Tuesday May 12, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 12, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
California      1064  141   297   42   11   18   135   16    9   80   156  .279
Chicago         1005  114   279   37    4   18   103   14    8  103   179  .278
Baltimore       1012  164   275   49    7   40   156   18    7  122   175  .272
Minnesota        946  140   254   37    9   32   127   16    9   83   178  .269
Detroit          988  141   260   41    8   29   127    9    7  138   171  .263
Boston           981  118   251   46    5   33   113   17   10  105   138  .256
Milwaukee       1079  134   269   46    3   24   118   27   13  122   198  .249
Kansas City      978  121   243   32    9   27   111   23   12  100   196  .249
Oakland         1020  131   252   52    6   37   119   25    7  102   170  .247
Washington      1019  130   246   30    8   31   120   13    3  137   195  .241
New York        1125  154   271   42   10   17   141   21   13  157   176  .241
Cleveland        850   83   186   41    5   20    76    8    7   85   164  .219

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Luis Aparicio (CHI)      28  100   19   37   5   0   2   10   1   2   15    9  .370
Alex Johnson (CAL)       30  124   20   44   5   2   2   18   4   1    3   13  .355
Frank Robinson (BAL)     25   94   21   33   8   1   6   17   0   0   11   18  .351
Lou Piniella (KC)        24   97   12   34   6   0   5   22   0   2    7    6  .351
Davey Johnson (BAL)      30   99   15   34   9   0   4   17   2   1   17   12  .343
Vada Pinson (CLE)        25   95    9   32   7   2   2    9   1   3    5   15  .337
Tony Oliva (MIN)         28  113   22   38   4   3   6   27   2   0    7   11  .336
Bob Oliver (KC)          27  103   17   34   7   2   6   23   0   0    4   21  .330
Danny Walton (MIL)       32  122   12   40   5   0   9   29   1   0   15   43  .328
Reggie Smith (BOS)       29  110   23   36   5   2   4   12   6   2   14   14  .327

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chico Salmon           3    9    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    1  .444
Clay Dalrymple         3    7    3    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .429
Frank Robinson        25   94   21   33   8   1   6   17   0   0   11   18  .351
Davey Johnson         30   99   15   34   9   0   4   17   2   1   17   12  .343
Brooks Robinson       30  118   15   36   8   1   4   21   1   0    5    9  .305
Merv Rettenmund       16   30   11    9   1   0   2    3   1   0    4    4  .300
Boog Powell           30  104   20   31   5   0  10   27   0   0   20   18  .298
Ellie Hendricks       18   56    6   16   4   0   2    5   0   0    4    8  .286
Don Buford            26   94   16   24   2   2   4   15   0   1   18   12  .255
Paul Blair            30  114   23   29   5   0   4   17  10   5   14   24  .254
Dave May              10   12    1    3   0   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .250
Terry Crowley         14   23    6    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    4    3  .217
Mark Belanger         29  117   12   25   2   2   0    9   3   0   10   21  .214
Andy Etchebarren      15   38    3    8   1   0   1    4   1   0    5    5  .211
Curt Motton            6    7    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .143

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Billy Conigliaro       6   14    2    5   0   0   2    4   0   1    0    4  .357
Reggie Smith          29  110   23   36   5   2   4   12   6   2   14   14  .327
Carl Yastrzemski      29  104   21   32   3   0   8   19  11   3   27   12  .308
Jerry Moses           24   89    4   27   5   0   2   10   0   1    4    9  .303
Dick Schofield        12   14    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .286
George Scott          29  111    9   31   5   3   4   15   0   0    9   18  .279
Tony Conigliaro       27  100    9   27   1   0   5   15   0   0   14    8  .270
Luis Alvarado         29  103   10   27   9   0   0    6   0   1    4   13  .262
Rico Petrocelli       29  107   16   25   9   0   4   22   0   0    9   19  .234
Mike Derrick          10   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .200
Mike Andrews          29  116   16   23   5   0   3    6   0   0   16   12  .198
Tom Satriano           3   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .100
Don Pavletich          3    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Tom Matchick           6    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    2  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Billy Cowan           11   11    0    5   0   0   0    6   0   0    1    1  .455
Jarvis Tatum           8   28   11   11   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .393
Jim Spencer           26   82   11   30   3   2   1   16   0   0    5   11  .366
Alex Johnson          30  124   20   44   5   2   2   18   4   1    3   13  .355
Roger Repoz           28   94   14   29   6   1   5   14   0   1   10   17  .309
Sandy Alomar          30  131   17   38   3   0   0    7  11   5    8   15  .290
Chico Ruiz             8    7    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .286
Jim Fregosi           30  120   21   34   9   0   2   15   0   0   11   16  .283
Bill Voss             24   72   10   20   2   2   1   15   1   1   13    5  .278
Ken McMullen          13   48    6   13   2   1   1   10   0   0    8    6  .271
Aurelio Rodriguez     17   63    6   17   2   2   0    7   0   1    3    6  .270
Joe Azcue             24   80    5   20   3   1   1    6   0   0    3    8  .250
Jim Hicks              4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Jay Johnstone         25   72    7   17   3   0   3   13   0   0    4   11  .236
Tom Egan              11   31    4    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    4  .226
Rick Reichardt         9    6    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .167
Tom Silverio           6    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Ray Oyler              3    4    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
Luis Aparicio         28  100   19   37   5   0   2   10   1   2   15    9  .370
Tommy McCraw          21   59    5   20   0   0   0    5   4   0    4    6  .339
Gail Hopkins          23   65    8   22   2   1   0    3   0   0    8    6  .339
Bill Melton           24   86    9   28   4   0   3   15   0   1    8   15  .326
Carlos May            30  108   20   35   6   2   4   18   3   1   15   26  .324
Duane Josephson       18   59    7   18   3   0   1   11   0   1    7    6  .305
Rich Morales           9   10    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .300
Ken Berry             23   75    9   22   3   1   0    5   1   0    9   14  .293
Syd O'Brien           18   55    4   15   1   0   0    6   1   0    3    7  .273
Ed Herrmann           16   44    3   12   1   0   2    7   0   0    5    7  .273
Walt Williams         19   67    9   18   6   0   0    3   2   1    8    4  .269
Buddy Bradford        20   62    5   14   2   0   2    7   1   2    8   19  .226
Bobby Knoop           26   86    8   19   2   0   3    9   0   0    8   17  .221
Bob Christian          7    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
John Matias           18   50    3    7   1   0   1    2   1   0    1   11  .140
Chuck Brinkman         1    4    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            8   25    6    9   2   1   0    1   0   0    2    1  .360
Vada Pinson           25   95    9   32   7   2   2    9   1   3    5   15  .337
Ray Fosse             19   63    7   17   3   0   1    2   0   1    9    8  .270
Ted Uhlaender         24   93   10   24   6   1   2    8   2   1   11   13  .258
Chuck Hinton          13   12    1    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .250
Vern Fuller            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Tony Horton           22   80    7   19   6   0   2   13   0   1    9   13  .238
Roy Foster            24   88    9   20   5   0   3   10   1   1    6   16  .227
Eddie Leon            23   79    5   15   4   0   1    8   0   0    5   12  .190
Jack Heidemann        26   82    2   15   3   1   0    5   1   0    5   20  .183
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
Duke Sims             10   28    5    4   2   0   2    4   0   0    6    9  .143
Graig Nettles         24   80   10   10   0   0   3    7   3   0   18   13  .125
Lou Klimchock          9   18    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .111

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ike Brown              8    7    4    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .429
Jim Northrup          23   88    9   28   4   1   2   11   0   1    8   18  .318
Al Kaline             28  109   17   34   7   2   4   22   1   1   16   14  .312
Willie Horton         29  110   19   33   6   2   4   21   0   0   15   14  .300
Cesar Gutierrez       22   80   12   23   2   2   0    8   1   0    5    7  .288
Dick McAuliffe        29  112   18   32   4   0   4   10   2   3   24   19  .286
Bill Freehan          27   96   11   27   3   0   6   19   0   1   17   15  .281
Norm Cash             23   78   12   21   5   0   4   12   0   1   11   11  .269
Mickey Stanley        17   68   13   18   3   0   1    6   3   0    6    4  .265
Don Wert              22   42    6    9   2   0   0    2   1   0    8    8  .214
Dalton Jones          16   38    6    8   1   0   2    4   0   0    9    6  .211
Elliott Maddox        18   38    6    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    7  .184
Ken Szotkiewicz       13   28    4    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    5   12  .179
Jim Price              5   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .100
Gates Brown           11   10    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           18   50    7   19   2   0   1    4   1   0    4    4  .380
Lou Piniella          24   97   12   34   6   0   5   22   0   2    7    6  .351
Bob Oliver            27  103   17   34   7   2   6   23   0   0    4   21  .330
Amos Otis             28  113   19   34   6   3   3   13   7   0   12   10  .301
Joe Keough            16   30    6    9   0   0   2    4   1   0    5    5  .300
Rich Severson         12   33    3    9   0   1   0    6   0   0    0    3  .273
Pat Kelly             25   91   16   24   2   0   1    3  12   6   19   28  .264
George Spriggs        13   23    4    6   0   0   0    0   1   1    4    9  .261
Ed Kirkpatrick        23   82   15   18   2   1   5   13   1   1    7   13  .220
Jackie Hernandez      22   64    3   14   2   1   1    3   0   1    8   19  .219
Jim Campanis          10   28    4    6   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    5  .214
Ellie Rodriguez       22   55    4   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    8  .200
Jerry Adair            7   27    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    5    3  .148
Mike Fiore            15   35    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    7   16  .143
Hawk Taylor            8    8    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .125
Luis Alcaraz          21   75    3    9   2   1   1    9   0   0    1    7  .120

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Hank Allen             2    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Danny Walton          32  122   12   40   5   0   9   29   1   0   15   43  .328
Ted Savage            20   45    6   14   3   1   1    5   2   0    4    6  .311
Russ Snyder           28   84   14   25   4   0   0    7   1   1    8   11  .298
Steve Hovley          29   99   10   29   7   0   0   12   4   0   12    8  .293
Greg Goossen          20   46    3   12   3   0   1    3   0   0   10   12  .261
John Kennedy          22   46    7   12   2   0   1    5   0   1    5    9  .261
Ted Kubiak            32  112   20   29   0   2   2   10   1   1   19    7  .259
Tommy Harper          32  129   17   32  10   0   2   10  15   5   14   23  .248
Jerry McNertney       26   83    9   20   4   0   2    8   0   1    8   10  .241
Mike Hegan            25   70   10   16   2   0   1    8   1   1   11   22  .229
Rich Rollins          14   25    3    5   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    4  .200
Mike Hershberger      13   31    2    6   2   0   0    2   1   1    2    2  .194
Max Alvis             19   60    5   10   1   0   1    5   1   0    4    6  .167
Phil Roof             11   34    6    5   1   0   1    1   0   1    4    4  .147
Wayne Comer           13   17    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .059
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
Tony Oliva            28  113   22   38   4   3   6   27   2   0    7   11  .336
Rod Carew             17   63   10   21   6   0   0    6   2   4    1    9  .333
Harmon Killebrew      28   98   18   32   4   0   9   25   0   0   18   20  .327
Rick Renick            7   13    2    4   2   0   1    4   0   0    0    3  .308
Brant Alyea           25   82    8   25   4   0   6   25   1   1   10   12  .305
Cesar Tovar           28  113   27   34   6   5   3    9   9   2   12   13  .301
Paul Ratliff          12   24    4    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    9  .292
Leo Cardenas          28  105   16   26   6   1   3   10   0   0    9   20  .248
Bob Allison            9   17    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .235
Minnie Mendoza        13   14    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .214
Rich Reese            26   80    7   17   1   0   1    3   1   0    6   11  .213
George Mitterwald     23   73    5   14   1   0   2    5   0   1    6   27  .192
Frank Quilici         21   42    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    5  .167
Chuck Manuel           7    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .167
Jim Holt              24   25    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .160
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             32  116   26   37  10   0   3   25   5   1   26   11  .319
Ron Woods             18   44    8   14   1   0   4   11   0   0    3    8  .318
Horace Clarke         33  143   23   41   3   0   1    8   4   3   15    5  .287
Danny Cater           33  132   19   37   9   3   2   23   3   0    6   17  .280
Frank Tepedino         9   11    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .273
Bobby Murcer          33  118   23   29   3   0   5   17   2   2   28   19  .246
Gene Michael          31  113   11   27   5   0   0    7   1   0   11   25  .239
Thurman Munson        26   80   11   19   4   2   0    8   3   1   23   12  .238
Jake Gibbs            10   24    6    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .208
Jerry Kenney          28   99   11   20   0   3   1   12   3   2   12   13  .202
Curt Blefary          25   90    7   18   2   0   0   13   0   3   13   11  .200
Pete Ward             17   16    1    3   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    5  .188
Ron Hansen            13   14    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    9    1  .143
John Ellis            15   33    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    9  .091
Jim Lyttle            12    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              11   32    5   12   2   0   1    2   1   0    3    4  .375
Tito Francona         18   16    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .313
Felipe Alou           31  127   13   39  10   1   1   14   1   0    5    8  .307
Rick Monday           28  106   16   32   7   2   3   10   3   1   13   27  .302
Dave Duncan           25   74   10   21   5   0   5   12   0   0    4    8  .284
Roberto Pena          18   58    4   15   1   0   0    3   1   1    2    4  .259
Bert Campaneris       22   87   12   22   5   1   2   10   5   0    5    9  .253
Sal Bando             25   75   16   18   2   0   6   17   2   2   14   12  .240
Don Mincher           29   93   15   20   6   0   8   16   0   0   10   17  .215
Dick Green            31  111   14   23   3   0   2    7   3   0   11   19  .207
Bob Johnson           17   35    5    7   1   0   1    1   2   1    2    1  .200
Reggie Jackson        30   97   11   19   7   1   5   13   7   2   15   31  .196
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
Ed Stroud             29   82   17   26   1   1   2    6  10   0   10   18  .317
Lee Maye              23   75   12   23   3   1   3   13   0   1    6   10  .307
Bernie Allen          27   64   10   18   3   0   3   10   0   0    9    6  .281
Frank Howard          30  104   22   29   4   0  11   25   0   0   27   28  .279
Aurelio Rodriguez     15   55    7   15   3   1   3    9   0   0    7    3  .273
Rick Reichardt        13   30    6    8   1   1   3    6   0   1    5    5  .267
Mike Epstein          29  103   16   27   4   0   6   14   0   1   16   36  .262
Ed Brinkman           30  124   15   31   3   2   0   10   1   0   14    8  .250
Johnny Roseboro       17   45    4   10   2   0   0    5   1   0   12    5  .222
Hank Allen            22   38    3    8   2   0   0    4   0   0    5    9  .211
Jim French            14   24    5    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .208
Ken McMullen          15   59    5   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5   10  .203
Del Unser             18   50    2   10   0   1   0    4   0   0    6    8  .200
Paul Casanova         14   33    2    6   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    3  .182
Dave Nelson           19   37    3    5   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    8  .135
Tim Cullen            17   15    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .133
Wayne Comer            1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  H. Clarke (NY)          143
  D. Cater (NY)           132
  S. Alomar (CAL)         131
  T. Harper (MIL)         129
  F. Alou (OAK)           127
  E. Brinkman (WAS)       124
  A. Johnson (CAL)        124
  D. Walton (MIL)         122
  J. Fregosi (CAL)        120
  B. Murcer (NY)          118

Runs Scored:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           27
  R. White (NY)            26
  P. Blair (BAL)           23
  H. Clarke (NY)           23
  B. Murcer (NY)           23
  R. Smith (BOS)           23
  F. Howard (WAS)          22
  T. Oliva (MIN)           22
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         21
  F. Robinson (BAL)        21

Hits:

  A. Johnson (CAL)         44
  H. Clarke (NY)           41
  D. Walton (MIL)          40
  F. Alou (OAK)            39
  S. Alomar (CAL)          38
  T. Oliva (MIN)           38
  L. Aparicio (CHI)        37
  D. Cater (NY)            37
  R. White (NY)            37
  B. Robinson (BAL)        36

Doubles:

  F. Alou (OAK)            10
  T. Harper (MIL)          10
  R. White (NY)            10
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         9
  D. Cater (NY)             9
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          9
  D. Johnson (BAL)          9
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       9
  B. Robinson (BAL)         8
  F. Robinson (BAL)         8

Triples:

  C. Tovar (MIN)            5
  D. Cater (NY)             3
  J. Kenney (NY)            3
  T. Oliva (MIN)            3
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  A. Rodriguez (WAS)        3
  G. Scott (BOS)            3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  E. Brinkman (WAS)         2
  D. Buford (BAL)           2

Home Runs:

  F. Howard (WAS)          11
  B. Powell (BAL)          10
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        9
  D. Walton (MIL)           9
  D. Mincher (OAK)          8
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      8
  B. Alyea (MIN)            6
  S. Bando (OAK)            6
  M. Epstein (WAS)          6
  B. Freehan (DET)          6

RBI:

  D. Walton (MIL)          29
  T. Oliva (MIN)           27
  B. Powell (BAL)          27
  B. Alyea (MIN)           25
  F. Howard (WAS)          25
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       25
  R. White (NY)            25
  D. Cater (NY)            23
  B. Oliver (KC)           23
  A. Kaline (DET)          22

Stolen Bases:

  T. Harper (MIL)          15
  P. Kelly (KC)            12
  S. Alomar (CAL)          11
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11
  P. Blair (BAL)           10
  E. Stroud (WAS)          10
  C. Tovar (MIN)            9
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  A. Otis (KC)              7
  R. Smith (BOS)            6

Caught Stealing:

  P. Kelly (KC)             6
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  P. Blair (BAL)            5
  T. Harper (MIL)           5
  R. Carew (MIN)            4
  C. Blefary (NY)           3
  H. Clarke (NY)            3
  D. McAuliffe (DET)        3
  V. Pinson (CLE)           3
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      3

Walks:

  B. Murcer (NY)           28
  F. Howard (WAS)          27
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     27
  R. White (NY)            26
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       24
  T. Munson (NY)           23
  B. Powell (BAL)          20
  P. Kelly (KC)            19
  T. Kubiak (MIL)          19
  D. Buford (BAL)          18

Strikeouts:

  D. Walton (MIL)          43
  M. Epstein (WAS)         36
  R. Jackson (OAK)         31
  F. Howard (WAS)          28
  P. Kelly (KC)            28
  G. Mitterwald (MIN)      27
  R. Monday (OAK)          27
  C. May (CHI)             26
  G. Michael (NY)          25
  P. Blair (BAL)           24


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