1979 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Keith Hernandez	.344 (.34426)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Pete Rose	.331 (.33121)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Ray Knight	.318 (.31760)	Cincinnati Reds	3
Steve Garvey	.315 (.31481)	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Bob Horner	.314 (.31417)	Atlanta Braves	5
Garry Templeton	.314 (.31399)	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Dave Parker	.310 (.31029)	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Dave Winfield	.308 (.30821)	San Diego Padres	8
Larry Parrish	.307 (.30699)	Montreal Expos	9
Gary Matthews	.304 (.30428)	Atlanta Braves	10
Lee Mazzilli	.303 (.30318)	New York Mets	11
George Foster	.302 (.30227)	Cincinnati Reds	12
George Hendrick	.300 (.30020)	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Bill Madlock	.298 (.29821)	San Francisco Giants	14
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Phil Garner	.293 (.29326)	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Jose Cruz	.289 (.28853)	Houston Astros	16
Tim Foli	.288 (.28759)	New York Mets	17
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Dave Kingman	.288 (.28759)	Chicago Cubs
Terry Puhl	.287 (.28667)	Houston Astros	19
Steve Ontiveros	.285 (.28516)	Chicago Cubs	20
Bill Buckner	.284 (.28426)	Chicago Cubs	21
Ted Simmons	.283 (.28348)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Gary Carter	.283 (.28317)	Montreal Expos	23
Ivan DeJesus	.283 (.28302)	Chicago Cubs	24
Omar Moreno	.282 (.28201)	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.