Tuesday May 4, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 4, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        867  106   233   48    1   14    95   13    6   73   124  .269
Boston           767  118   206   40    4   22   110    8    4  114   114  .269
Kansas City      841   97   214   33    5   11    94   18    8   83   139  .255
New York         736   88   185   26    5   15    85   16    9   96    77  .251
Chicago          807   86   202   34    4   16    78   12   13   76   116  .250
Detroit          789  100   196   33    4   20    92   12   10   81   120  .248
Baltimore        772  107   191   30    3   19   103    6    6   98   122  .247
Oakland          953  124   224   46    1   27   114   15   13  130   189  .235
Washington       813   85   179   30    6   10    79    7    8   90   146  .220
California       855   94   184   43    2   16    88   11    2   83   121  .215
Milwaukee        743   56   156   19    4   12    53    8    5   66   127  .210
Cleveland        794   73   165   25    3   14    68   15    3   74   115  .208

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         23   97   19   38   8   1   7   14   2   1    5    7  .392
Jim Northrup (DET)       23   90   19   32   8   1   3   21   5   2   13    4  .356
Bobby Murcer (NY)        22   82   13   29   4   2   3   14   4   1   12    7  .354
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   23   80   22   27   6   1   4   20   2   1   19    6  .338
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   25   95   10   32   8   0   3   23   2   1   13   18  .337
Davey Johnson (BAL)      22   87   12   29   5   1   4   17   0   0    6    6  .333
Paul Schaal (KC)         25   81   16   27   4   3   1    9   0   0   16    5  .333
Cookie Rojas (KC)        25   98   15   32   7   0   1   11   4   1    8    7  .327
Reggie Smith (BOS)       23   93   16   30   7   0   4   15   0   1   10    9  .323
George Scott (BOS)       23   91    9   29   5   1   2   12   0   1    9   19  .319

 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         22   87   12   29   5   1   4   17   0   0    6    6  .333
Don Buford            19   74   20   23   3   0   3    9   3   1   12    7  .311
Frank Robinson        20   68    7   21   4   0   1   10   1   0    6    4  .309
Mark Belanger         23   78   13   21   6   0   0    5   0   2   13    7  .269
Merv Rettenmund       16   44    5   11   0   1   1    8   1   1   12   13  .250
Paul Blair            23   90   12   21   4   1   1   11   1   0    7   14  .233
Brooks Robinson       23   88   11   20   1   0   1    7   0   0    8   13  .227
Boog Powell           22   80   13   18   4   0   6   22   0   0   18   10  .225
Clay Dalrymple         3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
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
Ellie Hendricks       15   49    3    8   3   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .163
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          5    2    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0 1.000
Don Pavletich          7   12    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .417
Carl Yastrzemski      23   80   22   27   6   1   4   20   2   1   19    6  .338
Reggie Smith          23   93   16   30   7   0   4   15   0   1   10    9  .323
George Scott          23   91    9   29   5   1   2   12   0   1    9   19  .319
Billy Conigliaro      21   77    9   22   5   0   3   10   3   0   10   13  .286
John Kennedy          10   14    6    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    3  .286
Joe Lahoud            15   15    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .267
Duane Josephson       22   78    8   19   3   0   2    8   1   0    8   10  .244
Rico Petrocelli       23   79   10   19   2   0   2   13   0   0   22   15  .241
Luis Aparicio         19   81   13   17   4   0   3   15   1   0    8    9  .210
Doug Griffin          23   74    8   15   3   1   0    1   1   0    9    7  .203
George Thomas          4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Mike Fiore             9    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    1  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Stephenson       10   15    1    5   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .333
Tony Gonzalez         14   17    3    5   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    4  .294
Roger Repoz           16   24    8    7   3   0   1    8   0   1   15    3  .292
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
Alex Johnson          26  108   10   30   4   0   1    7   3   1    5   17  .278
Tony Conigliaro       25   89    9   22   8   0   2    7   1   0    8   13  .247
Syd O'Brien           12   29    8    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .241
Jim Fregosi           23   73    4   17   4   0   0    8   0   0   10    8  .233
Jerry Moses           21   65    6   15   2   0   3    8   0   0    2    9  .231
Ken McMullen          26   89    6   19   4   0   2    7   1   0    7   13  .214
Jim Spencer           26   91   15   18   3   0   5    9   0   0   12    8  .198
Sandy Alomar          26  107   10   21   4   2   0   11   5   0   10   12  .196
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          12   11    2    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .546
Lee Maye               9   10    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .400
Rich McKinney         17   38    1   14   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    1  .368
Carlos May            24   92   11   27   2   2   2   15   4   1    8   10  .294
Tom Egan              10   25    3    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    1   12  .280
Mike Andrews          24   84    9   23   6   0   2   10   2   1   12    7  .274
Bill Melton           24   84    9   23   6   1   2    9   2   1   11   18  .274
Ed Herrmann           20   52    7   14   1   0   2    7   0   0    8    4  .269
Lee Richard           22   80   12   21   3   1   0    4   1   4    4   10  .263
Rick Reichardt        20   74    6   19   3   0   3    8   1   3    3    5  .257
Jay Johnstone         23   77   12   19   3   0   3    6   0   0   10    9  .247
Walt Williams         19   40    4    9   2   0   1    2   1   1    3    3  .225
Luis Alvarado         12   27    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .185
Ed Stroud             19   49    7    7   1   0   0    0   1   2    6    6  .143
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           19   18    2    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    3    3  .333
Chuck Hinton          14   22    3    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .318
Vada Pinson           23   91    8   23   4   0   1    6   9   0    6    7  .253
Ken Suarez             4   12    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Ray Fosse             23   86   10   21   4   1   2    8   0   0    7   10  .244
Ted Ford              19   51    3   12   1   0   2    6   2   2    3   11  .235
Ted Uhlaender         19   47    6   11   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    5  .234
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Ken Harrelson         22   77    6   15   1   0   2    8   1   0    8   11  .195
Roy Foster            18   42    2    8   0   1   2    4   1   0    2    5  .191
Jack Heidemann         9   28    0    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    7  .179
Graig Nettles         24   78   10   13   2   0   4    9   0   0   19    6  .167
Eddie Leon            19   50    6    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    8  .160
Buddy Bradford        18   34    4    5   2   1   0    2   0   0    6   10  .147
Lou Camilli            9    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
John Lowenstein       19   53    6    7   2   0   1    2   1   1    6    7  .132

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dalton Jones          11   10    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .500
Jim Northrup          23   90   19   32   8   1   3   21   5   2   13    4  .356
Bill Freehan          21   75    8   23   5   0   4    8   1   2    7    8  .307
Al Kaline             22   78   13   21   4   0   0    4   0   2   19   14  .269
Mickey Stanley        16   52    8   14   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .269
Norm Cash             13   45    6   12   1   1   3    6   1   0    7    7  .267
Aurelio Rodriguez     23   89    8   22   3   0   2    9   2   0    5   15  .247
Willie Horton         20   79    8   17   3   0   5   15   0   3    3   17  .215
Dick McAuliffe        23   94   14   20   4   1   2   13   1   0   10   15  .213
Kevin Collins          6    5    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Ed Brinkman           23   82    5   16   2   0   0    6   0   1    6    5  .195
Gates Brown            9   17    3    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    1  .177
Jim Price              6   12    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .167
Ike Brown              6    6    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .167
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           25   81   16   27   4   3   1    9   0   0   16    5  .333
Cookie Rojas          25   98   15   32   7   0   1   11   4   1    8    7  .327
Jerry May              9   26    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    7  .308
Amos Otis             22   86   12   24   3   0   3    7   8   0    8   12  .279
Ed Kirkpatrick        22   76   10   20   2   0   2   14   0   0    8   15  .263
Carl Taylor           13   19    2    5   0   0   0    3   0   1    5    7  .263
Dennis Paepke         11   23    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .261
Freddie Patek         25  106   11   27   5   1   0    7   5   1   11   13  .255
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Bob Oliver            25   97   10   23   2   0   3   10   0   0    3   24  .237
Lou Piniella          24   88   11   20   3   1   0   10   1   1    7   10  .227
Joe Keough            19   63    6   14   2   0   0    4   0   3    5    4  .222
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            22   63    8   17   1   1   2    5   1   1    9    9  .270
Dave May              23   84    9   22   4   1   2    8   3   2    4    9  .262
Johnny Briggs         10   32    2    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    7  .250
Ted Kubiak            23   78    6   19   1   2   0    4   0   1    7    5  .244
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
Rick Auerbach         14   38    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    9  .211
Andy Kosco            11   34    2    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .206
Phil Roof             14   44    1    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    2   11  .205
Bill Voss             19   59    2   11   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .186
Tommy Harper          23   92    8   16   2   0   1    5   2   0   11   20  .174
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            23   97   19   38   8   1   7   14   2   1    5    7  .392
Brant Alyea           15   32    1   11   3   0   0    6   0   1    5    5  .344
Harmon Killebrew      25   95   10   32   8   0   3   23   2   1   13   18  .337
Cesar Tovar           25  106   15   33   7   0   0    4   4   2   12   11  .311
Jim Holt              22   59    3   17   3   0   1    7   2   0    0    4  .288
Steve Braun           19   34    6    9   2   0   0    5   0   0    3    1  .265
Rod Carew             20   77   12   20   3   0   1    7   1   1    4    9  .260
Leo Cardenas          25   88    6   20   5   0   0   10   1   0    9    6  .227
Danny Thompson        12   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
George Mitterwald     22   59    2   12   3   0   0    0   0   0    4   13  .203
Chuck Manuel           6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .200
Paul Powell           12   26    6    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   10  .192
Rich Reese            23   72    9   12   1   0   0    3   1   0    4    7  .167
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           8   18    2    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    7  .111

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Murcer          22   82   13   29   4   2   3   14   4   1   12    7  .354
John Ellis            11   24    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   11    2  .333
Roy White             20   67   11   19   2   1   5   13   2   2   12    8  .284
Gene Michael          20   62    5   17   4   0   0   10   2   2   12    6  .274
Danny Cater           22   93   12   25   4   1   0    7   0   1    3    5  .269
Horace Clarke         22   87   12   23   5   0   0    7   2   2   18    5  .264
Felipe Alou           15   59    6   15   1   0   3    7   2   1    6    8  .254
Curt Blefary          13   23    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .217
Jake Gibbs            13   38    5    8   3   0   1    4   1   0    0    4  .211
Ron Hansen             7   15    0    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .200
Jerry Kenney          18   41    4    8   0   0   0    1   2   0    5    7  .195
Ron Woods             13   21    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .191
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
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            7   17    3    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    1  .353
Tommy Davis           13   21    1    6   3   0   0   10   0   0    3    1  .286
Larry Brown            3   11    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .273
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Joe Rudi              27  101   18   25   4   0   4   11   1   0   12   10  .248
Dave Duncan           24   81    9   20   2   0   2    8   0   1    9   12  .247
Don Mincher           27   90    9   22   6   1   2    7   1   1   19   14  .244
Sal Bando             29   99   19   24   8   0   5   18   0   1   22   18  .242
Dick Green            29   94   12   22   2   0   4   17   1   0   16   20  .234
Rick Monday           24   76   12   17   3   0   3   10   2   2   18   21  .224
Reggie Jackson        29  114   13   25   6   0   5   14   3   2   13   39  .219
Angel Mangual         14   23    5    5   1   0   1    3   0   2    2    4  .217
Bert Campaneris       27  118   12   25   6   0   0    6   5   3    4   13  .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           6    2    2    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
Del Unser             22   61    6   20   5   2   1    4   2   1    4    8  .328
Tommy McCraw          20   48   13   15   2   1   3    6   1   2    6    7  .313
Bernie Allen          17   29    2    9   1   0   2    7   1   0    4    4  .310
Paul Casanova         16   55    4   15   4   1   0    6   0   1    2    6  .273
Frank Howard          24   92   10   25   4   0   2    8   1   0    8   19  .272
Mike Epstein          22   76    6   20   1   1   1    9   1   0   12   29  .263
Joe Foy               22   72    7   17   5   0   0    9   1   0   10    6  .236
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Tim Cullen            25   96   10   19   1   0   1    8   0   0    6    9  .198
Don Wert               5   12    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .167
Toby Harrah           22   69    5   11   2   0   0    1   0   0    9   11  .159
Elliott Maddox        19   38    6    6   0   1   0    4   0   1    8    9  .158
Jim French            11   32    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    5    5  .156
Dick Billings         12   13    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .154
Richie Scheinblum     19   36    4    5   2   0   0    4   0   0    7    3  .139
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)     118
  R. Jackson (OAK)        114
  A. Johnson (CAL)        108
  S. Alomar (CAL)         107
  F. Patek (KC)           106
  C. Tovar (MIN)          106
  J. Rudi (OAK)           101
  S. Bando (OAK)           99
  C. Rojas (KC)            98
  T. Oliva (MIN)           97

Runs Scored:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     22
  D. Buford (BAL)          20
  S. Bando (OAK)           19
  J. Northrup (DET)        19
  T. Oliva (MIN)           19
  J. Rudi (OAK)            18
  P. Schaal (KC)           16
  R. Smith (BOS)           16
  C. Rojas (KC)            15
  J. Spencer (CAL)         15

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           38
  C. Tovar (MIN)           33
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       32
  J. Northrup (DET)        32
  C. Rojas (KC)            32
  A. Johnson (CAL)         30
  R. Smith (BOS)           30
  D. Johnson (BAL)         29
  B. Murcer (NY)           29
  G. Scott (BOS)           29

Doubles:

  S. Bando (OAK)            8
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       8
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        8
  J. Northrup (DET)         8
  T. Oliva (MIN)            8
  C. Rojas (KC)             7
  R. Smith (BOS)            7
  C. Tovar (MIN)            7
  M. Andrews (CHI)          6
  M. Belanger (BAL)         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. Jackson (OAK)          5
  J. Spencer (CAL)          5
  R. White (NY)             5
  B. Freehan (DET)          4
  D. Green (OAK)            4
  D. Johnson (BAL)          4

RBI:

  H. Killebrew (MIN)       23
  B. Powell (BAL)          22
  J. Northrup (DET)        21
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     20
  S. Bando (OAK)           18
  D. Green (OAK)           17
  D. Johnson (BAL)         17
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        15
  W. Horton (DET)          15
  C. May (CHI)             15

Stolen Bases:

  V. Pinson (CLE)           9
  A. Otis (KC)              8
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       5
  J. Northrup (DET)         5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  C. May (CHI)              4
  B. Murcer (NY)            4
  C. Rojas (KC)             4
  C. Tovar (MIN)            4

Caught Stealing:

  L. Richard (CHI)          4
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       3
  W. Horton (DET)           3
  J. Keough (KC)            3
  R. Reichardt (CHI)        3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  A. Etchebarren (BAL)      2
  T. Ford (CLE)             2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2

Walks:

  S. Bando (OAK)           22
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      22
  A. Kaline (DET)          19
  D. Mincher (OAK)         19
  G. Nettles (CLE)         19
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     19
  H. Clarke (NY)           18
  R. Monday (OAK)          18
  B. Powell (BAL)          18
  D. Green (OAK)           16

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         39
  M. Epstein (WAS)         29
  B. Oliver (KC)           24
  R. Monday (OAK)          21
  D. Green (OAK)           20
  T. Harper (MIL)          20
  F. Howard (WAS)          19
  G. Scott (BOS)           19
  S. Bando (OAK)           18
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       18


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