Wednesday April 28, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 28, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           606   97   162   31    3   18    94    5    2   93    94  .267
Minnesota        690   82   184   34    1   12    71   11    5   59   104  .267
New York         587   71   152   17    3   15    68   15    8   70    54  .259
Baltimore        615   89   157   21    3   14    86    4    6   78    95  .255
Kansas City      710   82   179   25    4   11    79   14    8   73   123  .252
Detroit          650   83   162   27    4   17    76   10    8   67    92  .249
Chicago          637   62   151   24    3   12    57    7    8   64    96  .237
Washington       654   76   155   24    5    8    70    4    7   76   110  .237
Oakland          769  102   181   36    1   23    95   10    9   97   149  .235
Milwaukee        584   47   127   15    4    8    44    8    5   59   109  .218
California       693   68   143   32    2   13    64   10    2   60    99  .206
Cleveland        586   54   116   20    3    8    51   11    2   54    86  .198

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         18   73   15   29   6   1   7   12   2   1    5    6  .397
Bobby Murcer (NY)        17   66   11   25   4   2   3   12   4   1    9    6  .379
Don Buford (BAL)         14   55   17   20   3   0   2    8   2   1    9    5  .364
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   18   65   19   23   6   1   4   19   1   0   14    5  .354
Davey Johnson (BAL)      17   68   11   24   3   1   4   17   0   0    3    4  .353
Paul Schaal (KC)         21   68   12   23   3   2   1    7   0   0   14    5  .338
Bill Freehan (DET)       18   64    8   21   4   0   4    7   1   2    7    6  .328
Cesar Tovar (MIN)        20   84   12   27   5   0   0    2   3   2    9    8  .321
Roy White (NY)           15   53   10   17   1   0   5    7   2   1    9    5  .321
Cookie Rojas (KC)        21   82   13   26   5   0   1   10   3   1    8    7  .317

 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            14   55   17   20   3   0   2    8   2   1    9    5  .364
Davey Johnson         17   68   11   24   3   1   4   17   0   0    3    4  .353
Frank Robinson        16   56    6   17   3   0   0    6   1   0    6    4  .304
Merv Rettenmund       13   36    5   10   0   1   1    7   1   1   11    9  .278
Mark Belanger         18   63   12   17   4   0   0    5   0   2   11    4  .270
Paul Blair            18   71    8   18   2   1   1   11   0   0    5   11  .254
Brooks Robinson       18   72    9   16   1   0   1    6   0   0    6   11  .222
Boog Powell           17   62   10   13   2   0   4   15   0   0   16    7  .210
Tom Shopay             6    5    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Ellie Hendricks       11   38    3    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .184
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          5    8    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .375
Carl Yastrzemski      18   65   19   23   6   1   4   19   1   0   14    5  .354
George Scott          18   73    6   23   4   0   2   11   0   0    5   16  .315
Reggie Smith          18   71   13   22   5   0   2    9   0   1   10    6  .310
John Kennedy           7   13    4    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    2  .308
Joe Lahoud            11   11    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .273
Duane Josephson       17   61    7   16   2   0   1    6   1   0    8    9  .262
Billy Conigliaro      17   62    8   16   3   0   3    8   1   0    8   12  .258
Rico Petrocelli       18   64    9   15   2   0   2   13   0   0   17   14  .234
Luis Aparicio         14   60    9   14   3   0   2   13   1   0    8    6  .233
Doug Griffin          18   58    7   12   3   1   0    1   1   0    8    5  .207
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             9    5    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .400
Alex Johnson          21   85    8   25   3   0   1    6   3   1    5   12  .294
Roger Repoz           11   16    5    4   1   0   1    4   0   1    6    1  .250
Tony Gonzalez         10    8    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .250
Tony Conigliaro       21   78    7   19   7   0   2    6   1   0    6   13  .244
Ken McMullen          21   73    4   17   4   0   2    6   1   0    7    9  .233
Jim Fregosi           20   71    3   16   4   0   0    8   0   0    8    7  .225
Jim Spencer           21   71   12   15   2   0   4    7   0   0    9    7  .211
Jerry Moses           18   57    5   12   2   0   2    6   0   0    2    8  .211
Sandy Alomar          21   86    8   16   4   2   0   10   4   0    7   11  .186
Billy Cowan            7    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .167
Ken Berry             19   57    3    7   3   0   0    2   1   0    5    6  .123
Syd O'Brien            7   13    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .077
Jeff Torborg          11   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           13   13    1    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    2    2  .462
Ted Uhlaender         14   27    5    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .333
Vada Pinson           17   68    6   18   3   0   0    4   6   0    4    4  .265
Ray Fosse             18   68    8   15   4   1   2    8   0   0    7    8  .221
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
John Lowenstein       14   36    6    7   2   0   1    2   1   1    6    6  .194
Eddie Leon            14   44    5    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .182
Jack Heidemann         3   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .182
Ken Harrelson         17   61    5   11   1   0   2    8   1   0    7    8  .180
Roy Foster            13   39    1    7   0   1   1    3   1   0    2    5  .180
Buddy Bradford        15   33    4    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    6    9  .152
Ted Ford              13   23    1    3   1   0   0    1   1   1    1    6  .130
Graig Nettles         18   61    5    7   2   0   2    6   0   0   11    4  .115
Chuck Hinton           8   11    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .091
Lou Camilli            6    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          18   64    8   21   4   0   4    7   1   2    7    6  .328
Jim Northrup          19   73   15   23   6   1   3   18   3   1   11    3  .315
Al Kaline             18   65   10   19   4   0   0    2   0   2   15   11  .292
Norm Cash             11   38    6   10   1   1   3    5   1   0    6    6  .263
Aurelio Rodriguez     19   75    7   19   3   0   1    7   2   0    4   14  .253
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
Dick McAuliffe        19   79   11   18   4   1   2   13   1   0    9   11  .228
Willie Horton         16   65    6   13   3   0   3   10   0   3    1   12  .200
Ed Brinkman           19   68    5   13   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    4  .191
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
Paul Schaal           21   68   12   23   3   2   1    7   0   0   14    5  .338
Cookie Rojas          21   82   13   26   5   0   1   10   3   1    8    7  .317
Jerry May              9   26    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    7  .308
Amos Otis             18   71    9   21   2   0   3    7   5   0    7   10  .296
Dennis Paepke         10   22    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .273
Ed Kirkpatrick        18   60    9   16   2   0   2   10   0   0    8   11  .267
Bobby Knoop            5    4    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .250
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Bob Oliver            21   81    9   20   0   0   3    8   0   0    3   20  .247
Freddie Patek         21   90   10   22   4   1   0    5   5   1    9   11  .244
Joe Keough            17   55    5   12   2   0   0    4   0   3    5    4  .218
Lou Piniella          20   76    9   16   2   1   0    8   1   1    6   10  .211
Carl Taylor           10   13    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .154
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       10   29    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    4  .310
Mike Hegan            17   47    8   14   1   1   2    5   1   1    8    8  .298
Ted Kubiak            18   63    6   17   1   2   0    4   0   1    6    4  .270
Danny Walton          12   26    3    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5    7  .269
Dave May              18   67    7   18   4   1   0    6   3   2    4    9  .269
Rick Auerbach          9   23    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .217
Bill Voss             14   42    2    9   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .214
Tommy Harper          18   73    6   15   2   0   0    4   2   0    9   16  .206
Roberto Pena          13   40    4    8   2   0   1    4   1   0    4    6  .200
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
Johnny Briggs          5   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .177
Bernie Smith          15   36    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .139
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           5    2    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            18   73   15   29   6   1   7   12   2   1    5    6  .397
Cesar Tovar           20   84   12   27   5   0   0    2   3   2    9    8  .321
Harmon Killebrew      20   79    7   25   6   0   3   20   2   1    8   15  .317
Brant Alyea           10   20    0    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .300
Steve Braun           14   14    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .286
Jim Holt              17   54    2   15   2   0   0    4   2   0    0    4  .278
Paul Powell            9   19    6    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .263
Chuck Manuel           5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Leo Cardenas          20   70    6   17   4   0   0    8   1   0    8    6  .243
Rod Carew             19   72   10   17   3   0   0    5   1   1    4    9  .236
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            18   61    9   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    7  .180
Paul Ratliff           5   12    2    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .167
George Mitterwald     18   45    1    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    4   12  .156
Tom Tischinski         8    7    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .143

 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
Sal Bando             23   78   15   22   7   0   5   17   0   1   17   12  .282
Steve Hovley           8   11    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .273
Joe Rudi              22   84   15   22   3   0   4   11   0   0    9    7  .262
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Dave Duncan           20   69    8   17   2   0   1    6   0   1    6   12  .246
Rick Monday           19   60   11   14   2   0   3   10   2   1   15   17  .233
Tommy Davis            8   13    1    3   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    1  .231
Don Mincher           22   75    8   17   4   1   1    6   1   1   14   13  .227
Reggie Jackson        23   95    9   21   5   0   3   10   0   2    7   30  .221
Dick Green            23   75   10   16   0   0   4   15   1   0   13   15  .213
Bert Campaneris       23  104   12   21   5   0   0    5   4   2    4   10  .202
Angel Mangual          9   17    4    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    2  .177
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               2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Tommy McCraw          15   35   12   14   2   1   3    6   0   2    5    6  .400
Bernie Allen          13   17    1    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    2  .353
Del Unser             17   42    5   14   2   1   1    2   2   0    3    5  .333
Frank Howard          20   77    9   23   3   0   2    8   1   0    7   16  .299
Paul Casanova         12   41    3   12   4   1   0    6   0   1    1    3  .293
Mike Epstein          18   63    5   17   1   1   0    7   0   0    9   24  .270
Joe Foy               18   63    7   17   5   0   0    9   1   0    9    3  .270
Tim Cullen            20   78    9   18   1   0   1    8   0   0    5    6  .231
Dick Billings          8    9    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .222
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Jim French            10   29    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    4    4  .172
Toby Harrah           20   65    5   11   2   0   0    1   0   0    8    9  .169
Elliott Maddox        15   30    5    5   0   1   0    4   0   1    7    7  .167
Richie Scheinblum     15   27    4    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    7    2  .111
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)     104
  R. Jackson (OAK)         95
  F. Patek (KC)            90
  S. Alomar (CAL)          86
  A. Johnson (CAL)         85
  J. Rudi (OAK)            84
  C. Tovar (MIN)           84
  C. Rojas (KC)            82
  B. Oliver (KC)           81
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       79

Runs Scored:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     19
  D. Buford (BAL)          17
  S. Bando (OAK)           15
  J. Northrup (DET)        15
  T. Oliva (MIN)           15
  J. Rudi (OAK)            15
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  R. Smith (BOS)           13
  M. Belanger (BAL)        12
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      12

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           29
  C. Tovar (MIN)           27
  C. Rojas (KC)            26
  A. Johnson (CAL)         25
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       25
  B. Murcer (NY)           25
  D. Johnson (BAL)         24
  F. Howard (WAS)          23
  J. Northrup (DET)        23
  P. Schaal (KC)           23

Doubles:

  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       7
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        6
  J. Northrup (DET)         6
  T. Oliva (MIN)            6
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      6
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       5
  J. Foy (WAS)              5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  C. Rojas (KC)             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. Rudi (OAK)             4
  J. Spencer (CAL)          4
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      4

RBI:

  H. Killebrew (MIN)       20
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     19
  J. Northrup (DET)        18
  S. Bando (OAK)           17
  D. Johnson (BAL)         17
  D. Green (OAK)           15
  B. Powell (BAL)          15
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        13
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       13
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      13

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
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  A. Etchebarren (BAL)      2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  J. French (WAS)           2
  R. Jackson (OAK)          2
  A. Kaline (DET)           2

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

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

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