Dave Winfield	23	159	597	97	184	27	10	34	118	85	71	15	9	.308
27	Larry Parrish	15	153	544	83	167	39	2	30	82	41	101	5	1	.307
28	Steve Henderson	12	98	350	42	107	16	8	5	39	38	58	13	5	.306
29	Ken Landreaux	11	151	564	81	172	27	5	15	83	37	57	10	3	.305
30	Gary Matthews	16	156	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	60	75	18	6	.304
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Lou Brock	19	120	405	56	123	15	4	5	38	23	43	21	12	.304
32	Lee Mazzilli	14	158	597	78	181	34	4	15	79	93	74	34	12	.303
	Bob Watson	19	133	475	63	144	23	4	16	71	45	56	3	2	.303
34	George Foster	18	121	440	68	133	18	3	30	98	59	105	0	2	.302
35	Glenn Adams	8	119	326	34	98	13	1	8	50	25	27	2	2	.301
	Ken Oberkfell	16	135	369	53	111	19	5	1	35	57	35	4	1	.301
37	George Hendrick	18	140	493	67	148	27	1	16	75	49	62	2	3	.300
	Ron LeFlore	9	148	600	110	180	22	10	9	57	52	95	78	14	.300
	Charlie Moore	15	111	337	45	101	16	2	5	38	29	32	8	5	.300
40	Buddy Bell	18	162	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	30	45	5	4	.299
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
41	Bill Madlock	15	154	560	85	167	26	5	14	85	52	41	32	11	.298
42	Reggie Jackson	21	131	465	78	138	24	2	29	89	65	107	9	8	.297
	Lou Piniella	18	130	461	49	137	22	2	11	69	17	31	3	2	.297
	Jerry Remy	10	80	306	49	91	11	2	0	29	26	25	14	9	.297
45	Don Baylor	19	162	628	120	186	33	3	36	139	71	51	22	12	.296
	Lynn Jones	8	95	213	33	63	8	0	4	26	17	22	9	6	.296
47	Al Cowens	13	136	516	69	152	18	7	9	73	40	44	10	8	.295
	Ken Singleton	15	159	570	93	168	29	1	35	111	109	118	3	1	.295
	Amos Otis	17	151	577	100	170	28	2	18	90	68	92	30	5	.295
	Jerry Mumphrey	15	124	339	53	100	10	3	3	32	26	39	8	11	.295