Saturday April 21, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 21, 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           380   65   108   17    2   22    62    5    0   33    46  .284
Kansas City      473   97   132   30    3   13    91    9    3   63    67  .279
Oakland          438   54   117   16    1   13    54    8    3   43    67  .267
California       323   38    84   13    2    5    37   11    3   29    47  .260
Detroit          463   59   113   21    3   14    56    6    2   47    60  .244
Minnesota        357   51    86   14    6   10    46    4    5   42    73  .241
Baltimore        457   50   109   18    2    8    43    8    6   48    45  .239
New York         393   45    93   14    0    8    42    2    6   30    53  .237
Texas            289   31    62    9    1    5    26    5    2   24    49  .215
Cleveland        413   39    87   15    2    7    37    0    6   39    59  .211
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)    10   41    4   18   3   2   0    9   3   0    2    2  .439
Willie Horton (DET)       8   33    8   13   1   0   3    7   1   2    3    3  .394
Cookie Rojas (KC)        13   55   13   21   8   0   1   13   2   0    6    4  .382
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       11   40   11   15   3   0   5   10   0   0    2    6  .375
Dick Allen (CHI)          9   35    6   13   5   2   2    7   0   0    2    6  .371
Doug Griffin (BOS)       11   39    7   14   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    4  .359
Bill Freehan (DET)       12   51    5   18   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .353
Reggie Jackson (OAK)     12   46    8   16   3   0   3    8   1   1    7   13  .348
Freddie Patek (KC)       13   54   15   18   4   1   1    5   3   1    7    5  .333
Tommy Harper (BOS)       11   46    8   15   2   2   1    3   2   0    4    4  .326

 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         13   47    5   14   1   0   0    7   3   1    5    0  .298
Tommy Davis            6   21    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .286
Paul Blair            13   49    6   13   1   0   0    2   3   1    2    3  .265
Bobby Grich           13   50    3   13   4   0   0    1   0   1    9    6  .260
Terry Crowley          9   27    3    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    1  .259
Merv Rettenmund       12   48    8   12   3   0   1    7   1   2    9    6  .250
Earl Williams         12   46    9   11   2   0   4    8   0   0    5   12  .239
Don Baylor            13   51    7   12   3   1   1    3   1   0    5    5  .235
Boog Powell           13   52    3   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    5  .192
Rich Coggins           3    6    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Brooks Robinson       13   50    3    8   1   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .160
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            4    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          11   40   11   15   3   0   5   10   0   0    2    6  .375
Ben Oglivie            4   11    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .364
Doug Griffin          11   39    7   14   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    4  .359
Danny Cater            1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Tommy Harper          11   46    8   15   2   2   1    3   2   0    4    4  .326
Reggie Smith          11   42    8   12   4   0   2    9   0   0    7    7  .286
Orlando Cepeda        10   42    5   11   1   0   5   12   0   0    1    8  .262
Carl Yastrzemski      11   42    5   10   1   0   2    9   1   0    4    4  .238
Luis Aparicio         11   39    5    9   3   0   0    1   0   0    6    1  .231
Dwight Evans          10   30    3    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    5  .200
Rico Petrocelli       11   42    9    8   0   0   4    7   0   0    4    4  .191
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
Bobby Valentine       10   41    4   18   3   2   0    9   3   0    2    2  .439
Jeff Torborg           3    8    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .375
Frank Robinson         5   18    3    6   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    7  .333
Rudy Meoli             7    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             10   35    5   11   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    5  .314
Vada Pinson            7   26    3    7   2   0   1    6   0   1    2    6  .269
Sandy Alomar          10   38    5    9   0   0   0    4   6   0    1    1  .237
Al Gallagher           4   13    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .231
John Stephenson        7   22    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .227
Jim Spencer            8   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
Leroy Stanton          4   11    2    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .182
Bob Oliver             8   26    2    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    5  .154
Doug Howard            5   16    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .125
Billy Grabarkewitz     3   11    1    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    5  .091
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          3    3    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Oscar Gamble           8   28    4    9   1   1   1    4   0   1    2    0  .321
George Hendrick       12   48    5   14   3   0   1    7   0   1    1    8  .292
Dave Duncan           13   46    4   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    9  .261
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
Charlie Spikes        13   45    9   11   2   0   3    8   0   1    4    8  .244
John Ellis             8   28    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .214
Buddy Bell            13   44    3    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    2  .182
Chris Chambliss       13   45    5    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    8    6  .178
Rusty Torres          10   34    3    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    5    5  .147
Jack Brohamer          9   28    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .107
Leo Cardenas          13   39    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   1    3   11  .103
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          8   33    8   13   1   0   3    7   1   2    3    3  .394
Bill Freehan          12   51    5   18   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .353
Ed Brinkman           13   42    7   13   1   3   1    5   0   0    5    3  .310
Tony Taylor            8   25    2    7   0   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .280
Gates Brown           12   29    6    8   2   0   1    8   0   0    6    6  .276
Mickey Stanley        13   44    7   11   4   0   2    7   0   0    7    4  .250
Duke Sims              1    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Norm Cash             11   41    9    9   3   0   3    6   0   0    4    7  .220
Al Kaline             10   43    5    9   1   0   2    7   1   0    4    6  .209
Jim Northrup           7   24    1    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    3  .208
Aurelio Rodriguez     13   53    6   11   2   0   1    6   1   0    0    5  .208
Dick McAuliffe        10   35    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    7  .171
Frank Howard           9   20    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .100
Rich Reese             8   15    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Ike Brown              3    4    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               9   31    3   14   2   2   1    7   0   1    2    3  .452
Jerry Terrell          4    7    1    3   0   0   0    3   1   0    0    0  .429
Danny Walton           4   10    3    4   1   0   2    5   0   0    1    1  .400
Larry Hisle           11   44   12   14   2   2   3    6   1   0    5   10  .318
Tony Oliva            10   35    5    9   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .257
Rod Carew             11   39    8    9   2   1   1    6   1   2    5    4  .231
Bobby Darwin          11   41    7    9   0   0   2    8   1   0    4   12  .220
Steve Braun           10   34    3    7   3   1   0    2   0   0    6    4  .206
Steve Brye             5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
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
George Mitterwald      8   20    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   1    5    8  .150
Danny Thompson        10   35    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .143
Harmon Killebrew       6   22    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    6  .136
Mike Adams             5    4    3    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            2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Gonzalo Marquez        8   11    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .455
Reggie Jackson        12   46    8   16   3   0   3    8   1   1    7   13  .348
Jay Johnstone          2    3    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Billy Conigliaro      10   37    2   11   2   1   0    5   1   0    1    6  .297
Sal Bando             12   41    8   12   2   0   3   10   1   1   10    2  .293
Gene Tenace           12   41    8   12   2   0   4    9   0   0   11    7  .293
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
Bert Campaneris        7   31    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .258
Ray Fosse             12   41    2   10   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .244
Ted Kubiak            11   26    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    2  .231
Billy North           11   36    7    8   1   0   0    0   5   0    4    4  .222
Dick Green            10   27    2    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .222
Joe Rudi              12   50    6   10   1   0   2    5   0   0    3   13  .200
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           9   33    4   14   2   0   1    3   0   1    2    2  .424
Ken Suarez             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286
Toby Harrah            9   34    4    9   2   0   0    1   1   1    3    2  .265
Elliott Maddox         8   25    3    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    4    5  .240
Rico Carty             9   34    3    7   1   0   1    5   1   0    1    5  .206
Dave Nelson            7   25    7    5   2   0   2    7   1   0    3    5  .200
Jeff Burroughs         9   32    2    6   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    9  .188
Joe Lovitto            9   27    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .185
Mike Epstein           9   31    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    4   10  .161
Dick Billings          7   19    3    2   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .105
Vic Harris             6   17    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .059
Larry Biittner         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tom Grieve             4    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              4    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
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       53
  B. Powell (BAL)          52
  D. Baylor (BAL)          51
  B. Freehan (DET)         51
  H. Clarke (NY)           50
  B. Grich (BAL)           50
  B. Robinson (BAL)        50

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)            11
  N. Cash (DET)             9
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       9
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       9
  C. Spikes (CLE)           9

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            21
  B. Freehan (DET)         18
  A. Otis (KC)             18
  F. Patek (KC)            18
  B. Valentine (CAL)       18
  R. Jackson (OAK)         16
  C. Fisk (BOS)            15
  T. Harper (BOS)          15
  P. Schaal (KC)           15
  M. Belanger (BAL)        14

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  D. Allen (CHI)            5
  B. Grich (BAL)            4
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       4
  F. Patek (KC)             4
  R. Smith (BOS)            4
  M. Stanley (DET)          4
  F. Alou (NY)              3
  M. Andrews (CHI)          3
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         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:

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

RBI:

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

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           6
  B. North (OAK)            5
  M. Belanger (BAL)         3
  P. Blair (BAL)            3
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  B. Valentine (CAL)        3
  B. Coluccio (MIL)         2
  T. Harper (BOS)           2
  L. Piniella (KC)          2
  C. Rojas (KC)             2

Caught Stealing:

  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  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

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  G. Tenace (OAK)          11
  S. Bando (OAK)           10
  B. Grich (BAL)            9
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       9
  C. Chambliss (CLE)        8
  P. Schaal (KC)            8
  J. Briggs (MIL)           7
  K. Henderson (CHI)        7
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7

Strikeouts:

  G. Thomas (MIL)          14
  R. Jackson (OAK)         13
  J. Rudi (OAK)            13
  B. Darwin (MIN)          12
  J. Mayberry (KC)         12
  E. Williams (BAL)        12
  L. Cardenas (CLE)        11
  M. Epstein (TEX)         10
  L. Hisle (MIN)           10
  P. Schaal (KC)           10

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