Saturday April 25, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 25, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        438   77   126   24    4   15    70    6    5   35    74  .288
California       568   80   162   26    6   11    76   12    5   43    78  .285
Boston           471   58   133   24    2   12    55   10    3   50    54  .282
Detroit          482   69   134   26    3    9    63    5    1   71    85  .278
Chicago          498   53   135   21    1   10    47    7    4   48    84  .271
Baltimore        501   72   133   25    2   16    69   13    4   63    89  .266
Washington       485   58   118   10    3   11    54    3    0   66   109  .243
Milwaukee        501   63   118   23    0    7    56   13    5   59    96  .236
Kansas City      511   60   120   15    6   13    50   12    8   43    95  .235
Oakland          488   47   114   18    2   14    43   16    5   51    78  .234
New York         600   70   138   21    3    8    67    7   10   89    99  .230
Cleveland        403   42    86   19    1   11    38    2    4   51    85  .213

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Johnson (CAL)       16   65   12   26   3   1   2   12   3   0    1    6  .400
Jerry Moses (BOS)        13   47    3   18   5   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .383
Davey Johnson (BAL)      15   48    8   18   5   0   2    9   2   0   11    5  .375
Danny Walton (MIL)       15   59    6   22   3   0   5   18   1   0    5   16  .373
Frank Howard (WAS)       14   49   10   18   3   0   5   12   0   0   11   14  .367
Frank Robinson (BAL)     13   49    9   18   4   0   3    8   0   0    7   11  .367
Pat Kelly (KC)           12   44    9   16   1   0   0    0   6   3    6   11  .364
Steve Hovley (MIL)       14   58    7   21   5   0   0   10   2   0    7    3  .362
Luis Aparicio (CHI)      15   53    9   19   2   0   1    7   1   0    7    5  .359
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        13   56   13   20   4   3   2    7   5   1    4    8  .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         15   48    8   18   5   0   2    9   2   0   11    5  .375
Frank Robinson        13   49    9   18   4   0   3    8   0   0    7   11  .367
Brooks Robinson       15   58    7   18   5   1   2   10   1   0    4    3  .310
Paul Blair            15   56   11   15   3   0   1    8   7   3    8   12  .268
Andy Etchebarren       9   23    3    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    3  .261
Don Buford            14   54   10   14   2   0   2    9   0   1    8    9  .259
Ellie Hendricks       10   28    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .250
Merv Rettenmund        5   12    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .250
Boog Powell           15   54    8   10   1   0   3    8   0   0    7   10  .185
Terry Crowley          7   11    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182
Mark Belanger         14   59    3   10   1   1   0    4   2   0    2   13  .170
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         5    5    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .800
Jerry Moses           13   47    3   18   5   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .383
Carl Yastrzemski      14   51    8   17   3   0   1    6   7   2   12    7  .333
Reggie Smith          14   57   13   18   3   1   2    8   3   0    5    4  .316
Tony Conigliaro       14   49    4   14   1   0   1    5   0   0    8    2  .286
Luis Alvarado         14   53    6   15   4   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .283
Mike Andrews          14   55    9   14   2   0   2    5   0   0    8    5  .255
Rico Petrocelli       14   51    7   12   4   0   2   14   0   0    6    8  .235
George Scott          14   53    5   12   0   1   2    4   0   0    5    4  .226
Mike Derrick           5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .200
Don Pavletich          2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Tom Matchick           2    2    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
Jim Spencer           12   26    4   11   2   0   0    7   0   0    3    2  .423
Alex Johnson          16   65   12   26   3   1   2   12   3   0    1    6  .400
Jarvis Tatum           1    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Jim Fregosi           16   67   14   23   6   0   2   11   0   0    5    9  .343
Roger Repoz           15   51    8   17   4   1   3   10   0   1    7    8  .333
Chico Ruiz             3    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Voss             16   53    9   17   2   2   1   14   1   1   11    3  .321
Jay Johnstone         13   44    5   14   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    7  .318
Sandy Alomar          16   72   10   18   1   0   0    2   8   2    5    7  .250
Aurelio Rodriguez     16   60    5   15   2   2   0    7   0   1    3    6  .250
Jim Hicks              4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Joe Azcue             13   44    3   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    3  .227
Rick Reichardt         8    5    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    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         15   53    9   19   2   0   1    7   1   0    7    5  .359
Gail Hopkins          10   20    3    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .350
Bill Melton           15   56    5   18   4   0   1    9   0   1    6    9  .321
Buddy Bradford        12   39    4   12   2   0   2    4   0   1    5   12  .308
Syd O'Brien            8   23    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .304
Ken Berry             11   37    5   11   2   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .297
Ed Herrmann            6   17    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .294
Duane Josephson       12   38    4   11   1   0   1    4   0   1    4    3  .290
Carlos May            15   56    9   16   4   1   2   11   1   0    5   12  .286
Bob Christian          5    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Bobby Knoop           11   30    3    7   1   0   2    3   0   0    5    6  .233
Walt Williams         11   35    4    8   2   0   0    0   1   1    4    2  .229
Tommy McCraw          10   20    0    4   0   0   0    2   2   0    2    3  .200
John Matias           12   37    2    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    7  .162
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              7   19    3    6   1   0   1    1   0   1    6    4  .316
Vada Pinson           12   43    4   13   0   0   2    4   0   2    4    9  .302
Eddie Leon            13   45    4   13   4   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .289
Roy Foster            11   37    5   10   3   0   1    4   0   1    3    6  .270
Tony Horton            9   35    3    9   2   0   2    7   0   0    3    6  .257
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
Jack Heidemann        13   42    1    9   1   0   0    4   0   0    2   10  .214
Ted Uhlaender         11   42    4    7   2   0   1    4   1   0    4    6  .167
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
Graig Nettles         11   29    6    3   0   0   0    1   1   0   13    6  .103
Duke Sims              7   21    3    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    7  .095

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Kaline             14   55    8   19   6   0   0    9   1   0    9    9  .346
Jim Northrup          14   55    7   18   4   1   1    9   0   0    5    7  .327
Bill Freehan          14   49    5   16   2   0   2   11   0   1   12   12  .327
Cesar Gutierrez       14   57    9   17   2   1   0    5   1   0    3    7  .298
Willie Horton         14   54    9   16   4   0   0   10   0   0    8    9  .296
Mickey Stanley         8   31    4    9   2   0   1    2   1   0    3    0  .290
Norm Cash              9   32    7    8   1   0   2    5   0   0    3    4  .250
Don Wert               9   20    4    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .250
Dick McAuliffe        14   54    9   13   2   0   3    6   1   0   14   12  .241
Elliott Maddox         8   22    4    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .227
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             12   44    9   16   1   0   0    0   6   3    6   11  .364
Paul Schaal            8   14    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .357
Lou Piniella          14   54    5   18   4   0   2    9   0   2    5    2  .333
Bob Oliver            15   56   10   17   3   2   4   12   0   0    2    8  .304
Joe Keough             6    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286
Rich Severson          7   19    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .263
George Spriggs        13   23    4    6   0   0   0    0   1   1    4    9  .261
Ed Kirkpatrick        15   56   10   13   2   1   2    6   1   1    5    9  .232
Amos Otis             15   58    7   13   2   1   1    9   4   0    5    6  .224
Jackie Hernandez      12   30    2    6   1   1   1    1   0   1    2   10  .200
Ellie Rodriguez       13   32    3    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .188
Jim Campanis           6   13    2    2   0   0   2    2   0   0    1    2  .154
Luis Alcaraz          15   60    3    8   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    4  .133
Mike Fiore             8   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .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           9    7    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .429
Danny Walton          15   59    6   22   3   0   5   18   1   0    5   16  .373
Steve Hovley          14   58    7   21   5   0   0   10   2   0    7    3  .362
Tommy Harper          15   57    8   17   4   0   0    5   8   3    7   10  .298
Mike Hershberger       2    7    0    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .286
Ted Savage             6   11    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .273
Russ Snyder           13   41   10   11   2   0   0    5   0   1    6   10  .268
Greg Goossen          10   28    2    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    5    8  .250
Ted Kubiak            15   49    9    9   0   0   0    1   0   1   10    6  .184
Rich Rollins           7   11    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .182
Jerry McNertney       12   39    4    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .154
Max Alvis             13   46    3    7   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .152
Phil Roof              6   18    4    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .111
Mike Hegan             9   23    1    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    9  .087
Wayne Comer            5   11    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Sandy Valdespino       8    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Brant Alyea           12   38    6   16   4   0   4   20   0   1    3    5  .421
Cesar Tovar           13   56   13   20   4   3   2    7   5   1    4    8  .357
Rod Carew             11   42    7   15   4   0   0    3   1   2    0    3  .357
Tony Oliva            13   56   12   19   4   1   3   13   0   0    1    6  .339
Harmon Killebrew      13   39   11   13   1   0   3    9   0   0   13    8  .333
Frank Quilici          8    9    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    1  .333
Paul Ratliff           4    9    3    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .333
Chuck Manuel           4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Rick Renick            4   10    1    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    3  .300
Jim Holt              11   12    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Rich Reese            13   39    6    8   1   0   1    1   0   0    3    3  .205
Leo Cardenas          13   47    6    9   3   0   1    5   0   0    3   10  .192
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             16   58   12   20   6   0   1    6   3   1   17    6  .345
Danny Cater           17   68   10   21   5   1   2   16   1   0    4   11  .309
Ron Woods              8   20    4    6   0   0   2    6   0   0    0    4  .300
Horace Clarke         17   80    7   23   1   0   1    4   0   3    5    2  .288
Gene Michael          17   65    8   16   4   0   0    1   1   0    8   15  .246
Bobby Murcer          17   62   11   14   1   0   2    9   0   1   14   12  .226
Jake Gibbs             4    9    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .222
Pete Ward             11   11    1    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    4  .182
Curt Blefary          14   50    3    9   1   0   0    8   0   3   11    7  .180
Thurman Munson        14   45    4    7   2   0   0    4   2   0   13    9  .156
Frank Tepedino         5    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .143
Jerry Kenney          12   45    2    6   0   0   0    4   0   2    4    7  .133
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           15   56    7   18   5   1   1    5   1   1    9    9  .321
Roberto Pena          12   42    3   13   1   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .310
Felipe Alou           15   62    5   17   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    6  .274
Dave Duncan           13   35    4    9   1   0   2    5   0   0    2    1  .257
Dick Green            15   52    6   13   1   0   1    3   3   0    6    7  .250
Tito Francona          9    8    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .250
Sal Bando              9   18    5    4   0   0   2    3   1   1    4    4  .222
Don Mincher           14   42    6    9   3   0   4    9   0   0    7    8  .214
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
Reggie Jackson        15   52    4    7   2   0   3    8   4   1    9   19  .135
Joe Rudi               4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
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
Lee Maye              10   31    8   12   2   0   2    7   0   0    4    6  .387
Ed Stroud             13   27    4   10   0   0   0    1   3   0    2   10  .370
Frank Howard          14   49   10   18   3   0   5   12   0   0   11   14  .367
Mike Epstein          14   54    8   14   0   0   3    6   0   0    9   18  .259
Ed Brinkman           14   58    7   15   1   1   0    4   0   0    8    3  .259
Del Unser             11   44    2   10   0   1   0    4   0   0    6    7  .227
Ken McMullen          14   55    5   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5   10  .218
Bernie Allen          12   28    5    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .214
Johnny Roseboro        9   22    3    4   0   0   0    4   0   0    8    2  .182
Paul Casanova          6   17    1    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .177
Hank Allen            12   23    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .174
Tim Cullen             7    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .143
Dave Nelson            8   24    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .125
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)           80
  S. Alomar (CAL)          72
  D. Cater (NY)            68
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         67
  A. Johnson (CAL)         65
  G. Michael (NY)          65
  F. Alou (OAK)            62
  B. Murcer (NY)           62
  L. Alcaraz (KC)          60
  A. Rodriguez (CAL)       60

Runs Scored:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)         14
  R. Smith (BOS)           13
  C. Tovar (MIN)           13
  A. Johnson (CAL)         12
  T. Oliva (MIN)           12
  R. White (NY)            12
  P. Blair (BAL)           11
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       11
  B. Murcer (NY)           11
  S. Alomar (CAL)          10

Hits:

  A. Johnson (CAL)         26
  H. Clarke (NY)           23
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         23
  D. Walton (MIL)          22
  D. Cater (NY)            21
  S. Hovley (MIL)          21
  C. Tovar (MIN)           20
  R. White (NY)            20
  L. Aparicio (CHI)        19
  A. Kaline (DET)          19

Doubles:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)          6
  A. Kaline (DET)           6
  R. White (NY)             6
  D. Cater (NY)             5
  S. Hovley (MIL)           5
  D. Johnson (BAL)          5
  R. Monday (OAK)           5
  J. Moses (BOS)            5
  B. Robinson (BAL)         5
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         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
  E. Brinkman (WAS)         1
  L. Brown (CLE)            1
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       1
  P. Casanova (WAS)         1

Home Runs:

  F. Howard (WAS)           5
  D. Walton (MIL)           5
  B. Alyea (MIN)            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
  T. Oliva (MIN)            3

RBI:

  B. Alyea (MIN)           20
  D. Walton (MIL)          18
  D. Cater (NY)            16
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      14
  B. Voss (CAL)            14
  T. Oliva (MIN)           13
  F. Howard (WAS)          12
  A. Johnson (CAL)         12
  B. Oliver (KC)           12
  B. Freehan (DET)         11

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           8
  T. Harper (MIL)           8
  P. Blair (BAL)            7
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      7
  P. Kelly (KC)             6
  C. Tovar (MIN)            5
  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
  H. Clarke (NY)            3
  T. Harper (MIL)           3
  P. Kelly (KC)             3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  J. Kenney (NY)            2
  L. Piniella (KC)          2
  V. Pinson (CLE)           2

Walks:

  R. White (NY)            17
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       14
  B. Murcer (NY)           14
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       13
  T. Munson (NY)           13
  G. Nettles (CLE)         13
  B. Freehan (DET)         12
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     12
  C. Blefary (NY)          11
  F. Howard (WAS)          11

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         19
  M. Epstein (WAS)         18
  D. Walton (MIL)          16
  G. Michael (NY)          15
  F. Howard (WAS)          14
  M. Belanger (BAL)        13
  P. Blair (BAL)           12
  B. Bradford (CHI)        12
  B. Freehan (DET)         12
  C. May (CHI)             12


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