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American League batting statistics through games of April 14, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        112   26    38    5    1    4    22    2    0    8    12  .339
California       221   43    74   14    5    5    40    4    2   15    25  .335
Boston           217   27    64   15    2    5    25    3    1   21    24  .295
Detroit          242   36    68   12    2    3    32    4    0   40    39  .281
Milwaukee        275   36    73   13    0    4    33    6    3   29    50  .266
Washington       195   25    49    5    1    5    23    0    0   29    46  .251
Baltimore        202   34    50   12    0    6    32    8    1   37    43  .248
Chicago          228   20    52   10    1    4    19    5    1   25    37  .228
Kansas City      193   24    44   10    3    4    20    5    2   17    30  .228
Oakland          198   20    44    5    2    5    19   11    2   24    38  .222
New York         194   16    43    7    0    3    16    4    0   30    40  .222
Cleveland        215   18    41   11    1    6    16    2    3   27    46  .191

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Moses (BOS)         6   21    3   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    3    1  .524
Davey Johnson (BAL)       6   20    4   10   3   0   1    5   1   0    6    1  .500
Ed Brinkman (WAS)         6   22    3   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .455
Steve Hovley (MIL)        8   34    3   15   3   0   0    7   1   0    2    1  .441
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)    6   25    4   11   3   0   1    2   3   1    4    2  .440
Sandy Alomar (CAL)        6   28    6   12   1   0   0    0   3   2    1    1  .429
Jim Fregosi (CAL)         6   26    8   11   2   0   1    5   0   0    3    2  .423
Bill Voss (CAL)           6   22    6    9   2   2   0    8   1   0    5    2  .409
Bill Freehan (DET)        7   25    4   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    5    8  .400
Danny Walton (MIL)        8   33    4   13   2   0   3   10   1   0    2    9  .394

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Davey Johnson          6   20    4   10   3   0   1    5   1   0    6    1  .500
Dave May               2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Andy Etchebarren       4    8    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .375
Brooks Robinson        6   24    2    8   2   0   1    6   1   0    3    2  .333
Frank Robinson         5   18    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .333
Terry Crowley          3    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Don Buford             6   20    5    5   1   0   2    6   0   1    5    5  .250
Paul Blair             6   22    7    5   2   0   0    3   5   0    6    7  .227
Mark Belanger          6   26    0    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    6  .154
Ellie Hendricks        5   14    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .143
Boog Powell            6   23    4    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    6  .087
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            6   21    3   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    3    1  .524
Carl Yastrzemski       6   25    4   11   3   0   1    2   3   1    4    2  .440
Tony Conigliaro        6   21    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    2  .381
Reggie Smith           6   29    6   10   2   1   1    4   0   0    0    2  .345
George Scott           6   24    4    7   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    0  .292
Luis Alvarado          6   23    4    6   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .261
Rico Petrocelli        6   26    1    4   3   0   0    5   0   0    1    5  .154
Mike Andrews           6   25    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .080
Mike Derrick           3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Tom Matchick           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jay Johnstone          3    8    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .625
Sandy Alomar           6   28    6   12   1   0   0    0   3   2    1    1  .429
Jim Fregosi            6   26    8   11   2   0   1    5   0   0    3    2  .423
Bill Voss              6   22    6    9   2   2   0    8   1   0    5    2  .409
Jim Spencer            6   18    4    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .389
Aurelio Rodriguez      6   24    3    9   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    2  .375
Rick Reichardt         3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Alex Johnson           6   23    6    7   1   1   2    9   0   0    1    2  .304
Roger Repoz            6   23    5    7   2   1   2    6   0   0    2    4  .304
Joe Azcue              6   26    1    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .192
Billy Cowan            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Hicks              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Melton            7   26    3   10   3   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .385
Syd O'Brien            4   13    0    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .385
Luis Aparicio          7   24    5    9   2   0   1    2   1   0    3    2  .375
Ken Berry              5   16    1    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .375
Carlos May             7   26    4    8   1   1   1    5   1   0    2    2  .308
Buddy Bradford         5   12    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    4  .250
Duane Josephson        6   19    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .211
John Matias            6   19    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .158
Gail Hopkins           4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .143
Walt Williams          6   18    3    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .111
Bobby Knoop            5   11    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .091
Tommy McCraw           5   14    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .000
Ed Herrmann            3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Bob Christian          2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Rich Morales           3    1    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
Roy Foster             5   14    3    6   2   0   1    3   0   1    2    3  .429
Ray Fosse              4   10    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .400
Larry Brown            3    8    3    3   2   1   0    1   0   0    1    0  .375
Tony Horton            3   11    1    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .364
Chuck Hinton           3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Eddie Leon             7   25    1    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .280
Vada Pinson            6   18    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   2    3    2  .278
Russ Nagelson          4   13    3    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .154
Lou Klimchock          5   14    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .143
Ted Ford               4   10    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    5  .100
Jack Heidemann         7   22    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .091
Duke Sims              4   13    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .077
Ted Uhlaender          6   21    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .048
Graig Nettles          6   16    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    5    4  .000
Vern Fuller            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Freehan           7   25    4   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    5    8  .400
Willie Horton          7   27    5   10   4   0   0    8   0   0    4    6  .370
Jim Northrup           7   28    1   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .357
Cesar Gutierrez        7   30    5   10   1   1   0    3   0   0    2    4  .333
Al Kaline              7   26    5    8   3   0   0    3   1   0    6    3  .308
Norm Cash              5   19    5    5   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    1  .263
Dick McAuliffe         7   27    4    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    8    8  .222
Mickey Stanley         4   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .154
Don Wert               5   14    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .143
Dalton Jones           3    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Elliott Maddox         2    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Gates Brown            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
George Spriggs         4    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .500
Lou Piniella           5   18    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   1    2    1  .389
Paul Schaal            2    9    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Rich Severson          2    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Keough             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Pat Kelly              6   22    5    7   1   0   0    0   2   1    4    5  .318
Amos Otis              6   22    2    6   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    1  .273
Bob Oliver             6   20    4    5   2   1   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Jim Campanis           3    8    2    2   0   0   2    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Ed Kirkpatrick         6   20    4    4   2   0   1    5   1   0    1    3  .200
Jackie Hernandez       5   15    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    7  .133
Luis Alcaraz           6   23    2    3   0   1   1    5   0   0    0    1  .130
Ellie Rodriguez        5   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .100
Mike Fiore             4    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Hawk Taylor            2    3    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
John Kennedy           4    4    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Steve Hovley           8   34    3   15   3   0   0    7   1   0    2    1  .441
Danny Walton           8   33    4   13   2   0   3   10   1   0    2    9  .394
Phil Roof              1    3    3    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .333
Greg Goossen           6   17    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .294
Russ Snyder            8   29    7    8   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    8  .276
Tommy Harper           8   30    3    8   2   0   0    3   4   1    3    4  .267
Rich Rollins           4    4    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Ted Kubiak             8   29    6    7   0   0   0    1   0   1    4    3  .241
Max Alvis              8   29    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .172
Jerry McNertney        7   26    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .154
Mike Hegan             4   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Sandy Valdespino       5    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Wayne Comer            3    4    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
Roy White              5   18    3    7   2   0   1    4   1   0    4    2  .389
Gene Michael           6   20    4    7   2   0   0    0   1   0    4    4  .350
Pete Ward              4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Horace Clarke          6   26    0    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .269
Danny Cater            6   20    2    5   1   0   1    3   1   0    4    3  .250
Frank Tepedino         2    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Curt Blefary           5   18    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    7  .167
Bobby Murcer           6   19    2    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    6    7  .158
John Ellis             6   20    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .150
Ron Woods              4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Thurman Munson         5   18    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    6  .056
Jerry Kenney           1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ron Hansen             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000
Jim Lyttle             2    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
Tito Francona          5    5    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .400
Rick Monday            6   22    4    8   2   1   1    4   1   1    5    3  .364
Sal Bando              6   15    3    4   0   0   2    3   1   0    2    4  .267
Dick Green             6   23    2    6   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    3  .261
Dave Duncan            4    4    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Felipe Alou            6   26    1    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .231
Roberto Pena           3    9    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .222
Don Mincher            5   15    2    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    3    2  .200
Bert Campaneris        6   27    3    5   1   1   0    1   2   0    0    3  .185
Joe Rudi               2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Reggie Jackson         6   21    2    3   0   0   1    4   3   1    5    8  .143
Frank Fernandez        5   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .100

 Washington           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Brinkman            6   22    3   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .455
Tim Cullen             2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ed Stroud              5    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Frank Howard           6   22    2    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .318
Johnny Roseboro        4   10    3    3   0   0   0    4   0   0    5    1  .300
Del Unser              6   24    2    7   0   1   0    4   0   0    3    3  .292
Mike Epstein           6   21    5    6   0   0   3    5   0   0    5   10  .286
Paul Casanova          3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Lee Maye               4   15    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .200
Bernie Allen           5   10    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Ken McMullen           6   23    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .174
Dave Nelson            3   12    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .167
Hank Allen             4    7    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .000
Jim French             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Hovley (MIL)          34
  D. Walton (MIL)          33
  C. Gutierrez (DET)       30
  T. Harper (MIL)          30
  M. Alvis (MIL)           29
  T. Kubiak (MIL)          29
  R. Smith (BOS)           29
  R. Snyder (MIL)          29
  S. Alomar (CAL)          28
  J. Northrup (DET)        28

Runs Scored:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)          8
  P. Blair (BAL)            7
  R. Snyder (MIL)           7
  S. Alomar (CAL)           6
  A. Johnson (CAL)          6
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           6
  R. Smith (BOS)            6
  B. Voss (CAL)             6
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         5
  D. Buford (BAL)           5

Hits:

  S. Hovley (MIL)          15
  D. Walton (MIL)          13
  S. Alomar (CAL)          12
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         11
  J. Moses (BOS)           11
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11
  E. Brinkman (WAS)        10
  B. Freehan (DET)         10
  C. Gutierrez (DET)       10
  W. Horton (DET)          10

Doubles:

  W. Horton (DET)           4
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         3
  S. Hovley (MIL)           3
  D. Johnson (BAL)          3
  A. Kaline (DET)           3
  B. Melton (CHI)           3
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       3
  L. Piniella (KC)          3
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      3
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         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
  J. Niekro (DET)           1

Home Runs:

  M. Epstein (WAS)          3
  D. Walton (MIL)           3
  B. Alyea (MIN)            2
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  D. Buford (BAL)           2
  J. Campanis (KC)          2
  N. Cash (DET)             2
  A. Johnson (CAL)          2
  R. Repoz (CAL)            2
  L. Alcaraz (KC)           1

RBI:

  D. Walton (MIL)          10
  A. Johnson (CAL)          9
  W. Horton (DET)           8
  B. Voss (CAL)             8
  B. Alyea (MIN)            7
  B. Freehan (DET)          7
  S. Hovley (MIL)           7
  D. Buford (BAL)           6
  R. Repoz (CAL)            6
  B. Robinson (BAL)         6

Stolen Bases:

  P. Blair (BAL)            5
  T. Harper (MIL)           4
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      3
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  D. Green (OAK)            2
  P. Kelly (KC)             2
  F. Alou (OAK)             1
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         1

Caught Stealing:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  V. Pinson (CLE)           2
  B. Bradford (CHI)         1
  D. Buford (BAL)           1
  R. Foster (CLE)           1
  T. Harper (MIL)           1
  R. Jackson (OAK)          1
  P. Kelly (KC)             1
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           1
  R. Monday (OAK)           1

Walks:

  D. McAuliffe (DET)        8
  P. Blair (BAL)            6
  F. Fernandez (OAK)        6
  D. Johnson (BAL)          6
  A. Kaline (DET)           6
  B. Murcer (NY)            6
  D. Buford (BAL)           5
  T. Conigliaro (BOS)       5
  M. Epstein (WAS)          5
  B. Freehan (DET)          5

Strikeouts:

  M. Epstein (WAS)         10
  D. Walton (MIL)           9
  B. Freehan (DET)          8
  R. Jackson (OAK)          8
  D. McAuliffe (DET)        8
  R. Snyder (MIL)           8
  P. Blair (BAL)            7
  C. Blefary (NY)           7
  J. Hernandez (KC)         7
  B. Murcer (NY)            7


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