Friday April 30, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 30, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           634  101   169   33    3   18    97    5    2   94    95  .267
Minnesota        725   85   192   35    1   12    74   12    5   62   109  .265
New York         611   76   157   19    3   15    73   15    8   79    55  .257
Kansas City      745   87   188   26    4   11    84   17    8   75   127  .252
Detroit          687   90   172   29    4   18    83   10    8   71   101  .250
Chicago          711   75   177   30    4   13    69    9    9   69    99  .249
Baltimore        676   96   168   24    3   16    93    4    6   85   107  .249
Oakland          828  107   196   40    1   24   100   12   10  106   160  .237
Washington       718   81   165   26    5   10    75    5    7   83   126  .230
Milwaukee        615   48   131   15    4    9    45    8    5   60   111  .213
California       759   80   160   36    2   14    76   11    2   72   110  .211
Cleveland        648   59   128   21    3    9    56   12    3   63    97  .198

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         19   78   17   31   6   1   7   12   2   1    5    7  .397
Bobby Murcer (NY)        18   69   11   26   4   2   3   12   4   1   10    6  .377
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   19   67   19   23   6   1   4   20   1   0   14    5  .343
Paul Schaal (KC)         22   71   13   24   3   2   1    7   0   0   15    5  .338
Davey Johnson (BAL)      19   74   11   25   3   1   4   17   0   0    5    4  .338
Bill Freehan (DET)       19   69    8   23   5   0   4    8   1   2    7    7  .333
Don Buford (BAL)         16   63   19   21   3   0   3    9   2   1   10    5  .333
Jim Northrup (DET)       20   77   17   25   6   1   3   19   3   1   12    3  .325
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   21   81    7   26   6   0   3   21   2   1   10   16  .321
Reggie Smith (BOS)       19   75   13   24   6   0   2   11   0   1   10    6  .320

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Davanon          3    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Davey Johnson         19   74   11   25   3   1   4   17   0   0    5    4  .338
Don Buford            16   63   19   21   3   0   3    9   2   1   10    5  .333
Frank Robinson        17   57    6   17   3   0   0    6   1   0    6    4  .298
Mark Belanger         20   69   12   18   4   0   0    5   0   2   12    6  .261
Paul Blair            20   78   11   20   4   1   1   11   0   0    6   12  .256
Merv Rettenmund       15   43    5   11   0   1   1    8   1   1   12   12  .256
Brooks Robinson       20   79    9   18   1   0   1    7   0   0    6   12  .228
Boog Powell           19   69   11   15   3   0   5   19   0   0   16    8  .217
Clay Dalrymple         2    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Tom Shopay             7    5    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Andy Etchebarren       9   28    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   2    2    9  .179
Ellie Hendricks       12   41    3    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .171
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
Phil Gagliano          3    1    3    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Don Pavletich          6    9    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .444
Carl Yastrzemski      19   67   19   23   6   1   4   20   1   0   14    5  .343
Reggie Smith          19   75   13   24   6   0   2   11   0   1   10    6  .320
George Scott          19   76    6   24   4   0   2   11   0   0    6   17  .316
John Kennedy           8   13    5    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
Billy Conigliaro      18   65    8   17   4   0   3    8   1   0    8   12  .262
Duane Josephson       18   65    7   16   2   0   1    6   1   0    8    9  .246
Rico Petrocelli       19   67    9   15   2   0   2   13   0   0   17   14  .224
Luis Aparicio         15   63   10   14   3   0   2   13   1   0    8    6  .222
Doug Griffin          19   61    8   13   3   1   0    1   1   0    8    5  .213
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

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Roger Repoz           13   21    7    7   3   0   1    7   0   1   10    1  .333
Tony Gonzalez         12   15    3    5   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    3  .333
Billy Cowan            8    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Chico Ruiz            10    7    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .286
Alex Johnson          23   94    9   26   3   0   1    6   3   1    5   16  .277
Ken McMullen          23   78    5   19   4   0   2    7   1   0    7   10  .244
Tony Conigliaro       22   79    7   19   7   0   2    6   1   0    6   13  .241
Jim Fregosi           22   73    4   17   4   0   0    8   0   0    9    8  .233
Syd O'Brien            9   19    5    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .211
Jerry Moses           20   62    5   13   2   0   2    6   0   0    2    9  .210
Jim Spencer           23   78   13   15   2   0   4    7   0   0   11    7  .192
Sandy Alomar          23   95    9   18   4   2   0   10   5   0    8   12  .190
Ken Berry             21   57    3    7   3   0   0    2   1   0    6    6  .123
Jeff Torborg          12   13    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .077
John Stephenson        7    7    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rich Morales          11   10    2    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .600
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           17   43    7   13   1   0   2    7   0   0    7    2  .302
Carlos May            21   79    9   23   2   2   1   14   3   1    8    7  .291
Mike Andrews          21   75    9   21   5   0   2    9   2   1   11    6  .280
Tom Egan              10   25    3    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    1   12  .280
Bill Melton           21   73    8   20   4   1   2    8   1   1   10   17  .274
Lee Richard           19   67   11   17   3   1   0    3   0   3    4    7  .254
Jay Johnstone         20   71   10   17   3   0   2    5   0   0    7    8  .239
Rick Reichardt        17   62    4   14   2   0   2    4   1   1    3    4  .226
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             16   38    5    6   1   0   0    0   1   2    5    5  .158
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           15   15    1    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    2    3  .400
Ted Uhlaender         15   31    5    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .290
Vada Pinson           19   75    7   19   4   0   0    4   7   0    5    5  .253
Chuck Hinton          10   16    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .250
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Ray Fosse             20   73    9   16   4   1   2    8   0   0    7    9  .219
John Lowenstein       15   37    6    7   2   0   1    2   1   1    6    6  .189
Ted Ford              15   32    1    6   1   0   0    2   1   2    2    8  .188
Roy Foster            14   40    1    7   0   1   1    3   1   0    2    5  .175
Ken Harrelson         19   69    6   12   1   0   2    8   1   0    7   10  .174
Lou Camilli            7    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Eddie Leon            16   50    6    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    8  .160
Buddy Bradford        15   33    4    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    6    9  .152
Jack Heidemann         5   14    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .143
Graig Nettles         20   65    6    8   2   0   3    8   0   0   15    5  .123
Ken Suarez             1    2    0    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           8    7    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .714
Bill Freehan          19   69    8   23   5   0   4    8   1   2    7    7  .333
Jim Northrup          20   77   17   25   6   1   3   19   3   1   12    3  .325
Al Kaline             19   69   11   20   4   0   0    4   0   2   16   12  .290
Mickey Stanley        14   46    8   13   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .283
Norm Cash             11   38    6   10   1   1   3    5   1   0    6    6  .263
Aurelio Rodriguez     20   79    7   20   3   0   1    7   2   0    4   15  .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
Dick McAuliffe        20   82   11   18   4   1   2   13   1   0   10   11  .220
Willie Horton         17   70    7   14   3   0   4   13   0   3    1   15  .200
Ed Brinkman           20   71    5   13   1   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .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
Paul Schaal           22   71   13   24   3   2   1    7   0   0   15    5  .338
Cookie Rojas          22   86   13   27   5   0   1   10   4   1    8    7  .314
Jerry May              9   26    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    7  .308
Amos Otis             19   75   10   22   2   0   3    7   7   0    7   11  .293
Dennis Paepke         10   22    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .273
Ed Kirkpatrick        19   64   10   17   2   0   2   12   0   0    8   11  .266
Freddie Patek         22   95   10   24   4   1   0    6   5   1    9   12  .253
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            22   85    9   21   1   0   3   10   0   0    3   21  .247
Joe Keough            18   59    6   13   2   0   0    4   0   3    5    4  .220
Lou Piniella          21   79   10   16   2   1   0    8   1   1    7   10  .203
Carl Taylor           10   13    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .154
Gail Hopkins          11   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .100
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            19   66    6   19   1   2   0    4   0   1    6    4  .288
Ellie Rodriguez       11   32    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    4  .281
Mike Hegan            18   51    8   14   1   1   2    5   1   1    8    8  .275
Danny Walton          12   26    3    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5    7  .269
Dave May              19   71    8   19   4   1   1    7   3   2    4    9  .268
Bill Voss             15   46    2   10   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .217
Roberto Pena          13   40    4    8   2   0   1    4   1   0    4    6  .200
Tommy Harper          19   77    6   15   2   0   0    4   2   0    9   17  .195
Andy Kosco            10   31    1    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .194
Rick Auerbach         10   26    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .192
Phil Roof             11   37    0    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    2   10  .189
Johnny Briggs          6   21    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .143
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           6    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Floyd Wicker           1    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            19   78   17   31   6   1   7   12   2   1    5    7  .397
Brant Alyea           11   23    0    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .348
Harmon Killebrew      21   81    7   26   6   0   3   21   2   1   10   16  .321
Cesar Tovar           21   88   13   28   6   0   0    2   3   2   10    9  .318
Jim Holt              18   55    2   15   2   0   0    4   2   0    0    4  .273
Paul Powell           10   20    6    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    6  .250
Chuck Manuel           5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250
Rod Carew             19   72   10   17   3   0   0    5   1   1    4    9  .236
Leo Cardenas          21   74    6   17   4   0   0    8   1   0    8    6  .230
Steve Braun           15   18    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .222
Danny Thompson        12   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
Rich Reese            19   65    9   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    4    7  .185
George Mitterwald     19   48    1    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    4   12  .167
Rick Renick            6    6    1    1   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .167
Paul Ratliff           6   13    2    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .154
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          18   69   11   26   4   2   3   12   4   1   10    6  .377
John Ellis            10   21    4    7   1   0   1    3   0   0   10    1  .333
Roy White             16   55   10   17   1   0   5    9   2   1    9    5  .309
Jim Lyttle             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Gene Michael          16   50    5   14   3   0   0    9   2   2   10    4  .280
Horace Clarke         18   73    9   20   5   0   0    7   2   2   14    2  .274
Danny Cater           18   78   10   19   2   0   0    5   0   1    2    4  .244
Felipe Alou           12   51    6   12   0   0   3    6   2   1    5    6  .235
Jerry Kenney          14   34    4    8   0   0   0    1   1   0    4    5  .235
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        14   53    4   10   1   0   1    8   1   0    8    3  .189
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
Larry Brown            1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Steve Hovley           9   11    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .273
Sal Bando             25   86   16   23   7   0   5   17   0   1   17   13  .267
Tommy Davis           10   15    1    4   3   0   0    7   0   0    3    1  .267
Rick Monday           21   67   11   17   3   0   3   10   2   2   16   19  .254
Dave Duncan           22   75    9   19   2   0   2    8   0   1    7   12  .253
Joe Rudi              24   88   16   22   3   0   4   11   0   0   11    7  .250
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Don Mincher           24   81    8   18   5   1   1    6   1   1   15   13  .222
Reggie Jackson        25  100    9   22   5   0   3   10   2   2   10   32  .220
Dick Green            25   82   11   18   1   0   4   15   1   0   13   18  .220
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
Bernie Allen          15   24    2    9   1   0   2    7   1   0    4    2  .375
Tommy McCraw          17   43   13   15   2   1   3    6   0   2    5    7  .349
Del Unser             19   50    6   16   3   1   1    3   2   0    3    6  .320
Paul Casanova         13   45    3   13   4   1   0    6   0   1    1    4  .289
Frank Howard          22   84    9   23   3   0   2    8   1   0    8   18  .274
Joe Foy               20   65    7   17   5   0   0    9   1   0    9    5  .262
Mike Epstein          20   69    6   18   1   1   1    9   0   0   11   26  .261
Tim Cullen            22   86    9   18   1   0   1    8   0   0    5    8  .209
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Dick Billings          9   10    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .200
Don Wert               3    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .200
Elliott Maddox        16   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     17   29    4    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    7    2  .138
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)        100
  S. Alomar (CAL)          95
  F. Patek (KC)            95
  A. Johnson (CAL)         94
  J. Rudi (OAK)            88
  C. Tovar (MIN)           88
  S. Bando (OAK)           86
  T. Cullen (WAS)          86
  C. Rojas (KC)            86

Runs Scored:

  D. Buford (BAL)          19
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     19
  J. Northrup (DET)        17
  T. Oliva (MIN)           17
  S. Bando (OAK)           16
  J. Rudi (OAK)            16
  T. McCraw (WAS)          13
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  P. Schaal (KC)           13
  R. Smith (BOS)           13

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           31
  C. Tovar (MIN)           28
  C. Rojas (KC)            27
  A. Johnson (CAL)         26
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       26
  B. Murcer (NY)           26
  D. Johnson (BAL)         25
  J. Northrup (DET)        25
  F. Patek (KC)            24
  P. Schaal (KC)           24

Doubles:

  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       7
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        6
  J. Northrup (DET)         6
  T. Oliva (MIN)            6
  R. Smith (BOS)            6
  C. Tovar (MIN)            6
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      6
  M. Andrews (CHI)          5
  B. Campaneris (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
  W. Horton (DET)           4
  D. Johnson (BAL)          4
  J. Rudi (OAK)             4
  J. Spencer (CAL)          4

RBI:

  H. Killebrew (MIN)       21
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     20
  J. Northrup (DET)        19
  B. Powell (BAL)          19
  S. Bando (OAK)           17
  D. Johnson (BAL)         17
  D. Green (OAK)           15
  C. May (CHI)             14
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        13
  W. Horton (DET)          13

Stolen Bases:

  A. Otis (KC)              7
  V. Pinson (CLE)           7
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       4
  B. Murcer (NY)            4
  C. Rojas (KC)             4
  A. Johnson (CAL)          3
  C. May (CHI)              3
  D. May (MIL)              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
  A. Kaline (DET)          16
  R. Monday (OAK)          16
  B. Powell (BAL)          16
  D. Mincher (OAK)         15
  G. Nettles (CLE)         15
  P. Schaal (KC)           15
  H. Clarke (NY)           14
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     14

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         32
  M. Epstein (WAS)         26
  B. Oliver (KC)           21
  R. Monday (OAK)          19
  D. Green (OAK)           18
  F. Howard (WAS)          18
  T. Harper (MIL)          17
  B. Melton (CHI)          17
  G. Scott (BOS)           17
  A. Johnson (CAL)         16


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