Sunday May 7, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 7, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        528   79   144   26    3   10    74    5    6   50    85  .273
Detroit          527   72   139   21    5   12    68    2    3   51    72  .264
Cleveland        580   56   149   28    2    5    49   15    8   52    82  .257
Baltimore        510   61   127   27    0    7    58    6    5   57    94  .249
Kansas City      646   53   156   20    5    6    50   11    4   47    87  .242
California       553   41   132   18    1    7    37    6    2   46    90  .239
Chicago          552   50   126   19    4    9    45   11    4   48    99  .228
Oakland          445   48   101   14    4    8    45    3    5   50    68  .227
New York         519   46   115   21    3    8    43    4    4   48    64  .222
Boston           461   47    98   21    3    2    40    5    1   47    70  .213
Texas            551   57   113   14    1    7    51   15   11   84   127  .205
Milwaukee        431   24    72   11    1    7    24    3    1   32    84  .167

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Darwin (MIN)       15   55   10   20   1   0   6   20   0   1    8   11  .364
Danny Thompson (MIN)     15   62   10   22   6   0   1    6   1   0    4    9  .355
Bill Freehan (DET)       15   57   11   20   6   0   1   13   0   1    4    7  .351
Tommy McCraw (CLE)       17   56    8   19   2   2   1    7   6   2    8    6  .339
Lou Piniella (KC)        19   71   10   24   4   1   1    6   1   0    3    6  .338
Norm Cash (DET)          16   51   10   17   1   0   5   14   0   0    7    6  .333
Dick Allen (CHI)         17   64   11   21   3   1   4   10   2   0    8   13  .328
Vada Pinson (CAL)        16   58    7   19   5   0   2    7   3   0    2    5  .328
Don Buford (BAL)         17   56   11   18   2   0   1    3   3   1   12    9  .321
Alex Johnson (CLE)       17   67    6   21   2   0   2    9   1   2    3    4  .313

 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             5   16    1    7   1   0   1    4   1   0    1    0  .438
Don Buford            17   56   11   18   2   0   1    3   3   1   12    9  .321
Brooks Robinson       17   58    6   18   4   0   0    9   0   0    8    8  .310
Paul Blair            17   61    8   17   2   0   1    8   1   1    4   11  .279
Mark Belanger         16   51    5   13   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .255
Davey Johnson         17   56    4   14   7   0   0    6   0   1    7   10  .250
Merv Rettenmund       14   47    9   11   1   0   0    2   1   0    8    6  .234
Tom Shopay             6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Andy Etchebarren      10   31    1    6   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    5  .194
Boog Powell           16   48    8    8   2   0   2   13   0   0    8   10  .167
Johnny Oates           2    6    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .167
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

 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          5    4    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .500
Duane Josephson        4    7    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .429
Luis Aparicio         14   58    3   17   6   0   0    6   0   0    2    2  .293
Tommy Harper          14   53   12   13   4   0   1    5   0   1    8    8  .245
Carlton Fisk          10   34    6    8   5   1   0    2   2   0    5    8  .235
Reggie Smith          11   38    4    8   0   0   0    1   2   0    5    7  .211
Doug Griffin          14   45    5    9   0   0   0    3   1   0    8    3  .200
Rico Petrocelli       14   55    5   10   1   1   1    5   0   0    4    6  .182
Ben Oglivie            8   17    1    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    5  .177
Carl Yastrzemski      14   53    5    9   0   0   0    5   0   0    5    6  .170
Danny Cater           14   50    3    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    6  .120
Bob Burda              7    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Rick Miller            6    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Oliver             1    4    2    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .500
Ken Berry             10   28    2   10   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    4  .357
Vada Pinson           16   58    7   19   5   0   2    7   3   0    2    5  .328
Winston Llenas         7   16    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .313
Art Kusnyer            7   20    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .300
Jim Spencer           17   61    5   16   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    9  .262
Sandy Alomar          17   66    5   17   2   0   0    1   3   2    8    9  .258
Andy Kosco             7   25    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .240
Leo Cardenas          17   64    3   14   0   1   2    6   0   0    8    9  .219
Mickey Rivers         13   42    2    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .214
Jeff Torborg          10   33    1    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    1  .212
Ken McMullen          15   51    2    9   2   0   0    0   0   0    6    7  .177
Leroy Stanton          9   28    5    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    9  .143
Tom Silverio          10    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            17   64   11   21   3   1   4   10   2   0    8   13  .328
Walt Williams          8   22    1    7   2   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .318
Pat Kelly             13   45    6   14   2   2   0    2   4   1    4    5  .311
Carlos May            17   59    7   18   4   0   2    9   4   2    9    7  .305
Bill Melton           17   65    5   17   1   0   0    5   0   1    5    4  .262
Jorge Orta            14   49    8   12   1   1   1    5   0   0    1   11  .245
Ed Herrmann           12   38    2    8   2   0   1    5   0   0    2    3  .211
Jay Johnstone         13   30    2    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .200
Luis Alvarado          3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Rick Reichardt        12   32    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    9  .156
Mike Andrews          17   59    3    9   2   0   1    6   0   0    7   11  .153
Tom Egan              11   22    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .091
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
Jack Brohamer         11   41    7   14   2   0   0    6   1   0    0    5  .342
Tommy McCraw          17   56    8   19   2   2   1    7   6   2    8    6  .339
Roy Foster             4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
John Lowenstein        4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .333
Alex Johnson          17   67    6   21   2   0   2    9   1   2    3    4  .313
Ray Fosse             17   64    5   20   4   0   1    7   2   0    7    0  .313
Graig Nettles         17   65    9   18   6   0   0    3   1   0    8    6  .277
Buddy Bell            17   64    4   16   2   0   1    8   2   1    4    4  .250
Del Unser             17   72    6   17   4   0   0    2   1   2    3   10  .236
Frank Duffy           15   40    3    8   2   0   0    0   1   0    9    8  .200
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
Eddie Leon            12   30    0    4   1   0   0    0   0   1    4    8  .133
Adolfo Phillips        9    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Jerry Moses            2    2    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        13   23    2    9   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    1  .391
Gates Brown           10   26    8   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    4    4  .385
Bill Freehan          15   57   11   20   6   0   1   13   0   1    4    7  .351
Norm Cash             16   51   10   17   1   0   5   14   0   0    7    6  .333
Aurelio Rodriguez     16   67   11   21   1   0   0    6   0   0    4   10  .313
Ed Brinkman           16   55    6   16   5   1   1    9   0   0    4    5  .291
Al Kaline             14   41    6   11   0   2   0    3   0   0    3    5  .268
Tony Taylor            7   19    1    5   2   1   0    2   1   0    2    1  .263
Willie Horton         14   47    7   10   3   1   2    7   0   0    4    5  .213
Dick McAuliffe        13   39    6    8   2   0   0    3   0   0   14    5  .205
Paul Jata              4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Jim Northrup          13   46    3    6   0   0   0    3   1   1    3    5  .130
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            2    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .667
Lou Piniella          19   71   10   24   4   1   1    6   1   0    3    6  .338
Ed Kirkpatrick         7   22    3    7   0   0   3    5   0   1    2    1  .318
Steve Hovley           9   13    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .308
Richie Scheinblum      9   17    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .294
Cookie Rojas          19   74    7   21   4   0   0    7   1   1    4    4  .284
Freddie Patek          8   33    5    9   1   1   0    2   5   1    4    3  .273
Bob Oliver            16   63    7   17   2   1   1    6   1   0    2   12  .270
Gail Hopkins           6    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Jerry May             14   41    3   10   3   0   0    0   0   0    8    2  .244
John Mayberry         19   70    4   17   2   1   1    8   0   0    6    8  .243
Amos Otis             18   69    4   14   2   0   0    3   2   1    4   10  .203
Paul Schaal           19   72    8   13   2   1   0    3   1   0   10    9  .181
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             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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            8   11    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .273
Joe Lahoud            13   41    4    9   0   1   1    2   1   0    5   11  .220
Mike Ferraro           6    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Paul Ratliff           4    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Johnny Briggs         14   48    4    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    6    6  .188
Billy Conigliaro      12   43    3    8   1   0   2    3   0   0    1   12  .186
Bill Voss              7   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182
Tommie Reynolds        6    6    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .167
Rick Auerbach         14   50    3    8   1   0   0    2   1   1    1    8  .160
Ron Theobald          12   34    3    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    7    3  .147
Dave May              14   54    2    7   1   0   2    2   1   0    2    9  .130
Ellie Rodriguez        5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
George Scott          14   53    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    9  .094
Darrell Porter        11   31    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2   14  .065

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Braun           11   40    7   20   3   0   1   10   2   1    1    2  .500
Rich Reese            13    6    3    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    0  .500
Bobby Darwin          15   55   10   20   1   0   6   20   0   1    8   11  .364
Danny Thompson        15   62   10   22   6   0   1    6   1   0    4    9  .355
Dan Monzon             3    3    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Harmon Killebrew      15   51    6   15   4   1   1   12   0   0   12   11  .294
Rod Carew             15   60   11   16   4   0   0    9   0   0    6   10  .267
Cesar Tovar           15   61   12   16   2   1   0    4   0   4    4    5  .262
George Mitterwald      5   17    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .235
Chuck Manuel           4    9    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .222
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            8   13    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .154
Steve Brye            12   42    2    6   1   1   0    3   2   0    0    8  .143
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           8   23    3    9   3   0   1    6   0   0    1    0  .391
Ron Swoboda            4    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Thurman Munson        16   54    5   16   2   0   1    5   0   1    9    3  .296
Roy White             16   59    8   15   1   0   1    4   2   0    6    6  .254
Rusty Torres          12   24    2    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    8  .250
Horace Clarke         14   57    5   14   2   0   0    2   1   2    6    7  .246
Bobby Murcer          16   62    6   15   5   0   2    6   1   1    6    8  .242
Gene Michael          15   41    5    9   1   1   1    7   0   0    6    1  .220
Johnny Callison       10   35    3    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    5  .200
Rich McKinney         14   52    3    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    4    5  .173
Felipe Alou           13   42    2    6   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    5  .143
Jerry Kenney           5    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Bernie Allen           5    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .111
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
Angel Mangual          3    9    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .333
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            8   29    4    8   0   0   4   10   0   0    0    4  .276
Sal Bando             14   52    6   14   2   2   0    6   1   0    9    7  .269
Mike Epstein          14   40    5   10   1   0   1    6   0   1   10    5  .250
Joe Rudi              14   58    9   14   4   1   0    1   0   1    3    6  .241
Reggie Jackson        14   54    7   12   3   0   2    7   0   0    6   14  .222
Mike Hegan            12    5    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .200
Bert Campaneris       14   57    4   11   0   0   0    2   1   1    4   12  .193
Bobby Brooks          12   36    3    6   0   0   0    4   0   1    8    7  .167
Gene Tenace            7   24    3    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .167
Larry Brown            9   23    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .130
Brant Alyea            3    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Dwain Anderson         1    0    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             3    4    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Dave Nelson           18   70   11   19   0   0   1    4   9   1    8   19  .271
Ted Ford               8   15    2    4   0   0   2    5   0   0    3    5  .267
Frank Howard          17   58    7   14   3   0   2    9   0   0   11   10  .241
Dick Billings         12   29    1    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    3    2  .241
Len Randle            17   71    7   17   5   0   0    9   2   3    4   18  .239
Elliott Maddox        18   46    5   11   2   0   0    1   3   2    9   11  .239
Tom Grieve             8   21    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    9  .238
Toby Harrah           18   44    8   10   1   1   0    5   0   0    7    7  .227
Hal King              14   32    4    5   1   0   1    1   0   0   12    8  .156
Don Mincher           13   46    5    7   2   0   1    7   0   0   12   11  .152
Larry Biittner        16   34    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   3    2    4  .147
Joe Lovitto           12   24    4    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    7    6  .125
Ted Kubiak             8   14    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .000
Jim Driscoll           7    8    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)            74
  P. Schaal (KC)           72
  D. Unser (CLE)           72
  L. Piniella (KC)         71
  L. Randle (TEX)          71
  J. Mayberry (KC)         70
  D. Nelson (TEX)          70
  A. Otis (KC)             69
  A. Johnson (CLE)         67
  B. Oliver (CAL)          67

Runs Scored:

  T. Harper (BOS)          12
  C. Tovar (MIN)           12
  D. Allen (CHI)           11
  D. Buford (BAL)          11
  R. Carew (MIN)           11
  B. Freehan (DET)         11
  D. Nelson (TEX)          11
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       11
  N. Cash (DET)            10
  B. Darwin (MIN)          10

Hits:

  L. Piniella (KC)         24
  D. Thompson (MIN)        22
  D. Allen (CHI)           21
  A. Johnson (CLE)         21
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       21
  C. Rojas (KC)            21
  S. Braun (MIN)           20
  B. Darwin (MIN)          20
  R. Fosse (CLE)           20
  B. Freehan (DET)         20

Doubles:

  D. Johnson (BAL)          7
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         6
  B. Freehan (DET)          6
  G. Nettles (CLE)          6
  D. Thompson (MIN)         6
  E. Brinkman (DET)         5
  C. Fisk (BOS)             5
  B. Murcer (NY)            5
  V. Pinson (CAL)           5
  L. Randle (TEX)           5

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
  E. Brinkman (DET)         1
  S. Brye (MIN)             1
  L. Cardenas (CAL)         1
  C. Fisk (BOS)             1

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  B. Darwin (MIN)          20
  N. Cash (DET)            14
  B. Freehan (DET)         13
  B. Powell (BAL)          13
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       12
  D. Allen (CHI)           10
  S. Braun (MIN)           10
  D. Duncan (OAK)          10
  E. Brinkman (DET)         9
  R. Carew (MIN)            9

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
  D. Unser (CLE)            2

Walks:

  D. McAuliffe (DET)       14
  D. Buford (BAL)          12
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       12
  H. King (TEX)            12
  D. Mincher (TEX)         12
  F. Howard (TEX)          11
  M. Epstein (OAK)         10
  P. Schaal (KC)           10
  S. Bando (OAK)            9
  F. Duffy (CLE)            9

Strikeouts:

  D. Nelson (TEX)          19
  L. Randle (TEX)          18
  R. Jackson (OAK)         14
  B. Oliver (CAL)          14
  D. Porter (MIL)          14
  D. Allen (CHI)           13
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      12
  B. Conigliaro (MIL)      12
  M. Andrews (CHI)         11
  P. Blair (BAL)           11

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