Friday May 5, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 5, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        455   68   122   19    3    9    64    5    6   45    73  .268
Detroit          464   61   123   20    4   11    59    2    3   39    59  .265
California       491   37   121   16    1    5    33    6    2   43    78  .246
Chicago          494   50   120   19    4    9    45   11    4   43    88  .243
Cleveland        511   41   123   20    2    4    35   14    6   44    71  .241
Baltimore        446   55   107   26    0    6    53    6    4   53    82  .240
Kansas City      576   40   137   19    4    4    37   11    4   39    79  .238
Oakland          383   37    85   11    4    6    35    3    4   44    60  .222
Boston           390   41    85   18    3    1    35    4    1   42    61  .218
New York         448   40    97   18    3    7    38    3    4   44    59  .217
Texas            487   52    98   13    1    6    46   15   10   79   117  .201
Milwaukee        366   19    61    9    1    6    19    2    1   29    68  .167

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Darwin (MIN)       13   48    9   19   1   0   6   19   0   1    7   10  .396
Bill Freehan (DET)       13   49    8   18   6   0   1   11   0   1    3    4  .367
Carlos May (CHI)         15   52    7   18   4   0   2    9   4   2    9    6  .346
Danny Thompson (MIN)     13   55    8   19   4   0   1    6   1   0    3    7  .346
Vada Pinson (CAL)        14   50    5   17   5   0   1    6   3   0    2    5  .340
Dick Allen (CHI)         15   57   11   19   3   1   4   10   2   0    7   12  .333
Tommy McCraw (CLE)       15   48    7   16   2   2   1    5   6   2    7    6  .333
Norm Cash (DET)          14   45    9   15   0   0   5   14   0   0    5    5  .333
Lou Piniella (KC)        17   64    8   21   4   1   1    2   1   0    3    5  .328
A. Rodriguez (DET)       14   59    9   19   1   0   0    6   0   0    3    9  .322

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Crowley          6    9    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .444
Don Baylor             4   12    1    5   1   0   1    4   1   0    1    0  .417
Don Buford            15   51   10   16   1   0   1    3   3   0   12    7  .314
Mark Belanger         14   43    5   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .279
Davey Johnson         15   49    3   13   7   0   0    5   0   1    6    8  .265
Paul Blair            15   53    8   14   2   0   1    7   1   1    4    9  .264
Brooks Robinson       15   51    5   13   4   0   0    9   0   0    7    8  .255
Merv Rettenmund       12   40    9   10   1   0   0    2   1   0    7    4  .250
Andy Etchebarren       9   27    1    6   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    4  .222
Boog Powell           14   40    6    6   2   0   2   12   0   0    8    8  .150
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          4    3    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .667
Duane Josephson        3    6    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Carlton Fisk           8   27    5    8   5   1   0    2   1   0    4    7  .296
Luis Aparicio         12   49    3   13   5   0   0    4   0   0    2    2  .265
Doug Griffin          12   39    5    9   0   0   0    3   1   0    7    2  .231
Ben Oglivie            7   14    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    4  .214
Reggie Smith           9   33    4    7   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    6  .212
Tommy Harper          12   44    8    9   2   0   0    4   0   1    8    8  .205
Rico Petrocelli       12   46    5    9   1   1   1    5   0   0    4    5  .196
Carl Yastrzemski      12   45    5    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    5  .178
Danny Cater           12   42    3    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .119
Bob Burda              6    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Rick Miller            4    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              9   25    2   10   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    4  .400
Art Kusnyer            6   17    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .353
Vada Pinson           14   50    5   17   5   0   1    6   3   0    2    5  .340
Andy Kosco             5   17    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .294
Sandy Alomar          15   58    5   16   2   0   0    1   3   2    8    7  .276
Jim Spencer           15   57    5   15   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    8  .263
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         12   39    2    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .231
Leo Cardenas          15   58    3   13   0   1   2    5   0   0    7    9  .224
Ken McMullen          14   48    2    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    6    5  .167
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
Carlos May            15   52    7   18   4   0   2    9   4   2    9    6  .346
Pat Kelly             11   38    6   13   2   2   0    2   4   1    3    4  .342
Dick Allen            15   57   11   19   3   1   4   10   2   0    7   12  .333
Walt Williams          8   22    1    7   2   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .318
Bill Melton           15   57    5   17   1   0   0    5   0   1    5    2  .298
Jorge Orta            12   41    8   12   1   1   1    5   0   0    1    9  .293
Ed Herrmann           10   34    2    7   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .206
Jay Johnstone         11   26    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .192
Mike Andrews          15   53    3    9   2   0   1    6   0   0    7   11  .170
Luis Alvarado          3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Rick Reichardt        10   30    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    9  .133
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
Tommy McCraw          15   48    7   16   2   2   1    5   6   2    7    6  .333
John Lowenstein        4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .333
Ray Fosse             15   58    5   18   4   0   1    6   1   0    6    0  .310
Alex Johnson          15   60    4   18   2   0   1    6   1   2    2    2  .300
Jack Brohamer          9   33    5    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .273
Del Unser             15   63    5   16   3   0   0    2   1   1    3   10  .254
Buddy Bell            15   56    3   14   2   0   1    6   2   0    4    3  .250
Graig Nettles         15   58    5   13   2   0   0    2   1   0    6    5  .224
Fred Stanley           4   10    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .200
Lou Camilli            6    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Chris Chambliss        2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Frank Duffy           13   34    2    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    7    6  .147
Eddie Leon            11   29    0    4   1   0   0    0   0   1    4    7  .138
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            8   21    6    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .381
Bill Freehan          13   49    8   18   6   0   1   11   0   1    3    4  .367
Norm Cash             14   45    9   15   0   0   5   14   0   0    5    5  .333
Aurelio Rodriguez     14   59    9   19   1   0   0    6   0   0    3    9  .322
Ed Brinkman           14   48    6   15   5   0   1    8   0   0    3    4  .313
Tony Taylor            7   19    1    5   2   1   0    2   1   0    2    1  .263
Al Kaline             12   36    5    9   0   2   0    2   0   0    2    4  .250
Willie Horton         13   45    7    9   3   1   2    5   0   0    4    5  .200
Dick McAuliffe        11   35    5    6   2   0   0    1   0   0   10    4  .171
Paul Jata              4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Jim Northrup          11   38    2    6   0   0   0    3   1   1    3    3  .158
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           8   11    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .364
Gail Hopkins           5    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Lou Piniella          17   64    8   21   4   1   1    2   1   0    3    5  .328
Freddie Patek          6   24    3    7   0   1   0    1   5   1    3    2  .292
Ed Kirkpatrick         5   14    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   1    2    1  .286
Cookie Rojas          17   68    4   19   4   0   0    7   1   1    2    4  .279
Bob Oliver            16   63    7   17   2   1   1    6   1   0    2   12  .270
Jerry May             14   41    3   10   3   0   0    0   0   0    8    2  .244
John Mayberry         17   63    4   15   2   0   1    6   0   0    5    8  .238
Amos Otis             16   61    2   14   2   0   0    3   2   1    2   10  .230
Richie Scheinblum      7    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .222
Paul Schaal           17   65    6   10   2   1   0    2   1   0    9    8  .154
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            7   10    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .300
Joe Lahoud            11   34    4    9   0   1   1    2   1   0    5    8  .265
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              6   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Johnny Briggs         12   42    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    5  .191
Ron Theobald          10   27    3    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    6    0  .185
Billy Conigliaro      10   36    1    6   0   0   1    1   0   0    1   11  .167
Ellie Rodriguez        3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Dave May              12   45    2    6   1   0   2    2   0   0    2    7  .133
Rick Auerbach         12   43    2    4   1   0   0    1   1   1    1    7  .093
George Scott          12   46    0    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    7  .087
Darrell Porter         9   28    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2   13  .071
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            9   31    7   15   3   0   1    9   2   1    1    2  .484
Rich Reese            11    5    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .400
Bobby Darwin          13   48    9   19   1   0   6   19   0   1    7   10  .396
George Mitterwald      3    8    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .375
Danny Thompson        13   55    8   19   4   0   1    6   1   0    3    7  .346
Dan Monzon             3    3    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Cesar Tovar           13   52   11   14   1   1   0    4   0   4    4    4  .269
Harmon Killebrew      13   45    5   12   2   1   1    7   0   0   10   10  .267
Rod Carew             13   52    9   13   2   0   0    7   0   0    5    8  .250
Chuck Manuel           4    9    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .222
Steve Brye            10   33    2    6   1   1   0    3   2   0    0    5  .182
Phil Roof              8   23    4    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    6  .174
Eric Soderholm         6   24    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Jim Nettles            7   13    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .154
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 Blomberg           6   15    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .467
Ron Swoboda            4    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Thurman Munson        14   46    5   13   2   0   1    5   0   1    8    3  .283
Horace Clarke         12   48    4   12   2   0   0    1   1   2    6    6  .250
Bobby Murcer          14   54    6   13   5   0   2    6   0   1    5    8  .241
Roy White             14   51    6   12   1   0   1    4   2   0    5    5  .235
Johnny Callison        8   26    3    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .231
Rusty Torres          11   23    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    8  .217
Rich McKinney         12   44    3    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    4    4  .182
Gene Michael          13   35    4    6   0   1   1    7   0   0    5    1  .171
Felipe Alou           12   41    2    6   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    5  .146
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
Angel Mangual          1    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
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
Dave Duncan            7   25    3    7   0   0   3    7   0   0    0    3  .280
Sal Bando             12   45    5   12   1   2   0    5   1   0    8    6  .267
Joe Rudi              12   51    8   13   4   1   0    1   0   0    3    5  .255
Mike Hegan            10    4    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Mike Epstein          12   34    3    8   1   0   1    4   0   1    9    4  .235
Reggie Jackson        12   47    4    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    5   14  .192
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
Bert Campaneris       12   48    3    8   0   0   0    1   1   1    4    9  .167
Larry Brown            7   16    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .125
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               6    9    2    3   0   0   2    5   0   0    2    4  .333
Tom Grieve             6   16    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    6  .313
Dave Nelson           16   62   11   18   0   0   1    3   9   1    7   17  .290
Frank Howard          15   51    7   13   3   0   2    9   0   0    9    8  .255
Len Randle            16   66    7   15   5   0   0    6   2   3    4   18  .227
Toby Harrah           16   41    6    9   1   1   0    5   0   0    7    7  .220
Dick Billings         10   24    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .208
Elliott Maddox        16   38    3    7   1   0   0    1   3   2    9   11  .184
Don Mincher           12   43    5    7   2   0   1    7   0   0   11   11  .163
Larry Biittner        15   33    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   3    2    4  .152
Hal King              13   28    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0   12    7  .143
Joe Lovitto           12   24    4    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    7    6  .125
Ted Kubiak             6   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    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)            68
  L. Randle (TEX)          66
  P. Schaal (KC)           65
  L. Piniella (KC)         64
  J. Mayberry (KC)         63
  B. Oliver (KC)           63
  D. Unser (CLE)           63
  D. Nelson (TEX)          62
  A. Otis (KC)             61
  A. Johnson (CLE)         60

Runs Scored:

  D. Allen (CHI)           11
  D. Nelson (TEX)          11
  C. Tovar (MIN)           11
  D. Buford (BAL)          10
  R. Carew (MIN)            9
  N. Cash (DET)             9
  B. Darwin (MIN)           9
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       9
  A. Rodriguez (DET)        9
  P. Blair (BAL)            8

Hits:

  L. Piniella (KC)         21
  D. Allen (CHI)           19
  B. Darwin (MIN)          19
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       19
  C. Rojas (KC)            19
  D. Thompson (MIN)        19
  R. Fosse (CLE)           18
  B. Freehan (DET)         18
  A. Johnson (CLE)         18
  C. May (CHI)             18

Doubles:

  D. Johnson (BAL)          7
  B. Freehan (DET)          6
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         5
  E. Brinkman (DET)         5
  C. Fisk (BOS)             5
  B. Murcer (NY)            5
  V. Pinson (CAL)           5
  L. Randle (TEX)           5
  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
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         1
  C. Fisk (BOS)             1
  D. Green (OAK)            1

Home Runs:

  B. Darwin (MIN)           6
  N. Cash (DET)             5
  D. Allen (CHI)            4
  D. Duncan (OAK)           3
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         2
  T. Ford (TEX)             2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  F. Howard (TEX)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  D. May (MIL)              2

RBI:

  B. Darwin (MIN)          19
  N. Cash (DET)            14
  B. Powell (BAL)          12
  B. Freehan (DET)         11
  D. Allen (CHI)           10
  S. Braun (MIN)            9
  F. Howard (TEX)           9
  C. May (CHI)              9
  B. Robinson (BAL)         9
  E. Brinkman (DET)         8

Stolen Bases:

  D. Nelson (TEX)           9
  T. McCraw (CLE)           6
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  P. Kelly (CHI)            4
  C. May (CHI)              4
  S. Alomar (CAL)           3
  D. Buford (BAL)           3
  E. Maddox (TEX)           3
  V. Pinson (CAL)           3
  D. Allen (CHI)            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:

  D. Buford (BAL)          12
  H. King (TEX)            12
  D. Mincher (TEX)         11
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       10
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       10
  M. Epstein (OAK)          9
  F. Howard (TEX)           9
  E. Maddox (TEX)           9
  C. May (CHI)              9
  P. Schaal (KC)            9

Strikeouts:

  L. Randle (TEX)          18
  D. Nelson (TEX)          17
  R. Jackson (OAK)         14
  D. Porter (MIL)          13
  D. Allen (CHI)           12
  B. Oliver (KC)           12
  M. Andrews (CHI)         11
  B. Conigliaro (MIL)      11
  E. Maddox (TEX)          11
  D. Mincher (TEX)         11

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