Friday April 20, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 20, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          300   53    89   14    4    7    48    3    5   45    34  .297
Boston           341   54    96   15    2   18    52    5    0   28    38  .282
Kansas City      473   97   132   30    3   13    91    9    3   63    67  .279
Oakland          402   52   108   15    1   13    52    7    3   36    56  .269
California       292   34    78   11    2    5    33    9    3   24    39  .267
Detroit          428   56   104   19    3   13    53    6    2   47    59  .243
Baltimore        424   49   103   17    2    7    42    8    6   44    40  .243
New York         393   45    93   14    0    8    42    2    6   30    53  .237
Minnesota        326   46    77   12    6    9    41    3    4   38    69  .236
Cleveland        380   34    81   15    2    5    32    0    6   35    56  .213
Texas            255   27    54    9    1    3    22    4    1   23    40  .212
Milwaukee        330   36    69    7    2   14    35    9    3   19    51  .209

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine (CAL)     9   38    3   17   3   2   0    9   1   0    1    2  .447
Doug Griffin (BOS)       10   35    6   14   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .400
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       10   36   10   14   3   0   5   10   0   0    1    4  .389
Cookie Rojas (KC)        13   55   13   21   8   0   1   13   2   0    6    4  .382
Dick Allen (CHI)          9   35    6   13   5   2   2    7   0   0    2    6  .371
Reggie Jackson (OAK)     11   43    8   15   2   0   3    8   1   1    5   12  .349
Bill Freehan (DET)       11   47    5   16   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .340
Freddie Patek (KC)       13   54   15   18   4   1   1    5   3   1    7    5  .333
Larry Hisle (MIN)        10   40   12   13   2   2   3    6   1   0    5   10  .325
Ken Berry (CAL)           9   31    5   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    3  .323

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Bumbry              5    5    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .400
Mark Belanger         12   43    5   13   1   0   0    7   3   1    5    0  .302
Tommy Davis            6   21    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .286
Bobby Grich           12   46    3   13   4   0   0    1   0   1    9    5  .283
Merv Rettenmund       11   44    8   12   3   0   1    7   1   2    8    6  .273
Paul Blair            12   45    6   12   1   0   0    2   3   1    2    2  .267
Don Baylor            12   48    7   12   3   1   1    3   1   0    4    5  .250
Earl Williams         11   43    8   10   2   0   3    7   0   0    4   11  .233
Terry Crowley          8   23    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    0  .217
Boog Powell           12   49    3   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    4  .204
Rich Coggins           3    6    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Brooks Robinson       12   46    3    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .152
Andy Etchebarren       3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Larry Brown            2    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
Doug Griffin          10   35    6   14   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .400
Carlton Fisk          10   36   10   14   3   0   5   10   0   0    1    4  .389
Danny Cater            1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Tommy Harper          10   41    6   12   2   2   0    1   2   0    4    4  .293
Reggie Smith          10   38    7   11   3   0   2    8   0   0    6    5  .290
Luis Aparicio         10   34    5    9   3   0   0    1   0   0    6    1  .265
Carl Yastrzemski      10   38    4   10   1   0   2    9   1   0    3    3  .263
Orlando Cepeda         9   37    3    8   1   0   3    8   0   0    1    7  .216
Dwight Evans           9   30    3    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .200
Rico Petrocelli       10   39    7    7   0   0   3    6   0   0    2    4  .180
Ben Oglivie            3    6    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .167
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           2    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Bobby Valentine        9   38    3   17   3   2   0    9   1   0    1    2  .447
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              9   31    5   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    3  .323
Al Gallagher           3   10    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .300
Vada Pinson            7   26    3    7   2   0   1    6   0   1    2    6  .269
Frank Robinson         4   15    2    4   0   0   2    3   0   0    1    6  .267
Sandy Alomar           9   33    5    8   0   0   0    3   6   0    1    1  .242
John Stephenson        7   22    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .227
Leroy Stanton          3    9    2    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .222
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
Bob Oliver             7   23    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .174
Billy Grabarkewitz     2    7    1    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .143
Doug Howard            5   16    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .125
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
Rick Reichardt         4    6    1    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .500
Pat Kelly              7   27    5   11   0   0   0    5   0   1    3    3  .407
Mike Andrews           7   26    4   10   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    2  .385
Johnny Jeter           5   13    3    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .385
Dick Allen             9   35    6   13   5   2   2    7   0   0    2    6  .371
Chuck Brinkman         4    6    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .333
Carlos May             8   33    3   10   0   0   0    6   0   1    2    7  .303
Bill Melton            9   31    8    9   1   0   4   11   0   0    7    2  .290
Ken Henderson          9   32    7    9   2   0   1    5   0   1    7    2  .281
Jorge Orta             9   29    7    8   1   1   0    3   1   0    7    2  .276
Eddie Leon             9   29    4    5   1   0   0    3   1   1    5    5  .172
Tony Muser             4    7    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    0  .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
Rich Morales           2    1    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Luis Alvarado          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       11   45    5   14   3   0   1    6   0   1    0    8  .311
Oscar Gamble           7   26    3    8   1   1   0    1   0   1    1    0  .308
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           12   42    3   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    9  .238
Charlie Spikes        12   41    7    9   2   0   3    8   0   1    4    7  .220
John Ellis             8   28    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .214
Buddy Bell            12   41    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .195
Chris Chambliss       12   42    5    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    7    6  .191
Rusty Torres           9   29    2    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    5    4  .138
Jack Brohamer          8   24    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .125
Leo Cardenas          12   35    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   1    3   10  .114
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          7   29    6   12   1   0   2    6   1   2    3    2  .414
Bill Freehan          11   47    5   16   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .340
Ed Brinkman           12   39    7   11   1   3   1    5   0   0    5    3  .282
Gates Brown           12   29    6    8   2   0   1    8   0   0    6    6  .276
Mickey Stanley        12   40    6   10   3   0   2    7   0   0    7    4  .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
Aurelio Rodriguez     12   49    6   11   2   0   1    6   1   0    0    5  .225
Norm Cash             11   41    9    9   3   0   3    6   0   0    4    7  .220
Jim Northrup           7   24    1    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    3  .208
Dick McAuliffe        10   35    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    7  .171
Frank Howard           8   16    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .063
Rich Reese             7   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          13   55   13   21   8   0   1   13   2   0    6    4  .382
Freddie Patek         13   54   15   18   4   1   1    5   3   1    7    5  .333
Amos Otis             13   57   12   18   3   1   3    9   1   0    4    7  .316
Paul Schaal           13   48    7   15   2   0   0    8   0   1    8   10  .313
Ed Kirkpatrick         9   29    9    9   4   0   2   12   0   0    7    3  .310
John Mayberry         13   49   12   13   2   0   3   14   0   0   14   12  .265
Carl Taylor           10   23    5    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    6    4  .261
Lou Piniella          13   47    7   12   2   0   1    8   2   0    3    3  .255
Keith Marshall         7    9    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .222
Steve Hovley           8   11    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .182
Hal McRae             10   40    5    7   2   0   2    8   1   1    2    6  .175
Jerry May              7   21    3    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    3  .143
Kurt Bevacqua          6   14    4    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .143
Fran Healy             2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Bobby Floyd            3    3    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
George Scott          10   40    4   11   0   0   3    8   1   0    1    4  .275
Dave May              10   41    5   11   0   0   3    6   1   0    1    4  .268
Ollie Brown            6   15    2    4   1   0   1    1   1   0    0    2  .267
Darrell Porter         5   12    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    3  .250
Pedro Garcia          10   33    5    7   0   0   3    6   0   0    0    5  .212
Johnny Briggs         10   34    6    7   2   1   1    1   1   1    7    4  .206
Don Money             10   37    3    7   2   0   1    6   1   1    1    4  .189
Bob Coluccio           3    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    1  .167
Gorman Thomas         10   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             7   22    2    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    2  .091
John Vukovich          8   24    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .042
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
Jim Holt               8   27    3   11   0   2   1    5   0   1    2    3  .407
Danny Walton           3    8    3    3   1   0   2    5   0   0    1    1  .375
Jerry Terrell          3    3    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Larry Hisle           10   40   12   13   2   2   3    6   1   0    5   10  .325
Rod Carew             10   36    8    9   2   1   1    6   1   1    4    4  .250
Tony Oliva             9   34    4    8   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .235
Steve Braun            9   30    3    7   3   1   0    2   0   0    6    4  .233
Bobby Darwin          10   38    5    8   0   0   1    6   1   0    3   12  .211
Steve Brye             5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Harmon Killebrew       5   18    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .167
Joe Lis                5   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .167
George Mitterwald      7   18    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   1    4    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
Mike Adams             4    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .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          12   44    8   14   2   0   1    4   0   0    5    7  .318
Matty Alou             6   20    4    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .300
Thurman Munson        12   42    6   12   2   0   2    5   0   2    2    3  .286
Felipe Alou           10   35    5   10   3   0   2    6   0   0    2    4  .286
Horace Clarke         12   50    4   13   1   0   0    4   0   2    3    2  .260
Celerino Sanchez       2    8    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Gene Michael          12   38    3    9   1   0   1    3   0   1    1    0  .237
Ron Blomberg           7   23    2    5   0   0   0    3   1   0    4    3  .217
Roy White             12   46    4    8   0   0   0    2   1   1    5    8  .174
Graig Nettles         12   44    4    7   2   0   2    8   0   0    4    8  .159
Johnny Callison        5   18    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    5  .111
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        11   43    8   15   2   0   3    8   1   1    5   12  .349
Billy Conigliaro       9   32    2   10   2   1   0    5   1   0    1    3  .313
Gene Tenace           11   39    8   12   2   0   4    9   0   0    9    7  .308
Rich McKinney          3    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Angel Mangual          7   25    4    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .280
Sal Bando             11   37    8   10   2   0   3    9   1   1    9    1  .270
Bert Campaneris        6   26    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .269
Ray Fosse             11   38    2   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    3  .263
Ted Kubiak            10   26    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .231
Billy North           10   31    7    7   1   0   0    0   4   0    4    4  .226
Dick Green             9   24    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .208
Joe Rudi              11   46    5    9   1   0   2    4   0   0    2   11  .196
Mike Hegan             6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
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           8   29    3   13   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    1  .448
Ken Suarez             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Elliott Maddox         7   21    3    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    4    5  .286
Toby Harrah            8   31    3    8   2   0   0    1   1   0    3    2  .258
Dave Nelson            6   21    7    5   2   0   2    7   1   0    3    4  .238
Joe Lovitto            8   27    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .185
Jeff Burroughs         8   28    2    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    7  .179
Mike Epstein           8   29    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    8  .172
Rico Carty             8   30    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .133
Dick Billings          7   19    3    2   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .105
Vic Harris             5   13    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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
Bill Sudakis           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)             57
  C. Rojas (KC)            55
  F. Patek (KC)            54
  H. Clarke (NY)           50
  J. Mayberry (KC)         49
  B. Powell (BAL)          49
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       49
  D. Baylor (BAL)          48
  P. Schaal (KC)           48
  B. Freehan (DET)         47

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            15
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  L. Hisle (MIN)           12
  J. Mayberry (KC)         12
  A. Otis (KC)             12
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  N. Cash (DET)             9
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       9
  S. Bando (OAK)            8
  R. Carew (MIN)            8

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            21
  A. Otis (KC)             18
  F. Patek (KC)            18
  B. Valentine (CAL)       17
  B. Freehan (DET)         16
  R. Jackson (OAK)         15
  P. Schaal (KC)           15
  C. Fisk (BOS)            14
  D. Griffin (BOS)         14
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        14

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  D. Allen (CHI)            5
  B. Grich (BAL)            4
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       4
  F. Patek (KC)             4
  F. Alou (NY)              3
  M. Andrews (CHI)          3
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         3
  D. Baylor (BAL)           3
  S. Braun (MIN)            3

Triples:

  E. Brinkman (DET)         3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  T. Harper (BOS)           2
  L. Hisle (MIN)            2
  J. Holt (MIN)             2
  B. Valentine (CAL)        2
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  S. Braun (MIN)            1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        1

Home Runs:

  C. Fisk (BOS)             5
  B. Melton (CHI)           4
  G. Tenace (OAK)           4
  S. Bando (OAK)            3
  N. Cash (DET)             3
  O. Cepeda (BOS)           3
  P. Garcia (MIL)           3
  L. Hisle (MIN)            3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  D. May (MIL)              3

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      12
  B. Melton (CHI)          11
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  S. Bando (OAK)            9
  A. Otis (KC)              9
  G. Tenace (OAK)           9
  B. Valentine (CAL)        9
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      9

Stolen Bases:

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

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
  K. Berry (CAL)            1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  S. Bando (OAK)            9
  B. Grich (BAL)            9
  G. Tenace (OAK)           9
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       8
  P. Schaal (KC)            8
  J. Briggs (MIL)           7
  C. Chambliss (CLE)        7
  K. Henderson (CHI)        7
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       7

Strikeouts:

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

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