American League batting statistics through games of May 18, 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 822 105 206 29 8 21 99 3 6 74 114 .251 Cleveland 799 80 198 34 4 11 72 18 11 68 106 .248 Chicago 811 83 198 26 4 13 74 17 8 69 153 .244 California 894 68 218 28 3 12 63 8 5 64 140 .244 Kansas City 923 80 221 31 7 8 76 16 11 81 131 .239 Oakland 794 90 186 25 4 16 81 9 8 81 122 .234 Boston 784 89 181 32 4 13 80 9 3 65 134 .231 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 Vada Pinson (CAL) 24 91 10 30 6 0 2 12 4 1 2 7 .330 Lou Piniella (KC) 27 104 15 34 5 1 2 9 2 0 4 12 .327 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 Norm Cash (DET) 25 84 13 26 1 0 7 17 0 1 9 8 .310 Joe Rudi (OAK) 21 91 13 28 5 1 1 6 0 1 4 7 .308 Rod Carew (MIN) 24 92 12 28 6 1 0 16 1 2 13 15 .304 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 13 41 8 14 3 0 1 4 0 1 2 6 .342 John Kennedy 7 26 5 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 4 .308 Luis Aparicio 23 100 7 30 7 0 0 8 1 0 2 4 .300 Bob Montgomery 8 30 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .300 Carlton Fisk 13 44 7 12 7 1 0 4 2 0 5 9 .273 Tommy Harper 23 91 19 24 7 1 3 12 0 1 11 15 .264 Reggie Smith 20 75 11 18 1 0 3 7 4 0 8 15 .240 Ben Oglivie 12 22 2 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 6 .227 Doug Griffin 20 68 6 14 1 0 0 3 2 0 11 5 .206 Bob Burda 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 Phil Gagliano 8 11 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .182 Rico Petrocelli 20 73 5 13 1 1 1 6 0 0 7 11 .178 Carl Yastrzemski 15 55 6 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 6 .164 Rick Miller 15 27 3 4 0 0 3 7 0 1 2 10 .148 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 John Stephenson 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 Ken Berry 17 53 5 19 3 1 1 7 0 0 6 7 .359 Vada Pinson 24 91 10 30 6 0 2 12 4 1 2 7 .330 Winston Llenas 12 28 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286 Sandy Alomar 27 109 8 30 3 0 0 1 4 3 10 11 .275 Art Kusnyer 13 34 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 6 .265 Ken McMullen 23 78 3 20 4 0 0 2 0 0 8 7 .256 Bob Oliver 11 44 5 11 2 1 2 5 0 0 1 11 .250 Jim Spencer 23 83 6 19 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 12 .229 Mickey Rivers 19 63 5 14 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 9 .222 Andy Kosco 12 36 3 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .222 Leo Cardenas 27 100 5 21 2 1 3 9 0 0 10 15 .210 Jeff Torborg 16 48 1 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 .188 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 7 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 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 Gates Brown 17 45 10 15 1 0 2 5 1 0 4 8 .333 Mickey Stanley 20 36 3 12 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 .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 25 84 13 26 1 0 7 17 0 1 9 8 .310 Tony Taylor 10 29 3 8 3 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 .276 Willie Horton 22 71 10 18 4 1 4 9 0 0 9 8 .254 Ed Brinkman 25 88 8 22 5 1 1 10 0 0 4 8 .250 Aurelio Rodriguez 25 105 15 26 1 1 0 8 0 1 6 14 .248 Dick McAuliffe 21 58 9 14 3 0 1 6 0 0 18 13 .241 Al Kaline 20 59 8 14 1 2 0 5 0 0 6 7 .237 Tom Haller 5 14 3 3 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 2 .214 Jim Northrup 21 72 6 13 2 0 0 5 1 2 4 7 .181 Paul Jata 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 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 21 91 13 28 5 1 1 6 0 1 4 7 .308 Brant Alyea 8 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Dave Duncan 17 59 7 15 0 0 5 17 0 1 4 4 .254 Mike Epstein 23 76 9 19 2 0 2 10 0 1 12 13 .250 Angel Mangual 13 48 3 12 3 0 1 5 0 0 4 6 .250 Sal Bando 24 84 9 20 3 2 0 7 1 0 18 10 .238 Reggie Jackson 24 94 13 21 4 0 5 15 2 1 11 26 .223 Bert Campaneris 23 97 13 21 2 0 1 4 5 1 7 18 .217 Mike Hegan 17 10 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .200 Larry Brown 19 58 7 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 .190 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 Ollie Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .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: S. Alomar (CAL) 109 B. Oliver (CAL) 107 C. Rojas (KC) 107 A. Rodriguez (DET) 105 L. Piniella (KC) 104 D. Thompson (MIN) 103 D. Nelson (TEX) 102 L. Randle (TEX) 102 J. Mayberry (KC) 101 L. Aparicio (BOS) 100 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. Campaneris (OAK) 13 N. Cash (DET) 13 B. Freehan (DET) 13 Hits: L. Piniella (KC) 34 D. Allen (CHI) 30 S. Alomar (CAL) 30 L. Aparicio (BOS) 30 V. Pinson (CAL) 30 C. Rojas (KC) 30 D. Nelson (TEX) 29 C. Tovar (MIN) 29 R. Carew (MIN) 28 B. Oliver (CAL) 28 Doubles: D. Thompson (MIN) 8 L. Aparicio (BOS) 7 C. Fisk (BOS) 7 T. Harper (BOS) 7 D. Johnson (BAL) 7 B. Robinson (BAL) 7 R. Carew (MIN) 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) 7 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 N. Cash (DET) 17 D. Duncan (OAK) 17 R. Carew (MIN) 16 A. Johnson (CLE) 16 H. Killebrew (MIN) 16 R. Jackson (OAK) 15 B. Powell (BAL) 15 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: R. Jackson (OAK) 26 B. Darwin (MIN) 25 L. Randle (TEX) 25 D. Nelson (TEX) 24 D. Allen (CHI) 23 B. Oliver (CAL) 23 P. Blair (BAL) 19 D. Porter (MIL) 19 B. Campaneris (OAK) 18 B. Conigliaro (MIL) 18 |
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