Tuesday April 27, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 27, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        655   79   174   32    1   12    69   11    5   56    99  .266
Baltimore        583   85   151   21    2   14    83    4    6   76    89  .259
New York         587   71   152   17    3   15    68   15    8   70    54  .259
Boston           569   87   147   26    3   16    84    5    2   88    90  .258
Kansas City      672   81   169   25    4   11    78   14    7   71   115  .252
Detroit          615   81   154   26    4   17    74   10    7   65    85  .250
Washington       623   72   149   24    5    8    67    4    7   72   104  .239
Chicago          637   62   151   24    3   12    57    7    8   64    96  .237
Oakland          735   97   170   35    1   22    90   10    8   92   148  .231
Milwaukee        549   44   117   13    4    8    41    7    5   57   105  .213
California       660   66   135   31    2   13    62    8    1   54    89  .205
Cleveland        551   51   109   20    3    8    48   11    2   53    81  .198

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         17   68   15   26   6   1   7   12   2   1    5    5  .382
Bobby Murcer (NY)        17   66   11   25   4   2   3   12   4   1    9    6  .379
Don Buford (BAL)         13   52   17   19   3   0   2    6   2   1    9    5  .365
Davey Johnson (BAL)      16   65   11   23   3   1   4   16   0   0    2    4  .354
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   17   61   17   21   4   1   4   16   1   0   14    5  .344
Bill Freehan (DET)       17   61    7   20   4   0   4    7   1   2    6    6  .328
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        19   80   12   26   5   0   0    2   3   2    9    8  .325
Cookie Rojas (KC)        20   77   13   25   5   0   1   10   3   1    8    7  .325
Paul Schaal (KC)         20   65   12   21   3   2   1    7   0   0   13    4  .323
Roy White (NY)           15   53   10   17   1   0   5    7   2   1    9    5  .321

 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            13   52   17   19   3   0   2    6   2   1    9    5  .365
Davey Johnson         16   65   11   23   3   1   4   16   0   0    2    4  .354
Frank Robinson        16   56    6   17   3   0   0    6   1   0    6    4  .304
Mark Belanger         17   60   10   16   4   0   0    5   0   2   10    4  .267
Paul Blair            17   67    8   17   2   1   1   11   0   0    5   10  .254
Merv Rettenmund       12   32    4    8   0   0   1    7   1   1   11    7  .250
Tom Shopay             5    4    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Brooks Robinson       17   68    9   16   1   0   1    6   0   0    6   10  .235
Boog Powell           16   58   10   13   2   0   4   15   0   0   16    6  .224
Ellie Hendricks       10   34    3    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .206
Andy Etchebarren       9   28    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   2    2    9  .179
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          4    4    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .500
Carl Yastrzemski      17   61   17   21   4   1   4   16   1   0   14    5  .344
John Kennedy           7   13    4    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    2  .308
Joe Lahoud            10   10    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .300
George Scott          17   69    6   20   2   0   2   11   0   0    4   15  .290
Reggie Smith          17   66   11   19   5   0   1    8   0   1   10    6  .288
Duane Josephson       17   61    7   16   2   0   1    6   1   0    8    9  .262
Billy Conigliaro      16   58    8   15   3   0   3    7   1   0    8   12  .259
Rico Petrocelli       17   60    7   14   2   0   2   11   0   0   16   14  .233
Luis Aparicio         13   56    7   12   3   0   2   13   1   0    7    6  .214
Doug Griffin          17   54    7   11   2   1   0    1   1   0    8    4  .204
George Thomas          3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Mike Fiore             7    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    1  .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
Alex Johnson          20   80    7   23   3   0   1    6   3   1    5   10  .288
Tony Gonzalez          9    7    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .286
Roger Repoz           10   16    5    4   1   0   1    4   0   0    6    1  .250
Tony Conigliaro       20   75    7   18   7   0   2    6   1   0    4   11  .240
Jim Fregosi           19   67    3   16   4   0   0    8   0   0    7    7  .239
Ken McMullen          20   71    4   15   3   0   2    5   0   0    6    9  .211
Jerry Moses           17   54    5   11   2   0   2    5   0   0    2    8  .204
Billy Cowan            6    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Sandy Alomar          20   81    8   16   4   2   0   10   4   0    7   10  .198
Jim Spencer           20   67   11   13   2   0   4    7   0   0    9    6  .194
Ken Berry             18   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          10   13    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .077
John Stephenson        6    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rich Morales           9    7    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .571
Lee Maye               8   10    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .400
Rich McKinney         15   36    1   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    1  .333
Ed Herrmann           15   36    6   11   1   0   2    6   0   0    7    2  .306
Tom Egan              10   25    3    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    1   12  .280
Carlos May            19   71    7   19   1   1   1   10   2   1    8    7  .268
Mike Andrews          19   68    8   18   4   0   2    8   2   1   10    6  .265
Bill Melton           19   67    8   17   3   1   2    8   1   1    9   16  .254
Lee Richard           17   57    9   14   2   1   0    3   0   2    4    7  .246
Jay Johnstone         18   64   10   15   2   0   2    4   0   0    7    7  .234
Rick Reichardt        15   53    2   12   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    4  .226
Luis Alvarado         11   27    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .185
Walt Williams         16   35    3    6   2   0   1    2   1   0    3    2  .171
Ed Stroud             14   31    2    3   0   0   0    0   1   2    4    5  .097
Chuck Brinkman         3    6    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           12   13    1    6   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    2  .462
Ted Uhlaender         14   27    5    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .333
Jack Heidemann         2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286
Ray Fosse             17   64    8   15   4   1   2    7   0   0    7    7  .234
Vada Pinson           16   64    6   15   3   0   0    4   6   0    4    4  .234
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
John Lowenstein       13   36    5    7   2   0   1    2   1   1    5    6  .194
Ken Harrelson         16   57    4   11   1   0   2    8   1   0    7    8  .193
Roy Foster            13   39    1    7   0   1   1    3   1   0    2    5  .180
Eddie Leon            13   41    5    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .171
Buddy Bradford        14   33    4    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    6    9  .152
Ted Ford              12   18    0    2   1   0   0    1   1   1    1    5  .111
Graig Nettles         17   57    5    6   2   0   2    6   0   0   11    4  .105
Chuck Hinton           7    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           8    7    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .714
Bill Freehan          17   61    7   20   4   0   4    7   1   2    6    6  .328
Jim Northrup          18   69   15   22   6   1   3   18   3   1   11    3  .319
Al Kaline             17   62   10   19   4   0   0    2   0   1   14   10  .307
Norm Cash             10   34    6    9   1   1   3    5   1   0    6    5  .265
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     18   70    7   17   2   0   1    6   2   0    4   13  .243
Dick McAuliffe        18   75   11   17   4   1   2   12   1   0    9   11  .227
Willie Horton         15   61    6   13   3   0   3   10   0   3    1   11  .213
Ed Brinkman           18   64    5   12   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    4  .188
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          20   77   13   25   5   0   1   10   3   1    8    7  .325
Paul Schaal           20   65   12   21   3   2   1    7   0   0   13    4  .323
Jerry May              9   26    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    7  .308
Amos Otis             17   66    9   19   2   0   3    6   5   0    7    9  .288
Dennis Paepke          9   21    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .286
Ed Kirkpatrick        17   56    9   15   2   0   2   10   0   0    8   10  .268
Bob Oliver            20   76    9   19   0   0   3    8   0   0    3   20  .250
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
Freddie Patek         20   85    9   20   4   1   0    5   5   1    9   10  .235
Lou Piniella          19   71    9   16   2   1   0    8   1   1    6    9  .225
Joe Keough            17   55    5   12   2   0   0    4   0   3    5    4  .218
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
Ellie Rodriguez        9   26    2    8   2   0   0    2   0   1    1    4  .308
Mike Hegan            16   43    8   13   1   1   2    5   1   1    8    7  .302
Ted Kubiak            17   59    5   17   1   2   0    4   0   1    6    4  .288
Dave May              17   63    5   16   3   1   0    6   3   2    4    9  .254
Danny Walton          11   25    3    6   0   0   2    3   0   0    5    7  .240
Rick Auerbach          8   21    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .238
Johnny Briggs          4   13    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .231
Andy Kosco            10   31    1    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .194
Phil Roof             11   37    0    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    2   10  .189
Tommy Harper          17   69    6   13   2   0   0    4   1   0    8   15  .188
Roberto Pena          12   38    4    7   2   0   1    4   1   0    4    6  .184
Bill Voss             13   38    2    7   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .184
Bernie Smith          14   35    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .143
Ted Savage             9    9    1    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    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            17   68   15   26   6   1   7   12   2   1    5    5  .382
Cesar Tovar           19   80   12   26   5   0   0    2   3   2    9    8  .325
Harmon Killebrew      19   76    7   24   6   0   3   18   2   1    7   15  .316
Brant Alyea            9   19    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .316
Steve Braun           14   14    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .286
Paul Powell            8   18    5    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .278
Jim Holt              16   51    2   14   2   0   0    4   2   0    0    4  .275
Chuck Manuel           5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Leo Cardenas          19   66    5   16   4   0   0    8   1   0    8    6  .242
Rod Carew             18   69   10   16   2   0   0    5   1   1    2    8  .232
Danny Thompson        12   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
Rick Renick            5    5    1    1   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .200
Rich Reese            17   57    9   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .193
George Mitterwald     17   44    1    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    4   11  .159
Tom Tischinski         8    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          17   66   11   25   4   2   3   12   4   1    9    6  .379
John Ellis            10   21    4    7   1   0   1    3   0   0   10    1  .333
Roy White             15   53   10   17   1   0   5    7   2   1    9    5  .321
Gene Michael          15   48    4   14   3   0   0    9   2   2    8    4  .292
Jim Lyttle             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Horace Clarke         17   71    7   19   4   0   0    6   2   2   11    2  .268
Jerry Kenney          13   30    4    8   0   0   0    1   1   0    4    5  .267
Danny Cater           17   75   10   19   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    4  .253
Felipe Alou           11   48    6   12   0   0   3    6   2   1    4    6  .250
Curt Blefary          12   22    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .227
Ron Woods             11   18    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .222
Thurman Munson        13   50    4    9   0   0   1    7   1   0    6    2  .180
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            4   11    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .364
Steve Hovley           8   11    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .273
Dave Duncan           19   65    8   17   2   0   1    6   0   1    6   12  .262
Sal Bando             22   74   15   19   6   0   5   14   0   1   17   12  .257
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
Joe Rudi              21   80   12   19   3   0   3   10   0   0    9    7  .238
Don Mincher           21   72    8   17   4   1   1    6   1   1   14   13  .236
Reggie Jackson        22   92    9   21   5   0   3   10   0   2    5   30  .228
Dick Green            22   73   10   16   0   0   4   15   1   0   11   14  .219
Angel Mangual          8   16    4    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    2  .188
Bert Campaneris       22   99   10   18   5   0   0    5   4   1    4   10  .182
Tommy Davis            7   12    1    2   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .167
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
Tommy McCraw          14   34   11   13   2   1   3    5   0   2    5    6  .382
Bernie Allen          13   17    1    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    2  .353
Del Unser             16   42    5   14   2   1   1    2   2   0    3    5  .333
Dick Billings          7    6    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Foy               17   60    6   17   5   0   0    9   1   0    8    3  .283
Frank Howard          19   73    9   20   3   0   2    8   1   0    7   16  .274
Paul Casanova         11   37    3   10   4   1   0    4   0   1    1    3  .270
Mike Epstein          18   63    5   17   1   1   0    7   0   0    9   24  .270
Tim Cullen            19   75    8   18   1   0   1    8   0   0    4    6  .240
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Elliott Maddox        14   27    4    5   0   1   0    4   0   1    6    6  .185
Toby Harrah           19   61    5   11   2   0   0    1   0   0    8    9  .180
Jim French            10   29    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    4    4  .172
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)      99
  R. Jackson (OAK)         92
  F. Patek (KC)            85
  S. Alomar (CAL)          81
  A. Johnson (CAL)         80
  J. Rudi (OAK)            80
  C. Tovar (MIN)           80
  C. Rojas (KC)            77
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       76
  B. Oliver (KC)           76

Runs Scored:

  D. Buford (BAL)          17
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     17
  S. Bando (OAK)           15
  J. Northrup (DET)        15
  T. Oliva (MIN)           15
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  J. Rudi (OAK)            12
  P. Schaal (KC)           12
  C. Tovar (MIN)           12
  D. Johnson (BAL)         11

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           26
  C. Tovar (MIN)           26
  B. Murcer (NY)           25
  C. Rojas (KC)            25
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       24
  A. Johnson (CAL)         23
  D. Johnson (BAL)         23
  J. Northrup (DET)        22
  R. Jackson (OAK)         21
  P. Schaal (KC)           21

Doubles:

  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       7
  S. Bando (OAK)            6
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        6
  J. Northrup (DET)         6
  T. Oliva (MIN)            6
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       5
  J. Foy (WAS)              5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  R. Smith (BOS)            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
  N. Cash (DET)             1
  K. Collins (DET)          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. Johnson (BAL)         16
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     16
  D. Green (OAK)           15
  B. Powell (BAL)          15
  S. Bando (OAK)           14
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        13
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       12
  B. Murcer (NY)           12

Stolen Bases:

  V. Pinson (CLE)           6
  A. Otis (KC)              5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  S. Alomar (CAL)           4
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       4
  B. Murcer (NY)            4
  A. Johnson (CAL)          3
  D. May (MIL)              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
  T. McCraw (WAS)           2

Walks:

  S. Bando (OAK)           17
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      16
  B. Powell (BAL)          16
  R. Monday (OAK)          15
  A. Kaline (DET)          14
  D. Mincher (OAK)         14
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     14
  P. Schaal (KC)           13
  H. Clarke (NY)           11
  D. Green (OAK)           11

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         30
  M. Epstein (WAS)         24
  B. Oliver (KC)           20
  R. Monday (OAK)          17
  F. Howard (WAS)          16
  B. Melton (CHI)          16
  T. Harper (MIL)          15
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       15
  G. Scott (BOS)           15
  D. Green (OAK)           14


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