Monday April 26, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 26, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        624   79   168   31    1   12    69   11    4   55    91  .269
Boston           537   85   141   25    3   16    82    5    2   84    83  .263
Baltimore        554   79   145   19    2   14    77    4    6   67    84  .262
Detroit          584   80   148   26    3   17    73   10    7   62    80  .253
New York         542   65   136   15    3   15    62   14    5   65    51  .251
Kansas City      637   73   157   25    3   10    72   13    7   67   108  .247
Washington       598   70   143   23    5    8    65    4    6   70    95  .239
Chicago          591   57   138   21    3   12    52    7    7   59    91  .234
Oakland          702   95   163   34    1   21    88   10    8   90   144  .232
Milwaukee        516   40   110   11    3    7    37    7    5   50    97  .213
California       629   64   129   30    2   13    60    8    1   52    86  .205
Cleveland        518   50   102   20    3    7    47    9    2   51    75  .197

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         16   64   15   24   5   1   7   12   2   0    5    4  .375
Don Buford (BAL)         12   49   15   18   3   0   2    6   2   1    7    5  .367
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   16   58   17   21   4   1   4   15   1   0   13    5  .362
Bobby Murcer (NY)        16   61   10   22   4   2   3   11   3   0    9    6  .361
Roy White (NY)           14   49    9   17   1   0   5    7   2   0    7    5  .347
Bill Freehan (DET)       16   58    7   20   4   0   4    7   1   2    5    5  .345
Davey Johnson (BAL)      15   61   10   21   2   1   4   12   0   0    1    4  .344
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   18   72    7   24   6   0   3   18   2   1    7   13  .333
Cookie Rojas (KC)        19   72   12   24   5   0   1   10   3   1    8    7  .333
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        18   76   12   25   5   0   0    2   3   2    9    7  .329

 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            12   49   15   18   3   0   2    6   2   1    7    5  .367
Davey Johnson         15   61   10   21   2   1   4   12   0   0    1    4  .344
Frank Robinson        15   55    6   17   3   0   0    6   1   0    6    4  .309
Mark Belanger         16   56    8   15   4   0   0    5   0   2    9    4  .268
Merv Rettenmund       11   30    4    8   0   0   1    6   1   1   11    6  .267
Paul Blair            16   64    8   17   2   1   1   11   0   0    3    8  .266
Tom Shopay             5    4    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Brooks Robinson       16   65    8   16   1   0   1    5   0   0    5    9  .246
Boog Powell           15   55   10   12   1   0   4   15   0   0   14    6  .218
Andy Etchebarren       8   23    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   2    2    8  .217
Ellie Hendricks       10   34    3    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .206
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            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Carl Yastrzemski      16   58   17   21   4   1   4   15   1   0   13    5  .362
George Scott          16   65    6   20   2   0   2   11   0   0    4   14  .308
John Kennedy           6   13    4    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    2    2  .308
Reggie Smith          16   62   11   18   4   0   1    7   0   1   10    5  .290
Duane Josephson       16   59    7   16   2   0   1    6   1   0    8    9  .271
Billy Conigliaro      15   55    8   14   3   0   3    7   1   0    7   11  .255
Rico Petrocelli       16   57    7   14   2   0   2   11   0   0   15   13  .246
Joe Lahoud             9    9    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .222
Luis Aparicio         12   52    6   11   3   0   2   13   1   0    7    6  .212
Doug Griffin          16   52    7   11   2   1   0    1   1   0    8    4  .212
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          2    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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          8    6    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .333
Roger Repoz            9   13    5    4   1   0   1    4   0   0    6    1  .308
Alex Johnson          19   76    6   21   3   0   1    6   3   1    5   10  .276
Jim Fregosi           18   64    3   16   4   0   0    8   0   0    6    7  .250
Billy Cowan            5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Tony Conigliaro       19   72    6   17   6   0   2    6   1   0    3   11  .236
Jerry Moses           16   52    5   11   2   0   2    5   0   0    2    8  .212
Ken McMullen          19   67    4   14   3   0   2    4   0   0    6    9  .209
Sandy Alomar          19   77    8   16   4   2   0   10   4   0    7    9  .208
Jim Spencer           19   63   11   12   2   0   4    7   0   0    9    5  .191
Ken Berry             17   55    3    7   3   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .127
Syd O'Brien            7   13    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .077
Jeff Torborg           9   13    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .077
John Stephenson        5    5    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           8    6    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .667
Lee Maye               7    9    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .444
Rich McKinney         15   36    1   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    1  .333
Ed Herrmann           14   33    6   10   1   0   2    6   0   0    7    2  .303
Tom Egan              10   25    3    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    1   12  .280
Mike Andrews          18   68    8   18   4   0   2    8   2   1    8    6  .265
Carlos May            18   66    5   17   0   1   1    9   2   1    7    7  .258
Rick Reichardt        14   47    2   11   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    4  .234
Jay Johnstone         17   60    9   14   2   0   2    3   0   0    7    7  .233
Lee Richard           16   52    8   12   2   1   0    2   0   2    3    6  .231
Bill Melton           18   61    7   13   1   1   2    6   1   1    9   15  .213
Luis Alvarado         10   22    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .182
Walt Williams         15   34    3    6   2   0   1    2   1   0    3    2  .177
Ed Stroud             13   27    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    4    4  .074
Chuck Brinkman         2    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           12   13    1    6   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    2  .462
Ted Uhlaender         13   23    5    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .348
Jack Heidemann         1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Vada Pinson           15   60    6   15   3   0   0    4   5   0    4    4  .250
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Ray Fosse             16   60    8   13   4   1   2    7   0   0    7    7  .217
John Lowenstein       13   36    5    7   2   0   1    2   1   1    5    6  .194
Ken Harrelson         15   53    3   10   1   0   1    7   1   0    7    8  .189
Roy Foster            13   39    1    7   0   1   1    3   1   0    2    5  .180
Eddie Leon            12   38    5    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    7  .158
Buddy Bradford        13   33    4    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    6    9  .152
Graig Nettles         16   54    5    6   2   0   2    6   0   0   10    3  .111
Ted Ford              11   14    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    4  .071
Chuck Hinton           6    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Lou Camilli            5    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dalton Jones           7    6    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .667
Bill Freehan          16   58    7   20   4   0   4    7   1   2    5    5  .345
Jim Northrup          17   67   15   22   6   1   3   18   3   1    9    3  .328
Al Kaline             16   58   10   18   4   0   0    2   0   1   14    9  .310
Norm Cash              9   30    6    8   1   0   3    5   1   0    6    5  .267
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        13   41    5   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .244
Aurelio Rodriguez     17   66    7   16   2   0   1    6   2   0    4   12  .242
Willie Horton         14   57    6   13   3   0   3   10   0   3    1   11  .228
Dick McAuliffe        17   71   11   16   4   1   2   11   1   0    9   11  .225
Ed Brinkman           17   60    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    3  .183
Jim Price              3    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Gates Brown            7   15    2    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    0    1  .133
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          19   72   12   24   5   0   1   10   3   1    8    7  .333
Paul Schaal           19   63   12   20   3   2   1    5   0   0   12    4  .318
Jerry May              9   26    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    7  .308
Dennis Paepke          9   21    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .286
Amos Otis             16   62    7   17   2   0   2    5   4   0    6    8  .274
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            19   71    8   17   0   0   3    7   0   0    3   19  .239
Freddie Patek         19   80    9   19   4   1   0    5   5   1    9    9  .238
Ed Kirkpatrick        16   51    8   12   2   0   2   10   0   0    8    8  .235
Joe Keough            16   52    3   12   2   0   0    4   0   3    3    3  .231
Lou Piniella          18   67    8   14   2   0   0    6   1   1    6    9  .209
Carl Taylor            9    9    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .111
Gail Hopkins          10    9    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            15   40    7   12   1   1   1    4   1   1    6    7  .300
Ted Kubiak            16   57    4   16   1   2   0    4   0   1    4    4  .281
Ellie Rodriguez        8   22    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    4  .273
Johnny Briggs          3   11    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .273
Rick Auerbach          7   20    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .250
Dave May              16   61    3   15   3   0   0    6   3   2    3    8  .246
Danny Walton          11   25    3    6   0   0   2    3   0   0    5    7  .240
Andy Kosco             9   28    1    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    4  .214
Roberto Pena          11   33    4    7   2   0   1    4   1   0    4    4  .212
Phil Roof             11   37    0    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    2   10  .189
Tommy Harper          16   65    6   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    7   13  .185
Bill Voss             12   35    2    6   0   0   1    1   0   0    3    4  .171
Bernie Smith          13   33    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .152
Ted Savage             8    9    1    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .111
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
Tony Oliva            16   64   15   24   5   1   7   12   2   0    5    4  .375
Harmon Killebrew      18   72    7   24   6   0   3   18   2   1    7   13  .333
Chuck Manuel           4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Cesar Tovar           18   76   12   25   5   0   0    2   3   2    9    7  .329
Brant Alyea            9   19    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .316
Steve Braun           13   13    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .308
Jim Holt              15   48    2   14   2   0   0    4   2   0    0    3  .292
Paul Powell            8   18    5    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .278
Rod Carew             17   65   10   16   2   0   0    5   1   1    2    7  .246
Leo Cardenas          18   63    5   14   4   0   0    8   1   0    8    6  .222
Danny Thompson        12   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
Rich Reese            16   54    9   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .204
Rick Renick            5    5    1    1   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .200
George Mitterwald     16   42    1    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    4   11  .167
Tom Tischinski         7    7    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .143
Paul Ratliff           4    9    2    1   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .111

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Murcer          16   61   10   22   4   2   3   11   3   0    9    6  .361
John Ellis             9   17    4    6   0   0   1    3   0   0   10    1  .353
Roy White             14   49    9   17   1   0   5    7   2   0    7    5  .347
Gene Michael          14   44    3   13   3   0   0    9   2   1    7    4  .296
Jim Lyttle             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Danny Cater           16   69   10   17   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    3  .246
Horace Clarke         16   65    6   16   3   0   0    4   2   2   11    1  .246
Jerry Kenney          12   29    4    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    4    5  .241
Felipe Alou           10   42    6   10   0   0   3    5   2   1    4    5  .238
Curt Blefary          12   22    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .227
Ron Woods             10   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .177
Thurman Munson        12   46    4    8   0   0   1    5   1   0    4    2  .174
Jake Gibbs             9   22    2    3   1   0   1    4   1   0    0    3  .136
Ron Hansen             6   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .100
Frank Tepedino         5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Frank Baker            3    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           18   61    8   17   2   0   1    6   0   1    6   12  .279
Steve Hovley           8   11    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .273
Joe Rudi              20   76   12   19   3   0   3   10   0   0    9    6  .250
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Rick Monday           18   57   11   14   2   0   3   10   2   1   15   17  .246
Sal Bando             21   71   15   17   6   0   5   14   0   1   16   11  .239
Don Mincher           21   72    8   17   4   1   1    6   1   1   14   13  .236
Dick Green            21   69   10   16   0   0   4   15   1   0   11   14  .232
Reggie Jackson        21   89    9   20   5   0   3   10   0   2    4   30  .225
Bert Campaneris       21   95   10   17   5   0   0    5   4   1    4   10  .179
Angel Mangual          7   12    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Tommy Davis            6    8    0    1   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .125
Frank Fernandez        2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Tony Larussa           4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ron Clark              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Washington           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Wert               1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bernie Allen          12   14    1    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    1  .357
Tommy McCraw          13   31   10   11   1   1   3    5   0   1    5    5  .355
Del Unser             15   39    5   13   2   1   1    2   2   0    2    4  .333
Dick Billings          7    6    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .333
Frank Howard          18   70    9   20   3   0   2    8   1   0    7   14  .286
Mike Epstein          17   60    5   17   1   1   0    7   0   0    9   21  .283
Joe Foy               17   60    6   17   5   0   0    9   1   0    8    3  .283
Paul Casanova         11   37    3   10   4   1   0    4   0   1    1    3  .270
Tim Cullen            18   71    8   17   1   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .239
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Jim French             9   26    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    4    4  .192
Elliott Maddox        13   27    4    5   0   1   0    4   0   1    6    6  .185
Toby Harrah           18   59    4   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    7    9  .170
Richie Scheinblum     14   24    4    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    1  .125
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)      95
  R. Jackson (OAK)         89
  F. Patek (KC)            80
  S. Alomar (CAL)          77
  A. Johnson (CAL)         76
  J. Rudi (OAK)            76
  C. Tovar (MIN)           76
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)      72
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       72
  D. Mincher (OAK)         72

Runs Scored:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     17
  S. Bando (OAK)           15
  D. Buford (BAL)          15
  J. Northrup (DET)        15
  T. Oliva (MIN)           15
  C. Rojas (KC)            12
  J. Rudi (OAK)            12
  P. Schaal (KC)           12
  C. Tovar (MIN)           12
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       11

Hits:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           25
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       24
  T. Oliva (MIN)           24
  C. Rojas (KC)            24
  B. Murcer (NY)           22
  J. Northrup (DET)        22
  A. Johnson (CAL)         21
  D. Johnson (BAL)         21
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     21
  B. Freehan (DET)         20

Doubles:

  S. Bando (OAK)            6
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       6
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        6
  J. Northrup (DET)         6
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       5
  J. Foy (WAS)              5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  T. Oliva (MIN)            5
  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  C. Tovar (MIN)            5

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:

  T. Oliva (MIN)            7
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  R. White (NY)             5
  B. Freehan (DET)          4
  D. Green (OAK)            4
  D. Johnson (BAL)          4
  B. Powell (BAL)           4
  J. Spencer (CAL)          4
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      4
  F. Alou (NY)              3

RBI:

  H. Killebrew (MIN)       18
  J. Northrup (DET)        18
  D. Green (OAK)           15
  B. Powell (BAL)          15
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     15
  S. Bando (OAK)           14
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        13
  D. Johnson (BAL)         12
  T. Oliva (MIN)           12
  P. Blair (BAL)           11

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             5
  V. Pinson (CLE)           5
  S. Alomar (CAL)           4
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       4
  A. Otis (KC)              4
  A. Johnson (CAL)          3
  D. May (MIL)              3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  J. Northrup (DET)         3
  C. Rojas (KC)             3

Caught Stealing:

  W. Horton (DET)           3
  J. Keough (KC)            3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  A. Etchebarren (BAL)      2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  J. French (WAS)           2
  R. Jackson (OAK)          2
  D. May (MIL)              2
  L. Richard (CHI)          2

Walks:

  S. Bando (OAK)           16
  R. Monday (OAK)          15
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      15
  A. Kaline (DET)          14
  D. Mincher (OAK)         14
  B. Powell (BAL)          14
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     13
  P. Schaal (KC)           12
  H. Clarke (NY)           11
  D. Green (OAK)           11

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         30
  M. Epstein (WAS)         21
  B. Oliver (KC)           19
  R. Monday (OAK)          17
  B. Melton (CHI)          15
  D. Green (OAK)           14
  F. Howard (WAS)          14
  G. Scott (BOS)           14
  T. Harper (MIL)          13
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       13


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