Tuesday April 25, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 25, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          298   34    82   12    4    4    29    4    4   28    51  .275
Minnesota        211   38    57   11    1    6    35    1    2   24    38  .270
Detroit          234   22    59   11    1    2    21    0    1   17    27  .252
Cleveland        253   21    62    7    0    4    18    9    2   24    32  .245
New York         231   20    56    7    1    3    20    2    2   23    33  .242
California       290   23    70    9    0    4    20    4    2   31    48  .241
Kansas City      337   18    78   11    2    1    17    5    2   20    44  .232
Oakland          219   24    48    7    3    5    22    3    3   22    27  .219
Texas            272   30    58   11    1    3    27   10    5   41    55  .213
Boston           219   23    45    7    2    0    18    3    0   24    33  .206
Baltimore        269   25    54   12    0    4    24    3    1   25    51  .201
Milwaukee        182   13    30    4    1    5    13    2    1   13    28  .165

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Darwin (MIN)        6   22    6   10   1   0   4   11   0   1    4    4  .455
Dick Allen (CHI)          9   34    9   15   2   1   2    6   1   0    5    7  .441
Carlos May (CHI)          9   33    5   13   2   0   2    9   1   2    5    3  .394
Pat Kelly (CHI)           7   23    5    9   2   2   0    1   1   1    2    2  .391
Vada Pinson (CAL)         8   26    2   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .385
Tommy McCraw (CLE)        8   22    5    8   0   0   1    3   5   0    4    3  .364
Jorge Orta (CHI)          8   25    7    9   1   1   0    4   0   0    1    5  .360
Sandy Alomar (CAL)        9   34    4   12   2   0   0    1   3   2    6    4  .353
Sal Bando (OAK)           7   27    4    9   1   1   0    3   1   0    3    2  .333
Horace Clarke (NY)        6   27    2    9   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    3  .333

 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
Andy Etchebarren       4   11    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .273
Mark Belanger          9   30    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .267
Paul Blair             9   34    5    8   1   0   1    4   0   1    1    6  .235
Brooks Robinson        9   31    1    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .226
Davey Johnson          9   30    1    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    7  .200
Don Baylor             2    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Don Buford             9   31    3    6   0   0   1    2   2   0    6    6  .194
Merv Rettenmund        8   27    5    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    3  .185
Boog Powell            8   21    2    3   1   0   1    7   0   0    5    4  .143
Ellie Hendricks        5   16    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .063
Johnny Oates           1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tom Shopay             4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .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
Duane Josephson        3    6    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Carlton Fisk           3   10    1    3   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    1  .300
Luis Aparicio          7   28    2    8   3   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Doug Griffin           7   21    3    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    1  .286
Reggie Smith           7   25    4    6   0   0   0    0   2   0    4    5  .240
Tommy Harper           7   25    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    5  .160
Carl Yastrzemski       7   26    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .154
Rico Petrocelli        7   26    3    3   0   1   0    3   0   0    2    4  .115
Danny Cater            7   23    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .087
Bob Burda              3    3    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            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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
Ken Berry              4    7    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    3  .429
Vada Pinson            8   26    2   10   2   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .385
Art Kusnyer            4   11    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .364
Sandy Alomar           9   34    4   12   2   0   0    1   3   2    6    4  .353
Leo Cardenas           9   33    2    8   0   0   2    4   0   0    6    5  .242
Jim Spencer            9   33    4    8   1   0   1    1   0   0    3    4  .242
Jeff Torborg           5   17    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .235
Winston Llenas         5   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Mickey Rivers          8   27    0    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .185
Leroy Stanton          8   27    5    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .148
Ken McMullen           8   28    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .143
Tom Silverio           5    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             9   34    9   15   2   1   2    6   1   0    5    7  .441
Carlos May             9   33    5   13   2   0   2    9   1   2    5    3  .394
Pat Kelly              7   23    5    9   2   2   0    1   1   1    2    2  .391
Walt Williams          5   13    0    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .385
Jorge Orta             8   25    7    9   1   1   0    4   0   0    1    5  .360
Rich Morales           2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Melton            9   34    3   10   0   0   0    4   0   1    4    0  .294
Jay Johnstone          7   14    0    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .286
Ed Herrmann            6   21    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .191
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           9   33    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .152
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
Tommy McCraw           8   22    5    8   0   0   1    3   5   0    4    3  .364
Ray Fosse              8   29    4    9   1   0   1    2   1   0    3    0  .310
Alex Johnson           8   33    2    9   0   0   1    3   0   1    0    2  .273
Del Unser              8   32    2    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .250
Graig Nettles          8   29    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .241
Frank Duffy            8   20    1    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    6    4  .200
Buddy Bell             8   28    2    5   1   0   1    5   2   0    1    1  .179
Eddie Leon             7   24    0    4   1   0   0    0   0   1    3    5  .167
Chris Chambliss        2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Lou Camilli            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Mickey Stanley         5    8    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Gates Brown            3   10    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .400
Bill Freehan           6   22    2    8   3   0   0    2   0   1    1    2  .364
Norm Cash              7   21    4    7   0   0   1    4   0   0    3    0  .333
Ed Brinkman            7   25    4    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .280
Aurelio Rodriguez      7   30    3    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .267
Paul Jata              2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Tony Taylor            3    9    0    2   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    0  .222
Dick McAuliffe         6   19    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .211
Willie Horton          7   25    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .200
Al Kaline              6   20    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Jim Northrup           5   19    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .105
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
John Mayberry         10   37    1   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .297
Ed Kirkpatrick         2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .286
Cookie Rojas          10   40    2   11   1   0   0    2   1   1    2    2  .275
Bob Oliver            10   38    4   10   1   1   1    4   0   0    1    8  .263
Jerry May              8   27    1    7   3   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .259
Richie Scheinblum      4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Lou Piniella          10   38    3    9   2   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .237
Paul Schaal           10   36    4    7   2   1   0    0   1   0    6    4  .194
Amos Otis              9   33    2    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    4  .182
Bobby Floyd            9   29    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .138
Freddie Patek          1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .000
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
Joe Lahoud             6   20    3    7   0   1   1    2   1   0    1    4  .350
Johnny Briggs          6   21    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .286
Paul Ratliff           2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Ron Theobald           6   16    3    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    0  .188
Bill Voss              2    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .143
Darrell Porter         4   11    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .091
Dave May               6   23    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    4  .087
Rick Auerbach          6   24    1    2   0   0   0    1   1   1    0    5  .083
George Scott           6   24    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .083
Billy Conigliaro       4   13    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    3  .077
Ellie Rodriguez        2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Brock Davis            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tommie Reynolds        3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dan Monzon             1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Bobby Darwin           6   22    6   10   1   0   4   11   0   1    4    4  .455
Steve Braun            4   11    4    5   2   0   0    5   0   0    1    2  .455
Jim Nettles            4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Rich Reese             4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Steve Brye             5   16    1    5   1   1   0    3   1   0    0    2  .313
Cesar Tovar            6   26    4    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    3  .308
Danny Thompson         6   26    3    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .269
Harmon Killebrew       6   20    4    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    6    6  .250
Chuck Manuel           3    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Rod Carew              6   22    4    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .227
Phil Roof              3   11    3    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .182
Eric Soderholm         4   15    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .133
Rick Dempsey           3   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .000
George Mitterwald      1    2    0    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           5   11    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .636
Horace Clarke          6   27    2    9   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    3  .333
Thurman Munson         7   27    3    9   1   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          7   27    2    7   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .259
Bobby Murcer           7   27    4    7   2   0   2    5   0   0    4    2  .259
Roy White              7   27    3    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    5  .259
Felipe Alou            5   19    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .158
Gene Michael           6   16    1    2   0   1   0    4   0   0    3    0  .125
Johnny Callison        5   15    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .067
Rusty Torres           5    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .000
Jerry Kenney           4    6    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
Curt Blefary           2    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Dick Green             7   21    1    8   1   1   0    3   0   1    1    1  .381
Sal Bando              7   27    4    9   1   1   0    3   1   0    3    2  .333
Mike Hegan             6    3    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Joe Rudi               7   30    5    8   3   1   0    0   0   0    1    4  .267
Dave Duncan            4   14    2    3   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    2  .214
Gene Tenace            4   14    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .214
Mike Epstein           7   20    3    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    2  .200
Reggie Jackson         7   25    3    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    4    5  .160
Bobby Brooks           7   22    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    4  .136
Bert Campaneris        7   27    1    3   0   0   0    0   1   1    3    5  .111
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
Larry Brown            2    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            9   28    5    9   1   1   0    3   0   0    5    4  .321
Tom Grieve             4   14    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    5  .286
Elliott Maddox         9   15    2    4   1   0   0    0   3   0    4    4  .267
Dave Nelson            9   34    6    9   0   0   1    2   4   0    5    6  .265
Len Randle             9   38    4    9   4   0   0    6   2   1    1    9  .237
Larry Biittner         8   18    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   3    1    3  .222
Frank Howard           8   29    3    6   3   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .207
Dick Billings          6   16    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .188
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
Joe Lovitto            9   23    3    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    7    5  .130
Jeff Burroughs         1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jim Driscoll           2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ted Kubiak             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ken Suarez             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  C. Rojas (KC)            40
  B. Oliver (KC)           38
  L. Piniella (KC)         38
  L. Randle (TEX)          38
  J. Mayberry (KC)         37
  P. Schaal (KC)           36
  D. Allen (CHI)           34
  S. Alomar (CAL)          34
  P. Blair (BAL)           34
  B. Melton (CHI)          34

Runs Scored:

  D. Allen (CHI)            9
  J. Orta (CHI)             7
  B. Darwin (MIN)           6
  D. Nelson (TEX)           6
  P. Blair (BAL)            5
  T. Harrah (TEX)           5
  P. Kelly (CHI)            5
  C. May (CHI)              5
  T. McCraw (CLE)           5
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       5

Hits:

  D. Allen (CHI)           15
  C. May (CHI)             13
  S. Alomar (CAL)          12
  J. Mayberry (KC)         11
  C. Rojas (KC)            11
  B. Darwin (MIN)          10
  B. Melton (CHI)          10
  B. Oliver (KC)           10
  V. Pinson (CAL)          10
  S. Bando (OAK)            9

Doubles:

  L. Randle (TEX)           4
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         3
  B. Freehan (DET)          3
  F. Howard (TEX)           3
  J. May (KC)               3
  J. Rudi (OAK)             3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  R. Blomberg (NY)          2
  S. Braun (MIN)            2

Triples:

  P. Kelly (CHI)            2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  S. Bando (OAK)            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
  B. Oliver (KC)            1

Home Runs:

  B. Darwin (MIN)           4
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         2
  D. Duncan (OAK)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  B. Murcer (NY)            2
  B. Bell (CLE)             1
  K. Berry (CAL)            1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1

RBI:

  B. Darwin (MIN)          11
  C. May (CHI)              9
  B. Powell (BAL)           7
  D. Allen (CHI)            6
  L. Randle (TEX)           6
  B. Bell (CLE)             5
  S. Braun (MIN)            5
  D. Mincher (TEX)          5
  B. Murcer (NY)            5
  D. Thompson (MIN)         5

Stolen Bases:

  T. McCraw (CLE)           5
  D. Nelson (TEX)           4
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  E. Maddox (TEX)           3
  B. Bell (CLE)             2
  D. Buford (BAL)           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
  C. May (CHI)              2
  R. Auerbach (MIL)         1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  B. Brooks (OAK)           1
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       1
  H. Clarke (NY)            1
  B. Darwin (MIN)           1
  B. Freehan (DET)          1

Walks:

  H. King (TEX)             8
  J. Lovitto (TEX)          7
  S. Alomar (CAL)           6
  D. Buford (BAL)           6
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         6
  F. Duffy (CLE)            6
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        6
  D. Mincher (TEX)          6
  P. Schaal (KC)            6
  D. Allen (CHI)            5

Strikeouts:

  L. Randle (TEX)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  B. Oliver (KC)            8
  R. Reichardt (CHI)        8
  L. Stanton (CAL)          8
  D. Allen (CHI)            7
  D. Johnson (BAL)          7
  M. Andrews (CHI)          6
  P. Blair (BAL)            6
  D. Buford (BAL)           6


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