Friday May 7, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 7, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        966  121   261   51    1   16   110   14    6   86   131  .270
Boston           839  133   224   46    4   24   123    9    4  122   127  .267
Chicago          876   90   221   39    4   16    82   12   13   79   126  .252
Kansas City      909  102   229   35    5   12    99   21    9   95   161  .252
New York         834   98   208   28    9   15    95   17   11  111    88  .249
Detroit          848  103   208   34    4   21    93   13   10   88   135  .245
Baltimore        828  113   202   31    3   19   109    7    6  106   135  .244
Oakland          984  129   232   47    1   27   118   18   13  133   193  .236
Washington       879   94   194   32    7   11    87    7    8   95   153  .221
California       957  100   205   45    2   19    94   11    4   91   141  .214
Milwaukee        805   64   172   20    4   13    60    8    5   80   138  .214
Cleveland        866   77   183   28    3   14    72   16    4   79   130  .211

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         26  109   21   41   8   1   8   15   2   1    6    7  .376
Paul Schaal (KC)         27   86   16   30   4   3   1    9   1   0   19    5  .349
Bobby Murcer (NY)        25   93   14   32   4   2   3   15   4   1   13    8  .344
Cookie Rojas (KC)        27  105   15   36   8   0   1   12   5   1   10    7  .343
Jim Northrup (DET)       25   98   19   33   8   1   3   21   5   2   13    4  .337
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   25   87   24   29   7   1   4   21   2   1   22    6  .333
Davey Johnson (BAL)      24   91   12   30   5   1   4   18   0   0    6    7  .330
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   26   98   11   32   8   0   3   23   2   1   14   18  .327
George Scott (BOS)       24   93   10   30   5   1   3   13   0   1   10   20  .323
Don Buford (BAL)         20   76   21   24   3   0   3    9   4   1   13    7  .316

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Davanon          4    3    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .333
Davey Johnson         24   91   12   30   5   1   4   18   0   0    6    7  .330
Frank Robinson        21   71    8   23   4   0   1   11   1   0    7    4  .324
Don Buford            20   76   21   24   3   0   3    9   4   1   13    7  .316
Mark Belanger         25   82   13   21   6   0   0    5   0   2   14    8  .256
Brooks Robinson       25   94   13   22   1   0   1    8   0   0   10   13  .234
Boog Powell           24   88   14   20   5   0   6   23   0   0   18   11  .227
Paul Blair            25   94   12   21   4   1   1   11   1   0    7   16  .223
Merv Rettenmund       18   51    5   11   0   1   1    8   1   1   13   15  .216
Tom Shopay             9   10    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Clay Dalrymple         3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Andy Etchebarren      11   33    2    6   0   0   1    3   0   2    3   10  .182
Ellie Hendricks       16   52    3    8   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    7  .154
Chico Salmon           6   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .100
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      25   87   24   29   7   1   4   21   2   1   22    6  .333
George Scott          24   93   10   30   5   1   3   13   0   1   10   20  .323
Joe Lahoud            16   16    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .313
Reggie Smith          25   99   17   30   7   0   4   15   1   1   13   12  .303
Billy Conigliaro      23   86   12   26   6   0   4   13   3   0   10   15  .302
John Kennedy          10   14    6    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    3  .286
Duane Josephson       24   86    9   20   3   0   2    9   1   0    8   10  .233
Doug Griffin          25   83   11   19   4   1   0    2   1   0    9    9  .229
Rico Petrocelli       25   88   11   20   3   0   2   16   0   0   22   17  .227
Luis Aparicio         21   91   15   20   5   0   3   17   1   0    8    9  .220
George Thomas          4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Mike Fiore            11   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    2  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Stephenson       11   17    1    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    2  .353
Roger Repoz           18   29    8    9   3   0   1    8   0   2   16    5  .310
Tony Gonzalez         16   20    3    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    5  .300
Chico Ruiz            12    7    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .286
Alex Johnson          29  121   10   32   4   0   1    8   3   1    5   19  .265
Tony Conigliaro       28   99   10   25   9   0   2    7   1   0    9   14  .253
Billy Cowan            9    8    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .250
Ken McMullen          29  100    8   24   5   0   3    9   1   0    9   13  .240
Jim Fregosi           25   76    5   18   4   0   1    9   0   0   10    9  .237
Syd O'Brien           15   38    9    9   2   0   2    6   0   1    2    4  .237
Jerry Moses           24   74    6   15   2   0   3    8   0   0    2   13  .203
Sandy Alomar          29  119   11   23   4   2   0   11   5   0   10   13  .193
Jim Spencer           29  103   15   19   3   0   5    9   0   0   13   11  .185
Ken Berry             25   65    4    8   4   0   0    2   1   0    7    6  .123
Jeff Torborg          13   14    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .071

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rich Morales          13   15    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .467
Lee Maye              10   11    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .455
Rich McKinney         18   42    1   16   2   0   0    5   0   0    4    2  .381
Mike Andrews          26   88    9   25   7   0   2   12   2   1   13    7  .284
Bill Melton           26   92    9   25   6   1   2    9   2   1   11   19  .272
Walt Williams         21   48    5   13   2   0   1    2   1   1    3    3  .271
Carlos May            26  100   11   27   2   2   2   15   4   1    8   11  .270
Lee Richard           24   87   12   23   3   1   0    4   1   4    4   10  .264
Ed Herrmann           21   53    7   14   1   0   2    7   0   0    8    4  .264
Rick Reichardt        22   78    6   20   3   0   3    8   1   3    4    7  .256
Jay Johnstone         24   81   12   19   3   0   3    6   0   0   10    9  .235
Tom Egan              12   31    3    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    2   16  .226
Luis Alvarado         14   32    3    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .219
Ed Stroud             20   51    8    8   2   0   0    0   1   2    6    6  .157
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           21   20    2    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    3    3  .300
Chuck Hinton          16   25    3    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .280
Vada Pinson           25   99    8   26   4   0   1    7  10   0    6   10  .263
Ray Fosse             25   93   11   24   4   1   2    9   0   0    9   12  .258
Ted Uhlaender         21   52    6   13   1   0   0    3   1   1    3    5  .250
Ken Suarez             4   12    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Jack Heidemann        11   37    2    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    9  .243
Ted Ford              21   59    4   13   1   0   2    7   2   2    4   12  .220
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Ken Harrelson         24   84    6   17   2   0   2    8   1   0    9   11  .202
Roy Foster            18   42    2    8   0   1   2    4   1   0    2    5  .191
Eddie Leon            21   57    6   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    5   10  .175
Buddy Bradford        20   38    4    6   2   1   0    3   0   0    6   10  .158
Graig Nettles         26   85   10   13   2   0   4    9   0   0   20    7  .153
Lou Camilli           10    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
John Lowenstein       20   54    6    7   2   0   1    2   1   1    6    7  .130

 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          25   98   19   33   8   1   3   21   5   2   13    4  .337
Bill Freehan          23   83    8   25   5   0   4    8   1   2    7   11  .301
Al Kaline             23   80   13   21   4   0   0    4   0   2   21   16  .263
Mickey Stanley        18   58    8   15   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .259
Norm Cash             15   49    6   12   1   1   3    6   1   0    8    7  .245
Aurelio Rodriguez     25   97    8   23   3   0   2    9   3   0    5   16  .237
Dick McAuliffe        25  101   15   22   4   1   3   14   1   0   10   17  .218
Ed Brinkman           25   88    6   19   3   0   0    6   0   1    6    6  .216
Willie Horton         22   85    8   18   3   0   5   15   0   3    5   19  .212
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           27   86   16   30   4   3   1    9   1   0   19    5  .349
Cookie Rojas          27  105   15   36   8   0   1   12   5   1   10    7  .343
Jerry May             10   27    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    8  .296
Amos Otis             24   95   13   26   3   0   4   10   9   0    9   15  .274
Dennis Paepke         12   26    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .269
Carl Taylor           15   28    3    7   0   0   0    3   0   1    5    8  .250
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Freddie Patek         27  115   12   28   5   1   0    8   5   2   12   15  .244
Ed Kirkpatrick        24   83   10   20   2   0   2   14   0   0    9   19  .241
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
Bob Oliver            27  106   11   24   2   0   3   10   0   0    3   29  .226
Bobby Knoop            7    5    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    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
Ron Theobald           8    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Ellie Rodriguez       15   42    3   11   2   0   0    4   0   1    3    5  .262
Mike Hegan            24   70    8   18   2   1   2    5   1   1    9   10  .257
Dave May              25   90   11   23   4   1   2    8   3   2    7    9  .256
Floyd Wicker           5    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Johnny Briggs         12   37    3    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    8  .243
Danny Walton          16   30    4    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    6    9  .233
Rick Auerbach         16   43    3   10   1   0   0    3   0   0    4   10  .233
Ted Kubiak            25   83    6   19   1   2   0    4   0   1    9    6  .229
Roberto Pena          17   44    5   10   2   0   1    4   1   0    5    6  .227
Bill Voss             21   67    4   15   0   0   2    6   0   0    3    7  .224
Andy Kosco            13   36    2    8   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    6  .222
Phil Roof             16   44    1    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    3   11  .205
Ted Savage            13   16    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    5    3  .188
Tommy Harper          25  102    8   16   2   0   1    5   2   0   11   22  .157
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

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva            26  109   21   41   8   1   8   15   2   1    6    7  .376
Brant Alyea           18   41    4   14   4   0   0    6   0   1    7    6  .342
Steve Braun           22   42    9   14   2   0   0    7   1   0    5    2  .333
Harmon Killebrew      26   98   11   32   8   0   3   23   2   1   14   18  .327
Cesar Tovar           28  119   16   35   7   0   0    5   4   2   13   11  .294
Jim Holt              24   61    3   17   3   0   1    7   2   0    0    4  .279
Leo Cardenas          28   98    8   25   7   0   1   17   1   0   11    6  .255
Rick Renick            8    8    1    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .250
Rod Carew             23   90   12   21   3   0   1    8   1   1    4    9  .233
Danny Thompson        13   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
George Mitterwald     25   67    2   14   3   0   0    0   0   0    8   14  .209
Chuck Manuel           6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .200
Paul Powell           14   27    7    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   11  .185
Rich Reese            26   80   10   14   1   0   0    5   1   0    4    7  .175
Tom Tischinski         9    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          25   93   14   32   4   2   3   15   4   1   13    8  .344
John Ellis            11   24    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   11    2  .333
Roy White             23   79   13   23   2   2   5   14   2   3   13    9  .291
Felipe Alou           18   70   10   19   3   1   3    9   2   1    8    8  .271
Horace Clarke         25  100   14   27   5   1   0    7   3   2   20    6  .270
Gene Michael          23   72    5   18   4   0   0   11   2   2   14    7  .250
Danny Cater           25  105   13   25   4   1   0    8   0   1    3    7  .238
Ron Hansen             9   22    0    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    2    5  .227
Ron Woods             15   23    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .217
Jerry Kenney          21   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
Thurman Munson        15   55    4   11   1   1   1    9   1   1   10    3  .200
Jake Gibbs            15   45    5    9   3   0   1    4   1   0    2    4  .200
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             24   69    6   22   5   2   1    5   2   1    5   10  .319
Tommy McCraw          22   56   14   16   2   2   3    6   1   2    6    7  .286
Paul Casanova         18   60    5   17   5   1   1    8   0   1    2    6  .283
Frank Howard          25   95   10   26   4   0   2    8   1   0    9   20  .274
Bernie Allen          19   37    3   10   1   0   2    8   1   0    4    4  .270
Mike Epstein          24   85    6   21   1   1   1    9   1   0   12   31  .247
Joe Foy               23   73    7   17   5   0   0    9   1   0   11    6  .233
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Toby Harrah           24   76    9   15   3   0   0    2   0   0    9   12  .197
Tim Cullen            27  103   10   19   1   0   1    8   0   0    6   10  .185
Elliott Maddox        20   39    6    7   0   1   0    5   0   1    8    9  .180
Don Wert               5   12    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .167
Richie Scheinblum     21   39    5    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    8    3  .154
Jim French            12   34    4    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    6    5  .147
Dick Billings         13   14    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .143
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
  A. Johnson (CAL)        121
  S. Alomar (CAL)         119
  C. Tovar (MIN)          119
  R. Jackson (OAK)        117
  F. Patek (KC)           115
  T. Oliva (MIN)          109
  B. Oliver (KC)          106
  D. Cater (NY)           105
  C. Rojas (KC)           105

Runs Scored:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     24
  D. Buford (BAL)          21
  T. Oliva (MIN)           21
  S. Bando (OAK)           19
  J. Northrup (DET)        19
  J. Rudi (OAK)            19
  R. Smith (BOS)           17
  P. Schaal (KC)           16
  C. Tovar (MIN)           16
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        15

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           41
  C. Rojas (KC)            36
  C. Tovar (MIN)           35
  J. Northrup (DET)        33
  A. Johnson (CAL)         32
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       32
  B. Murcer (NY)           32
  D. Johnson (BAL)         30
  P. Schaal (KC)           30
  G. Scott (BOS)           30

Doubles:

  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       9
  S. Bando (OAK)            8
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        8
  J. Northrup (DET)         8
  T. Oliva (MIN)            8
  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  M. Andrews (CHI)          7
  L. Cardenas (MIN)         7
  R. Smith (BOS)            7
  C. Tovar (MIN)            7

Triples:

  P. Schaal (KC)            3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  T. McCraw (WAS)           2
  B. Murcer (NY)            2
  D. Unser (WAS)            2
  R. White (NY)             2
  F. Alou (NY)              1
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           1

Home Runs:

  T. Oliva (MIN)            8
  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. Conigliaro (BOS)       4
  B. Freehan (DET)          4
  D. Green (OAK)            4

RBI:

  H. Killebrew (MIN)       23
  B. Powell (BAL)          23
  J. Northrup (DET)        21
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     21
  S. Bando (OAK)           19
  D. Johnson (BAL)         18
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        17
  L. Cardenas (MIN)        17
  D. Green (OAK)           17
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      16

Stolen Bases:

  V. Pinson (CLE)          10
  A. Otis (KC)              9
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       6
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  J. Northrup (DET)         5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  D. Buford (BAL)           4
  C. May (CHI)              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
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     22
  A. Kaline (DET)          21
  H. Clarke (NY)           20
  D. Mincher (OAK)         20
  G. Nettles (CLE)         20
  P. Schaal (KC)           19
  R. Monday (OAK)          18
  B. Powell (BAL)          18

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         39
  M. Epstein (WAS)         31
  B. Oliver (KC)           29
  T. Harper (MIL)          22
  D. Green (OAK)           21
  R. Monday (OAK)          21
  F. Howard (WAS)          20
  G. Scott (BOS)           20
  S. Bando (OAK)           19
  W. Horton (DET)          19


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