Saturday April 29, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 29, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Detroit          330   48    91   17    2    7    46    2    2   33    44  .276
Chicago          397   42   101   15    4    7    37    4    4   35    71  .254
Minnesota        306   47    77   13    3    7    44    3    4   30    53  .252
California       395   29    98   15    0    4    26    6    2   38    62  .248
Kansas City      419   28   103   16    4    2    27    7    2   30    51  .246
Baltimore        362   46    88   22    0    5    45    5    4   42    67  .243
Cleveland        352   29    85   11    0    4    25    9    4   34    46  .242
Oakland          325   33    75    9    3    5    31    3    4   41    50  .231
New York         326   25    75   10    2    4    25    2    2   32    46  .230
Texas            361   47    79   13    1    5    42   13    9   61    79  .219
Boston           320   36    69   12    3    0    30    4    0   35    51  .216
Milwaukee        276   16    47    6    1    6    16    2    1   20    40  .170

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Norm Cash (DET)          10   32    7   13   0   0   3   10   0   0    5    3  .406
Dick Allen (CHI)         12   46   11   18   3   1   4    9   1   0    6    9  .391
Vada Pinson (CAL)        11   39    4   15   5   0   0    4   3   0    2    5  .385
Bobby Darwin (MIN)        9   34    7   13   1   0   5   13   0   1    4    7  .382
Bill Freehan (DET)        9   34    6   13   4   0   1    8   0   1    1    3  .382
Carlos May (CHI)         12   43    6   15   3   0   2    9   1   2    7    5  .349
Ed Brinkman (DET)        10   35    5   12   4   0   1    8   0   0    2    4  .343
Tommy McCraw (CLE)       11   30    5   10   2   0   1    4   5   0    6    4  .333
Alex Johnson (CLE)       11   44    3   14   1   0   1    4   0   2    2    2  .318
Don Buford (BAL)         12   42    7   13   1   0   1    3   3   0    9    7  .310

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Baylor             3    8    1    4   1   0   1    4   1   0    1    0  .500
Terry Crowley          4    7    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .429
Andy Etchebarren       6   18    1    6   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    2  .333
Don Buford            12   42    7   13   1   0   1    3   3   0    9    7  .310
Davey Johnson         12   42    3   12   6   0   0    4   0   1    3    7  .286
Paul Blair            12   44    7   12   2   0   1    6   0   1    2    7  .273
Brooks Robinson       12   41    5   11   3   0   0    8   0   0    5    6  .268
Mark Belanger         11   35    4    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .257
Merv Rettenmund       10   33    8    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    6    4  .212
Bobby Grich            3    5    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   1    1    2  .200
Boog Powell           11   32    4    4   1   0   1    9   0   0    8    7  .125
Ellie Hendricks        6   19    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .053
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

 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
Phil Gagliano          3    3    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .667
Duane Josephson        3    6    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Carlton Fisk           6   19    4    6   3   1   0    2   1   0    4    4  .316
Doug Griffin          10   32    5    9   0   0   0    3   1   0    6    1  .281
Luis Aparicio         10   40    3   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .275
Reggie Smith           9   33    4    7   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    6  .212
Tommy Harper          10   36    7    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    7    8  .194
Ben Oglivie            5    6    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    2    1  .167
Carl Yastrzemski      10   37    4    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .162
Rico Petrocelli       10   39    4    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    2    5  .154
Danny Cater           10   33    3    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .091
Bob Burda              5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Rick Miller            3    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              7   19    2    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .474
Andy Kosco             2    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Vada Pinson           11   39    4   15   5   0   0    4   3   0    2    5  .385
Art Kusnyer            4   11    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .364
Sandy Alomar          12   46    4   14   2   0   0    1   3   2    8    5  .304
Jeff Torborg           8   27    1    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    0  .259
Jim Spencer           12   45    5   10   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    5  .222
Mickey Rivers         10   36    2    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .222
Winston Llenas         5   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Leo Cardenas          12   46    2    9   0   0   2    4   0   0    7    8  .196
Ken McMullen          11   39    2    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    4  .180
Leroy Stanton          8   27    5    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .148
Tom Silverio           7    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .125
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              2    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            12   46   11   18   3   1   4    9   1   0    6    9  .391
Walt Williams          7   18    1    7   2   0   0    0   1   0    2    1  .389
Carlos May            12   43    6   15   3   0   2    9   1   2    7    5  .349
Jorge Orta            10   32    7   10   1   1   0    4   0   0    1    6  .313
Bill Melton           12   46    4   14   0   0   0    5   0   1    4    1  .304
Pat Kelly              9   30    5    9   2   2   0    1   1   1    2    4  .300
Jay Johnstone          9   22    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    5  .227
Mike Andrews          12   42    1    8   1   0   1    6   0   0    6    8  .191
Ed Herrmann            8   27    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .185
Luis Alvarado          3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Rich Morales           5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .125
Tom Egan               9   18    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .111
Rick Reichardt         8   23    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .087
Jim Qualls             5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Chuck Brinkman         1    1    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
John Lowenstein        3    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .500
Jack Brohamer          5   14    4    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .429
Tommy McCraw          11   30    5   10   2   0   1    4   5   0    6    4  .333
Alex Johnson          11   44    3   14   1   0   1    4   0   2    2    2  .318
Ray Fosse             11   42    4   12   1   0   1    2   1   0    3    0  .286
Del Unser             11   43    4   12   1   0   0    2   0   1    3    4  .279
Buddy Bell            11   39    3    9   2   0   1    5   2   0    3    1  .231
Graig Nettles         11   40    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .175
Chris Chambliss        2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Eddie Leon            10   28    0    4   1   0   0    0   0   1    4    7  .143
Frank Duffy           11   29    2    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    7    5  .138
Lou Camilli            4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Roy Foster             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .000
Adolfo Phillips        5    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jerry Moses            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Fred Stanley           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gates Brown            5   15    5    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .467
Mickey Stanley         8   14    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    0  .429
Norm Cash             10   32    7   13   0   0   3   10   0   0    5    3  .406
Bill Freehan           9   34    6   13   4   0   1    8   0   1    1    3  .382
Ed Brinkman           10   35    5   12   4   0   1    8   0   0    2    4  .343
Tony Taylor            4   12    1    4   2   1   0    2   1   0    2    1  .333
Willie Horton          9   30    6    8   3   1   1    3   0   0    3    4  .267
Aurelio Rodriguez     10   43    6   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    7  .256
Paul Jata              2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Jim Northrup           8   29    2    5   0   0   0    2   1   1    3    3  .172
Dick McAuliffe         8   24    5    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    9    2  .167
Al Kaline              8   26    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .154
Tom Haller             2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ike 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
Steve Hovley           6   10    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .400
Cookie Rojas          13   50    2   15   3   0   0    6   1   1    2    2  .300
John Mayberry         13   47    3   14   2   0   1    5   0   0    3    3  .298
Jerry May             11   35    3   10   3   0   0    0   0   0    6    1  .286
Freddie Patek          4   14    1    4   0   1   0    1   2   0    1    2  .286
Ed Kirkpatrick         2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .286
Lou Piniella          13   47    5   13   3   1   0    1   1   0    3    4  .277
Bob Oliver            13   48    6   13   1   1   1    5   0   0    2   10  .271
Richie Scheinblum      4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Amos Otis             12   43    2    9   2   0   0    1   2   0    1    6  .209
Paul Schaal           13   44    5    8   2   1   0    1   1   0    9    5  .182
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
Bob Heise              5   11    0    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .455
Joe Lahoud             9   28    4    9   0   1   1    2   1   0    3    5  .321
Brock Davis            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Mike Ferraro           4    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Paul Ratliff           3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Johnny Briggs          9   33    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .242
Ron Theobald           7   18    3    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    0  .167
Ellie Rodriguez        3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Billy Conigliaro       7   25    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    6  .160
Bill Voss              4    8    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .125
Dave May               9   34    2    4   0   0   2    2   0   0    1    4  .118
Darrell Porter         6   17    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .118
George Scott           9   35    0    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    5  .086
Rick Auerbach          9   34    2    2   0   0   0    1   1   1    1    6  .059
Tommie Reynolds        5    5    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
Steve Braun            6   18    5   10   2   0   0    6   1   1    1    2  .556
Bobby Darwin           9   34    7   13   1   0   5   13   0   1    4    7  .382
Rich Reese             7    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Harmon Killebrew       9   30    4    9   2   1   1    5   0   0    8    8  .300
Cesar Tovar            9   38    5   10   0   1   0    4   0   2    1    3  .263
Chuck Manuel           3    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Danny Thompson         9   37    5    9   3   0   1    5   0   0    1    4  .243
Steve Brye             7   23    1    5   1   1   0    3   2   0    0    4  .217
Rod Carew              9   34    6    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    6  .206
Jim Nettles            5    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .167
Eric Soderholm         5   19    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .158
Phil Roof              5   16    4    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .125
Rick Dempsey           4   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    4  .000
George Mitterwald      1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rick Renick            2    1    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            2    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Ron Blomberg           5   11    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .636
Thurman Munson        10   37    3   11   1   0   0    1   0   1    5    3  .297
Horace Clarke          9   37    2   10   0   0   0    1   1   1    5    5  .270
Bobby Murcer          10   39    4   10   3   0   2    6   0   0    4    4  .256
Bernie Allen           3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Johnny Callison        7   23    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .217
Roy White             10   38    4    8   1   0   0    1   1   0    3    5  .211
Rich McKinney          9   34    3    7   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .206
Gene Michael           9   26    2    5   0   1   1    7   0   0    4    1  .192
Felipe Alou            8   30    1    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    4  .167
Rusty Torres           7   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .167
Jerry Kenney           4    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Hal Lanier             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
Curt Blefary           3    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
George Hendrick        2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Dick Green             7   21    1    8   1   1   0    3   0   1    1    1  .381
Joe Rudi              10   43    6   12   3   1   0    1   0   0    3    5  .279
Mike Epstein          10   30    3    8   1   0   1    4   0   1    9    3  .267
Sal Bando             10   38    4   10   1   1   0    3   1   0    7    5  .263
Mike Hegan             9    4    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Dave Duncan            6   22    2    5   0   0   2    5   0   0    0    3  .227
Gene Tenace            5   19    3    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .211
Reggie Jackson        10   39    4    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    5   12  .205
Bobby Brooks          10   32    3    6   0   0   0    4   0   1    8    7  .188
Bert Campaneris       10   40    3    7   0   0   0    1   1   1    4    7  .175
Larry Brown            5   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .100
Brant Alyea            2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ted Ford               2    2    1    1   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    1  .500
Ken Suarez             2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Tom Grieve             6   16    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .313
Dave Nelson           12   46   10   13   0   0   1    3   7   1    6   11  .283
Elliott Maddox        12   23    3    6   1   0   0    0   3   1    7    6  .261
Frank Howard          11   40    6   10   3   0   2    9   0   0    3    6  .250
Toby Harrah           12   37    6    9   1   1   0    5   0   0    6    5  .243
Len Randle            12   50    7   12   5   0   0    6   2   3    3   12  .240
Dick Billings          8   18    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .222
Larry Biittner        11   26    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   3    2    3  .192
Don Mincher            8   27    4    5   2   0   1    7   0   0    9    7  .185
Hal King               9   18    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0   12    5  .167
Joe Lovitto           10   23    4    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    7    5  .130
Jim Driscoll           4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jeff Burroughs         1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ted Kubiak             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  L. Randle (TEX)          50
  C. Rojas (KC)            50
  B. Oliver (KC)           48
  J. Mayberry (KC)         47
  L. Piniella (KC)         47
  D. Allen (CHI)           46
  S. Alomar (CAL)          46
  L. Cardenas (CAL)        46
  B. Melton (CHI)          46
  D. Nelson (TEX)          46

Runs Scored:

  D. Allen (CHI)           11
  D. Nelson (TEX)          10
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       8
  P. Blair (BAL)            7
  D. Buford (BAL)           7
  N. Cash (DET)             7
  B. Darwin (MIN)           7
  T. Harper (BOS)           7
  J. Orta (CHI)             7
  L. Randle (TEX)           7

Hits:

  D. Allen (CHI)           18
  C. May (CHI)             15
  V. Pinson (CAL)          15
  C. Rojas (KC)            15
  S. Alomar (CAL)          14
  A. Johnson (CLE)         14
  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  B. Melton (CHI)          14
  D. Buford (BAL)          13
  N. Cash (DET)            13

Doubles:

  D. Johnson (BAL)          6
  V. Pinson (CAL)           5
  L. Randle (TEX)           5
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         4
  E. Brinkman (DET)         4
  B. Freehan (DET)          4
  D. Allen (CHI)            3
  C. Fisk (BOS)             3
  W. Horton (DET)           3
  F. Howard (TEX)           3

Triples:

  P. Kelly (CHI)            2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  F. Alou (NY)              1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  S. Brye (MIN)             1
  C. Fisk (BOS)             1
  D. Green (OAK)            1
  T. Harrah (TEX)           1
  W. Horton (DET)           1
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        1

Home Runs:

  B. Darwin (MIN)           5
  D. Allen (CHI)            4
  N. Cash (DET)             3
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         2
  D. Duncan (OAK)           2
  F. Howard (TEX)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  D. May (MIL)              2
  B. Murcer (NY)            2
  M. Andrews (CHI)          1

RBI:

  B. Darwin (MIN)          13
  N. Cash (DET)            10
  D. Allen (CHI)            9
  F. Howard (TEX)           9
  C. May (CHI)              9
  B. Powell (BAL)           9
  E. Brinkman (DET)         8
  B. Freehan (DET)          8
  B. Robinson (BAL)         8
  G. Michael (NY)           7

Stolen Bases:

  D. Nelson (TEX)           7
  T. McCraw (CLE)           5
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  D. Buford (BAL)           3
  E. Maddox (TEX)           3
  V. Pinson (CAL)           3
  B. Bell (CLE)             2
  S. Brye (MIN)             2
  A. Otis (KC)              2
  F. Patek (KC)             2

Caught Stealing:

  L. Biittner (TEX)         3
  L. Randle (TEX)           3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  A. Johnson (CLE)          2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  C. Tovar (MIN)            2
  R. Auerbach (MIL)         1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  S. Braun (MIN)            1
  B. Brooks (OAK)           1

Walks:

  H. King (TEX)            12
  D. Buford (BAL)           9
  M. Epstein (OAK)          9
  D. McAuliffe (DET)        9
  D. Mincher (TEX)          9
  P. Schaal (KC)            9
  S. Alomar (CAL)           8
  B. Brooks (OAK)           8
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        8
  B. Powell (BAL)           8

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         12
  L. Randle (TEX)          12
  D. Nelson (TEX)          11
  B. Oliver (KC)           10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  D. Allen (CHI)            9
  R. Reichardt (CHI)        9
  M. Andrews (CHI)          8
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         8
  T. Harper (BOS)           8

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