Sunday May 9, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 9, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota       1044  136   291   55    3   18   125   14    6   92   140  .279
Boston           905  138   237   49    4   25   128    9    4  132   134  .262
Kansas City      973  109   245   38    6   13   106   22    9  107   169  .252
New York         906  106   226   29   10   16   102   19   12  114    94  .249
Chicago          946   92   235   40    4   17    84   12   14   83   134  .248
Detroit          913  107   221   35    4   24    97   13   10   93   146  .242
Baltimore        886  116   210   31    3   21   112    8    7  115   146  .237
Oakland         1050  137   245   49    1   27   123   20   13  140   210  .233
Washington       947  101   212   32    9   13    94    8    9  101   162  .224
California      1029  106   223   48    3   21   100   12    5   95   149  .217
Milwaukee        869   72   186   22    5   14    68   10    5   85   158  .214
Cleveland        927   83   196   29    3   14    78   16    4   92   138  .211

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         28  118   25   48  10   1   9   19   2   1    6    7  .407
Paul Schaal (KC)         29   92   17   31   4   3   1    9   2   0   21    6  .337
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   28  107   14   36   8   0   3   25   2   1   15   20  .336
Cookie Rojas (KC)        29  113   16   38   8   0   1   12   5   1   11    8  .336
Bobby Murcer (NY)        27  100   14   33   4   2   3   16   4   1   15    9  .330
Jim Northrup (DET)       27  105   20   34   8   1   3   21   5   2   15    4  .324
George Scott (BOS)       24   93   10   30   5   1   3   13   0   1   10   20  .323
Don Buford (BAL)         21   78   21   25   3   0   3    9   5   1   15    7  .321
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   27   92   25   29   7   1   4   21   2   1   26    6  .315
Reggie Smith (BOS)       27  108   18   34   7   0   5   19   1   1   13   12  .315

 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
Don Buford            21   78   21   25   3   0   3    9   5   1   15    7  .321
Davey Johnson         26   97   12   30   5   1   4   19   0   0    7    9  .309
Frank Robinson        23   77    8   23   4   0   1   11   1   0    9    5  .299
Mark Belanger         26   84   13   22   6   0   0    5   0   3   16    8  .262
Brooks Robinson       27  101   14   25   1   0   2    9   0   0   11   13  .248
Andy Etchebarren      12   36    2    8   0   0   1    3   0   2    3   11  .222
Boog Powell           26   96   15   21   5   0   7   24   0   0   18   12  .219
Paul Blair            26   98   12   21   4   1   1   11   1   0    7   17  .214
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
Merv Rettenmund       20   56    5   11   0   1   1    8   1   1   13   16  .196
Ellie Hendricks       17   56    3    8   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    7  .143
Chico Salmon           8   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .071
Curt Motton            3    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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
Joe Lahoud            18   18    3    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .333
Don Pavletich          8   15    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .333
George Scott          24   93   10   30   5   1   3   13   0   1   10   20  .323
Carl Yastrzemski      27   92   25   29   7   1   4   21   2   1   26    6  .315
Reggie Smith          27  108   18   34   7   0   5   19   1   1   13   12  .315
Billy Conigliaro      25   94   12   28   6   0   4   13   3   0   11   16  .298
John Kennedy          10   14    6    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    3  .286
Duane Josephson       26   90   10   22   4   0   2    9   1   0    9   10  .244
Rico Petrocelli       27   96   11   22   4   0   2   16   0   0   23   17  .229
Doug Griffin          27   90   12   20   4   1   0    2   1   0    9    9  .222
Luis Aparicio         23   99   15   21   6   0   3   17   1   0    9    9  .212
George Thomas          4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Mike Fiore            13   18    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   1    6    5  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Stephenson       13   24    3   10   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .417
Tony Gonzalez         17   21    3    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    5  .286
Chico Ruiz            12    7    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .286
Roger Repoz           20   36    9   10   3   0   2    9   0   2   17    5  .278
Alex Johnson          31  129   10   34   4   0   1    8   4   1    5   20  .264
Tony Conigliaro       29  102   10   26   9   0   2    7   1   0   10   15  .255
Ken McMullen          31  107    9   26   5   0   3    9   1   0   10   14  .243
Jim Fregosi           25   76    5   18   4   0   1    9   0   0   10    9  .237
Syd O'Brien           17   47   10   11   3   1   2    8   0   1    2    5  .234
Billy Cowan           10    9    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .222
Jerry Moses           24   74    6   15   2   0   3    8   0   0    2   13  .203
Sandy Alomar          31  129   11   25   4   2   0   12   5   1   10   13  .194
Jim Spencer           31  112   15   20   4   0   5    9   0   0   13   12  .179
Ken Berry             27   69    5   10   4   0   1    3   1   0    7    6  .145
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          15   18    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .389
Rich McKinney         20   49    2   18   2   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .367
Bill Melton           28  100    9   29   7   1   2   10   2   1   11   19  .290
Mike Andrews          27   89    9   25   7   0   2   12   2   1   13    7  .281
Carlos May            28  109   11   30   2   2   2   15   4   1    8   12  .275
Ed Herrmann           23   57    8   15   1   0   3    8   0   0    9    4  .263
Rick Reichardt        23   82    6   21   3   0   3    8   1   3    4    9  .256
Walt Williams         23   51    5   13   2   0   1    2   1   1    3    3  .255
Lee Richard           26   96   12   23   3   1   0    4   1   4    4   11  .240
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         16   40    3    9   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .225
Ed Stroud             21   56    8    8   2   0   0    0   1   2    6    6  .143
Chuck Brinkman         5    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .111
Mike Hershberger       1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .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             27  100   13   28   4   1   2    9   0   0   10   12  .280
Ted Uhlaender         23   59    6   15   2   0   0    5   1   1    3    5  .254
Ken Suarez             4   12    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Vada Pinson           27  107    8   26   4   0   1    7  10   0    7   10  .243
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Ted Ford              22   60    4   13   1   0   2    7   2   2    4   12  .217
Jack Heidemann        13   44    4    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    2   11  .205
Eddie Leon            23   64    6   13   1   0   0    2   0   0    6   11  .203
Ken Harrelson         26   89    7   17   2   0   2    8   1   0   12   12  .191
Roy Foster            19   45    2    8   0   1   2    4   1   0    2    6  .178
Graig Nettles         28   92   10   15   2   0   4   11   0   0   22    7  .163
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       21   57    7    8   2   0   1    3   1   1    7    7  .140

 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          27  105   20   34   8   1   3   21   5   2   15    4  .324
Bill Freehan          25   90    8   26   5   0   4    8   1   2    7   13  .289
Norm Cash             17   56    9   15   1   1   6   10   1   0    9    7  .268
Al Kaline             23   80   13   21   4   0   0    4   0   2   21   16  .263
Mickey Stanley        20   65    8   17   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    7  .262
Aurelio Rodriguez     27  105    8   25   3   0   2    9   3   0    6   17  .238
Gates Brown           10   18    3    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    1  .222
Ed Brinkman           27   95    6   21   4   0   0    6   0   1    6    8  .221
Willie Horton         24   91    8   19   3   0   5   15   0   3    6   20  .209
Dick McAuliffe        27  110   15   22   4   1   3   14   1   0   10   18  .200
Jim Price              6   12    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .167
Ike Brown              7    7    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .143
Kevin Collins          8    7    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
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           29   92   17   31   4   3   1    9   2   0   21    6  .337
Cookie Rojas          29  113   16   38   8   0   1   12   5   1   11    8  .336
Jerry May             10   27    2    8   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    8  .296
Amos Otis             26  104   14   28   4   0   4   11   9   0    9   15  .269
Dennis Paepke         13   27    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .259
Freddie Patek         29  123   12   31   5   1   0    8   5   2   12   16  .252
Gail Hopkins          13   16    1    4   0   1   1    4   0   0    2    1  .250
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Bob Oliver            29  113   12   27   3   0   3   12   0   0    4   30  .239
Ed Kirkpatrick        26   89   11   21   3   0   2   14   0   0   12   19  .236
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            22   72    8   15   2   0   0    4   0   3    8    4  .208
Bobby Knoop            7    5    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .200
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          10   10    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .400
Johnny Briggs         14   45    4   12   2   0   1    3   1   0    3   10  .267
Ellie Rodriguez       16   45    3   12   3   0   0    4   0   1    3    5  .267
Dave May              26   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
Mike Hegan            25   74    8   18   2   1   2    5   1   1    9   12  .243
Danny Walton          18   38    5    9   1   0   2    7   0   0    6   11  .237
Andy Kosco            14   39    3    9   2   1   1    9   0   0    5    7  .231
Ted Kubiak            25   83    6   19   1   2   0    4   0   1    9    6  .229
Rick Auerbach         18   49    3   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    4   11  .225
Bill Voss             23   74    6   16   0   0   3    7   0   0    4   10  .216
Phil Roof             18   47    2   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    4   12  .213
Roberto Pena          19   52    5   11   2   0   1    4   1   0    5    7  .212
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            28  118   25   48  10   1   9   19   2   1    6    7  .407
Harmon Killebrew      28  107   14   36   8   0   3   25   2   1   15   20  .336
Jim Holt              26   69    6   23   3   2   1   10   2   0    2    4  .333
Brant Alyea           20   48    4   16   4   0   0    9   0   1    7    6  .333
Steve Braun           22   42    9   14   2   0   0    7   1   0    5    2  .333
Cesar Tovar           28  119   16   35   7   0   0    5   4   2   13   11  .294
Leo Cardenas          30  108   11   29   7   0   2   18   1   0   11    6  .269
Rod Carew             25  100   14   25   4   0   1    8   1   1    4   10  .250
Rick Renick            8    8    1    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .250
Danny Thompson        13   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
George Mitterwald     26   68    2   15   3   0   0    1   0   0    8   14  .221
Rich Reese            28   86   10   15   1   0   0    6   1   0    7    7  .174
Paul Powell           16   29    7    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   12  .172
Chuck Manuel           8    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .167
Tom Tischinski        11   14    0    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .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
John Ellis            11   24    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   11    2  .333
Bobby Murcer          27  100   14   33   4   2   3   16   4   1   15    9  .330
Roy White             25   87   14   25   3   2   6   16   2   3   13    9  .287
Horace Clarke         27  108   15   29   5   1   0    9   4   2   21    6  .269
Felipe Alou           20   79   11   20   3   1   3    9   2   1    8    8  .253
Gene Michael          25   80    6   20   4   0   0   12   2   2   14    8  .250
Danny Cater           27  114   13   28   4   1   0    8   0   1    3    7  .246
Ron Hansen            10   25    1    6   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .240
Thurman Munson        17   64    7   15   1   2   1    9   2   1   10    4  .234
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            8   21    4    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    1  .286
Joe Rudi              30  113   21   30   6   0   4   15   1   0   13   11  .266
Sal Bando             32  111   19   28   8   0   5   20   0   1   22   20  .252
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Tommy Davis           14   25    1    6   3   0   0   10   0   0    4    2  .240
Don Mincher           28   92    9   22   6   1   2    8   1   1   20   14  .239
Reggie Jackson        32  125   16   29   6   0   5   15   5   2   14   40  .232
Rick Monday           26   83   12   19   3   0   3   10   2   2   18   23  .229
Dave Duncan           26   88    9   20   2   0   2    8   0   1    9   13  .227
Dick Green            31   99   14   22   2   0   4   17   1   0   18   22  .222
Bert Campaneris       30  130   15   28   6   0   0    6   8   3    6   15  .215
Angel Mangual         15   28    5    6   2   0   1    3   0   2    2    5  .214
Larry Brown            4   14    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .214
Steve Hovley          10   15    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    4  .200
Mike Epstein           1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
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             26   78    7   25   5   2   2    6   2   1    5   10  .321
Frank Howard          27  101   11   29   4   0   3    9   1   0   11   20  .287
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
Tommy McCraw          23   61   14   16   2   2   3    6   1   2    6    8  .262
Mike Epstein          24   85    6   21   1   1   1    9   1   0   12   31  .247
Joe Foy               25   79    7   18   5   0   0    9   2   1   13    6  .228
Toby Harrah           26   82    9   18   3   0   0    4   0   0    9   12  .220
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Dick Billings         15   15    0    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .200
Tim Cullen            29  112   12   22   1   1   1    9   0   0    6   10  .196
Elliott Maddox        22   48    6    8   0   1   0    5   0   1    9   12  .167
Jim French            13   37    6    6   2   0   0    4   0   2    7    5  .162
Don Wert               6   13    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .154
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:

  B. Campaneris (OAK)     130
  S. Alomar (CAL)         129
  A. Johnson (CAL)        129
  R. Jackson (OAK)        125
  F. Patek (KC)           123
  C. Tovar (MIN)          119
  T. Oliva (MIN)          118
  D. Cater (NY)           114
  B. Oliver (KC)          113
  C. Rojas (KC)           113

Runs Scored:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           25
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     25
  D. Buford (BAL)          21
  J. Rudi (OAK)            21
  J. Northrup (DET)        20
  S. Bando (OAK)           19
  R. Smith (BOS)           18
  P. Schaal (KC)           17
  R. Jackson (OAK)         16
  C. Rojas (KC)            16

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           48
  C. Rojas (KC)            38
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       36
  C. Tovar (MIN)           35
  A. Johnson (CAL)         34
  J. Northrup (DET)        34
  R. Smith (BOS)           34
  B. Murcer (NY)           33
  F. Patek (KC)            31
  P. Schaal (KC)           31

Doubles:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           10
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       9
  S. Bando (OAK)            8
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        8
  J. Northrup (DET)         8
  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  M. Andrews (CHI)          7
  L. Cardenas (MIN)         7
  B. Melton (CHI)           7
  R. Smith (BOS)            7

Triples:

  P. Schaal (KC)            3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  J. Holt (MIN)             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

Home Runs:

  T. Oliva (MIN)            9
  B. Powell (BAL)           7
  N. Cash (DET)             6
  R. White (NY)             6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  W. Horton (DET)           5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  R. Smith (BOS)            5
  J. Spencer (CAL)          5
  B. Conigliaro (BOS)       4

RBI:

  H. Killebrew (MIN)       25
  B. Powell (BAL)          24
  J. Northrup (DET)        21
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     21
  S. Bando (OAK)           20
  D. Johnson (BAL)         19
  T. Oliva (MIN)           19
  R. Smith (BOS)           19
  L. Cardenas (MIN)        18
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        17

Stolen Bases:

  V. Pinson (CLE)          10
  A. Otis (KC)              9
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       8
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  D. Buford (BAL)           5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  J. Northrup (DET)         5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  H. Clarke (NY)            4

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     26
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      23
  S. Bando (OAK)           22
  G. Nettles (CLE)         22
  H. Clarke (NY)           21
  A. Kaline (DET)          21
  P. Schaal (KC)           21
  D. Mincher (OAK)         20
  D. Green (OAK)           18
  R. Monday (OAK)          18

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         40
  M. Epstein (OAK)         33
  B. Oliver (KC)           30
  R. Monday (OAK)          23
  D. Green (OAK)           22
  T. Harper (MIL)          22
  S. Bando (OAK)           20
  W. Horton (DET)          20
  F. Howard (WAS)          20
  A. Johnson (CAL)         20

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