Friday April 16, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 16, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        340   29    92   19    0    4    25    6    3   26    53  .271
Detroit          308   34    80   15    3    5    30    2    6   25    32  .260
Boston           263   42    68   13    1    8    40    3    1   44    44  .259
Baltimore        274   39    70    8    2    6    38    4    2   35    37  .256
Oakland          357   46    85   18    0   13    46    5    5   50    64  .238
New York         289   31    68   10    1    6    28   12    3   33    27  .235
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          325   32    71   13    3    8    31    5    6   37    49  .219
California       335   32    71   17    2    3    29    5    1   21    43  .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)           9   34    7   16   4   0   0    0   0   1    6    5  .471
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        10   42    4   17   4   0   0    2   3   1    4    4  .405
Joe Foy (WAS)             9   30    5   12   4   0   0    6   0   0    4    1  .400
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   10   36    3   14   3   0   1    5   0   1    6    7  .389
Brooks Robinson (BAL)     8   34    4   12   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    1  .353
Mike Epstein (WAS)        9   32    3   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    9  .344
Rick Monday (OAK)        11   35    8   12   2   0   3    8   0   1   10    8  .343
Cookie Rojas (KC)        10   35    6   12   3   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .343
Frank Robinson (BAL)      8   27    4    9   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    1  .333
Tony Oliva (MIN)         10   40    6   13   4   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .325

 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             5   20    9    9   2   0   1    2   2   0    5    2  .450
Davey Johnson          7   27    6   10   2   1   1    9   0   0    0    0  .370
Brooks Robinson        8   34    4   12   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    1  .353
Frank Robinson         8   27    4    9   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    1  .333
Tom Shopay             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Boog Powell            8   31    6    8   1   0   3   11   0   0    6    3  .258
Merv Rettenmund        6   15    1    3   0   0   0    2   1   1    8    3  .200
Mark Belanger          8   28    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .179
Paul Blair             8   30    2    5   1   1   0    3   0   0    2    6  .167
Ellie Hendricks        5   18    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .111
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
Reggie Smith           8   34    3   10   2   0   1    4   0   1    2    3  .294
George Scott           8   31    4    9   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .290
Duane Josephson        8   28    6    8   1   0   1    4   1   0    5    4  .286
Carl Yastrzemski       8   28    4    8   2   1   1    5   0   0    7    3  .286
Luis Aparicio          8   33    5    8   2   0   2   10   1   0    4    5  .242
Rico Petrocelli        8   27    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    9    6  .222
Billy Conigliaro       8   28    5    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    7  .214
Doug Griffin           8   24    4    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    4    3  .167
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             5    1    3    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Tony Gonzalez          6    6    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .333
Billy Cowan            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Jerry Moses            9   25    3    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .320
Alex Johnson          10   41    1   12   0   0   0    3   1   1    2    6  .293
Jim Fregosi            9   31    2    9   3   0   0    5   0   0    2    2  .290
Ken McMullen          10   34    1    8   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    4  .235
Sandy Alomar          10   41    5    9   1   2   0    7   3   0    5    7  .220
Jim Spencer           10   32    5    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    5    1  .188
Tony Conigliaro       10   41    1    7   4   0   0    1   1   0    1    8  .171
Ken Berry             10   33    2    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .091
Syd O'Brien            4   11    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .091
Jeff Torborg           6    6    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Roger Repoz            4    3    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

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rich McKinney          7   13    1    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .539
Rich Morales           4    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Lee Maye               3    3    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Tom Egan               7   19    2    6   4   0   0    2   0   0    1    9  .316
Jay Johnstone         10   37    5   10   2   0   2    3   0   0    4    3  .270
Mike Andrews          10   35    4    9   2   0   1    5   1   1    7    2  .257
Carlos May            10   35    3    8   0   1   0    3   2   1    5    2  .229
Bill Melton           10   35    5    7   0   1   2    6   0   0    6    9  .200
Lee Richard           10   35    3    7   1   1   0    2   0   2    1    5  .200
Rick Reichardt        10   36    2    6   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    2  .167
Walt Williams          9   24    2    4   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .167
Ed Herrmann            7   12    3    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    2  .167
Ed Stroud              7   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   1    1    2  .091
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          3    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              9   34    7   16   4   0   0    0   0   1    6    5  .471
Norm Cash              2    7    1    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .429
Ike Brown              3    3    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Jim Price              1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Aurelio Rodriguez      9   36    4   11   1   0   1    6   1   0    0    8  .306
Bill Freehan           9   33    2    9   4   0   1    2   0   2    2    2  .273
Dick McAuliffe         9   36    4    9   1   1   1    3   1   0    5    4  .250
Mickey Stanley         8   30    5    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .233
Ed Brinkman            9   31    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .226
Jim Northrup           9   36    5    8   2   1   0    8   0   1    3    1  .222
Willie Horton          8   29    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   2    1    2  .138
Gates Brown            2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Cesar Gutierrez        3    3    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
Cesar Tovar           10   42    4   17   4   0   0    2   3   1    4    4  .405
Harmon Killebrew      10   36    3   14   3   0   1    5   0   1    6    7  .389
Brant Alyea            5    8    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .375
Tony Oliva            10   40    6   13   4   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .325
Jim Holt               8   30    1    9   2   0   0    3   2   0    0    1  .300
Paul Powell            5    7    3    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    3  .286
Danny Thompson         6    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Rod Carew              9   39    4    9   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    4  .231
Leo Cardenas          10   33    3    7   2   0   0    3   1   0    5    3  .212
Steve Braun            6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Rich Reese             9   33    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .152
George Mitterwald     10   31    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    9  .129
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
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
John Ellis             3    3    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .333
Horace Clarke          9   35    2   11   2   0   0    4   2   1    5    0  .314
Bobby Murcer           9   32    5   10   3   0   1    5   3   0    6    4  .313
Gene Michael           9   28    2    8   2   0   0    4   2   1    3    3  .286
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
Roy White              8   27    4    7   1   0   2    3   2   0    4    3  .259
Danny Cater            9   36    5    9   1   0   0    1   0   1    2    1  .250
Felipe Alou            3   13    3    3   0   0   2    2   1   0    1    0  .231
Curt Blefary           6   13    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .231
Jerry Kenney           9   23    4    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    4    3  .217
Jake Gibbs             5   12    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .083
Thurman Munson         7   25    1    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .080
Frank Tepedino         3    3    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
Rick Monday           11   35    8   12   2   0   3    8   0   1   10    8  .343
Tommy Davis            3    3    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .333
Dave Duncan           10   35    3   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    5    4  .286
Joe Rudi              10   35    5   10   2   0   2    6   0   0    5    0  .286
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Dick Green            11   33    7    8   0   0   2    5   1   0    7    6  .242
Don Mincher           11   38    4    9   3   0   1    3   1   0    7    6  .237
Sal Bando             11   36    7    7   4   0   1    4   0   1    8    3  .194
Reggie Jackson        11   47    4    9   1   0   3    6   0   1    0   17  .192
Bert Campaneris       11   50    4    8   1   0   0    3   2   1    2    7  .160
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)      50
  R. Jackson (OAK)         47
  C. Tovar (MIN)           42
  S. Alomar (CAL)          41
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)      41
  A. Johnson (CAL)         41
  T. Oliva (MIN)           40
  L. Piniella (KC)         40
  R. Carew (MIN)           39
  A. Otis (KC)             39

Runs Scored:

  D. Buford (BAL)           9
  R. Monday (OAK)           8
  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  D. Green (OAK)            7
  A. Kaline (DET)           7
  D. Johnson (BAL)          6
  D. Josephson (BOS)        6
  T. Oliva (MIN)            6
  B. Powell (BAL)           6
  C. Rojas (KC)             6

Hits:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           17
  A. Kaline (DET)          16
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       14
  T. Oliva (MIN)           13
  J. Foy (WAS)             12
  A. Johnson (CAL)         12
  R. Monday (OAK)          12
  B. Robinson (BAL)        12
  C. Rojas (KC)            12
  H. Clarke (NY)           11

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  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:

  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  R. Monday (OAK)           3
  B. Powell (BAL)           3
  F. Alou (NY)              2
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         2
  D. Green (OAK)            2
  J. Johnstone (CHI)        2
  B. Melton (CHI)           2
  T. Oliva (MIN)            2
  B. Oliver (KC)            2

RBI:

  B. Powell (BAL)          11
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        10
  D. Johnson (BAL)          9
  R. Monday (OAK)           8
  J. Northrup (DET)         8
  S. Alomar (CAL)           7
  C. Rojas (KC)             7
  J. Foy (WAS)              6
  R. Jackson (OAK)          6
  B. Melton (CHI)           6

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             4
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  C. Tovar (MIN)            3
  D. Buford (BAL)           2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  J. Holt (MIN)             2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  G. Michael (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
  S. Bando (OAK)            8
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       8
  M. Andrews (CHI)          7
  D. Green (OAK)            7
  D. Mincher (OAK)          7
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      7
  A. Kaline (DET)           6
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        6

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         17
  B. Oliver (KC)           12
  T. Egan (CHI)             9
  M. Epstein (WAS)          9
  F. Howard (WAS)           9
  B. Melton (CHI)           9
  G. Mitterwald (MIN)       9
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       8
  R. Monday (OAK)           8
  A. Rodriguez (DET)        8


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