which designated hitter had the most total bases plus rbis in 1979

Willie Horton had the most total bases + RBIs by a designated hitter in 1979, with 402.

	NAME	TB+RBI	TB	RBI	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Willie Horton W. Horton	402	296	106	1979	SEA	162	646	77	180	19	5	29	42	4	112	1	1	696	53	2	2	4	20	.279	.326	.458	.784	93	11.8	.345	108	6.4
2	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	320	233	87	1979	BOS	147	518	69	140	28	1	21	62	2	46	3	3	590	50	0	8	8	12	.270	.346	.450	.796	80	11.6	.349	105	3.6
3	Lee May L. May	257	188	69	1979	BAL	124	456	59	116	15	0	19	28	1	100	3	4	491	34	2	4	4	18	.254	.297	.412	.709	53	-4.8	.312	92	-4.6
4	Hal McRae H. McRae	257	183	74	1979	KCR	101	393	55	113	32	4	10	38	4	46	5	4	443	46	1	7	0	6	.288	.351	.466	.816	64	12.8	.360	118	9.8
5	Rico Carty R. Carty	235	180	55	1979	TOR	132	461	48	118	26	0	12	46	1	45	3	1	512	38	0	4	4	21	.256	.322	.390	.713	57	-2.3	.318	88	-7.5
6	Oscar Gamble O. Gamble	231	167	64	1979	TOT	100	274	48	98	10	1	19	50	1	28	2	1	327	30	0	2	12	7	.358	.456	.609	1.065	72	33.9	.456	183	33
7	Jim Spencer J. Spencer	228	175	53	1979	NYY	106	295	60	85	15	3	23	38	0	25	0	2	336	41	1	2	11	12	.288	.367	.593	.960	61	21.7	.405	151	21
8	Cliff Johnson C. Johnson	225	158	67	1979	TOT	100	304	48	82	16	0	20	34	5	46	2	0	350	36	1	6	5	6	.270	.347	.520	.866	54	13.6	.373	129	12.3
9	Mitchell Page M. Page	202	160	42	1979	OAK	133	478	51	118	11	2	9	52	3	93	17	16	539	22	3	3	5	9	.247	.323	.335	.657	52	-10.6	.299	84	-10.4
10	John Ellis J. Ellis	199	138	61	1979	TEX	111	316	33	90	12	0	12	15	2	55	2	2	337	24	0	4	1	3	.285	.318	.437	.754	42	2.3	.333	103	1.3
11	Jorge Orta J. Orta	188	142	46	1979	CWS	113	325	49	85	18	3	11	44	1	33	1	5	377	32	3	4	2	6	.262	.348	.437	.785	51	7.4	.349	112	5.3
12	Rusty Staub R. Staub	188	134	54	1979	TOT	106	332	41	81	15	1	12	46	5	28	1	0	389	28	1	5	4	12	.244	.340	.404	.744	48	2.6	.332	100	0.1
13	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	186	144	42	1979	BOS	91	320	49	87	23	2	10	10	6	38	3	0	340	35	1	3	0	9	.272	.304	.450	.754	42	2.1	.332	94	-2.6
14	Dick Davis D. Davis	181	140	41	1979	MIL	91	335	51	89	13	1	12	16	0	46	3	3	353	26	1	1	0	10	.266	.298	.418	.716	40	-1.7	.318	94	-2.8
15	Don Money D. Money	161	123	38	1979	MIL	92	350	52	83	20	1	6	40	2	47	1	0	402	27	6	4	0	10	.237	.316	.351	.667	41	-6.2	.305	85	-7.5
16	Wayne Nordhagen W. Nordhagen	115	90	25	1979	CWS	76	193	20	54	15	0	7	13	0	22	0	0	207	22	0	1	2	9	.280	.324	.466	.790	28	3.5	.345	109	2.3
17	Danny Goodwin D. Goodwin	106	79	27	1979	MIN	58	159	22	46	8	5	5	11	0	23	0	0	172	18	2	0	1	5	.289	.335	.497	.832	25	5.3	.363	118	3.8
18	Jose Morales J. Morales	91	64	27	1979	MIN	92	191	21	51	5	1	2	14	2	27	0	0	214	8	4	3	5	10	.267	.319	.335	.654	19	-6	.288	70	-8
19	Tony Solaita T. Solaita	82	62	20	1979	TOT	65	144	19	39	12	1	3	28	0	32	0	0	174	16	0	2	0	2	.271	.385	.431	.816	26	6.1	.368	124	4.9
20	Larry Hisle L. Hisle	57	43	14	1979	MIL	26	96	18	27	7	0	3	11	0	19	1	0	108	10	0	1	2	4	.281	.352	.448	.800	15	2.2	.350	114	1.9
21	Craig Kusick C. Kusick	57	44	13	1979	TOT	47	108	11	24	5	0	5	10	1	18	0	0	120	10	0	1	0	3	.222	.292	.407	.699	13	-1.1	.312	84	-2.3
22	Terry Crowley T. Crowley	38	30	8	1979	BAL	61	63	8	20	5	1	1	14	1	13	0	0	78	7	0	0	2	2	.317	.449	.476	.925	14	5.3	.411	156	5.4
23	Merv Rettenmund M. Rettenmund	35	25	10	1979	CAL	35	76	7	20	2	0	1	11	1	14	1	0	90	3	1	1	1	3	.263	.360	.329	.688	10	-0.5	.317	94	-0.6
24	Darryl Jones D. Jones	25	19	6	1979	NYY	18	47	6	12	5	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	51	6	2	0	0	1	.255	.286	.404	.690	5	-0.8	.304	86	-0.9
25	Wayne Cage W. Cage	24	18	6	1979	CLE	29	56	6	13	2	0	1	5	0	16	0	2	61	3	0	0	0	1	.232	.295	.321	.617	5	-2	.283	70	-2.2

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