Saturday April 18, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 18, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        256   49    76   12    2    9    43    3    1   19    51  .297
California       352   60   104   17    6    9    56    9    2   25    46  .296
Boston           350   44    99   19    2    9    41    8    3   34    41  .283
Detroit          342   48    94   20    2    5    44    5    0   61    60  .275
Milwaukee        340   47    88   18    0    6    42    7    4   38    62  .259
Kansas City      298   40    76   11    4    5    34    9    3   27    49  .255
Chicago          339   36    85   16    1    8    34    6    1   32    62  .251
Oakland          329   33    80   11    2    9    31   14    2   33    59  .243
Baltimore        304   42    72   15    0    7    39   10    2   45    55  .237
Washington       255   33    60    6    1    6    30    2    0   40    61  .235
New York         332   31    72   12    1    5    30    6    4   46    58  .217
Cleveland        280   29    60   14    1    6    27    2    3   41    58  .214

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)          7   32    9   14   3   1   2   10   0   0    1    3  .438
Steve Hovley (MIL)       10   43    5   18   4   0   0    8   1   0    3    1  .419
Bill Melton (CHI)        10   37    5   15   4   0   1    8   0   0    4    7  .405
Rod Carew (MIN)           7   30    6   12   2   0   0    2   1   1    0    3  .400
Rick Monday (OAK)        10   38    5   15   4   1   1    5   1   1    6    7  .395
Jerry Moses (BOS)        10   36    3   14   4   0   1    5   0   0    4    3  .389
Danny Walton (MIL)       10   39    5   15   2   0   4   13   1   0    4   11  .385
Frank Howard (WAS)        8   26    4   10   2   0   2    7   0   0    8    5  .385
Sandy Alomar (CAL)       10   46    9   17   1   0   0    2   7   2    1    3  .370
Davey Johnson (BAL)       9   30    4   11   3   0   1    5   2   0    7    2  .367

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Crowley          5    5    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .400
Davey Johnson          9   30    4   11   3   0   1    5   2   0    7    2  .367
Brooks Robinson        9   36    4   12   2   0   1    7   1   0    3    2  .333
Dave May               3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Paul Blair             9   33    8   10   3   0   0    4   5   1    6    7  .303
Frank Robinson         8   29    6    8   1   0   2    3   0   0    6    6  .276
Andy Etchebarren       5   11    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .273
Ellie Hendricks        7   20    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .200
Don Buford             9   34    6    6   1   0   2    8   0   1    5    8  .177
Boog Powell            9   35    4    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    5    7  .143
Mark Belanger          9   39    0    5   1   0   0    3   2   0    2    8  .128
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
Billy Conigliaro       1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Dick Schofield         4    4    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .750
Jerry Moses           10   36    3   14   4   0   1    5   0   0    4    3  .389
Reggie Smith          10   44   11   16   3   1   2    7   2   0    2    3  .364
Carl Yastrzemski      10   40    6   14   3   0   1    5   6   2    7    7  .350
Tony Conigliaro       10   36    4   10   1   0   1    3   0   0    6    2  .278
Mike Derrick           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .250
Mike Andrews          10   41    7   10   1   0   1    2   0   0    6    3  .244
George Scott          10   37    4    9   0   1   1    3   0   0    5    2  .243
Luis Alvarado         10   39    4    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .231
Rico Petrocelli       10   39    3    8   3   0   1   11   0   0    3    7  .205
Tom Matchick           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Don Pavletich          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          7   22    5   11   2   0   2    6   0   0    2    2  .500
Tom Egan               1    4    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Jim Spencer            6   18    4    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .389
Sandy Alomar          10   46    9   17   1   0   0    2   7   2    1    3  .370
Jim Fregosi           10   39   12   14   3   0   2    6   0   0    5    4  .359
Alex Johnson          10   39    8   13   1   1   2   10   1   0    1    5  .333
Rick Reichardt         4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Bill Voss             10   34    7   11   2   2   1   13   1   0    8    3  .324
Aurelio Rodriguez     10   39    3   11   2   2   0    5   0   0    1    3  .282
Roger Repoz           10   35    6    9   3   1   2    7   0   0    4    8  .257
Joe Azcue              9   37    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .189
Billy Cowan            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Hicks              2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Chico Ruiz             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
Bob Christian          3    2    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Bill Melton           10   37    5   15   4   0   1    8   0   0    4    7  .405
Luis Aparicio         10   35    7   12   2   0   1    4   1   0    5    4  .343
Ken Berry              8   31    3   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .323
Duane Josephson        8   27    3    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .296
Carlos May            10   38    6   11   2   1   1    7   1   0    3    7  .290
Syd O'Brien            5   18    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .278
Ed Herrmann            4   11    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .273
Buddy Bradford         8   24    2    6   1   0   2    3   0   1    4    9  .250
Gail Hopkins           6    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .222
John Matias            9   32    2    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    5  .188
Bobby Knoop            7   18    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    4  .167
Walt Williams          6   18    3    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .111
Tommy McCraw           7   16    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .000
Rich Morales           4    2    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             7   21    5    9   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    4  .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
Chuck Hinton           4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Eddie Leon             9   32    3   10   3   0   0    6   0   0    3    4  .313
Vada Pinson            8   27    2    8   0   0   1    1   0   2    4    4  .296
Tony Horton            5   19    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    3  .263
Lou Klimchock          5   14    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .143
Russ Nagelson          5   14    3    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .143
Jack Heidemann         9   29    0    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    6  .138
Ted Uhlaender          8   30    1    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .133
Duke Sims              6   19    3    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .105
Graig Nettles          8   20    2    2   0   0   0    1   1   0   10    5  .100
Ted Ford               4   10    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    5  .100
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
Jim Northrup          10   40    2   14   4   0   0    4   0   0    4    6  .350
Bill Freehan          10   35    4   12   2   0   1    8   0   0    9   10  .343
Cesar Gutierrez       10   41    6   13   1   1   0    3   1   0    3    5  .317
Willie Horton         10   38    7   12   4   0   0    8   0   0    7    6  .316
Al Kaline             10   38    6   11   4   0   0    6   1   0    9    7  .290
Dick McAuliffe        10   37    6   10   2   0   2    5   1   0   13   10  .270
Norm Cash              6   23    5    6   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    2  .261
Mickey Stanley         6   23    3    6   2   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .261
Don Wert               8   20    4    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .250
Dalton Jones           3    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Elliott Maddox         4    8    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Ken Szotkiewicz        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Gates Brown            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ike Brown              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Price              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
George Spriggs         7   12    3    5   0   0   0    0   1   1    2    3  .417
Joe Keough             4    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Lou Piniella           8   30    3   11   3   0   1    6   0   1    3    1  .367
Pat Kelly              7   27    7    9   1   0   0    0   4   1    4    7  .333
Bob Oliver             9   31    4    9   2   2   0    4   0   0    1    4  .290
Rich Severson          5   14    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Paul Schaal            5   11    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .273
Ed Kirkpatrick         9   31    7    8   2   0   1    5   1   0    2    3  .258
Ellie Rodriguez        8   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .250
Amos Otis              9   34    4    8   1   0   0    7   3   0    3    4  .235
Jim Campanis           4    9    2    2   0   0   2    2   0   0    1    2  .222
Luis Alcaraz           9   35    3    6   1   1   1    7   0   0    1    1  .171
Jackie Hernandez       6   18    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    1   10  .111
Mike Fiore             5    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .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           6    6    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Steve Hovley          10   43    5   18   4   0   0    8   1   0    3    1  .419
Danny Walton          10   39    5   15   2   0   4   13   1   0    4   11  .385
Greg Goossen           7   21    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .333
Phil Roof              2    7    4    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .286
Tommy Harper          10   37    5   10   3   0   0    3   4   2    4    6  .270
Russ Snyder           10   32    7    8   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    8  .250
Rich Rollins           4    4    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Ted Kubiak            10   35    7    8   0   0   0    1   0   1    6    4  .229
Max Alvis             10   37    3    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    4  .189
Jerry McNertney        8   30    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .133
Mike Hegan             6   15    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .067
Sandy Valdespino       7    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .000
Wayne Comer            4    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ted Savage             2    2    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
Chuck Manuel           3    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Tony Oliva             7   32    9   14   3   1   2   10   0   0    1    3  .438
Brant Alyea            6   21    5    9   0   0   3   12   0   0    2    3  .429
Jim Holt               6    7    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .429
Rod Carew              7   30    6   12   2   0   0    2   1   1    0    3  .400
Frank Quilici          4    6    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Rick Renick            2    6    1    2   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .333
Harmon Killebrew       7   20    6    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    8    5  .300
Cesar Tovar            7   34    7    9   3   1   1    2   2   0    1    6  .265
Leo Cardenas           7   27    5    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    7  .222
George Mitterwald      7   27    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    8  .222
Rich Reese             7   21    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .095
Paul Ratliff           1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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          10   34    5   12   3   0   0    0   1   0    6    5  .353
Roy White              9   32    5   11   4   0   1    4   3   1    8    2  .344
Jake Gibbs             2    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Danny Cater           10   35    3    9   2   1   1    7   1   0    4    6  .257
Ron Woods              6   12    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .250
Horace Clarke         10   45    3   11   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    2  .244
Curt Blefary           9   29    1    6   1   0   0    5   0   2    6    7  .207
Bobby Murcer          10   32    4    6   0   0   1    6   0   0    8   10  .188
Frank Tepedino         3    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Pete Ward              7    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .167
John Ellis             9   25    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .120
Jerry Kenney           5   19    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .105
Thurman Munson         8   28    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    5    6  .036
Ron Hansen             4    3    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Jim Lyttle             3    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Roberto Pena           7   24    3   10   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    2  .417
Rick Monday           10   38    5   15   4   1   1    5   1   1    6    7  .395
Bob Johnson            6   13    4    4   1   0   1    1   1   0    2    1  .308
Felipe Alou           10   41    4   12   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    5  .293
Tito Francona          7    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Sal Bando              6   15    3    4   0   0   2    3   1   0    2    4  .267
Don Mincher            9   25    4    6   2   0   3    6   0   0    4    6  .240
Dave Duncan            8   18    3    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    0  .222
Dick Green            10   34    2    7   0   0   0    2   3   0    4    4  .206
Bert Campaneris        9   36    3    7   1   1   0    1   3   0    1    3  .194
Joe Rudi               4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Frank Fernandez        6   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .091
Reggie Jackson        10   36    2    3   0   0   1    4   3   1    5   12  .083

 Washington           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Frank Howard           8   26    4   10   2   0   2    7   0   0    8    5  .385
Ed Stroud              7    8    1    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    4  .375
Ed Brinkman            8   29    4   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    2  .345
Del Unser              8   31    2    8   0   1   0    4   0   0    3    4  .258
Mike Epstein           8   28    6    7   0   0   3    5   0   0    6   13  .250
Paul Casanova          3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Tim Cullen             3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Johnny Roseboro        5   14    3    3   0   0   0    4   0   0    5    1  .214
Ken McMullen           8   30    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .200
Lee Maye               4   15    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .200
Bernie Allen           7   14    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .143
Dave Nelson            4   15    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .133
Hank Allen             6   10    2    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .100
Jim French             2    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Alomar (CAL)          46
  H. Clarke (NY)           45
  R. Smith (BOS)           44
  S. Hovley (MIL)          43
  F. Alou (OAK)            41
  M. Andrews (BOS)         41
  C. Gutierrez (DET)       41
  J. Northrup (DET)        40
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     40
  L. Alvarado (BOS)        39

Runs Scored:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)         12
  R. Smith (BOS)           11
  S. Alomar (CAL)           9
  T. Oliva (MIN)            9
  P. Blair (BAL)            8
  A. Johnson (CAL)          8
  M. Andrews (BOS)          7
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         7
  W. Horton (DET)           7
  P. Kelly (KC)             7

Hits:

  S. Hovley (MIL)          18
  S. Alomar (CAL)          17
  R. Smith (BOS)           16
  B. Melton (CHI)          15
  R. Monday (OAK)          15
  D. Walton (MIL)          15
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         14
  J. Moses (BOS)           14
  J. Northrup (DET)        14
  T. Oliva (MIN)           14

Doubles:

  W. Horton (DET)           4
  S. Hovley (MIL)           4
  A. Kaline (DET)           4
  B. Melton (CHI)           4
  R. Monday (OAK)           4
  J. Moses (BOS)            4
  J. Northrup (DET)         4
  R. White (NY)             4
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         3
  P. Blair (BAL)            3

Triples:

  B. Oliver (KC)            2
  A. Rodriguez (CAL)        2
  B. Voss (CAL)             2
  L. Alcaraz (KC)           1
  L. Brown (CLE)            1
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       1
  D. Cater (NY)             1
  C. Gutierrez (DET)        1
  J. Hernandez (KC)         1
  A. Johnson (CAL)          1

Home Runs:

  D. Walton (MIL)           4
  B. Alyea (MIN)            3
  M. Epstein (WAS)          3
  D. Mincher (OAK)          3
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  B. Bradford (CHI)         2
  D. Buford (BAL)           2
  J. Campanis (KC)          2
  N. Cash (DET)             2
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          2

RBI:

  B. Voss (CAL)            13
  D. Walton (MIL)          13
  B. Alyea (MIN)           12
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      11
  A. Johnson (CAL)         10
  T. Oliva (MIN)           10
  D. Buford (BAL)           8
  B. Freehan (DET)          8
  W. Horton (DET)           8
  S. Hovley (MIL)           8

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           7
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      6
  P. Blair (BAL)            5
  T. Harper (MIL)           4
  P. Kelly (KC)             4
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       3
  D. Green (OAK)            3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  R. White (NY)             3

Caught Stealing:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  C. Blefary (NY)           2
  T. Harper (MIL)           2
  V. Pinson (CLE)           2
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      2
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  B. Bradford (CHI)         1
  D. Buford (BAL)           1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  H. Clarke (NY)            1

Walks:

  D. McAuliffe (DET)       13
  G. Nettles (CLE)         10
  B. Freehan (DET)          9
  A. Kaline (DET)           9
  F. Howard (WAS)           8
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        8
  B. Murcer (NY)            8
  B. Voss (CAL)             8
  R. White (NY)             8
  W. Horton (DET)           7

Strikeouts:

  M. Epstein (WAS)         13
  R. Jackson (OAK)         12
  D. Walton (MIL)          11
  B. Freehan (DET)         10
  J. Hernandez (KC)        10
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       10
  B. Murcer (NY)           10
  B. Bradford (CHI)         9
  M. Belanger (BAL)         8
  D. Buford (BAL)           8


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