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Season Almanac

1979 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Don Baylor (RBI, R)

Home Runs
  1. 1Dave KingmanCHC48
  2. 2Gorman ThomasMIL45
  3. 3Mike SchmidtPHI45
Hits
  1. 1George BrettKC212
  2. 2Garry Templeton Sr.STL211
  3. 3Keith HernandezSTL210
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Don BaylorLAA139
  2. 2Jim RiceBOS130
  3. 3Gorman ThomasMIL123
Runs
  1. 1Don BaylorLAA120
  2. 2George BrettKC119
  3. 3Jim RiceBOS117
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Willie WilsonKC83
  2. 2Ron LeFloreDET78
  3. 3Omar MorenoPIT77
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1J.R. RichardHOU313
  2. 2Nolan Ryan Jr.LAA223
  3. 3Steve CarltonPHI213
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Mike FlanaganBAL23
  2. 2Joe NiekroHOU21
  3. 3Phil NiekroATL21
Saves
  1. 1Bruce SutterCHC37
  2. 2Mike MarshallMIN32
  3. 3Kent TekulvePIT31

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Fred LynnBAT20.1
  2. 2Jim RiceBAT19
  3. 3Don BaylorBAT18.1
  4. 4Mike SchmidtBAT17.8
  5. 5Dave WinfieldBAT17.6
  6. 6Dave KingmanBAT17.3
  7. 7George BrettBAT17
  8. 8Gorman ThomasBAT16.7
  9. 9Ken SingletonBAT16.7
  10. 10Sixto LezcanoBAT16.1
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Rickey HendersonLF269.9
  2. 2Jesse OroscoP214.9
  3. 3Tim Raines Sr.LF201.2
  4. 4Jeff ReardonP169.2
  5. 5Kirk GibsonLF148.8
  6. 6Dave StiebP129.5
  7. 7Dave RighettiP127.2
  8. 8Dan QuisenberryP124

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Lou BrockLF205
  2. 2Willie DavisCF180.6
  3. 3George Scott1B163.8
  4. 4Mickey LolichP163
  5. 5Catfish HunterP149.9
  6. 6Roy WhiteLF147.9
  7. 7Rico CartyLF145.7
  8. 8Andy MessersmithP115.4

Teams · 26

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Baltimore Orioles102-57209.3Ken SingletonPlayoffs
Pittsburgh Pirates98-64272.6Dave ParkerPlayoffs
Washington Nationals95-65307.4Larry Parrish
Milwaukee Brewers95-66209Gorman Thomas
Boston Red Sox91-69193.3Fred Lynn
Cincinnati Reds90-71270.6George FosterPlayoffs
New York Yankees89-71167.7Reggie Jackson
Houston Astros89-73255.8J.R. Richard
Los Angeles Angels88-74181.4Don BaylorPlayoffs
St. Louis Cardinals86-76295.4Keith Hernandez
Kansas City Royals85-77189.9George Brett
Detroit Tigers84-76173.4Steve Kemp
Philadelphia Phillies84-78253.9Mike Schmidt
Texas Rangers83-79165Jim Kern
Minnesota Twins82-80175.9Roy Smalley III
Cleveland Indians81-80150.7Bobby Bonds
Chicago Cubs80-82232.1Dave Kingman
Los Angeles Dodgers79-83256.7Davey Lopes
Chicago White Sox73-86162.5Chet Lemon
San Francisco Giants71-91227.5Jack Clark
San Diego Padres68-93245Dave Winfield
Atlanta Braves66-94244.9Gary Matthews Sr.
Seattle Mariners67-95160.7Bruce Bochte
New York Mets63-99208.6Lee Mazzilli
Athletics54-108132.8Dave Revering
Toronto Blue Jays53-109135.2John Mayberry Sr.

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.