Saturday April 22, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 22, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          235   25    63    9    2    3    22    3    3   22    42  .268
New York         187   17    47    6    1    2    17    1    2   20    25  .251
Oakland          149   16    37    5    1    3    14    3    3   19    20  .248
Detroit          166   18    41   10    0    2    17    0    1    9    18  .247
Cleveland        195   19    47    5    0    4    17    5    0   18    24  .241
California       192   13    45    5    0    0    10    2    2   20    27  .234
Kansas City      270   13    59    9    1    1    13    3    2   14    37  .219
Boston           188   23    41    6    2    0    18    3    0   22    31  .218
Texas            182   18    39    9    1    2    15    7    4   22    37  .214
Baltimore        211   24    45   10    0    4    23    3    0   20    40  .213
Minnesota        137   18    28    4    0    5    18    1    2   17    29  .204
Milwaukee        123    9    19    2    1    4     9    1    1    7    19  .155

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Horace Clarke (NY)        5   21    2    9   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    2  .429
Vada Pinson (CAL)         6   19    2    8   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .421
Sandy Alomar (CAL)        6   22    2    9   1   0   0    1   1   2    4    1  .409
Dick Allen (CHI)          7   28    6   11   2   0   1    4   1   0    3    6  .393
Sal Bando (OAK)           5   18    4    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    1  .389
Carlos May (CHI)          7   26    4   10   1   0   2    8   1   1    4    2  .385
Doug Griffin (BOS)        6   17    3    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    1  .353
Mark Belanger (BAL)       7   23    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .348
Ray Fosse (CLE)           6   21    4    7   1   0   1    2   1   0    3    0  .333
Thurman Munson (NY)       6   21    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   1    4    2  .333

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mark Belanger          7   23    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .348
Terry Crowley          2    3    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Andy Etchebarren       4   11    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .273
Davey Johnson          7   24    1    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .250
Brooks Robinson        7   24    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .250
Paul Blair             7   27    5    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .222
Merv Rettenmund        7   24    5    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    2  .208
Don Buford             7   26    3    5   0   0   1    2   2   0    3    6  .192
Boog Powell            7   18    2    3   1   0   1    7   0   0    5    4  .167
Ellie Hendricks        4   13    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
Bobby Grich            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tom Shopay             2    1    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
Carlton Fisk           2    8    1    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    0    1  .375
Doug Griffin           6   17    3    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    1  .353
Duane Josephson        3    6    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Luis Aparicio          6   24    2    7   3   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .292
Reggie Smith           6   21    4    5   0   0   0    0   2   0    4    4  .238
Tommy Harper           6   21    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .191
Rico Petrocelli        6   22    3    3   0   1   0    3   0   0    2    4  .136
Carl Yastrzemski       6   22    3    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .136
Danny Cater            6   22    2    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .046
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
Art Kusnyer            3    8    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .500
Vada Pinson            6   19    2    8   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .421
Sandy Alomar           6   22    2    9   1   0   0    1   1   2    4    1  .409
Jim Spencer            6   23    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .217
Leo Cardenas           6   20    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    6    3  .200
Jeff Torborg           3   10    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Leroy Stanton          6   21    5    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .191
Mickey Rivers          6   22    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .136
Ken McMullen           6   23    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .130
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
Winston Llenas         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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
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
Jay Johnstone          5    7    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .429
Pat Kelly              5   15    4    6   2   2   0    1   0   1    2    2  .400
Dick Allen             7   28    6   11   2   0   1    4   1   0    3    6  .393
Jorge Orta             6   18    5    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    5  .389
Carlos May             7   26    4   10   1   0   2    8   1   1    4    2  .385
Walt Williams          5   13    0    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .385
Rich Morales           2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Melton            7   26    2    7   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    0  .269
Ed Herrmann            5   17    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .235
Tom Egan               6   10    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Luis Alvarado          3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Mike Andrews           7   27    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .111
Rick Reichardt         6   18    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    8  .056
Jim Qualls             4    2    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          2    6    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Ray Fosse              6   21    4    7   1   0   1    2   1   0    3    0  .333
Tommy McCraw           6   16    5    5   0   0   1    3   2   0    3    3  .313
Buddy Bell             6   20    2    5   1   0   1    5   2   0    1    1  .250
Alex Johnson           6   25    2    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .240
Del Unser              6   25    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .240
Graig Nettles          6   24    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .208
Frank Duffy            6   15    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    3  .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
Lou Camilli            2    2    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
Gates Brown            2    6    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Bill Freehan           4   15    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .333
Norm Cash              5   16    3    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    0  .313
Aurelio Rodriguez      5   20    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .300
Ed Brinkman            5   17    3    5   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .294
Willie Horton          5   17    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .294
Mickey Stanley         4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Dick McAuliffe         5   18    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .222
Al Kaline              4   15    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Jim Northrup           4   15    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .133
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

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Hovley           5    9    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .444
Richie Scheinblum      3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ed Kirkpatrick         2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .286
Bob Oliver             8   30    3    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    6  .267
Lou Piniella           8   31    2    8   2   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .258
Cookie Rojas           8   31    2    8   1   0   0    0   1   1    2    1  .258
John Mayberry          8   30    0    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .233
Jerry May              6   22    1    5   3   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .227
Paul Schaal            8   28    4    5   1   1   0    0   1   0    5    3  .179
Bobby Floyd            8   26    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .154
Amos Otis              7   24    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .125
Ron Hansen             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Gail Hopkins           3    2    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
Joe Lahoud             4   13    2    4   0   1   1    2   1   0    1    2  .308
Ron Theobald           4   11    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    0  .273
Johnny Briggs          4   15    3    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .267
Paul Ratliff           2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Bill Voss              2    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .143
Dave May               4   16    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .125
Darrell Porter         3    8    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .125
George Scott           4   16    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .063
Rick Auerbach          4   17    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    3  .059
Billy Conigliaro       2    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Brock Davis            2    2    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        2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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           4   10    1    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .600
Horace Clarke          5   21    2    9   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    2  .429
Thurman Munson         6   21    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   1    4    2  .333
Bernie Allen           2    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Rich McKinney          6   23    2    6   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .261
Bobby Murcer           6   23    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .217
Felipe Alou            4   14    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .214
Roy White              6   22    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .182
Gene Michael           5   13    1    2   0   1   0    4   0   0    3    0  .154
Johnny Callison        4   11    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .091
Rusty Torres           4    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .000
Jerry Kenney           3    4    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
Len Randle             6   25    3    8   4   0   0    6   1   1    1    6  .320
Toby Harrah            6   19    4    6   1   1   0    0   0   0    2    3  .316
Dave Nelson            6   23    3    7   0   0   1    2   3   0    3    4  .304
Elliott Maddox         6    8    2    2   1   0   0    0   2   0    2    1  .250
Frank Howard           6   22    2    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .227
Larry Biittner         5   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   2    1    3  .167
Hal King               4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .143
Don Mincher            3    9    1    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    1  .111
Dick Billings          4   12    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .083
Joe Lovitto            6   18    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    3    5  .056
Ted Kubiak             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  L. Piniella (KC)         31
  C. Rojas (KC)            31
  J. Mayberry (KC)         30
  B. Oliver (KC)           30
  D. Allen (CHI)           28
  P. Schaal (KC)           28
  M. Andrews (CHI)         27
  P. Blair (BAL)           27
  D. Buford (BAL)          26
  B. Floyd (KC)            26

Runs Scored:

  D. Allen (CHI)            6
  P. Blair (BAL)            5
  T. McCraw (CLE)           5
  J. Orta (CHI)             5
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       5
  L. Stanton (CAL)          5
  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  B. Darwin (MIN)           4
  R. Fosse (CLE)            4
  T. Harper (BOS)           4

Hits:

  D. Allen (CHI)           11
  C. May (CHI)             10
  S. Alomar (CAL)           9
  H. Clarke (NY)            9
  M. Belanger (BAL)         8
  B. Oliver (KC)            8
  L. Piniella (KC)          8
  V. Pinson (CAL)           8
  L. Randle (TEX)           8
  C. Rojas (KC)             8

Doubles:

  L. Randle (TEX)           4
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         3
  J. May (KC)               3
  J. Rudi (OAK)             3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  R. Blomberg (NY)          2
  E. Brinkman (DET)         2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  F. Howard (TEX)           2

Triples:

  P. Kelly (CHI)            2
  C. Fisk (BOS)             1
  T. Harrah (TEX)           1
  J. Lahoud (MIL)           1
  G. Michael (NY)           1
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       1
  J. Rudi (OAK)             1
  P. Schaal (KC)            1

Home Runs:

  B. Darwin (MIN)           3
  D. Duncan (OAK)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  B. Bell (CLE)             1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  E. Brinkman (DET)         1
  D. Buford (BAL)           1
  N. Cash (DET)             1

RBI:

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

Stolen Bases:

  D. Nelson (TEX)           3
  B. Bell (CLE)             2
  D. Buford (BAL)           2
  E. Maddox (TEX)           2
  T. McCraw (CLE)           2
  R. Smith (BOS)            2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  S. Alomar (CAL)           1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  S. Brye (MIN)             1

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  L. Cardenas (CAL)         6
  F. Duffy (CLE)            5
  D. Griffin (BOS)          5
  T. Harper (BOS)           5
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        5
  H. King (TEX)             5
  B. Powell (BAL)           5
  P. Schaal (KC)            5
  S. Alomar (CAL)           4
  B. Brooks (OAK)           4

Strikeouts:

  R. Reichardt (CHI)        8
  D. Allen (CHI)            6
  D. Buford (BAL)           6
  D. Johnson (BAL)          6
  B. Oliver (KC)            6
  L. Randle (TEX)           6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          6
  W. Wood (CHI)             6
  M. Andrews (CHI)          5
  T. Harper (BOS)           5

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