Friday April 13, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 13, 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
Kansas City      242   53    71   14    2    6    52    7    1   35    33  .293
California       190   23    51    6    1    2    22    8    2   21    20  .268
Chicago          129   16    34    5    2    2    14    1    4   19     9  .264
New York         198   23    51    9    0    4    21    1    3   16    23  .258
Oakland          209   27    52    6    1    8    27    3    1   18    34  .249
Minnesota        199   28    47    7    2    7    26    2    2   19    41  .236
Baltimore        185   22    42    7    1    4    19    3    2   23    18  .227
Texas            155   16    32    6    1    1    14    4    0   16    24  .207
Milwaukee         95    9    16    2    1    5     9    1    1    3    10  .168
Cleveland        181    8    29   10    0    1     8    0    3   20    31  .160
Detroit          167   10    26    5    2    3     9    2    0   22    22  .156

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine (CAL)     6   25    2   11   1   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .440
Alex Johnson (TEX)        5   19    3    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .421
Cookie Rojas (KC)         7   30    6   12   5   0   0    8   1   0    4    0  .400
Ken Henderson (CHI)       4   13    3    5   1   0   1    5   0   1    4    0  .385
Billy North (OAK)         5   16    4    6   1   0   0    0   2   0    2    1  .375
Larry Hisle (MIN)         6   25    8    9   2   0   3    6   1   0    2    5  .360
Ed Brinkman (DET)         5   14    2    5   0   2   0    1   0   0    3    0  .357
Amos Otis (KC)            7   31    7   11   2   0   2    3   1   0    2    5  .355
Jim Holt (MIN)            5   17    3    6   0   1   1    2   0   1    1    2  .353
Don Baylor (BAL)          5   20    4    7   3   1   1    3   0   0    3    2  .350

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tommy Davis            3   10    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .400
Don Baylor             5   20    4    7   3   1   1    3   0   0    3    2  .350
Merv Rettenmund        5   21    3    6   1   0   1    6   1   1    4    4  .286
Mark Belanger          5   18    3    5   0   0   0    1   1   1    3    0  .278
Bobby Grich            5   19    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    2  .263
Paul Blair             5   22    2    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .227
Terry Crowley          3   12    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Earl Williams          5   19    3    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .158
Brooks Robinson        5   21    2    3   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    2  .143
Boog Powell            5   21    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .095
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              2    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        2    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
Leroy Stanton          1    1    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Frank Robinson         1    4    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Bobby Valentine        6   25    2   11   1   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .440
Rudy Meoli             5    8    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .375
Ken Berry              6   20    4    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .350
Art Kusnyer            2    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .333
Vada Pinson            6   22    3    6   1   0   1    6   0   1    2    5  .273
Sandy Alomar           6   21    3    5   0   0   0    1   5   0    1    0  .238
Tommy McCraw           6   19    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    3  .211
John Stephenson        5   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .188
Jim Spencer            6   17    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .177
Billy Grabarkewitz     2    7    1    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .143
Bob Oliver             5   16    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125
Doug Howard            3    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Jerry Davanon          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Johnny Jeter           2    5    2    3   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
Ken Henderson          4   13    3    5   1   0   1    5   0   1    4    0  .385
Pat Kelly              3   13    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    0  .385
Carlos May             4   16    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    3  .313
Dick Allen             4   17    2    5   2   1   1    2   0   0    0    3  .294
Mike Andrews           2    7    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .286
Jorge Orta             4   10    3    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    5    0  .200
Tony Muser             2    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    0  .167
Eddie Leon             4   13    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .154
Bill Melton            4   13    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    0  .154
Ed Herrmann            4   16    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125

 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           6   16    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   1    2    4  .250
George Hendrick        6   25    0    6   2   0   0    2   0   1    0    5  .240
Rusty Torres           6   20    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    5    3  .200
Buddy Bell             6   19    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .158
Charlie Spikes         6   20    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .150
Chris Chambliss        6   21    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    3  .143
John Ellis             4   15    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .133
Dave Duncan            6   20    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .100
Jack Brohamer          6   19    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .053
Oscar Gamble           1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Brinkman            5   14    2    5   0   2   0    1   0   0    3    0  .357
Gates Brown            5   10    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .300
Tony Taylor            4   12    0    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .250
Duke Sims              1    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Bill Freehan           4   15    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Norm Cash              4   17    3    3   1   0   2    3   0   0    0    2  .177
Mickey Stanley         5   15    2    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    5    1  .133
Willie Horton          2    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Aurelio Rodriguez      5   20    0    2   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    3  .100
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
Al Kaline              5   19    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .053
Frank Howard           4    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .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
Keith Marshall         4    3    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .667
Gail Hopkins           5    5    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .600
Cookie Rojas           7   30    6   12   5   0   0    8   1   0    4    0  .400
Amos Otis              7   31    7   11   2   0   2    3   1   0    2    5  .355
Freddie Patek          7   26   10    9   2   1   0    2   3   0    6    4  .346
Kurt Bevacqua          2    6    3    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Steve Hovley           4    6    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Paul Schaal            7   24    2    7   0   0   0    4   0   1    3    3  .292
Lou Piniella           7   24    4    6   1   0   1    5   1   0    1    1  .250
Carl Taylor            4    8    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
John Mayberry          7   25    7    6   0   0   2   11   0   0    8    7  .240
Ed Kirkpatrick         4    9    3    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    0  .222
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

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ollie Brown            3   10    2    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .400
Ellie Rodriguez        3   11    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .364
Pedro Garcia           3    9    2    2   0   0   2    4   0   0    0    1  .222
Dave May               3   13    2    2   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    2  .154
Rick Auerbach          2    9    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .111
Don Money              3    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .111
Gorman Thomas          3    9    0    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .111
Johnny Briggs          3   11    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .091
George Scott           3   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .000
John Vukovich          1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Brye             2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Larry Hisle            6   25    8    9   2   0   3    6   1   0    2    5  .360
Jim Holt               5   17    3    6   0   1   1    2   0   1    1    2  .353
Harmon Killebrew       1    3    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Danny Walton           1    3    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Tony Oliva             5   21    3    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    1    2  .286
Bobby Darwin           6   23    3    6   0   0   1    5   0   0    1    7  .261
Rod Carew              6   21    5    5   1   1   0    1   1   0    3    1  .238
Steve Braun            6   20    1    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .200
Joe Lis                5   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .167
Phil Roof              5   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .167
Danny Thompson         6   24    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .125
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

 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
Billy North            5   16    4    6   1   0   0    0   2   0    2    1  .375
Reggie Jackson         6   23    5    8   1   0   2    6   0   0    3    7  .348
Gene Tenace            6   20    4    6   1   0   2    4   0   0    4    3  .300
Billy Conigliaro       6   25    2    7   0   1   0    1   1   0    0    3  .280
Angel Mangual          3   11    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .273
Ted Kubiak             6   16    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Ray Fosse              6   25    0    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .240
Sal Bando              6   19    5    4   1   0   2    5   0   0    5    0  .211
Dal Maxvill            4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Joe Rudi               6   24    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    7  .125
Dick Green             6   13    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .077
Bert Campaneris        1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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           5   19    3    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .421
Ken Suarez             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jeff Burroughs         5   16    2    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    6  .313
Toby Harrah            5   19    1    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .263
Elliott Maddox         4   12    1    3   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .250
Mike Epstein           5   19    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .211
Joe Lovitto            5   17    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .118
Rico Carty             5   19    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .105
Dick Billings          4   10    2    1   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    1  .100
Dave Nelson            4   11    4    1   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    3  .091
Vic Harris             4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tom Grieve             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jim Mason              3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  A. Otis (KC)             31
  C. Rojas (KC)            30
  H. McRae (KC)            26
  F. Patek (KC)            26
  H. Clarke (NY)           25
  B. Conigliaro (OAK)      25
  R. Fosse (OAK)           25
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        25
  L. Hisle (MIN)           25
  J. Mayberry (KC)         25

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            10
  L. Hisle (MIN)            8
  J. Mayberry (KC)          7
  A. Otis (KC)              7
  C. Fisk (BOS)             6
  C. Rojas (KC)             6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  R. Carew (MIN)            5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  B. Murcer (NY)            5

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            12
  A. Otis (KC)             11
  B. Valentine (CAL)       11
  L. Hisle (MIN)            9
  F. Patek (KC)             9
  R. Jackson (OAK)          8
  A. Johnson (TEX)          8
  D. Baylor (BAL)           7
  K. Berry (CAL)            7
  H. Clarke (NY)            7

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  D. Baylor (BAL)           3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  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

Triples:

  E. Brinkman (DET)         2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  D. Baylor (BAL)           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:

  L. Hisle (MIN)            3
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  N. Cash (DET)             2
  C. Fisk (BOS)             2
  P. Garcia (MIL)           2
  R. Jackson (OAK)          2
  D. May (MIL)              2
  J. Mayberry (KC)          2
  G. Nettles (NY)           2
  A. Otis (KC)              2

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         11
  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  G. Nettles (NY)           7
  C. Fisk (BOS)             6
  L. Hisle (MIN)            6
  R. Jackson (OAK)          6
  V. Pinson (CAL)           6
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  B. Darwin (MIN)           5

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  B. North (OAK)            2
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  D. Billings (TEX)         1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  R. Blomberg (NY)          1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  B. Conigliaro (OAK)       1
  B. Grabarkewitz (CAL)     1

Caught Stealing:

  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  L. Cardenas (CLE)         1
  K. Henderson (CHI)        1
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         1
  J. Holt (MIN)             1
  P. Kelly (CHI)            1
  T. Kubiak (OAK)           1
  A. Kusnyer (CAL)          1
  J. Lis (MIN)              1

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)          8
  B. Grich (BAL)            6
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       6
  F. Patek (KC)             6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  J. Orta (CHI)             5
  M. Stanley (DET)          5
  R. Torres (CLE)           5
  K. Henderson (CHI)        4
  B. Melton (CHI)           4

Strikeouts:

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


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