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American League batting statistics through games of April 19, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        289   55    87   15    2   10    49    4    3   22    57  .301
California       399   61   116   20    6    9    57    9    3   29    51  .291
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
Chicago          339   36    85   16    1    8    34    6    1   32    62  .251
Baltimore        369   51    92   19    0   10    48   12    4   53    65  .249
Kansas City      342   44    83   13    4    5    36   10    4   32    61  .243
Oakland          360   36    86   12    2   10    34   14    2   35    65  .239
Washington       255   33    60    6    1    6    30    2    0   40    61  .235
New York         403   42    93   12    2    5    40    6    6   56    71  .231
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
Steve Hovley (MIL)       10   43    5   18   4   0   0    8   1   0    3    1  .419
Davey Johnson (BAL)      11   37    5   15   4   0   2    9   2   0    8    2  .405
Bill Melton (CHI)        10   37    5   15   4   0   1    8   0   0    4    7  .405
Rick Monday (OAK)        11   42    6   17   5   1   1    5   1   1    6    8  .405
Jim Fregosi (CAL)        11   45   12   18   4   0   2    7   0   0    5    4  .400
Tony Oliva (MIN)          8   35    9   14   3   1   2   11   0   0    1    3  .400
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
Rod Carew (MIN)           8   35    6   13   2   0   0    3   1   2    0    3  .371

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chico Salmon           1    3    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .667
Davey Johnson         11   37    5   15   4   0   2    9   2   0    8    2  .405
Dave May               4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Brooks Robinson       11   42    5   13   3   0   1    8   1   0    4    2  .310
Paul Blair            11   39   10   12   3   0   0    4   6   3    8    8  .308
Frank Robinson         9   33    6   10   2   0   2    4   0   0    6    8  .303
Merv Rettenmund        4   11    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .273
Andy Etchebarren       6   15    3    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .267
Don Buford            10   38    7    8   2   0   2    8   0   1    6    8  .211
Ellie Hendricks        9   24    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .208
Terry Crowley          6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Boog Powell           11   40    4    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    5    8  .150
Mark Belanger         10   43    0    6   1   0   0    3   2   0    2    9  .140
Curt Motton            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .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          8   27    5   12   2   0   2    6   0   0    2    3  .444
Jim Fregosi           11   45   12   18   4   0   2    7   0   0    5    4  .400
Jim Spencer            7   18    4    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    2  .389
Sandy Alomar          11   51    9   17   1   0   0    2   7   2    2    4  .333
Alex Johnson          11   45    8   15   1   1   2   10   1   0    1    5  .333
Chico Ruiz             2    3    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Voss             11   40    7   12   2   2   1   13   1   0    8    3  .300
Tom Egan               2    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Aurelio Rodriguez     11   41    3   11   2   2   0    5   0   1    2    3  .268
Roger Repoz           11   40    6   10   3   1   2    7   0   0    5    8  .250
Rick Reichardt         5    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Joe Azcue             10   38    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .211
Billy Cowan            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Hicks              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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
Lou Piniella           9   34    3   12   3   0   1    6   0   1    5    1  .353
George Spriggs         8   17    4    6   0   0   0    0   1   1    3    5  .353
Pat Kelly              7   27    7    9   1   0   0    0   4   1    4    7  .333
Joe Keough             5    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Bob Oliver            10   37    4   11   3   2   0    5   0   0    1    5  .297
Paul Schaal            5   11    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .273
Amos Otis             10   39    5   10   2   0   0    8   4   0    3    5  .256
Ed Kirkpatrick        10   36    7    9   2   0   1    5   1   1    3    4  .250
Rich Severson          6   18    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .222
Jim Campanis           4    9    2    2   0   0   2    2   0   0    1    2  .222
Ellie Rodriguez        9   20    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .200
Luis Alcaraz          10   41    3    6   1   1   1    7   0   0    1    2  .146
Jackie Hernandez       7   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
Brant Alyea            7   24    6   11   1   0   4   16   0   0    2    4  .458
Tony Oliva             8   35    9   14   3   1   2   11   0   0    1    3  .400
Jim Holt               7    8    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .375
Rod Carew              8   35    6   13   2   0   0    3   1   2    0    3  .371
Frank Quilici          5    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
Cesar Tovar            8   37    8   12   3   1   1    2   3   1    3    6  .324
Harmon Killebrew       8   24    7    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    8    7  .292
Leo Cardenas           8   31    5    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    8  .226
George Mitterwald      8   30    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .200
Rich Reese             8   25    4    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .160
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
Roy White             11   37    7   13   4   0   1    4   3   1   12    4  .351
Gene Michael          12   41    6   13   3   0   0    0   1   0    6    6  .317
Horace Clarke         12   56    4   17   1   0   1    3   0   2    2    2  .304
Jake Gibbs             3    7    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Danny Cater           12   41    4   11   2   1   1    9   1   0    4    7  .268
Ron Woods              7   16    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    4  .250
Pete Ward              8    9    1    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
Curt Blefary          10   33    2    7   1   0   0    5   0   2    7    7  .212
Bobby Murcer          12   40    5    8   0   0   1    7   0   0    9   10  .200
Jerry Kenney           7   27    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    5  .185
Frank Tepedino         3    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
John Ellis            10   26    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .115
Thurman Munson         9   30    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    7    6  .033
Ron Hansen             5    5    0    0   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .000
Jim Lyttle             4    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
Rick Monday           11   42    6   17   5   1   1    5   1   1    6    8  .405
Roberto Pena           8   27    3   10   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .370
Felipe Alou           11   45    4   13   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    5  .289
Tito Francona          8    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Sal Bando              7   16    3    4   0   0   2    3   1   0    2    4  .250
Bob Johnson            7   16    4    4   1   0   1    1   1   0    2    1  .250
Dick Green            11   38    3    9   0   0   0    2   3   0    4    5  .237
Don Mincher           10   28    4    6   2   0   3    6   0   0    5    7  .214
Bert Campaneris        9   36    3    7   1   1   0    1   3   0    1    3  .194
Dave Duncan            9   21    3    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    0  .191
Joe Rudi               4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Reggie Jackson        11   40    3    4   0   0   2    6   3   1    5   14  .100
Frank Fernandez        7   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .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:

  H. Clarke (NY)           56
  S. Alomar (CAL)          51
  F. Alou (OAK)            45
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         45
  A. Johnson (CAL)         45
  R. Smith (BOS)           44
  M. Belanger (BAL)        43
  S. Hovley (MIL)          43
  R. Monday (OAK)          42
  B. Robinson (BAL)        42

Runs Scored:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)         12
  R. Smith (BOS)           11
  P. Blair (BAL)           10
  S. Alomar (CAL)           9
  T. Oliva (MIN)            9
  A. Johnson (CAL)          8
  C. Tovar (MIN)            8
  M. Andrews (BOS)          7
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         7
  D. Buford (BAL)           7

Hits:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)         18
  S. Hovley (MIL)          18
  S. Alomar (CAL)          17
  H. Clarke (NY)           17
  R. Monday (OAK)          17
  R. Smith (BOS)           16
  A. Johnson (CAL)         15
  D. Johnson (BAL)         15
  B. Melton (CHI)          15
  D. Walton (MIL)          15

Doubles:

  R. Monday (OAK)           5
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          4
  W. Horton (DET)           4
  S. Hovley (MIL)           4
  D. Johnson (BAL)          4
  A. Kaline (DET)           4
  B. Melton (CHI)           4
  J. Moses (BOS)            4
  J. Northrup (DET)         4
  R. White (NY)             4

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:

  B. Alyea (MIN)            4
  D. Walton (MIL)           4
  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. Alyea (MIN)           16
  B. Voss (CAL)            13
  D. Walton (MIL)          13
  T. Oliva (MIN)           11
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      11
  A. Johnson (CAL)         10
  D. Cater (NY)             9
  D. Johnson (BAL)          9
  D. Buford (BAL)           8
  B. Freehan (DET)          8

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

  P. Blair (BAL)            3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  C. Blefary (NY)           2
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  T. Harper (MIL)           2
  V. Pinson (CLE)           2
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      2
  B. Bradford (CHI)         1
  D. Buford (BAL)           1

Walks:

  D. McAuliffe (DET)       13
  R. White (NY)            12
  G. Nettles (CLE)         10
  B. Freehan (DET)          9
  A. Kaline (DET)           9
  B. Murcer (NY)            9
  P. Blair (BAL)            8
  F. Howard (WAS)           8
  D. Johnson (BAL)          8
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        8

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         14
  M. Epstein (WAS)         13
  D. Walton (MIL)          11
  B. Freehan (DET)         10
  J. Hernandez (KC)        10
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       10
  B. Murcer (NY)           10
  M. Belanger (BAL)         9
  B. Bradford (CHI)         9
  G. Mitterwald (MIN)       9


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