Monday May 3, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 3, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           733  114   196   37    4   21   106    8    3  112   104  .267
Minnesota        828  100   219   46    1   12    89   13    6   73   124  .265
Kansas City      813   95   209   33    5   11    92   17    8   80   136  .257
New York         697   83   175   25    4   15    80   16    9   92    72  .251
Detroit          754   94   187   32    4   19    87   11   10   78   110  .248
Chicago          776   83   192   32    4   16    76   12   11   74   111  .247
Baltimore        742  103   182   28    3   19    99    6    6   95   120  .245
Oakland          922  119   218   44    1   26   110   15   12  126   183  .236
Washington       783   85   176   29    6   10    79    5    8   88   138  .225
California       822   93   177   43    2   15    87   11    2   79   114  .215
Milwaukee        712   54   149   18    4   11    51    8    5   65   122  .209
Cleveland        759   73   156   25    3   14    68   15    3   72   111  .206

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         22   92   19   36   8   1   7   13   2   1    5    7  .391
Bobby Murcer (NY)        21   78   11   28   4   2   3   14   4   1   11    6  .359
Paul Schaal (KC)         24   78   16   27   4   3   1    9   0   0   16    5  .346
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   22   76   22   26   6   1   4   20   2   0   19    5  .342
Jim Northrup (DET)       22   85   17   29   7   1   3   20   4   2   13    3  .341
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   24   91    9   31   7   0   3   23   2   1   13   18  .341
Davey Johnson (BAL)      21   83   12   28   5   1   4   17   0   0    6    6  .337
Cookie Rojas (KC)        24   94   14   31   7   0   1   11   4   1    8    7  .330
Reggie Smith (BOS)       22   89   16   29   7   0   4   15   0   1   10    8  .326
George Scott (BOS)       22   87    7   27   4   1   2   12   0   1    9   19  .310

 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         21   83   12   28   5   1   4   17   0   0    6    6  .337
Frank Robinson        19   65    7   20   4   0   1    9   1   0    6    4  .308
Don Buford            18   70   19   21   3   0   3    9   3   1   12    7  .300
Mark Belanger         22   75   12   19   5   0   0    5   0   2   13    7  .253
Merv Rettenmund       16   44    5   11   0   1   1    8   1   1   12   13  .250
Paul Blair            22   86   12   21   4   1   1   11   1   0    7   13  .244
Brooks Robinson       22   85   10   20   1   0   1    7   0   0    8   13  .235
Boog Powell           21   78   12   17   3   0   6   20   0   0   16   10  .218
Clay Dalrymple         3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Ellie Hendricks       14   46    3    8   3   0   0    3   0   0    4    5  .174
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          4    1    3    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0 1.000
Don Pavletich          7   12    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .417
Carl Yastrzemski      22   76   22   26   6   1   4   20   2   0   19    5  .342
Reggie Smith          22   89   16   29   7   0   4   15   0   1   10    8  .326
George Scott          22   87    7   27   4   1   2   12   0   1    9   19  .310
John Kennedy           9   13    6    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    2  .308
Billy Conigliaro      20   73    9   20   4   0   3    9   3   0   10   12  .274
Joe Lahoud            14   15    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .267
Rico Petrocelli       22   76    9   18   2   0   2   13   0   0   21   15  .237
Duane Josephson       21   74    7   17   2   0   1    6   1   0    8    9  .230
Luis Aparicio         18   76   13   17   4   0   3   15   1   0    8    7  .224
Doug Griffin          22   72    8   15   3   1   0    1   1   0    9    5  .208
George Thomas          4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Mike Fiore             8    6    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           15   22    8    7   3   0   1    8   0   1   13    1  .318
Tony Gonzalez         13   16    3    5   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    3  .313
Alex Johnson          25  103   10   30   4   0   1    7   3   1    5   16  .291
Billy Cowan            8    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Chico Ruiz            11    7    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .286
Syd O'Brien           11   25    8    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .280
Tony Conigliaro       24   85    9   21   8   0   2    7   1   0    8   13  .247
Jim Fregosi           22   73    4   17   4   0   0    8   0   0    9    8  .233
Jerry Moses           21   65    6   15   2   0   3    8   0   0    2    9  .231
Ken McMullen          25   86    6   19   4   0   2    7   1   0    7   12  .221
Jim Spencer           25   87   14   17   3   0   4    8   0   0   11    7  .195
Sandy Alomar          25  102   10   19   4   2   0   11   5   0   10   12  .186
John Stephenson        9   11    1    2   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .182
Ken Berry             23   60    4    8   4   0   0    2   1   0    6    6  .133
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            23   88   10   26   2   2   2   15   4   1    8   10  .296
Tom Egan              10   25    3    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    1   12  .280
Ed Herrmann           19   49    7   13   1   0   2    7   0   0    8    2  .265
Lee Richard           21   76   11   20   3   1   0    4   1   4    4    9  .263
Mike Andrews          23   80    9   21   5   0   2    9   2   1   12    7  .263
Bill Melton           23   80    9   21   5   1   2    9   2   1   11   18  .263
Rick Reichardt        19   71    6   18   3   0   3    7   1   2    3    5  .254
Jay Johnstone         22   76   12   19   3   0   3    6   0   0    9    9  .250
Walt Williams         18   38    4    8   2   0   1    2   1   0    3    2  .211
Luis Alvarado         11   27    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .185
Ed Stroud             18   46    6    7   1   0   0    0   1   2    5    6  .152
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           18   17    2    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    3    3  .353
Chuck Hinton          13   21    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .286
Vada Pinson           22   87    8   22   4   0   1    6   9   0    6    6  .253
Ken Suarez             4   12    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Ray Fosse             22   82   10   19   4   1   2    8   0   0    7   10  .232
Ted Uhlaender         18   44    6   10   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .227
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Ted Ford              18   46    3   10   1   0   2    6   2   2    3   11  .217
Roy Foster            17   42    2    8   0   1   2    4   1   0    2    5  .191
Ken Harrelson         21   74    6   14   1   0   2    8   1   0    7   11  .189
Graig Nettles         23   74   10   13   2   0   4    9   0   0   19    5  .176
Lou Camilli            8    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Eddie Leon            19   50    6    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    8  .160
Jack Heidemann         8   25    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    7  .160
Buddy Bradford        17   33    4    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    6    9  .152
John Lowenstein       18   49    6    7   2   0   1    2   1   1    6    7  .143

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dalton Jones          10    9    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .556
Jim Northrup          22   85   17   29   7   1   3   20   4   2   13    3  .341
Bill Freehan          21   75    8   23   5   0   4    8   1   2    7    8  .307
Mickey Stanley        16   52    8   14   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .269
Al Kaline             21   75   11   20   4   0   0    4   0   2   17   12  .267
Jim Price              5    8    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Norm Cash             12   42    6   10   1   1   3    5   1   0    6    7  .238
Aurelio Rodriguez     22   85    7   20   3   0   1    7   2   0    5   15  .235
Dick McAuliffe        22   90   13   20   4   1   2   13   1   0   10   12  .222
Willie Horton         19   75    8   16   3   0   5   14   0   3    3   15  .213
Ed Brinkman           22   78    5   16   2   0   0    6   0   1    6    5  .205
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
Gates Brown            9   17    3    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    1  .177
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           24   78   16   27   4   3   1    9   0   0   16    5  .346
Cookie Rojas          24   94   14   31   7   0   1   11   4   1    8    7  .330
Jerry May              9   26    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    7  .308
Amos Otis             21   83   11   24   3   0   3    7   7   0    7   12  .289
Ed Kirkpatrick        21   72   10   19   2   0   2   13   0   0    8   14  .264
Carl Taylor           12   19    2    5   0   0   0    3   0   1    3    7  .263
Freddie Patek         24  103   11   27   5   1   0    6   5   1   11   12  .262
Dennis Paepke         11   23    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .261
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Bob Oliver            24   93   10   22   2   0   3   10   0   0    3   23  .237
Joe Keough            18   59    6   13   2   0   0    4   0   3    5    4  .220
Lou Piniella          23   87   11   19   3   1   0   10   1   1    7   10  .218
Bobby Knoop            6    5    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200
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
Floyd Wicker           3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Mike Hegan            21   59    8   16   1   1   2    5   1   1    9    9  .271
Dave May              22   80    9   21   4   1   2    8   3   2    4    9  .263
Ted Kubiak            22   75    6   19   1   2   0    4   0   1    7    4  .253
Ellie Rodriguez       13   37    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    4  .243
Danny Walton          15   30    4    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5    9  .233
Roberto Pena          15   43    5   10   2   0   1    4   1   0    4    6  .233
Johnny Briggs          9   28    1    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    7  .214
Andy Kosco            11   34    2    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .206
Bill Voss             18   55    2   11   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .200
Rick Auerbach         13   35    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    9  .200
Phil Roof             13   41    1    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    2   10  .195
Tommy Harper          22   89    7   16   2   0   1    5   2   0   10   19  .180
Ted Savage            11   14    1    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    3  .143
Bernie Smith          15   36    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .139
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

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva            22   92   19   36   8   1   7   13   2   1    5    7  .391
Harmon Killebrew      24   91    9   31   7   0   3   23   2   1   13   18  .341
Brant Alyea           14   29    1    9   2   0   0    5   0   1    5    5  .310
Cesar Tovar           24  101   14   31   7   0   0    4   4   2   12   11  .307
Jim Holt              21   58    2   16   3   0   0    6   2   0    0    4  .276
Steve Braun           18   30    6    8   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    1  .267
Rod Carew             19   72   10   17   3   0   0    5   1   1    4    9  .236
Leo Cardenas          24   84    6   19   5   0   0   10   1   0    9    6  .226
Danny Thompson        12   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
Chuck Manuel           6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .200
George Mitterwald     21   57    2   11   3   0   0    0   0   0    4   13  .193
Paul Powell           12   26    6    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   10  .192
Rich Reese            22   71    9   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    4    7  .169
Rick Renick            7    6    1    1   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .167
Tom Tischinski         8    7    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .143
Paul Ratliff           7   16    2    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    7  .125

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Murcer          21   78   11   28   4   2   3   14   4   1   11    6  .359
John Ellis            11   24    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   11    2  .333
Roy White             19   64   11   19   2   1   5   12   2   2   11    8  .297
Gene Michael          19   57    5   16   4   0   0    9   2   2   12    5  .281
Horace Clarke         21   83   11   23   5   0   0    7   2   2   17    4  .277
Felipe Alou           14   55    6   14   1   0   3    7   2   1    5    8  .255
Danny Cater           21   88   10   21   3   0   0    6   0   1    3    5  .239
Curt Blefary          12   22    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .227
Jake Gibbs            12   34    5    7   3   0   1    4   1   0    0    3  .206
Jerry Kenney          17   40    4    8   0   0   0    1   2   0    5    6  .200
Ron Woods             12   20    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .200
Thurman Munson        14   53    4   10   1   0   1    8   1   0    8    3  .189
Jim Lyttle             4   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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            4    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Tenace            6   17    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    1  .353
Tommy Davis           12   20    1    6   3   0   0   10   0   0    3    1  .300
Larry Brown            3   11    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .273
Joe Rudi              26   97   18   25   4   0   4   11   1   0   12    8  .258
Sal Bando             28   96   18   24   8   0   5   18   0   1   21   17  .250
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Don Mincher           26   86    9   21   6   1   2    7   1   1   19   13  .244
Dave Duncan           23   79    9   19   2   0   2    8   0   1    7   12  .241
Rick Monday           23   73   11   17   3   0   3   10   2   2   18   21  .233
Angel Mangual         13   22    5    5   1   0   1    3   0   2    2    4  .227
Reggie Jackson        28  110   12   24   6   0   4   13   3   2   13   38  .218
Dick Green            28   92   11   20   1   0   4   15   1   0   15   20  .217
Bert Campaneris       26  113   12   24   5   0   0    5   5   2    4   12  .212
Steve Hovley          10   15    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    4  .200
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
Del Unser             21   57    6   19   4   2   1    4   2   1    4    7  .333
Tommy McCraw          19   45   13   15   2   1   3    6   0   2    5    7  .333
Paul Casanova         15   52    4   15   4   1   0    6   0   1    2    5  .289
Frank Howard          24   92   10   25   4   0   2    8   1   0    8   19  .272
Mike Epstein          21   72    6   19   1   1   1    9   0   0   12   28  .264
Joe Foy               22   72    7   17   5   0   0    9   1   0   10    6  .236
Tim Cullen            24   93   10   19   1   0   1    8   0   0    5    8  .204
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Dick Billings         11   12    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .167
Don Wert               5   12    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .167
Toby Harrah           21   67    5   11   2   0   0    1   0   0    9   10  .164
Elliott Maddox        18   37    6    6   0   1   0    4   0   1    8    8  .162
Jim French            11   32    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    5  .156
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)     113
  R. Jackson (OAK)        110
  A. Johnson (CAL)        103
  F. Patek (KC)           103
  S. Alomar (CAL)         102
  C. Tovar (MIN)          101
  J. Rudi (OAK)            97
  S. Bando (OAK)           96
  C. Rojas (KC)            94
  T. Cullen (WAS)          93

Runs Scored:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     22
  D. Buford (BAL)          19
  T. Oliva (MIN)           19
  S. Bando (OAK)           18
  J. Rudi (OAK)            18
  J. Northrup (DET)        17
  P. Schaal (KC)           16
  R. Smith (BOS)           16
  C. Rojas (KC)            14
  J. Spencer (CAL)         14

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           36
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       31
  C. Rojas (KC)            31
  C. Tovar (MIN)           31
  A. Johnson (CAL)         30
  J. Northrup (DET)        29
  R. Smith (BOS)           29
  D. Johnson (BAL)         28
  B. Murcer (NY)           28
  F. Patek (KC)            27

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  P. Schaal (KC)            3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  B. Murcer (NY)            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
  W. Horton (DET)           5
  R. White (NY)             5
  B. Freehan (DET)          4
  D. Green (OAK)            4
  R. Jackson (OAK)          4
  D. Johnson (BAL)          4
  G. Nettles (CLE)          4

RBI:

  H. Killebrew (MIN)       23
  J. Northrup (DET)        20
  B. Powell (BAL)          20
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     20
  S. Bando (OAK)           18
  D. Johnson (BAL)         17
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        15
  D. Green (OAK)           15
  C. May (CHI)             15
  R. Smith (BOS)           15

Stolen Bases:

  V. Pinson (CLE)           9
  A. Otis (KC)              7
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  C. May (CHI)              4
  B. Murcer (NY)            4
  J. Northrup (DET)         4
  C. Rojas (KC)             4
  C. Tovar (MIN)            4

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)           21
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      21
  D. Mincher (OAK)         19
  G. Nettles (CLE)         19
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     19
  R. Monday (OAK)          18
  H. Clarke (NY)           17
  A. Kaline (DET)          17
  B. Powell (BAL)          16
  P. Schaal (KC)           16

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         38
  M. Epstein (WAS)         28
  B. Oliver (KC)           23
  R. Monday (OAK)          21
  D. Green (OAK)           20
  T. Harper (MIL)          19
  F. Howard (WAS)          19
  G. Scott (BOS)           19
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       18
  B. Melton (CHI)          18


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