Monday April 23, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          374   62   112   19    4    9    55    4    5   52    49  .300
Boston           448   77   129   21    2   25    73    6    2   41    60  .288
Kansas City      538  107   151   36    3   14   101   13    5   76    79  .281
Oakland          509   57   134   19    1   14    57    9    3   49    82  .263
California       390   44    97   15    3    7    43   11    3   35    58  .249
Minnesota        388   57    93   15    6   11    52    4    5   45    79  .240
Detroit          494   62   117   23    3   14    59    6    2   50    63  .237
Baltimore        486   55   115   18    2    9    46    8    6   49    46  .237
New York         457   53   108   18    0    8    49    3    7   42    60  .236
Texas            324   35    72   10    1    6    29    5    3   27    53  .222
Cleveland        482   49   105   17    2   11    46    0    6   51    69  .218
Milwaukee        393   42    84    8    2   18    41    9    3   25    67  .214

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine (CAL)    12   49    6   21   3   2   1   10   3   0    2    2  .429
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       12   43   11   16   3   0   5   10   0   1    2    6  .372
Carlos May (CHI)         10   43    5   15   1   0   1    9   1   1    2    9  .349
Doug Griffin (BOS)       13   46    8   16   2   0   1    4   1   1    3    4  .348
Thurman Munson (NY)      14   49    6   17   3   0   2    6   0   2    3    4  .347
Cookie Rojas (KC)        15   65   13   22   8   0   1   13   2   0    6    8  .339
Bill Freehan (DET)       13   54    6   18   2   0   0    3   0   0    6    7  .333
Dick Allen (CHI)         11   42    6   14   5   2   2    7   0   0    4    8  .333
Ed Kirkpatrick (KC)      10   33   11   11   5   0   2   12   0   0    8    4  .333
Freddie Patek (KC)       15   61   16   20   4   1   1    5   5   2   10    6  .328

 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
Tommy Davis            6   21    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .286
Mark Belanger         14   50    5   14   1   0   0    7   3   1    5    0  .280
Merv Rettenmund       13   52    9   14   3   0   1    7   1   2    9    6  .269
Paul Blair            14   52    6   13   1   0   0    2   3   1    2    3  .250
Bobby Grich           14   53    3   13   4   0   0    1   0   1   10    7  .245
Earl Williams         13   49   10   12   2   0   5   10   0   0    5   12  .245
Don Baylor            14   54    8   13   3   1   1    4   1   0    5    5  .241
Terry Crowley         10   30    3    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    1  .233
Boog Powell           14   56    5   12   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    5  .214
Rich Coggins           3    6    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Brooks Robinson       14   53    3    8   1   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .151
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
Mario Guerrero         2    6    1    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .500
Rick Miller            6    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Carlton Fisk          12   43   11   16   3   0   5   10   0   1    2    6  .372
Doug Griffin          13   46    8   16   2   0   1    4   1   1    3    4  .348
Ben Oglivie            6   15    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .333
Danny Cater            1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Orlando Cepeda        12   51    7   16   2   0   5   12   0   0    1    9  .314
Tommy Harper          13   53   10   16   2   2   1    5   3   0    6    5  .302
Reggie Smith          13   50    9   15   4   0   3   10   0   0    8    8  .300
Luis Aparicio         12   44    6   11   4   0   0    2   0   0    6    1  .250
Bob Montgomery         1    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Carl Yastrzemski      13   51    6   12   1   0   3   12   1   0    4    7  .235
Rico Petrocelli       13   47   12   10   0   0   5    9   0   0    7    5  .213
Dwight Evans          12   33    3    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    7  .182
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       12   49    6   21   3   2   1   10   3   0    2    2  .429
Jeff Torborg           4    9    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Ken Berry             11   37    5   11   2   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .297
Tommy McCraw           9   29    2    8   1   0   1    3   1   0    5    4  .276
Frank Robinson         7   26    3    7   0   0   2    6   0   0    3   10  .269
Rudy Meoli             9   12    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .250
Vada Pinson            9   33    4    8   3   0   1    7   0   1    2    9  .242
Art Kusnyer            3    9    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    1  .222
Al Gallagher           5   14    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .214
Sandy Alomar          12   47    6   10   0   0   0    4   6   0    1    1  .213
John Stephenson        8   24    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .208
Billy Grabarkewitz     5   16    2    3   1   1   0    0   1   0    2    5  .188
Jim Spencer           10   28    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .179
Leroy Stanton          5   13    2    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .154
Bob Oliver             9   27    2    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .148
Doug Howard            6   17    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .118
Jerry Davanon          4    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         5   10    1    5   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .500
Johnny Jeter           7   23    5   10   2   1   1    1   0   0    0    3  .435
Pat Kelly              7   27    5   11   0   0   0    5   0   1    3    3  .407
Mike Andrews           9   32    5   12   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    2  .375
Carlos May            10   43    5   15   1   0   1    9   1   1    2    9  .349
Dick Allen            11   42    6   14   5   2   2    7   0   0    4    8  .333
Bill Melton           11   38    9   11   2   0   4   12   0   0    9    3  .290
Ken Henderson         11   40    8   11   3   0   1    5   0   1    8    4  .275
Jorge Orta            11   36    8    9   1   1   0    3   1   0    8    4  .250
Chuck Brinkman         6   14    2    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    3  .214
Eddie Leon            11   34    4    7   1   0   0    3   1   1    6    6  .206
Ed Herrmann            7   24    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .125
Tony Muser             5    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    0  .125
Hank Allen             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Luis Alvarado          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rich Morales           2    1    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tom Ragland            1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Walt Williams          4    4    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .500
Oscar Gamble           9   31    5   10   1   1   2    5   0   1    2    0  .323
George Hendrick       14   56    6   16   3   0   1    7   0   1    1    9  .286
Ron Lolich             3    7    1    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .286
John Ellis             9   32    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .250
Jerry Kenney           5   16    0    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    0  .250
Charlie Spikes        15   53   10   13   2   0   4   10   0   1    6    9  .245
Dave Duncan           14   50    4   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    3   10  .240
Jack Brohamer         11   34    2    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    2  .206
John Lowenstein        6   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .200
Buddy Bell            15   48    4    8   1   0   0    1   0   1    5    4  .167
Rusty Torres          12   42    3    7   3   0   1    4   0   1    7    6  .167
Chris Chambliss       15   53    6    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   10    7  .151
Leo Cardenas          15   45    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   1    5   12  .111

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Horton          9   37    8   14   2   0   3    8   1   2    3    3  .378
Bill Freehan          13   54    6   18   2   0   0    3   0   0    6    7  .333
Ed Brinkman           14   43    7   13   1   3   1    5   0   0    7    3  .302
Gates Brown           12   29    6    8   2   0   1    8   0   0    6    6  .276
Duke Sims              1    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Tony Taylor            9   29    2    7   0   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .241
Al Kaline             11   47    7   11   2   0   2    8   1   0    4    7  .234
Mickey Stanley        14   47    7   11   4   0   2    7   0   0    7    4  .234
Jim Northrup           7   24    1    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    3  .208
Norm Cash             12   44    9    9   3   0   3    6   0   0    4    8  .205
Aurelio Rodriguez     14   57    6   11   2   0   1    6   1   0    0    5  .193
Dick McAuliffe        10   35    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    7  .171
Frank Howard          10   24    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .125
Rich Reese             8   15    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .000
Ike Brown              4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .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          15   65   13   22   8   0   1   13   2   0    6    8  .339
Ed Kirkpatrick        10   33   11   11   5   0   2   12   0   0    8    4  .333
Freddie Patek         15   61   16   20   4   1   1    5   5   2   10    6  .328
Paul Schaal           15   54    8   17   2   0   0    9   1   1   10   12  .315
Amos Otis             15   65   13   20   4   1   3    9   1   1    6    7  .308
Carl Taylor           11   26    5    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    4  .269
John Mayberry         15   56   14   15   3   0   4   16   0   0   15   13  .268
Steve Hovley           9   15    2    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    2  .267
Lou Piniella          15   52    9   13   2   0   1    9   3   0    5    4  .250
Kurt Bevacqua          7   18    4    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .222
Keith Marshall         7    9    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .222
Hal McRae             11   43    6    8   2   0   2    9   1   1    3    6  .186
Jerry May              7   21    3    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    3  .143
Fran Healy             3    8    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .125
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        9   26    4    9   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .346
George Scott          12   47    4   14   0   0   3    8   1   0    2    5  .298
Ollie Brown            7   17    3    5   1   0   1    1   1   0    1    3  .294
Bob Coluccio           5   14    1    4   0   0   1    1   2   0    1    2  .286
Dave May              12   50    5   12   0   0   3    6   1   0    1    6  .240
Pedro Garcia          12   39    6    9   0   0   4    7   0   0    0    6  .231
Don Money             12   44    4    9   2   0   2    7   1   1    2    6  .205
Johnny Briggs         12   41    6    8   3   1   1    1   1   1    8    6  .195
Darrell Porter         7   16    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .188
Gorman Thomas         10   30    2    4   0   1   1    2   1   0    2   14  .133
John Vukovich         10   29    1    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    9  .103
Rick Auerbach          6   10    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .100
Joe Lahoud             9   27    2    2   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    4  .074
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
Jerry Terrell          4    7    1    3   0   0   0    3   1   0    0    0  .429
Jim Holt              10   34    3   14   2   2   1    7   0   1    2    4  .412
Danny Walton           5   13    4    4   1   0   2    5   0   0    2    2  .308
Larry Hisle           12   48   12   14   2   2   3    6   1   0    5   12  .292
Steve Braun           11   38    5   10   4   1   0    5   0   0    6    4  .263
Tony Oliva            10   35    5    9   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .257
Rod Carew             12   43    9   10   2   1   1    6   1   2    5    5  .233
Bobby Darwin          12   45    7    9   0   0   2    8   1   0    4   13  .200
Steve Brye             6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
George Mitterwald      9   22    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   1    6    8  .182
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
Harmon Killebrew       7   25    4    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    6  .160
Danny Thompson        11   39    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .154
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           4   13    3    8   2   0   0    5   0   0    0    0  .615
Thurman Munson        14   49    6   17   3   0   2    6   0   2    3    4  .347
Bobby Murcer          14   51    9   15   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    8  .294
Matty Alou             7   25    5    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .280
Felipe Alou           12   41    6   11   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    5  .268
Horace Clarke         14   56    4   14   1   0   0    4   1   3    5    2  .250
Celerino Sanchez       3    9    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .222
Gene Michael          14   43    4    9   1   0   1    4   0   1    3    0  .209
Ron Blomberg           8   25    2    5   0   0   0    3   1   0    4    3  .200
Graig Nettles         14   49    6    8   2   0   2    8   0   0    7    8  .163
Roy White             14   53    4    8   0   0   0    2   1   1    8    9  .151
Johnny Callison        6   20    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    6  .150
Ron Swoboda            7   18    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    9  .056
Bernie Allen           2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Hal Lanier             2    1    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
Jay Johnstone          3    6    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Reggie Jackson        14   55    8   17   3   0   3    8   1   1    7   15  .309
Ray Fosse             14   49    2   15   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    6  .306
Billy Conigliaro      12   40    2   12   2   1   0    5   1   0    2    6  .300
Angel Mangual          9   29    5    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    5  .276
Sal Bando             14   49    9   13   2   0   4   11   1   1   11    4  .265
Ted Kubiak            13   27    2    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    3    2  .259
Gene Tenace           14   48    8   12   2   0   4    9   0   0   11   11  .250
Rich McKinney          5    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Dick Green            12   31    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .226
Bert Campaneris        9   40    3    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .225
Joe Rudi              14   59    6   13   2   0   2    6   0   0    3   15  .220
Billy North           13   41    8    9   1   0   0    0   6   0    5    6  .220
Mike Hegan             7    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Dal Maxvill            6    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          10   37    4   16   2   0   1    3   0   1    2    3  .432
Ken Suarez             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286
Elliott Maddox         9   29    5    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    4    5  .276
Toby Harrah           10   39    4    9   2   0   0    1   1   1    3    3  .231
Jeff Burroughs        10   36    3    8   0   1   2    3   0   0    3    9  .222
Dave Nelson            8   28    7    6   2   0   2    7   1   1    4    5  .214
Rico Carty            10   38    3    8   1   0   1    7   1   0    1    6  .211
Joe Lovitto            9   27    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .185
Dick Billings          8   23    3    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    3  .174
Mike Epstein           9   31    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    4   10  .161
Vic Harris             7   20    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .050
Larry Biittner         3    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    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)             65
  C. Rojas (KC)            65
  F. Patek (KC)            61
  J. Rudi (OAK)            59
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       57
  H. Clarke (NY)           56
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        56
  J. Mayberry (KC)         56
  B. Powell (BAL)          56
  R. Jackson (OAK)         55

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            16
  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  A. Otis (KC)             13
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  L. Hisle (MIN)           12
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      12
  C. Fisk (BOS)            11
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      11
  T. Harper (BOS)          10
  C. Spikes (CLE)          10

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            22
  B. Valentine (CAL)       21
  A. Otis (KC)             20
  F. Patek (KC)            20
  B. Freehan (DET)         18
  R. Jackson (OAK)         17
  T. Munson (NY)           17
  P. Schaal (KC)           17
  O. Cepeda (BOS)          16
  C. Fisk (BOS)            16

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  D. Allen (CHI)            5
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       5
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         4
  S. Braun (MIN)            4
  B. Grich (BAL)            4
  A. Otis (KC)              4
  F. Patek (KC)             4
  R. Smith (BOS)            4
  M. Stanley (DET)          4

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
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       5
  E. Williams (BAL)         5
  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  P. Garcia (MIL)           4
  J. Mayberry (KC)          4
  B. Melton (CHI)           4
  C. Spikes (CLE)           4
  G. Tenace (OAK)           4

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         16
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  O. Cepeda (BOS)          12
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      12
  B. Melton (CHI)          12
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     12
  S. Bando (OAK)           11
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  R. Smith (BOS)           10
  C. Spikes (CLE)          10

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

  H. Clarke (NY)            3
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  T. Munson (NY)            2
  F. Patek (KC)             2
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       2
  R. Auerbach (MIL)         1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  B. Bell (CLE)             1

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         15
  S. Bando (OAK)           11
  G. Tenace (OAK)          11
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       10
  B. Grich (BAL)           10
  F. Patek (KC)            10
  P. Schaal (KC)           10
  B. Melton (CHI)           9
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       9
  J. Briggs (MIL)           8

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         15
  J. Rudi (OAK)            15
  G. Thomas (MIL)          14
  B. Darwin (MIN)          13
  J. Mayberry (KC)         13
  L. Cardenas (CLE)        12
  L. Hisle (MIN)           12
  P. Schaal (KC)           12
  E. Williams (BAL)        12
  G. Tenace (OAK)          11

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