Saturday May 8, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 8, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota       1004  130   278   51    1   17   119   14    6   90   133  .277
Boston           876  137   234   49    4   25   127    9    4  127   131  .267
Kansas City      939  103   236   35    5   12   100   21    9   97   164  .251
Chicago          915   91   229   39    4   17    83   12   14   80   128  .250
New York         873  100   216   29   10   15    96   18   12  114    92  .247
Detroit          879  105   215   35    4   23    95   13   10   88   138  .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       914   96   204   32    7   12    89    7    8   97   157  .223
California       994  105   216   45    3   20    99   11    5   92   143  .217
Milwaukee        837   66   178   21    4   14    62    9    5   82   147  .213
Cleveland        897   79   189   28    3   14    74   16    4   86   136  .211

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         27  114   24   45   8   1   9   19   2   1    6    7  .395
Paul Schaal (KC)         28   89   16   31   4   3   1    9   1   0   19    5  .348
Bobby Murcer (NY)        26   96   14   33   4   2   3   16   4   1   15    9  .344
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   27  102   13   35   8   0   3   24   2   1   15   18  .343
Cookie Rojas (KC)        28  109   16   37   8   0   1   12   5   1   10    8  .339
Davey Johnson (BAL)      24   91   12   30   5   1   4   18   0   0    6    7  .330
Jim Northrup (DET)       26  102   19   33   8   1   3   21   5   2   13    4  .324
George Scott (BOS)       24   93   10   30   5   1   3   13   0   1   10   20  .323
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   26   90   24   29   7   1   4   21   2   1   24    6  .322
Reggie Smith (BOS)       26  104   18   33   7   0   5   19   1   1   13   12  .317

 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
Joe Lahoud            17   17    3    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .353
George Scott          24   93   10   30   5   1   3   13   0   1   10   20  .323
Carl Yastrzemski      26   90   24   29   7   1   4   21   2   1   24    6  .322
Reggie Smith          26  104   18   33   7   0   5   19   1   1   13   12  .317
Billy Conigliaro      24   90   12   27   6   0   4   13   3   0   11   15  .300
John Kennedy          10   14    6    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    3  .286
Duane Josephson       25   89   10   22   4   0   2    9   1   0    9   10  .247
Doug Griffin          26   87   12   20   4   1   0    2   1   0    9    9  .230
Rico Petrocelli       26   92   11   21   4   0   2   16   0   0   23   17  .228
Luis Aparicio         22   96   15   21   6   0   3   17   1   0    8    9  .219
George Thomas          4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Mike Fiore            12   16    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    3  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Stephenson       12   21    3    9   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    2  .429
Roger Repoz           19   33    9   10   3   0   2    9   0   2   16    5  .303
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          30  125   10   32   4   0   1    8   3   1    5   19  .256
Tony Conigliaro       29  102   10   26   9   0   2    7   1   0   10   15  .255
Ken McMullen          30  104    9   26   5   0   3    9   1   0    9   13  .250
Billy Cowan            9    8    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .250
Syd O'Brien           16   42   10   10   2   1   2    8   0   1    2    4  .238
Jim Fregosi           25   76    5   18   4   0   1    9   0   0   10    9  .237
Jerry Moses           24   74    6   15   2   0   3    8   0   0    2   13  .203
Sandy Alomar          30  124   11   25   4   2   0   12   5   1   10   13  .202
Jim Spencer           30  108   15   19   3   0   5    9   0   0   13   11  .176
Ken Berry             26   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
Lee Maye              10   11    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .455
Rich Morales          14   17    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .412
Rich McKinney         19   47    1   18   2   0   0    5   0   0    4    2  .383
Bill Melton           27   96    9   27   6   1   2    9   2   1   11   19  .281
Mike Andrews          27   89    9   25   7   0   2   12   2   1   13    7  .281
Ed Herrmann           22   56    8   15   1   0   3    8   0   0    9    4  .268
Carlos May            27  105   11   28   2   2   2   15   4   1    8   12  .267
Walt Williams         22   50    5   13   2   0   1    2   1   1    3    3  .260
Rick Reichardt        22   78    6   20   3   0   3    8   1   3    4    7  .256
Lee Richard           25   92   12   23   3   1   0    4   1   4    4   10  .250
Luis Alvarado         15   36    3    9   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .250
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
Ed Stroud             21   56    8    8   2   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
Chuck Hinton          17   28    3    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .286
Gomer Hodge           22   21    2    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    3    4  .286
Ray Fosse             26   97   12   26   4   1   2    9   0   0    9   12  .268
Vada Pinson           26  103    8   26   4   0   1    7  10   0    7   10  .252
Ken Suarez             4   12    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Ted Uhlaender         22   54    6   13   1   0   0    3   1   1    3    5  .241
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Jack Heidemann        12   41    2    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    1   10  .220
Ted Ford              22   60    4   13   1   0   2    7   2   2    4   12  .217
Ken Harrelson         25   86    7   17   2   0   2    8   1   0   11   12  .198
Eddie Leon            22   60    6   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    6   10  .183
Roy Foster            19   45    2    8   0   1   2    4   1   0    2    6  .178
Graig Nettles         27   88   10   15   2   0   4   11   0   0   21    7  .171
Buddy Bradford        20   38    4    6   2   1   0    3   0   0    6   10  .158
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          26  102   19   33   8   1   3   21   5   2   13    4  .324
Bill Freehan          24   86    8   26   5   0   4    8   1   2    7   11  .302
Norm Cash             16   53    8   14   1   1   5    8   1   0    8    7  .264
Al Kaline             23   80   13   21   4   0   0    4   0   2   21   16  .263
Mickey Stanley        19   61    8   16   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .262
Aurelio Rodriguez     26  101    8   24   3   0   2    9   3   0    5   17  .238
Ed Brinkman           26   91    6   21   4   0   0    6   0   1    6    7  .231
Dick McAuliffe        26  105   15   22   4   1   3   14   1   0   10   17  .210
Willie Horton         23   88    8   18   3   0   5   15   0   3    5   19  .205
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           28   89   16   31   4   3   1    9   1   0   19    5  .348
Cookie Rojas          28  109   16   37   8   0   1   12   5   1   10    8  .339
Jerry May             10   27    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    8  .296
Amos Otis             25   99   13   26   3   0   4   10   9   0    9   15  .263
Dennis Paepke         13   27    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .259
Freddie Patek         28  119   12   30   5   1   0    8   5   2   12   15  .252
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Bob Oliver            28  109   11   26   2   0   3   11   0   0    3   29  .239
Ed Kirkpatrick        25   86   10   20   2   0   2   14   0   0   10   19  .233
Lou Piniella          24   88   11   20   3   1   0   10   1   1    7   10  .227
Carl Taylor           16   31    3    7   0   0   0    3   0   1    5    9  .226
Joe Keough            21   69    7   15   2   0   0    4   0   3    6    4  .217
Bobby Knoop            7    5    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .200
Gail Hopkins          12   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .182
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           9    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .333
Ellie Rodriguez       16   45    3   12   3   0   0    4   0   1    3    5  .267
Dave May              25   90   11   23   4   1   2    8   3   2    7    9  .256
Floyd Wicker           6    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .250
Johnny Briggs         13   41    3   10   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    9  .244
Mike Hegan            25   74    8   18   2   1   2    5   1   1    9   12  .243
Danny Walton          17   34    4    8   1   0   2    5   0   0    6   10  .235
Roberto Pena          18   48    5   11   2   0   1    4   1   0    5    7  .229
Ted Kubiak            25   83    6   19   1   2   0    4   0   1    9    6  .229
Bill Voss             22   71    5   16   0   0   3    7   0   0    3    8  .225
Rick Auerbach         17   45    3   10   1   0   0    3   0   0    4   10  .222
Andy Kosco            13   36    2    8   2   0   1    7   0   0    4    6  .222
Phil Roof             17   44    1    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    3   11  .205
Ted Savage            14   17    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    5    4  .177
Tommy Harper          26  103    8   16   2   0   1    5   2   0   11   22  .155
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            27  114   24   45   8   1   9   19   2   1    6    7  .395
Harmon Killebrew      27  102   13   35   8   0   3   24   2   1   15   18  .343
Brant Alyea           19   45    4   15   4   0   0    7   0   1    7    6  .333
Steve Braun           22   42    9   14   2   0   0    7   1   0    5    2  .333
Jim Holt              25   65    3   20   3   0   1    9   2   0    1    4  .308
Cesar Tovar           28  119   16   35   7   0   0    5   4   2   13   11  .294
Leo Cardenas          29  103   10   28   7   0   1   17   1   0   11    6  .272
Rick Renick            8    8    1    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .250
Rod Carew             24   95   14   23   3   0   1    8   1   1    4   10  .242
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           7    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .200
Rich Reese            27   82   10   15   1   0   0    6   1   0    6    7  .183
Paul Powell           15   28    7    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   11  .179
Paul Ratliff           8   18    2    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    7  .111
Tom Tischinski        10   11    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .091

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Murcer          26   96   14   33   4   2   3   16   4   1   15    9  .344
John Ellis            11   24    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   11    2  .333
Roy White             24   84   13   24   3   2   5   14   2   3   13    9  .286
Horace Clarke         26  104   14   27   5   1   0    7   3   2   21    6  .260
Felipe Alou           19   75   10   19   3   1   3    9   2   1    8    8  .253
Danny Cater           26  110   13   27   4   1   0    8   0   1    3    7  .246
Gene Michael          24   76    5   18   4   0   0   11   2   2   14    8  .237
Thurman Munson        16   60    6   14   1   2   1    9   2   1   10    3  .233
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
Curt Blefary          14   24    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .208
Jake Gibbs            15   45    5    9   3   0   1    4   1   0    2    4  .200
Jerry Kenney          22   46    4    9   0   0   0    3   2   1    7    8  .196
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             25   73    6   24   5   2   1    5   2   1    5   10  .329
Frank Howard          26   98   11   28   4   0   3    9   1   0   10   20  .286
Tommy McCraw          22   56   14   16   2   2   3    6   1   2    6    7  .286
Paul Casanova         19   64    6   18   5   1   1    8   0   1    2    6  .281
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               24   77    7   18   5   0   0    9   1   0   11    6  .234
Toby Harrah           25   79    9   17   3   0   0    3   0   0    9   12  .215
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Dick Billings         14   15    0    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .200
Tim Cullen            28  108   10   20   1   0   1    8   0   0    6   10  .185
Elliott Maddox        21   43    6    7   0   1   0    5   0   1    9   10  .163
Don Wert               6   13    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .154
Jim French            12   34    4    5   2   0   0    4   0   2    6    5  .147
Richie Scheinblum     22   43    5    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    8    4  .140
Tom Ragland            4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  A. Johnson (CAL)        125
  S. Alomar (CAL)         124
  B. Campaneris (OAK)     123
  F. Patek (KC)           119
  C. Tovar (MIN)          119
  R. Jackson (OAK)        117
  T. Oliva (MIN)          114
  D. Cater (NY)           110
  B. Oliver (KC)          109
  C. Rojas (KC)           109

Runs Scored:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           24
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     24
  D. Buford (BAL)          21
  S. Bando (OAK)           19
  J. Northrup (DET)        19
  J. Rudi (OAK)            19
  R. Smith (BOS)           18
  C. Rojas (KC)            16
  P. Schaal (KC)           16
  C. Tovar (MIN)           16

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           45
  C. Rojas (KC)            37
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       35
  C. Tovar (MIN)           35
  B. Murcer (NY)           33
  J. Northrup (DET)        33
  R. Smith (BOS)           33
  A. Johnson (CAL)         32
  P. Schaal (KC)           31
  D. Johnson (BAL)         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
  T. Munson (NY)            2
  B. Murcer (NY)            2
  D. Unser (WAS)            2
  R. White (NY)             2
  F. Alou (NY)              1

Home Runs:

  T. Oliva (MIN)            9
  B. Powell (BAL)           6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  N. Cash (DET)             5
  W. Horton (DET)           5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  R. Smith (BOS)            5
  J. Spencer (CAL)          5
  R. White (NY)             5
  B. Conigliaro (BOS)       4

RBI:

  H. Killebrew (MIN)       24
  B. Powell (BAL)          23
  J. Northrup (DET)        21
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     21
  S. Bando (OAK)           19
  T. Oliva (MIN)           19
  R. Smith (BOS)           19
  D. Johnson (BAL)         18
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        17
  L. Cardenas (MIN)        17

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:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     24
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      23
  S. Bando (OAK)           22
  H. Clarke (NY)           21
  A. Kaline (DET)          21
  G. Nettles (CLE)         21
  D. Mincher (OAK)         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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