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American League batting statistics through games of May 17, 1972: Club AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Minnesota 873 112 220 40 8 15 104 13 9 93 149 .252 Detroit 790 98 198 26 7 19 93 3 6 71 109 .251 Cleveland 799 80 198 34 4 11 72 18 11 68 106 .248 California 849 64 208 26 3 12 60 8 5 63 136 .245 Chicago 811 83 198 26 4 13 74 17 8 69 153 .244 Kansas City 923 80 221 31 7 8 76 16 11 81 131 .239 Boston 754 87 178 31 4 12 79 9 3 61 126 .236 Oakland 751 87 174 24 4 15 78 9 8 78 118 .232 Baltimore 770 82 177 37 2 12 77 7 7 76 148 .230 New York 788 68 175 28 5 13 62 12 7 69 90 .222 Texas 830 77 160 23 3 8 68 23 18 112 180 .193 Milwaukee 760 45 138 17 3 15 44 5 3 56 137 .182 Batting Leaders G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Pat Kelly (CHI) 20 71 11 25 4 2 0 3 7 3 8 8 .352 Tommy McCraw (CLE) 24 76 11 26 2 3 1 7 7 3 11 7 .342 Lou Piniella (KC) 27 104 15 34 5 1 2 9 2 0 4 12 .327 Vada Pinson (CAL) 23 86 10 28 6 0 2 11 4 1 2 7 .326 Thurman Munson (NY) 24 81 10 26 2 1 2 8 3 1 12 5 .321 Bill Freehan (DET) 21 82 13 26 6 1 2 19 0 1 5 8 .317 Dick Allen (CHI) 25 96 15 30 4 1 5 19 3 0 8 23 .313 Luis Aparicio (BOS) 22 96 7 30 7 0 0 8 1 0 2 3 .313 Norm Cash (DET) 24 81 12 25 1 0 6 16 0 1 8 8 .309 Joe Rudi (OAK) 20 85 12 26 5 1 1 6 0 1 4 7 .306 Baltimore G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Don Baylor 8 25 2 9 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 1 .360 Terry Crowley 9 14 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .357 Brooks Robinson 25 91 9 25 7 0 0 11 0 0 8 13 .275 Don Buford 25 82 11 22 2 0 1 4 3 1 15 15 .268 Paul Blair 25 91 11 24 2 0 2 11 1 1 5 19 .264 Merv Rettenmund 21 68 13 17 4 0 1 5 1 0 11 8 .250 Bobby Grich 9 24 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 5 .250 Tom Shopay 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 Mark Belanger 22 72 7 16 2 0 1 6 0 1 0 9 .222 Davey Johnson 24 79 6 17 7 1 0 7 0 1 10 14 .215 Boog Powell 23 72 12 13 3 0 4 15 0 0 13 15 .181 Andy Etchebarren 17 52 2 9 3 0 0 5 0 2 3 10 .173 Johnny Oates 5 13 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .154 Ellie Hendricks 6 19 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .053 Chico Salmon 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Boston G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Duane Josephson 12 37 8 14 3 0 1 4 0 1 2 6 .378 Luis Aparicio 22 96 7 30 7 0 0 8 1 0 2 3 .313 John Kennedy 7 26 5 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 4 .308 Bob Montgomery 8 30 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .300 Tommy Harper 22 88 19 24 7 1 3 12 0 1 10 14 .273 Carlton Fisk 12 41 6 11 6 1 0 4 2 0 5 9 .268 Reggie Smith 19 72 10 17 1 0 2 6 4 0 7 14 .236 Ben Oglivie 12 22 2 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 6 .227 Bob Burda 11 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .222 Doug Griffin 19 65 6 14 1 0 0 3 2 0 10 5 .215 Phil Gagliano 8 11 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .182 Rick Miller 14 23 3 4 0 0 3 7 0 1 2 8 .174 Rico Petrocelli 19 70 5 12 1 1 1 6 0 0 6 9 .171 Carl Yastrzemski 15 55 6 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 6 .164 Danny Cater 15 52 4 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .135 Bob Gallagher 1 1 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 17 53 5 19 3 1 1 7 0 0 6 7 .359 Vada Pinson 23 86 10 28 6 0 2 11 4 1 2 7 .326 Winston Llenas 11 27 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .296 Bob Oliver 10 39 5 11 2 1 2 5 0 0 1 9 .282 Art Kusnyer 12 33 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 6 .273 Sandy Alomar 26 104 7 28 3 0 0 1 4 3 9 11 .269 Ken McMullen 22 75 3 19 3 0 0 2 0 0 8 7 .253 Jim Spencer 22 78 6 18 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 11 .231 Mickey Rivers 18 57 4 13 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 9 .228 Andy Kosco 12 36 3 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .222 Leo Cardenas 26 95 5 21 2 1 3 9 0 0 10 14 .221 Jeff Torborg 15 46 1 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 .196 Tom Silverio 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 Leroy Stanton 13 38 7 6 1 0 2 3 0 0 4 11 .158 Syd O'Brien 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 Billy Cowan 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Joe Azcue 3 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 Pat Kelly 20 71 11 25 4 2 0 3 7 3 8 8 .352 Walt Williams 10 29 1 10 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 .345 Dick Allen 25 96 15 30 4 1 5 19 3 0 8 23 .313 Carlos May 23 83 12 25 4 0 2 11 6 3 9 8 .301 Rich Morales 13 36 4 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 10 .278 Bill Melton 24 90 7 22 2 0 2 10 0 1 7 11 .244 Mike Andrews 25 84 12 19 4 0 1 6 0 1 14 13 .226 Jorge Orta 18 58 8 12 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 14 .207 Rick Reichardt 18 45 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 13 .200 Ed Herrmann 17 52 3 10 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 4 .192 Jay Johnstone 20 49 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 .184 Tom Egan 15 35 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .171 Luis Alvarado 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 Jim Qualls 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .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 24 76 11 26 2 3 1 7 7 3 11 7 .342 Jack Brohamer 18 65 10 19 2 1 0 8 1 0 1 8 .292 Roy Foster 5 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 Jerry Moses 5 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 Ray Fosse 23 86 8 24 4 0 2 8 2 0 8 0 .279 Alex Johnson 24 91 9 25 3 0 4 16 1 2 5 8 .275 Buddy Bell 24 89 4 23 4 0 1 9 4 2 5 5 .258 Chris Chambliss 4 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 John Lowenstein 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 Graig Nettles 23 88 9 20 6 0 0 5 1 0 8 8 .227 Del Unser 24 97 9 22 5 0 1 6 1 2 6 13 .227 Frank Duffy 19 50 4 10 2 0 0 2 1 1 10 10 .200 Fred Stanley 4 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 Eddie Leon 17 45 2 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 10 .178 Lou Camilli 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Adolfo Phillips 13 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 Detroit G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Mickey Stanley 19 35 3 12 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 .343 Gates Brown 16 42 9 14 1 0 2 5 1 0 4 8 .333 Ike Brown 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 Bill Freehan 21 82 13 26 6 1 2 19 0 1 5 8 .317 Norm Cash 24 81 12 25 1 0 6 16 0 1 8 8 .309 Ed Brinkman 24 84 8 22 5 1 1 10 0 0 4 6 .262 Tony Taylor 9 27 2 7 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 .259 Aurelio Rodriguez 24 101 15 26 1 1 0 8 0 1 6 13 .257 Willie Horton 21 70 9 17 4 1 4 9 0 0 7 8 .243 Al Kaline 19 58 8 14 1 2 0 5 0 0 6 7 .241 Dick McAuliffe 20 56 9 13 2 0 1 5 0 0 18 13 .232 Jim Northrup 20 68 5 12 1 0 0 4 1 2 4 7 .177 Paul Jata 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Tom Haller 4 10 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .100 Dalton Jones 3 3 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 Gail Hopkins 8 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 Bobby Knoop 5 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Lou Piniella 27 104 15 34 5 1 2 9 2 0 4 12 .327 Ed Kirkpatrick 15 46 6 14 1 0 3 7 0 2 6 5 .304 Cookie Rojas 27 107 11 30 6 0 0 11 1 4 6 7 .280 Bob Oliver 16 63 7 17 2 1 1 6 1 0 2 12 .270 Jerry May 15 42 3 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 .262 Richie Scheinblum 17 46 2 12 0 0 1 7 0 0 8 6 .261 Freddie Patek 16 68 9 16 3 2 0 6 7 1 6 11 .235 Amos Otis 25 96 7 22 2 1 0 5 4 3 7 12 .229 Steve Hovley 13 22 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 .227 John Mayberry 27 101 6 21 2 1 1 10 0 0 10 13 .208 Paul Schaal 27 98 10 19 4 1 0 6 1 0 16 13 .194 Bobby Floyd 9 29 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .138 Ron Hansen 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .100 Dennis Paepke 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Joe Keough 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Milwaukee G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Brock Davis 12 21 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .333 Bob Heise 12 45 1 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .289 Mike Ferraro 13 26 1 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .231 Ellie Rodriguez 8 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Joe Lahoud 18 60 5 12 1 1 1 3 1 0 6 13 .200 Curt Motton 4 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .200 Tommie Reynolds 10 16 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .188 Johnny Briggs 20 65 7 12 1 0 1 3 0 0 11 9 .185 Billy Conigliaro 20 78 6 14 1 0 4 6 0 0 1 18 .180 Bill Voss 11 18 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 .167 Rick Auerbach 22 83 3 13 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 11 .157 Dave May 22 86 4 13 2 0 2 2 2 0 5 12 .151 Ron Theobald 15 43 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 10 6 .140 George Scott 22 88 6 12 3 0 3 9 1 0 8 16 .136 Darrell Porter 16 52 2 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 19 .135 Paul Ratliff 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 Minnesota G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Steve Braun 18 68 8 24 3 0 1 12 2 1 4 4 .353 Rod Carew 24 92 12 28 6 1 0 16 1 2 13 15 .304 Cesar Tovar 24 98 22 29 4 1 0 6 6 4 12 7 .296 Danny Thompson 24 103 14 28 8 1 1 12 1 0 5 15 .272 Bobby Darwin 22 85 11 23 2 1 6 21 0 1 11 25 .271 Jim Nettles 15 28 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 5 .250 Harmon Killebrew 24 82 10 20 4 1 4 16 0 0 20 16 .244 Eric Soderholm 12 45 4 10 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 .222 Phil Roof 14 37 6 8 4 1 0 4 0 0 3 10 .216 Dan Monzon 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 Steve Brye 20 72 4 14 3 2 0 4 2 0 5 13 .194 Rich Reese 21 16 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .188 George Mitterwald 11 28 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .179 Rick Dempsey 8 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 .143 Chuck Manuel 8 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 Rick Renick 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 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 Thurman Munson 24 81 10 26 2 1 2 8 3 1 12 5 .321 Ron Blomberg 14 43 5 13 4 0 2 9 0 0 2 1 .302 Rusty Torres 18 40 3 11 4 0 0 3 0 1 5 11 .275 Horace Clarke 22 91 7 24 3 0 0 3 2 2 8 9 .264 Gene Michael 23 72 8 16 1 2 1 10 0 0 6 6 .222 Roy White 24 82 10 18 1 0 1 5 5 0 14 8 .220 Johnny Callison 15 55 4 12 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 5 .218 Ron Swoboda 6 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 Bobby Murcer 23 90 8 17 5 0 3 7 2 2 8 10 .189 Felipe Alou 18 54 3 10 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 5 .185 Rich McKinney 22 82 5 14 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 8 .171 Hal Lanier 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .143 Jerry Kenney 6 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 Bernie Allen 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .100 Oakland G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Curt Blefary 8 11 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .455 Dick Green 7 21 1 8 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 .381 George Hendrick 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Joe Rudi 20 85 12 26 5 1 1 6 0 1 4 7 .306 Brant Alyea 8 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Dave Duncan 16 56 7 15 0 0 5 16 0 1 3 4 .268 Mike Hegan 16 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 Sal Bando 23 79 9 19 3 2 0 7 1 0 18 9 .241 Mike Epstein 22 72 9 17 2 0 2 10 0 1 12 12 .236 Angel Mangual 12 43 3 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 6 .233 Reggie Jackson 23 90 13 19 4 0 5 14 2 1 10 25 .211 Bert Campaneris 22 91 11 19 2 0 0 3 5 1 7 18 .209 Larry Brown 18 53 7 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 .189 Bobby Brooks 15 39 4 7 0 0 0 5 0 1 8 8 .180 Gene Tenace 11 33 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .152 Dwain Anderson 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 Ron Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Texas G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO Avg Dave Nelson 26 102 17 29 1 2 1 5 11 2 12 24 .284 Dick Billings 18 45 2 11 0 0 0 6 0 1 3 6 .244 Frank Howard 25 82 7 20 3 0 2 11 0 0 16 13 .244 Tom Grieve 13 25 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 9 .240 Toby Harrah 26 71 8 17 2 1 0 8 1 1 11 8 .239 Elliott Maddox 26 80 9 16 5 0 0 1 5 2 13 17 .200 Len Randle 25 102 9 20 6 0 0 9 2 4 5 25 .196 Larry Biittner 22 47 3 9 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 4 .192 Joe Lovitto 17 32 6 6 0 0 0 3 2 1 9 7 .188 Ted Ford 14 33 3 6 0 0 3 6 0 1 4 10 .182 Ken Suarez 7 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 Hal King 20 43 5 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 13 12 .140 Don Mincher 19 65 6 8 3 0 1 9 1 1 15 12 .123 Ted Kubiak 10 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 Jim Driscoll 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Jeff Burroughs 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .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) 107 S. Alomar (CAL) 104 L. Piniella (KC) 104 D. Thompson (MIN) 103 D. Nelson (TEX) 102 B. Oliver (CAL) 102 L. Randle (TEX) 102 J. Mayberry (KC) 101 A. Rodriguez (DET) 101 P. Schaal (KC) 98 Runs Scored: C. Tovar (MIN) 22 T. Harper (BOS) 19 D. Nelson (TEX) 17 D. Allen (CHI) 15 L. Piniella (KC) 15 A. Rodriguez (DET) 15 D. Thompson (MIN) 14 B. Freehan (DET) 13 R. Jackson (OAK) 13 M. Rettenmund (BAL) 13 Hits: L. Piniella (KC) 34 D. Allen (CHI) 30 L. Aparicio (BOS) 30 C. Rojas (KC) 30 D. Nelson (TEX) 29 C. Tovar (MIN) 29 S. Alomar (CAL) 28 R. Carew (MIN) 28 B. Oliver (CAL) 28 V. Pinson (CAL) 28 Doubles: D. Thompson (MIN) 8 L. Aparicio (BOS) 7 T. Harper (BOS) 7 D. Johnson (BAL) 7 B. Robinson (BAL) 7 R. Carew (MIN) 6 C. Fisk (BOS) 6 B. Freehan (DET) 6 G. Nettles (CLE) 6 V. Pinson (CAL) 6 Triples: T. McCraw (CLE) 3 S. Bando (OAK) 2 S. Brye (MIN) 2 A. Kaline (DET) 2 P. Kelly (CHI) 2 G. Michael (NY) 2 D. Nelson (TEX) 2 B. Oliver (CAL) 2 F. Patek (KC) 2 D. Allen (CHI) 1 Home Runs: N. Cash (DET) 6 B. Darwin (MIN) 6 D. Allen (CHI) 5 D. Duncan (OAK) 5 R. Jackson (OAK) 5 B. Conigliaro (MIL) 4 W. Horton (DET) 4 A. Johnson (CLE) 4 H. Killebrew (MIN) 4 B. Powell (BAL) 4 RBI: B. Darwin (MIN) 21 D. Allen (CHI) 19 B. Freehan (DET) 19 R. Carew (MIN) 16 N. Cash (DET) 16 D. Duncan (OAK) 16 A. Johnson (CLE) 16 H. Killebrew (MIN) 16 B. Powell (BAL) 15 R. Jackson (OAK) 14 Stolen Bases: D. Nelson (TEX) 11 P. Kelly (CHI) 7 T. McCraw (CLE) 7 F. Patek (KC) 7 C. May (CHI) 6 C. Tovar (MIN) 6 B. Campaneris (OAK) 5 E. Maddox (TEX) 5 R. White (NY) 5 S. Alomar (CAL) 4 Caught Stealing: L. Randle (TEX) 4 C. Rojas (KC) 4 C. Tovar (MIN) 4 S. Alomar (CAL) 3 L. Biittner (TEX) 3 P. Kelly (CHI) 3 C. May (CHI) 3 T. McCraw (CLE) 3 A. Otis (KC) 3 B. Bell (CLE) 2 Walks: H. Killebrew (MIN) 20 S. Bando (OAK) 18 D. McAuliffe (DET) 18 F. Howard (TEX) 16 P. Schaal (KC) 16 D. Buford (BAL) 15 D. Mincher (TEX) 15 M. Andrews (CHI) 14 R. White (NY) 14 R. Carew (MIN) 13 Strikeouts: B. Darwin (MIN) 25 R. Jackson (OAK) 25 L. Randle (TEX) 25 D. Nelson (TEX) 24 D. Allen (CHI) 23 B. Oliver (CAL) 21 P. Blair (BAL) 19 D. Porter (MIL) 19 B. Campaneris (OAK) 18 B. Conigliaro (MIL) 18 |