Wednesday April 14, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 14, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        274   25    77   14    0    4    21    4    3   20    33  .281
Detroit          243   28    66   10    3    4    24    1    6   22    21  .272
Baltimore        203   27    53    7    2    4    26    2    2   23    28  .261
Boston           229   37    58   13    1    7    35    2    1   36    41  .253
New York         226   28    56    9    1    4    25    9    2   24    25  .248
Chicago          259   27    60   11    3    8    26    5    6   31    42  .232
Oakland          281   37    65   17    0    9    37    1    4   45    57  .231
Washington       291   35    66   15    1    1    31    2    3   28    45  .227
Kansas City      288   30    64   11    0    3    29    5    2   23    51  .222
Cleveland        156   23    34    7    2    1    22    1    0   16    25  .218
California       259   23    53   11    0    3    20    4    1   16    31  .205
Milwaukee        211   16    43    6    1    3    16    2    2   27    36  .204

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Kaline (DET)           7   26    5   12   2   0   0    0   0   1    6    3  .462
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)    8   29    3   13   2   0   1    3   0   1    5    4  .448
Cesar Tovar (MIN)         8   34    2   14   3   0   0    2   2   1    3    3  .412
Joe Foy (WAS)             9   30    5   12   4   0   0    6   0   0    4    1  .400
Tony Oliva (MIN)          8   33    5   12   3   0   2    3   0   0    1    0  .364
Horace Clarke (NY)        7   28    2   10   2   0   0    4   1   1    3    0  .357
Dave Duncan (OAK)         8   26    3    9   1   0   0    3   0   1    5    4  .346
Mike Epstein (WAS)        9   32    3   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    9  .344
Cookie Rojas (KC)         9   30    5   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    4  .333
Dick McAuliffe (DET)      7   27    4    9   1   1   1    3   1   0    5    1  .333

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Davanon          2    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Don Buford             3   14    5    7   2   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .500
Tom Shopay             2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Davey Johnson          5   18    5    7   1   1   1    7   0   0    0    0  .389
Frank Robinson         6   19    4    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .368
Brooks Robinson        6   25    4    8   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .320
Boog Powell            6   23    4    5   1   0   2    7   0   0    4    2  .217
Mark Belanger          6   20    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .200
Merv Rettenmund        6   15    1    3   0   0   0    2   1   1    8    3  .200
Ellie Hendricks        3   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .200
Paul Blair             6   22    0    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    0    3  .182
Andy Etchebarren       4   10    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    4  .100
Chico Salmon           1    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Curt Motton            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Lahoud             5    3    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .667
Don Pavletich          1    2    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500
George Scott           7   26    4    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .308
Duane Josephson        7   25    4    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .280
Luis Aparicio          7   29    5    8   2   0   2    9   1   0    4    5  .276
Rico Petrocelli        7   22    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    9    5  .273
Carl Yastrzemski       7   26    4    7   2   1   1    5   0   0    4    3  .269
Reggie Smith           7   30    2    7   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    3  .233
Doug Griffin           7   20    3    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    3  .200
Billy Conigliaro       7   24    4    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .125
Mike Fiore             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
John Kennedy           2    0    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
Chico Ruiz             3    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jerry Moses            7   19    3    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .368
Billy Cowan            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Alex Johnson           8   31    1    9   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    5  .290
Jim Fregosi            7   22    1    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .273
Tony Gonzalez          4    4    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .250
Ken McMullen           8   26    1    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    3  .231
Jim Spencer            8   25    4    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    1  .200
Sandy Alomar           8   31    3    5   1   0   0    3   3   0    5    4  .161
Tony Conigliaro        8   33    1    5   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    7  .152
Syd O'Brien            3   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .091
Ken Berry              8   26    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .077
Jeff Torborg           4    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
John Stephenson        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Roger Repoz            3    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rich McKinney          5    4    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0 1.000
Rich Morales           4    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Tom Egan               6   15    1    5   3   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .333
Lee Maye               3    3    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Mike Andrews           8   27    4    8   2   0   1    5   1   1    6    2  .296
Carlos May             8   30    1    8   0   1   0    3   2   1    2    1  .267
Jay Johnstone          8   30    5    7   1   0   2    2   0   0    4    3  .233
Lee Richard            8   26    3    6   1   1   0    2   0   2    1    4  .231
Bill Melton            8   27    5    6   0   1   2    6   0   0    5    8  .222
Ed Herrmann            6    9    3    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    2  .222
Rick Reichardt         8   29    1    6   2   0   1    2   0   1    2    1  .207
Walt Williams          8   23    2    3   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .130
Ed Stroud              5    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   1    1    1  .111
Luis Alvarado          4    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gomer Hodge            3    4    1    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ted Uhlaender          3    2    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
John Lowenstein        3    2    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .500
Roy Foster             3    9    0    3   0   1   0    1   1   0    0    1  .333
Larry Brown            5   18    2    5   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    1  .278
Vada Pinson            4   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Eddie Leon             5   17    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .235
Buddy Bradford         5   13    3    3   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    2  .231
Graig Nettles          5   16    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .188
Ken Harrelson          5   19    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .105
Ray Fosse              5   20    3    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    4  .100
Ted Ford               4    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Chuck Hinton           2    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Lou Camilli            2    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Kevin Collins          1    1    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Norm Cash              1    4    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .750
Dalton Jones           2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Al Kaline              7   26    5   12   2   0   0    0   0   1    6    3  .462
Dick McAuliffe         7   27    4    9   1   1   1    3   1   0    5    1  .333
Jim Price              1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Aurelio Rodriguez      7   28    3    9   1   0   1    5   0   0    0    5  .321
Jim Northrup           7   28    5    8   2   1   0    8   0   1    3    1  .286
Ed Brinkman            7   25    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .240
Mickey Stanley         6   25    4    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .240
Bill Freehan           7   25    1    5   1   0   1    1   0   2    2    2  .200
Willie Horton          7   25    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   2    1    2  .120
Gates Brown            2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ike Brown              2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Cesar Gutierrez        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Knoop            1    1    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jerry May              2    5    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .600
Cookie Rojas           9   30    5   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    4  .333
Ed Kirkpatrick         6   19    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .263
Paul Schaal            9   28    3    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    2  .250
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Freddie Patek          9   34    4    8   3   0   0    1   3   0    6    3  .235
Amos Otis              9   35    2    8   1   0   0    2   2   0    1    4  .229
Bob Oliver             9   32    4    7   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    9  .219
Lou Piniella           9   36    5    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    5  .194
Dennis Paepke          3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Carl Taylor            4    6    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Joe Keough             7   27    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .074
Gail Hopkins           4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Rich Severson          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mike Hegan             6    9    1    3   0   0   0    0   1   1    2    2  .333
Ted Kubiak             7   23    1    7   1   1   0    1   0   1    2    2  .304
Ellie Rodriguez        5   11    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .273
Andy Kosco             6   20    1    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    2  .250
Danny Walton           6    9    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    2  .222
Dave May               7   25    2    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .200
Rick Auerbach          2    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .200
Tommy Harper           7   27    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .185
Bernie Smith           7   27    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .185
Phil Roof              4   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .182
Roberto Pena           5   17    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .177
Ted Savage             3    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Pete Koegel            1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Bill Voss              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Ron Theobald           3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chuck Manuel           2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Harmon Killebrew       8   29    3   13   2   0   1    3   0   1    5    4  .448
Cesar Tovar            8   34    2   14   3   0   0    2   2   1    3    3  .412
Tony Oliva             8   33    5   12   3   0   2    3   0   0    1    0  .364
Paul Powell            4    3    3    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Jim Holt               7   26    1    8   2   0   0    3   1   0    0    0  .308
Rod Carew              8   35    3    8   2   0   0    2   0   1    1    3  .229
Leo Cardenas           8   27    3    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    1  .185
Rich Reese             8   30    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    6  .167
George Mitterwald      8   24    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .167
Brant Alyea            3    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .000
Steve Braun            4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Paul Ratliff           2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Rick Renick            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Danny Thompson         5    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
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
Horace Clarke          7   28    2   10   2   0   0    4   1   1    3    0  .357
Ron Woods              4    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .333
John Ellis             3    3    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .333
Gene Michael           7   22    2    7   2   0   0    4   1   0    2    3  .318
Jim Lyttle             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Jerry Kenney           7   18    4    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .278
Roy White              7   26    4    7   1   0   2    3   2   0    4    3  .269
Danny Cater            7   28    5    7   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .250
Bobby Murcer           7   24    4    6   2   0   0    3   3   0    5    4  .250
Curt Blefary           4    9    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .222
Felipe Alou            1    5    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Jake Gibbs             3    6    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .167
Thurman Munson         6   23    1    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .087
Ron Hansen             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Frank Tepedino         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Frank Baker            2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tommy Davis            2    2    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .500
Steve Hovley           5    7    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .429
Dave Duncan            8   26    3    9   1   0   0    3   0   1    5    4  .346
Rick Monday            9   27    6    8   2   0   2    6   0   0    9    8  .296
Dick Green             9   26    6    7   0   0   2    5   0   0    7    5  .269
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Sal Bando              9   29    7    7   4   0   1    4   0   1    6    3  .241
Joe Rudi               8   26    3    6   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    0  .231
Reggie Jackson         9   37    3    7   1   0   2    4   0   1    0   14  .189
Bert Campaneris        9   40    3    7   1   0   0    3   1   1    2    5  .175
Don Mincher            9   29    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    5  .172
Gene Tenace            1    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Angel Mangual          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Ron Clark              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Tony Larussa           2    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
Joe Foy                9   30    5   12   4   0   0    6   0   0    4    1  .400
Tommy McCraw           6    5    3    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Mike Epstein           9   32    3   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    9  .344
Del Unser              7   15    2    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .333
Jim French             4    9    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .333
Frank Howard           9   35    4    8   3   0   0    4   1   0    2    9  .229
Tim Cullen             9   33    2    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .212
Elliott Maddox         7   19    3    4   0   1   0    4   0   1    2    3  .211
Paul Casanova          7   20    2    4   3   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200
Bernie Allen           5    5    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .200
Curt Flood             7   21    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    1  .143
Richie Scheinblum      7   15    3    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    0  .133
Toby Harrah            9   32    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .125
Dick Billings          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tom Ragland            4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Campaneris (OAK)      40
  R. Jackson (OAK)         37
  L. Piniella (KC)         36
  R. Carew (MIN)           35
  F. Howard (WAS)          35
  A. Otis (KC)             35
  F. Patek (KC)            34
  C. Tovar (MIN)           34
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)      33
  T. Cullen (WAS)          33

Runs Scored:

  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  D. Green (OAK)            6
  R. Monday (OAK)           6
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         5
  D. Buford (BAL)           5
  D. Cater (NY)             5
  J. Foy (WAS)              5
  D. Johnson (BAL)          5
  J. Johnstone (CHI)        5
  A. Kaline (DET)           5

Hits:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           14
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       13
  J. Foy (WAS)             12
  A. Kaline (DET)          12
  T. Oliva (MIN)           12
  M. Epstein (WAS)         11
  H. Clarke (NY)           10
  C. Rojas (KC)            10
  D. Duncan (OAK)           9
  A. Johnson (CAL)          9

Doubles:

  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  J. Foy (WAS)              4
  P. Casanova (WAS)         3
  T. Egan (CHI)             3
  F. Howard (WAS)           3
  T. Oliva (MIN)            3
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  C. Tovar (MIN)            3
  M. Andrews (CHI)          2
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         2

Triples:

  S. Bahnsen (NY)           1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  B. Bradford (CLE)         1
  K. Collins (DET)          1
  R. Foster (CLE)           1
  D. Johnson (BAL)          1
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           1
  E. Maddox (WAS)           1
  C. May (CHI)              1
  D. McAuliffe (DET)        1

Home Runs:

  L. Aparicio (BOS)         2
  D. Green (OAK)            2
  R. Jackson (OAK)          2
  J. Johnstone (CHI)        2
  B. Melton (CHI)           2
  R. Monday (OAK)           2
  T. Oliva (MIN)            2
  B. Oliver (KC)            2
  B. Powell (BAL)           2
  R. White (NY)             2

RBI:

  L. Aparicio (BOS)         9
  J. Northrup (DET)         8
  D. Johnson (BAL)          7
  B. Powell (BAL)           7
  C. Rojas (KC)             7
  J. Foy (WAS)              6
  B. Melton (CHI)           6
  R. Monday (OAK)           6
  M. Andrews (CHI)          5
  L. Brown (CLE)            5

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  C. May (CHI)              2
  A. Otis (KC)              2
  C. Tovar (MIN)            2
  R. White (NY)             2
  M. Andrews (CHI)          1
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         1
  D. Buford (BAL)           1

Caught Stealing:

  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  L. Richard (CHI)          2
  M. Andrews (CHI)          1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  D. Cater (NY)             1
  H. Clarke (NY)            1
  D. Duncan (OAK)           1

Walks:

  R. Monday (OAK)           9
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       9
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       8
  D. Green (OAK)            7
  M. Andrews (CHI)          6
  S. Bando (OAK)            6
  A. Kaline (DET)           6
  D. Mincher (OAK)          6
  F. Patek (KC)             6
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         14
  M. Epstein (WAS)          9
  F. Howard (WAS)           9
  B. Oliver (KC)            9
  B. Melton (CHI)           8
  R. Monday (OAK)           8
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       7
  T. Egan (CHI)             7
  B. Conigliaro (BOS)       6
  T. Harrah (WAS)           6


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