Wednesday April 18, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 18, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           274   45    80   10    2   14    43    4    0   23    23  .292
California       262   31    72   11    2    3    30    9    2   22    33  .275
Chicago          262   37    72    9    4    6    34    3    5   34    30  .275
Kansas City      393   79   104   21    2   12    74    7    3   52    58  .265
Oakland          330   40    83   12    1   10    40    7    3   29    52  .252
Baltimore        354   42    86   15    2    6    35    6    6   38    35  .243
New York         327   39    78   12    0    7    36    2    5   27    46  .239
Minnesota        293   41    67   12    3    9    36    2    4   35    65  .229
Detroit          347   40    78   13    3   11    38    2    2   37    49  .225
Texas            223   26    50    8    1    3    21    4    1   22    32  .224
Milwaukee        268   24    57    7    2   10    23    4    3    8    41  .213
Cleveland        316   24    64   14    2    3    22    0    6   28    49  .203

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Carlton Fisk (BOS)        8   29   10   14   3   0   5   10   0   0    1    2  .483
Bobby Valentine (CAL)     8   34    3   16   3   2   0    9   1   0    1    2  .471
Doug Griffin (BOS)        8   29    5   12   0   0   1    3   1   0    1    2  .414
Reggie Jackson (OAK)      9   37    8   14   2   0   3    8   1   1    4   11  .378
Cookie Rojas (KC)        11   48    9   18   8   0   1   12   1   0    4    3  .375
Dick Allen (CHI)          8   32    5   12   4   2   2    6   0   0    2    5  .375
Freddie Patek (KC)       11   46   12   15   2   1   1    5   3   1    6    5  .326
Reggie Smith (BOS)        8   31    6   10   2   0   2    7   0   0    4    4  .323
Ken Berry (CAL)           8   28    5    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .321
Bobby Grich (BAL)        10   38    3   12   4   0   0    1   0   1    8    5  .316

 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
Bobby Grich           10   38    3   12   4   0   0    1   0   1    8    5  .316
Merv Rettenmund        9   36    7   11   3   0   1    7   1   2    7    5  .306
Tommy Davis            4   14    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .286
Mark Belanger         10   36    5   10   0   0   0    4   2   1    4    0  .278
Paul Blair            10   37    5   10   1   0   0    0   2   1    1    2  .270
Earl Williams          9   35    6    9   2   0   2    6   0   0    3    9  .257
Don Baylor            10   40    5    9   3   1   1    3   1   0    4    4  .225
Terry Crowley          8   23    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    0  .217
Rich Coggins           2    5    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Boog Powell           10   41    3    8   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    4  .195
Brooks Robinson       10   39    2    5   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .128
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           8   29   10   14   3   0   5   10   0   0    1    2  .483
Doug Griffin           8   29    5   12   0   0   1    3   1   0    1    2  .414
Danny Cater            1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Reggie Smith           8   31    6   10   2   0   2    7   0   0    4    4  .323
Tommy Harper           8   32    5    9   1   2   0    1   1   0    4    2  .281
Luis Aparicio          8   28    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .250
Carl Yastrzemski       8   29    4    7   1   0   2    7   1   0    3    1  .241
Rico Petrocelli        8   31    7    7   0   0   3    6   0   0    2    1  .226
Dwight Evans           8   26    2    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .192
Orlando Cepeda         7   29    1    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    1    6  .172
Ben Oglivie            1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
John Kennedy           1    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
Jeff Torborg           1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bobby Valentine        8   34    3   16   3   2   0    9   1   0    1    2  .471
Al Gallagher           2    7    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .429
Frank Robinson         3   12    2    4   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    5  .333
Rudy Meoli             6    9    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .333
Art Kusnyer            2    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .333
Ken Berry              8   28    5    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .321
Vada Pinson            7   26    3    7   2   0   1    6   0   1    2    6  .269
Sandy Alomar           8   29    4    7   0   0   0    3   6   0    1    1  .241
John Stephenson        7   22    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .227
Leroy Stanton          2    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Jim Spencer            7   21    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .191
Tommy McCraw           7   22    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    4    3  .182
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          2    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
Pat Kelly              6   24    3   10   0   0   0    4   0   1    1    3  .417
Johnny Jeter           4   12    3    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .417
Chuck Brinkman         3    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400
Dick Allen             8   32    5   12   4   2   2    6   0   0    2    5  .375
Mike Andrews           6   22    3    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .364
Carlos May             7   29    1    8   0   0   0    5   0   1    2    7  .276
Ken Henderson          8   28    5    7   2   0   1    5   0   1    5    2  .250
Rick Reichardt         3    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .250
Jorge Orta             8   25    6    6   0   1   0    2   1   0    5    1  .240
Bill Melton            8   26    5    6   0   0   3    6   0   0    7    2  .231
Tony Muser             3    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    0  .167
Ed Herrmann            7   24    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .125
Eddie Leon             8   24    3    3   0   0   0    2   1   1    4    4  .125
Hank Allen             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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           5   19    3    6   1   1   0    1   0   1    1    0  .316
Jerry Kenney           4   13    0    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    0  .308
George Hendrick        9   37    3    9   2   0   1    3   0   1    0    7  .243
Dave Duncan           10   36    2    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    8  .222
John Ellis             8   28    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .214
Buddy Bell            10   33    3    7   1   0   0    0   0   1    2    2  .212
John Lowenstein        4    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .200
Chris Chambliss       10   37    4    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    6  .189
Charlie Spikes        10   34    4    6   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    6  .177
Rusty Torres           7   24    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    5    4  .167
Leo Cardenas          10   28    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   1    3    6  .143
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
Willie Horton          5   19    4    8   0   0   2    5   0   2    3    1  .421
Gates Brown           10   22    5    7   2   0   0    5   0   0    5    3  .318
Ed Brinkman           10   31    6    9   0   3   1    3   0   0    5    3  .290
Tony Taylor            6   15    1    4   0   0   1    1   1   0    1    1  .267
Duke Sims              1    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Bill Freehan           9   37    3    9   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .243
Mickey Stanley        10   30    3    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    7    2  .233
Norm Cash              9   36    7    8   2   0   3    6   0   0    1    6  .222
Al Kaline              8   34    4    7   1   0   2    5   0   0    3    6  .206
Dick McAuliffe         9   30    1    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .200
Jim Northrup           6   21    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .191
Aurelio Rodriguez     10   39    4    7   2   0   1    5   1   0    0    5  .180
Frank Howard           7   15    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .067
Rich Reese             6   14    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          11   48    9   18   8   0   1   12   1   0    4    3  .375
Freddie Patek         11   46   12   15   2   1   1    5   3   1    6    5  .326
Amos Otis             11   49    9   14   3   0   2    5   1   0    3    7  .286
Keith Marshall         5    7    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .286
Paul Schaal           11   39    6   11   0   0   0    4   0   1    7    9  .282
Carl Taylor            8   19    5    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .263
John Mayberry         11   40   11   10   1   0   3   14   0   0   13   10  .250
Steve Hovley           6    8    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Ed Kirkpatrick         7   21    6    5   1   0   2    9   0   0    6    1  .238
Lou Piniella          11   40    5    8   2   0   1    5   1   0    3    3  .200
Kurt Bevacqua          4   11    4    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .182
Hal McRae              9   36    5    6   1   0   2    8   1   1    2    6  .167
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        7   24    3    9   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .375
Pedro Garcia           8   26    4    7   0   0   3    6   0   0    0    2  .269
Ollie Brown            6   15    2    4   1   0   1    1   1   0    0    2  .267
George Scott           8   32    2    8   0   0   1    4   1   0    1    3  .250
Johnny Briggs          8   30    4    7   2   1   1    1   1   1    3    4  .233
Dave May               8   33    3    7   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    4  .212
Don Money              8   29    2    6   2   0   1    5   0   1    1    3  .207
Darrell Porter         3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .167
Joe Lahoud             5   16    1    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    1  .125
Rick Auerbach          5    9    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .111
Gorman Thomas          8   28    1    3   0   1   1    1   0   0    2   14  .107
John Vukovich          6   17    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .059
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
Danny Walton           3    8    3    3   1   0   2    5   0   0    1    1  .375
Jim Holt               7   23    3    8   0   1   1    4   0   1    2    3  .348
Larry Hisle            9   35   11   11   2   1   3    6   1   0    5    8  .314
Rod Carew              9   32    7    9   2   1   1    5   1   1    4    4  .281
Tony Oliva             8   31    3    8   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    6  .258
Steve Braun            8   28    2    6   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .214
George Mitterwald      6   14    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   1    4    5  .214
Steve Brye             4    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Bobby Darwin           9   34    4    6   0   0   1    5   0   0    3   12  .177
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         9   35    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .143
Harmon Killebrew       4   14    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .143
Mike Adams             4    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Jerry Terrell          2    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
Jim Ray Hart           1    4    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .750
Matty Alou             6   20    4    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .300
Bobby Murcer          10   37    7   11   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .297
Felipe Alou            9   32    5    9   3   0   2    6   0   0    2    3  .281
Thurman Munson        10   36    5   10   2   0   2    5   0   1    1    2  .278
Horace Clarke         10   41    3   11   0   0   0    4   0   2    3    2  .268
Gene Michael          10   31    2    8   1   0   1    2   0   1    1    0  .258
Celerino Sanchez       2    8    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Ron Blomberg           5   15    1    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .200
Roy White             10   39    3    7   0   0   0    1   1   1    4    8  .180
Graig Nettles         10   36    4    6   1   0   2    8   0   0    4    7  .167
Johnny Callison        3   11    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .091
Ron Swoboda            6   16    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .063
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        7   10    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .400
Reggie Jackson         9   37    8   14   2   0   3    8   1   1    4   11  .378
Ray Fosse              9   33    2   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    1    2  .303
Gene Tenace            9   32    7    9   2   0   3    7   0   0    7    6  .281
Angel Mangual          5   18    4    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .278
Billy Conigliaro       7   27    2    7   0   1   0    2   1   0    0    3  .259
Sal Bando              9   30    6    7   2   0   2    6   1   1    9    1  .233
Billy North            8   30    4    7   1   0   0    0   4   0    3    4  .233
Ted Kubiak             9   26    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .231
Dick Green             7   16    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .188
Bert Campaneris        4   18    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Mike Hegan             6    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
Joe Rudi               9   39    3    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    2   11  .154
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           7   25    3   12   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .480
Elliott Maddox         6   18    3    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    4    4  .333
Ken Suarez             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Toby Harrah            7   27    3    7   2   0   0    0   1   0    3    1  .259
Dave Nelson            6   21    7    5   2   0   2    7   1   0    3    4  .238
Jeff Burroughs         7   24    2    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    7  .208
Mike Epstein           7   25    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    4  .200
Joe Lovitto            7   25    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .160
Dick Billings          6   17    3    2   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .118
Rico Carty             7   26    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .115
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)             49
  C. Rojas (KC)            48
  F. Patek (KC)            46
  H. Clarke (NY)           41
  B. Powell (BAL)          41
  D. Baylor (BAL)          40
  J. Mayberry (KC)         40
  L. Piniella (KC)         40
  B. Robinson (BAL)        39
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       39

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            12
  L. Hisle (MIN)           11
  J. Mayberry (KC)         11
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  A. Otis (KC)              9
  C. Rojas (KC)             9
  R. Jackson (OAK)          8
  R. Carew (MIN)            7
  N. Cash (DET)             7
  B. Murcer (NY)            7

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            18
  B. Valentine (CAL)       16
  F. Patek (KC)            15
  C. Fisk (BOS)            14
  R. Jackson (OAK)         14
  A. Otis (KC)             14
  D. Allen (CHI)           12
  B. Grich (BAL)           12
  D. Griffin (BOS)         12
  A. Johnson (TEX)         12

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  D. Allen (CHI)            4
  B. Grich (BAL)            4
  F. Alou (NY)              3
  D. Baylor (BAL)           3
  S. Braun (MIN)            3
  C. Fisk (BOS)             3
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       3
  B. Valentine (CAL)        3

Triples:

  E. Brinkman (DET)         3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  T. Harper (BOS)           2
  B. Valentine (CAL)        2
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  R. Coggins (BAL)          1
  B. Conigliaro (OAK)       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
  B. Melton (CHI)           3
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       3
  G. Tenace (OAK)           3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  C. Rojas (KC)            12
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       9
  B. Valentine (CAL)        9
  R. Jackson (OAK)          8
  H. McRae (KC)             8
  G. Nettles (NY)           8
  D. Nelson (TEX)           7
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       7

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           6
  B. North (OAK)            4
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  P. Blair (BAL)            2
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  D. Billings (TEX)         1
  R. Blomberg (NY)          1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1

Caught Stealing:

  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       2
  R. Auerbach (MIL)         1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  B. Bell (CLE)             1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           1

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         13
  S. Bando (OAK)            9
  B. Grich (BAL)            8
  B. Melton (CHI)           7
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       7
  P. Schaal (KC)            7
  M. Stanley (DET)          7
  G. Tenace (OAK)           7
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       6
  F. Patek (KC)             6

Strikeouts:

  G. Thomas (MIL)          14
  B. Darwin (MIN)          12
  R. Jackson (OAK)         11
  J. Rudi (OAK)            11
  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  P. Schaal (KC)            9
  E. Williams (BAL)         9
  D. Duncan (CLE)           8
  L. Hisle (MIN)            8
  R. Swoboda (NY)           8


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