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Tuesday April 21, 1970
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American League batting statistics through games of April 21, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        319   59    95   16    3   11    53    5    3   24    59  .298
California       469   69   138   22    6    9    65    9    5   35    62  .294
Detroit          378   53   106   22    2    5    49    5    1   62    68  .280
Boston           371   46   104   19    2    9    43    8    3   41    44  .280
Washington       329   42    84    9    1    7    39    2    0   46    75  .255
Baltimore        393   54    98   21    1   11    51   12    4   53    68  .249
Chicago          373   39    93   17    1    8    36    6    1   32    64  .249
Milwaukee        404   52    98   20    0    7    47    7    5   44    78  .243
Oakland          432   42   104   13    2   14    40   16    3   41    74  .241
New York         473   58   113   17    3    7    56    6    7   64    80  .239
Kansas City      411   51    97   14    5    7    41   11    5   37    79  .236
Cleveland        310   32    63   14    1    8    30    2    3   44    66  .203

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Johnson (CAL)       13   53   10   21   2   1   2   11   1   0    1    5  .396
Bill Melton (CHI)        11   41    5   16   4   0   1    9   0   0    4    8  .390
Jay Johnstone (CAL)      10   36    5   14   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    4  .389
Pat Kelly (KC)            9   31    8   12   1   0   0    0   5   2    5    8  .387
Davey Johnson (BAL)      12   39    5   15   4   0   2    9   2   0    8    2  .385
Jerry Moses (BOS)        11   39    3   15   4   0   1    5   0   0    4    3  .385
Danny Walton (MIL)       12   47    6   18   3   0   5   16   1   0    4   12  .383
Roberto Pena (OAK)       10   35    3   13   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    4  .371
Steve Hovley (MIL)       12   49    6   18   4   0   0    8   1   0    6    3  .367
Roy White (NY)           13   47   10   17   5   0   1    5   3   1   12    5  .362

 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         12   39    5   15   4   0   2    9   2   0    8    2  .385
Brooks Robinson       12   45    5   15   4   0   1    8   1   0    4    2  .333
Dave May               4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Frank Robinson        10   36    7   11   3   0   2    5   0   0    6    8  .306
Paul Blair            12   42   10   12   3   0   0    4   6   3    8    9  .286
Merv Rettenmund        4   11    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .273
Andy Etchebarren       7   17    3    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .235
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
Don Buford            11   41    7    8   2   0   2    8   0   1    6    8  .195
Boog Powell           12   43    5    8   0   0   2    5   0   0    5    8  .186
Mark Belanger         11   46    1    7   1   1   0    3   2   0    2   10  .152
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           11   39    3   15   4   0   1    5   0   0    4    3  .385
Reggie Smith          11   46   11   16   3   1   2    7   2   0    3    3  .348
Carl Yastrzemski      11   42    7   14   3   0   1    5   6   2    8    7  .333
Tony Conigliaro       11   38    4   12   1   0   1    4   0   0    7    2  .316
Mike Derrick           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .250
Luis Alvarado         11   42    4   10   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    5  .238
Mike Andrews          11   43    7   10   1   0   1    2   0   0    8    3  .233
George Scott          11   40    4    9   0   1   1    3   0   0    5    3  .225
Rico Petrocelli       11   40    4    8   3   0   1   11   0   0    5    7  .200
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
Alex Johnson          13   53   10   21   2   1   2   11   1   0    1    5  .396
Jay Johnstone         10   36    5   14   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    4  .389
Jim Spencer            9   22    4    8   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    2  .364
Jim Fregosi           13   54   13   19   4   0   2    7   0   0    5    9  .352
Bill Voss             13   45    9   15   2   2   1   14   1   1    9    3  .333
Chico Ruiz             3    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Sandy Alomar          13   59    9   18   1   0   0    2   7   2    4    4  .305
Roger Repoz           13   45    6   13   3   1   2    9   0   1    6    8  .289
Aurelio Rodriguez     13   50    4   13   2   2   0    6   0   1    2    3  .260
Tom Egan               4   12    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Jim Hicks              4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Rick Reichardt         6    4    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .250
Joe Azcue             11   39    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .205
Billy Cowan            5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Melton           11   41    5   16   4   0   1    9   0   0    4    8  .390
Luis Aparicio         11   39    7   13   2   0   1    4   1   0    5    4  .333
Bob Christian          4    3    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Ken Berry              9   35    4   11   2   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .314
Carlos May            11   42    7   13   3   1   1    8   1   0    3    7  .310
Syd O'Brien            6   22    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .273
Ed Herrmann            4   11    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .273
Buddy Bradford         9   27    2    7   1   0   2    3   0   1    4    9  .259
Duane Josephson        9   31    3    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .258
Gail Hopkins           6    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .222
John Matias           10   35    2    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    6  .171
Bobby Knoop            7   18    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    4  .167
Walt Williams          7   19    3    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .105
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
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
Roy Foster             8   25    5    9   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    5  .360
Chuck Hinton           4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Vada Pinson            9   31    3   10   0   0   2    3   0   2    4    5  .323
Eddie Leon            10   35    4   11   3   0   1    7   0   0    3    4  .314
Tony Horton            6   23    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .217
Lou Klimchock          5   14    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .143
Russ Nagelson          6   15    3    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    3  .133
Jack Heidemann        10   32    0    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    8  .125
Ted Uhlaender          9   34    1    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .118
Ted Ford               4   10    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    5  .100
Duke Sims              7   21    3    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    7  .095
Graig Nettles          9   23    3    2   0   0   0    1   1   0   11    5  .087
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          11   39    4   14   2   0   1    8   0   1    9   11  .359
Jim Northrup          11   44    3   15   4   0   0    5   0   0    4    7  .341
Cesar Gutierrez       11   45    7   14   2   1   0    4   1   0    3    5  .311
Willie Horton         11   42    7   13   4   0   0    9   0   0    7    6  .310
Al Kaline             11   42    7   13   4   0   0    7   1   0    9    8  .310
Dick McAuliffe        11   42    6   11   2   0   2    5   1   0   13   11  .262
Mickey Stanley         6   23    3    6   2   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .261
Norm Cash              7   28    6    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .250
Don Wert               8   20    4    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .250
Elliott Maddox         5   10    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .200
Dalton Jones           3    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Gates Brown            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ken Szotkiewicz        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Pat Kelly              9   31    8   12   1   0   0    0   5   2    5    8  .387
Paul Schaal            7   13    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .385
Lou Piniella          11   43    4   14   4   0   1    7   0   1    5    2  .326
Bob Oliver            12   45    7   14   3   2   2    8   0   0    2    7  .311
Joe Keough             6    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286
George Spriggs        10   22    4    6   0   0   0    0   1   1    4    8  .273
Rich Severson          7   19    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .263
Ed Kirkpatrick        12   43    9   11   2   1   1    5   1   1    4    7  .256
Amos Otis             12   47    5   10   2   0   0    8   4   0    4    6  .213
Jim Campanis           5   10    2    2   0   0   2    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Ellie Rodriguez       11   25    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .160
Luis Alcaraz          12   49    3    7   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    3  .143
Jackie Hernandez       9   21    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    1   10  .095
Mike Fiore             6    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .000
Hawk Taylor            3    4    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           8    7    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .429
Danny Walton          12   47    6   18   3   0   5   16   1   0    4   12  .383
Steve Hovley          12   49    6   18   4   0   0    8   1   0    6    3  .367
Ted Savage             4    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Greg Goossen           8   24    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    8  .292
Russ Snyder           12   37    9   10   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    9  .270
Tommy Harper          12   45    5   12   4   0   0    3   4   3    5    9  .267
Rich Rollins           5    4    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Ted Kubiak            12   40    8    8   0   0   0    1   0   1    8    4  .200
Max Alvis             12   44    3    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    5  .159
Phil Roof              4   13    4    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .154
Jerry McNertney        9   32    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .125
Mike Hegan             8   20    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    8  .100
Sandy Valdespino       8    9    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

 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            8   27    6   12   1   0   4   16   0   0    2    4  .444
Rod Carew              9   39    7   14   3   0   0    3   1   2    0    3  .359
Tony Oliva             9   39    9   14   3   1   2   11   0   0    1    3  .359
Cesar Tovar            9   40    9   14   3   2   1    3   4   1    4    6  .350
Jim Holt               8    9    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Rick Renick            3    9    1    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    3  .333
Frank Quilici          6    6    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Harmon Killebrew       9   28    8    9   1   0   2    7   0   0    8    7  .321
Leo Cardenas           9   34    5    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    8  .206
George Mitterwald      9   32    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    9  .188
Rich Reese             9   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             13   47   10   17   5   0   1    5   3   1   12    5  .362
Danny Cater           14   50    9   17   4   1   2   13   1   0    4    7  .340
Ron Woods              8   20    4    6   0   0   2    6   0   0    0    4  .300
Gene Michael          14   50    7   14   4   0   0    1   1   0    7   10  .280
Horace Clarke         14   65    5   18   1   0   1    4   0   2    2    2  .277
Jake Gibbs             4    9    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .222
Pete Ward              9    9    1    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .222
Curt Blefary          11   37    3    8   1   0   0    6   0   2    7    7  .216
Jerry Kenney           9   33    2    6   0   0   0    4   0   2    3    5  .182
Bobby Murcer          14   47    7    8   0   0   1    7   0   0   11   11  .170
Frank Tepedino         3    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Thurman Munson        11   34    2    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    8    7  .118
John Ellis            11   27    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .111
Ron Hansen             6    5    0    0   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .000
Jim Lyttle             5    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          10   35    3   13   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    4  .371
Rick Monday           13   49    7   17   5   1   1    5   1   1    8    9  .347
Felipe Alou           13   54    4   15   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    5  .278
Dick Green            13   46    5   12   0   0   1    3   3   0    5    5  .261
Sal Bando              7   16    3    4   0   0   2    3   1   0    2    4  .250
Tito Francona          9    8    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .250
Bob Johnson            9   25    4    6   1   0   1    1   2   1    2    1  .240
Don Mincher           12   37    5    8   2   0   4    8   0   0    5    8  .216
Dave Duncan           11   28    4    6   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    1  .214
Bert Campaneris        9   36    3    7   1   1   0    1   3   0    1    3  .194
Reggie Jackson        13   48    4    6   1   0   3    8   4   1    6   18  .125
Joe Rudi               4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Frank Fernandez        7   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .083
Jose Tartabull         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 Stroud              9   11    1    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    5  .364
Lee Maye               6   23    7    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    4  .348
Frank Howard          10   35    4   12   2   0   2    7   0   0    9   10  .343
Ed Brinkman           10   37    5   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    8    3  .324
Mike Epstein          10   37    7   11   0   0   3    5   0   0    6   14  .297
Del Unser             10   39    2   10   0   1   0    4   0   0    3    6  .256
Paul Casanova          3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Tim Cullen             4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Bernie Allen           9   21    4    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .238
Ken McMullen          10   38    4    9   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .237
Johnny Roseboro        7   20    3    4   0   0   0    4   0   0    6    1  .200
Dave Nelson            5   15    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .133
Hank Allen             8   11    2    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .091
Jim French             3    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  H. Clarke (NY)           65
  S. Alomar (CAL)          59
  F. Alou (OAK)            54
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         54
  A. Johnson (CAL)         53
  D. Cater (NY)            50
  G. Michael (NY)          50
  A. Rodriguez (CAL)       50
  L. Alcaraz (KC)          49
  S. Hovley (MIL)          49

Runs Scored:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)         13
  R. Smith (BOS)           11
  P. Blair (BAL)           10
  A. Johnson (CAL)         10
  R. White (NY)            10
  S. Alomar (CAL)           9
  D. Cater (NY)             9
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       9
  T. Oliva (MIN)            9
  R. Snyder (MIL)           9

Hits:

  A. Johnson (CAL)         21
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         19
  S. Alomar (CAL)          18
  H. Clarke (NY)           18
  S. Hovley (MIL)          18
  D. Walton (MIL)          18
  D. Cater (NY)            17
  R. Monday (OAK)          17
  R. White (NY)            17
  B. Melton (CHI)          16

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  B. Oliver (KC)            2
  A. Rodriguez (CAL)        2
  C. Tovar (MIN)            2
  B. Voss (CAL)             2
  L. Alcaraz (KC)           1
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  L. Brown (CLE)            1
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       1
  D. Cater (NY)             1
  C. Gutierrez (DET)        1

Home Runs:

  D. Walton (MIL)           5
  B. Alyea (MIN)            4
  D. Mincher (OAK)          4
  M. Epstein (WAS)          3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  B. Bradford (CHI)         2
  D. Buford (BAL)           2
  J. Campanis (KC)          2
  N. Cash (DET)             2

RBI:

  B. Alyea (MIN)           16
  D. Walton (MIL)          16
  B. Voss (CAL)            14
  D. Cater (NY)            13
  A. Johnson (CAL)         11
  T. Oliva (MIN)           11
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      11
  W. Horton (DET)           9
  D. Johnson (BAL)          9
  B. Melton (CHI)           9

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

  P. Blair (BAL)            3
  T. Harper (MIL)           3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  C. Blefary (NY)           2
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  P. Kelly (KC)             2
  J. Kenney (NY)            2
  V. Pinson (CLE)           2
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      2

Walks:

  D. McAuliffe (DET)       13
  R. White (NY)            12
  B. Murcer (NY)           11
  G. Nettles (CLE)         11
  B. Freehan (DET)          9
  F. Howard (WAS)           9
  A. Kaline (DET)           9
  B. Voss (CAL)             9
  M. Andrews (BOS)          8
  P. Blair (BAL)            8

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         18
  M. Epstein (WAS)         14
  D. Walton (MIL)          12
  B. Freehan (DET)         11
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       11
  B. Murcer (NY)           11
  M. Belanger (BAL)        10
  J. Hernandez (KC)        10
  F. Howard (WAS)          10
  G. Michael (NY)          10


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