Friday April 24, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 24, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        408   73   119   22    4   13    66    6    4   35    71  .292
Boston           405   51   117   22    2    9    48    9    3   43    47  .289
California       533   75   152   23    6   10    71   11    5   40    71  .285
Detroit          451   66   126   25    2    8    60    5    1   69    80  .279
Chicago          461   48   121   21    1    9    43    7    4   43    78  .263
Baltimore        464   63   119   25    1   14    60   13    4   58    84  .257
Washington       454   55   111   10    2   10    51    3    0   64   101  .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
New York         572   70   135   21    3    8    67    7    9   85    96  .236
Kansas City      475   57   109   14    5   12    47   11    8   41    90  .230
Cleveland        370   36    75   18    1    9    33    2    4   48    78  .203

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Johnson (CAL)       15   61   11   24   2   1   2   11   2   0    1    5  .393
Danny Walton (MIL)       13   51    6   20   3   0   5   17   1   0    4   14  .392
Frank Robinson (BAL)     12   44    9   17   4   0   3    8   0   0    7    8  .386
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        12   52   13   20   4   3   2    7   5   1    4    7  .385
Al Kaline (DET)          13   51    8   19   6   0   0    9   1   0    9    9  .373
Jerry Moses (BOS)        12   43    3   16   4   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .372
Davey Johnson (BAL)      14   46    6   17   5   0   2    9   2   0    9    4  .370
Reggie Smith (BOS)       12   49   12   18   3   1   2    8   3   0    4    3  .367
Roy White (NY)           15   55   12   20   6   0   1    6   3   1   16    6  .364
Luis Aparicio (CHI)      14   50    9   18   2   0   1    6   1   0    6    5  .360

 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
Frank Robinson        12   44    9   17   4   0   3    8   0   0    7    8  .386
Davey Johnson         14   46    6   17   5   0   2    9   2   0    9    4  .370
Brooks Robinson       14   53    5   16   5   0   1    8   1   0    4    3  .302
Paul Blair            14   51   10   13   3   0   0    5   7   3    8   12  .255
Ellie Hendricks       10   28    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .250
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            13   49    9   11   2   0   2    8   0   1    8    9  .225
Boog Powell           14   51    6   10   1   0   3    8   0   0    5   10  .196
Terry Crowley          7   11    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182
Mark Belanger         13   54    3    8   1   1   0    3   2   0    2   12  .148
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          15   61   11   24   2   1   2   11   2   0    1    5  .393
Jim Spencer           11   23    4    9   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    2  .391
Jim Fregosi           15   63   13   21   4   0   2   10   0   0    5    9  .333
Roger Repoz           15   51    8   17   4   1   3   10   0   1    7    8  .333
Bill Voss             15   51    9   17   2   2   1   14   1   1   11    3  .333
Chico Ruiz             3    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jay Johnstone         12   44    5   14   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    7  .318
Sandy Alomar          15   67   10   18   1   0   0    2   8   2    5    6  .269
Aurelio Rodriguez     15   56    5   15   2   2   0    7   0   1    3    5  .268
Jim Hicks              4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Joe Azcue             12   40    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .200
Rick Reichardt         7    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .200
Tom Egan               6   17    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .177
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
Luis Aparicio         14   50    9   18   2   0   1    6   1   0    6    5  .360
Gail Hopkins           9   15    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    0  .333
Bill Melton           14   52    5   17   4   0   1    9   0   1    5    9  .327
Ed Herrmann            5   13    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .308
Buddy Bradford        11   36    3   11   2   0   2    4   0   1    4   11  .306
Syd O'Brien            8   23    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .304
Ken Berry             10   37    4   11   2   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .297
Duane Josephson       11   38    4   11   1   0   1    4   0   1    4    3  .290
Carlos May            14   52    7   14   4   1   1   10   1   0    4   11  .269
Bob Christian          5    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Bobby Knoop           10   26    3    6   1   0   2    2   0   0    4    5  .231
Walt Williams         10   30    4    6   2   0   0    0   1   1    4    2  .200
John Matias           11   36    2    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    6  .167
Tommy McCraw           9   18    0    2   0   0   0    1   2   0    2    3  .111
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
Ray Fosse              6   16    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   1    5    2  .313
Eddie Leon            12   41    4   12   4   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .293
Vada Pinson           11   39    3   11   0   0   2    3   0   2    4    8  .282
Roy Foster            10   33    5    9   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    6  .273
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            8   31    2    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .194
Jack Heidemann        12   38    1    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    9  .184
Ted Uhlaender         10   38    3    7   2   0   1    4   1   0    3    5  .184
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
Duke Sims              7   21    3    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    7  .095
Graig Nettles         10   25    4    2   0   0   0    1   1   0   13    5  .080

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Kaline             13   51    8   19   6   0   0    9   1   0    9    9  .373
Bill Freehan          13   46    5   16   2   0   2   11   0   1   11   11  .348
Jim Northrup          13   51    6   17   4   0   1    8   0   0    5    7  .333
Cesar Gutierrez       13   54    9   17   2   1   0    5   1   0    3    7  .315
Willie Horton         13   50    8   14   4   0   0   10   0   0    8    8  .280
Dick McAuliffe        13   50    9   13   2   0   3    6   1   0   14   11  .260
Norm Cash              8   32    7    8   1   0   2    4   0   0    3    4  .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         7   19    4    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .158
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            8   14    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .357
Pat Kelly             11   39    9   13   1   0   0    0   5   3    6   10  .333
Lou Piniella          13   50    4   16   4   0   1    7   0   2    5    2  .320
Bob Oliver            14   52    9   16   3   2   4   11   0   0    2    8  .308
Joe Keough             6    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286
George Spriggs        12   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        14   51   10   12   2   1   2    6   1   1    5    8  .235
Amos Otis             14   54    6   12   2   0   1    9   4   0    5    6  .222
Jackie Hernandez      11   27    2    5   0   1   1    1   0   1    1   10  .185
Jim Campanis           6   13    2    2   0   0   2    2   0   0    1    2  .154
Luis Alcaraz          14   56    3    8   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    4  .143
Ellie Rodriguez       12   28    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .143
Mike Fiore             7    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Hawk Taylor            5    6    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
Brant Alyea           11   35    6   15   3   0   4   20   0   1    3    4  .429
Cesar Tovar           12   52   13   20   4   3   2    7   5   1    4    7  .385
Rod Carew             11   42    7   15   4   0   0    3   1   2    0    3  .357
Harmon Killebrew      12   35   11   12   1   0   3    8   0   0   13    8  .343
Frank Quilici          7    6    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Paul Ratliff           3    6    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .333
Chuck Manuel           4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Tony Oliva            12   52   10   17   4   1   2   12   0   0    1    6  .327
Rick Renick            4   10    1    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    3  .300
Jim Holt              10   12    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Leo Cardenas          12   43    6    9   3   0   1    5   0   0    3   10  .209
Rich Reese            12   36    5    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .194
George Mitterwald     11   36    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    9  .167
Minnie Mendoza         3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Allison            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Roy White             15   55   12   20   6   0   1    6   3   1   16    6  .364
Danny Cater           16   64   10   21   5   1   2   16   1   0    4   11  .328
Ron Woods              8   20    4    6   0   0   2    6   0   0    0    4  .300
Horace Clarke         16   76    7   21   1   0   1    4   0   2    5    2  .276
Gene Michael          16   62    8   16   4   0   0    1   1   0    8   14  .258
Bobby Murcer          16   58   11   14   1   0   2    9   0   1   14   12  .241
Jake Gibbs             4    9    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .222
Pete Ward             10   10    1    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .200
Curt Blefary          13   47    3    8   1   0   0    8   0   3   11    7  .170
Frank Tepedino         4    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Thurman Munson        13   44    4    7   2   0   0    4   2   0   11    9  .159
Jerry Kenney          11   42    2    6   0   0   0    4   0   2    3    7  .143
John Ellis            12   28    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .107
Ron Hansen             8    8    0    0   0   0   0    3   0   0    6    1  .000
Jim Lyttle             7    1    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             12   23    4   10   0   0   0    1   3   0    2    8  .435
Lee Maye               9   30    8   11   2   0   2    6   0   0    4    6  .367
Frank Howard          13   45    8   16   3   0   4   11   0   0   11   13  .356
Ed Brinkman           13   54    6   14   1   0   0    4   0   0    8    3  .259
Mike Epstein          13   52    8   13   0   0   3    6   0   0    7   17  .250
Del Unser             11   44    2   10   0   1   0    4   0   0    6    7  .227
Bernie Allen          12   28    5    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .214
Paul Casanova          5   14    1    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .214
Hank Allen            11   20    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .200
Ken McMullen          13   51    5   10   2   0   0    3   0   0    5   10  .196
Johnny Roseboro        9   22    3    4   0   0   0    4   0   0    8    2  .182
Tim Cullen             6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Dave Nelson            7   21    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .143
Jim French             5    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .125

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  H. Clarke (NY)           76
  S. Alomar (CAL)          67
  D. Cater (NY)            64
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         63
  G. Michael (NY)          62
  A. Johnson (CAL)         61
  F. Alou (OAK)            58
  B. Murcer (NY)           58
  L. Alcaraz (KC)          56
  A. Rodriguez (CAL)       56

Runs Scored:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)         13
  C. Tovar (MIN)           13
  R. Smith (BOS)           12
  R. White (NY)            12
  A. Johnson (CAL)         11
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       11
  B. Murcer (NY)           11
  S. Alomar (CAL)          10
  P. Blair (BAL)           10
  D. Cater (NY)            10

Hits:

  A. Johnson (CAL)         24
  D. Cater (NY)            21
  H. Clarke (NY)           21
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         21
  C. Tovar (MIN)           20
  D. Walton (MIL)          20
  R. White (NY)            20
  S. Hovley (MIL)          19
  A. Kaline (DET)          19
  S. Alomar (CAL)          18

Doubles:

  A. Kaline (DET)           6
  R. White (NY)             6
  D. Cater (NY)             5
  D. Johnson (BAL)          5
  R. Monday (OAK)           5
  B. Robinson (BAL)         5
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         4
  R. Carew (MIN)            4
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          4
  T. Harper (MIL)           4

Triples:

  C. Tovar (MIN)            3
  B. Oliver (KC)            2
  A. Rodriguez (CAL)        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
  F. Howard (WAS)           4
  D. Mincher (OAK)          4
  B. Oliver (KC)            4
  M. Epstein (WAS)          3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        3
  D. McAuliffe (DET)        3
  B. Powell (BAL)           3

RBI:

  B. Alyea (MIN)           20
  D. Walton (MIL)          17
  D. Cater (NY)            16
  B. Voss (CAL)            14
  T. Oliva (MIN)           12
  B. Freehan (DET)         11
  F. Howard (WAS)          11
  A. Johnson (CAL)         11
  B. Oliver (KC)           11
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      11

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           8
  P. Blair (BAL)            7
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      6
  P. Kelly (KC)             5
  C. Tovar (MIN)            5
  T. Harper (MIL)           4
  R. Jackson (OAK)          4
  A. Otis (KC)              4
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       3
  D. Green (OAK)            3

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  R. White (NY)            16
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       14
  B. Murcer (NY)           14
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       13
  G. Nettles (CLE)         13
  C. Blefary (NY)          11
  B. Freehan (DET)         11
  F. Howard (WAS)          11
  T. Munson (NY)           11
  B. Voss (CAL)            11

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         19
  M. Epstein (WAS)         17
  G. Michael (NY)          14
  D. Walton (MIL)          14
  F. Howard (WAS)          13
  M. Belanger (BAL)        12
  P. Blair (BAL)           12
  B. Murcer (NY)           12
  B. Bradford (CHI)        11
  D. Cater (NY)            11

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