Thursday April 15, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 15, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        307   28    84   16    0    4    24    6    3   25    41  .274
Detroit          274   31    72   13    3    4    27    2    6   25    28  .263
Baltimore        244   33    62    7    2    5    32    3    2   31    37  .254
Boston           229   37    58   13    1    7    35    2    1   36    41  .253
New York         259   30    64   10    1    5    27   12    2   31    26  .247
Oakland          319   41    77   18    0   10    41    3    4   48    62  .241
Kansas City      329   32    75   15    0    3    31    6    3   26    60  .228
Washington       291   35    66   15    1    1    31    2    3   28    45  .227
Chicago          290   28    64   11    3    8    27    5    6   33    45  .221
California       302   28    64   16    1    3    25    5    1   20    40  .212
Milwaukee        241   20    51    7    1    3    19    2    3   31    39  .212
Cleveland        190   27    40    9    2    2    26    3    1   22    32  .211

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Kaline (DET)           8   30    6   13   3   0   0    0   0   1    6    5  .433
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)    9   33    3   14   3   0   1    5   0   1    5    6  .424
Joe Foy (WAS)             9   30    5   12   4   0   0    6   0   0    4    1  .400
Cesar Tovar (MIN)         9   38    3   15   3   0   0    2   3   1    4    3  .395
Tony Oliva (MIN)          9   36    6   13   4   0   2    4   0   0    2    0  .361
Horace Clarke (NY)        8   31    2   11   2   0   0    4   2   1    5    0  .355
Frank Robinson (BAL)      7   23    4    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .348
Mike Epstein (WAS)        9   32    3   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    9  .344
A. Rodriguez (DET)        8   32    4   11   1   0   1    6   1   0    0    6  .344
Cookie Rojas (KC)        10   35    6   12   3   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .343

 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             4   17    6    8   2   0   0    1   1   0    4    2  .471
Davey Johnson          6   23    5    8   1   1   1    7   0   0    0    0  .348
Frank Robinson         7   23    4    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .348
Brooks Robinson        7   30    4   10   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Tom Shopay             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Boog Powell            7   28    5    7   1   0   3   11   0   0    5    3  .250
Merv Rettenmund        6   15    1    3   0   0   0    2   1   1    8    3  .200
Paul Blair             7   27    1    5   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    6  .185
Mark Belanger          7   25    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .160
Ellie Hendricks        4   14    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .143
Andy Etchebarren       4   10    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    4  .100
Chico Salmon           2    5    1    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             4    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Billy Cowan            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Jerry Moses            8   22    3    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .318
Jim Fregosi            8   27    2    8   3   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .296
Alex Johnson           9   37    1   10   0   0   0    3   1   1    2    6  .270
Ken McMullen           9   31    1    8   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .258
Sandy Alomar           9   37    4    8   1   1   0    5   3   0    5    6  .216
Tony Gonzalez          5    5    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .200
Tony Conigliaro        9   37    1    7   4   0   0    1   1   0    1    8  .189
Jim Spencer            9   28    4    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    1  .179
Ken Berry              9   31    2    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .097
Syd O'Brien            4   11    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .091
Jeff Torborg           5    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
John Stephenson        3    3    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          6    8    0    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .750
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           9   30    4    8   2   0   1    5   1   1    7    2  .267
Carlos May             9   33    2    8   0   1   0    3   2   1    3    2  .242
Lee Richard            9   30    3    7   1   1   0    2   0   2    1    5  .233
Bill Melton            9   31    5    7   0   1   2    6   0   0    5    8  .226
Jay Johnstone          9   33    5    7   1   0   2    2   0   0    4    3  .212
Rick Reichardt         9   33    1    6   2   0   1    2   0   1    2    2  .182
Ed Herrmann            7   12    3    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    2  .167
Walt Williams          8   23    2    3   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .130
Ed Stroud              6   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   1    1    1  .100
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            4    5    1    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .800
John Lowenstein        4    3    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .667
Ted Uhlaender          4    3    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .667
Roy Foster             4   12    0    3   0   1   0    1   1   0    1    2  .250
Graig Nettles          6   21    2    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    0  .238
Larry Brown            6   22    3    5   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    1  .227
Eddie Leon             6   20    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .200
Vada Pinson            5   20    2    4   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .200
Buddy Bradford         6   15    3    3   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .200
Ray Fosse              6   23    4    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    4  .130
Ken Harrelson          6   24    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .125
Ted Ford               5    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .000
Chuck Hinton           2    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Lou Camilli            3    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          2    2    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Dalton Jones           3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Al Kaline              8   30    6   13   3   0   0    0   0   1    6    5  .433
Norm Cash              2    7    1    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .429
Aurelio Rodriguez      8   32    4   11   1   0   1    6   1   0    0    6  .344
Jim Price              1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Dick McAuliffe         8   32    4    9   1   1   1    3   1   0    5    3  .281
Ed Brinkman            8   27    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .259
Jim Northrup           8   32    5    8   2   1   0    8   0   1    3    1  .250
Bill Freehan           8   29    2    7   3   0   1    1   0   2    2    2  .241
Mickey Stanley         7   27    4    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .222
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
Jerry May              3    7    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .571
Bobby Knoop            2    2    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .500
Cookie Rojas          10   35    6   12   3   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .343
Paul Schaal           10   33    4   10   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .303
Dennis Paepke          4    7    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Freddie Patek         10   39    4   10   4   0   0    1   4   0    6    4  .256
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Amos Otis             10   39    2    9   2   0   0    2   2   0    2    4  .231
Bob Oliver            10   37    4    8   0   0   2    3   0   0    0   12  .216
Ed Kirkpatrick         7   24    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .208
Lou Piniella          10   40    5    7   2   0   0    4   0   1    1    5  .175
Carl Taylor            5    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Joe Keough             8   27    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .074
Gail Hopkins           5    5    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             7   11    2    4   0   0   0    1   1   1    3    2  .364
Ted Kubiak             8   26    2    8   1   1   0    1   0   1    3    2  .308
Ellie Rodriguez        5   11    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .273
Andy Kosco             7   24    1    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    2  .250
Rick Auerbach          3    8    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .250
Dave May               8   29    2    7   2   0   0    2   1   1    2    4  .241
Danny Walton           6    9    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    2  .222
Phil Roof              5   15    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .200
Bill Voss              4    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .200
Bernie Smith           7   27    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .185
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
Tommy Harper           8   31    4    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .161
Pete Koegel            1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    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       9   33    3   14   3   0   1    5   0   1    5    6  .424
Cesar Tovar            9   38    3   15   3   0   0    2   3   1    4    3  .395
Tony Oliva             9   36    6   13   4   0   2    4   0   0    2    0  .361
Paul Powell            4    3    3    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Jim Holt               8   30    1    9   2   0   0    3   2   0    0    1  .300
Rod Carew              9   39    4    9   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    4  .231
Leo Cardenas           9   30    3    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .200
Brant Alyea            4    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .200
Rich Reese             9   33    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .152
George Mitterwald      9   27    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    8  .148
Steve Braun            5    4    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         2    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          8   31    2   11   2   0   0    4   2   1    5    0  .355
John Ellis             3    3    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .333
Bobby Murcer           8   28    4    9   3   0   0    4   3   0    6    4  .321
Curt Blefary           5   10    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .300
Jim Lyttle             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Ron Woods              5    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .286
Danny Cater            8   32    5    9   1   0   0    1   0   1    2    1  .281
Gene Michael           8   26    2    7   2   0   0    4   2   0    2    3  .269
Roy White              8   27    4    7   1   0   2    3   2   0    4    3  .259
Jerry Kenney           8   20    4    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    4    3  .250
Felipe Alou            2   10    3    2   0   0   2    2   1   0    0    0  .200
Jake Gibbs             4    8    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .125
Thurman Munson         7   25    1    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .080
Frank Tepedino         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ron Hansen             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Steve Hovley           6    7    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .429
Tommy Davis            3    3    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .333
Dave Duncan            9   31    3   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    5    4  .323
Rick Monday           10   31    7   10   2   0   2    6   0   0   10    8  .323
Joe Rudi               9   30    4    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    5    0  .300
Dick Green            10   29    7    8   0   0   2    5   1   0    7    5  .276
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Sal Bando             10   33    7    7   4   0   1    4   0   1    7    3  .212
Don Mincher           10   34    3    7   3   0   1    3   0   0    6    6  .206
Reggie Jackson        10   42    3    8   1   0   2    5   0   1    0   16  .191
Bert Campaneris       10   45    3    8   1   0   0    3   1   1    2    7  .178
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)      45
  R. Jackson (OAK)         42
  L. Piniella (KC)         40
  R. Carew (MIN)           39
  A. Otis (KC)             39
  F. Patek (KC)            39
  C. Tovar (MIN)           38
  S. Alomar (CAL)          37
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)      37
  A. Johnson (CAL)         37

Runs Scored:

  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  D. Green (OAK)            7
  R. Monday (OAK)           7
  D. Buford (BAL)           6
  A. Kaline (DET)           6
  T. Oliva (MIN)            6
  C. Rojas (KC)             6
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         5
  D. Cater (NY)             5
  J. Foy (WAS)              5

Hits:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           15
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       14
  A. Kaline (DET)          13
  T. Oliva (MIN)           13
  J. Foy (WAS)             12
  C. Rojas (KC)            12
  H. Clarke (NY)           11
  M. Epstein (WAS)         11
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       11
  D. Duncan (OAK)          10

Doubles:

  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       4
  J. Foy (WAS)              4
  T. Oliva (MIN)            4
  F. Patek (KC)             4
  P. Casanova (WAS)         3
  T. Egan (CHI)             3
  B. Freehan (DET)          3
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          3
  F. Howard (WAS)           3

Triples:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           1
  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

Home Runs:

  B. Powell (BAL)           3
  F. Alou (NY)              2
  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

RBI:

  B. Powell (BAL)          11
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         9
  J. Northrup (DET)         8
  D. Johnson (BAL)          7
  C. Rojas (KC)             7
  J. Foy (WAS)              6
  B. Melton (CHI)           6
  R. Monday (OAK)           6
  A. Rodriguez (DET)        6
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             4
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  C. Tovar (MIN)            3
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  J. Holt (MIN)             2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  G. Michael (NY)           2
  A. Otis (KC)              2
  R. White (NY)             2

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)          10
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       9
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       8
  M. Andrews (CHI)          7
  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  D. Green (OAK)            7
  A. Kaline (DET)           6
  D. Mincher (OAK)          6
  B. Murcer (NY)            6
  F. Patek (KC)             6

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         16
  B. Oliver (KC)           12
  M. Epstein (WAS)          9
  F. Howard (WAS)           9
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       8
  B. Melton (CHI)           8
  G. Mitterwald (MIN)       8
  R. Monday (OAK)           8
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       7
  T. Egan (CHI)             7


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