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Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Enos Cabell	155	603	164	6	67	37	.272	.667
Terry Puhl	157	600	172	8	49	30	.287	.729
Jose Cruz	157	558	161	9	72	36	.289	.788
Craig Reynolds	146	555	147	0	39	12	.265	.625
Cesar Cedeno	132	470	123	6	54	30	.262	.722
Jeffrey Leonard	134	411	119	0	47	23	.290	.710
Art Howe	118	355	88	6	33	3	.248	.668
Alan Ashby	108	336	68	2	35	0	.202	.539
Rafael Landestoy	129	282	76	0	30	13	.270	.682
Julio Gonzalez	68	181	45	0	10	2	.249	.578
Bob Watson	49	163	39	3	18	0	.239	.623
Denny Walling	82	147	48	3	31	3	.327	.891
Bruce Bochy	56	129	28	1	6	0	.217	.565
J. R. Richard	38	95	12	2	6	0	.126	.355
Joe Niekro	38	83	10	0	4	0	.120	.285
Luis Pujols	26	75	17	0	8	0	.227	.527
Ken Forsch	26	58	8	0	3	0	.138	.349
Joaquin Andujar	46	57	5	2	7	0	.088	.328
Jesus Alou	42	43	11	0	10	0	.256	.696
Jimmy Sexton	52	43	9	0	1	1	.209	.529
Rick Williams	31	31	8	0	0	0	.258	.614
Reggie Baldwin	14	20	4	0	1	0	.200	.450
Vern Ruhle	13	19	1	0	0	0	.053	.205
Dave Bergman	13	15	6	1	2	0	.400	1.000
Randy Niemann	26	15	2	0	0	0	.133	.321
Danny Heep	14	14	2	0	2	0	.143	.319
Joe Sambito	63	7	2	0	2	0	.286	1.012
Alan Knicely	7	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.250
Frank Riccelli	11	6	2	0	3	0	.333	.833
Tom Wiedenbauer	4	6	4	0	2	0	.667	1.500
Frank LaCorte	12	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
George Throop	14	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Bert Roberge	26	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tom Dixon	19	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Pete Ladd	10	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Bo McLaughlin	12	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mike Mendoza	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gordie Pladson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Sprowl	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Wilson	6	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
J. R. Richard	18	13	2.71	38	0	313	1.088
Joe Niekro	21	11	3.00	38	0	119	1.244
Joaquin Andujar	12	12	3.43	46	4	77	1.320
Ken Forsch	11	6	3.04	26	0	58	1.069
Rick Williams	4	7	3.26	31	0	37	1.253
Joe Sambito	8	7	1.77	63	22	83	1.128
Randy Niemann	3	2	3.76	26	1	24	1.343
Vern Ruhle	2	6	4.07	13	0	33	1.085
Bert Roberge	3	0	1.69	26	4	13	1.156
Frank LaCorte	1	2	5.00	12	0	24	1.148
Tom Dixon	1	2	6.66	19	0	9	2.104
George Throop	1	0	3.22	14	0	15	1.522
Frank Riccelli	2	2	4.09	11	0	20	1.818
Bo McLaughlin	1	2	5.51	12	0	12	1.592
Pete Ladd	1	1	2.92	10	0	6	1.297
Gary Wilson	0	0	12.27	6	0	6	2.864
Gordie Pladson	0	0	4.50	4	0	2	2.750
Bobby Sprowl	0	0	0.00	3	0	3	.750
Mike Mendoza	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	.000

Schedule (162 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1979-04-06	vs ATL	W 2–1
1979-04-07	vs ATL	W 6–0
1979-04-08	vs ATL	W 2–0
1979-04-09	vs LAN	L 1–2
1979-04-10	vs LAN	W 2–1
1979-04-11	vs LAN	W 10–3
1979-04-13	@ SFN	L 7–8
1979-04-14	@ SFN	L 1–2
1979-04-15	@ SFN	W 4–3
1979-04-15	@ SFN	W 9–1
1979-04-16	@ LAN	W 4–0
1979-04-17	@ LAN	L 6–10
1979-04-18	@ LAN	W 4–0
1979-04-20	vs PIT	W 5–4
1979-04-21	vs PIT	W 5–4
1979-04-22	vs PIT	W 3–2
1979-04-25	@ CHN	L 0–4
1979-04-26	@ CHN	W 6–2
1979-04-27	@ PIT	W 9–8
1979-04-29	@ PIT	L 5–10
1979-04-30	@ SLN	W 6–5
1979-05-01	@ SLN	L 6–7
1979-05-02	@ SLN	L 2–5
1979-05-03	@ SLN	W 4–1
1979-05-04	@ CIN	L 5–6
1979-05-05	@ CIN	L 2–6
1979-05-06	@ CIN	L 5–17
1979-05-06	@ CIN	W 8–2
1979-05-08	vs SLN	L 1–4
1979-05-09	vs SLN	W 5–4
1979-05-10	vs SLN	L 1–3
1979-05-11	vs CHN	L 3–5
1979-05-12	vs CHN	W 11–3
1979-05-12	vs CHN	L 0–2
1979-05-13	vs CHN	W 3–0
1979-05-15	vs SFN	L 1–8
1979-05-16	vs SFN	L 4–8
1979-05-17	vs SFN	L 0–3
1979-05-18	vs SDN	W 3–2
1979-05-19	vs SDN	L 2–4
1979-05-20	vs SDN	W 1–0
1979-05-20	vs SDN	W 6–3
1979-05-21	@ ATL	L 5–7
1979-05-22	@ ATL	W 4–1
1979-05-23	@ ATL	L 5–6
1979-05-25	@ SDN	L 1–2
1979-05-26	@ SDN	W 9–0
1979-05-27	@ SDN	W 4–2
1979-05-28	@ SDN	L 4–5
1979-05-29	vs CIN	W 2–1
1979-05-30	vs CIN	W 6–3
1979-05-31	vs CIN	W 3–0
1979-06-01	vs MON	W 3–2
1979-06-02	vs MON	W 2–1
1979-06-03	vs MON	W 5–4
1979-06-04	vs PHI	W 3–0
1979-06-05	vs PHI	L 0–8
1979-06-06	vs PHI	W 4–3
1979-06-08	@ NYN	W 5–0
1979-06-09	@ NYN	L 0–4
1979-06-10	@ NYN	W 5–3
1979-06-11	@ PHI	L 2–4
1979-06-12	@ PHI	L 0–4
1979-06-13	@ PHI	W 4–3
1979-06-15	@ MON	W 2–1
1979-06-16	@ MON	L 2–4
1979-06-17	@ MON	L 3–19
1979-06-18	vs NYN	W 3–2
1979-06-19	vs NYN	W 3–1
1979-06-20	vs NYN	W 5–4
1979-06-22	vs SDN	W 2–1
1979-06-23	vs SDN	W 3–2
1979-06-24	vs SDN	W 4–1
1979-06-25	vs CIN	L 1–2
1979-06-25	vs CIN	W 4–0
1979-06-26	vs CIN	W 6–5
1979-06-27	@ SFN	L 3–6
1979-06-28	@ SFN	W 6–5
1979-06-29	@ SDN	W 4–1
1979-06-30	@ SDN	W 3–0
1979-07-01	@ SDN	W 4–1
1979-07-03	@ CIN	W 3–2
1979-07-04	@ CIN	W 3–2
1979-07-05	@ CIN	L 4–5
1979-07-06	@ CHN	W 4–2
1979-07-07	@ CHN	L 0–6
1979-07-07	@ CHN	L 3–8
1979-07-08	@ CHN	L 0–10
1979-07-10	vs PIT	L 3–4
1979-07-11	vs PIT	L 1–5
1979-07-12	vs PIT	L 3–5
1979-07-13	vs SLN	L 0–1
1979-07-14	vs SLN	W 3–2
1979-07-15	vs SLN	L 1–3
1979-07-19	@ PIT	L 5–9
1979-07-19	@ PIT	L 2–4
1979-07-20	@ PIT	L 3–9
1979-07-21	@ PIT	L 5–6
1979-07-22	@ SLN	W 7–6
1979-07-23	@ SLN	W 3–2
1979-07-24	vs CHN	W 6–1
1979-07-25	vs CHN	W 6–4
1979-07-26	vs LAN	L 5–6
1979-07-27	vs LAN	L 7–11
1979-07-28	vs LAN	W 5–2
1979-07-29	vs LAN	W 4–3
1979-07-30	vs SFN	L 0–8
1979-07-31	vs SFN	W 6–4
1979-08-01	vs SFN	W 5–4
1979-08-03	vs ATL	W 4–1
1979-08-04	vs ATL	W 4–3
1979-08-04	vs ATL	W 6–2
1979-08-05	vs ATL	W 3–2
1979-08-07	@ LAN	L 8–10
1979-08-08	@ LAN	W 4–1
1979-08-09	@ LAN	L 3–4
1979-08-10	@ ATL	W 2–1
1979-08-12	@ ATL	L 2–3
1979-08-13	vs MON	W 4–1
1979-08-14	vs MON	W 2–1
1979-08-15	vs MON	L 0–3
1979-08-17	vs PHI	L 2–5
1979-08-18	vs PHI	L 0–1
1979-08-19	vs PHI	L 2–3
1979-08-20	@ NYN	W 8–1
1979-08-21	@ NYN	L 0–5
1979-08-22	@ NYN	W 3–1
1979-08-24	@ PHI	L 3–5
1979-08-25	@ PHI	W 3–1
1979-08-26	@ PHI	W 4–1
1979-08-27	@ MON	W 3–0
1979-08-28	@ MON	L 6–7
1979-08-29	@ MON	L 3–5
1979-08-31	vs NYN	W 2–0
1979-09-01	vs NYN	W 3–1
1979-09-02	vs NYN	L 4–5
1979-09-03	vs LAN	L 0–1
1979-09-04	vs LAN	W 9–4
1979-09-05	vs SDN	W 4–3
1979-09-06	vs SDN	W 2–0
1979-09-07	vs SFN	L 2–9
1979-09-08	vs SFN	L 1–2
1979-09-09	vs SFN	W 4–1
1979-09-11	@ CIN	L 8–9
1979-09-12	@ CIN	L 4–7
1979-09-14	@ SFN	W 7–0
1979-09-15	@ SFN	L 3–5
1979-09-16	@ SFN	L 1–2
1979-09-17	@ SDN	W 1–0
1979-09-18	@ SDN	L 0–4
1979-09-19	vs ATL	L 5–6
1979-09-20	vs ATL	W 7–1
1979-09-21	vs CIN	W 3–2
1979-09-22	vs CIN	W 4–1
1979-09-23	vs CIN	L 1–7
1979-09-24	@ ATL	L 4–5
1979-09-24	@ ATL	L 1–8
1979-09-25	@ ATL	W 8–0
1979-09-26	@ ATL	L 4–9
1979-09-28	@ LAN	L 5–6
1979-09-29	@ LAN	W 3–0
1979-09-30	@ LAN	W 3–2