Wednesday May 3, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 3, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Detroit          432   60   117   20    4   11    58    2    3   38    54  .271
Minnesota        418   63   112   17    3    8    59    3    6   42    66  .268
California       462   33   114   16    0    5    30    6    2   40    73  .247
Cleveland        479   40   118   20    2    4    34   13    6   44    64  .246
Kansas City      546   38   134   19    4    3    35   11    4   39    70  .245
Chicago          462   48   113   18    4    9    43    7    4   41    84  .245
Baltimore        420   52   100   26    0    6    51    6    4   49    81  .238
New York         418   39    93   16    3    7    37    3    3   44    58  .223
Oakland          356   34    78    9    4    5    32    3    4   42    59  .219
Boston           357   39    78   17    3    0    33    4    1   39    54  .219
Texas            455   50    93   13    1    5    44   14   10   72   105  .204
Milwaukee        337   19    58    9    1    6    19    2    1   24    54  .172

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Darwin (MIN)       12   44    9   19   1   0   6   19   0   1    6    9  .432
Bill Freehan (DET)       12   45    8   17   6   0   1   10   0   1    3    3  .378
Norm Cash (DET)          13   41    9   15   0   0   5   14   0   0    5    4  .366
Vada Pinson (CAL)        13   47    5   17   5   0   1    5   3   0    2    5  .362
Dick Allen (CHI)         14   54   11   19   3   1   4    9   2   0    7   11  .352
Lou Piniella (KC)        16   61    8   21   4   1   1    2   1   0    3    4  .344
Danny Thompson (MIN)     12   50    7   17   4   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .340
Ray Fosse (CLE)          14   54    5   18   4   0   1    6   1   0    6    0  .333
Tommy McCraw (CLE)       14   45    7   15   2   2   1    5   6   2    7    5  .333
Carlos May (CHI)         14   49    7   16   4   0   2    9   2   2    8    6  .327

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Baylor             4   12    1    5   1   0   1    4   1   0    1    0  .417
Terry Crowley          5    8    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .375
Don Buford            14   48    9   14   1   0   1    3   3   0   11    7  .292
Davey Johnson         14   46    3   13   7   0   0    5   0   1    6    8  .283
Mark Belanger         13   40    4   11   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .275
Brooks Robinson       14   48    5   13   4   0   0    9   0   0    6    8  .271
Paul Blair            14   52    8   14   2   0   1    7   1   1    2    9  .269
Andy Etchebarren       8   24    1    6   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    3  .250
Merv Rettenmund       11   36    9    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    7    4  .194
Boog Powell           13   37    6    6   2   0   2   11   0   0    8    8  .162
Bobby Grich            4    8    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    4  .125
Ellie Hendricks        6   19    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .053
Tom Shopay             5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Johnny Oates           1    3    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
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           7   23    5    7   4   1   0    2   1   0    4    5  .304
Luis Aparicio         11   45    3   13   5   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .289
Doug Griffin          11   35    5    9   0   0   0    3   1   0    7    1  .257
Tommy Harper          11   41    8    9   2   0   0    4   0   1    7    8  .220
Reggie Smith           9   33    4    7   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    6  .212
Ben Oglivie            6   10    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    2    3  .200
Rico Petrocelli       11   43    4    8   1   1   0    4   0   0    3    5  .186
Carl Yastrzemski      11   41    4    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    5  .146
Danny Cater           11   38    3    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .079
Bob Burda              6    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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              8   23    2   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    3  .435
Vada Pinson           13   47    5   17   5   0   1    5   3   0    2    5  .362
Art Kusnyer            5   15    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .333
Sandy Alomar          14   54    4   15   2   0   0    1   3   2    8    7  .278
Jim Spencer           14   53    5   14   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    6  .264
Winston Llenas         6   12    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Jeff Torborg           9   30    1    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    0  .233
Mickey Rivers         11   39    2    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .231
Andy Kosco             4   13    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .231
Leo Cardenas          14   54    2   12   0   0   2    4   0   0    7    9  .222
Ken McMullen          13   44    2    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    6    5  .182
Leroy Stanton          9   28    5    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    9  .143
Tom Silverio           9    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .111
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            14   54   11   19   3   1   4    9   2   0    7   11  .352
Carlos May            14   49    7   16   4   0   2    9   2   2    8    6  .327
Jorge Orta            11   37    8   12   1   1   1    5   0   0    1    9  .324
Walt Williams          8   22    1    7   2   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .318
Pat Kelly             10   35    5   11   2   2   0    2   2   1    2    4  .314
Bill Melton           14   53    4   16   1   0   0    5   0   1    5    1  .302
Ed Herrmann            9   30    2    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .200
Jay Johnstone         10   25    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .200
Mike Andrews          14   49    3    9   2   0   1    6   0   0    7   10  .184
Luis Alvarado          3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Rick Reichardt         9   27    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    9  .111
Tom Egan              10   21    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .095
Rich Morales           6   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .091
Jim Qualls             6    4    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
Ray Fosse             14   54    5   18   4   0   1    6   1   0    6    0  .333
Tommy McCraw          14   45    7   15   2   2   1    5   6   2    7    5  .333
John Lowenstein        4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .333
Jack Brohamer          8   29    5    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    3  .310
Alex Johnson          14   56    4   17   2   0   1    5   0   2    2    2  .304
Buddy Bell            14   53    3   14   2   0   1    6   2   0    4    1  .264
Graig Nettles         14   54    5   13   2   0   0    2   1   0    6    4  .241
Del Unser             14   59    4   14   3   0   0    2   1   1    3    9  .237
Fred Stanley           4   10    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .200
Lou Camilli            5    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
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           12   31    2    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    7    5  .129
Adolfo Phillips        8    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Roy Foster             3    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .000
Jerry Moses            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
Mickey Stanley        11   19    2    8   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    1  .421
Gates Brown            7   21    6    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .381
Bill Freehan          12   45    8   17   6   0   1   10   0   1    3    3  .378
Norm Cash             13   41    9   15   0   0   5   14   0   0    5    4  .366
Ed Brinkman           13   45    6   14   5   0   1    8   0   0    3    4  .311
Aurelio Rodriguez     13   55    8   17   1   0   0    6   0   0    3    9  .309
Al Kaline             11   33    5    8   0   2   0    2   0   0    1    4  .242
Tony Taylor            6   18    1    4   2   1   0    2   1   0    2    1  .222
Willie Horton         12   41    7    9   3   1   2    5   0   0    4    4  .220
Dick McAuliffe        10   31    5    6   2   0   0    1   0   0   10    3  .194
Jim Northrup          10   35    2    6   0   0   0    3   1   1    3    3  .171
Paul Jata              4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Tom Haller             2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ike Brown              2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Dalton Jones           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
Bobby Knoop            1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Steve Hovley           7   11    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .364
Freddie Patek          5   20    3    7   0   1   0    1   5   1    3    2  .350
Lou Piniella          16   61    8   21   4   1   1    2   1   0    3    4  .344
Gail Hopkins           5    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Cookie Rojas          16   65    4   18   4   0   0    7   1   1    2    3  .277
Ed Kirkpatrick         4   11    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    1  .273
Bob Oliver            16   63    7   17   2   1   1    6   1   0    2   12  .270
John Mayberry         16   60    4   15   2   0   1    6   0   0    5    7  .250
Amos Otis             15   57    2   14   2   0   0    3   2   1    2    8  .246
Jerry May             14   41    3   10   3   0   0    0   0   0    8    2  .244
Richie Scheinblum      6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Paul Schaal           16   61    6   10   2   1   0    2   1   0    9    7  .164
Bobby Floyd            9   29    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .138
Ron Hansen             4   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .100
Joe Keough             2    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
Brock Davis            6    9    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Lahoud            10   31    4    9   0   1   1    2   1   0    4    8  .290
Mike Ferraro           5    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
Bill Voss              5    9    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .222
Ron Theobald           9   24    3    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    0  .208
Johnny Briggs         11   40    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .200
Ellie Rodriguez        3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Billy Conigliaro       9   32    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    9  .156
Dave May              11   41    2    5   1   0   2    2   0   0    2    4  .122
George Scott          11   43    0    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    5  .093
Darrell Porter         8   24    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2   10  .083
Rick Auerbach         11   40    2    3   1   0   0    1   1   1    1    6  .075
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
Steve Braun            8   27    6   13   3   0   0    7   1   1    1    2  .482
Bobby Darwin          12   44    9   19   1   0   6   19   0   1    6    9  .432
George Mitterwald      3    8    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .375
Danny Thompson        12   50    7   17   4   0   1    6   0   0    3    7  .340
Dan Monzon             3    3    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Harmon Killebrew      12   42    4   12   2   1   1    7   0   0    9    9  .286
Rod Carew             12   47    9   12   1   0   0    6   0   0    5    8  .255
Cesar Tovar           12   48    9   12   0   1   0    4   0   4    4    4  .250
Rich Reese            10    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Chuck Manuel           4    9    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .222
Jim Nettles            6   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .200
Steve Brye            10   33    2    6   1   1   0    3   2   0    0    5  .182
Eric Soderholm         6   24    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Phil Roof              7   19    4    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .158
Rick Dempsey           5   14    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    4  .000
Rick Renick            3    2    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             3    6    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .667
Ron Swoboda            3    2    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500
Ron Blomberg           6   15    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .467
Thurman Munson        13   43    5   13   2   0   1    5   0   1    8    3  .302
Bobby Murcer          13   50    6   13   5   0   2    6   0   0    5    8  .260
Horace Clarke         11   44    3   11   1   0   0    1   1   2    6    6  .250
Johnny Callison        8   26    3    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .231
Roy White             13   48    6   11   1   0   1    3   2   0    5    5  .229
Rich McKinney         11   41    3    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    4    4  .195
Gene Michael          12   32    4    6   0   1   1    7   0   0    5    1  .188
Felipe Alou           11   38    2    6   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    5  .158
Rusty Torres          10   19    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    8  .158
Bernie Allen           4    8    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .125
Jerry Kenney           5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Hal Lanier             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
Dick Green             7   21    1    8   1   1   0    3   0   1    1    1  .381
Curt Blefary           4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
George Hendrick        3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Sal Bando             11   42    4   11   1   2   0    4   1   0    7    5  .262
Joe Rudi              11   47    7   12   3   1   0    1   0   0    3    5  .255
Mike Epstein          11   32    3    8   1   0   1    4   0   1    9    4  .250
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
Reggie Jackson        11   43    4    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    5   14  .186
Bert Campaneris       11   44    3    8   0   0   0    1   1   1    4    9  .182
Gene Tenace            6   22    3    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    4  .182
Bobby Brooks          11   35    3    6   0   0   0    4   0   1    8    7  .171
Larry Brown            6   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .154
Brant Alyea            3    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
Ken Suarez             2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Ted Ford               5    6    1    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .333
Tom Grieve             6   16    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .313
Dave Nelson           15   57   11   16   0   0   1    3   8   1    7   14  .281
Frank Howard          14   48    6   12   3   0   2    9   0   0    7    7  .250
Len Randle            15   63    7   15   5   0   0    6   2   3    3   17  .238
Dick Billings          9   22    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .227
Toby Harrah           15   41    6    9   1   1   0    5   0   0    7    7  .220
Elliott Maddox        15   33    3    7   1   0   0    1   3   2    9    8  .212
Don Mincher           11   39    5    7   2   0   1    7   0   0   10    9  .180
Hal King              12   26    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0   12    7  .154
Larry Biittner        14   33    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   3    2    4  .152
Joe Lovitto           12   24    4    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    7    6  .125
Ted Kubiak             5    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Jim Driscoll           6    6    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

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  C. Rojas (KC)            65
  B. Oliver (KC)           63
  L. Randle (TEX)          63
  L. Piniella (KC)         61
  P. Schaal (KC)           61
  J. Mayberry (KC)         60
  D. Unser (CLE)           59
  D. Nelson (TEX)          57
  A. Otis (KC)             57
  A. Johnson (CLE)         56

Runs Scored:

  D. Allen (CHI)           11
  D. Nelson (TEX)          11
  D. Buford (BAL)           9
  R. Carew (MIN)            9
  N. Cash (DET)             9
  B. Darwin (MIN)           9
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       9
  C. Tovar (MIN)            9
  P. Blair (BAL)            8
  B. Freehan (DET)          8

Hits:

  L. Piniella (KC)         21
  D. Allen (CHI)           19
  B. Darwin (MIN)          19
  R. Fosse (CLE)           18
  C. Rojas (KC)            18
  B. Freehan (DET)         17
  A. Johnson (CLE)         17
  B. Oliver (KC)           17
  V. Pinson (CAL)          17
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       17

Doubles:

  D. Johnson (BAL)          7
  B. Freehan (DET)          6
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         5
  E. Brinkman (DET)         5
  B. Murcer (NY)            5
  V. Pinson (CAL)           5
  L. Randle (TEX)           5
  C. Fisk (BOS)             4
  R. Fosse (CLE)            4
  C. May (CHI)              4

Triples:

  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  A. Kaline (DET)           2
  P. Kelly (CHI)            2
  T. McCraw (CLE)           2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  F. Alou (NY)              1
  S. Brye (MIN)             1
  C. Fisk (BOS)             1
  D. Green (OAK)            1
  T. Harrah (TEX)           1

Home Runs:

  B. Darwin (MIN)           6
  N. Cash (DET)             5
  D. Allen (CHI)            4
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         2
  D. Duncan (OAK)           2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  F. Howard (TEX)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  D. May (MIL)              2
  B. Murcer (NY)            2

RBI:

  B. Darwin (MIN)          19
  N. Cash (DET)            14
  B. Powell (BAL)          11
  B. Freehan (DET)         10
  D. Allen (CHI)            9
  F. Howard (TEX)           9
  C. May (CHI)              9
  B. Robinson (BAL)         9
  E. Brinkman (DET)         8
  P. Blair (BAL)            7

Stolen Bases:

  D. Nelson (TEX)           8
  T. McCraw (CLE)           6
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  D. Buford (BAL)           3
  E. Maddox (TEX)           3
  V. Pinson (CAL)           3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  B. Bell (CLE)             2
  S. Brye (MIN)             2

Caught Stealing:

  C. Tovar (MIN)            4
  L. Biittner (TEX)         3
  L. Randle (TEX)           3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  A. Johnson (CLE)          2
  E. Maddox (TEX)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  T. McCraw (CLE)           2
  R. Auerbach (MIL)         1

Walks:

  H. King (TEX)            12
  D. Buford (BAL)          11
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       10
  D. Mincher (TEX)         10
  M. Epstein (OAK)          9
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        9
  E. Maddox (TEX)           9
  P. Schaal (KC)            9
  S. Alomar (CAL)           8
  B. Brooks (OAK)           8

Strikeouts:

  L. Randle (TEX)          17
  R. Jackson (OAK)         14
  D. Nelson (TEX)          14
  B. Oliver (KC)           12
  D. Allen (CHI)           11
  M. Andrews (CHI)         10
  D. Porter (MIL)          10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  P. Blair (BAL)            9
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       9


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