Thursday April 19, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 19, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           311   52    90   11    2   16    50    5    0   26    29  .289
Kansas City      437   95   123   27    3   13    89    8    3   61    62  .282
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
Oakland          369   48    98   14    1   11    48    7    3   35    53  .266
New York         362   45    88   13    0    8    42    2    6   29    51  .243
Detroit          389   51    94   15    3   12    48    5    2   42    56  .242
Baltimore        386   43    91   15    2    7    36    6    6   40    36  .236
Minnesota        293   41    67   12    3    9    36    2    4   35    65  .229
Texas            223   26    50    8    1    3    21    4    1   22    32  .224
Milwaukee        305   34    67    7    2   13    33    9    3   18    46  .220
Cleveland        349   31    73   15    2    4    29    0    6   31    51  .209

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine (CAL)     8   34    3   16   3   2   0    9   1   0    1    2  .471
Carlton Fisk (BOS)        9   33   10   14   3   0   5   10   0   0    1    3  .424
Doug Griffin (BOS)        9   33    6   13   0   0   1    3   1   0    1    3  .394
Dick Allen (CHI)          8   32    5   12   4   2   2    6   0   0    2    5  .375
Cookie Rojas (KC)        12   52   12   19   8   0   1   13   1   0    6    4  .365
Reggie Jackson (OAK)     10   39    8   14   2   0   3    8   1   1    5   11  .359
Amos Otis (KC)           12   54   12   18   3   1   3    9   1   0    4    7  .333
Freddie Patek (KC)       12   51   15   17   4   1   1    5   3   1    7    5  .333
Bobby Murcer (NY)        11   40    8   13   2   0   1    4   0   0    5    7  .325
Ken Berry (CAL)           8   28    5    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .321

 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
Tommy Davis            5   17    1    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .294
Bobby Grich           11   42    3   12   4   0   0    1   0   1    8    5  .286
Merv Rettenmund       10   39    7   11   3   0   1    7   1   2    8    5  .282
Mark Belanger         11   39    5   10   0   0   0    4   2   1    4    0  .256
Earl Williams         10   39    7   10   2   0   3    7   0   0    3    9  .256
Don Baylor            11   44    5   11   3   1   1    3   1   0    4    5  .250
Paul Blair            11   41    5   10   1   0   0    0   2   1    1    2  .244
Terry Crowley          8   23    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    0  .217
Boog Powell           11   44    3    9   1   0   0    4   0   0    4    4  .205
Rich Coggins           2    5    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Brooks Robinson       11   43    2    5   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .116
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           9   33   10   14   3   0   5   10   0   0    1    3  .424
Doug Griffin           9   33    6   13   0   0   1    3   1   0    1    3  .394
Danny Cater            1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Tommy Harper           9   37    6   11   1   2   0    1   2   0    4    3  .297
Reggie Smith           9   34    7   10   2   0   2    8   0   0    6    4  .294
Carl Yastrzemski       9   34    4   10   1   0   2    9   1   0    3    2  .294
Luis Aparicio          9   32    5    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .250
Orlando Cepeda         8   33    2    7   1   0   2    7   0   0    1    7  .212
Rico Petrocelli        9   35    7    7   0   0   3    6   0   0    2    1  .200
Dwight Evans           9   30    3    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .200
Ben Oglivie            2    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          2    2    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
George Hendrick       10   41    4   13   3   0   1    6   0   1    0    7  .317
Oscar Gamble           6   22    3    6   1   1   0    1   0   1    1    0  .273
Jerry Kenney           5   16    0    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    0  .250
John Lowenstein        5    8    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .250
Dave Duncan           11   39    3    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    8  .231
Buddy Bell            11   37    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .216
John Ellis             8   28    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .214
Chris Chambliss       11   40    5    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    6  .200
Charlie Spikes        11   37    6    7   2   0   2    6   0   1    4    6  .189
Rusty Torres           8   26    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    5    4  .154
Leo Cardenas          11   31    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   1    3    8  .129
Jack Brohamer          7   21    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .048
Ron Lolich             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Horton          6   24    5   10   0   0   2    6   1   2    3    2  .417
Bill Freehan          10   42    5   13   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .310
Ed Brinkman           11   35    6   10   0   3   1    5   0   0    5    3  .286
Gates Brown           11   25    5    7   2   0   0    5   0   0    5    5  .280
Mickey Stanley        11   35    5    9   3   0   2    7   0   0    7    4  .257
Aurelio Rodriguez     11   44    6   11   2   0   1    6   1   0    0    5  .250
Duke Sims              1    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Tony Taylor            7   21    2    5   0   0   1    1   2   0    1    2  .238
Al Kaline              9   39    5    9   1   0   2    7   1   0    4    6  .231
Norm Cash             10   38    8    8   2   0   3    6   0   0    2    7  .211
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
Frank Howard           8   16    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .063
Rich Reese             6   14    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Ike Brown              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gail Hopkins           6    9    3    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .444
Cookie Rojas          12   52   12   19   8   0   1   13   1   0    6    4  .365
Amos Otis             12   54   12   18   3   1   3    9   1   0    4    7  .333
Freddie Patek         12   51   15   17   4   1   1    5   3   1    7    5  .333
Paul Schaal           12   44    7   14   2   0   0    7   0   1    8    9  .318
Carl Taylor            9   22    5    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    3  .273
Ed Kirkpatrick         8   26    8    7   2   0   2   12   0   0    6    2  .269
John Mayberry         12   45   12   12   2   0   3   14   0   0   14   11  .267
Lou Piniella          12   44    7   11   2   0   1    7   2   0    3    3  .250
Keith Marshall         6    8    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .250
Steve Hovley           7    9    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .222
Hal McRae              9   36    5    6   1   0   2    8   1   1    2    6  .167
Kurt Bevacqua          5   13    4    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .154
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            2    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
Bob Coluccio           2    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    1  .333
George Scott           9   37    4   11   0   0   3    8   1   0    1    3  .297
Ollie Brown            6   15    2    4   1   0   1    1   1   0    0    2  .267
Dave May               9   38    4   10   0   0   2    4   1   0    1    4  .263
Johnny Briggs          9   31    6    7   2   1   1    1   1   1    7    4  .226
Pedro Garcia           9   31    4    7   0   0   3    6   0   0    0    5  .226
Darrell Porter         4    9    2    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .222
Don Money              9   34    3    7   2   0   1    6   1   1    1    3  .206
Gorman Thomas          9   30    2    4   0   1   1    2   1   0    2   14  .133
Rick Auerbach          5    9    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .111
Joe Lahoud             6   20    2    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .100
John Vukovich          7   21    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .048
John Felske            1    1    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           2    5    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .800
Bobby Murcer          11   40    8   13   2   0   1    4   0   0    5    7  .325
Matty Alou             6   20    4    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .300
Horace Clarke         11   46    4   13   1   0   0    4   0   2    3    2  .283
Thurman Munson        11   39    6   11   2   0   2    5   0   2    2    3  .282
Felipe Alou            9   32    5    9   3   0   2    6   0   0    2    3  .281
Ron Blomberg           6   19    2    5   0   0   0    3   1   0    4    3  .263
Gene Michael          11   35    3    9   1   0   1    3   0   1    1    0  .257
Celerino Sanchez       2    8    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Roy White             11   43    4    8   0   0   0    2   1   1    4    8  .186
Graig Nettles         11   40    4    6   1   0   2    8   0   0    4    8  .150
Johnny Callison        4   15    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .067
Ron Swoboda            6   16    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .063
Bernie Allen           2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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
Larry Haney            1    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Jay Johnstone          1    2    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Gonzalo Marquez        7   10    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .400
Reggie Jackson        10   39    8   14   2   0   3    8   1   1    5   11  .359
Angel Mangual          6   21    4    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .333
Gene Tenace           10   36    8   11   2   0   4    9   0   0    8    6  .306
Ray Fosse             10   35    2   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    2  .286
Billy Conigliaro       8   28    2    8   1   1   0    4   1   0    1    3  .286
Rich McKinney          3    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Sal Bando             10   33    7    9   2   0   2    7   1   1    9    1  .273
Bert Campaneris        5   22    2    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .273
Ted Kubiak            10   26    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .231
Billy North            9   31    6    7   1   0   0    0   4   0    4    4  .226
Dick Green             8   21    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .191
Mike Hegan             6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Joe Rudi              10   42    3    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    2   11  .143
Dal Maxvill            5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125

 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)             54
  C. Rojas (KC)            52
  F. Patek (KC)            51
  H. Clarke (NY)           46
  J. Mayberry (KC)         45
  D. Baylor (BAL)          44
  L. Piniella (KC)         44
  B. Powell (BAL)          44
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       44
  P. Schaal (KC)           44

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            15
  J. Mayberry (KC)         12
  A. Otis (KC)             12
  C. Rojas (KC)            12
  L. Hisle (MIN)           11
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  N. Cash (DET)             8
  R. Jackson (OAK)          8
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       8
  B. Murcer (NY)            8

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            19
  A. Otis (KC)             18
  F. Patek (KC)            17
  B. Valentine (CAL)       16
  C. Fisk (BOS)            14
  R. Jackson (OAK)         14
  P. Schaal (KC)           14
  H. Clarke (NY)           13
  B. Freehan (DET)         13
  D. Griffin (BOS)         13

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  D. Allen (CHI)            4
  B. Grich (BAL)            4
  F. Patek (KC)             4
  F. Alou (NY)              3
  D. Baylor (BAL)           3
  S. Braun (MIN)            3
  C. Fisk (BOS)             3
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         3
  A. Otis (KC)              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
  G. Tenace (OAK)           4
  N. Cash (DET)             3
  P. Garcia (MIL)           3
  L. Hisle (MIN)            3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  J. Mayberry (KC)          3
  B. Melton (CHI)           3
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       3

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      12
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  A. Otis (KC)              9
  G. Tenace (OAK)           9
  B. Valentine (CAL)        9
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      9
  R. Jackson (OAK)          8
  H. McRae (KC)             8

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           6
  B. North (OAK)            4
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  P. Blair (BAL)            2
  B. Coluccio (MIL)         2
  T. Harper (BOS)           2
  L. Piniella (KC)          2
  T. Taylor (DET)           2
  S. Bando (OAK)            1

Caught Stealing:

  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  T. Munson (NY)            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

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  S. Bando (OAK)            9
  B. Grich (BAL)            8
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       8
  P. Schaal (KC)            8
  G. Tenace (OAK)           8
  J. Briggs (MIL)           7
  B. Melton (CHI)           7
  F. Patek (KC)             7
  M. Stanley (DET)          7

Strikeouts:

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


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