1979 National League Stats

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1979 National League Standings

1979 American League <<1978 National League 1980 National League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Pittsburgh Pirates98-64 (0.605)-77564395-67 (0.585)95-67 (0.586)1,435,45447.625.60.821.2
2Montreal Expos95-65 (0.594)2.070158195-67 (0.585)94-68 (0.580)2,102,17346.621.02.223.4
3St. Louis Cardinals86-76 (0.531)12.073169385-77 (0.524)90-72 (0.556)1,627,25642.920.15.417.4
4Philadelphia Phillies84-78 (0.519)14.068371877-85 (0.477)84-78 (0.519)2,775,01136.721.95.49.4
5Chicago Cubs80-82 (0.494)18.070670781-81 (0.499)80-82 (0.494)1,648,58732.212.61.618.0
6New York Mets63-99 (0.389)35.059370668-94 (0.421)70-92 (0.432)788,90522.59.94.77.9

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Cincinnati Reds90-71 (0.559)-73164490-72 (0.558)92-70 (0.568)2,356,93344.822.33.718.8
2Houston Astros89-73 (0.549)1.558358281-81 (0.501)80-82 (0.494)1,900,31232.512.20.819.5
3Los Angeles Dodgers79-83 (0.488)11.573971783-79 (0.514)86-76 (0.531)2,860,95438.426.62.39.5
4San Francisco Giants71-91 (0.438)19.567275173-89 (0.449)63-99 (0.389)1,456,40215.512.30.52.7
5San Diego Padres68-93 (0.422)22.060368172-90 (0.445)74-88 (0.457)1,456,96726.310.45.910.0
6Atlanta Braves66-94 (0.412)23.566976371-91 (0.440)64-98 (0.395)769,46516.16.0-0.410.5

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Dave Winfield SDN RF 27 8.3 9.1 159 686 184 27 10 34 85 15 9 120.446 0.395 0.558
2 Keith Hernandez SLN 1B 25 7.4 9.2 161 698 210 48 11 11 80 11 6 118.758 0.417 0.513
3 Mike Schmidt PHI 3B 29 7.3 9.9 160 675 137 25 4 45 120 9 5 115.470 0.386 0.564
4 Dave Parker PIT RF 28 7.1 7.1 158 707 193 45 7 25 67 20 4 112.891 0.381 0.526
5 Davey Lopes LAN 2B 34 6.5 4.9 153 692 154 20 6 28 97 44 4 96.930 0.372 0.464
6 Lee Mazzilli NYN CF 24 6.3 6.4 158 693 181 34 4 15 93 34 12 101.198 0.395 0.449
7 Larry Parrish MON 3B 25 6.0 5.8 153 595 167 39 2 30 41 5 1 94.204 0.357 0.551
8 Pete Rose PHI 1B 38 6.0 5.5 163 730 208 40 5 4 95 20 11 108.906 0.418 0.430
9 Dave Kingman CHN LF 30 5.6 5.5 145 589 153 19 5 48 45 4 2 100.280 0.343 0.613
10 George Foster CIN LF 30 5.5 5.6 121 505 133 18 3 30 59 0 2 87.504 0.386 0.561
11 Ron Cey LAN 3B 31 5.5 6.2 150 579 137 20 1 28 86 3 3 91.028 0.389 0.499
12 Steve Garvey LAN 1B 30 5.1 7.5 162 697 204 32 1 28 37 3 6 97.711 0.351 0.497
13 Gary Matthews ATL RF 28 5.1 4.8 156 695 192 34 5 27 60 18 6 102.547 0.363 0.502
14 Gene Tenace SDN C 32 5.0 5.8 151 582 122 16 4 20 105 2 6 86.416 0.403 0.445
15 Jose Cruz HOU LF 31 4.5 4.8 157 636 161 33 7 9 72 36 14 79.948 0.367 0.421
16 Mike Ivie SFN 1B 26 4.4 3.5 133 454 115 18 3 27 47 5 1 71.862 0.359 0.547
17 Willie Stargell PIT 1B 39 4.3 3.2 126 480 119 19 0 32 47 0 1 75.240 0.352 0.552
18 Ted Simmons SLN C 29 4.3 4.6 123 521 127 22 0 26 61 0 1 78.215 0.368 0.507
19 Bob Horner ATL 3B 21 4.0 3.4 121 515 153 15 1 33 22 0 2 80.511 0.346 0.552
20 Jack Clark SFN RF 23 3.9 3.9 143 598 144 25 2 26 63 11 8 80.145 0.348 0.476
21 Bill Madlock 2 teams 2B 28 3.8 2.5 154 623 167 26 5 14 52 32 11 77.498 0.353 0.438
22 Andre Dawson MON CF 24 3.8 3.7 155 684 176 24 12 25 27 35 10 78.274 0.309 0.468
23 Dusty Baker LAN LF 30 3.8 4.1 151 616 152 29 1 23 56 11 4 77.152 0.340 0.455
24 Joel Youngblood NYN RF 27 3.8 4.4 158 665 162 37 5 16 60 18 13 80.825 0.346 0.436
25 Johnny Bench CIN C 31 3.7 4.0 130 538 128 19 0 22 67 4 2 73.115 0.364 0.459
26 Gary Carter MON C 25 3.7 6.2 141 559 143 26 5 22 40 3 2 73.318 0.338 0.485
27 Garry Templeton SLN SS 23 3.7 5.9 154 696 211 32 19 9 18 26 10 83.682 0.331 0.458
28 Ray Knight CIN 3B 26 3.6 2.9 150 604 175 37 4 10 38 4 4 78.549 0.360 0.454
29 Phil Garner PIT 2B 30 3.6 4.8 150 612 161 32 8 11 55 17 8 78.242 0.359 0.441
30 Joe Ferguson LAN C 32 3.6 3.7 122 442 95 14 0 20 70 1 0 63.566 0.380 0.466
31 George Hendrick SLN RF 29 3.4 3.4 140 548 148 27 1 16 49 2 3 72.640 0.359 0.456
32 Dave Concepcion CIN SS 31 3.2 5.1 149 666 166 25 3 16 64 19 7 77.239 0.348 0.415
33 Joe Morgan CIN 2B 35 3.2 3.0 127 538 109 26 1 9 93 28 6 64.953 0.379 0.376
34 Ken Griffey CIN RF 29 3.2 3.0 95 420 120 27 4 8 36 12 5 59.734 0.374 0.471
35 Omar Moreno PIT CF 26 3.1 4.0 162 757 196 21 12 8 51 77 21 75.580 0.333 0.381
36 Steve Henderson NYN LF 26 3.1 3.5 98 393 107 16 8 5 38 13 5 53.746 0.380 0.440
37 Bill North SFN CF 31 2.9 3.2 142 561 119 15 4 5 96 58 24 64.519 0.386 0.341
38 Terry Puhl HOU CF 22 2.8 2.9 157 672 172 22 4 8 58 30 22 71.960 0.352 0.377
39 Darrell Evans SFN 3B 32 2.8 5.1 160 661 142 23 2 17 91 6 7 76.099 0.356 0.392
40 Richie Hebner NYN 3B 31 2.7 2.8 136 549 127 25 2 10 59 3 1 62.200 0.354 0.393
41 John Milner PIT LF 29 2.7 2.7 128 386 90 9 4 16 53 3 5 55.226 0.373 0.475
42 Bill Robinson PIT LF 36 2.7 2.7 148 455 111 17 6 24 24 13 2 55.344 0.302 0.504
43 Ken Oberkfell SLN 2B 23 2.7 3.5 135 435 111 19 5 1 57 4 1 56.110 0.396 0.388
44 Cesar Cedeno HOU 1B 28 2.5 3.8 132 549 123 27 4 6 64 30 13 57.495 0.348 0.374
45 Gene Richards SDN CF 25 2.4 2.4 150 606 152 17 9 4 47 24 8 60.834 0.343 0.365
46 Bob Boone PHI C 31 2.4 2.3 119 454 114 21 3 9 49 1 4 57.279 0.367 0.422
47 Greg Luzinski PHI LF 28 2.4 1.5 137 525 114 23 1 18 56 3 3 62.394 0.343 0.427
48 Dan Driessen CIN 1B 27 2.2 3.8 150 589 129 24 3 18 62 11 5 64.331 0.331 0.414
49 Dale Murphy ATL 1B 23 2.2 1.3 104 429 106 7 2 21 38 6 1 55.328 0.340 0.469
50 Ellis Valentine MON RF 24 2.2 2.0 146 575 151 29 3 21 22 11 9 62.964 0.303 0.454

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 J. R. Richard HOU 29 7.1 6.1 38 38 292.33 18 13 19 0 98 98 313 69.72 2.71 1.09 9.64
2 Phil Niekro ATL 40 6.7 5.6 44 44 342.00 21 20 23 0 160 113 208 59.12 3.39 1.24 5.47
3 John Fulgham SLN 23 5.2 5.0 20 19 146.00 10 6 10 0 47 26 75 42.00 2.53 1.02 4.62
4 Burt Hooton LAN 29 4.8 4.0 29 29 212.00 11 10 12 0 85 63 129 38.60 2.97 1.20 5.48
5 Gaylord Perry SDN 40 4.8 3.8 32 32 232.67 12 11 10 0 90 67 140 38.32 3.06 1.25 5.42
6 Tom Seaver CIN 34 4.7 4.0 32 32 215.00 16 6 9 0 85 61 131 39.70 3.14 1.15 5.48
7 Steve Rogers MON 29 4.7 3.9 37 37 248.67 13 12 13 0 97 78 143 44.85 3.00 1.25 5.18
8 Craig Swan NYN 28 4.6 3.6 35 35 251.33 14 13 10 0 102 57 145 36.81 3.29 1.19 5.19
9 Tom Hume CIN 26 4.4 3.9 57 12 163.00 10 9 2 17 54 33 80 37.20 2.76 1.20 4.42
10 Steve Carlton PHI 34 4.2 3.7 35 35 251.00 18 11 13 0 112 89 213 34.08 3.62 1.16 7.64
11 Rick Reuschel CHN 30 4.2 3.5 36 36 239.00 18 12 5 0 104 75 125 40.49 3.62 1.36 4.71
12 Bruce Sutter CHN 26 4.0 4.0 62 0 101.33 6 6 0 37 29 32 110 38.41 2.22 0.98 9.77
13 Joe Niekro HOU 34 3.9 2.9 38 38 263.67 21 11 11 0 102 107 119 38.67 3.00 1.24 4.06
14 John Candelaria PIT 25 3.8 3.0 33 30 207.00 14 9 8 0 83 41 101 37.47 3.22 1.17 4.39
15 Bill Lee MON 32 3.7 3.3 33 33 222.00 16 10 6 0 91 46 59 36.05 3.04 1.24 2.39
16 Silvio Martinez SLN 23 3.7 2.9 32 29 206.67 15 8 7 0 92 67 102 29.44 3.27 1.31 4.44
17 Dan Schatzeder MON 24 3.6 3.5 32 21 162.00 10 5 3 1 57 59 106 34.61 2.83 1.20 5.89
18 Rick Sutcliffe LAN 23 3.6 3.4 39 30 242.00 17 10 5 0 104 97 117 28.86 3.46 1.30 4.35
19 Joe Sambito HOU 27 3.5 3.7 63 0 91.33 8 7 0 22 20 23 83 34.55 1.77 1.13 8.18
20 Pete Vuckovich SLN 26 3.5 2.5 34 32 233.00 15 10 9 0 108 64 145 27.97 3.59 1.26 5.60
21 Elias Sosa MON 29 3.4 3.2 62 0 96.67 8 7 0 18 24 37 59 32.45 1.96 1.18 5.49
22 Jim Bibby PIT 34 3.3 3.2 34 17 137.67 12 4 4 0 51 47 103 32.73 2.81 1.14 6.73
23 Kent Tekulve PIT 32 3.3 3.1 94 0 134.33 10 8 0 31 46 49 75 32.03 2.75 1.18 5.02
24 Mark Littell SLN 26 3.2 2.9 63 0 82.33 9 4 0 13 22 39 67 25.82 2.19 1.20 7.32
25 Bruce Kison PIT 29 3.2 2.7 33 25 172.33 13 7 3 0 70 45 105 31.09 3.19 1.17 5.48
26 Dennis Lamp CHN 26 3.0 2.4 38 32 200.33 11 10 6 0 96 46 86 29.38 3.50 1.34 3.86
27 Nino Espinosa PHI 25 3.0 2.5 33 33 212.00 14 12 8 0 94 65 88 24.30 3.65 1.30 3.74
28 Gary Lavelle SFN 30 3.0 3.0 70 0 96.67 7 9 0 20 31 42 80 25.79 2.51 1.32 7.45
29 Bob Shirley SDN 25 3.0 2.2 49 25 205.00 8 16 4 0 89 59 117 23.86 3.38 1.24 5.14
30 Bert Blyleven PIT 28 2.9 2.0 37 37 237.33 12 5 4 0 102 92 172 28.71 3.60 1.39 6.52
31 Ken Forsch HOU 32 2.8 2.3 26 24 177.67 11 6 10 0 67 35 58 27.89 3.04 1.07 2.94
32 Lynn McGlothen CHN 29 2.8 2.3 42 29 212.00 13 14 6 2 103 55 147 26.99 4.12 1.37 6.24
33 Fred Norman CIN 36 2.8 2.3 34 31 195.33 11 13 5 0 86 57 95 23.63 3.64 1.28 4.38
34 David Palmer MON 21 2.6 2.0 36 11 122.67 10 2 2 2 41 30 72 25.40 2.64 1.14 5.28
35 Mike LaCoss CIN 23 2.6 1.7 35 32 205.67 14 8 6 0 92 79 73 22.39 3.50 1.37 3.19
36 Scott Sanderson MON 22 2.6 2.1 34 24 168.00 9 8 5 1 69 54 138 25.15 3.43 1.20 7.39
37 Randy Lerch PHI 24 2.6 1.9 37 35 214.00 10 13 6 0 98 60 92 21.00 3.74 1.35 3.87
38 Dick Tidrow CHN 32 2.6 2.5 63 0 102.67 11 5 0 4 35 42 68 25.03 2.72 1.25 5.96
39 Bob Forsch SLN 29 2.5 1.6 33 32 218.67 11 11 7 0 102 52 92 20.11 3.83 1.22 3.79
40 Greg Minton SFN 27 2.4 2.4 46 0 79.67 4 3 0 4 25 27 33 21.00 1.81 1.08 3.73
41 Eric Rasmussen SDN 27 2.4 1.8 45 20 156.67 6 9 5 3 59 42 54 19.14 3.27 1.17 3.10
42 Enrique Romo PIT 31 2.4 2.3 84 0 129.33 10 5 0 5 50 43 106 23.26 2.99 1.28 7.38
43 Randy Jones SDN 29 2.3 1.5 39 39 263.00 11 12 6 0 120 64 112 18.60 3.63 1.22 3.83
44 Rudy May MON 34 2.3 2.1 33 7 93.67 10 3 2 0 30 31 67 22.22 2.31 1.27 6.44
45 Skip Lockwood NYN 32 2.3 2.2 27 0 42.33 2 5 0 9 7 14 42 18.28 1.49 1.11 8.93
46 Tom Hausman NYN 26 2.3 1.9 19 10 78.67 2 6 1 2 25 19 33 18.24 2.75 1.07 3.78
47 Don Sutton LAN 34 2.2 1.3 33 32 226.00 12 15 6 1 109 61 146 17.94 3.82 1.16 5.81
48 Joey McLaughlin ATL 22 1.9 1.8 37 0 69.00 5 3 0 5 23 34 40 17.24 2.48 1.28 5.22
49 Bill Bonham CIN 30 1.8 1.1 29 29 175.67 9 7 2 0 80 60 78 15.51 3.79 1.33 4.00
50 Rick Williams HOU 26 1.7 1.7 31 16 121.33 4 7 2 0 45 30 37 16.42 3.26 1.25 2.74

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Gary Carter MON 25 2.5 138.0 1214.3 751.0 88.0 9.0 12.0 20.015
2 John Stearns NYN 27 2.1 121.0 1029.7 628.0 85.0 12.0 11.0 20.216
3 Alex Trevino NYN 21 1.5 36.0 300.7 208.0 31.0 6.0 7.0 14.916
4 Gene Tenace SDN 32 1.4 94.0 680.0 413.0 51.0 1.0 10.0 14.075
5 Dennis Littlejohn SFN 24 1.1 63.0 536.0 366.0 43.0 6.0 7.0 11.097
6 Steve Yeager LAN 30 1.0 103.0 803.0 513.0 56.0 9.0 7.0 9.716
7 Duffy Dyer MON 33 0.4 27.0 195.0 141.0 10.0 1.0 1.0 3.499
8 Johnny Oates LAN 33 0.4 20.0 108.7 64.0 13.0 2.0 2.0 3.779
1B 1 Steve Garvey LAN 30 2.3 162.0 1408.7 1402.0 93.0 7.0 101.0 23.025
2 Keith Hernandez SLN 25 1.8 160.0 1413.0 1489.0 146.0 8.0 145.0 17.541
3 Dan Driessen CIN 27 1.6 143.0 1221.0 1289.0 79.0 9.0 112.0 15.909
4 Bob Watson HOU 33 1.5 44.0 357.3 371.0 33.0 3.0 23.0 12.159
5 Enos Cabell HOU 29 1.0 51.0 259.7 287.0 21.0 1.0 20.0 8.079
6 Cesar Cedeno HOU 28 0.9 91.0 789.7 832.0 33.0 17.0 79.0 7.075
7 Mike Lum ATL 33 0.5 51.0 378.0 414.0 30.0 1.0 36.0 4.546
8 Tom Hutton MON 33 0.3 25.0 76.0 78.0 11.0 0.0 4.0 2.803
2B 1 Ted Sizemore CHN 34 1.6 96.0 808.7 230.0 312.0 15.0 68.0 12.763
2 Manny Trillo PHI 28 1.3 118.0 1011.7 270.0 368.0 10.0 84.0 12.809
3 Jerry Royster ATL 26 0.9 77.0 605.0 170.0 224.0 7.0 50.0 8.272
4 Mick Kelleher CHN 31 0.8 29.0 180.7 52.0 84.0 3.0 16.0 6.688
5 Ken Oberkfell SLN 23 0.8 117.0 873.3 213.0 323.0 8.0 65.0 7.919
6 Phil Garner PIT 30 0.8 83.0 680.7 175.0 234.0 8.0 58.0 6.060
7 Rennie Stennett PIT 28 0.6 102.0 783.7 172.0 282.0 12.0 63.0 5.231
8 Art Howe HOU 32 0.6 68.0 504.3 126.0 188.0 3.0 33.0 4.567
3B 1 Mike Schmidt PHI 29 2.6 157.0 1344.3 114.0 361.0 23.0 36.0 25.468
2 Darrell Evans SFN 32 2.3 159.0 1386.0 129.0 369.0 30.0 28.0 22.795
3 Jerry Royster ATL 26 1.5 80.0 670.0 91.0 181.0 15.0 12.0 13.524
4 Paul Dade SDN 27 1.1 70.0 583.7 44.0 162.0 11.0 12.0 11.242
5 Barry Evans SDN 23 0.8 53.0 390.7 30.0 108.0 7.0 12.0 7.836
6 Ron Cey LAN 31 0.8 150.0 1182.3 123.0 265.0 9.0 25.0 7.655
7 Phil Garner PIT 30 0.7 78.0 578.0 47.0 144.0 13.0 16.0 6.031
8 Kurt Bevacqua SDN 32 0.6 64.0 471.0 45.0 120.0 8.0 13.0 6.173
SS 1 Ozzie Smith SDN 24 2.6 155.0 1339.0 256.0 555.0 20.0 86.0 25.982
2 Garry Templeton SLN 23 2.3 150.0 1314.7 292.0 525.0 34.0 102.0 22.222
3 Dave Concepcion CIN 31 1.9 148.0 1297.3 284.0 495.0 27.0 102.0 18.449
4 Tim Foli 2 teams 28 1.6 135.0 1167.0 259.0 410.0 15.0 98.0 12.891
5 Chris Speier MON 29 0.8 112.0 949.0 194.0 355.0 17.0 52.0 6.667
6 Mike Phillips SLN 28 0.5 25.0 170.0 33.0 76.0 3.0 11.0 5.016
7 Larry Bowa PHI 33 0.5 146.0 1270.3 229.0 448.0 6.0 80.0 4.934
8 Pepe Frias ATL 30 0.4 137.0 1162.7 229.0 432.0 32.0 79.0 3.568
LF 1 Warren Cromartie MON 25 0.8 158.0 1422.3 344.0 16.0 9.0 4.0 6.744
2 Joel Youngblood NYN 27 0.5 70.0 496.7 133.0 10.0 2.0 1.0 5.260
3 Steve Henderson NYN 26 0.4 94.0 831.7 197.0 6.0 2.0 3.0 4.355
4 Dusty Baker LAN 30 0.3 150.0 1290.7 286.0 15.0 3.0 4.0 3.437
5 Jose Cruz HOU 31 0.3 156.0 1356.7 320.0 10.0 14.0 0.0 2.451
6 Jerry Mumphrey SLN 26 0.3 84.0 501.0 120.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 2.626
7 Bill Robinson PIT 36 0.2 119.0 693.7 156.0 5.0 3.0 0.0 1.915
8 John Milner PIT 29 0.2 64.0 448.3 109.0 2.0 5.0 1.0 1.316
CF 1 Garry Maddox PHI 29 1.4 140.0 1194.3 425.0 12.0 2.0 2.0 13.980
2 Omar Moreno PIT 26 0.8 162.0 1479.3 489.0 8.0 13.0 2.0 6.740
3 Tony Scott SLN 27 0.7 140.0 1234.7 401.0 13.0 7.0 5.0 6.878
4 Cesar Geronimo CIN 31 0.6 118.0 893.3 296.0 11.0 2.0 2.0 6.191
5 Derrel Thomas LAN 28 0.4 119.0 855.7 272.0 10.0 1.0 4.0 4.188
6 Terry Puhl HOU 22 0.4 110.0 955.7 293.0 6.0 0.0 3.0 3.226
7 Cesar Cedeno HOU 28 0.4 40.0 336.0 116.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.172
8 Bill North SFN 31 0.3 130.0 994.3 302.0 8.0 4.0 2.0 2.979
RF 1 Bake McBride PHI 30 1.3 147.0 1211.0 348.0 11.0 4.0 3.0 12.707
2 Dave Winfield SDN 27 0.8 157.0 1385.0 351.0 14.0 5.0 3.0 7.817
3 Reggie Smith LAN 34 0.5 59.0 475.0 141.0 5.0 2.0 0.0 5.134
4 Bobby Murcer CHN 33 0.3 54.0 452.7 108.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 2.294
5 Joel Youngblood NYN 27 0.2 88.0 694.0 165.0 8.0 2.0 2.0 1.858
6 Elliott Maddox NYN 31 0.2 41.0 252.0 70.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 1.818
7 Hector Cruz 2 teams 26 0.2 50.0 228.3 60.0 3.0 0.0 2.0 1.709
8 Mike Anderson PHI 28 0.1 21.0 126.0 38.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.382