American League batting statistics through games of May 8, 1972: Club AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Minnesota 564 82 153 26 5 10 77 5 6 52 91 .271 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 554 51 124 22 4 9 47 6 5 49 69 .224 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 Danny Thompson (MIN) 16 67 11 24 6 0 1 7 1 0 4 9 .358 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 Bobby Darwin (MIN) 16 59 10 20 1 0 6 20 0 1 8 14 .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 Rich Reese 14 6 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .500 Steve Braun 12 44 7 20 3 0 1 10 2 1 1 2 .455 Danny Thompson 16 67 11 24 6 0 1 7 1 0 4 9 .358 Bobby Darwin 16 59 10 20 1 0 6 20 0 1 8 14 .339 Dan Monzon 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Harmon Killebrew 16 54 6 16 4 1 1 12 0 0 13 11 .296 Rod Carew 16 65 11 18 4 1 0 10 0 0 6 11 .277 Jim Nettles 9 16 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .250 Cesar Tovar 16 65 12 16 2 1 0 4 0 4 4 6 .246 George Mitterwald 6 17 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .235 Chuck Manuel 5 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 Eric Soderholm 6 24 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Steve Brye 13 43 3 7 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 8 .163 Phil Roof 9 26 4 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 .154 Rick Dempsey 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 .000 Rick Renick 4 3 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 9 27 3 9 3 0 1 6 0 0 1 1 .333 Ron Swoboda 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Thurman Munson 17 57 6 17 2 0 1 5 1 1 10 4 .298 Roy White 17 63 8 16 1 0 1 4 3 0 6 7 .254 Rusty Torres 12 24 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .250 Horace Clarke 15 61 5 15 2 0 0 2 1 2 6 7 .246 Gene Michael 16 45 7 11 1 2 1 8 0 0 6 1 .244 Bobby Murcer 17 66 6 15 5 0 2 6 1 1 6 9 .227 Johnny Callison 11 39 4 8 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .205 Rich McKinney 15 55 4 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 5 .182 Felipe Alou 13 42 2 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 .143 Hal Lanier 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .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 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 The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. 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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 D. Thompson (MIN) 11 N. Cash (DET) 10 Hits: L. Piniella (KC) 24 D. Thompson (MIN) 24 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 S. Brye (MIN) 2 A. Kaline (DET) 2 P. Kelly (CHI) 2 T. McCraw (CLE) 2 G. Michael (NY) 2 D. Allen (CHI) 1 F. Alou (NY) 1 E. Brinkman (DET) 1 L. Cardenas (CAL) 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 R. Carew (MIN) 10 D. Duncan (OAK) 10 E. Brinkman (DET) 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 R. White (NY) 3 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 H. Killebrew (MIN) 13 D. Buford (BAL) 12 H. King (TEX) 12 D. Mincher (TEX) 12 F. Howard (TEX) 11 M. Epstein (OAK) 10 T. Munson (NY) 10 P. Schaal (KC) 10 S. Bando (OAK) 9 Strikeouts: D. Nelson (TEX) 19 L. Randle (TEX) 18 B. Darwin (MIN) 14 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 |
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