1979 MLB Batting Average Leaders

Keith Hernandez led all of MLB in batting average in 1979 with .344, 11 points ahead of Fred Lynn (.333).

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Led all of MLB in 1979 Keith Hernandez St. Louis Cardinals

.344 Batting Average .011 clear of Fred Lynn

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#	Player	Team	AVG	G	AB	H	OBP
1	Keith Hernandez	SLN	.344	161	610	210	.417
2	Fred Lynn	BOS	.333	147	531	177	.423
3	Pete Rose	PHI	.331	163	628	208	.418
4	George Brett	KCA	.329	154	645	212	.376
5	Brian Downing	CAL	.326	148	509	166	.418
6	Jim Rice	BOS	.325	158	619	201	.381
7	Al Oliver	TEX	.323	136	492	159	.367
8	Paul Molitor	ML4	.322	140	584	188	.372
9	Sixto Lezcano	ML4	.321	138	473	152	.414
10	Steve Kemp	DET	.318	134	490	156	.398
11	Chet Lemon	CHA	.318	148	556	177	.391
12	Ray Knight	CIN	.318	150	551	175	.360
13	Bruce Bochte	SEA	.316	150	554	175	.385
14	Steve Garvey	LAN	.315	162	648	204	.351
15	Willie Wilson	KCA	.315	154	588	185	.351
16	Bob Horner	ATL	.314	121	487	153	.346
17	Garry Templeton	SLN	.314	154	672	211	.331
18	Dave Parker	PIT	.310	158	622	193	.380
19	Lamar Johnson	CHA	.309	133	479	148	.363
20	Cecil Cooper	ML4	.308	150	590	182	.364
21	Dave Winfield	SDN	.308	159	597	184	.395
22	Larry Parrish	MON	.307	153	544	167	.357
23	Ken Landreaux	MIN	.305	151	564	172	.347
24	Gary Matthews	ATL	.304	156	631	192	.363
25	Lee Mazzilli	NYN	.303	158	597	181	.395
26	Bob Watson	BOS +1	.303	133	475	144	.367
27	George Foster	CIN	.302	121	440	133	.386
28	George Hendrick	SLN	.300	140	493	148	.359
29	Ron LeFlore	DET	.300	148	600	180	.355
30	Buddy Bell	TEX	.299	162	670	200	.327
31	Bill Madlock	PIT +1	.298	154	560	167	.355
32	Reggie Jackson	NYA	.297	131	465	138	.382
33	Don Baylor	CAL	.296	162	628	186	.371
34	Eddie Murray	BAL	.295	159	606	179	.369
35	Ken Singleton	BAL	.295	159	570	168	.405
36	Amos Otis	KCA	.295	151	577	170	.369
37	Al Cowens	KCA	.295	136	516	152	.345
38	Bobby Grich	CAL	.294	153	534	157	.365
39	Phil Garner	PIT	.293	150	549	161	.359
40	Mickey Rivers	NYA +1	.293	132	533	156	.319
41	Darrell Porter	KCA	.291	157	533	155	.421
42	Dan Ford	CAL	.290	142	569	165	.333
43	Mike Hargrove	CLE +1	.289	152	463	134	.404
44	Jose Cruz	HOU	.289	157	558	161	.367
45	Dave Revering	OAK	.288	125	472	136	.334
46	Dave Kingman	CHN	.288	145	532	153	.343
47	Tim Foli	PIT +1	.288	136	532	153	.330
48	Carney Lansford	CAL	.287	157	654	188	.329
49	Alfredo Griffin	TOR	.287	153	624	179	.333
50	Terry Puhl	HOU	.287	157	600	172	.352

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