Wednesday May 5, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 5, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        900  111   244   48    1   15   100   14    6   77   126  .271
Boston           767  118   206   40    4   22   110    8    4  114   114  .269
Kansas City      874  101   221   34    5   12    98   19    9   89   148  .253
New York         770   91   193   27    6   15    88   16   10  103    79  .251
Chicago          807   86   202   34    4   16    78   12   13   76   116  .250
Baltimore        772  107   191   30    3   19   103    6    6   98   122  .247
Detroit          818  100   200   33    4   20    92   12   10   85   131  .245
Oakland          984  129   232   47    1   27   118   18   13  133   193  .236
Washington       844   88   183   32    6   10    82    7    8   91   150  .217
California       855   94   184   43    2   16    88   11    2   83   121  .215
Cleveland        828   75   176   26    3   14    70   15    4   75   121  .213
Milwaukee        772   60   163   20    4   13    57    8    5   73   131  .211

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         24  101   19   39   8   1   7   14   2   1    5    7  .386
Jim Northrup (DET)       24   94   19   33   8   1   3   21   5   2   13    4  .351
Bobby Murcer (NY)        23   86   13   30   4   2   3   14   4   1   13    8  .349
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   23   80   22   27   6   1   4   20   2   1   19    6  .338
Davey Johnson (BAL)      22   87   12   29   5   1   4   17   0   0    6    6  .333
Paul Schaal (KC)         26   84   16   28   4   3   1    9   0   0   17    5  .333
Cookie Rojas (KC)        26  101   15   33   8   0   1   12   5   1    9    7  .327
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   26   98   11   32   8   0   3   23   2   1   14   18  .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           20   19    2    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    3    3  .316
Chuck Hinton          15   23    3    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .304
Ted Uhlaender         20   50    6   13   1   0   0    3   1   1    3    5  .260
Ray Fosse             24   89   11   23   4   1   2    8   0   0    8   10  .258
Ken Suarez             4   12    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Vada Pinson           24   94    8   23   4   0   1    7   9   0    6    9  .245
Jack Heidemann        10   33    1    8   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    7  .242
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Ted Ford              20   55    3   12   1   0   2    6   2   2    3   11  .218
Ken Harrelson         23   81    6   17   2   0   2    8   1   0    8   11  .210
Roy Foster            18   42    2    8   0   1   2    4   1   0    2    5  .191
Buddy Bradford        19   35    4    6   2   1   0    3   0   0    6   10  .171
Eddie Leon            20   53    6    9   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    9  .170
Graig Nettles         25   82   10   13   2   0   4    9   0   0   19    7  .159
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          24   94   19   33   8   1   3   21   5   2   13    4  .351
Bill Freehan          22   79    8   23   5   0   4    8   1   2    7   10  .291
Mickey Stanley        17   55    8   15   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    4  .273
Al Kaline             23   80   13   21   4   0   0    4   0   2   21   16  .263
Norm Cash             14   46    6   12   1   1   3    6   1   0    7    7  .261
Aurelio Rodriguez     24   93    8   22   3   0   2    9   2   0    5   16  .237
Willie Horton         21   82    8   18   3   0   5   15   0   3    4   19  .220
Dick McAuliffe        24   97   14   20   4   1   2   13   1   0   10   17  .206
Ed Brinkman           24   85    5   17   2   0   0    6   0   1    6    6  .200
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
Kevin Collins          7    6    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .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           26   84   16   28   4   3   1    9   0   0   17    5  .333
Cookie Rojas          26  101   15   33   8   0   1   12   5   1    9    7  .327
Jerry May              9   26    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    7  .308
Carl Taylor           14   23    3    7   0   0   0    3   0   1    5    7  .304
Amos Otis             23   90   13   25   3   0   4    9   8   0    9   13  .278
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
Ed Kirkpatrick        23   81   10   20   2   0   2   14   0   0    8   18  .247
Freddie Patek         26  110   11   27   5   1   0    8   5   2   12   14  .246
Bob Oliver            26  101   11   24   2   0   3   10   0   0    3   25  .238
Lou Piniella          24   88   11   20   3   1   0   10   1   1    7   10  .227
Joe Keough            20   66    7   15   2   0   0    4   0   3    6    4  .227
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           4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Mike Hegan            23   66    8   18   2   1   2    5   1   1    9    9  .273
Johnny Briggs         11   35    2    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    8  .257
Dave May              24   86   10   22   4   1   2    8   3   2    6    9  .256
Ted Kubiak            24   81    6   19   1   2   0    4   0   1    7    6  .235
Danny Walton          15   30    4    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    5    9  .233
Roberto Pena          16   43    5   10   2   0   1    4   1   0    5    6  .233
Ellie Rodriguez       14   39    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    5  .231
Andy Kosco            12   35    2    8   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .229
Rick Auerbach         15   42    3    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    3   10  .214
Bill Voss             20   63    3   13   0   0   2    5   0   0    3    5  .206
Phil Roof             15   44    1    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    3   11  .205
Ted Savage            12   15    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    4    3  .200
Tommy Harper          24   97    8   16   2   0   1    5   2   0   11   20  .165
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           7    2    1    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            24  101   19   39   8   1   7   14   2   1    5    7  .386
Brant Alyea           16   34    2   12   3   0   0    6   0   1    6    5  .353
Harmon Killebrew      26   98   11   32   8   0   3   23   2   1   14   18  .327
Steve Braun           20   37    8   12   2   0   0    5   1   0    4    1  .324
Cesar Tovar           26  111   15   33   7   0   0    4   4   2   12   11  .297
Jim Holt              23   60    3   17   3   0   1    7   2   0    0    4  .283
Leo Cardenas          26   92    7   23   5   0   1   15   1   0    9    6  .250
Rod Carew             21   81   12   20   3   0   1    7   1   1    4    9  .247
Danny Thompson        12   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
George Mitterwald     23   62    2   13   3   0   0    0   0   0    5   14  .210
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            24   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          23   86   13   30   4   2   3   14   4   1   13    8  .349
John Ellis            11   24    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   11    2  .333
Gene Michael          21   66    5   18   4   0   0   11   2   2   12    6  .273
Felipe Alou           16   63    8   17   2   1   3    7   2   1    7    8  .270
Roy White             21   71   11   19   2   1   5   13   2   3   13    8  .268
Horace Clarke         23   91   12   24   5   0   0    7   2   2   19    5  .264
Danny Cater           23   98   13   25   4   1   0    7   0   1    3    6  .255
Ron Woods             14   22    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .227
Jake Gibbs            14   42    5    9   3   0   1    4   1   0    1    4  .214
Jerry Kenney          19   42    4    9   0   0   0    3   2   0    7    7  .214
Curt Blefary          14   24    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .208
Ron Hansen             7   15    0    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .200
Thurman Munson        14   53    4   10   1   0   1    8   1   0    8    3  .189
Jim Lyttle             5   14    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
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
Joe Rudi              28  105   19   27   5   0   4   13   1   0   12   10  .257
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Sal Bando             30  103   19   25   8   0   5   19   0   1   22   19  .243
Don Mincher           28   92    9   22   6   1   2    8   1   1   20   14  .239
Rick Monday           25   80   12   19   3   0   3   10   2   2   18   21  .238
Dave Duncan           25   85    9   20   2   0   2    8   0   1    9   12  .235
Reggie Jackson        30  117   15   27   6   0   5   14   5   2   14   39  .231
Dick Green            30   97   13   22   2   0   4   17   1   0   16   21  .227
Angel Mangual         14   23    5    5   1   0   1    3   0   2    2    4  .217
Bert Campaneris       28  123   13   26   6   0   0    6   6   3    4   13  .211
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             23   65    6   20   5   2   1    4   2   1    4    9  .308
Tommy McCraw          21   52   13   15   2   1   3    6   1   2    6    7  .289
Paul Casanova         17   56    4   16   5   1   0    6   0   1    2    6  .286
Bernie Allen          18   33    2    9   1   0   2    7   1   0    4    4  .273
Frank Howard          24   92   10   25   4   0   2    8   1   0    8   19  .272
Mike Epstein          23   80    6   20   1   1   1    9   1   0   12   30  .250
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            26  100   10   19   1   0   1    8   0   0    6   10  .190
Toby Harrah           23   72    6   12   3   0   0    2   0   0    9   12  .167
Don Wert               5   12    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .167
Elliott Maddox        19   38    6    6   0   1   0    4   0   1    8    9  .158
Richie Scheinblum     20   39    5    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    7    3  .154
Dick Billings         12   13    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .154
Jim French            12   34    4    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    6    5  .147
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)     123
  R. Jackson (OAK)        117
  C. Tovar (MIN)          111
  F. Patek (KC)           110
  A. Johnson (CAL)        108
  S. Alomar (CAL)         107
  J. Rudi (OAK)           105
  S. Bando (OAK)          103
  T. Oliva (MIN)          101
  B. Oliver (KC)          101

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)            19
  P. Schaal (KC)           16
  R. Smith (BOS)           16
  R. Jackson (OAK)         15
  C. Rojas (KC)            15

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           39
  J. Northrup (DET)        33
  C. Rojas (KC)            33
  C. Tovar (MIN)           33
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       32
  A. Johnson (CAL)         30
  B. Murcer (NY)           30
  R. Smith (BOS)           30
  D. Johnson (BAL)         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)             8
  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
  F. Alou (NY)              1
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  B. Bradford (CLE)         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)           19
  D. Green (OAK)           17
  D. Johnson (BAL)         17
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        15
  L. Cardenas (MIN)        15
  W. Horton (DET)          15

Stolen Bases:

  V. Pinson (CLE)           9
  A. Otis (KC)              8
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       6
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  J. Northrup (DET)         5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  C. May (CHI)              4
  B. Murcer (NY)            4

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  S. Bando (OAK)           22
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      22
  A. Kaline (DET)          21
  D. Mincher (OAK)         20
  H. Clarke (NY)           19
  G. Nettles (CLE)         19
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     19
  R. Monday (OAK)          18
  B. Powell (BAL)          18
  P. Schaal (KC)           17

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         39
  M. Epstein (WAS)         30
  B. Oliver (KC)           25
  D. Green (OAK)           21
  R. Monday (OAK)          21
  T. Harper (MIL)          20
  S. Bando (OAK)           19
  W. Horton (DET)          19
  F. Howard (WAS)          19
  G. Scott (BOS)           19

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