Saturday April 11, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 11, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
California       147   35    50   11    5    3    32    4    1   15    17  .340
Minnesota        112   26    38    5    1    4    22    2    0    8    12  .339
Milwaukee        139   13    37   10    0    2    13    4    0   13    31  .266
Boston           141   14    37    8    1    0    13    2    0   17    19  .262
Washington       166   19    43    3    1    4    18    0    0   24    40  .259
Baltimore        168   32    43   12    0    5    30    8    1   35    38  .256
Detroit          166   17    40    6    1    2    14    2    0   30    32  .241
Kansas City      161   19    36    9    3    3    16    5    1   13    28  .224
Chicago          130   13    29    7    1    2    13    4    0   16    22  .223
Oakland          130    9    26    4    2    4     9    7    1   20    29  .200
New York          92    7    17    1    0    2     7    3    0   16    22  .185
Cleveland        118    8    17    3    1    4     8    1    0   13    30  .144

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Brinkman (WAS)         5   18    2    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .500
Davey Johnson (BAL)       5   16    3    8   3   0   1    5   1   0    6    1  .500
Bill Melton (CHI)         4   14    1    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .500
Bill Voss (CAL)           4   14    6    7   2   2   0    8   1   0    5    0  .500
Sandy Alomar (CAL)        4   19    6    9   1   0   0    0   3   1    1    1  .474
Steve Hovley (MIL)        4   17    2    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    1    1  .471
Luis Aparicio (CHI)       4   15    5    7   2   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .467
Danny Walton (MIL)        4   18    2    8   2   0   2    6   1   0    0    5  .444
Jerry Moses (BOS)         4   14    1    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .429
Frank Robinson (BAL)      4   14    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .429

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave May               1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Davey Johnson          5   16    3    8   3   0   1    5   1   0    6    1  .500
Terry Crowley          2    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Frank Robinson         4   14    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .429
Andy Etchebarren       4    8    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .375
Brooks Robinson        5   20    1    7   2   0   0    5   1   0    3    2  .350
Paul Blair             5   19    7    5   2   0   0    3   5   0    5    6  .263
Don Buford             5   17    5    4   1   0   2    5   0   1    4    4  .235
Mark Belanger          5   22    0    3   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    6  .136
Boog Powell            5   19    4    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    5  .105
Ellie Hendricks        4   10    2    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .000
Curt Motton            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Merv Rettenmund        2    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dick Schofield         3    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Jerry Moses            4   14    1    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .429
Carl Yastrzemski       4   17    2    7   2   0   0    1   2   0    2    1  .412
Tony Conigliaro        4   12    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .333
George Scott           4   15    2    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    3    0  .267
Reggie Smith           4   19    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .263
Luis Alvarado          4   15    2    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .200
Rico Petrocelli        4   18    1    3   3   0   0    4   0   0    0    4  .167
Mike Andrews           4   15    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .067
Mike Derrick           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Voss              4   14    6    7   2   2   0    8   1   0    5    0  .500
Sandy Alomar           4   19    6    9   1   0   0    0   3   1    1    1  .474
Jim Fregosi            4   17    6    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .412
Alex Johnson           4   15    5    6   1   1   2    9   0   0    1    1  .400
Roger Repoz            4   16    4    6   2   1   1    4   0   0    2    4  .375
Jim Spencer            4   15    4    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .333
Aurelio Rodriguez      4   16    2    5   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    2  .313
Joe Azcue              4   18    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .222
Jay Johnstone          1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Rick Reichardt         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Melton            4   14    1    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .500
Luis Aparicio          4   15    5    7   2   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .467
Carlos May             4   15    1    5   0   1   0    4   1   0    2    2  .333
Ken Berry              2    7    0    2   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    0  .286
Syd O'Brien            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Duane Josephson        4   12    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .167
Bobby Knoop            3    6    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .167
Walt Williams          4   13    3    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    0  .154
John Matias            3    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .111
Tommy McCraw           3    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Buddy Bradford         3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .000
Ed Herrmann            1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Gail Hopkins           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Christian          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rich Morales           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Brown            1    1    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Vada Pinson            3    7    1    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .429
Tony Horton            2    6    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .333
Eddie Leon             4   12    0    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .250
Roy Foster             3    9    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    3  .222
Ray Fosse              2    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Jack Heidemann         4   14    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Lou Klimchock          2    7    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .143
Russ Nagelson          2    7    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Ted Uhlaender          4   14    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Graig Nettles          4   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    4    3  .000
Duke Sims              2    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Ted Ford               2    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Chuck Hinton           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Freehan           5   17    2    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    6  .353
Cesar Gutierrez        5   21    3    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    3  .333
Al Kaline              5   19    2    6   2   0   0    1   1   0    3    3  .316
Jim Northrup           5   19    0    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .316
Willie Horton          5   19    3    5   3   0   0    4   0   0    4    5  .263
Mickey Stanley         3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .250
Dick McAuliffe         5   18    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    5  .167
Dalton Jones           2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Norm Cash              4   14    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .143
Don Wert               4   10    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .000
Gates Brown            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Elliott Maddox         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ken Szotkiewicz        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Keough             2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
George Spriggs         3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .500
Lou Piniella           4   15    1    5   3   0   0    2   0   1    2    1  .333
Paul Schaal            2    9    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Rich Severson          1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Pat Kelly              5   17    4    5   1   0   0    0   2   0    4    4  .294
Amos Otis              5   19    1    5   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    1  .263
Ed Kirkpatrick         5   16    4    4   2   0   1    5   1   0    1    3  .250
Bob Oliver             5   17    3    4   2   1   0    0   0   0    0    2  .235
Jim Campanis           2    5    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Luis Alcaraz           5   19    2    3   0   1   1    4   0   0    0    1  .158
Jackie Hernandez       5   15    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    7  .133
Ellie Rodriguez        5   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .100
Mike Fiore             3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Hawk Taylor            1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Hovley           4   17    2    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    1    1  .471
Danny Walton           4   18    2    8   2   0   2    6   1   0    0    5  .444
Russ Snyder            4   17    3    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    6  .353
Rich Rollins           3    3    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Tommy Harper           4   17    2    5   2   0   0    1   2   0    2    1  .294
Jerry McNertney        4   15    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .200
Ted Kubiak             4   13    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .154
Max Alvis              4   14    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .143
Greg Goossen           3    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .143
Mike Hegan             2    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .000
Sandy Valdespino       4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Wayne Comer            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
John Kennedy           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ted Savage             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Brant Alyea            2    8    3    5   0   0   2    7   0   0    0    0  .625
Rod Carew              3   11    3    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .455
George Mitterwald      3   12    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .417
Tony Oliva             3   15    4    6   2   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .400
Jim Holt               3    5    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Frank Quilici          3    5    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .400
Harmon Killebrew       3   10    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    2  .300
Leo Cardenas           3   11    3    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .273
Cesar Tovar            3   15    3    3   0   1   0    1   1   0    0    2  .200
Rich Reese             3   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .167
Chuck Manuel           1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Minnie Mendoza         1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Michael           3    9    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .333
Bobby Murcer           3    9    2    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .333
Roy White              3   12    2    3   0   0   1    1   1   0    2    1  .250
Curt Blefary           3   10    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .200
Horace Clarke          3   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .154
Danny Cater            3    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .111
John Ellis             3    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .111
Thurman Munson         3   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    5  .091
Pete Ward              2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ron Woods              2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ron Hansen             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Lyttle             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Johnson            2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Rick Monday            4   14    2    4   2   1   0    1   1   0    4    3  .286
Sal Bando              4   15    2    4   0   0   2    3   1   0    2    4  .267
Dick Green             4   16    0    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .250
Don Mincher            3    8    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .250
Felipe Alou            4   18    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .222
Bert Campaneris        4   18    2    4   1   1   0    0   2   0    0    3  .222
Joe Rudi               2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Reggie Jackson         4   14    1    2   0   0   1    2   1   1    4    6  .143
Frank Fernandez        3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    2  .000
Dave Duncan            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tito Francona          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Roberto Pena           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Washington           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Brinkman            5   18    2    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .500
Del Unser              5   21    1    7   0   1   0    4   0   0    2    3  .333
Tim Cullen             2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ed Stroud              4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Johnny Roseboro        4   10    3    3   0   0   0    4   0   0    5    1  .300
Mike Epstein           5   18    3    5   0   0   2    3   0   0    4    9  .278
Frank Howard           5   19    1    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .263
Ken McMullen           5   20    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .200
Lee Maye               4   15    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .200
Paul Casanova          2    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Dave Nelson            3   12    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .167
Bernie Allen           4    6    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .167
Hank Allen             3    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Jim French             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  M. Belanger (BAL)        22
  C. Gutierrez (DET)       21
  D. Unser (WAS)           21
  K. McMullen (WAS)        20
  B. Robinson (BAL)        20
  L. Alcaraz (KC)          19
  S. Alomar (CAL)          19
  P. Blair (BAL)           19
  W. Horton (DET)          19
  F. Howard (WAS)          19

Runs Scored:

  P. Blair (BAL)            7
  S. Alomar (CAL)           6
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          6
  B. Voss (CAL)             6
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         5
  D. Buford (BAL)           5
  A. Johnson (CAL)          5
  P. Kelly (KC)             4
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       4
  T. Oliva (MIN)            4

Hits:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           9
  E. Brinkman (WAS)         9
  S. Hovley (MIL)           8
  D. Johnson (BAL)          8
  D. Walton (MIL)           8
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         7
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          7
  C. Gutierrez (DET)        7
  B. Melton (CHI)           7
  B. Robinson (BAL)         7

Doubles:

  W. Horton (DET)           3
  D. Johnson (BAL)          3
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       3
  L. Piniella (KC)          3
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         2
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         2
  P. Blair (BAL)            2
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          2
  T. Harper (MIL)           2
  S. Hovley (MIL)           2

Triples:

  B. Voss (CAL)             2
  L. Alcaraz (KC)           1
  L. Brown (CLE)            1
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       1
  C. Gutierrez (DET)        1
  J. Hernandez (KC)         1
  A. Johnson (CAL)          1
  C. May (CHI)              1
  R. Monday (OAK)           1
  B. Oliver (KC)            1

Home Runs:

  B. Alyea (MIN)            2
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  D. Buford (BAL)           2
  M. Epstein (WAS)          2
  A. Johnson (CAL)          2
  D. Walton (MIL)           2
  L. Alcaraz (KC)           1
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         1
  J. Campanis (KC)          1
  N. Cash (DET)             1

RBI:

  A. Johnson (CAL)          9
  B. Voss (CAL)             8
  B. Alyea (MIN)            7
  D. Walton (MIL)           6
  D. Buford (BAL)           5
  D. Johnson (BAL)          5
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       5
  B. Robinson (BAL)         5
  L. Alcaraz (KC)           4
  B. Freehan (DET)          4

Stolen Bases:

  P. Blair (BAL)            5
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  D. Green (OAK)            2
  T. Harper (MIL)           2
  P. Kelly (KC)             2
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      2
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1

Caught Stealing:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           1
  D. Buford (BAL)           1
  R. Jackson (OAK)          1
  L. Piniella (KC)          1

Walks:

  F. Fernandez (OAK)        6
  D. Johnson (BAL)          6
  D. McAuliffe (DET)        6
  P. Blair (BAL)            5
  T. Conigliaro (BOS)       5
  B. Powell (BAL)           5
  J. Roseboro (WAS)         5
  B. Voss (CAL)             5
  M. Andrews (BOS)          4
  E. Brinkman (WAS)         4

Strikeouts:

  M. Epstein (WAS)          9
  J. Hernandez (KC)         7
  M. Belanger (BAL)         6
  P. Blair (BAL)            6
  B. Freehan (DET)          6
  R. Jackson (OAK)          6
  R. Snyder (MIL)           6
  W. Horton (DET)           5
  F. Howard (WAS)           5
  D. McAuliffe (DET)        5

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