Tuesday April 24, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 24, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          412   70   125   21    4   12    61    4    6   55    51  .303
Boston           482   81   137   25    2   25    77    6    2   44    65  .284
Kansas City      567  108   154   37    3   15   102   13    6   81    82  .272
Oakland          538   61   141   19    1   15    60    9    6   53    88  .262
California       427   50   110   16    3    8    49   11    3   38    60  .258
Minnesota        425   63   106   15    6   12    58    4    5   51    83  .249
Baltimore        526   60   128   21    2    9    51   10    6   54    49  .243
New York         493   57   119   19    0    8    53    3    7   45    62  .241
Detroit          524   63   124   24    3   15    60    6    4   52    66  .237
Milwaukee        428   51    94   10    2   18    50   11    3   28    71  .220
Texas            350   37    76   11    1    6    31    7    4   28    57  .217
Cleveland        515   49   111   17    2   11    46    0    6   52    74  .216

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine (CAL)    13   53    7   21   3   2   1   10   3   0    3    2  .396
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       13   46   13   17   4   0   5   10   0   1    2    7  .370
Bill Freehan (DET)       14   58    6   21   3   0   0    3   0   0    6    7  .362
Thurman Munson (NY)      15   53    7   19   3   0   2    7   0   2    3    4  .359
Carlos May (CHI)         11   48    6   16   1   0   2   10   1   1    2    9  .333
Orlando Cepeda (BOS)     13   55    8   18   2   0   5   12   0   0    1    9  .327
Doug Griffin (BOS)       14   49    8   16   2   0   1    6   1   1    3    6  .327
Dick Allen (CHI)         12   46    6   15   6   2   2    7   0   0    5    8  .326
Ed Kirkpatrick (KC)      11   37   11   12   6   0   2   12   0   0    8    4  .324
Cookie Rojas (KC)        16   68   13   22   8   0   1   13   2   0    7    8  .324

 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            7   26    1    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .308
Paul Blair            15   57    7   16   2   0   0    2   4   1    2    3  .281
Don Baylor            15   57    9   15   4   1   1    5   1   0    5    5  .263
Merv Rettenmund       14   57   10   15   4   0   1    8   2   2   10    6  .263
Bobby Grich           15   58    4   15   4   0   0    1   0   1   11    7  .259
Mark Belanger         15   55    5   14   1   0   0    7   3   1    5    1  .255
Earl Williams         14   51   11   12   2   0   5   10   0   0    8   12  .235
Terry Crowley         10   30    3    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    1  .233
Boog Powell           15   62    5   14   1   0   0    6   0   0    5    5  .226
Rich Coggins           3    6    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Brooks Robinson       15   57    3    9   1   0   2    6   0   0    2    5  .158
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
Ben Oglivie            7   18    3    7   3   0   1    3   0   0    1    5  .389
Carlton Fisk          13   46   13   17   4   0   5   10   0   1    2    7  .370
Danny Cater            1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Orlando Cepeda        13   55    8   18   2   0   5   12   0   0    1    9  .327
Doug Griffin          14   49    8   16   2   0   1    6   1   1    3    6  .327
Tommy Harper          13   53   10   16   2   2   1    5   3   0    6    5  .302
Reggie Smith          14   55    9   15   4   0   3   10   0   0    8    8  .273
Bob Montgomery         1    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Luis Aparicio         13   49    6   12   4   0   0    2   0   0    6    1  .245
Carl Yastrzemski      14   55    6   13   2   0   3   12   1   0    5    7  .236
Rico Petrocelli       14   48   12   10   0   0   5    9   0   0    7    5  .208
Dwight Evans          13   36    3    7   1   0   1    7   0   0    4    7  .194
John Kennedy           2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine       13   53    7   21   3   2   1   10   3   0    3    2  .396
Art Kusnyer            4   10    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    1  .300
Jeff Torborg           5   10    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .300
Ken Berry             12   37    5   11   2   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .297
John Stephenson        9   26    3    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .269
Frank Robinson         8   30    4    8   0   0   3    9   0   0    4   10  .267
Tommy McCraw          10   34    2    9   1   0   1    3   1   0    5    4  .265
Vada Pinson           10   36    5    9   3   0   1    8   0   1    3    9  .250
Billy Grabarkewitz     6   20    2    5   2   1   0    0   1   0    2    5  .250
Jim Spencer           11   33    1    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .242
Al Gallagher           6   14    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .214
Sandy Alomar          13   49    6   10   0   0   0    4   6   0    1    2  .204
Rudy Meoli            10   15    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .200
Leroy Stanton          6   15    3    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Bob Oliver            10   28    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    6  .179
Doug Howard            6   17    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .118
Jerry Davanon          5    0    1    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
Mike Andrews          10   36    7   15   4   0   0    4   0   0    5    2  .417
Pat Kelly              7   27    5   11   0   0   0    5   0   1    3    3  .407
Johnny Jeter           8   28    5   10   2   1   1    1   0   0    0    3  .357
Carlos May            11   48    6   16   1   0   2   10   1   1    2    9  .333
Dick Allen            12   46    6   15   6   2   2    7   0   0    5    8  .326
Bill Melton           12   43   10   13   2   0   5   13   0   0    9    3  .302
Jorge Orta            12   39    9   11   1   1   0    4   1   1    9    4  .282
Ken Henderson         12   45    9   12   3   0   1    5   0   1    8    5  .267
Eddie Leon            12   38    6   10   1   0   1    6   1   1    6    7  .263
Chuck Brinkman         7   17    2    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .177
Ed Herrmann            7   24    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .125
Tony Muser             6    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            2    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Walt Williams          5    7    0    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .429
Ron Lolich             4    8    1    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .375
Oscar Gamble          10   32    5   10   1   1   2    5   0   1    2    0  .313
George Hendrick       15   60    6   16   3   0   1    7   0   1    1    9  .267
John Ellis            10   32    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    7  .250
Jerry Kenney           5   16    0    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    0  .250
Jack Brohamer         12   37    2    9   1   0   1    2   0   0    4    2  .243
Charlie Spikes        16   57   10   13   2   0   4   10   0   1    6   10  .228
Dave Duncan           15   54    4   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    3   11  .222
John Lowenstein        6   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .200
Buddy Bell            16   51    4   10   1   0   0    1   0   1    5    4  .196
Rusty Torres          13   46    3    7   3   0   1    4   0   1    7    8  .152
Chris Chambliss       16   56    6    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   10    8  .143
Leo Cardenas          16   48    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   1    5   12  .104

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Freehan          14   58    6   21   3   0   0    3   0   0    6    7  .362
Willie Horton         10   40    8   14   2   0   3    8   1   3    3    3  .350
Ed Brinkman           15   46    7   13   1   3   1    5   0   0    7    3  .283
Gates Brown           13   30    6    8   2   0   1    8   0   0    7    6  .267
Al Kaline             12   51    7   13   2   0   2    8   1   0    4    7  .255
Duke Sims              1    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Mickey Stanley        15   49    8   12   4   0   3    8   0   0    8    5  .245
Tony Taylor           10   33    2    7   0   0   1    2   2   0    1    3  .212
Jim Northrup           7   24    1    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    3  .208
Norm Cash             13   47    9    9   3   0   3    6   0   0    4    9  .192
Aurelio Rodriguez     15   61    6   11   2   0   1    6   1   0    0    5  .180
Dick McAuliffe        10   35    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    7  .171
Frank Howard          11   26    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    3    2  .154
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
Ed Kirkpatrick        11   37   11   12   6   0   2   12   0   0    8    4  .324
Cookie Rojas          16   68   13   22   8   0   1   13   2   0    7    8  .324
Freddie Patek         16   64   16   20   4   1   1    5   5   2   11    7  .313
Paul Schaal           16   56    8   17   2   0   0    9   1   1   11   13  .304
Amos Otis             16   69   13   20   4   1   3    9   1   1    6    7  .290
John Mayberry         16   60   15   16   3   0   5   17   0   0   15   13  .267
Steve Hovley           9   15    2    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    2  .267
Carl Taylor           12   28    5    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    8    5  .250
Lou Piniella          16   56    9   13   2   0   1    9   3   0    5    4  .232
Kurt Bevacqua          7   18    4    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .222
Keith Marshall         8    9    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .222
Hal McRae             12   46    6    9   2   0   2    9   1   2    4    6  .196
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            4    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          13   51    6   16   1   0   3    8   1   0    3    6  .314
Ollie Brown            8   22    4    6   1   0   1    1   1   0    1    3  .273
Pedro Garcia          13   42    7   11   1   0   4    8   0   0    0    6  .262
Dave May              13   55    5   13   0   0   3    8   1   0    1    6  .236
Bob Coluccio           6   18    1    4   0   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .222
Don Money             13   49    4   10   2   0   2    7   1   1    2    6  .204
Johnny Briggs         12   41    6    8   3   1   1    1   1   1    8    6  .195
Darrell Porter         8   17    4    3   0   0   1    4   1   0    5    5  .177
John Vukovich         11   33    2    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    2   10  .152
Gorman Thomas         11   34    4    5   0   1   1    4   2   0    2   15  .147
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
Tim Johnson            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
Jerry Terrell          4    7    1    3   0   0   0    3   1   0    0    0  .429
Jim Holt              11   37    3   15   2   2   1    7   0   1    3    4  .405
Steve Braun           12   42    6   13   4   1   0    6   0   0    7    4  .310
Danny Walton           5   13    4    4   1   0   2    5   0   0    2    2  .308
Larry Hisle           13   53   13   16   2   2   4    7   1   0    5   13  .302
Rod Carew             13   46   10   12   2   1   1    6   1   2    7    6  .261
Tony Oliva            11   40    6   10   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    7  .250
Bobby Darwin          13   50    8   10   0   0   2    9   1   0    4   13  .200
Steve Brye             6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Danny Thompson        12   43    3    8   1   0   0    4   0   0    4    5  .186
George Mitterwald      9   22    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   1    6    8  .182
Harmon Killebrew       8   29    4    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    6  .172
Joe Lis                5   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .167
Phil Roof              8   16    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .125
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           5   17    4    9   3   0   0    5   0   0    0    0  .529
Hal Lanier             3    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Thurman Munson        15   53    7   19   3   0   2    7   0   2    3    4  .359
Bobby Murcer          15   55    9   16   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    8  .291
Felipe Alou           12   41    6   11   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    5  .268
Horace Clarke         15   60    5   16   1   0   0    4   1   3    6    2  .267
Matty Alou             8   30    5    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .267
Celerino Sanchez       3    9    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .222
Gene Michael          15   44    4    9   1   0   1    4   0   1    4    0  .205
Johnny Callison        7   21    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    6  .191
Roy White             15   58    4   10   0   0   0    4   1   1    8    9  .172
Ron Blomberg           9   29    2    5   0   0   0    3   1   0    4    4  .172
Graig Nettles         15   52    6    8   2   0   2    8   0   0    8    9  .154
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

 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
Ray Fosse             15   52    2   16   2   0   0    5   0   0    2    7  .308
Reggie Jackson        15   56    9   17   3   0   3    8   1   1   10   15  .304
Billy Conigliaro      12   40    2   12   2   1   0    5   1   0    2    6  .300
Jay Johnstone          4   10    0    3   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .300
Angel Mangual          9   29    5    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    5  .276
Sal Bando             15   52    9   14   2   0   4   12   1   1   11    4  .269
Ted Kubiak            14   30    3    8   0   0   1    3   0   1    3    2  .267
Gene Tenace           15   52    9   13   2   0   4    9   0   0   11   12  .250
Rich McKinney          5    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Billy North           14   44    8   10   1   0   0    0   6   1    6    7  .227
Dick Green            12   31    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .226
Joe Rudi              15   63    7   14   2   0   2    6   0   0    3   17  .222
Bert Campaneris       10   44    3    9   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    6  .205
Mike Hegan             8    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          11   40    4   16   2   0   1    3   0   1    2    3  .400
Ken Suarez             2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286
Elliott Maddox        10   32    5    9   0   0   0    3   1   1    4    6  .281
Toby Harrah           11   41    4   10   3   0   0    1   1   1    3    3  .244
Dave Nelson            9   31    8    7   2   0   2    7   2   1    4    6  .226
Jeff Burroughs        11   39    3    8   0   1   2    3   0   0    3   10  .205
Rico Carty            11   41    4    8   1   0   1    8   1   0    1    6  .195
Dick Billings          9   26    3    5   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    4  .192
Joe Lovitto           10   29    2    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    3  .172
Mike Epstein           9   31    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    4   10  .161
Vic Harris             8   21    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .048
Larry Biittner         4    9    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)             69
  C. Rojas (KC)            68
  F. Patek (KC)            64
  J. Rudi (OAK)            63
  B. Powell (BAL)          62
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       61
  H. Clarke (NY)           60
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        60
  J. Mayberry (KC)         60
  B. Freehan (DET)         58

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            16
  J. Mayberry (KC)         15
  C. Fisk (BOS)            13
  L. Hisle (MIN)           13
  A. Otis (KC)             13
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      12
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      11
  E. Williams (BAL)        11
  R. Carew (MIN)           10

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            22
  B. Freehan (DET)         21
  B. Valentine (CAL)       21
  A. Otis (KC)             20
  F. Patek (KC)            20
  T. Munson (NY)           19
  O. Cepeda (BOS)          18
  C. Fisk (BOS)            17
  R. Jackson (OAK)         17
  P. Schaal (KC)           17

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  D. Allen (CHI)            6
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       6
  M. Andrews (CHI)          4
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         4
  D. Baylor (BAL)           4
  S. Braun (MIN)            4
  C. Fisk (BOS)             4
  B. Grich (BAL)            4
  A. Otis (KC)              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
  J. Mayberry (KC)          5
  B. Melton (CHI)           5
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       5
  E. Williams (BAL)         5
  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  P. Garcia (MIL)           4
  L. Hisle (MIN)            4
  C. Spikes (CLE)           4

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         17
  B. Melton (CHI)          13
  C. Rojas (KC)            13
  S. Bando (OAK)           12
  O. Cepeda (BOS)          12
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      12
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     12
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  C. May (CHI)             10
  R. Smith (BOS)           10

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           6
  B. North (OAK)            6
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  P. Blair (BAL)            4
  M. Belanger (BAL)         3
  T. Harper (BOS)           3
  L. Piniella (KC)          3
  B. Valentine (CAL)        3
  B. Coluccio (MIL)         2
  D. Nelson (TEX)           2

Caught Stealing:

  H. Clarke (NY)            3
  W. Horton (DET)           3
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  H. McRae (KC)             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

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  J. Rudi (OAK)            17
  R. Jackson (OAK)         15
  G. Thomas (MIL)          15
  B. Darwin (MIN)          13
  L. Hisle (MIN)           13
  J. Mayberry (KC)         13
  P. Schaal (KC)           13
  L. Cardenas (CLE)        12
  G. Tenace (OAK)          12
  E. Williams (BAL)        12


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