Saturday May 2, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 2, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           694   92   196   38    5   24    88   13    5   74    80  .282
Chicago          696   81   194   25    1   13    74    9    7   70   119  .279
Minnesota        671   97   184   29    7   20    89    9    5   48   109  .274
Detroit          690   95   188   34    7   13    85    9    4   99   120  .273
California       763  102   207   32    7   13    97   14    8   54   107  .271
Baltimore        716  118   194   35    4   27   111   13    5   97   126  .271
Washington       723   99   186   21    6   23    92    9    3  107   149  .257
Kansas City      744   86   183   19    8   20    76   14   11   75   144  .246
Milwaukee        747   90   181   28    0   13    80   19    6   87   143  .242
New York         787  101   188   28    5   13    96   11   10  116   124  .239
Oakland          719   82   171   31    4   25    76   21    6   74   128  .238
Cleveland        659   61   141   33    3   13    55    7    5   70   133  .214

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Frank Robinson (BAL)     18   66   15   26   5   1   4   10   0   0    9   13  .394
Davey Johnson (BAL)      21   72   12   27   7   0   3   12   2   0   13    8  .375
Brant Alyea (MIN)        19   60    7   22   4   0   5   24   1   1    7    8  .367
Bill Melton (CHI)        20   71    8   25   4   0   3   14   0   1    8   10  .352
Luis Aparicio (CHI)      20   72   14   25   3   0   1    7   1   1   10    7  .347
Reggie Smith (BOS)       21   78   18   27   3   2   4   10   4   0    9    6  .346
Frank Howard (WAS)       21   73   18   25   4   0   9   22   0   0   20   18  .343
Alex Johnson (CAL)       22   89   14   30   3   1   2   16   4   1    1   10  .337
Rick Monday (OAK)        21   78   10   26   5   2   2    7   2   1   11   19  .333
Amos Otis (KC)           21   85   15   28   4   3   2   10   4   0   10    8  .329

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chico Salmon           2    5    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .600
Frank Robinson        18   66   15   26   5   1   4   10   0   0    9   13  .394
Davey Johnson         21   72   12   27   7   0   3   12   2   0   13    8  .375
Dave May               7    9    1    3   0   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .333
Brooks Robinson       21   82   11   26   7   1   2   15   1   0    5    4  .317
Merv Rettenmund        9   17    4    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .294
Andy Etchebarren      10   25    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    3  .280
Ellie Hendricks       14   41    4   11   3   0   1    4   0   0    4    7  .268
Paul Blair            21   78   18   20   4   0   4   15   7   4   13   15  .256
Clay Dalrymple         2    4    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .250
Terry Crowley         12   21    5    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .238
Boog Powell           21   73   12   17   2   0   6   17   0   0   15   14  .233
Don Buford            20   73   12   16   2   0   3   12   0   1   13   10  .219
Mark Belanger         20   84    9   16   1   1   0    5   2   0    7   19  .191
Curt Motton            4    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .000

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dick Schofield         8   10    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Billy Conigliaro       3    8    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   1    0    1  .375
Reggie Smith          21   78   18   27   3   2   4   10   4   0    9    6  .346
Mike Derrick           6    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .333
Tom Satriano           1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Jerry Moses           19   69    4   22   5   0   2    9   0   0    4    6  .319
George Scott          21   81    9   25   4   3   4   10   0   0    5   10  .309
Rico Petrocelli       21   73   13   22   9   0   4   21   0   0    8   11  .301
Carl Yastrzemski      21   73   13   22   3   0   3   12   9   3   19    8  .301
Luis Alvarado         21   76    9   22   8   0   0    6   0   0    3    7  .290
Tony Conigliaro       20   70    6   20   1   0   2    8   0   0   12    4  .286
Mike Andrews          21   82   14   18   3   0   3    6   0   0   11    8  .220
Don Pavletich          2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Tom Matchick           4    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jarvis Tatum           3   11    4    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .364
Alex Johnson          22   89   14   30   3   1   2   16   4   1    1   10  .337
Jim Spencer           18   49    6   16   2   1   0    9   0   0    4    6  .327
Jim Fregosi           22   92   17   30   7   0   2   14   0   0    5   12  .326
Roger Repoz           20   64   11   20   5   1   4   12   0   1    9   11  .313
Ken McMullen           5   17    3    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    2  .294
Sandy Alomar          22   95   14   27   2   0   0    3   9   4    6   10  .284
Bill Voss             21   68    9   19   2   2   1   15   1   1   12    4  .279
Aurelio Rodriguez     17   63    6   17   2   2   0    7   0   1    3    6  .270
Jay Johnstone         18   53    5   14   3   0   2    8   0   0    2    8  .264
Jim Hicks              4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Joe Azcue             18   58    4   14   3   0   1    5   0   0    1    4  .241
Billy Cowan            6    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .200
Tom Egan               8   21    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .191
Rick Reichardt         9    6    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .167
Chico Ruiz             6    6    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Tom Silverio           2    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ray Oyler              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gail Hopkins          16   42    7   18   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    2  .429
Bill Melton           20   71    8   25   4   0   3   14   0   1    8   10  .352
Luis Aparicio         20   72   14   25   3   0   1    7   1   1   10    7  .347
Rich Morales           6    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Duane Josephson       16   52    6   16   2   0   1   10   0   1    7    6  .308
Tommy McCraw          14   33    1   10   0   0   0    3   2   0    3    3  .303
Carlos May            21   76   13   23   5   1   2   13   2   1    7   16  .303
Ken Berry             15   48    7   14   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    6  .292
Ed Herrmann            9   24    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    5  .292
Syd O'Brien           10   30    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .267
Buddy Bradford        16   50    4   12   2   0   2    5   0   2    6   16  .240
Walt Williams         14   45    7   10   2   0   0    0   2   1    7    2  .222
Bobby Knoop           17   53    4   10   1   0   3    8   0   0    5   10  .189
John Matias           14   40    2    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    9  .150
Bob Christian          7    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Brown            5   14    4    6   2   1   0    1   0   0    1    0  .429
Vada Pinson           19   71    6   23   2   1   2    8   1   3    5   11  .324
Ray Fosse             14   45    4   14   3   0   1    2   0   1    8    7  .311
Chuck Hinton           9   10    1    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .300
Tony Horton           16   62    5   16   6   0   2   10   0   0    5   11  .258
Vern Fuller            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ted Uhlaender         18   73    9   17   5   1   1    5   2   0    8   10  .233
Roy Foster            18   65    5   15   4   0   1    5   0   1    5   14  .231
Eddie Leon            20   68    4   14   4   0   1    8   0   0    4    9  .206
Jack Heidemann        20   64    1   11   2   0   0    4   1   0    2   17  .172
Ted Ford               8   19    3    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    7  .158
Graig Nettles         18   57    9    7   0   0   2    4   3   0   17    8  .123
Lou Klimchock          8   17    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .118
Russ Nagelson         10   18    3    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    6  .111
Duke Sims              9   24    3    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    6    9  .083

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ike Brown              3    3    3    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .667
Al Kaline             20   79   11   26   6   2   2   16   1   0   12    9  .329
Jim Northrup          15   58    7   18   4   1   1    9   0   0    5    8  .310
Dick McAuliffe        20   74   11   22   4   0   3    8   2   2   20   17  .297
Mickey Stanley        13   54   10   16   3   0   1    4   3   0    5    2  .296
Cesar Gutierrez       20   76   12   22   2   2   0    8   1   0    4    7  .290
Willie Horton         20   76   12   22   4   1   1   12   0   0   12   14  .290
Bill Freehan          18   65    6   18   2   0   2   12   0   1   12   13  .277
Don Wert              14   34    5    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    8    6  .235
Elliott Maddox        11   30    5    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    5  .233
Norm Cash             15   50    8   11   2   0   2    6   0   1    7    9  .220
Dalton Jones           7   15    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Ken Szotkiewicz        5    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .167
Jim Price              3    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .125
Gates Brown            6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Paul Schaal           12   28    3   10   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .357
Amos Otis             21   85   15   28   4   3   2   10   4   0   10    8  .329
Lou Piniella          19   79    8   26   4   0   4   18   0   2    6    5  .329
Bob Oliver            20   75   12   23   4   2   5   16   0   0    4   14  .307
Pat Kelly             18   67   11   19   1   0   0    2   7   5   12   20  .284
George Spriggs        13   23    4    6   0   0   0    0   1   1    4    9  .261
Rich Severson          9   21    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .238
Jackie Hernandez      18   55    3   13   1   1   1    2   0   1    7   15  .236
Ellie Rodriguez       18   44    4   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    7  .227
Joe Keough            11   18    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .222
Ed Kirkpatrick        20   74   12   16   2   1   3    8   1   1    6   12  .216
Jim Campanis           9   25    3    5   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    5  .200
Jerry Adair            6   23    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    5    3  .174
Luis Alcaraz          17   61    3    8   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    4  .131
Mike Fiore             9   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    8  .071
Hawk Taylor            6    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Kennedy          12   14    4    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .357
Steve Hovley          19   73    9   24   5   0   0   10   3   0    9    3  .329
Danny Walton          22   86   10   28   3   0   8   24   1   0   10   28  .326
Ted Savage            12   29    3    9   1   0   1    3   1   0    0    4  .310
Russ Snyder           19   59   11   17   2   0   0    5   0   1    7   11  .288
Greg Goossen          14   38    2   10   3   0   1    3   0   0    7   11  .263
Mike Hershberger       8   23    2    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .261
Tommy Harper          22   88   10   22   4   0   1    8  10   4   10   19  .250
Ted Kubiak            22   74   13   18   0   0   0    2   1   1   15    6  .243
Rich Rollins          12   23    3    5   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    4  .217
Jerry McNertney       19   62    7   13   3   0   1    5   0   0    7    9  .210
Mike Hegan            15   38    3    6   1   0   0    4   1   0    7   15  .158
Max Alvis             18   58    4    8   1   0   0    4   1   0    4    6  .138
Phil Roof              6   18    4    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .111
Wayne Comer            9   14    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .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           19   60    7   22   4   0   5   24   1   1    7    8  .367
Rod Carew             11   42    7   15   4   0   0    3   1   2    0    3  .357
Paul Ratliff           8   15    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .333
Harmon Killebrew      20   67   12   22   3   0   4   13   0   0   15   11  .328
Tony Oliva            20   83   15   27   4   2   3   15   0   0    3    7  .325
Cesar Tovar           20   84   18   27   5   4   3    8   6   1    5   11  .321
Rick Renick            5   11    1    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    3  .273
Leo Cardenas          20   75    9   18   4   1   2    9   0   0    3   12  .240
Bob Allison            5    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Chuck Manuel           6    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Rich Reese            20   62    7   12   1   0   1    1   0   0    4    6  .194
Frank Quilici         15   31    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    4  .194
George Mitterwald     16   53    4   10   1   0   1    3   0   0    4   19  .189
Jim Holt              17   16    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .188
Minnie Mendoza         9   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Tom Tischinski         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             22   79   14   26   7   0   1   10   3   1   20    8  .329
Danny Cater           23   91   13   28   5   2   2   17   1   0    5   12  .308
Ron Woods             12   27    6    8   1   0   3    9   0   0    2    6  .296
Horace Clarke         23  103   14   29   2   0   1    5   1   3    9    3  .282
Bobby Murcer          23   84   14   21   2   0   4   16   1   1   18   15  .250
Jake Gibbs             5   12    3    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .250
Gene Michael          21   78    9   19   4   0   0    2   1   0    9   18  .244
Frank Tepedino         7    9    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .222
Thurman Munson        19   57    7   11   2   0   0    5   3   0   20   10  .193
Jerry Kenney          18   68    8   13   0   1   1    9   1   2    5    9  .191
Curt Blefary          18   66    4   11   1   0   0    9   0   3   11   10  .167
Pete Ward             14   13    1    2   0   1   0    3   0   0    2    4  .154
John Ellis            12   28    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .107
Ron Hansen            11   11    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    8    1  .091
Jim Lyttle            10    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jose Tartabull         8    7    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .429
Joe Rudi               6   15    2    6   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .400
Rick Monday           21   78   10   26   5   2   2    7   2   1   11   19  .333
Tito Francona         12    9    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .333
Felipe Alou           22   90   10   27   4   0   1    8   1   0    4    8  .300
Roberto Pena          17   57    4   15   1   0   0    3   1   1    2    4  .263
Dave Duncan           18   49    5   12   3   0   2    5   0   0    2    5  .245
Don Mincher           21   67   12   16   5   0   6   12   0   0    9   13  .239
Dick Green            22   77   10   17   1   0   2    7   3   0    9   12  .221
Bob Johnson           14   32    4    6   1   0   1    1   2   1    2    1  .188
Bert Campaneris       13   49    4    9   2   1   0    3   3   0    2    6  .184
Sal Bando             16   45    8    8   0   0   3    6   2   1    7   10  .178
Frank Fernandez       14   23    2    4   0   0   2    2   0   0    8    7  .174
Reggie Jackson        22   71    6   11   4   0   4    9   7   2   13   24  .155

 Washington           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Reichardt         4    7    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   1    4    0  .429
Ed Stroud             20   54   12   20   0   1   1    4   7   0    4   13  .370
Frank Howard          21   73   18   25   4   0   9   22   0   0   20   18  .343
Lee Maye              16   50   10   17   2   0   3   11   0   1    5    9  .340
Aurelio Rodriguez      6   25    4    7   0   0   3    7   0   0    2    2  .280
Mike Epstein          21   81   12   22   4   0   4   10   0   1   12   31  .272
Ed Brinkman           21   84   13   22   2   2   0    7   1   0   14    6  .262
Bernie Allen          19   42    8   11   2   0   3    8   0   0    7    4  .262
Hank Allen            17   30    3    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    5    7  .233
Johnny Roseboro       14   36    4    8   2   0   0    5   1   0   12    4  .222
Del Unser             14   46    2   10   0   1   0    4   0   0    6    8  .217
Jim French             9   14    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .214
Ken McMullen          15   59    5   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5   10  .203
Paul Casanova          9   23    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .174
Tim Cullen            12   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .154
Dave Nelson           11   27    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .148

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  H. Clarke (NY)          103
  S. Alomar (CAL)          95
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         92
  D. Cater (NY)            91
  F. Alou (OAK)            90
  A. Johnson (CAL)         89
  T. Harper (MIL)          88
  A. Rodriguez (WAS)       88
  D. Walton (MIL)          86
  A. Otis (KC)             85

Runs Scored:

  P. Blair (BAL)           18
  F. Howard (WAS)          18
  R. Smith (BOS)           18
  C. Tovar (MIN)           18
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         17
  T. Oliva (MIN)           15
  A. Otis (KC)             15
  F. Robinson (BAL)        15
  S. Alomar (CAL)          14
  M. Andrews (BOS)         14

Hits:

  J. Fregosi (CAL)         30
  A. Johnson (CAL)         30
  H. Clarke (NY)           29
  D. Cater (NY)            28
  A. Otis (KC)             28
  D. Walton (MIL)          28
  S. Alomar (CAL)          27
  F. Alou (OAK)            27
  D. Johnson (BAL)         27
  T. Oliva (MIN)           27

Doubles:

  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       9
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         8
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          7
  D. Johnson (BAL)          7
  B. Robinson (BAL)         7
  R. White (NY)             7
  T. Horton (CLE)           6
  A. Kaline (DET)           6
  D. Cater (NY)             5
  S. Hovley (MIL)           5

Triples:

  C. Tovar (MIN)            4
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  G. Scott (BOS)            3
  E. Brinkman (WAS)         2
  D. Cater (NY)             2
  C. Gutierrez (DET)        2
  A. Kaline (DET)           2
  R. Monday (OAK)           2
  T. Oliva (MIN)            2
  B. Oliver (KC)            2

Home Runs:

  F. Howard (WAS)           9
  D. Walton (MIL)           8
  D. Mincher (OAK)          6
  B. Powell (BAL)           6
  B. Alyea (MIN)            5
  B. Oliver (KC)            5
  P. Blair (BAL)            4
  M. Epstein (WAS)          4
  R. Jackson (OAK)          4
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        4

RBI:

  B. Alyea (MIN)           24
  D. Walton (MIL)          24
  F. Howard (WAS)          22
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      21
  L. Piniella (KC)         18
  D. Cater (NY)            17
  B. Powell (BAL)          17
  A. Johnson (CAL)         16
  A. Kaline (DET)          16
  B. Murcer (NY)           16

Stolen Bases:

  T. Harper (MIL)          10
  S. Alomar (CAL)           9
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      9
  P. Blair (BAL)            7
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  P. Kelly (KC)             7
  E. Stroud (WAS)           7
  C. Tovar (MIN)            6
  A. Johnson (CAL)          4
  A. Otis (KC)              4

Caught Stealing:

  P. Kelly (KC)             5
  S. Alomar (CAL)           4
  P. Blair (BAL)            4
  T. Harper (MIL)           4
  C. Blefary (NY)           3
  H. Clarke (NY)            3
  V. Pinson (CLE)           3
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      3
  B. Bradford (CHI)         2
  R. Carew (MIN)            2

Walks:

  F. Howard (WAS)          20
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       20
  T. Munson (NY)           20
  R. White (NY)            20
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     19
  B. Murcer (NY)           18
  G. Nettles (CLE)         17
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       15
  T. Kubiak (MIL)          15
  B. Powell (BAL)          15

Strikeouts:

  M. Epstein (WAS)         31
  D. Walton (MIL)          28
  R. Jackson (OAK)         24
  P. Kelly (KC)            20
  M. Belanger (BAL)        19
  T. Harper (MIL)          19
  G. Mitterwald (MIN)      19
  R. Monday (OAK)          19
  F. Howard (WAS)          18
  G. Michael (NY)          18


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