Friday May 8, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 8, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          825   91   228   29    2   14    81   11    8   84   147  .276
California       898  119   247   35   10   15   114   15    8   66   122  .275
Minnesota        846  127   231   34    8   28   114   13    6   70   149  .273
Baltimore        882  144   238   43    5   35   136   16    5  110   151  .270
Boston           823  103   219   42    5   27    98   14    8   86   106  .266
Detroit          855  120   226   38    8   21   108    9    4  128   154  .264
Kansas City      909  108   227   29    9   23    98   20   12   92   174  .250
Oakland          924  116   229   49    6   32   104   24    7   94   158  .248
Washington       877  114   215   25    7   27   106   12    3  124   176  .245
New York         990  133   240   37    8   17   123   18   13  140   153  .242
Milwaukee        898  108   212   34    1   17    96   23    9  102   172  .236
Cleveland        787   75   172   38    4   15    68    8    7   79   153  .219

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Frank Robinson (BAL)     23   85   20   31   7   1   5   13   0   0   11   16  .365
Lou Piniella (KC)        24   97   12   34   6   0   5   22   0   2    7    6  .351
Davey Johnson (BAL)      26   89   14   31   8   0   4   15   2   0   16   11  .348
Tony Oliva (MIN)         25  104   21   36   4   3   5   24   1   0    4    8  .346
Luis Aparicio (CHI)      23   81   14   28   4   0   1    8   1   2   11    8  .346
Vada Pinson (CLE)        23   87    8   30   6   2   2    9   1   3    5   13  .345
Bob Oliver (KC)          25   94   15   32   7   2   6   23   0   0    4   17  .340
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   25   86   18   29   3   0   9   23   0   0   18   17  .337
Alex Johnson (CAL)       26  105   17   35   3   1   2   17   4   1    1   11  .333
Roy White (NY)           28  102   22   34   9   0   3   22   5   1   22    9  .333

 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        23   85   20   31   7   1   5   13   0   0   11   16  .365
Davey Johnson         26   89   14   31   8   0   4   15   2   0   16   11  .348
Brooks Robinson       26  102   14   33   8   1   3   18   1   0    5    5  .324
Merv Rettenmund       13   22    8    7   1   0   1    2   1   0    3    2  .318
Dave May               8   10    1    3   0   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .300
Boog Powell           26   92   15   25   3   0   9   25   0   0   16   16  .272
Paul Blair            26   98   21   25   5   0   4   16   8   4   13   21  .255
Clay Dalrymple         2    4    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .250
Terry Crowley         13   21    6    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .238
Ellie Hendricks       17   52    5   12   3   0   2    5   0   0    4    8  .231
Mark Belanger         25  102   11   23   2   1   0    8   3   0    9   19  .226
Andy Etchebarren      12   32    3    7   1   0   1    3   1   0    4    3  .219
Don Buford            24   87   14   19   2   1   3   12   0   1   16   12  .218
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
Billy Conigliaro       4   12    2    5   0   0   2    4   0   1    0    3  .417
Dick Schofield        10   12    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Reggie Smith          25   94   20   31   4   2   4   12   4   1    9   11  .330
Jerry Moses           22   79    4   25   5   0   2    9   0   1    4    7  .317
Carl Yastrzemski      25   85   16   26   3   0   5   16  10   3   24   10  .306
George Scott          25   95    9   27   5   3   4   12   0   0    7   14  .284
Luis Alvarado         25   89    9   24   8   0   0    6   0   1    3    9  .270
Tony Conigliaro       23   81    6   21   1   0   2    9   0   0   13    5  .259
Rico Petrocelli       25   89   14   23   9   0   4   21   0   0    8   16  .258
Mike Derrick           9    9    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .222
Mike Andrews          25   98   15   21   4   0   3    6   0   0   12    9  .214
Tom Satriano           2    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .167
Tom Matchick           5    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Don Pavletich          2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Spencer           22   64    9   25   3   2   1   14   0   0    5    6  .391
Alex Johnson          26  105   17   35   3   1   2   17   4   1    1   11  .333
Jarvis Tatum           5   15    5    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .333
Roger Repoz           24   79   14   26   5   1   5   14   0   1   10   12  .329
Jim Fregosi           26  105   19   33   9   0   2   15   0   0    9   13  .314
Billy Cowan            8    7    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .286
Bill Voss             22   71    9   20   2   2   1   15   1   1   12    5  .282
Aurelio Rodriguez     17   63    6   17   2   2   0    7   0   1    3    6  .270
Ken McMullen           9   30    5    8   1   1   1    6   0   0    6    3  .267
Sandy Alomar          26  111   15   29   2   0   0    3  10   4    7   13  .261
Joe Azcue             22   73    5   19   3   1   1    6   0   0    2    5  .260
Jay Johnstone         22   63    6   16   3   0   2   11   0   0    2    9  .254
Jim Hicks              4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
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           4    4    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          20   57    7   21   2   0   0    3   0   0    7    6  .368
Luis Aparicio         23   81   14   28   4   0   1    8   1   2   11    8  .346
Tommy McCraw          17   42    1   14   0   0   0    4   3   0    4    4  .333
Rich Morales           8    9    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .333
Bill Melton           24   86    9   28   4   0   3   15   0   1    8   15  .326
Duane Josephson       18   59    7   18   3   0   1   11   0   1    7    6  .305
Carlos May            25   90   16   27   5   2   3   14   3   1   10   21  .300
Syd O'Brien           13   34    3   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .294
Ken Berry             18   61    8   17   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    9  .279
Walt Williams         16   54    7   15   3   0   0    1   2   1    8    3  .278
Buddy Bradford        18   53    5   13   2   0   2    5   0   2    8   16  .245
Ed Herrmann           12   30    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .233
Bobby Knoop           21   65    7   13   1   0   3    8   0   0    8   12  .200
John Matias           16   41    2    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    9  .146
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            6   18    5    8   2   1   0    1   0   0    1    1  .444
Vada Pinson           23   87    8   30   6   2   2    9   1   3    5   13  .345
Ray Fosse             18   59    7   17   3   0   1    2   0   1    9    7  .288
Chuck Hinton          11   11    1    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .273
Tony Horton           20   72    7   18   6   0   2   13   0   1    9   11  .250
Vern Fuller            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ted Uhlaender         22   88    9   20   5   1   1    5   2   1    9   13  .227
Roy Foster            22   80    8   18   4   0   2    9   1   1    6   16  .225
Eddie Leon            23   79    5   15   4   0   1    8   0   0    5   12  .190
Jack Heidemann        24   78    1   14   3   0   0    5   1   0    2   20  .180
Ted Ford               9   19    3    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    7  .158
Russ Nagelson         12   20    3    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    7  .150
Graig Nettles         22   72   10   10   0   0   3    7   3   0   18   11  .139
Lou Klimchock          9   18    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .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              6    5    3    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .400
Al Kaline             24   94   15   31   6   2   4   20   1   0   15   11  .330
Cesar Gutierrez       21   77   12   23   2   2   0    8   1   0    4    7  .299
Dick McAuliffe        25   94   15   28   4   0   4   10   2   2   24   19  .298
Jim Northrup          19   74    7   22   4   1   1   10   0   0    6   15  .297
Willie Horton         25   95   15   28   5   2   2   17   0   0   14   14  .295
Mickey Stanley        16   63   13   18   3   0   1    6   3   0    6    4  .286
Bill Freehan          23   82    8   23   3   0   4   15   0   1   16   14  .281
Norm Cash             20   66   10   15   4   0   2    8   0   1   11   10  .227
Elliott Maddox        15   33    6    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    6  .212
Don Wert              18   39    5    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    8    8  .205
Ken Szotkiewicz       10   20    3    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    5    9  .200
Dalton Jones          12   28    4    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    6    4  .179
Jim Price              5   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .100
Gates Brown            8    7    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           16   42    6   16   1   0   1    4   1   0    3    3  .381
Lou Piniella          24   97   12   34   6   0   5   22   0   2    7    6  .351
Bob Oliver            25   94   15   32   7   2   6   23   0   0    4   17  .340
Amos Otis             26  104   18   32   5   3   2   12   7   0   12   10  .308
Pat Kelly             23   85   16   24   2   0   1    3  10   6   16   26  .282
Rich Severson         10   25    1    7   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    2  .280
George Spriggs        13   23    4    6   0   0   0    0   1   1    4    9  .261
Jackie Hernandez      22   64    3   14   2   1   1    3   0   1    8   19  .219
Joe Keough            14   23    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .217
Jim Campanis          10   28    4    6   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    5  .214
Ed Kirkpatrick        21   75   12   16   2   1   3    8   1   1    6   12  .213
Ellie Rodriguez       22   55    4   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    8  .200
Mike Fiore            13   27    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    6   10  .185
Jerry Adair            7   27    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    5    3  .148
Luis Alcaraz          21   75    3    9   2   1   1    9   0   0    1    7  .120
Hawk Taylor            7    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Hovley          24   87   10   27   6   0   0   11   3   0   10    8  .310
Danny Walton          27  101   12   31   3   0   9   25   1   0   13   33  .307
Ted Savage            15   36    3   11   2   0   1    3   1   0    1    5  .306
John Kennedy          17   30    6    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    3    6  .300
Russ Snyder           23   70   12   19   2   0   0    7   0   1    8   11  .271
Greg Goossen          18   43    3   11   3   0   1    3   0   0    9   11  .256
Tommy Harper          27  107   13   27   6   0   1    9  14   4   11   20  .252
Ted Kubiak            27   93   16   22   0   1   1    6   1   1   15    7  .237
Jerry McNertney       23   75    9   17   3   0   2    7   0   1    7   10  .227
Mike Hershberger      10   27    2    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .222
Rich Rollins          14   25    3    5   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    4  .200
Mike Hegan            20   51    5    9   1   0   0    5   1   1    9   17  .177
Max Alvis             18   58    4    8   1   0   0    4   1   0    4    6  .138
Phil Roof              8   22    4    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    4    4  .091
Wayne Comer           10   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
Rod Carew             14   52   10   19   6   0   0    5   2   2    1    5  .365
Tony Oliva            25  104   21   36   4   3   5   24   1   0    4    8  .346
Harmon Killebrew      25   86   18   29   3   0   9   23   0   0   18   17  .337
Brant Alyea           23   74    7   24   4   0   5   24   1   1   10   10  .324
Cesar Tovar           25  103   25   32   6   4   3    8   8   1    9   13  .311
Paul Ratliff          10   21    3    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    9  .286
Leo Cardenas          25   95   12   25   6   1   2    9   0   0    6   15  .263
Rick Renick            6   12    1    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    3  .250
Rich Reese            24   73    7   15   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    9  .206
Chuck Manuel           6    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
George Mitterwald     21   66    5   13   1   0   2    5   0   1    6   24  .197
Jim Holt              21   21    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .191
Frank Quilici         19   39    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    4  .180
Bob Allison            8   13    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .154
Minnie Mendoza        11   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .091
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             28  102   22   34   9   0   3   22   5   1   22    9  .333
Ron Woods             16   39    8   13   1   0   4   11   0   0    3    8  .333
Danny Cater           29  116   17   33   6   3   2   19   3   0    6   14  .285
Horace Clarke         29  127   19   35   3   0   1    5   2   3   12    4  .276
Bobby Murcer          29  103   19   27   3   0   5   17   2   2   24   17  .262
Gene Michael          27  101   10   26   5   0   0    6   1   0   10   22  .257
Thurman Munson        24   73   11   18   3   2   0    7   3   1   23   12  .247
Jake Gibbs             7   19    3    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .211
Pete Ward             16   15    1    3   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    5  .200
Frank Tepedino         8   10    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Curt Blefary          22   79    6   15   2   0   0   10   0   3   11   10  .190
Jerry Kenney          24   86    9   15   0   1   1   10   2   2   11   11  .174
John Ellis            13   29    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .103
Ron Hansen            12   11    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    9    1  .091
Jim Lyttle            11    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    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              10   28    5   11   2   0   1    2   1   0    3    3  .393
Tito Francona         16   15    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    2  .333
Rick Monday           25   94   14   30   6   2   3    9   3   1   12   24  .319
Felipe Alou           28  117   12   36  10   1   1   13   1   0    4    8  .308
Dave Duncan           22   65    8   19   5   0   3    8   0   0    3    7  .292
Roberto Pena          18   58    4   15   1   0   0    3   1   1    2    4  .259
Sal Bando             22   64   14   16   2   0   5   13   2   2   12   11  .250
Bert Campaneris       19   75    9   18   4   1   1    7   4   0    4    8  .240
Don Mincher           26   82   13   18   6   0   7   15   0   0   10   15  .220
Dick Green            28  101   13   21   3   0   2    7   3   0   10   16  .208
Bob Johnson           16   34    5    7   1   0   1    1   2   1    2    1  .206
Reggie Jackson        27   89    9   16   6   1   5   12   7   2   15   31  .180
Frank Fernandez       17   29    2    5   0   0   2    2   0   0   10    8  .172
Larry Haney            1    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Washington           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Maye              19   61   11   21   3   1   3   13   0   1    5    9  .344
Ed Stroud             25   69   15   23   0   1   2    6   9   0    8   15  .333
Frank Howard          26   88   21   28   4   0  10   24   0   0   25   21  .318
Bernie Allen          23   53    8   16   2   0   3    9   0   0    8    6  .302
Aurelio Rodriguez     11   39    5   11   1   0   3    8   0   0    6    2  .282
Mike Epstein          25   93   14   24   4   0   5   12   0   1   13   34  .258
Ed Brinkman           26  104   15   25   3   2   0    7   1   0   14    8  .240
Rick Reichardt         9   22    3    5   0   1   1    2   0   1    4    5  .227
Hank Allen            19   33    3    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    5    8  .212
Del Unser             17   49    2   10   0   1   0    4   0   0    6    8  .204
Ken McMullen          15   59    5   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5   10  .203
Johnny Roseboro       16   42    4    8   2   0   0    5   1   0   12    5  .191
Jim French            12   21    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .191
Paul Casanova         10   26    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .154
Tim Cullen            15   14    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .143
Dave Nelson           15   31    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    7  .129

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  H. Clarke (NY)          127
  F. Alou (OAK)           117
  D. Cater (NY)           116
  S. Alomar (CAL)         111
  T. Harper (MIL)         107
  J. Fregosi (CAL)        105
  A. Johnson (CAL)        105
  E. Brinkman (WAS)       104
  T. Oliva (MIN)          104
  A. Otis (KC)            104

Runs Scored:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           25
  R. White (NY)            22
  P. Blair (BAL)           21
  F. Howard (WAS)          21
  T. Oliva (MIN)           21
  F. Robinson (BAL)        20
  R. Smith (BOS)           20
  H. Clarke (NY)           19
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         19
  B. Murcer (NY)           19

Hits:

  F. Alou (OAK)            36
  T. Oliva (MIN)           36
  H. Clarke (NY)           35
  A. Johnson (CAL)         35
  L. Piniella (KC)         34
  R. White (NY)            34
  D. Cater (NY)            33
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         33
  B. Robinson (BAL)        33
  B. Oliver (KC)           32

Doubles:

  F. Alou (OAK)            10
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          9
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       9
  R. White (NY)             9
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         8
  D. Johnson (BAL)          8
  B. Robinson (BAL)         8
  B. Oliver (KC)            7
  F. Robinson (BAL)         7
  L. Cardenas (MIN)         6

Triples:

  C. Tovar (MIN)            4
  D. Cater (NY)             3
  T. Oliva (MIN)            3
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  G. Scott (BOS)            3
  E. Brinkman (WAS)         2
  C. Gutierrez (DET)        2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  A. Kaline (DET)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2

Home Runs:

  F. Howard (WAS)          10
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        9
  B. Powell (BAL)           9
  D. Walton (MIL)           9
  D. Mincher (OAK)          7
  B. Oliver (KC)            6
  B. Alyea (MIN)            5
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  M. Epstein (WAS)          5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5

RBI:

  B. Powell (BAL)          25
  D. Walton (MIL)          25
  B. Alyea (MIN)           24
  F. Howard (WAS)          24
  T. Oliva (MIN)           24
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       23
  B. Oliver (KC)           23
  L. Piniella (KC)         22
  R. White (NY)            22
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      21

Stolen Bases:

  T. Harper (MIL)          14
  S. Alomar (CAL)          10
  P. Kelly (KC)            10
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     10
  E. Stroud (WAS)           9
  P. Blair (BAL)            8
  C. Tovar (MIN)            8
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  A. Otis (KC)              7
  R. White (NY)             5

Caught Stealing:

  P. Kelly (KC)             6
  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
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         2
  S. Bando (OAK)            2

Walks:

  F. Howard (WAS)          25
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       24
  B. Murcer (NY)           24
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     24
  T. Munson (NY)           23
  R. White (NY)            22
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       18
  G. Nettles (CLE)         18
  D. Buford (BAL)          16
  B. Freehan (DET)         16

Strikeouts:

  M. Epstein (WAS)         34
  D. Walton (MIL)          33
  R. Jackson (OAK)         31
  P. Kelly (KC)            26
  G. Mitterwald (MIN)      24
  R. Monday (OAK)          24
  G. Michael (NY)          22
  P. Blair (BAL)           21
  F. Howard (WAS)          21
  C. May (CHI)             21


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