Tuesday April 17, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 17, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           242   44    75   10    2   14    42    4    0   22    20  .310
California       229   28    63    9    1    2    27    9    2   21    24  .275
Chicago          230   31    63    8    3    4    28    2    4   31    24  .274
Kansas City      362   73    99   20    2   10    70    7    2   49    54  .274
Baltimore        320   38    78   13    2    5    32    6    5   36    31  .244
Oakland          293   33    71   11    1    9    33    4    1   21    46  .242
Minnesota        263   39    62   11    3    8    34    2    3   30    51  .236
New York         290   32    65   12    0    5    29    2    3   24    42  .224
Texas            188   21    41    7    1    3    19    4    0   20    29  .218
Milwaukee        234   20    48    5    2   10    19    3    3    7    34  .205
Cleveland        285   24    58   14    2    3    22    0    5   25    46  .204
Detroit          304   33    60   12    3    8    31    2    1   34    43  .197

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Carlton Fisk (BOS)        7   26   10   14   3   0   5   10   0   0    1    2  .539
Doug Griffin (BOS)        7   26    5   12   0   0   1    3   1   0    1    2  .462
Bobby Valentine (CAL)     7   30    3   13   2   1   0    7   1   0    1    1  .433
Reggie Jackson (OAK)      8   33    7   13   2   0   3    8   0   0    3   10  .394
Ken Berry (CAL)           7   24    5    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .375
Reggie Smith (BOS)        7   27    6   10   2   0   2    7   0   0    4    3  .370
Cookie Rojas (KC)        10   44    7   16   7   0   0   11   1   0    4    3  .364
Gates Brown (DET)         9   20    5    7   2   0   0    5   0   0    5    2  .350
Larry Hisle (MIN)         8   32   10   11   2   1   3    6   1   0    4    6  .344
Freddie Patek (KC)       10   42   12   14   2   1   1    5   3   0    6    5  .333

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Bumbry              4    5    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .400
Mark Belanger          9   32    5   10   0   0   0    4   2   1    4    0  .313
Merv Rettenmund        8   32    6   10   2   0   1    7   1   2    7    5  .313
Tommy Davis            4   14    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .286
Paul Blair             9   33    5    9   1   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .273
Bobby Grich            9   34    2    9   3   0   0    1   0   1    8    4  .265
Earl Williams          8   31    5    8   2   0   1    4   0   0    3    7  .258
Don Baylor             9   36    5    9   3   1   1    3   1   0    4    3  .250
Terry Crowley          7   20    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    0  .250
Rich Coggins           2    5    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Boog Powell            9   38    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .158
Brooks Robinson        9   35    2    5   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .143
Andy Etchebarren       3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Larry Brown            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Enos Cabell            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Frank Baker            2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ellie Hendricks        3    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
Rick Miller            3    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Mario Guerrero         1    3    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .667
Carlton Fisk           7   26   10   14   3   0   5   10   0   0    1    2  .539
Doug Griffin           7   26    5   12   0   0   1    3   1   0    1    2  .462
Reggie Smith           7   27    6   10   2   0   2    7   0   0    4    3  .370
Danny Cater            1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Tommy Harper           7   28    5    8   1   2   0    1   1   0    4    2  .286
Rico Petrocelli        7   27    7    7   0   0   3    6   0   0    2    1  .259
Luis Aparicio          7   24    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .250
Carl Yastrzemski       7   26    4    6   1   0   2    7   1   0    2    1  .231
Dwight Evans           7   23    2    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    4  .217
Orlando Cepeda         6   25    1    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    5  .120
Ben Oglivie            1    3    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
Al Gallagher           1    4    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Bobby Valentine        7   30    3   13   2   1   0    7   1   0    1    1  .433
Ken Berry              7   24    5    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .375
Rudy Meoli             5    8    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .375
Frank Robinson         2    8    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .375
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
John Stephenson        6   20    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Sandy Alomar           7   26    3    6   0   0   0    3   6   0    1    0  .231
Tommy McCraw           6   19    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    3  .211
Leroy Stanton          2    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Jim Spencer            6   17    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .177
Doug Howard            4   13    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .154
Bob Oliver             6   20    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .150
Billy Grabarkewitz     2    7    1    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .143
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
Chuck Brinkman         2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Johnny Jeter           3    9    2    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .444
Pat Kelly              5   23    3   10   0   0   0    4   0   1    1    3  .435
Mike Andrews           5   18    1    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .333
Dick Allen             7   29    4    9   3   1   1    2   0   0    1    5  .310
Ken Henderson          7   24    5    7   2   0   1    5   0   1    5    2  .292
Jorge Orta             7   21    6    6   0   1   0    2   1   0    5    1  .286
Carlos May             7   29    1    8   0   0   0    5   0   1    2    7  .276
Bill Melton            7   22    4    5   0   0   2    5   0   0    7    0  .227
Tony Muser             3    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    0  .167
Eddie Leon             7   21    3    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    2  .143
Ed Herrmann            7   24    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .125
Hank Allen             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Rick Reichardt         2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Luis Alvarado          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rich Morales           1    0    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
Walt Williams          1    1    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Oscar Gamble           4   15    3    6   1   1   0    1   0   1    1    0  .400
Jerry Kenney           3   10    0    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .300
George Hendrick        8   33    3    9   2   0   1    3   0   1    0    6  .273
John Lowenstein        3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .250
John Ellis             7   25    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .240
Dave Duncan            9   32    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    8  .219
Buddy Bell             9   30    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   1    2    2  .200
Rusty Torres           7   24    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    5    4  .167
Charlie Spikes         9   31    4    5   2   0   1    4   0   0    3    6  .161
Leo Cardenas           9   26    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   1    2    6  .154
Chris Chambliss        9   33    4    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .152
Jack Brohamer          7   21    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .048

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gates Brown            9   20    5    7   2   0   0    5   0   0    5    2  .350
Willie Horton          4   15    2    4   0   0   1    4   0   1    2    1  .267
Tony Taylor            6   15    1    4   0   0   1    1   1   0    1    1  .267
Bill Freehan           8   31    3    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    5  .258
Duke Sims              1    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Ed Brinkman            9   27    3    6   0   3   0    1   0   0    4    3  .222
Mickey Stanley         9   28    3    6   2   0   1    4   0   0    7    1  .214
Norm Cash              8   33    7    7   2   0   3    6   0   0    0    5  .212
Aurelio Rodriguez      9   35    3    6   2   0   1    5   1   0    0    4  .171
Dick McAuliffe         8   25    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .160
Al Kaline              7   28    3    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    6  .143
Jim Northrup           5   18    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .111
Frank Howard           6   12    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .083
Rich Reese             5   13    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .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
Gail Hopkins           5    5    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .600
Cookie Rojas          10   44    7   16   7   0   0   11   1   0    4    3  .364
Freddie Patek         10   42   12   14   2   1   1    5   3   0    6    5  .333
Paul Schaal           10   35    6   11   0   0   0    4   0   1    7    8  .314
Amos Otis             10   45    9   14   3   0   2    5   1   0    3    6  .311
Keith Marshall         5    7    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .286
John Mayberry         10   38   10   10   1   0   3   14   0   0   11   10  .263
Carl Taylor            7   16    4    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .250
Steve Hovley           6    8    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Ed Kirkpatrick         6   17    5    4   1   0   1    6   0   0    6    1  .235
Lou Piniella          10   37    4    8   2   0   1    5   1   0    2    3  .216
Hal McRae              8   33    5    6   1   0   2    8   1   1    2    4  .182
Kurt Bevacqua          4   11    4    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .182
Jerry May              7   21    3    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    3  .143
Fran Healy             1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Bobby Floyd            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Heise              1    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Ellie Rodriguez        6   20    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .350
Ollie Brown            5   12    2    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Pedro Garcia           7   23    4    6   0   0   3    6   0   0    0    2  .261
Dave May               7   29    3    6   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    3  .207
George Scott           7   29    1    6   0   0   1    3   1   0    0    3  .207
Don Money              7   25    2    5   2   0   1    3   0   1    1    3  .200
Johnny Briggs          7   26    2    5   0   1   1    1   1   1    3    2  .192
Darrell Porter         2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .167
Joe Lahoud             4   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .133
Gorman Thomas          7   24    1    3   0   1   1    1   0   0    2   11  .125
Rick Auerbach          4    9    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .111
John Vukovich          5   13    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .077
John Felske            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Coluccio           1    0    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
Jim Holt               6   21    3    8   0   1   1    4   0   1    1    2  .381
Danny Walton           3    8    3    3   1   0   2    5   0   0    1    1  .375
Larry Hisle            8   32   10   11   2   1   3    6   1   0    4    6  .344
George Mitterwald      5   10    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   1    4    3  .300
Rod Carew              8   29    6    8   2   1   0    3   1   0    3    2  .276
Tony Oliva             7   27    3    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    4  .259
Bobby Darwin           8   30    4    6   0   0   1    5   0   0    3   10  .200
Steve Brye             4    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Harmon Killebrew       3   11    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .182
Steve Braun            7   24    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .167
Joe Lis                5   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .167
Phil Roof              7   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .167
Danny Thompson         8   32    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .125
Mike Adams             4    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Jerry Terrell          1    0    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
Matty Alou             6   20    4    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .300
Felipe Alou            8   27    4    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .296
Bobby Murcer           9   32    6    9   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .281
Horace Clarke          9   36    3   10   0   0   0    3   0   2    3    2  .278
Celerino Sanchez       2    8    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Thurman Munson         9   32    3    7   2   0   1    3   0   1    1    2  .219
Gene Michael           9   28    2    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .214
Ron Blomberg           5   15    1    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .200
Graig Nettles          9   32    4    6   1   0   2    8   0   0    3    6  .188
Roy White              9   35    2    6   0   0   0    0   1   0    3    7  .171
Johnny Callison        3   11    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .091
Ron Swoboda            5   13    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .077
Bernie Allen           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Hal Lanier             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gonzalo Marquez        6    9    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .444
Reggie Jackson         8   33    7   13   2   0   3    8   0   0    3   10  .394
Ray Fosse              8   29    1    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .276
Billy Conigliaro       7   27    2    7   0   1   0    2   1   0    0    3  .259
Sal Bando              8   28    5    7   2   0   2    6   0   0    6    0  .250
Gene Tenace            8   29    5    7   2   0   2    5   0   0    5    5  .241
Ted Kubiak             8   25    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .240
Billy North            7   26    4    6   1   0   0    0   3   0    2    3  .231
Angel Mangual          4   13    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .231
Mike Hegan             5    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Dal Maxvill            4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Bert Campaneris        3   13    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .154
Joe Rudi               8   34    3    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    2   10  .147
Dick Green             6   13    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .077
Rich McKinney          2    2    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
Alex Johnson           6   22    3   10   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .455
Ken Suarez             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Elliott Maddox         5   14    3    4   0   0   0    3   1   0    4    4  .286
Jeff Burroughs         6   20    2    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    6  .250
Dave Nelson            5   16    6    4   2   0   2    7   1   0    3    4  .250
Mike Epstein           6   22    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .227
Toby Harrah            6   23    1    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    1  .217
Joe Lovitto            6   21    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .191
Rico Carty             6   22    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .091
Dick Billings          5   13    2    1   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .077
Vic Harris             4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Larry Biittner         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tom Grieve             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Rick Stelmaszek        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .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)             45
  C. Rojas (KC)            44
  F. Patek (KC)            42
  J. Mayberry (KC)         38
  B. Powell (BAL)          38
  L. Piniella (KC)         37
  D. Baylor (BAL)          36
  H. Clarke (NY)           36
  B. Robinson (BAL)        35
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       35

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            12
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  L. Hisle (MIN)           10
  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  A. Otis (KC)              9
  N. Cash (DET)             7
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       7
  C. Rojas (KC)             7
  R. Carew (MIN)            6

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            16
  C. Fisk (BOS)            14
  A. Otis (KC)             14
  F. Patek (KC)            14
  R. Jackson (OAK)         13
  B. Valentine (CAL)       13
  D. Griffin (BOS)         12
  L. Hisle (MIN)           11
  P. Schaal (KC)           11
  M. Belanger (BAL)        10

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             7
  D. Allen (CHI)            3
  F. Alou (NY)              3
  D. Baylor (BAL)           3
  C. Fisk (BOS)             3
  B. Grich (BAL)            3
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  M. Alou (NY)              2
  M. Andrews (CHI)          2
  S. Bando (OAK)            2

Triples:

  E. Brinkman (DET)         3
  T. Harper (BOS)           2
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  R. Coggins (BAL)          1
  B. Conigliaro (OAK)       1
  O. Gamble (CLE)           1

Home Runs:

  C. Fisk (BOS)             5
  N. Cash (DET)             3
  P. Garcia (MIL)           3
  L. Hisle (MIN)            3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  J. Mayberry (KC)          3
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       3
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  D. May (MIL)              2
  H. McRae (KC)             2

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  C. Rojas (KC)            11
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  R. Jackson (OAK)          8
  H. McRae (KC)             8
  G. Nettles (NY)           8
  D. Nelson (TEX)           7
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       7
  R. Smith (BOS)            7
  B. Valentine (CAL)        7

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           6
  B. North (OAK)            3
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  P. Blair (BAL)            2
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  D. Billings (TEX)         1
  R. Blomberg (NY)          1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1

Caught Stealing:

  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       2
  R. Auerbach (MIL)         1
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  B. Bell (CLE)             1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           1
  L. Cardenas (CLE)         1
  O. Gamble (CLE)           1
  B. Grich (BAL)            1

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         11
  B. Grich (BAL)            8
  B. Melton (CHI)           7
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       7
  P. Schaal (KC)            7
  M. Stanley (DET)          7
  S. Bando (OAK)            6
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       6
  F. Patek (KC)             6
  G. Brown (DET)            5

Strikeouts:

  G. Thomas (MIL)          11
  B. Darwin (MIN)          10
  R. Jackson (OAK)         10
  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  J. Rudi (OAK)            10
  D. Duncan (CLE)           8
  P. Schaal (KC)            8
  C. May (CHI)              7
  B. Murcer (NY)            7
  R. White (NY)             7

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