who led the nl in batting average in 1979

Keith Hernandez had the highest batting average in the NL in 1979, with an average of .344.

Interpreted as:

Who led the nl in batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game in 1979?

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	.344	1979	STL	161	610	116	210	48	11	11	105	80	1	78	11	6	698	313	70	0	7	5	9	.417	.513	.930	129	47.1	.409	156	46.2
2	Pete Rose P. Rose	.331	1979	PHI	163	628	90	208	40	5	4	59	95	2	32	20	11	730	270	49	0	5	10	18	.418	.430	.848	118	32.7	.381	134	29.2
3	Ray Knight R. Knight	.318	1979	CIN	150	551	64	175	37	4	10	79	38	3	57	4	4	604	250	51	4	8	4	20	.360	.454	.814	87	16.6	.359	122	15.8
4	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	.315	1979	LAD	162	648	92	204	32	1	28	110	37	2	59	3	6	697	322	61	4	6	16	25	.351	.497	.848	104	22.9	.365	129	23.6
5	Bob Horner B. Horner	.314	1979	ATL	121	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	22	3	74	0	2	515	269	49	0	3	6	9	.346	.552	.898	86	26.4	.389	134	20.9
6	Garry Templeton G. Templeton	.314	1979	STL	154	672	105	211	32	19	9	62	18	1	91	26	10	696	308	60	2	3	4	8	.331	.458	.790	93	11.9	.346	113	11
7	Dave Parker D. Parker	.310	1979	PIT	158	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	67	9	101	20	4	707	327	77	0	9	14	7	.380	.526	.906	120	37.6	.391	142	35
8	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	.308	1979	SDP	159	597	97	184	27	10	34	118	85	2	71	15	9	686	333	71	0	2	24	9	.395	.558	.953	125	45.1	.407	160	49
9	Larry Parrish L. Parrish	.307	1979	MON	153	544	83	167	39	2	30	82	41	2	101	5	1	595	300	71	7	1	11	8	.357	.551	.909	101	31.9	.392	146	32.5
10	Gary Matthews G. Matthews	.304	1979	ATL	156	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	60	0	75	18	6	695	317	66	1	3	5	6	.363	.502	.865	112	30.7	.380	128	23.3
11	Lee Mazzilli L. Mazzilli	.303	1979	NYM	158	597	78	181	34	4	15	79	93	0	74	34	12	693	268	53	0	3	5	6	.395	.449	.844	111	29.8	.378	137	30.4
12	George Foster G. Foster	.302	1979	CIN	121	440	68	133	18	3	30	98	59	3	105	0	2	505	247	51	0	3	7	11	.386	.561	.948	93	34.5	.410	157	33.8
13	George Hendrick G. Hendrick	.300	1979	STL	140	493	67	148	27	1	16	75	49	0	62	2	3	548	225	44	0	6	5	17	.359	.456	.816	79	15.5	.360	123	14.8
14	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	.298	1979	TOT	154	560	85	167	26	5	14	85	52	1	41	32	11	623	245	45	3	7	11	17	.355	.438	.792	84	11.5	.347	115	10.8
15	Phil Garner P. Garner	.293	1979	PIT	150	549	76	161	32	8	11	59	55	3	74	17	8	612	242	51	2	3	15	6	.359	.441	.800	83	12	.349	114	9.8
16	Jose Cruz J. Cruz	.289	1979	HOU	157	558	73	161	33	7	9	72	72	0	66	36	14	636	235	49	1	5	16	5	.367	.421	.788	85	10.9	.346	120	15.3
17	Tim Foli T. Foli	.288	1979	TOT	136	532	70	153	23	1	1	65	28	9	14	6	5	594	181	25	19	6	0	8	.330	.340	.671	61	-8.4	.306	85	-10.6
18	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	.288	1979	CHC	145	532	97	153	19	5	48	115	45	4	131	4	2	589	326	72	0	8	7	7	.343	.613	.956	107	38.3	.406	144	30.7
19	Terry Puhl T. Puhl	.287	1979	HOU	157	600	87	172	22	4	8	49	58	4	46	30	22	672	226	34	8	2	8	7	.352	.377	.729	81	2.1	.328	108	6.7
20	Steve Ontiveros S. Ontiveros	.285	1979	CHC	152	519	58	148	28	2	4	57	58	7	68	0	1	590	192	34	1	5	7	19	.362	.370	.732	72	3.1	.331	93	-4.6
21	Bill Buckner B. Buckner	.284	1979	CHC	149	591	72	168	34	7	14	66	30	2	28	9	4	628	258	55	1	4	6	16	.319	.437	.756	77	3.3	.331	93	-4.8
22	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	.283	1979	STL	123	448	68	127	22	0	26	87	61	4	34	0	1	521	227	48	0	8	22	10	.369	.507	.875	80	19.3	.371	130	18.6
23	Gary Carter G. Carter	.283	1979	MON	141	505	74	143	26	5	22	75	40	5	62	3	2	559	245	53	2	7	3	11	.338	.485	.823	81	15.7	.360	125	16.3
24	Ivan De Jesus I. De Jesus	.283	1979	CHC	160	636	92	180	26	10	5	52	59	2	82	24	20	716	241	41	17	2	1	9	.345	.379	.724	86	2.2	.328	92	-7.1
25	Omar Moreno O. Moreno	.282	1979	PIT	162	695	110	196	21	12	8	69	51	3	104	77	21	757	265	41	6	2	9	7	.333	.381	.714	85	-3.7	.318	93	-6.4

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