1979 Batting Average Leaders

Showing players with at least 506 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

#	Player	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Keith Hernandez	SLN	161	610	116	210	48	11	11	105	80	78	11	.344	.417	.513	.930
2	Fred Lynn	BOS	147	531	116	177	42	1	39	122	82	79	2	.333	.423	.637	1.059
3	Pete Rose	PHI	163	628	90	208	40	5	4	59	95	32	20	.331	.418	.430	.848
4	George Brett	KCA	154	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	51	36	17	.329	.376	.563	.939
5	Brian Downing	CAL	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	77	57	3	.326	.418	.462	.880
6	Jim Rice	BOS	158	619	117	201	39	6	39	130	57	97	9	.325	.381	.596	.977
7	Al Oliver	TEX	136	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	34	34	4	.323	.367	.470	.836
8	Paul Molitor	ML4	140	584	88	188	27	16	9	62	48	48	33	.322	.373	.469	.842
9	Sixto Lezcano	ML4	138	473	84	152	29	3	28	101	77	74	4	.321	.414	.573	.987
10	Steve Kemp	DET	134	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	68	70	5	.318	.398	.543	.941
11	Chet Lemon	CHA	148	556	79	177	44	2	17	86	56	68	7	.318	.391	.496	.888
12	RK Ray Knight	CIN	150	551	64	175	37	4	10	79	38	57	4	.318	.360	.454	.814
13	Bruce Bochte	SEA	150	554	81	175	38	6	16	100	67	64	2	.316	.386	.493	.878
14	Steve Garvey	LAN	162	648	92	204	32	1	28	110	37	59	3	.315	.351	.497	.848
15	Willie Wilson	KCA	154	588	113	185	18	13	6	49	28	92	83	.315	.351	.420	.771
16	Bob Horner	ATL	121	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	22	74	0	.314	.346	.552	.898
17	Garry Templeton	SLN	154	672	105	211	32	19	9	62	18	91	26	.314	.331	.458	.790
18	Dave Parker	PIT	158	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	67	101	20	.310	.381	.526	.906
19	Lamar Johnson	CHA	133	479	60	148	29	1	12	74	41	56	8	.309	.363	.449	.812
20	Cecil Cooper	ML4	150	590	83	182	44	1	24	106	56	77	15	.309	.364	.509	.872
21	Dave Winfield	SDN	159	597	97	184	27	10	34	118	85	71	15	.308	.395	.558	.953
22	Larry Parrish	MON	153	544	83	167	39	2	30	82	41	101	5	.307	.357	.552	.909
23	Ken Landreaux	MIN	151	564	81	172	27	5	15	83	37	57	10	.305	.348	.450	.798
24	Gary Matthews	ATL	156	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	60	75	18	.304	.363	.502	.866
25	LM Lee Mazzilli	NYN	158	597	78	181	34	4	15	79	93	74	34	.303	.395	.449	.844
26	Bob Watson	BOS +1	133	475	63	144	23	4	16	71	45	56	3	.303	.367	.470	.837
27	George Foster	CIN	121	440	68	133	18	3	30	98	59	105	0	.302	.386	.561	.948
28	George Hendrick	SLN	140	493	67	148	27	1	16	75	49	62	2	.300	.360	.456	.816
29	Ron LeFlore	DET	148	600	110	180	22	10	9	57	52	95	78	.300	.355	.415	.770
30	Buddy Bell	TEX	162	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	30	45	5	.299	.327	.451	.778
31	Bill Madlock	PIT +1	154	560	85	167	26	5	14	85	52	41	32	.298	.355	.438	.792
32	Reggie Jackson	NYA	131	465	78	138	24	2	29	89	65	107	9	.297	.382	.544	.926
33	Don Baylor	CAL	162	628	120	186	33	3	36	139	71	51	22	.296	.371	.530	.902
34	Eddie Murray	BAL	159	606	90	179	30	2	25	99	72	78	10	.295	.369	.475	.844
35	Ken Singleton	BAL	159	570	93	168	29	1	35	111	109	118	3	.295	.405	.533	.938
36	Amos Otis	KCA	151	577	100	170	28	2	18	90	68	92	30	.295	.369	.444	.813
37	Al Cowens	KCA	136	516	69	152	18	7	9	73	40	44	10	.295	.345	.409	.753
38	Bobby Grich	CAL	153	534	78	157	30	5	30	101	59	84	1	.294	.365	.538	.903
39	Phil Garner	PIT	150	549	76	161	32	8	11	59	55	74	17	.293	.359	.441	.800
40	Mickey Rivers	NYA +1	132	533	72	156	27	8	9	50	22	39	10	.293	.319	.424	.743
41	Darrell Porter	KCA	157	533	101	155	23	10	20	112	121	65	3	.291	.421	.484	.905
42	Dan Ford	CAL	142	569	100	165	26	5	21	101	40	86	8	.290	.333	.464	.797
43	Mike Hargrove	CLE +1	152	463	75	134	26	4	10	64	88	55	2	.289	.404	.428	.832
44	Jose Cruz	HOU	157	558	73	161	33	7	9	72	72	66	36	.289	.367	.421	.788
45	Dave Revering	OAK	125	472	63	136	25	5	19	77	34	65	1	.288	.334	.483	.817
46	Dave Kingman	CHN	145	532	97	153	19	5	48	115	45	131	4	.288	.343	.613	.956
47	Tim Foli	PIT +1	136	532	70	153	23	1	1	65	28	14	6	.288	.330	.340	.671
48	Carney Lansford	CAL	157	654	114	188	30	5	19	79	39	115	20	.288	.329	.436	.764
49	AG Alfredo Griffin	TOR	153	624	81	179	22	10	2	31	40	59	21	.287	.333	.364	.697
50	Terry Puhl	HOU	157	600	87	172	22	4	8	49	58	46	30	.287	.352	.377	.729

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