Friday April 21, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 21, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          173   21    47    7    2    2    19    3    3   20    37  .272
California       163   13    41    5    0    0    10    2    2   15    25  .252
Oakland          149   16    37    5    1    3    14    3    3   19    20  .248
New York         146   10    34    4    1    1    10    1    2   17    18  .233
Baltimore        180   22    41    9    0    3    21    2    0   18    33  .228
Kansas City      204   11    45    8    0    1    11    2    1   10    28  .221
Detroit          127   10    28    6    0    2    10    0    0    4    12  .221
Cleveland        158   10    34    3    0    1     9    4    0   12    21  .215
Minnesota        137   18    28    4    0    5    18    1    2   17    29  .204
Texas            152   13    31    4    0    2    11    6    3   14    30  .204
Boston           150   12    29    3    1    0    12    3    0   16    29  .193
Milwaukee         95    7    17    2    1    3     7    1    1    3    12  .179

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sandy Alomar (CAL)        5   18    2    9   1   0   0    1   1   2    4    1  .500
Bobby Darwin (MIN)        4   14    4    7   1   0   3    8   0   1    4    2  .500
Dick Green (OAK)          5   15    0    7   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .467
Dick Allen (CHI)          5   20    5    8   2   0   1    4   1   0    3    5  .400
Mark Belanger (BAL)       6   20    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Carlos May (CHI)          5   20    3    8   1   0   1    6   1   1    3    2  .400
Horace Clarke (NY)        4   15    1    6   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    2  .400
Sal Bando (OAK)           5   18    4    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    1  .389
Doug Griffin (BOS)        5   13    2    5   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    1  .385
Vada Pinson (CAL)         5   16    2    6   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .375

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mark Belanger          6   20    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Andy Etchebarren       4   11    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .273
Paul Blair             6   24    4    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    2  .250
Davey Johnson          6   20    1    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .250
Brooks Robinson        6   20    1    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .250
Merv Rettenmund        6   21    5    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .238
Don Buford             6   22    3    5   0   0   1    2   1   0    3    4  .227
Boog Powell            6   17    2    3   1   0   1    7   0   0    5    4  .177
Ellie Hendricks        3    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Don Baylor             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Terry Crowley          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bobby Grich            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tom Shopay             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Montgomery         2    6    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .667
Doug Griffin           5   13    2    5   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    1  .385
Duane Josephson        3    6    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Carlton Fisk           1    3    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Luis Aparicio          5   19    0    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .263
Tommy Harper           5   17    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    5  .235
Reggie Smith           5   18    2    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    3  .167
Rico Petrocelli        5   18    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .111
Danny Cater            5   17    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .059
Carl Yastrzemski       5   19    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .053
Bob Burda              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Phil Gagliano          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ben Oglivie            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rick Miller            2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sandy Alomar           5   18    2    9   1   0   0    1   1   2    4    1  .500
Art Kusnyer            2    6    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500
Vada Pinson            5   16    2    6   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .375
Leo Cardenas           5   17    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .235
Leroy Stanton          5   18    5    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .222
Jim Spencer            5   19    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .211
Jeff Torborg           3   10    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Ken McMullen           5   19    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .158
Mickey Rivers          5   19    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .158
Tom Silverio           3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Billy Cowan            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Syd O'Brien            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Joe Azcue              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Winston Llenas         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ken Berry              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pat Kelly              4   11    4    5   2   2   0    1   0   1    2    2  .455
Dick Allen             5   20    5    8   2   0   1    4   1   0    3    5  .400
Carlos May             5   20    3    8   1   0   1    6   1   1    3    2  .400
Walt Williams          4   10    0    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .400
Jorge Orta             5   14    4    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    5  .357
Tom Egan               4    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Melton            5   19    2    6   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    0  .316
Ed Herrmann            4   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .214
Luis Alvarado          3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Mike Andrews           5   19    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .105
Rick Reichardt         5   15    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .067
Jay Johnstone          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Jim Qualls             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rich Morales           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jack Brohamer          1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Tommy McCraw           5   13    4    5   0   0   1    3   2   0    1    3  .385
Del Unser              5   21    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .238
Ray Fosse              5   17    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .235
Frank Duffy            5   13    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .231
Graig Nettles          5   19    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .211
Buddy Bell             5   15    1    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    1  .200
Eddie Leon             5   18    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .167
Chris Chambliss        2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Alex Johnson           5   20    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .150
Lou Camilli            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Roy Foster             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
John Lowenstein        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Adolfo Phillips        3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Freehan           3   10    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .400
Willie Horton          4   13    1    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .385
Ed Brinkman            4   13    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Aurelio Rodriguez      4   16    0    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .250
Norm Cash              4   12    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Mickey Stanley         3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Al Kaline              4   15    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Dick McAuliffe         4   12    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .083
Jim Northrup           3   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .083
Tom Haller             1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Paul Jata              1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tony Taylor            1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Gates Brown            1    1    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
Richie Scheinblum      2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Steve Hovley           3    9    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .444
Cookie Rojas           6   23    2    7   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .304
John Mayberry          6   23    0    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .261
Bob Oliver             6   23    2    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    4  .261
Lou Piniella           6   23    1    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    0  .261
Bobby Floyd            6   20    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .200
Amos Otis              5   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .177
Jerry May              5   18    1    3   3   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Paul Schaal            6   21    4    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .095
Ed Kirkpatrick         1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .000
Gail Hopkins           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ron Hansen             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           3    8    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    0  .375
Joe Lahoud             3    9    1    3   0   1   0    0   1   0    1    1  .333
Johnny Briggs          3   12    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .250
Paul Ratliff           2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Dave May               3   12    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .167
Darrell Porter         2    6    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Bill Voss              2    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .143
George Scott           3   12    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .083
Rick Auerbach          3   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .077
Billy Conigliaro       1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Brock Davis            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Ferraro           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Heise              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tommie Reynolds        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ellie Rodriguez        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Darwin           4   14    4    7   1   0   3    8   0   1    4    2  .500
Jim Nettles            3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Steve Braun            3    6    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .333
Cesar Tovar            4   16    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .313
Rod Carew              4   18    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .278
Chuck Manuel           3    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Danny Thompson         4   16    2    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .188
Harmon Killebrew       4   13    2    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    5    3  .154
Eric Soderholm         3   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Steve Brye             3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .000
Phil Roof              2    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .000
Rick Dempsey           2    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
George Mitterwald      1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rich Reese             2    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rick Renick            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Ellis             2    2    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ron Swoboda            1    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ron Blomberg           3    8    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .625
Horace Clarke          4   15    1    6   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    2  .400
Bernie Allen           1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Thurman Munson         5   16    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    2  .313
Felipe Alou            3    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .222
Gene Michael           4    9    0    2   0   1   0    3   0   0    3    0  .222
Bobby Murcer           5   19    2    4   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .211
Roy White              5   18    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .167
Rich McKinney          5   19    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .158
Johnny Callison        3   10    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .000
Rusty Torres           3    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Jerry Kenney           2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dick Green             5   15    0    7   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .467
Sal Bando              5   18    4    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    1  .389
Mike Epstein           5   13    2    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    4    0  .308
Joe Rudi               5   21    4    6   3   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .286
Dave Duncan            3   11    2    3   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    2  .273
Gene Tenace            3    9    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .222
Reggie Jackson         5   17    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .177
Bobby Brooks           5   15    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    4  .133
Bert Campaneris        5   18    0    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    3    4  .111
Brant Alyea            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Hegan             4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
George Hendrick        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Larry Brown            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tom Grieve             3   11    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    4  .364
Dave Nelson            5   21    2    7   0   0   1    2   2   0    0    4  .333
Len Randle             5   20    1    6   2   0   0    5   1   1    1    4  .300
Toby Harrah            5   15    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .267
Elliott Maddox         5    8    2    2   1   0   0    0   2   0    2    1  .250
Hal King               3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .200
Frank Howard           5   18    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .167
Larry Biittner         4    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .111
Dick Billings          3   11    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .091
Joe Lovitto            5   15    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    5  .067
Don Mincher            2    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Ted Kubiak             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  P. Blair (BAL)           24
  J. Mayberry (KC)         23
  B. Oliver (KC)           23
  L. Piniella (KC)         23
  C. Rojas (KC)            23
  D. Buford (BAL)          22
  D. Nelson (TEX)          21
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)      21
  J. Rudi (OAK)            21
  P. Schaal (KC)           21

Runs Scored:

  D. Allen (CHI)            5
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       5
  L. Stanton (CAL)          5
  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  P. Blair (BAL)            4
  B. Darwin (MIN)           4
  P. Kelly (CHI)            4
  T. McCraw (CLE)           4
  J. Orta (CHI)             4
  J. Rudi (OAK)             4

Hits:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           9
  D. Allen (CHI)            8
  M. Belanger (BAL)         8
  C. May (CHI)              8
  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  B. Darwin (MIN)           7
  D. Green (OAK)            7
  D. Nelson (TEX)           7
  C. Rojas (KC)             7
  P. Blair (BAL)            6

Doubles:

  J. May (KC)               3
  J. Rudi (OAK)             3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  D. Johnson (BAL)          2
  P. Kelly (CHI)            2
  B. Murcer (NY)            2
  L. Randle (TEX)           2

Triples:

  P. Kelly (CHI)            2
  C. Fisk (BOS)             1
  J. Lahoud (MIL)           1
  G. Michael (NY)           1
  J. Rudi (OAK)             1

Home Runs:

  B. Darwin (MIN)           3
  D. Duncan (OAK)           2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  E. Brinkman (DET)         1
  D. Buford (BAL)           1
  N. Cash (DET)             1
  M. Epstein (OAK)          1
  F. Howard (TEX)           1

RBI:

  B. Darwin (MIN)           8
  B. Powell (BAL)           7
  C. May (CHI)              6
  L. Randle (TEX)           5
  D. Allen (CHI)            4
  P. Blair (BAL)            4
  M. Epstein (OAK)          4
  D. Thompson (MIN)         4
  E. Brinkman (DET)         3
  D. Duncan (OAK)           3

Stolen Bases:

  B. Bell (CLE)             2
  E. Maddox (TEX)           2
  T. McCraw (CLE)           2
  D. Nelson (TEX)           2
  R. Smith (BOS)            2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  S. Alomar (CAL)           1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  S. Brye (MIN)             1
  D. Buford (BAL)           1

Caught Stealing:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  R. Auerbach (MIL)         1
  L. Biittner (TEX)         1
  B. Brooks (OAK)           1
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       1
  H. Clarke (NY)            1
  B. Darwin (MIN)           1
  D. Green (OAK)            1
  T. Grieve (TEX)           1
  P. Kelly (CHI)            1

Walks:

  L. Cardenas (CAL)         5
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        5
  B. Powell (BAL)           5
  S. Alomar (CAL)           4
  B. Brooks (OAK)           4
  B. Darwin (MIN)           4
  M. Epstein (OAK)          4
  D. Griffin (BOS)          4
  T. Harper (BOS)           4
  H. King (TEX)             4

Strikeouts:

  R. Reichardt (CHI)        6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          6
  W. Wood (CHI)             6
  D. Allen (CHI)            5
  M. Andrews (CHI)          5
  T. Harper (BOS)           5
  J. Lovitto (TEX)          5
  J. Orta (CHI)             5
  G. Perry (CLE)            5
  B. Brooks (OAK)           4


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