Thursday April 12, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 12, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           109   29    40    7    0    6    27    4    0   10     7  .367
California       158   21    43    5    1    2    20    6    2   19    14  .272
Kansas City      202   41    54   13    2    5    40    6    0   27    30  .267
Baltimore        158   22    41    7    1    4    19    2    1   15    18  .260
New York         198   23    51    9    0    4    21    1    3   16    23  .258
Chicago           91   11    23    3    2    2     9    1    4   12     6  .253
Oakland          176   23    44    6    1    6    23    3    1   16    32  .250
Minnesota        166   20    36    6    2    5    18    2    1   14    35  .217
Texas            130   12    28    5    1    1    11    3    0   14    21  .215
Milwaukee         68    7    13    2    1    3     7    0    1    2     7  .191
Detroit          134    6    19    5    1    3     6    0    0   18    20  .142
Cleveland        148    5    20    8    0    1     5    0    1   19    27  .135

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)    3   12    4    6   1   0   2    5   1   0    2    0  .500
Bobby Valentine (CAL)     5   21    2   10   1   1   0    5   0   0    1    1  .476
Alex Johnson (TEX)        4   16    2    7   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .438
Cookie Rojas (KC)         6   24    5   10   5   0   0    7   1   0    4    0  .417
Reggie Smith (BOS)        3   12    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .417
Don Baylor (BAL)          4   17    4    7   3   1   1    3   0   0    2    2  .412
Jeff Burroughs (TEX)      4   13    2    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    5  .385
Jim Holt (MIN)            4   13    3    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    2  .385
Ken Berry (CAL)           5   17    3    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .353
Gene Tenace (OAK)         5   17    4    6   1   0   2    4   0   0    3    3  .353

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Baylor             4   17    4    7   3   1   1    3   0   0    2    2  .412
Tommy Davis            3   10    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .400
Mark Belanger          4   15    3    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    3    0  .333
Merv Rettenmund        4   20    3    6   1   0   1    6   1   0    1    4  .300
Bobby Grich            4   18    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .278
Terry Crowley          2    8    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Paul Blair             4   18    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .222
Earl Williams          4   16    3    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .188
Brooks Robinson        4   17    2    3   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    2  .177
Boog Powell            4   17    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .118
Enos Cabell            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rich Coggins           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Al Bumbry              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Andy Etchebarren       2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Ellie Hendricks        1    0    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
Mario Guerrero         1    3    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .667
Carlton Fisk           3   11    6    6   2   0   2    6   0   0    1    1  .546
Doug Griffin           3   12    3    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    1  .500
Carl Yastrzemski       3   12    4    6   1   0   2    5   1   0    2    0  .500
Reggie Smith           3   12    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .417
Dwight Evans           3   11    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .364
Rico Petrocelli        3   12    4    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    0  .333
Tommy Harper           3   14    3    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .286
Luis Aparicio          3   10    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .200
Orlando Cepeda         3   12    1    1   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .083
Rick Miller            2    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
Rudy Meoli             4    6    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .500
Frank Robinson         1    4    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Bobby Valentine        5   21    2   10   1   1   0    5   0   0    1    1  .476
Ken Berry              5   17    3    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .353
Vada Pinson            5   18    3    6   1   0   1    6   0   1    2    2  .333
Art Kusnyer            1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .333
Tommy McCraw           5   18    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .222
Doug Howard            2    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
John Stephenson        5   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .188
Sandy Alomar           5   17    3    3   0   0   0    0   4   0    1    0  .177
Jim Spencer            5   14    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .143
Billy Grabarkewitz     2    7    1    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .143
Bob Oliver             4   12    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .083

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Muser             1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    0 1.000
Johnny Jeter           2    5    2    3   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
Ken Henderson          3   11    3    4   0   0   1    5   0   1    1    0  .364
Dick Allen             3   12    2    4   1   1   1    1   0   0    0    3  .333
Mike Andrews           2    7    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .286
Carlos May             3   11    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .273
Eddie Leon             3    8    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Pat Kelly              2    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .125
Bill Melton            3    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    0  .125
Jorge Orta             3    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .111
Ed Herrmann            3   11    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .091

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Lowenstein        2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .333
Leo Cardenas           5   14    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .214
George Hendrick        5   21    0    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .191
Rusty Torres           5   16    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .188
Chris Chambliss        5   17    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    3  .177
John Ellis             4   15    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .133
Charlie Spikes         5   16    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .125
Buddy Bell             5   15    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .067
Jack Brohamer          5   15    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .067
Dave Duncan            5   16    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gates Brown            4   10    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .300
Ed Brinkman            4   11    0    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    2    0  .273
Willie Horton          1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Duke Sims              1    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Norm Cash              3   13    3    3   1   0   2    3   0   0    0    2  .231
Mickey Stanley         4   11    1    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    5    1  .182
Tony Taylor            3    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .143
Dick McAuliffe         4   10    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .100
Jim Northrup           3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .100
Bill Freehan           3   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .083
Al Kaline              4   15    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .067
Aurelio Rodriguez      4   16    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .063
Frank Howard           3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Rich Reese             2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ike Brown              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Hovley           3    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Keith Marshall         3    3    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .667
Gail Hopkins           4    4    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .500
Cookie Rojas           6   24    5   10   5   0   0    7   1   0    4    0  .417
Kurt Bevacqua          2    6    3    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Freddie Patek          6   22    8    7   2   1   0    2   3   0    4    4  .318
Paul Schaal            6   20    2    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .300
Amos Otis              6   25    4    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    2    4  .280
John Mayberry          6   21    5    5   0   0   2   10   0   0    7    6  .238
Lou Piniella           6   22    4    5   1   0   1    2   1   0    0    1  .227
Jerry May              6   19    3    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    3  .158
Hal McRae              6   26    2    4   1   0   1    5   1   0    0    4  .154
Ed Kirkpatrick         3    6    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .000
Carl Taylor            3    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ollie Brown            2    7    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .429
Ellie Rodriguez        2    7    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .429
Dave May               2    9    2    2   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    1  .222
Pedro Garcia           2    6    1    1   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    0  .167
Don Money              2    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .167
Gorman Thomas          2    7    0    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Johnny Briggs          2    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125
Rick Auerbach          2    9    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .111
George Scott           2    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Holt               4   13    3    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    1    2  .385
Danny Walton           1    3    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Larry Hisle            5   22    5    7   2   0   2    5   1   0    0    5  .318
Tony Oliva             4   16    1    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .250
Rod Carew              5   17    5    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    2    1  .235
Steve Braun            5   18    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .222
Phil Roof              4    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .222
Bobby Darwin           5   19    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .211
Joe Lis                5   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .167
Danny Thompson         5   20    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .100
George Mitterwald      3    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .000
Mike Adams             2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Steve Brye             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Murcer           6   21    5    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .333
Matty Alou             6   20    4    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .300
Felipe Alou            5   17    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .294
Thurman Munson         6   21    2    6   2   0   1    3   0   1    1    2  .286
Horace Clarke          6   25    3    7   0   0   0    0   0   2    2    1  .280
Graig Nettles          6   20    3    5   0   0   2    7   0   0    3    3  .250
Ron Blomberg           4   12    1    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .250
Gene Michael           6   21    1    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .238
Roy White              6   24    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .208
Johnny Callison        2    8    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .125
Ron Swoboda            3    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .111

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gonzalo Marquez        4    4    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .750
Gene Tenace            5   17    4    6   1   0   2    4   0   0    3    3  .353
Reggie Jackson         5   20    4    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .350
Billy North            4   12    2    4   1   0   0    0   2   0    2    1  .333
Ray Fosse              5   21    0    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .286
Angel Mangual          3   11    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .273
Ted Kubiak             5   15    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .267
Billy Conigliaro       5   21    2    5   0   1   0    1   1   0    0    3  .238
Dal Maxvill            4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Joe Rudi               5   20    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    7  .150
Sal Bando              5   15    4    2   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    0  .133
Dick Green             5   11    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .000
Rich McKinney          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Hegan             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Johnson           4   16    2    7   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .438
Jeff Burroughs         4   13    2    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    5  .385
Ken Suarez             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Toby Harrah            4   16    1    4   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .250
Elliott Maddox         4   12    1    3   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .250
Mike Epstein           4   16    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .188
Joe Lovitto            4   14    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .143
Dick Billings          3    8    2    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .125
Dave Nelson            3    9    3    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .111
Rico Carty             4   16    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .063
Vic Harris             3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tom Grieve             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jim Mason              2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  H. McRae (KC)            26
  H. Clarke (NY)           25
  A. Otis (KC)             25
  C. Rojas (KC)            24
  R. White (NY)            24
  L. Hisle (MIN)           22
  F. Patek (KC)            22
  L. Piniella (KC)         22
  B. Conigliaro (OAK)      21
  R. Fosse (OAK)           21

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)             8
  C. Fisk (BOS)             6
  R. Carew (MIN)            5
  L. Hisle (MIN)            5
  J. Mayberry (KC)          5
  B. Murcer (NY)            5
  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  M. Alou (NY)              4
  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  D. Baylor (BAL)           4

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            10
  B. Valentine (CAL)       10
  D. Baylor (BAL)           7
  H. Clarke (NY)            7
  L. Hisle (MIN)            7
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  A. Johnson (TEX)          7
  B. Murcer (NY)            7
  A. Otis (KC)              7
  F. Patek (KC)             7

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  D. Baylor (BAL)           3
  F. Alou (NY)              2
  M. Alou (NY)              2
  S. Braun (MIN)            2
  L. Cardenas (CLE)         2
  C. Fisk (BOS)             2
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         2
  L. Hisle (MIN)            2
  A. Johnson (TEX)          2

Triples:

  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  E. Brinkman (DET)         1
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  B. Conigliaro (OAK)       1
  J. Holt (MIN)             1
  J. Jeter (CHI)            1
  J. May (KC)               1
  F. Patek (KC)             1

Home Runs:

  N. Cash (DET)             2
  C. Fisk (BOS)             2
  L. Hisle (MIN)            2
  D. May (MIL)              2
  J. Mayberry (KC)          2
  G. Nettles (NY)           2
  B. Robinson (BAL)         2
  G. Tenace (OAK)           2
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  G. Nettles (NY)           7
  C. Rojas (KC)             7
  C. Fisk (BOS)             6
  V. Pinson (CAL)           6
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       6
  K. Henderson (CHI)        5
  L. Hisle (MIN)            5
  H. McRae (KC)             5
  B. Valentine (CAL)        5

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           4
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  B. North (OAK)            2
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  D. Billings (TEX)         1
  R. Blomberg (NY)          1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  B. Conigliaro (OAK)       1
  B. Grabarkewitz (CAL)     1
  D. Griffin (BOS)          1

Caught Stealing:

  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  K. Henderson (CHI)        1
  P. Kelly (CHI)            1
  T. Kubiak (OAK)           1
  A. Kusnyer (CAL)          1
  J. Lis (MIN)              1
  C. May (CHI)              1
  D. Money (MIL)            1
  T. Munson (NY)            1

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)          7
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  M. Stanley (DET)          5
  R. Torres (CLE)           5
  B. Melton (CHI)           4
  R. Meoli (CAL)            4
  F. Patek (KC)             4
  C. Rojas (KC)             4
  M. Belanger (BAL)         3
  R. Blomberg (NY)          3

Strikeouts:

  J. Rudi (OAK)             7
  R. Jackson (OAK)          6
  J. Lis (MIN)              6
  J. Mayberry (KC)          6
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        5
  B. Darwin (MIN)           5
  D. Duncan (CLE)           5
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         5
  L. Hisle (MIN)            5
  A. Kaline (DET)           5

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