Fred Lynn had the highest wRC+ in 1979, with 174 wRC+.

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highest wrc+ with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player 1979

	NAME	wRC+	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	BRAA
1	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	174	1979	BOS	147	531	116	177	42	1	39	122	82	4	79	2	2	622	338	82	0	5	4	9	.333	.423	.637	1.059	138	65	.456	56.5
2	Sixto Lezcano S. Lezcano	165	1979	MIL	138	473	84	152	29	3	28	101	77	3	74	4	3	566	271	60	6	7	5	11	.321	.414	.573	.987	113	46.6	.428	44.9
3	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	160	1979	SDP	159	597	97	184	27	10	34	118	85	2	71	15	9	686	333	71	0	2	24	9	.308	.395	.558	.953	125	45.1	.407	49
4	George Foster G. Foster	157	1979	CIN	121	440	68	133	18	3	30	98	59	3	105	0	2	505	247	51	0	3	7	11	.302	.386	.561	.948	93	34.5	.410	33.8
5	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	156	1979	STL	161	610	116	210	48	11	11	105	80	1	78	11	6	698	313	70	0	7	5	9	.344	.417	.513	.930	129	47.1	.409	46.2
6	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	153	1979	BAL	159	570	93	168	29	1	35	111	109	1	118	3	1	688	304	65	1	7	16	16	.295	.405	.533	.938	125	44.6	.406	44.9
7	Jim Rice J. Rice	152	1979	BOS	158	619	117	201	39	6	39	130	57	4	97	9	4	688	369	84	0	8	4	16	.325	.381	.596	.977	133	53	.421	43.7
8	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	151	1979	PHI	160	541	109	137	25	4	45	114	120	3	115	9	5	675	305	74	2	9	12	13	.253	.386	.564	.950	123	44.3	.407	41
9	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	150	1979	NYY	131	465	78	138	24	2	29	89	65	2	107	9	8	537	253	55	0	5	3	17	.297	.382	.544	.926	97	33.9	.404	32.9
10	Steve Kemp S. Kemp	149	1979	DET	134	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	68	2	70	5	6	570	266	55	2	8	2	13	.318	.398	.543	.941	106	39.3	.411	34.2
11	Larry Parrish L. Parrish	146	1979	MON	153	544	83	167	39	2	30	82	41	2	101	5	1	595	300	71	7	1	11	8	.307	.357	.551	.909	101	31.9	.392	32.5
12	George Brett G. Brett	145	1979	KCR	154	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	51	0	36	17	10	701	363	85	1	4	14	8	.329	.376	.563	.939	125	43.6	.402	38.9
13	Ron Cey R. Cey	145	1979	LAD	150	487	77	137	20	1	28	81	86	2	85	3	3	579	243	49	0	4	8	11	.281	.389	.499	.888	98	30.2	.390	30.8
14	Brian Downing B. Downing	145	1979	CAL	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	77	5	57	3	3	596	235	42	3	2	4	17	.326	.418	.462	.880	103	33.6	.395	32.4
15	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	144	1979	CHC	145	532	97	153	19	5	48	115	45	4	131	4	2	589	326	72	0	8	7	7	.288	.343	.613	.956	107	38.3	.406	30.7
16	Gene Tenace G. Tenace	144	1979	SDP	151	463	61	122	16	4	20	67	105	7	106	2	6	582	206	40	1	6	4	7	.263	.403	.445	.848	95	26.6	.382	29.9
17	Darrell Porter D. Porter	143	1979	KCR	157	533	101	155	23	10	20	112	121	8	65	3	4	679	258	53	4	13	8	11	.291	.421	.484	.905	120	40.6	.399	36.1
18	Don Baylor D. Baylor	142	1979	CAL	162	628	120	186	33	3	36	139	71	11	51	22	12	722	333	72	0	12	6	10	.296	.371	.530	.901	123	38.6	.392	37.2
19	Dave Parker D. Parker	142	1979	PIT	158	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	67	9	101	20	4	707	327	77	0	9	14	7	.310	.380	.526	.906	120	37.6	.391	35
20	Bobby Grich B. Grich	141	1979	CAL	153	534	78	157	30	5	30	101	59	2	84	1	0	609	287	65	12	2	10	14	.294	.365	.537	.903	103	32	.390	30.9
21	Chet Lemon C. Lemon	139	1979	CWS	148	556	79	177	44	2	17	86	56	13	68	7	11	632	276	63	3	4	6	15	.318	.391	.496	.887	108	33.8	.392	30.4
22	Gorman Thomas G. Thomas	139	1979	MIL	156	557	97	136	29	0	45	123	98	2	175	1	5	668	300	74	5	6	6	8	.244	.356	.539	.895	111	33.5	.387	31.5
23	Lee Mazzilli L. Mazzilli	137	1979	NYM	158	597	78	181	34	4	15	79	93	0	74	34	12	693	268	53	0	3	5	6	.303	.395	.449	.844	111	29.8	.378	30.4
24	Bob Horner B. Horner	134	1979	ATL	121	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	22	3	74	0	2	515	269	49	0	3	6	9	.314	.346	.552	.898	86	26.4	.389	20.9
25	Pete Rose P. Rose	134	1979	PHI	163	628	90	208	40	5	4	59	95	2	32	20	11	730	270	49	0	5	10	18	.331	.418	.430	.848	118	32.7	.381	29.2

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