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Wednesday April 21, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 21, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        476   50   128   23    1    5    44    7    3   39    72  .269
Baltimore        419   60   112   14    2    8    58    4    4   54    59  .267
Boston           442   69   112   20    1   11    66    4    2   71    70  .253
Detroit          443   56   111   18    3   12    51    6    6   46    51  .251
New York         430   50   105   15    2   11    47   14    3   48    38  .244
Kansas City      513   53   125   20    2    8    52   11    7   49    91  .244
Washington       460   60   111   17    4    6    55    4    6   55    71  .241
Oakland          544   71   123   27    1   19    66    8    5   70   105  .226
Chicago          455   46   101   19    3    8    42    7    6   52    74  .222
Milwaukee        378   28    79    8    2    6    27    5    4   40    71  .209
California       476   43    97   21    2    9    40    6    1   37    65  .204
Cleveland        391   44    78   17    3    6    42    7    2   43    60  .200

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        14   60    9   22   4   0   0    2   3   1    6    7  .367
Cookie Rojas (KC)        15   59    8   21   5   0   1   10   2   1    4    6  .356
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   13   48   12   17   3   1   3   11   0   0   10    5  .354
Al Kaline (DET)          13   49    9   17   4   0   0    1   0   1   10    7  .347
Jim Northrup (DET)       13   52   12   18   4   1   3   17   1   1    6    3  .346
Davey Johnson (BAL)      11   44    7   15   2   1   1    9   0   0    1    2  .341
Bobby Murcer (NY)        13   47    6   16   4   1   2    8   3   0    8    5  .340
Tony Oliva (MIN)         12   47    7   16   4   1   2    5   1   0    3    3  .340
Mike Epstein (WAS)       13   45    4   15   1   1   0    6   0   0    7   14  .333
Paul Schaal (KC)         15   49    8   16   3   1   1    5   0   0   10    4  .327

 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             8   31   14   13   2   0   2    4   2   0    7    4  .419
Davey Johnson         11   44    7   15   2   1   1    9   0   0    1    2  .341
Frank Robinson        12   43    5   14   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    3  .326
Brooks Robinson       12   51    6   15   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .294
Paul Blair            12   48    5   14   2   1   0   10   0   0    3    7  .292
Tom Shopay             4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Mark Belanger         12   42    6   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    6    4  .238
Andy Etchebarren       6   17    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   2    2    7  .235
Merv Rettenmund        9   23    2    5   0   0   0    5   1   1    9    4  .217
Boog Powell           12   46    8    9   1   0   3   12   0   0   10    5  .196
Ellie Hendricks        7   26    1    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .192
Chico Salmon           4    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
Clay Dalrymple         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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
Don Pavletich          3    2    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .500
Joe Lahoud             8    5    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .400
Carl Yastrzemski      13   48   12   17   3   1   3   11   0   0   10    5  .354
Reggie Smith          13   51    9   16   4   0   1    7   0   1    8    3  .314
George Scott          13   54    4   16   2   0   0    7   0   0    3   10  .296
Billy Conigliaro      13   47    7   12   2   0   2    6   1   0    7   11  .255
Duane Josephson       13   47    7   12   1   0   1    5   1   0    8    8  .255
Rico Petrocelli       13   47    6   12   1   0   1    6   0   0   14   10  .255
Luis Aparicio         11   48    6    9   2   0   2   12   1   0    6    5  .188
Doug Griffin          13   42    6    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    6    4  .167
John Kennedy           4    7    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .143
George Thomas          2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Fiore             6    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    0  .000
Phil Gagliano          1    0    1    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             7    4    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .500
Tony Gonzalez          7    6    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .333
Billy Cowan            4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Jim Fregosi           13   47    3   14   4   0   0    7   0   0    4    3  .298
Alex Johnson          14   56    3   16   1   0   1    5   2   1    5    8  .286
Roger Repoz            6    7    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .286
Jerry Moses           13   41    5   11   2   0   2    5   0   0    2    5  .268
Tony Conigliaro       14   53    3   11   4   0   1    2   1   0    3   10  .208
Ken McMullen          14   50    2   10   2   0   2    3   0   0    4    7  .200
Sandy Alomar          14   58    5   10   1   2   0    7   3   0    5    8  .172
Jim Spencer           14   46    6    7   1   0   2    3   0   0    6    4  .152
Ken Berry             14   49    2    6   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .122
Syd O'Brien            5   11    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .091
Jeff Torborg           7    7    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
John Stephenson        4    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
Lee Maye               4    4    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500
Rich Morales           5    4    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Rich McKinney         11   26    1   11   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    0  .423
Tom Egan               8   20    2    6   4   0   0    2   0   0    1   10  .300
Mike Andrews          14   51    6   14   3   0   1    6   2   1    8    4  .275
Jay Johnstone         14   50    8   12   2   0   2    3   0   0    7    6  .240
Ed Herrmann           10   21    4    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    7    2  .238
Lee Richard           13   47    6   11   2   1   0    2   0   2    3    6  .234
Carlos May            14   51    4   11   0   1   0    5   2   1    6    5  .216
Bill Melton           14   47    6   10   1   1   2    6   1   0    7   13  .213
Walt Williams         11   28    2    5   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    2  .179
Rick Reichardt        11   37    2    6   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    2  .162
Ed Stroud             10   21    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    3    3  .095
Luis Alvarado          6   10    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Chuck Brinkman         1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gomer Hodge            8    9    1    5   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .556
Vada Pinson           11   45    6   12   3   0   0    3   4   0    3    3  .267
Ted Uhlaender         10   15    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .267
Roy Foster            10   28    1    7   0   1   1    3   1   0    2    4  .250
John Lowenstein       10   25    4    6   2   0   0    1   1   1    4    4  .240
Larry Brown           12   46    4   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .217
Ray Fosse             12   45    8    9   3   1   2    6   0   0    6    5  .200
Ken Harrelson         11   40    3    7   0   0   1    7   1   0    4    6  .175
Buddy Bradford        11   26    4    4   2   1   0    2   0   0    6    7  .154
Graig Nettles         12   41    5    6   2   0   2    6   0   0   10    2  .146
Eddie Leon             9   28    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .143
Ted Ford               8    8    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    3  .000
Lou Camilli            5    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Chuck Hinton           3    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dalton Jones           5    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Al Kaline             13   49    9   17   4   0   0    1   0   1   10    7  .347
Jim Northrup          13   52   12   18   4   1   3   17   1   1    6    3  .346
Norm Cash              6   18    4    6   1   0   2    4   1   0    5    3  .333
Kevin Collins          4    3    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Jim Price              2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Freehan          13   46    3   14   4   0   2    4   1   2    3    3  .304
Ike Brown              4    4    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Aurelio Rodriguez     13   49    4   12   1   0   1    6   1   0    3    8  .245
Mickey Stanley        11   31    5    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .226
Willie Horton         11   43    4    9   1   0   2    8   0   2    1    4  .209
Dick McAuliffe        13   54    8   11   2   1   1    3   1   0    7    6  .204
Ed Brinkman           13   46    2    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .174
Gates Brown            5   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .100
Cesar Gutierrez        5    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
Cookie Rojas          15   59    8   21   5   0   1   10   2   1    4    6  .356
Paul Schaal           15   49    8   16   3   1   1    5   0   0   10    4  .327
Jerry May              6   16    1    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .313
Amos Otis             14   55    5   15   2   0   2    5   3   0    5    8  .273
Bobby Knoop            4    4    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .250
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Bob Oliver            15   58    6   14   0   0   3    7   0   0    0   17  .241
Lou Piniella          15   58    8   14   2   0   0    4   1   1    6    6  .241
Freddie Patek         15   63    8   15   4   1   0    2   5   1    8    8  .238
Dennis Paepke          7   13    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .231
Ed Kirkpatrick        12   38    4    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    6  .184
Joe Keough            13   42    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   3    3    3  .167
Carl Taylor            8    9    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .111
Gail Hopkins           8    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    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            11   26    4    8   1   1   1    3   1   1    4    4  .308
Ted Kubiak            12   43    2   11   1   1   0    2   0   1    3    3  .256
Andy Kosco             8   24    1    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    2  .250
Danny Walton          10   24    3    6   0   0   2    3   0   0    5    7  .250
Rick Auerbach          7   20    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .250
Bill Voss              8   20    2    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    3  .250
Dave May              12   45    2   10   2   0   0    3   1   2    2    5  .222
Ellie Rodriguez        6   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .214
Tommy Harper          12   48    5   10   1   0   0    3   1   0    5    9  .208
Phil Roof              9   29    0    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    8  .172
Roberto Pena           7   18    1    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    1  .167
Bernie Smith          10   31    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    4  .161
Ted Savage             6    7    1    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .143
Pete Koegel            2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .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           10   10    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .400
Cesar Tovar           14   60    9   22   4   0   0    2   3   1    6    7  .367
Jim Holt              11   38    2   13   2   0   0    4   2   0    0    2  .342
Tony Oliva            12   47    7   16   4   1   2    5   1   0    3    3  .340
Danny Thompson         9   12    4    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .333
Brant Alyea            7   16    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .313
Harmon Killebrew      14   53    4   16   3   0   2   12   0   1    6   11  .302
Paul Powell            7   14    4    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .286
Rod Carew             13   46    4   11   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    4  .239
Rick Renick            4    5    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .200
Leo Cardenas          14   47    4    9   3   0   0    4   1   0    6    3  .192
Rich Reese            12   44    6    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .182
Tom Tischinski         5    6    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .167
George Mitterwald     12   35    0    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1   10  .143
Paul Ratliff           3    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Ellis             7   13    4    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    6    0  .385
Bobby Murcer          13   47    6   16   4   1   2    8   3   0    8    5  .340
Roy White             11   36    5   11   1   0   3    4   2   0    5    4  .306
Gene Michael          11   34    3   10   3   0   0    4   2   1    5    3  .294
Horace Clarke         13   52    5   15   3   0   0    4   2   1    8    0  .289
Jim Lyttle             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Jerry Kenney          11   28    4    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    4    4  .250
Felipe Alou            7   29    5    7   0   0   3    5   2   0    1    3  .241
Danny Cater           13   54    8   12   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    1  .222
Curt Blefary          10   17    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .177
Jake Gibbs             7   18    2    3   1   0   1    4   1   0    0    2  .167
Thurman Munson        10   37    2    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    2    2  .162
Ron Woods              8   15    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .133
Ron Hansen             4    8    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .125
Frank Tepedino         5    5    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
Gene Tenace            3   10    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .400
Rick Monday           13   43    8   12   2   0   3    8   1   1   10   11  .279
Sal Bando             16   55   13   15   5   0   5   12   0   1   13    7  .273
Steve Hovley           8   11    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .273
Dave Duncan           13   46    4   12   1   0   1    4   0   1    5    9  .261
Joe Rudi              15   58    7   15   3   0   3    9   0   0    5    1  .259
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Don Mincher           16   54    7   13   3   1   1    4   1   0   11    8  .241
Dick Green            16   54    8   12   0   0   2    7   1   0    8   12  .222
Angel Mangual          6   11    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182
Reggie Jackson        16   68    7   12   3   0   3    6   0   1    3   25  .177
Bert Campaneris       16   73    7   12   3   0   0    4   3   1    4    9  .164
Tommy Davis            6    8    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .125
Frank Fernandez        1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Ron Clark              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Tony Larussa           3    1    1    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           9   16    6    7   0   1   2    3   0   1    3    2  .438
Del Unser             11   23    5    8   1   0   1    2   2   0    2    2  .348
Mike Epstein          13   45    4   15   1   1   0    6   0   0    7   14  .333
Joe Foy               14   48    6   15   4   0   0    8   1   0    7    2  .313
Frank Howard          14   55    8   16   3   0   1    6   1   0    5   13  .291
Paul Casanova          9   29    3    8   4   1   0    4   0   1    1    3  .276
Jim French             7   19    2    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    3    4  .263
Tim Cullen            14   55    7   14   0   0   1    7   0   0    2    4  .255
Bernie Allen           8    9    1    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    0  .222
Elliott Maddox        10   25    4    5   0   1   0    4   0   1    6    5  .200
Curt Flood            11   34    4    6   0   0   0    1   0   1    4    2  .177
Toby Harrah           14   47    3    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    8  .170
Richie Scheinblum     10   22    4    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    0  .091
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)      73
  R. Jackson (OAK)         68
  F. Patek (KC)            63
  C. Tovar (MIN)           60
  C. Rojas (KC)            59
  S. Alomar (CAL)          58
  B. Oliver (KC)           58
  L. Piniella (KC)         58
  J. Rudi (OAK)            58
  A. Johnson (CAL)         56

Runs Scored:

  D. Buford (BAL)          14
  S. Bando (OAK)           13
  J. Northrup (DET)        12
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     12
  A. Kaline (DET)           9
  R. Smith (BOS)            9
  C. Tovar (MIN)            9
  D. Cater (NY)             8
  R. Fosse (CLE)            8
  D. Green (OAK)            8

Hits:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           22
  C. Rojas (KC)            21
  J. Northrup (DET)        18
  A. Kaline (DET)          17
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     17
  F. Howard (WAS)          16
  A. Johnson (CAL)         16
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       16
  B. Murcer (NY)           16
  T. Oliva (MIN)           16

Doubles:

  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  P. Casanova (WAS)         4
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       4
  T. Egan (CHI)             4
  J. Foy (WAS)              4
  B. Freehan (DET)          4
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          4
  A. Kaline (DET)           4
  B. Murcer (NY)            4

Triples:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  B. Bradford (CLE)         1
  P. Casanova (WAS)         1
  K. Collins (DET)          1
  M. Epstein (WAS)          1
  R. Fosse (CLE)            1
  R. Foster (CLE)           1
  M. Hegan (MIL)            1

Home Runs:

  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  F. Alou (NY)              3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  R. Monday (OAK)           3
  J. Northrup (DET)         3
  B. Oliver (KC)            3
  B. Powell (BAL)           3
  J. Rudi (OAK)             3
  R. White (NY)             3
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      3

RBI:

  J. Northrup (DET)        17
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        12
  S. Bando (OAK)           12
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       12
  B. Powell (BAL)          12
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11
  P. Blair (BAL)           10
  C. Rojas (KC)            10
  D. Johnson (BAL)          9
  J. Rudi (OAK)             9

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             5
  V. Pinson (CLE)           4
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  C. Tovar (MIN)            3
  F. Alou (NY)              2
  M. Andrews (CHI)          2
  D. Buford (BAL)           2

Caught Stealing:

  J. Keough (KC)            3
  A. Etchebarren (BAL)      2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  J. French (WAS)           2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  D. May (MIL)              2
  L. Richard (CHI)          2
  M. Andrews (CHI)          1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1

Walks:

  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      14
  S. Bando (OAK)           13
  D. Mincher (OAK)         11
  A. Kaline (DET)          10
  R. Monday (OAK)          10
  G. Nettles (CLE)         10
  B. Powell (BAL)          10
  P. Schaal (KC)           10
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     10
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       9

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         25
  B. Oliver (KC)           17
  M. Epstein (WAS)         14
  F. Howard (WAS)          13
  B. Melton (CHI)          13
  D. Green (OAK)           12
  B. Conigliaro (BOS)      11
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       11
  R. Monday (OAK)          11
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)      10


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