1979 MLB leaders

Batting average

1. 1KHKeith HernandezSTL.344
2. 2FLFred LynnBOS.333
3. 3PRPete RosePHI.331
4. 4GBGeorge BrettKC.329
5. 5BDBrian DowningLAA.326
6. 6JRJim RiceBOS.325
7. 7AOAl OliverTEX.323
8. 8PMPaul MolitorMIL.322
9. 9SLSixto LezcanoMIL.321
10. 10SKSteve KempDET.318

Home runs

1. 1DKDave KingmanCHC48
2. 2MSMike SchmidtPHI45
3. 3GTGorman ThomasMIL45
4. 4FLFred LynnBOS39
5. 5JRJim RiceBOS39
6. 6DBDon BaylorLAA36
7. 7KSKen SingletonBAL35
8. 8Dave WinfieldSD34
9. 9BHBob HornerATL33
10. 10WSWillie StargellPIT32

RBI

1. 1DBDon BaylorLAA139
2. 2JRJim RiceBOS130
3. 3GTGorman ThomasMIL123
4. 4FLFred LynnBOS122
5. 5Dave WinfieldSD118
6. 6DKDave KingmanCHC115
7. 7MSMike SchmidtPHI114
8. 8DPDarrell PorterKC112
9. 9KSKen SingletonBAL111
10. 10SGSteve GarveyLAD110

Hits

1. 1GBGeorge BrettKC212
2. 2GTGarry Templeton Sr.STL211
3. 3KHKeith HernandezSTL210
4. 4PRPete RosePHI208
5. 5SGSteve GarveyLAD204
6. 6JRJim RiceBOS201
7. 7BBBuddy BellTEX200
8. 8OMOmar MorenoPIT196
9. 9DPDave ParkerPIT193
10. 10GMGary Matthews Sr.ATL192

Stolen bases

1. 1WWWillie WilsonKC83
2. 2RLRon LeFloreDET78
3. 3OMOmar MorenoPIT77
4. 4BNBill NorthSF58
5. 5JCJulio CruzSEA49
6. 6DLDavey LopesLAD44
7. 7FTFrank TaverasNYM42
8. 8RSRodney ScottWSH39
9. 9ECEnos CabellHOU37
10. 10ABAl BumbryBAL37

ERA

1. 1JRJ.R. RichardHOU2.71
2. 2THTom HumeCIN2.76
3. 3RGRon GuidryNYY2.78
4. 4DSDan SchatzederWSH2.83
5. 5TJTommy JohnNYY2.96
6. 6BHBurt HootonLAD2.97
7. 7DEDennis EckersleyBOS2.99
8. 8JNJoe NiekroHOU3.00
9. 9SRSteve RogersWSH3.00
10. 10KFKen ForschHOU3.04

Wins

1. 1MFMike FlanaganBAL23
2. 2TJTommy JohnNYY21
3. 3JNJoe NiekroHOU21
4. 4PNPhil NiekroATL21
5. 5JKJerry KoosmanMIN20
6. 6Rick ReuschelCHC18
7. 7SCSteve CarltonPHI18
8. 8RGRon GuidryNYY18
9. 9JRJ.R. RichardHOU18
10. 10DEDennis EckersleyBOS17

Strikeouts (P)

1. 1JRJ.R. RichardHOU313
2. 2Nolan Ryan Jr.LAA223
3. 3SCSteve CarltonPHI213
4. 4PNPhil NiekroATL208
5. 5RGRon GuidryNYY201
6. 6MFMike FlanaganBAL190
7. 7Bert BlylevenPIT172
8. 8FJFergie JenkinsTEX164
9. 9JKJerry KoosmanMIN157
10. 10DEDennis EckersleyBOS150

Saves

1. 1BSBruce SutterCHC37
2. 2MMMike MarshallMIN32
3. 3KTKent TekulvePIT31
4. 4JKJim KernTEX29
5. 5GGGene GarberATL25
6. 6JSJoe SambitoHOU22
7. 7ALAurelio LopezDET21
8. 8DSDon StanhouseBAL21
9. 9GLGary LavelleSF20
10. 10SMSid MongeCLE19

Runs

1. 1DBDon BaylorLAA120
2. 2GBGeorge BrettKC119
3. 3JRJim RiceBOS117
4. 4KHKeith HernandezSTL116
5. 5FLFred LynnBOS116
6. 6CLCarney LansfordLAA114
7. 7WWWillie WilsonKC113
8. 8OMOmar MorenoPIT110
9. 9RLRon LeFloreDET110
10. 10DPDave ParkerPIT109

Doubles

1. 1KHKeith HernandezSTL48
2. 2WCWarren CromartieWSH46
3. 3DPDave ParkerPIT45
4. 4CLChet LemonCWS44
5. 5CCCecil CooperMIL44
6. 6GBGeorge BrettKC42
7. 7FLFred LynnBOS42
8. 8BBBuddy BellTEX42
9. 9KRKen ReitzSTL41
10. 10PRPete RosePHI40