1979 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	George Brett	3B-1B	Retired	KC Royals	154	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	17	10	51	36	0	1	4	8	.329	.376	.563	939
2	Don Baylor	OF	Hitting Coach - Arizona Diamondbacks (2013)	California	162	628	120	186	33	3	36	139	22	12	71	51	11	0	12	10	.296	.371	.530	901
3	Jim Rice	LF-OF	Retired	Boston	158	619	117	201	39	6	39	130	9	4	57	97	4	0	8	16	.325	.381	.596	977
4	Fred Lynn	OF-CF	Retired	Boston	147	531	116	177	42	1	39	122	2	2	82	79	4	0	5	9	.333	.423	.637	1060
5	Darrell Porter	C	Deceased	KC Royals	157	533	101	155	23	10	20	112	3	4	121	65	8	4	13	11	.291	.421	.484	905
6	Ken Singleton	OF	Retired	Baltimore	159	570	93	168	29	1	35	111	3	1	109	118	1	1	7	16	.295	.405	.533	938
7	Gorman Thomas	OF	Retired	Milwaukee	156	557	97	136	29	0	45	123	1	5	98	175	2	5	6	8	.244	.356	.539	895
8	Willie Wilson	OF-CF	Bench Coach - Minnesota Twins (2011)	KC Royals	154	588	113	185	18	13	6	49	83	12	28	92	7	13	4	1	.315	.351	.420	771
9	Buddy Bell	3B	Retired	Texas	162	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	5	4	30	45	3	7	10	16	.299	.327	.451	778
10	Roy Smalley	SS	Retired	Minnesota	162	621	94	168	28	3	24	95	2	3	80	80	4	15	9	9	.271	.353	.441	794
11	Cecil Cooper	1B	Retired	Milwaukee	150	590	83	182	44	1	24	106	15	3	56	77	0	6	8	14	.308	.364	.508	872
12	Willie Horton	OF	Retired	Seattle	162	646	77	180	19	5	29	106	1	1	42	112	4	2	2	20	.279	.326	.458	784
13	Sixto Lezcano	OF	Retired	Milwaukee	138	473	84	152	29	3	28	101	4	3	77	74	3	6	7	11	.321	.414	.573	987
14	Carney Lansford	3B	Hitting Coach - Colorado Rockies (2012)	California	157	654	114	188	30	5	19	79	20	8	39	115	3	12	4	16	.287	.329	.436	765
15	Chet Lemon	OF-RF	Retired	Chi White Sox	148	556	79	177	44	2	17	86	7	11	56	68	13	3	4	15	.318	.391	.496	887
16	Ruppert Jones	OF	Retired	Seattle	162	622	109	166	29	9	21	78	33	12	85	78	3	2	4	19	.267	.356	.444	800
17	Paul Molitor	3B-2B	Retired	Milwaukee	140	584	88	188	27	16	9	62	33	13	48	48	2	6	5	9	.322	.372	.469	841
18	Bobby Grich	2B	Retired	California	153	534	78	157	30	5	30	101	1	0	59	84	2	12	2	14	.294	.365	.537	902
19	Steve Kemp	OF	Retired	Detroit	134	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	5	6	68	70	2	2	8	13	.318	.398	.543	941
20	Bruce Bochte	1B-OF	Retired	Seattle	150	554	81	175	38	6	16	100	2	2	67	64	2	3	10	27	.316	.385	.493	878
21	Ron LeFlore	OF	Retired	Detroit	148	600	110	180	22	10	9	57	78	14	52	95	0	0	2	16	.300	.355	.415	770
22	Willie Randolph	2B	Bench Coach - Baltimore Orioles (2011)	NY Yankees	153	574	98	155	15	13	5	61	33	12	95	39	3	5	5	23	.270	.374	.368	742
23	Eddie Murray	1B	Retired	Baltimore	159	606	90	179	30	2	25	99	10	2	72	78	2	1	6	16	.295	.369	.475	844
24	Toby Harrah	3B-SS	Assistant Hitting Coach - Detroit Tigers (2013)	Cleveland	149	527	99	147	25	1	20	77	20	9	89	60	8	7	4	8	.279	.389	.444	833
25	Alfredo Griffin	SS	First Base Coach - Los Angeles Angels (2013)	Toronto	153	624	81	179	22	10	2	31	21	16	40	59	5	16	4	10	.287	.333	.364	697
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Reggie Jackson	OF	Retired	NY Yankees	131	465	78	138	24	2	29	89	9	8	65	107	2	0	5	17	.297	.382	.544	926
27	Bobby Bonds	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	146	538	93	148	24	1	25	85	34	23	74	135	8	4	7	9	.275	.367	.463	830
28	Brian Downing	OF-C	Retired	California	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	3	3	77	57	5	3	2	17	.326	.418	.462	880
29	Lou Whitaker	2B	Retired	Detroit	127	423	75	121	14	8	3	42	20	10	78	66	1	14	4	10	.286	.395	.378	773
30	Ben Oglivie	OF	Hitting Coach - West Michigan (2011)	Milwaukee	139	514	88	145	30	4	29	81	12	5	48	56	2	4	4	11	.282	.343	.525	868
31	Andre Thornton	1B	Retired	Cleveland	143	515	89	120	31	1	26	93	5	4	90	93	4	1	7	8	.233	.347	.449	796
32	Ron Jackson	1B-3B	Retired	Minnesota	159	583	85	158	40	5	14	68	3	1	51	59	9	6	4	14	.271	.337	.429	766
33	Rick Burleson	SS	Hitting Coach - Reno (2012)	Boston	153	627	93	174	32	5	5	60	9	5	35	54	3	9	8	13	.278	.315	.368	683
34	Amos Otis	OF	Retired	KC Royals	151	577	100	170	28	2	18	90	30	5	68	92	3	7	5	12	.295	.369	.444	813
35	Mickey Rivers	OF	Retired	NY Yankees	74	286	37	82	18	5	3	25	3	7	13	21	1	2	5	3	.287	.315	.416	731
		OF	Retired	Texas	58	247	35	74	9	3	6	25	7	2	9	18	1	3	3	2	.300	.323	.433	756
36	Dan Ford	OF	Retired	California	142	569	100	165	26	5	21	101	8	5	40	86	3	3	13	17	.290	.333	.464	797
37	Rob Wilfong	2B	Retired	Minnesota	140	419	71	131	22	6	9	59	11	4	29	54	2	25	10	2	.313	.352	.458	810
38	Rick Bosetti	OF	Retired	Toronto	162	619	59	161	35	2	8	65	13	12	22	70	3	6	7	17	.260	.286	.362	648
39	Al Bumbry	OF	Retired	Baltimore	148	569	80	162	29	1	7	49	37	12	43	74	3	2	4	6	.285	.336	.376	712
40	Bump Wills	2B	Retired	Texas	146	543	90	148	21	3	5	46	35	11	53	58	4	14	3	12	.273	.340	.350	690
41	John Castino	3B-2B	Retired	Minnesota	148	393	49	112	13	8	5	52	5	2	27	72	1	22	2	9	.285	.331	.397	728
42	Al Oliver	OF-1B	Retired	Texas	136	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	4	5	34	34	4	1	7	14	.323	.367	.470	837
43	Wayne Gross	3B	Retired	Oakland	138	442	54	99	19	1	14	50	4	3	72	62	1	3	3	8	.224	.332	.367	699
44	Dwayne Murphy	OF	First Base Coach - Toronto Blue Jays (2013)	Oakland	121	388	57	99	10	4	11	40	15	11	84	80	1	13	3	10	.255	.387	.387	774
45	Butch Wynegar	C	Hitting Coach - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (2012)	Minnesota	149	504	74	136	20	0	7	57	2	2	74	36	2	11	4	13	.270	.363	.351	714
46	Gary Roenicke	OF	Retired	Baltimore	133	376	60	98	16	1	25	64	1	3	61	74	12	1	3	11	.261	.378	.508	886
47	Butch Hobson	3B	Manager - Lancaster (2012)	Boston	146	528	74	138	26	7	28	93	3	2	30	78	0	6	6	23	.261	.298	.496	794
48	Claudell Washington	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	131	471	79	132	33	5	13	66	19	11	28	93	3	2	4	10	.280	.322	.454	776
49	Alan Bannister	OF-2B	Retired	Chi White Sox	136	506	71	144	28	8	2	55	22	6	43	40	3	4	4	9	.285	.342	.383	725
50	Alan Trammell	SS	Bench Coach - Arizona Diamondbacks (2013)	Detroit	142	460	68	127	11	4	6	50	17	14	43	55	0	12	5	6	.276	.335	.357	692
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	John Mayberry	1B	Retired	Toronto	137	464	61	127	22	1	21	74	1	1	69	60	5	1	2	10	.274	.372	.461	833
52	Dave Revering	1B	Retired	Oakland	125	472	63	136	25	5	19	77	1	4	34	65	1	1	5	6	.288	.334	.483	817
53	Dan Meyer	1B-OF	Retired	Seattle	144	525	72	146	21	7	20	74	11	7	29	35	4	6	6	13	.278	.317	.459	776
54	Bucky Dent	SS	Retired	NY Yankees	141	431	47	99	14	2	2	32	0	0	37	30	1	13	8	5	.230	.287	.285	572
55	Jim Spencer	1B	Deceased	NY Yankees	106	295	60	85	15	3	23	53	0	2	38	25	0	1	2	12	.288	.367	.593	960
56	Nelson Norman	SS	Retired	Texas	147	343	36	76	9	3	0	21	4	1	19	41	0	18	3	5	.222	.260	.265	525
57	Julio Cruz	2B	Retired	Seattle	107	414	70	112	16	2	1	29	49	9	62	61	0	4	3	7	.271	.363	.326	689
58	Rick Manning	OF	Retired	Cleveland	144	560	67	145	12	2	3	51	30	8	55	48	1	9	7	13	.259	.323	.304	627
59	Rick Cerone	C	Retired	Toronto	136	469	47	112	27	4	7	61	1	4	37	40	1	3	4	5	.239	.294	.358	652
60	Oscar Gamble	OF	Retired	NY Yankees	36	113	21	44	4	1	11	32	0	0	13	13	0	0	0	1	.389	.452	.735	1187
		OF	Retired	Texas	64	161	27	54	6	0	8	32	2	1	37	15	1	0	2	6	.335	.458	.522	980
61	Carl Yastrzemski	OF-LF	Retired	Boston	147	518	69	140	28	1	21	87	3	3	62	46	2	0	8	12	.270	.346	.450	796
62	Ken Landreaux	OF	Retired	Minnesota	151	564	81	172	27	5	15	83	10	3	37	57	4	10	8	13	.305	.347	.450	797
63	Roy Howell	3B	Hitting Coach - High Desert (2012)	Toronto	138	511	60	126	28	4	15	72	1	4	42	91	6	1	3	12	.247	.310	.405	715
64	Lance Parrish	C	Retired	Detroit	143	493	65	136	26	3	19	65	6	7	49	105	2	3	1	15	.276	.343	.456	799
65	Jim Essian	C	Retired	Oakland	98	313	34	76	16	0	8	40	0	1	25	29	2	3	9	12	.243	.295	.371	666
66	Jason Thompson	1B	Retired	Detroit	145	492	58	121	16	1	20	79	2	0	70	90	1	1	5	15	.246	.338	.404	742
67	Duane Kuiper	2B	Retired	Cleveland	140	479	46	122	9	5	0	39	4	9	37	27	4	8	0	14	.255	.313	.294	607
68	Kiko Garcia	SS-2B	Retired	Baltimore	126	417	54	103	15	9	5	24	11	9	32	87	2	5	1	14	.247	.303	.362	665
69	Gary Alexander	C	Retired	Cleveland	110	358	54	82	9	2	15	54	4	2	46	100	1	3	7	7	.229	.313	.391	704
70	Sal Bando	3B	Retired	Milwaukee	130	476	57	117	14	3	9	43	2	0	57	42	3	6	1	17	.246	.330	.345	675
71	Lee May	1B	Retired	Baltimore	124	456	59	116	15	0	19	69	3	4	28	100	1	2	4	18	.254	.297	.412	709
72	Bob Bailor	OF-SS	Retired	Toronto	130	414	50	95	11	5	1	38	14	8	36	27	6	4	5	6	.229	.297	.287	584
73	Bob Randall	2B	Retired	Minnesota	80	199	25	49	7	0	0	14	2	2	15	17	0	13	0	2	.246	.299	.281	580
74	Bombo Rivera	OF	Retired	Minnesota	112	263	37	74	13	5	2	31	5	5	17	40	0	13	1	6	.281	.324	.392	716
75	Rickey Henderson	LF-OF	Retired	Oakland	89	351	49	96	13	3	1	26	33	11	34	39	2	8	3	4	.274	.338	.336	674
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
76	Graig Nettles	3B	Retired	NY Yankees	145	521	71	132	15	1	20	73	1	2	59	53	0	0	8	14	.253	.325	.401	726
77	Mario Mendoza	SS	Retired	Seattle	148	373	26	74	10	3	1	29	3	0	9	62	1	13	5	12	.198	.216	.249	465
78	Lou Piniella	OF	Retired	NY Yankees	130	461	49	137	22	2	11	69	3	2	17	31	2	3	8	17	.297	.320	.425	745
79	Pat Putnam	1B	Retired	Texas	139	426	57	118	19	2	18	64	1	6	23	50	6	4	6	12	.277	.319	.458	777
80	Willie Aikens	1B	Assistant Coach - Arizona Royals (2013)	California	116	379	59	106	18	0	21	81	1	3	61	79	1	0	6	10	.280	.376	.493	869
81	Carlton Fisk	C	Retired	Boston	91	320	49	87	23	2	10	42	3	0	10	38	6	1	3	9	.272	.304	.450	754
82	Lamar Johnson	1B	Assistant Coach - Coppin State College (2012)	Chi White Sox	133	479	60	148	29	1	12	74	8	2	41	56	2	0	4	23	.309	.363	.449	812
83	Chris Chambliss	1B	Hitting Coach - Seattle Mariners (2012)	NY Yankees	149	554	61	155	27	3	18	63	3	2	34	53	5	1	5	9	.280	.324	.437	761
84	Frank White	2B	Retired	KC Royals	127	467	73	124	26	4	10	48	28	8	25	54	1	3	7	11	.266	.300	.403	703
85	Hal McRae	OF	Retired	KC Royals	101	393	55	113	32	4	10	74	5	4	38	46	4	1	7	6	.288	.351	.466	817
86	Tom Paciorek	OF-1B	Retired	Seattle	103	310	38	89	23	4	6	42	6	4	28	62	5	3	3	6	.287	.353	.445	798
87	Jim Sundberg	C	Retired	Texas	150	495	50	136	23	4	5	64	3	3	51	51	5	5	5	17	.275	.345	.368	713
88	Rich Dauer	2B-3B	Third Base Coach - Colorado Rockies (2012)	Baltimore	142	479	63	123	20	0	9	61	0	1	36	36	1	4	8	15	.257	.305	.355	660
89	Mitchell Page	OF	Deceased	Oakland	133	478	51	118	11	2	9	42	17	16	52	93	3	3	3	9	.247	.323	.335	658
90	Al Cowens	OF	Deceased	KC Royals	136	516	69	152	18	7	9	73	10	8	40	44	3	2	7	12	.295	.345	.409	754
91	Leon Roberts	OF	Hitting Coach - Oklahoma City (2012)	Seattle	140	450	61	122	24	6	15	54	3	3	56	64	2	7	3	8	.271	.352	.451	803
92	Rusty Staub	OF-1B	Retired	Detroit	68	246	32	58	12	1	9	40	1	0	32	18	5	1	4	9	.236	.331	.402	733
93	Rod Carew	1B-2B	Retired	California	110	409	78	130	15	3	3	44	18	8	73	46	0	8	3	9	.318	.419	.391	810
94	Rob Picciolo	SS-2B	Bench Coach - Los Angeles Angels (2013)	Oakland	115	348	37	88	16	2	2	27	2	1	3	45	1	11	0	9	.253	.261	.328	589
95	Dwight Evans	RF-OF	Retired	Boston	152	489	69	134	24	1	21	58	6	9	69	76	1	3	1	14	.274	.364	.456	820
96	Bert Campaneris	SS	Retired	Texas	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	311
		SS	Retired	California	85	239	27	56	4	4	0	15	12	4	19	32	2	11	2	8	.234	.294	.285	579
97	Jerry Morales	OF	Retired	Detroit	129	440	50	93	23	1	14	56	10	4	30	56	2	2	8	15	.211	.260	.364	624
98	Robin Yount	SS-CF	Retired	Milwaukee	149	577	72	154	26	5	8	51	11	8	35	52	1	10	3	15	.267	.308	.371	679
99	Mark Belanger	SS	Deceased	Baltimore	101	198	28	33	6	2	0	9	5	1	29	33	1	11	3	3	.167	.273	.217	490
100	Jeff Newman	C-1B	Retired	Oakland	143	516	53	119	17	2	22	71	2	1	27	88	1	2	6	17	.231	.267	.399	666
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
101	Cliff Johnson	1B-C	Retired	Cleveland	72	240	37	65	10	0	18	61	2	0	24	39	5	0	5	6	.271	.343	.537	880
		1B-C	Retired	NY Yankees	28	64	11	17	6	0	2	6	0	0	10	7	0	1	1	0	.266	.360	.453	813

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