Wednesday April 22, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 22, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        338   62   102   17    3   12    56    5    4   25    60  .302
California       499   72   145   22    6    9    68   11    5   36    66  .291
Boston           405   51   117   22    2    9    48    9    3   43    47  .289
Detroit          413   58   114   23    2    6    54    5    1   64    72  .276
Baltimore        428   56   108   21    1   11    53   13    4   55    76  .252
Chicago          389   40    97   18    1    8    37    6    2   34    66  .249
Washington       388   44    95    9    2    7    41    3    0   55    86  .245
Milwaukee        436   53   104   20    0    7    48    7    5   46    84  .239
Oakland          457   44   108   14    2   14    41   16    3   46    77  .236
Kansas City      439   52   100   14    5    8    42   11    7   39    84  .228
New York         532   59   120   18    3    8    57    7    9   75    89  .226
Cleveland        342   32    68   16    1    8    30    2    3   44    73  .199

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Johnson (CAL)       14   57   11   23   2   1   2   11   2   0    1    5  .404
Danny Walton (MIL)       13   51    6   20   3   0   5   17   1   0    4   14  .392
Bill Melton (CHI)        12   42    5   16   4   0   1    9   0   1    5    8  .381
Davey Johnson (BAL)      13   43    5   16   4   0   2    9   2   0    8    4  .372
Jerry Moses (BOS)        12   43    3   16   4   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .372
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        10   43   11   16   3   2   2    5   4   1    4    7  .372
Reggie Smith (BOS)       12   49   12   18   3   1   2    8   3   0    4    3  .367
Steve Hovley (MIL)       13   53    7   19   4   0   0    8   1   0    6    3  .359
Rod Carew (MIN)          10   42    7   15   4   0   0    3   1   2    0    3  .357
Tony Oliva (MIN)         10   42    9   15   3   1   2   12   0   0    1    3  .357

 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
Dave May               5    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Davey Johnson         13   43    5   16   4   0   2    9   2   0    8    4  .372
Frank Robinson        11   40    7   14   3   0   2    5   0   0    6    8  .350
Brooks Robinson       13   49    5   15   4   0   1    8   1   0    4    2  .306
Paul Blair            13   46   10   13   3   0   0    5   7   3    8    9  .283
Andy Etchebarren       8   20    3    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    3  .250
Merv Rettenmund        5   12    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .250
Don Buford            12   45    8   10   2   0   2    8   0   1    7    9  .222
Ellie Hendricks        9   24    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .208
Terry Crowley          7   11    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182
Boog Powell           13   46    5    8   0   0   2    6   0   0    5    9  .174
Mark Belanger         12   50    2    8   1   1   0    3   2   0    2   11  .160
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           12   43    3   16   4   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .372
Reggie Smith          12   49   12   18   3   1   2    8   3   0    4    3  .367
Carl Yastrzemski      12   46    7   15   3   0   1    6   6   2    8    7  .326
Tony Conigliaro       12   42    4   13   1   0   1    4   0   0    7    2  .310
Luis Alvarado         12   45    5   12   4   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .267
Mike Andrews          12   47    8   12   2   0   1    3   0   0    8    3  .255
Mike Derrick           4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .250
George Scott          12   44    4   10   0   1   1    3   0   0    5    3  .227
Rico Petrocelli       12   44    5    9   3   0   1   11   0   0    5    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
Alex Johnson          14   57   11   23   2   1   2   11   2   0    1    5  .404
Jim Spencer           10   22    4    8   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    2  .364
Jay Johnstone         11   40    5   14   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    6  .350
Jim Fregosi           14   58   13   20   4   0   2    8   0   0    5    9  .345
Chico Ruiz             3    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Voss             14   49    9   16   2   2   1   14   1   1    9    3  .327
Roger Repoz           14   48    7   15   3   1   2    9   0   1    6    8  .313
Sandy Alomar          14   62   10   18   1   0   0    2   8   2    5    4  .290
Aurelio Rodriguez     14   53    4   14   2   2   0    7   0   1    2    4  .264
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
Tom Egan               5   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
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           12   42    5   16   4   0   1    9   0   1    5    8  .381
Luis Aparicio         12   41    8   14   2   0   1    4   1   0    5    4  .342
Bob Christian          4    3    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Carlos May            12   44    7   14   4   1   1    9   1   0    3    7  .318
Ed Herrmann            5   13    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .308
Ken Berry             10   37    4   11   2   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .297
Syd O'Brien            6   22    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    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           7   10    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .200
John Matias           10   35    2    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    6  .171
Bobby Knoop            8   20    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    5  .150
Walt Williams          8   22    3    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .136
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
Larry Brown            3    8    3    3   2   1   0    1   0   0    1    0  .375
Roy Foster             9   29    5    9   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    5  .310
Eddie Leon            11   39    4   12   4   0   1    7   0   0    3    4  .308
Ray Fosse              5   13    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .308
Vada Pinson           10   35    3   10   0   0   2    3   0   2    4    7  .286
Vern Fuller            2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Chuck Hinton           5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Tony Horton            7   27    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .185
Jack Heidemann        11   35    0    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    9  .171
Ted Ford               5   14    2    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    5  .143
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
Ted Uhlaender          9   34    1    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .118
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

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Northrup          12   48    4   17   4   0   1    7   0   0    4    7  .354
Bill Freehan          12   43    4   14   2   0   1    8   0   1    9   11  .326
Cesar Gutierrez       12   49    7   15   2   1   0    5   1   0    3    6  .306
Willie Horton         12   46    8   14   4   0   0   10   0   0    7    6  .304
Al Kaline             12   46    7   14   4   0   0    8   1   0    9    9  .304
Dick McAuliffe        12   45    8   12   2   0   2    5   1   0   14   11  .267
Norm Cash              7   28    6    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .250
Mickey Stanley         7   28    3    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .250
Don Wert               8   20    4    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .250
Elliott Maddox         6   14    4    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .214
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
Paul Schaal            7   13    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .385
Pat Kelly             10   35    8   12   1   0   0    0   5   2    5    9  .343
Lou Piniella          12   46    4   15   4   0   1    7   0   2    5    2  .326
Bob Oliver            13   48    7   14   3   2   2    8   0   0    2    8  .292
Joe Keough             6    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286
George Spriggs        11   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        13   46   10   12   2   1   2    6   1   1    5    8  .261
Amos Otis             13   51    5   10   2   0   0    8   4   0    4    6  .196
Ellie Rodriguez       11   25    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .160
Jim Campanis           6   13    2    2   0   0   2    2   0   0    1    2  .154
Luis Alcaraz          13   52    3    7   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    4  .135
Jackie Hernandez      10   24    1    3   0   1   0    0   0   1    1   10  .125
Mike Fiore             6    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .000
Hawk Taylor            4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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          13   51    6   20   3   0   5   17   1   0    4   14  .392
Steve Hovley          13   53    7   19   4   0   0    8   1   0    6    3  .359
Ted Savage             5    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .286
Russ Snyder           12   37    9   10   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    9  .270
Greg Goossen           9   27    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    5    8  .259
Tommy Harper          13   48    5   12   4   0   0    3   4   3    6   10  .250
Rich Rollins           6    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Mike Hershberger       1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Ted Kubiak            13   43    8    9   0   0   0    1   0   1    8    5  .209
Max Alvis             12   44    3    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    5  .159
Phil Roof              5   16    4    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .125
Jerry McNertney       10   33    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .121
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            9   29    6   13   1   0   4   16   0   1    2    4  .448
Cesar Tovar           10   43   11   16   3   2   2    5   4   1    4    7  .372
Rod Carew             10   42    7   15   4   0   0    3   1   2    0    3  .357
Tony Oliva            10   42    9   15   3   1   2   12   0   0    1    3  .357
Harmon Killebrew      10   30    8   10   1   0   2    7   0   0    8    7  .333
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
Leo Cardenas          10   36    6    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    8  .222
George Mitterwald      9   32    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    9  .188
Rich Reese            10   27    4    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .148
Paul Ratliff           2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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             14   53   10   18   5   0   1    5   3   1   13    6  .340
Ron Woods              8   20    4    6   0   0   2    6   0   0    0    4  .300
Danny Cater           15   58    9   17   4   1   2   13   1   0    4    9  .293
Horace Clarke         15   70    5   19   1   0   1    4   0   2    5    2  .271
Gene Michael          15   58    7   15   4   0   0    1   1   0    7   13  .259
Jake Gibbs             4    9    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .222
Bobby Murcer          15   54    8   11   0   0   2    8   0   1   12   11  .204
Pete Ward             10   10    1    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .200
Curt Blefary          12   41    3    8   1   0   0    6   0   3   11    7  .195
Frank Tepedino         4    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Jerry Kenney          10   41    2    6   0   0   0    4   0   2    3    7  .146
Thurman Munson        12   40    2    5   2   0   0    2   2   0   10    8  .125
John Ellis            12   28    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .107
Ron Hansen             7    6    0    0   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .000
Jim Lyttle             6    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           14   52    7   18   5   1   1    5   1   1    9    9  .346
Roberto Pena          11   38    3   13   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    4  .342
Felipe Alou           14   58    5   16   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    6  .276
Dave Duncan           12   31    4    8   1   0   2    4   0   0    2    1  .258
Dick Green            14   48    5   12   0   0   1    3   3   0    6    6  .250
Sal Bando              8   16    4    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
Don Mincher           13   38    5    8   2   0   4    9   0   0    7    8  .211
Bob Johnson           10   29    4    6   1   0   1    1   2   1    2    1  .207
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
Reggie Jackson        14   51    4    6   1   0   3    8   4   1    6   19  .118
Frank Fernandez        8   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             10   14    2    6   0   0   0    0   3   0    2    5  .429
Lee Maye               7   23    7    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .348
Frank Howard          11   38    5   12   2   0   2    7   0   0   10   11  .316
Ed Brinkman           11   45    5   13   1   0   0    3   0   0    8    3  .289
Bernie Allen          10   22    4    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .273
Mike Epstein          11   43    7   11   0   0   3    6   0   0    7   15  .256
Tim Cullen             4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Del Unser             11   44    2   10   0   1   0    4   0   0    6    7  .227
Hank Allen             9   18    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .222
Ken McMullen          11   46    4   10   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    9  .217
Paul Casanova          4   14    1    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .214
Johnny Roseboro        7   20    3    4   0   0   0    4   0   0    6    1  .200
Dave Nelson            6   20    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .150
Jim French             4    6    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  H. Clarke (NY)           70
  S. Alomar (CAL)          62
  F. Alou (OAK)            58
  D. Cater (NY)            58
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         58
  G. Michael (NY)          58
  A. Johnson (CAL)         57
  B. Murcer (NY)           54
  S. Hovley (MIL)          53
  A. Rodriguez (CAL)       53

Runs Scored:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)         13
  R. Smith (BOS)           12
  A. Johnson (CAL)         11
  C. Tovar (MIN)           11
  S. Alomar (CAL)          10
  P. Blair (BAL)           10
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      10
  R. White (NY)            10
  D. Cater (NY)             9
  T. Oliva (MIN)            9

Hits:

  A. Johnson (CAL)         23
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         20
  D. Walton (MIL)          20
  H. Clarke (NY)           19
  S. Hovley (MIL)          19
  S. Alomar (CAL)          18
  R. Monday (OAK)          18
  R. Smith (BOS)           18
  R. White (NY)            18
  D. Cater (NY)            17

Doubles:

  R. Monday (OAK)           5
  R. White (NY)             5
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         4
  R. Carew (MIN)            4
  D. Cater (NY)             4
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          4
  T. Harper (MIL)           4
  W. Horton (DET)           4
  S. Hovley (MIL)           4
  D. Johnson (BAL)          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
  P. Casanova (WAS)         1
  D. Cater (NY)             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:

  D. Walton (MIL)          17
  B. Alyea (MIN)           16
  B. Voss (CAL)            14
  D. Cater (NY)            13
  T. Oliva (MIN)           12
  A. Johnson (CAL)         11
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      11
  W. Horton (DET)          10
  D. Johnson (BAL)          9
  C. May (CHI)              9

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           8
  P. Blair (BAL)            7
  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
  C. Blefary (NY)           3
  T. Harper (MIL)           3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  P. Kelly (KC)             2
  J. Kenney (NY)            2
  L. Piniella (KC)          2
  V. Pinson (CLE)           2

Walks:

  D. McAuliffe (DET)       14
  R. White (NY)            13
  B. Murcer (NY)           12
  C. Blefary (NY)          11
  G. Nettles (CLE)         11
  F. Howard (WAS)          10
  T. Munson (NY)           10
  B. Freehan (DET)          9
  A. Kaline (DET)           9
  R. Monday (OAK)           9

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         19
  M. Epstein (WAS)         15
  D. Walton (MIL)          14
  G. Michael (NY)          13
  M. Belanger (BAL)        11
  B. Freehan (DET)         11
  F. Howard (WAS)          11
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       11
  B. Murcer (NY)           11
  T. Harper (MIL)          10


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