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Saturday April 17, 1971
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American League batting statistics through games of April 17, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           300   51    81   15    1    8    48    3    1   53    49  .270
Minnesota        372   32    99   19    0    4    28    6    3   32    59  .266
Detroit          349   44    92   15    3    9    40    2    6   34    35  .264
Baltimore        313   42    81   10    2    6    41    4    3   38    43  .259
Kansas City      365   37    88   18    0    5    36    6    5   32    66  .241
New York         327   36    78   12    1    7    33   13    3   36    30  .239
Oakland          388   46    89   18    0   13    46    6    5   54    74  .229
Washington       326   40    74   16    1    1    36    2    4   30    50  .227
Chicago          355   36    80   14    3    8    34    6    6   41    53  .225
Milwaukee        273   23    58    7    2    3    22    2    3   32    44  .213
Cleveland        222   30    47   11    2    2    29    3    1   25    36  .212
California       366   36    77   18    2    6    33    5    1   25    46  .210

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Kaline (DET)          10   38    8   16   4   0   0    0   0   1    8    6  .421
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        11   46    5   17   4   0   0    2   3   1    5    4  .370
Frank Robinson (BAL)      9   31    4   11   2   0   0    3   1   0    4    2  .355
Joe Foy (WAS)            10   34    5   12   4   0   0    6   0   0    4    1  .353
Cookie Rojas (KC)        11   40    6   14   5   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .350
Davey Johnson (BAL)       8   32    6   11   2   1   1    9   0   0    0    0  .344
Rick Monday (OAK)        11   35    8   12   2   0   3    8   0   1   10    8  .343
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   11   41    3   14   3   0   1    6   0   1    6    9  .342
Tony Oliva (MIN)         10   40    6   13   4   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .325
George Scott (BOS)        9   37    4   12   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    7  .324

 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
Frank Robinson         9   31    4   11   2   0   0    3   1   0    4    2  .355
Davey Johnson          8   32    6   11   2   1   1    9   0   0    0    0  .344
Tom Shopay             3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Brooks Robinson        9   39    4   12   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    2  .308
Merv Rettenmund        7   20    1    5   0   0   0    4   1   1    8    4  .250
Boog Powell            9   35    7    8   1   0   3   11   0   0    7    4  .229
Andy Etchebarren       5   14    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   2    2    5  .214
Mark Belanger          9   33    4    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .212
Paul Blair             9   35    3    7   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    6  .200
Ellie Hendricks        5   18    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .111
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             6    4    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .500
Don Pavletich          2    2    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500
George Scott           9   37    4   12   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    7  .324
Carl Yastrzemski       9   31    7   10   2   1   1    7   0   0    8    3  .323
Reggie Smith           9   38    6   12   3   0   1    4   0   1    4    3  .316
Duane Josephson        9   30    6    9   1   0   1    5   1   0    7    5  .300
Rico Petrocelli        9   31    5    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   11    7  .258
Luis Aparicio          9   38    6    9   2   0   2   11   1   0    5    5  .237
Doug Griffin           9   28    5    6   2   0   0    1   1   0    4    3  .214
Billy Conigliaro       9   32    5    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    6    7  .188
Mike Fiore             4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
George Thomas          1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Jerry Moses           10   28    5   10   2   0   2    4   0   0    1    2  .357
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
Jim Fregosi           10   34    2   10   3   0   0    5   0   0    3    2  .294
Alex Johnson          11   45    1   13   0   0   0    3   1   1    2    6  .289
Ken McMullen          11   38    1    8   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    5  .211
Sandy Alomar          11   45    5    9   1   2   0    7   3   0    5    7  .200
Tony Conigliaro       11   43    3    8   4   0   1    2   1   0    3    8  .186
Jim Spencer           11   36    5    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    5    3  .167
Ken Berry             11   37    2    4   3   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .108
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          8   17    1    9   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .529
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         11   40    6   11   2   0   2    3   0   0    5    3  .275
Ed Herrmann            8   16    4    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    2  .250
Mike Andrews          11   37    4    9   2   0   1    5   2   1    8    3  .243
Bill Melton           11   38    5    9   0   1   2    6   0   0    6    9  .237
Carlos May            11   38    3    8   0   1   0    3   2   1    6    3  .211
Lee Richard           11   39    4    8   1   1   0    2   0   2    1    5  .205
Walt Williams          9   24    2    4   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    1  .167
Rick Reichardt        11   37    2    6   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    2  .162
Ed Stroud              8   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   1    2    2  .077
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
Ted Uhlaender          5    4    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
John Lowenstein        5    7    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .429
Vada Pinson            6   24    3    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .292
Larry Brown            7   26    3    6   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    1  .231
Roy Foster             5   14    0    3   0   1   0    1   1   0    1    2  .214
Graig Nettles          7   24    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   0    5    0  .208
Buddy Bradford         7   16    3    3   1   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .188
Eddie Leon             7   24    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .167
Ray Fosse              7   26    5    4   2   0   1    4   0   0    3    4  .154
Ken Harrelson          7   27    2    4   0   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .148
Ted Ford               6    6    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
Norm Cash              3   11    3    6   1   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .546
Al Kaline             10   38    8   16   4   0   0    0   0   1    8    6  .421
Ike Brown              3    3    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Kevin Collins          4    3    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Dalton Jones           4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Jim Price              2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Aurelio Rodriguez     10   39    4   11   1   0   1    6   1   0    2    8  .282
Bill Freehan          10   36    2   10   4   0   1    2   0   2    3    2  .278
Willie Horton          9   35    4    9   1   0   2    8   0   2    1    2  .257
Dick McAuliffe        10   41    5   10   1   1   1    3   1   0    6    4  .244
Jim Northrup          10   41    8   10   2   1   1   10   0   1    4    1  .244
Mickey Stanley         9   31    5    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .226
Ed Brinkman           10   36    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .194
Gates Brown            3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Cesar Gutierrez        4    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          11   40    6   14   5   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .350
Paul Schaal           11   33    5   10   2   0   0    3   0   0    8    3  .303
Dennis Paepke          4    7    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Amos Otis             11   44    3   12   2   0   1    3   2   0    2    5  .273
Freddie Patek         11   44    5   11   4   0   0    2   4   0    6    4  .250
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Bob Oliver            11   42    4    9   0   0   2    3   0   0    0   13  .214
Ed Kirkpatrick         8   29    4    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    6  .207
Lou Piniella          11   44    6    9   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    5  .205
Carl Taylor            5    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Joe Keough             9   31    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   3    3    2  .129
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             8   15    3    5   0   1   0    2   1   1    3    2  .333
Danny Walton           7   13    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    3  .308
Rick Auerbach          4   11    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .273
Ellie Rodriguez        5   11    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .273
Ted Kubiak             9   30    2    8   1   1   0    1   0   1    3    2  .267
Andy Kosco             7   24    1    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    2  .250
Bill Voss              5    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .250
Dave May               9   32    2    7   2   0   0    3   1   1    2    4  .219
Phil Roof              6   19    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .211
Bernie Smith           8   28    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    4  .179
Roberto Pena           5   17    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .177
Tommy Harper           9   35    5    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    5  .171
Ted Savage             4    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .167
Pete Koegel            1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Ron Theobald           4    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           3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Steve Braun            7    8    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .375
Cesar Tovar           11   46    5   17   4   0   0    2   3   1    5    4  .370
Harmon Killebrew      11   41    3   14   3   0   1    6   0   1    6    9  .342
Brant Alyea            6   12    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .333
Tony Oliva            10   40    6   13   4   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .325
Jim Holt               9   34    1   11   2   0   0    3   2   0    0    1  .324
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             10   40    4    9   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    4  .225
Leo Cardenas          11   36    3    7   2   0   0    4   1   0    5    3  .194
Rich Reese            10   37    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .189
George Mitterwald     10   31    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    9  .129
Paul Ratliff           3    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .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             4    7    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    4    0  .429
Felipe Alou            4   18    4    6   0   0   2    3   2   0    1    0  .333
Bobby Murcer          10   35    5   11   4   0   1    5   3   0    7    4  .314
Horace Clarke         10   39    3   12   2   0   0    4   2   1    6    0  .308
Danny Cater           10   41    7   12   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    1  .293
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
Roy White              8   27    4    7   1   0   2    3   2   0    4    3  .259
Jerry Kenney           9   23    4    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    4    3  .217
Curt Blefary           7   14    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .214
Ron Woods              6   11    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .182
Jake Gibbs             6   13    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .077
Thurman Munson         8   30    1    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .067
Ron Hansen             2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Frank Tepedino         3    3    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
Rick Monday           11   35    8   12   2   0   3    8   0   1   10    8  .343
Tommy Davis            4    3    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .333
Steve Hovley           7   10    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .300
Dave Duncan           11   39    3   11   1   0   0    3   0   1    5    6  .282
Joe Rudi              11   39    5   10   2   0   2    6   0   0    5    0  .256
Don Mincher           12   40    4   10   3   0   1    3   1   0    9    6  .250
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Dick Green            12   37    7    8   0   0   2    5   1   0    7    9  .216
Sal Bando             12   40    7    8   4   0   1    4   0   1    8    4  .200
Reggie Jackson        12   51    4   10   1   0   3    6   0   1    0   20  .196
Bert Campaneris       12   54    4    8   1   0   0    3   2   1    2    7  .148
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
Tommy McCraw           7    9    4    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .444
Joe Foy               10   34    5   12   4   0   0    6   0   0    4    1  .353
Del Unser              7   15    2    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .333
Mike Epstein          10   35    3   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    4   11  .314
Jim French             5   13    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   2    2    2  .308
Frank Howard          10   39    5   10   3   0   0    4   1   0    2   10  .256
Tim Cullen            10   37    3    9   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    3  .243
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           6    6    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .167
Curt Flood             8   25    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    2  .160
Richie Scheinblum      8   17    4    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    0  .118
Toby Harrah           10   35    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .114
Dick Billings          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   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)      54
  R. Jackson (OAK)         51
  C. Tovar (MIN)           46
  S. Alomar (CAL)          45
  A. Johnson (CAL)         45
  A. Otis (KC)             44
  F. Patek (KC)            44
  L. Piniella (KC)         44
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)      43
  B. Oliver (KC)           42

Runs Scored:

  D. Buford (BAL)           9
  A. Kaline (DET)           8
  R. Monday (OAK)           8
  J. Northrup (DET)         8
  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  D. Cater (NY)             7
  D. Green (OAK)            7
  B. Powell (BAL)           7
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      7
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         6

Hits:

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

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       4
  T. Egan (CHI)             4
  J. Foy (WAS)              4
  B. Freehan (DET)          4
  A. Kaline (DET)           4
  B. Murcer (NY)            4
  T. Oliva (MIN)            4
  F. Patek (KC)             4

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
  M. Hegan (MIL)            1
  D. Johnson (BAL)          1
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           1
  E. Maddox (WAS)           1

Home Runs:

  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  R. Monday (OAK)           3
  B. Powell (BAL)           3
  F. Alou (NY)              2
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         2
  N. Cash (DET)             2
  D. Green (OAK)            2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  J. Johnstone (CHI)        2
  B. Melton (CHI)           2

RBI:

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

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             4
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  C. Tovar (MIN)            3
  F. Alou (NY)              2
  M. Andrews (CHI)          2
  D. Buford (BAL)           2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  J. Holt (MIN)             2

Caught Stealing:

  J. Keough (KC)            3
  A. Etchebarren (BAL)      2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  J. French (WAS)           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

Walks:

  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      11
  R. Monday (OAK)          10
  D. Mincher (OAK)          9
  M. Andrews (CHI)          8
  S. Bando (OAK)            8
  A. Kaline (DET)           8
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       8
  P. Schaal (KC)            8
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      8
  D. Green (OAK)            7

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         20
  B. Oliver (KC)           13
  M. Epstein (WAS)         11
  F. Howard (WAS)          10
  T. Egan (CHI)             9
  D. Green (OAK)            9
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        9
  B. Melton (CHI)           9
  G. Mitterwald (MIN)       9
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       8


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