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NL · 66–94 (.412) · Rank 6 · Attendance 769465

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Gary Matthews	156	631	192	27	90	18	.304	.865
Jerry Royster	154	601	164	3	51	35	.273	.686
Bob Horner	121	487	153	33	98	0	.314	.898
Pepe Frias	140	475	123	1	44	3	.259	.610
Jeff Burroughs	116	397	89	11	47	2	.224	.695
Dale Murphy	104	384	106	21	57	6	.276	.809
Barry Bonnell	127	375	97	12	45	8	.259	.735
Glenn Hubbard	97	325	75	3	29	0	.231	.585
Rowland Office	124	277	69	2	37	5	.249	.656
Joe Nolan	89	230	57	4	21	1	.248	.698
Mike Lum	111	217	54	6	27	0	.249	.663
Bruce Benedict	76	204	46	0	15	1	.225	.610
Phil Niekro	44	123	24	0	12	0	.195	.457
Darrel Chaney	63	117	19	0	10	2	.162	.482
Eddie Miller	27	113	35	0	5	15	.310	.669
Charlie Spikes	66	93	26	3	21	0	.280	.772
Eddie Solomon	32	64	13	0	4	0	.203	.465
Rick Matula	28	53	5	0	0	0	.094	.205
Biff Pocoroba	28	38	12	0	4	1	.316	.843
Larry Whisenton	13	37	9	0	1	1	.243	.651
Tony Brizzolara	20	35	1	0	1	0	.029	.108
Mickey Mahler	26	27	3	0	3	0	.111	.291
Larry McWilliams	13	24	5	0	1	0	.208	.523
Bob Beall	17	15	2	0	1	0	.133	.530
Mike Macha	6	13	2	0	1	0	.154	.368
Joey McLaughlin	37	11	2	0	0	0	.182	.455
Brian Asselstine	8	10	1	0	0	0	.100	.282
Gene Garber	68	10	3	0	1	0	.300	.762
Adrian Devine	40	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jim Wessinger	10	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.125
Preston Hanna	6	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143
Bo McLaughlin	37	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tommy Boggs	3	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Craig Skok	44	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250
Rick Mahler	15	2	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000
Larry Bradford	21	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Frank LaCorte	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jamie Easterly	4	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Phil Niekro	21	20	3.39	44	0	208	1.240
Eddie Solomon	7	14	4.21	31	0	96	1.263
Rick Matula	8	10	4.15	28	0	67	1.500
Tony Brizzolara	6	9	5.28	20	0	64	1.547
Gene Garber	6	16	4.33	68	25	56	1.368
Mickey Mahler	5	11	5.85	26	0	71	1.700
Joey McLaughlin	5	3	2.48	37	5	40	1.275
Adrian Devine	1	2	3.24	40	0	22	1.635
Larry McWilliams	3	2	5.56	13	0	32	1.372
Craig Skok	1	3	3.98	44	2	30	1.380
Bo McLaughlin	1	1	4.89	37	0	45	1.591
Preston Hanna	1	1	2.96	6	0	15	1.726
Rick Mahler	0	0	6.14	15	0	12	1.773
Larry Bradford	1	0	0.95	21	2	11	1.105
Tommy Boggs	0	2	6.39	3	0	1	1.974
Frank LaCorte	0	0	7.56	6	0	6	1.680
Jamie Easterly	0	0	13.50	4	0	3	3.750

Schedule (160 games)

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