Saturday May 1, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 1, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        764   92   205   38    1   12    81   12    5   69   114  .268
Boston           666  104   177   33    3   20    99    5    2   97    96  .266
Kansas City      778   92   199   32    4   11    89   17    8   78   133  .256
New York         641   76   162   20    4   15    73   16    9   83    60  .253
Chicago          744   80   186   32    4   14    73   11   10   74   106  .250
Baltimore        710   98   175   26    3   18    95    4    6   89   110  .247
Detroit          719   91   176   30    4   18    84   10    8   74   108  .245
Oakland          860  108   202   41    1   24   101   12   10  110   173  .235
Washington       753   84   170   28    6   10    78    5    7   85   132  .226
California       792   89   169   41    2   14    83   11    2   77   112  .213
Milwaukee        647   49   138   16    4   10    46    8    5   63   113  .213
Cleveland        680   61   133   21    3   10    57   12    3   67   103  .196

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         20   83   17   33   6   1   7   12   2   1    5    7  .398
Bobby Murcer (NY)        19   73   11   27   4   2   3   12   4   1   10    6  .370
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   20   71   20   25   6   1   4   20   1   0   14    5  .352
Davey Johnson (BAL)      20   79   11   27   4   1   4   17   0   0    5    4  .342
Paul Schaal (KC)         23   74   14   25   4   2   1    8   0   0   16    5  .338
Cookie Rojas (KC)        23   90   14   30   7   0   1   11   4   1    8    7  .333
Jim Northrup (DET)       21   80   17   26   6   1   3   20   3   1   13    3  .325
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   22   84    7   27   6   0   3   22   2   1   12   17  .321
Bill Freehan (DET)       20   72    8   23   5   0   4    8   1   2    7    8  .319
Reggie Smith (BOS)       20   79   14   25   6   0   3   12   0   1   10    7  .317

 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         20   79   11   27   4   1   4   17   0   0    5    4  .342
Don Buford            17   67   19   21   3   0   3    9   2   1   11    6  .313
Frank Robinson        18   61    7   18   3   0   1    7   1   0    6    4  .295
Mark Belanger         21   72   12   19   5   0   0    5   0   2   12    6  .264
Merv Rettenmund       16   44    5   11   0   1   1    8   1   1   12   13  .250
Paul Blair            21   82   11   20   4   1   1   11   0   0    6   12  .244
Brooks Robinson       21   82    9   19   1   0   1    7   0   0    7   12  .232
Boog Powell           20   73   12   16   3   0   6   20   0   0   16    8  .219
Clay Dalrymple         3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Ellie Hendricks       13   42    3    8   3   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .191
Andy Etchebarren      10   30    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   2    3    9  .167
Tom Shopay             8    6    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .167
Chico Salmon           5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
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      20   71   20   25   6   1   4   20   1   0   14    5  .352
Reggie Smith          20   79   14   25   6   0   3   12   0   1   10    7  .317
George Scott          20   78    6   24   4   0   2   11   0   0    8   17  .308
John Kennedy           8   13    5    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    2  .308
Billy Conigliaro      19   69    8   18   4   0   3    8   1   0    8   12  .261
Joe Lahoud            12   12    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .250
Duane Josephson       19   69    7   16   2   0   1    6   1   0    8    9  .232
Doug Griffin          20   65    8   15   3   1   0    1   1   0    8    5  .231
Rico Petrocelli       20   70    9   16   2   0   2   13   0   0   18   14  .229
Luis Aparicio         16   67   11   15   3   0   3   14   1   0    8    6  .224
Mike Fiore             8    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    1  .000
George Thomas          3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Gonzalez         12   15    3    5   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    3  .333
Roger Repoz           14   22    8    7   3   0   1    8   0   1   13    1  .318
Alex Johnson          24   99   10   29   4   0   1    7   3   1    5   16  .293
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
Tony Conigliaro       23   82    8   20   8   0   2    7   1   0    7   13  .244
Jim Fregosi           22   73    4   17   4   0   0    8   0   0    9    8  .233
Ken McMullen          24   82    6   19   4   0   2    7   1   0    7   11  .232
Syd O'Brien           10   22    7    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .227
Jerry Moses           20   62    5   13   2   0   2    6   0   0    2    9  .210
Jim Spencer           24   83   14   17   3   0   4    8   0   0   11    7  .205
Sandy Alomar          24   99   10   18   4   2   0   10   5   0    9   12  .182
John Stephenson        8   11    1    2   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .182
Ken Berry             22   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

 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
Carlos May            22   84   10   26   2   2   2   15   4   1    8    8  .310
Ed Herrmann           18   46    7   13   1   0   2    7   0   0    8    2  .283
Tom Egan              10   25    3    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    1   12  .280
Bill Melton           22   76    9   21   5   1   2    9   2   1   11   17  .276
Mike Andrews          22   77    9   21   5   0   2    9   2   1   12    7  .273
Lee Richard           20   72   11   18   3   1   0    4   0   4    4    9  .250
Jay Johnstone         21   73   11   18   3   0   2    5   0   0    9    9  .247
Rick Reichardt        18   67    5   16   3   0   2    5   1   1    3    5  .239
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             17   43    6    7   1   0   0    0   1   2    5    6  .163
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           16   16    1    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    2    3  .375
Ted Uhlaender         16   34    5    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    4  .265
Vada Pinson           20   78    7   19   4   0   0    4   7   0    6    6  .244
Chuck Hinton          11   17    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .235
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
Ted Ford              16   36    2    7   1   0   1    3   1   2    2    9  .194
Ken Harrelson         20   73    6   13   1   0   2    8   1   0    7   11  .178
Roy Foster            15   40    1    7   0   1   1    3   1   0    2    5  .175
John Lowenstein       16   40    6    7   2   0   1    2   1   1    6    6  .175
Jack Heidemann         6   18    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    6  .167
Lou Camilli            7    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Ken Suarez             2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Eddie Leon            17   50    6    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    8  .160
Buddy Bradford        16   33    4    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    6    9  .152
Graig Nettles         21   67    7    9   2   0   3    8   0   0   17    5  .134

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dalton Jones           9    8    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .625
Jim Northrup          21   80   17   26   6   1   3   20   3   1   13    3  .325
Bill Freehan          20   72    8   23   5   0   4    8   1   2    7    8  .319
Jim Price              4    7    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .286
Al Kaline             20   71   11   20   4   0   0    4   0   2   16   12  .282
Mickey Stanley        15   47    8   13   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .277
Aurelio Rodriguez     21   82    7   20   3   0   1    7   2   0    4   15  .244
Norm Cash             12   42    6   10   1   1   3    5   1   0    6    7  .238
Dick McAuliffe        21   86   11   18   4   1   2   13   1   0   10   12  .209
Willie Horton         18   72    7   15   3   0   4   13   0   3    2   15  .208
Ike Brown              5    5    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .200
Kevin Collins          6    5    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Ed Brinkman           21   75    5   14   1   0   0    5   0   0    6    5  .187
Gates Brown            8   16    3    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    1  .125
Cesar Gutierrez        6    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           23   74   14   25   4   2   1    8   0   0   16    5  .338
Cookie Rojas          23   90   14   30   7   0   1   11   4   1    8    7  .333
Jerry May              9   26    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    7  .308
Amos Otis             20   78   11   23   3   0   3    7   7   0    7   11  .295
Dennis Paepke         10   22    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .273
Ed Kirkpatrick        20   68   10   18   2   0   2   12   0   0    8   13  .265
Freddie Patek         23   99   11   25   5   1   0    6   5   1   10   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            23   89    9   21   1   0   3   10   0   0    3   23  .236
Carl Taylor           11   17    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    7  .235
Joe Keough            18   59    6   13   2   0   0    4   0   3    5    4  .220
Lou Piniella          22   83   11   18   3   1   0   10   1   1    7   10  .217
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            20   68    6   19   1   2   0    4   0   1    7    4  .279
Mike Hegan            19   55    8   15   1   1   2    5   1   1    8    8  .273
Dave May              20   75    8   20   4   1   1    7   3   2    4    9  .267
Danny Walton          13   27    3    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5    7  .259
Ellie Rodriguez       12   35    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    4  .257
Bill Voss             16   50    2   11   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .220
Tommy Harper          20   80    7   16   2   0   1    5   2   0   10   17  .200
Roberto Pena          13   40    4    8   2   0   1    4   1   0    4    6  .200
Rick Auerbach         11   30    3    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .200
Johnny Briggs          7   25    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    7  .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
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            20   83   17   33   6   1   7   12   2   1    5    7  .398
Brant Alyea           12   25    1    9   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .360
Harmon Killebrew      22   84    7   27   6   0   3   22   2   1   12   17  .321
Cesar Tovar           22   93   13   29   6   0   0    4   3   2   11    9  .312
Steve Braun           16   23    4    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .304
Jim Holt              19   55    2   15   2   0   0    4   2   0    0    4  .273
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          22   78    6   18   4   0   0    9   1   0    9    6  .231
Danny Thompson        12   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
Paul Powell           11   25    6    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    9  .200
Rich Reese            20   65    9   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    4    7  .185
George Mitterwald     20   53    1    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    4   12  .170
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          19   73   11   27   4   2   3   12   4   1   10    6  .370
John Ellis            10   21    4    7   1   0   1    3   0   0   10    1  .333
Roy White             17   57   10   18   1   1   5    9   2   2   11    5  .316
Gene Michael          17   52    5   15   4   0   0    9   2   2   11    4  .289
Horace Clarke         19   77    9   20   5   0   0    7   2   2   14    4  .260
Danny Cater           19   82   10   20   2   0   0    5   0   1    2    4  .244
Felipe Alou           12   51    6   12   0   0   3    6   2   1    5    6  .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
Jerry Kenney          15   37    4    8   0   0   0    1   2   0    5    5  .216
Thurman Munson        14   53    4   10   1   0   1    8   1   0    8    3  .189
Jim Lyttle             3   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .182
Jake Gibbs            10   26    2    4   1   0   1    4   1   0    0    3  .154
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            5   14    3    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .357
Tommy Davis           11   16    1    5   3   0   0    8   0   0    3    1  .313
Sal Bando             26   89   16   23   7   0   5   17   0   1   18   15  .258
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
Rick Monday           22   71   11   17   3   0   3   10   2   2   16   21  .239
Dick Green            26   86   11   20   1   0   4   15   1   0   13   19  .233
Don Mincher           25   83    8   19   5   1   1    6   1   1   17   13  .229
Reggie Jackson        26  104    9   23   6   0   3   10   2   2   10   35  .221
Bert Campaneris       25  109   12   22   5   0   0    5   4   2    4   11  .202
Steve Hovley          10   15    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    4  .200
Angel Mangual         11   18    4    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .167
Larry Brown            2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
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          16   25    2    9   1   0   2    7   1   0    4    3  .360
Tommy McCraw          18   44   13   15   2   1   3    6   0   2    5    7  .341
Del Unser             20   54    6   18   3   2   1    3   2   0    3    6  .333
Paul Casanova         14   48    4   14   4   1   0    6   0   1    2    5  .292
Frank Howard          23   88   10   24   4   0   2    8   1   0    8   19  .273
Mike Epstein          20   69    6   18   1   1   1    9   0   0   11   26  .261
Joe Foy               21   69    7   17   5   0   0    9   1   0    9    5  .246
Don Wert               4    9    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
Tim Cullen            23   90    9   18   1   0   1    8   0   0    5    8  .200
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Dick Billings         10   11    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .182
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
Elliott Maddox        17   33    6    5   0   1   0    4   0   1    8    7  .152
Richie Scheinblum     18   33    4    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    7    3  .121
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)     109
  R. Jackson (OAK)        104
  S. Alomar (CAL)          99
  A. Johnson (CAL)         99
  F. Patek (KC)            99
  C. Tovar (MIN)           93
  T. Cullen (WAS)          90
  C. Rojas (KC)            90
  S. Bando (OAK)           89
  B. Oliver (KC)           89

Runs Scored:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     20
  D. Buford (BAL)          19
  J. Northrup (DET)        17
  T. Oliva (MIN)           17
  S. Bando (OAK)           16
  J. Rudi (OAK)            16
  C. Rojas (KC)            14
  P. Schaal (KC)           14
  R. Smith (BOS)           14
  J. Spencer (CAL)         14

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           33
  C. Rojas (KC)            30
  A. Johnson (CAL)         29
  C. Tovar (MIN)           29
  D. Johnson (BAL)         27
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       27
  B. Murcer (NY)           27
  C. May (CHI)             26
  J. Northrup (DET)        26
  F. Patek (KC)            25

Doubles:

  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       8
  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  C. Rojas (KC)             7
  R. Jackson (OAK)          6
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        6
  J. Northrup (DET)         6
  T. Oliva (MIN)            6
  R. Smith (BOS)            6
  C. Tovar (MIN)            6
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      6

Triples:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  B. Murcer (NY)            2
  P. Schaal (KC)            2
  D. Unser (WAS)            2
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  B. Bradford (CLE)         1
  P. Casanova (WAS)         1

Home Runs:

  T. Oliva (MIN)            7
  B. Powell (BAL)           6
  S. Bando (OAK)            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)       22
  J. Northrup (DET)        20
  B. Powell (BAL)          20
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     20
  S. Bando (OAK)           17
  D. Johnson (BAL)         17
  D. Green (OAK)           15
  C. May (CHI)             15
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        14
  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
  C. May (CHI)              4
  B. Murcer (NY)            4
  C. Rojas (KC)             4
  A. Johnson (CAL)          3
  D. May (MIL)              3

Caught Stealing:

  L. Richard (CHI)          4
  W. Horton (DET)           3
  J. Keough (KC)            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)           18
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      18
  D. Mincher (OAK)         17
  G. Nettles (CLE)         17
  A. Kaline (DET)          16
  R. Monday (OAK)          16
  B. Powell (BAL)          16
  P. Schaal (KC)           16
  H. Clarke (NY)           14
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     14

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         35
  M. Epstein (WAS)         26
  B. Oliver (KC)           23
  R. Monday (OAK)          21
  D. Green (OAK)           19
  F. Howard (WAS)          19
  T. Harper (MIL)          17
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       17
  B. Melton (CHI)          17
  G. Scott (BOS)           17


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