Thursday April 22, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 22, 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          580   78   132   28    1   19    72    9    6   76   114  .228
Chicago          487   50   109   19    3   10    46    7    7   53    79  .224
Milwaukee        412   30    87    8    3    6    29    6    4   45    77  .211
California       508   46   102   24    2   10    43    6    1   39    74  .201
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             8    5    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .400
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
Roger Repoz            6    7    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .286
Alex Johnson          15   60    3   17   2   0   1    6   2   1    5   10  .283
Jim Fregosi           14   50    3   14   4   0   0    7   0   0    5    3  .280
Jerry Moses           14   45    5   11   2   0   2    5   0   0    2    8  .244
Ken McMullen          15   54    2   11   2   0   2    3   0   0    4    7  .204
Tony Conigliaro       15   57    3   11   4   0   1    2   1   0    3   11  .193
Jim Spencer           15   49    8    9   2   0   3    5   0   0    7    4  .184
Sandy Alomar          15   62    6   11   2   2   0    7   3   0    5    9  .177
Ken Berry             15   52    2    6   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .115
Syd O'Brien            6   12    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .083
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               5    5    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .600
Rich Morales           5    4    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Rich McKinney         12   30    1   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .400
Tom Egan               8   20    2    6   4   0   0    2   0   0    1   10  .300
Ed Herrmann           11   25    5    7   1   0   2    5   0   0    7    2  .280
Mike Andrews          15   55    7   15   3   0   1    6   2   1    8    4  .273
Carlos May            15   55    5   13   0   1   1    8   2   1    6    6  .236
Lee Richard           14   47    7   11   2   1   0    2   0   2    3    6  .234
Jay Johnstone         15   53    8   12   2   0   2    3   0   0    7    7  .226
Bill Melton           15   50    6   11   1   1   2    6   1   1    8   13  .220
Walt Williams         12   29    2    5   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    2  .172
Rick Reichardt        11   37    2    6   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    2  .162
Ed Stroud             11   25    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    3    4  .080
Luis Alvarado          7   12    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            12   28    5    8   1   1   1    3   1   1    5    5  .286
Ted Kubiak            13   47    2   13   1   2   0    3   0   1    3    3  .277
Bill Voss              9   24    2    6   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    3  .250
Rick Auerbach          7   20    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .250
Dave May              13   49    2   12   2   0   0    4   2   2    3    5  .245
Danny Walton          11   25    3    6   0   0   2    3   0   0    5    7  .240
Tommy Harper          13   51    5   11   1   0   0    3   1   0    7   10  .216
Andy Kosco             9   28    1    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    4  .214
Ellie Rodriguez        6   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .214
Phil Roof             10   33    0    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    8  .182
Roberto Pena           8   22    2    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    2  .182
Bernie Smith          11   32    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .156
Ted Savage             7    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .125
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           14   48    9   14   2   0   3   10   1   1   10   11  .292
Steve Hovley           8   11    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .273
Sal Bando             17   59   13   16   5   0   5   13   0   1   14    8  .271
Joe Rudi              16   61   10   16   3   0   3    9   0   0    7    3  .262
Dave Duncan           14   50    5   13   1   0   1    5   0   1    5    9  .260
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Dick Green            17   57    8   13   0   0   2    8   1   0    9   13  .228
Don Mincher           17   58    8   13   3   1   1    5   1   0   12   10  .224
Reggie Jackson        17   72    8   14   4   0   3    6   0   2    4   26  .194
Angel Mangual          6   11    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182
Bert Campaneris       17   78    7   13   3   0   0    4   4   1    4    9  .167
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)      78
  R. Jackson (OAK)         72
  F. Patek (KC)            63
  S. Alomar (CAL)          62
  J. Rudi (OAK)            61
  A. Johnson (CAL)         60
  C. Tovar (MIN)           60
  S. Bando (OAK)           59
  C. Rojas (KC)            59
  D. Mincher (OAK)         58

Runs Scored:

  D. Buford (BAL)          14
  S. Bando (OAK)           13
  J. Northrup (DET)        12
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     12
  J. Rudi (OAK)            10
  A. Kaline (DET)           9
  R. Monday (OAK)           9
  R. Smith (BOS)            9
  C. Tovar (MIN)            9
  D. Cater (NY)             8

Hits:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           22
  C. Rojas (KC)            21
  J. Northrup (DET)        18
  A. Johnson (CAL)         17
  A. Kaline (DET)          17
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     17
  S. Bando (OAK)           16
  F. Howard (WAS)          16
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       16
  B. Murcer (NY)           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
  R. Jackson (OAK)          4
  A. Kaline (DET)           4

Triples:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           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

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
  J. Spencer (CAL)          3
  R. White (NY)             3

RBI:

  J. Northrup (DET)        17
  S. Bando (OAK)           13
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        12
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       12
  B. Powell (BAL)          12
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11
  P. Blair (BAL)           10
  R. Monday (OAK)          10
  C. Rojas (KC)            10
  D. Johnson (BAL)          9

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             5
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       4
  V. Pinson (CLE)           4
  S. Alomar (CAL)           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
  R. Jackson (OAK)          2
  D. May (MIL)              2
  L. Richard (CHI)          2
  M. Andrews (CHI)          1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1

Walks:

  S. Bando (OAK)           14
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      14
  D. Mincher (OAK)         12
  A. Kaline (DET)          10
  R. Monday (OAK)          10
  G. Nettles (CLE)         10
  B. Powell (BAL)          10
  P. Schaal (KC)           10
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     10
  D. Green (OAK)            9

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         26
  B. Oliver (KC)           17
  M. Epstein (WAS)         14
  D. Green (OAK)           13
  F. Howard (WAS)          13
  B. Melton (CHI)          13
  B. Conigliaro (BOS)      11
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)      11
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       11
  R. Monday (OAK)          11

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