Thursday April 29, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 29, 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
Kansas City      710   82   179   25    4   11    79   14    8   73   123  .252
Baltimore        648   92   162   22    3   16    89    4    6   81   105  .250
Detroit          650   83   162   27    4   17    76   10    8   67    92  .249
Chicago          671   67   162   26    4   12    62    7    9   67    97  .241
Oakland          801  104   189   37    1   24    97   11    9   99   155  .236
Washington       686   80   160   24    5   10    74    5    7   79   118  .233
Milwaukee        584   47   127   15    4    8    44    8    5   59   109  .218
California       724   76   152   34    2   14    72   11    2   66   102  .210
Cleveland        616   58   122   20    3    9    55   12    3   59    88  .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
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   18   65   19   23   6   1   4   19   1   0   14    5  .354
Don Buford (BAL)         15   60   18   21   3   0   3    9   2   1    9    5  .350
Paul Schaal (KC)         21   68   12   23   3   2   1    7   0   0   14    5  .338
Davey Johnson (BAL)      18   71   11   24   3   1   4   17   0   0    4    4  .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            15   60   18   21   3   0   3    9   2   1    9    5  .350
Davey Johnson         18   71   11   24   3   1   4   17   0   0    4    4  .338
Frank Robinson        16   56    6   17   3   0   0    6   1   0    6    4  .304
Mark Belanger         19   66   12   17   4   0   0    5   0   2   12    6  .258
Paul Blair            19   75    9   19   3   1   1   11   0   0    5   12  .253
Merv Rettenmund       14   40    5   10   0   1   1    7   1   1   11   11  .250
Brooks Robinson       19   76    9   17   1   0   1    6   0   0    6   12  .224
Boog Powell           18   65   11   14   2   0   5   17   0   0   16    8  .215
Clay Dalrymple         2    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
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
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
Roger Repoz           12   19    6    6   2   0   1    7   0   1    7    1  .316
Alex Johnson          22   89    8   25   3   0   1    6   3   1    5   13  .281
Tony Gonzalez         11   11    2    3   2   0   0    5   0   0    4    3  .273
Ken McMullen          22   77    5   19   4   0   2    7   1   0    7   10  .247
Tony Conigliaro       21   78    7   19   7   0   2    6   1   0    6   13  .244
Jim Fregosi           21   71    4   16   4   0   0    8   0   0    9    7  .225
Jerry Moses           19   61    5   13   2   0   2    6   0   0    2    9  .213
Jim Spencer           22   74   13   15   2   0   4    7   0   0   10    7  .203
Sandy Alomar          22   91    9   18   4   2   0   10   5   0    7   11  .198
Billy Cowan            7    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .167
Syd O'Brien            8   15    4    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .133
Ken Berry             20   57    3    7   3   0   0    2   1   0    5    6  .123
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          10    9    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .556
Lee Maye               9   10    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .400
Rich McKinney         16   37    1   13   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    1  .351
Ed Herrmann           16   38    6   11   1   0   2    6   0   0    7    2  .290
Carlos May            20   75    7   21   1   2   1   12   2   1    8    7  .280
Tom Egan              10   25    3    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    1   12  .280
Bill Melton           20   70    8   19   4   1   2    8   1   1   10   16  .271
Mike Andrews          20   71    9   19   4   0   2    8   2   1   11    6  .268
Lee Richard           18   62   10   16   2   1   0    3   0   3    4    7  .258
Jay Johnstone         19   66   10   15   2   0   2    4   0   0    7    8  .227
Rick Reichardt        16   57    2   12   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    4  .211
Walt Williams         17   37    3    7   2   0   1    2   1   0    3    2  .189
Luis Alvarado         11   27    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .185
Ed Stroud             15   34    3    4   1   0   0    0   1   2    4    5  .118
Chuck Brinkman         4    7    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           14   14    1    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    2    2  .429
Ted Uhlaender         15   31    5    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .290
Vada Pinson           18   71    6   18   3   0   0    4   7   0    5    4  .254
Ray Fosse             19   72    9   16   4   1   2    8   0   0    7    8  .222
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
John Lowenstein       15   37    6    7   2   0   1    2   1   1    6    6  .189
Ken Harrelson         18   65    6   12   1   0   2    8   1   0    7    8  .185
Roy Foster            13   39    1    7   0   1   1    3   1   0    2    5  .180
Ted Ford              14   28    1    5   1   0   0    2   1   2    1    7  .179
Eddie Leon            15   47    6    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    8  .170
Chuck Hinton           9   12    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Jack Heidemann         4   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .154
Buddy Bradford        15   33    4    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    6    9  .152
Graig Nettles         19   62    6    8   2   0   3    8   0   0   14    4  .129
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             24   82   16   23   7   0   5   17   0   1   17   13  .281
Steve Hovley           9   11    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .273
Joe Rudi              23   87   15   22   3   0   4   11   0   0    9    7  .253
Dave Duncan           21   72    9   18   2   0   2    8   0   1    6   12  .250
Rick Monday           20   64   11   16   2   0   3   10   2   1   15   18  .250
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Don Mincher           23   79    8   18   5   1   1    6   1   1   14   13  .228
Reggie Jackson        24   98    9   22   5   0   3   10   1   2    8   30  .225
Tommy Davis            9   14    1    3   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    1  .214
Dick Green            24   78   10   16   0   0   4   15   1   0   13   17  .205
Bert Campaneris       24  108   12   22   5   0   0    5   4   2    4   11  .204
Angel Mangual         10   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           5    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
Bernie Allen          14   20    2    8   1   0   2    7   1   0    4    2  .400
Tommy McCraw          16   39   13   15   2   1   3    6   0   2    5    7  .385
Del Unser             18   46    6   15   2   1   1    2   2   0    3    5  .326
Paul Casanova         12   41    3   12   4   1   0    6   0   1    1    3  .293
Frank Howard          21   81    9   23   3   0   2    8   1   0    7   17  .284
Mike Epstein          19   67    6   18   1   1   1    9   0   0    9   25  .269
Joe Foy               19   64    7   17   5   0   0    9   1   0    9    4  .266
Dick Billings          8    9    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .222
Tim Cullen            21   82    9   18   1   0   1    8   0   0    5    7  .220
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Elliott Maddox        15   30    5    5   0   1   0    4   0   1    7    7  .167
Toby Harrah           21   67    5   11   2   0   0    1   0   0    9   10  .164
Jim French            11   32    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    5  .156
Richie Scheinblum     16   28    4    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    7    2  .107
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)     108
  R. Jackson (OAK)         98
  S. Alomar (CAL)          91
  F. Patek (KC)            90
  A. Johnson (CAL)         89
  J. Rudi (OAK)            87
  C. Tovar (MIN)           84
  S. Bando (OAK)           82
  T. Cullen (WAS)          82
  C. Rojas (KC)            82

Runs Scored:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     19
  D. Buford (BAL)          18
  S. Bando (OAK)           16
  J. Northrup (DET)        15
  T. Oliva (MIN)           15
  J. Rudi (OAK)            15
  T. McCraw (WAS)          13
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  R. Smith (BOS)           13
  J. Spencer (CAL)         13

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
  S. Bando (OAK)           23
  F. Howard (WAS)          23
  J. Northrup (DET)        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
  D. Mincher (OAK)          5

Triples:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           2
  C. May (CHI)              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

Home Runs:

  T. Oliva (MIN)            7
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  B. Powell (BAL)           5
  R. White (NY)             5
  B. Freehan (DET)          4
  D. Green (OAK)            4
  D. Johnson (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
  B. Powell (BAL)          17
  D. Green (OAK)           15
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        13
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       13
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      13

Stolen Bases:

  V. Pinson (CLE)           7
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  A. Otis (KC)              5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  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
  L. Richard (CHI)          3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  A. Etchebarren (BAL)      2
  T. Ford (CLE)             2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  J. French (WAS)           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
  G. Nettles (CLE)         14
  P. Schaal (KC)           14
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     14
  D. Green (OAK)           13

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         30
  M. Epstein (WAS)         25
  B. Oliver (KC)           20
  R. Monday (OAK)          18
  D. Green (OAK)           17
  F. Howard (WAS)          17
  T. Harper (MIL)          16
  B. Melton (CHI)          16
  G. Scott (BOS)           16
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       15

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