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NL · 80–82 (.494) · Rank 5 · Attendance 1648587

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ivan de Jesus	160	636	180	5	52	24	.283	.724
Bill Buckner	149	591	168	14	66	9	.284	.756
Jerry Martin	150	534	145	19	73	2	.272	.774
Dave Kingman	145	532	153	48	115	4	.288	.956
Steve Ontiveros	152	519	148	4	57	0	.285	.732
Barry Foote	132	429	109	16	56	5	.254	.743
Scot Thompson	128	346	100	2	29	4	.289	.695
Ted Sizemore	98	330	82	2	24	3	.248	.637
Larry Biittner	111	272	79	3	50	1	.290	.732
Bobby Murcer	58	190	49	7	22	2	.258	.774
Mike Vail	87	179	60	7	35	0	.335	.899
Steve Dillard	89	166	47	5	24	1	.283	.773
Mick Kelleher	73	142	36	0	10	2	.254	.592
Tim Blackwell	63	122	20	0	12	0	.164	.543
Ken Henderson	62	81	19	2	8	0	.235	.694
Rick Reuschel	38	79	13	0	6	0	.165	.448
Lynn McGlothen	42	71	16	0	3	0	.225	.504
Dennis Lamp	38	58	9	0	1	0	.155	.355
Mike Krukow	28	51	16	1	8	0	.314	.739
Ken Holtzman	24	43	10	0	1	0	.233	.569
Steve Macko	19	40	9	0	3	0	.225	.545
Miguel Dilone	43	36	11	0	1	15	.306	.648
Bill Caudill	29	17	1	0	0	0	.059	.118
Donnie Moore	39	13	2	0	1	0	.154	.462
Bruce Sutter	62	12	3	0	3	1	.250	.558
Bruce Kimm	9	11	1	0	0	0	.091	.182
Sam Mejias	31	11	2	0	0	0	.182	.490
Gene Clines	10	10	2	0	0	0	.200	.400
Dick Tidrow	63	10	2	0	1	0	.200	.473
Willie Hernandez	52	8	2	0	1	0	.250	.625
Steve Davis	3	4	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
George Riley	4	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Kurt Seibert	7	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ray Burris	14	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500
Dave Geisel	7	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Karl Pagel	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Doug Capilla	13	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Rick Reuschel	18	12	3.62	36	0	125	1.364
Lynn McGlothen	13	14	4.12	42	2	147	1.373
Dennis Lamp	11	10	3.50	38	0	86	1.343
Mike Krukow	9	9	4.21	28	0	119	1.536
Ken Holtzman	6	9	4.59	23	0	44	1.581
Dick Tidrow	11	5	2.72	63	4	68	1.247
Bruce Sutter	6	6	2.22	62	37	110	.977
Bill Caudill	1	7	4.80	29	0	104	1.444
Willie Hernandez	4	4	5.01	51	0	53	1.570
Donnie Moore	1	4	5.18	39	1	43	1.644
Ray Burris	0	0	6.23	14	0	14	1.754
Doug Capilla	0	1	2.60	13	0	10	1.212
Dave Geisel	0	0	0.60	7	0	5	.933
George Riley	0	1	5.54	4	0	5	1.692

Schedule (162 games)

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