Friday April 23, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Baltimore        454   68   120   16    2   11    66    4    4   56    64  .264
Minnesota        508   53   133   25    1    6    45   10    3   40    77  .262
Boston           470   76   119   21    2   12    73    4    2   75    74  .253
New York         465   57   117   15    3   13    54   14    4   52    43  .252
Detroit          476   58   117   19    3   13    53    9    6   50    57  .246
Kansas City      540   58   129   20    3    8    57   11    7   60    97  .239
Washington       494   60   118   17    4    6    55    4    6   57    78  .239
Oakland          614   87   145   31    1   20    80    9    7   80   123  .236
Chicago          522   51   120   19    3   10    47    7    7   53    84  .230
Milwaukee        444   34    93    9    3    6    33    6    4   48    88  .210
California       539   48   109   25    2   10    45    6    1   39    78  .202
Cleveland        426   46    86   17    3    6    44    8    2   44    63  .202

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Murcer (NY)        14   52    8   19   4   2   3   11   3   0    8    5  .365
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        15   64    9   23   5   0   0    2   3   1    6    7  .359
Roy White (NY)           12   39    7   14   1   0   4    5   2   0    7    4  .359
Tony Oliva (MIN)         13   51    8   18   5   1   3    6   2   0    3    3  .353
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   14   51   14   18   4   1   3   12   0   0   11    5  .353
Davey Johnson (BAL)      12   49    9   17   2   1   3   11   0   0    1    2  .347
Jim Northrup (DET)       14   55   12   19   5   1   3   18   2   1    7    3  .346
Cookie Rojas (KC)        16   63    8   21   5   0   1   10   2   1    5    6  .333
Al Kaline (DET)          14   51    9   17   4   0   0    1   0   1   12    8  .333
Paul Schaal (KC)         16   52    9   17   3   2   1    5   0   0   11    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             9   36   14   13   2   0   2    5   2   0    7    5  .361
Davey Johnson         12   49    9   17   2   1   3   11   0   0    1    2  .347
Frank Robinson        13   47    6   15   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    3  .319
Paul Blair            13   51    7   15   2   1   1   11   0   0    3    7  .294
Brooks Robinson       13   54    7   15   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .278
Mark Belanger         13   46    7   12   3   0   0    5   0   1    6    4  .261
Andy Etchebarren       7   20    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   2    2    8  .250
Tom Shopay             5    4    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Merv Rettenmund        9   23    2    5   0   0   0    5   1   1    9    4  .217
Boog Powell           13   50    8   10   1   0   3   12   0   0   10    5  .200
Ellie Hendricks        8   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      14   51   14   18   4   1   3   12   0   0   11    5  .353
John Kennedy           5   10    4    3   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    2  .300
George Scott          14   57    5   17   2   0   1   10   0   0    4   11  .298
Reggie Smith          14   54   10   16   4   0   1    7   0   1    9    5  .296
Duane Josephson       14   51    7   13   1   0   1    6   1   0    8    8  .255
Rico Petrocelli       14   49    6   12   1   0   1    8   0   0   14   11  .245
Billy Conigliaro      14   51    7   12   2   0   2    6   1   0    7   11  .235
Luis Aparicio         11   48    6    9   2   0   2   12   1   0    6    5  .188
Doug Griffin          14   46    6    8   2   0   0    1   1   0    6    4  .174
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
Jim Fregosi           15   54    3   15   4   0   0    8   0   0    5    4  .278
Alex Johnson          16   64    3   17   2   0   1    6   2   1    5   10  .266
Jerry Moses           15   48    5   11   2   0   2    5   0   0    2    8  .229
Tony Conigliaro       16   61    3   13   5   0   1    2   1   0    3   11  .213
Ken McMullen          16   57    2   12   2   0   2    3   0   0    4    7  .211
Jim Spencer           16   53    9   10   2   0   3    5   0   0    7    5  .189
Sandy Alomar          16   66    6   12   2   2   0    8   3   0    5    9  .182
Ken Berry             16   55    3    7   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .127
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
Rich Morales           6    5    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .600
Lee Maye               6    6    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .500
Rich McKinney         13   34    1   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .353
Tom Egan               8   20    2    6   4   0   0    2   0   0    1   10  .300
Ed Herrmann           12   29    5    8   1   0   2    5   0   0    7    2  .276
Mike Andrews          16   59    7   16   3   0   1    6   2   1    8    5  .271
Carlos May            16   59    5   15   0   1   1    9   2   1    6    6  .254
Lee Richard           14   47    7   11   2   1   0    2   0   2    3    6  .234
Jay Johnstone         16   57    9   13   2   0   2    3   0   0    7    7  .228
Bill Melton           16   54    6   12   1   1   2    6   1   1    8   15  .222
Rick Reichardt        12   41    2    9   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    3  .220
Walt Williams         13   30    2    5   1   0   1    2   1   0    2    2  .167
Ed Stroud             12   26    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    3    4  .077
Luis Alvarado          8   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .071
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            9   10    1    6   2   0   0    5   0   0    1    1  .600
Ted Uhlaender         11   18    3    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .333
Vada Pinson           12   49    6   12   3   0   0    3   4   0    3    3  .245
Ray Fosse             13   49    8   11   3   1   2    6   0   0    6    6  .225
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Roy Foster            11   32    1    7   0   1   1    3   1   0    2    4  .219
John Lowenstein       11   29    4    6   2   0   0    1   1   1    4    5  .207
Ken Harrelson         12   44    3    7   0   0   1    7   1   0    4    7  .159
Buddy Bradford        11   26    4    4   2   1   0    2   0   0    6    7  .154
Eddie Leon             9   28    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .143
Graig Nettles         13   45    5    6   2   0   2    6   0   0   10    2  .133
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           4    5    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           6    5    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .600
Jim Northrup          14   55   12   19   5   1   3   18   2   1    7    3  .346
Al Kaline             14   51    9   17   4   0   0    1   0   1   12    8  .333
Jim Price              2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Freehan          14   49    4   15   4   0   3    5   1   2    4    3  .306
Norm Cash              7   22    4    6   1   0   2    4   1   0    5    3  .273
Aurelio Rodriguez     14   53    4   14   1   0   1    6   2   0    3    9  .264
Ike Brown              4    4    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Kevin Collins          5    4    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
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        14   59    8   11   2   1   1    3   1   0    7    8  .186
Ed Brinkman           14   50    2    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .160
Gates Brown            6   14    2    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    0    1  .143
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          16   63    8   21   5   0   1   10   2   1    5    6  .333
Paul Schaal           16   52    9   17   3   2   1    5   0   0   11    4  .327
Amos Otis             14   55    5   15   2   0   2    5   3   0    5    8  .273
Jerry May              7   19    1    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    6  .263
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            16   61    7   15   0   0   3    7   0   0    1   17  .246
Freddie Patek         16   67    8   16   4   1   0    5   5   1    9    9  .239
Dennis Paepke          8   17    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .235
Lou Piniella          16   63    8   14   2   0   0    4   1   1    6    9  .222
Ed Kirkpatrick        13   39    6    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    8    6  .180
Joe Keough            13   42    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   3    3    3  .167
Carl Taylor            9    9    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .111
Gail Hopkins           9    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
Ted Kubiak            14   51    3   15   1   2   0    3   0   1    3    4  .294
Mike Hegan            13   31    6    8   1   1   1    3   1   1    6    7  .258
Rick Auerbach          7   20    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .250
Johnny Briggs          1    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Dave May              14   53    3   13   3   0   0    6   2   2    3    7  .245
Danny Walton          11   25    3    6   0   0   2    3   0   0    5    7  .240
Bill Voss             10   27    2    6   0   0   1    1   0   0    3    3  .222
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
Tommy Harper          14   55    5   11   1   0   0    3   1   0    7   10  .200
Roberto Pena           9   25    2    5   1   0   0    3   1   0    4    3  .200
Phil Roof             11   37    0    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    2   10  .189
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
Steve Braun           11   11    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .364
Cesar Tovar           15   64    9   23   5   0   0    2   3   1    6    7  .359
Tony Oliva            13   51    8   18   5   1   3    6   2   0    3    3  .353
Danny Thompson         9   12    4    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .333
Chuck Manuel           4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Brant Alyea            7   16    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .313
Jim Holt              12   42    2   13   2   0   0    4   2   0    0    2  .310
Harmon Killebrew      15   56    4   16   3   0   2   12   1   1    7   12  .286
Paul Powell            7   14    4    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .286
Rod Carew             14   50    6   13   2   0   0    3   1   1    2    5  .260
Rick Renick            4    5    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .200
Leo Cardenas          15   50    4    9   3   0   0    4   1   0    6    4  .180
Rich Reese            13   48    6    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .167
Tom Tischinski         6    6    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .167
George Mitterwald     13   37    0    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1   10  .135
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          14   52    8   19   4   2   3   11   3   0    8    5  .365
Roy White             12   39    7   14   1   0   4    5   2   0    7    4  .359
Gene Michael          12   37    3   11   3   0   0    5   2   1    6    3  .297
Jim Lyttle             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Horace Clarke         14   56    6   15   3   0   0    4   2   1    9    1  .268
Jerry Kenney          11   28    4    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    4    4  .250
Danny Cater           14   58    9   14   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    2  .241
Curt Blefary          11   21    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .238
Felipe Alou            8   34    6    8   0   0   3    5   2   1    1    4  .235
Thurman Munson        10   37    2    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    2    2  .162
Jake Gibbs             8   22    2    3   1   0   1    4   1   0    0    3  .136
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
Dave Duncan           15   54    7   16   1   0   1    6   0   1    5    9  .296
Rick Monday           15   50   10   14   2   0   3   10   1   1   12   12  .280
Sal Bando             18   62   14   17   6   0   5   14   0   1   15    9  .274
Steve Hovley           8   11    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .273
Joe Rudi              17   64   12   17   3   0   3    9   0   0    8    4  .266
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Dick Green            18   61    9   15   0   0   3   11   1   0    9   13  .246
Don Mincher           18   62    8   15   4   1   1    6   1   1   12   11  .242
Reggie Jackson        18   77    9   16   5   0   3    8   0   2    4   27  .208
Angel Mangual          6   11    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182
Bert Campaneris       18   83    8   14   3   0   0    4   4   1    4   10  .169
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
Del Unser             12   28    5   10   1   0   1    2   2   0    2    3  .357
Tommy McCraw          10   20    6    7   0   1   2    3   0   1    3    4  .350
Mike Epstein          14   47    4   15   1   1   0    6   0   0    8   15  .319
Joe Foy               15   52    6   16   4   0   0    8   1   0    7    3  .308
Bernie Allen           9   10    1    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    0  .300
Paul Casanova         10   33    3    9   4   1   0    4   0   1    1    3  .273
Frank Howard          15   59    8   16   3   0   1    6   1   0    5   13  .271
Jim French             7   19    2    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    3    4  .263
Tim Cullen            15   58    7   14   0   0   1    7   0   0    3    5  .241
Elliott Maddox        10   25    4    5   0   1   0    4   0   1    6    5  .200
Toby Harrah           15   50    3    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    8  .180
Curt Flood            11   34    4    6   0   0   0    1   0   1    4    2  .177
Richie Scheinblum     11   23    4    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    0  .130
Dick Billings          4    3    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)      83
  R. Jackson (OAK)         77
  F. Patek (KC)            67
  S. Alomar (CAL)          66
  A. Johnson (CAL)         64
  J. Rudi (OAK)            64
  C. Tovar (MIN)           64
  L. Piniella (KC)         63
  C. Rojas (KC)            63
  S. Bando (OAK)           62

Runs Scored:

  S. Bando (OAK)           14
  D. Buford (BAL)          14
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     14
  J. Northrup (DET)        12
  J. Rudi (OAK)            12
  R. Monday (OAK)          10
  R. Smith (BOS)           10
  D. Cater (NY)             9
  D. Green (OAK)            9
  R. Jackson (OAK)          9

Hits:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           23
  C. Rojas (KC)            21
  B. Murcer (NY)           19
  J. Northrup (DET)        19
  T. Oliva (MIN)           18
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     18
  S. Bando (OAK)           17
  A. Johnson (CAL)         17
  D. Johnson (BAL)         17
  A. Kaline (DET)          17

Doubles:

  S. Bando (OAK)            6
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  J. Northrup (DET)         5
  T. Oliva (MIN)            5
  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  C. Tovar (MIN)            5
  P. Casanova (WAS)         4
  T. Egan (CHI)             4
  J. Foy (WAS)              4

Triples:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           2
  B. Murcer (NY)            2
  P. Schaal (KC)            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

Home Runs:

  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  R. White (NY)             4
  F. Alou (NY)              3
  B. Freehan (DET)          3
  D. Green (OAK)            3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  D. Johnson (BAL)          3
  R. Monday (OAK)           3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  J. Northrup (DET)         3

RBI:

  J. Northrup (DET)        18
  S. Bando (OAK)           14
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        12
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       12
  B. Powell (BAL)          12
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     12
  P. Blair (BAL)           11
  D. Green (OAK)           11
  D. Johnson (BAL)         11
  B. Murcer (NY)           11

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
  G. Brown (DET)            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
  F. Alou (NY)              1
  M. Andrews (CHI)          1

Walks:

  S. Bando (OAK)           15
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      14
  A. Kaline (DET)          12
  D. Mincher (OAK)         12
  R. Monday (OAK)          12
  P. Schaal (KC)           11
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11
  G. Nettles (CLE)         10
  B. Powell (BAL)          10
  H. Clarke (NY)            9

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         27
  B. Oliver (KC)           17
  M. Epstein (WAS)         15
  B. Melton (CHI)          15
  D. Green (OAK)           13
  F. Howard (WAS)          13
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       12
  R. Monday (OAK)          12
  B. Conigliaro (BOS)      11
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)      11


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