Monday April 24, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 24, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          266   28    71   11    3    4    24    3    3   24    43  .267
New York         187   17    47    6    1    2    17    1    2   20    25  .251
Cleveland        222   21    55    7    0    4    18    6    1   21    26  .248
Detroit          199   18    49   10    0    2    17    0    1   14    23  .246
Minnesota        171   26    41    8    1    6    25    1    2   17    32  .240
California       259   19    62    7    0    3    16    4    2   27    42  .239
Kansas City      306   15    70   11    1    1    14    3    2   17    39  .229
Oakland          177   20    40    5    2    4    18    3    3   20    23  .226
Texas            241   29    54   10    1    3    26    9    5   36    49  .224
Boston           188   23    41    6    2    0    18    3    0   22    31  .218
Baltimore        242   25    52   12    0    4    24    3    0   23    47  .215
Milwaukee        152   12    26    4    1    5    12    2    1   12    24  .171

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Darwin (MIN)        5   18    5    9   1   0   4   10   0   1    4    2  .500
Dick Allen (CHI)          8   31    8   14   2   1   2    6   1   0    4    6  .452
Horace Clarke (NY)        5   21    2    9   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    2  .429
Vada Pinson (CAL)         8   26    2   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .385
Toby Harrah (TEX)         8   24    5    9   1   1   0    3   0   0    5    3  .375
Sandy Alomar (CAL)        8   30    4   11   1   0   0    1   3   2    5    2  .367
Carlos May (CHI)          8   30    4   11   2   0   2    8   1   1    4    2  .367
Jorge Orta (CHI)          7   22    6    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    5  .364
Ray Fosse (CLE)           7   25    4    9   1   0   1    2   1   0    3    0  .360
Doug Griffin (BOS)        6   17    3    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    1  .353

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Crowley          3    7    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .429
Mark Belanger          8   26    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .308
Andy Etchebarren       4   11    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .273
Brooks Robinson        8   28    1    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .250
Paul Blair             8   31    5    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    5  .226
Don Buford             8   28    3    6   0   0   1    2   2   0    5    6  .214
Davey Johnson          8   28    1    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    7  .214
Merv Rettenmund        7   24    5    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    2  .208
Don Baylor             2    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Boog Powell            7   18    2    3   1   0   1    7   0   0    5    4  .167
Ellie Hendricks        5   16    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .063
Tom Shopay             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Bobby Grich            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    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
Vada Pinson            8   26    2   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .385
Sandy Alomar           8   30    4   11   1   0   0    1   3   2    5    2  .367
Art Kusnyer            4   11    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .364
Leo Cardenas           8   29    2    8   0   0   2    4   0   0    6    5  .276
Ken Berry              3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Jeff Torborg           4   14    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .214
Jim Spencer            8   29    3    6   1   0   1    1   0   0    3    4  .207
Mickey Rivers          8   27    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .185
Leroy Stanton          7   24    5    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    6  .167
Winston Llenas         4    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .167
Ken McMullen           7   25    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .160
Tom Silverio           4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Syd O'Brien            3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Billy Cowan            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Joe Azcue              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dick Allen             8   31    8   14   2   1   2    6   1   0    4    6  .452
Walt Williams          5   13    0    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .385
Pat Kelly              6   19    4    7   2   2   0    1   0   1    2    2  .368
Carlos May             8   30    4   11   2   0   2    8   1   1    4    2  .367
Jorge Orta             7   22    6    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    5  .364
Jay Johnstone          6   11    0    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .364
Rich Morales           2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Melton            8   30    2    8   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    0  .267
Ed Herrmann            5   17    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .235
Luis Alvarado          3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Tom Egan               7   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .154
Mike Andrews           8   29    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .103
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              7   25    4    9   1   0   1    2   1   0    3    0  .360
Tommy McCraw           7   19    5    6   0   0   1    3   3   0    3    3  .316
Del Unser              7   28    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .250
Alex Johnson           7   29    2    7   0   0   1    3   0   1    0    2  .241
Graig Nettles          7   27    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .222
Buddy Bell             7   24    2    5   1   0   1    5   2   0    1    1  .208
Eddie Leon             6   20    0    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .200
Frank Duffy            7   17    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .177
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            3   10    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Norm Cash              6   19    3    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    0  .368
Bill Freehan           5   18    1    6   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .333
Ed Brinkman            6   21    3    6   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .286
Al Kaline              5   16    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Paul Jata              2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Mickey Stanley         4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Aurelio Rodriguez      6   25    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .240
Willie Horton          6   21    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .238
Dick McAuliffe         6   19    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .211
Jim Northrup           5   19    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .105
Tony Taylor            2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Tom Haller             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           6   10    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .400
Ed Kirkpatrick         2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .286
John Mayberry          9   34    0    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .265
Bob Oliver             9   34    3    9   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    7  .265
Cookie Rojas           9   36    2    9   1   0   0    0   1   1    2    1  .250
Richie Scheinblum      4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Jerry May              7   25    1    6   3   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .240
Lou Piniella           9   34    2    8   2   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .235
Paul Schaal            9   32    4    7   2   1   0    0   1   0    6    3  .219
Amos Otis              8   29    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .172
Bobby Floyd            9   29    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .138
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
Joe Keough             1    0    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
Mike Ferraro           2    2    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Bob Heise              2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Johnny Briggs          5   17    4    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .294
Joe Lahoud             5   17    2    5   0   1   1    2   1   0    1    3  .294
Paul Ratliff           2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Ron Theobald           5   13    3    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    0  .231
Bill Voss              2    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .143
Billy Conigliaro       3    9    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .111
Dave May               5   19    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    3  .105
George Scott           5   20    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .100
Rick Auerbach          5   21    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    4  .095
Darrell Porter         4   11    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .091
Brock Davis            2    2    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           5   18    5    9   1   0   4   10   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
Danny Thompson         5   20    2    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .300
Cesar Tovar            5   21    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    2  .286
Chuck Manuel           3    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Rod Carew              5   21    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .238
Phil Roof              3   11    3    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .182
Harmon Killebrew       5   17    3    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    5    5  .177
Eric Soderholm         4   15    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .133
Steve Brye             4   11    1    1   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    2  .091
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             3    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             6   17    1    8   1   1   0    3   0   1    1    1  .471
Sal Bando              6   22    4    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    1  .318
Mike Epstein           6   15    3    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    1  .267
Joe Rudi               6   25    4    6   3   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .240
Gene Tenace            3    9    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .222
Dave Duncan            4   14    2    3   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    2  .214
Reggie Jackson         6   21    3    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .191
Bobby Brooks           6   18    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    4  .167
Bert Campaneris        6   22    0    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    3    5  .091
Mike Hegan             5    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Brant Alyea            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
George Hendrick        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Curt Blefary           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .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
Toby Harrah            8   24    5    9   1   1   0    3   0   0    5    3  .375
Tom Grieve             3   11    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    4  .364
Dave Nelson            8   31    5    9   0   0   1    2   4   0    4    6  .290
Len Randle             8   34    4    9   4   0   0    6   2   1    1    8  .265
Larry Biittner         7   17    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   3    1    3  .235
Frank Howard           7   26    3    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .192
Elliott Maddox         8   11    2    2   1   0   0    0   2   0    4    3  .182
Don Mincher            5   17    3    3   2   0   1    5   0   0    6    3  .177
Hal King               6   12    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    8    4  .167
Dick Billings          5   13    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .154
Joe Lovitto            8   23    3    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    6    5  .130
Jim Driscoll           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    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:

  C. Rojas (KC)            36
  J. Mayberry (KC)         34
  B. Oliver (KC)           34
  L. Piniella (KC)         34
  L. Randle (TEX)          34
  P. Schaal (KC)           32
  D. Allen (CHI)           31
  P. Blair (BAL)           31
  D. Nelson (TEX)          31
  S. Alomar (CAL)          30

Runs Scored:

  D. Allen (CHI)            8
  J. Orta (CHI)             6
  P. Blair (BAL)            5
  B. Darwin (MIN)           5
  T. Harrah (TEX)           5
  T. McCraw (CLE)           5
  D. Nelson (TEX)           5
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       5
  L. Stanton (CAL)          5
  S. Alomar (CAL)           4

Hits:

  D. Allen (CHI)           14
  S. Alomar (CAL)          11
  C. May (CHI)             11
  V. Pinson (CAL)          10
  H. Clarke (NY)            9
  B. Darwin (MIN)           9
  R. Fosse (CLE)            9
  T. Harrah (TEX)           9
  J. Mayberry (KC)          9
  D. Nelson (TEX)           9

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
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  S. Brye (MIN)             1
  C. Fisk (BOS)             1
  D. Green (OAK)            1
  T. Harrah (TEX)           1
  J. Lahoud (MIL)           1
  G. Michael (NY)           1
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       1
  J. Rudi (OAK)             1

Home Runs:

  B. Darwin (MIN)           4
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         2
  D. Duncan (OAK)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  B. Bell (CLE)             1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  E. Brinkman (DET)         1
  D. Buford (BAL)           1

RBI:

  B. Darwin (MIN)          10
  C. May (CHI)              8
  B. Powell (BAL)           7
  D. Allen (CHI)            6
  L. Randle (TEX)           6
  B. Bell (CLE)             5
  D. Mincher (TEX)          5
  D. Thompson (MIN)         5
  P. Blair (BAL)            4
  E. Brinkman (DET)         4

Stolen Bases:

  D. Nelson (TEX)           4
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  T. McCraw (CLE)           3
  B. Bell (CLE)             2
  D. Buford (BAL)           2
  E. Maddox (TEX)           2
  L. Randle (TEX)           2
  R. Smith (BOS)            2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  R. Auerbach (MIL)         1

Caught Stealing:

  L. Biittner (TEX)         3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           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:

  H. King (TEX)             8
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         6
  F. Duffy (CLE)            6
  J. Lovitto (TEX)          6
  D. Mincher (TEX)          6
  P. Schaal (KC)            6
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  D. Buford (BAL)           5
  M. Epstein (OAK)          5
  D. Griffin (BOS)          5

Strikeouts:

  L. Randle (TEX)           8
  R. Reichardt (CHI)        8
  D. Johnson (BAL)          7
  B. Oliver (KC)            7
  D. Allen (CHI)            6
  D. Buford (BAL)           6
  D. Nelson (TEX)           6
  G. Perry (CLE)            6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          6
  W. Wood (CHI)             6

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