Sunday April 29, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 29, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          518   80   153   27    4   16    71    7    8   66    81  .295
Boston           585   86   165   32    3   26    82    6    2   51    80  .282
Kansas City      732  125   194   48    3   17   118   17   10  107    96  .265
New York         630   85   161   24    1   13    81    4    8   58    77  .256
California       546   60   136   19    4    8    59   12    5   44    76  .249
Oakland          698   73   173   24    1   20    72   14    7   65   113  .248
Minnesota        555   73   134   20    8   13    67    5    6   60   106  .241
Texas            509   52   119   22    1    8    46   12    7   46    81  .234
Baltimore        665   68   154   23    4   13    59   11    8   68    71  .232
Detroit          684   77   157   29    6   16    72    6    5   73    85  .230
Cleveland        674   61   146   22    2   16    56    1    8   59   102  .217
Milwaukee        591   67   127   17    4   20    65   14    4   45   101  .215

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Thurman Munson (NY)      19   68   10   26   4   1   2   10   0   3    4    5  .382
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       16   58   14   22   5   0   6   12   0   1    2    9  .379
Alex Johnson (TEX)       16   61    5   23   4   0   1    4   2   1    2    6  .377
Ed Kirkpatrick (KC)      14   48   13   18   6   0   3   14   0   1    9    4  .375
Bobby Valentine (CAL)    17   68    8   24   3   2   1   11   4   0    3    3  .353
Orlando Cepeda (BOS)     16   66    9   22   3   0   5   12   0   0    2   11  .333
Bill Freehan (DET)       18   73    7   24   3   0   0    3   0   0    9    7  .329
Carlos May (CHI)         14   61    7   20   1   0   3   11   2   1    3   11  .328
Cookie Rojas (KC)        21   87   15   27   8   0   1   14   3   0    9    9  .310
Dick Allen (CHI)         15   58    8   18   6   2   3   10   1   0    6   12  .310

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Brown            3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Tommy Davis           10   38    2   13   3   0   0    4   0   0    2    5  .342
Bobby Grich           19   74    8   20   4   1   2    3   0   1   12    8  .270
Paul Blair            19   70    7   17   2   0   0    2   4   2    3    5  .243
Merv Rettenmund       17   67   10   16   4   0   1    8   2   2   11    9  .239
Don Baylor            19   73   10   17   4   1   2    6   1   1    6    8  .233
Mark Belanger         19   70    5   16   1   0   0    7   3   1    6    2  .229
Al Bumbry              7    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .222
Brooks Robinson       19   73    3   16   1   1   2    8   0   0    2    7  .219
Boog Powell           19   77    6   16   1   0   1    8   0   0    8   10  .208
Terry Crowley         12   34    3    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .206
Earl Williams         18   66   11   12   2   0   5   10   0   0   11   15  .182
Rich Coggins           5    7    2    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    0  .143
Andy Etchebarren       3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Enos Cabell            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ellie Hendricks        4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Frank Baker            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
Carlton Fisk          16   58   14   22   5   0   6   12   0   1    2    9  .379
Ben Oglivie            9   25    4    9   4   0   1    3   0   0    1    6  .360
Orlando Cepeda        16   66    9   22   3   0   5   12   0   0    2   11  .333
Rick Miller            7    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Doug Griffin          17   59    8   18   2   0   1    6   1   1    3    9  .305
Reggie Smith          16   62    9   18   5   0   3   10   0   0    9    8  .290
Tommy Harper          15   59   10   17   3   2   1    5   3   0    9    6  .288
Luis Aparicio         16   61    7   16   5   0   0    3   0   0    7    2  .262
Danny Cater            2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Bob Montgomery         1    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Carl Yastrzemski      17   67    6   15   2   1   3   12   1   0    6    7  .224
Dwight Evans          16   44    4    9   1   0   1    8   0   0    4    8  .205
Rico Petrocelli       15   49   12   10   0   0   5    9   0   0    7    5  .204
John Kennedy           5   15    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .133

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine       17   68    8   24   3   2   1   11   4   0    3    3  .353
Jeff Torborg           7   15    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Art Kusnyer            5   13    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    1  .308
Ken Berry             14   37    5   11   2   0   0    3   0   1    4    5  .297
Leroy Stanton         10   29    4    8   3   0   1    2   0   0    1    7  .276
Al Gallagher           9   22    3    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .273
Jim Spencer           15   46    4   12   2   1   0    4   0   0    7    3  .261
Frank Robinson        12   43    5   11   1   0   3   10   0   0    5   10  .256
Tommy McCraw          13   45    2   11   1   0   1    4   1   1    5    5  .244
John Stephenson       10   29    3    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .241
Vada Pinson           14   50    6   12   3   0   1   10   0   2    3   11  .240
Rudy Meoli            10   15    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .200
Billy Grabarkewitz     9   26    3    5   2   1   0    1   1   0    3    7  .192
Sandy Alomar          17   60    7   10   0   0   0    4   6   0    2    3  .167
Bob Oliver            13   31    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    7  .161
Doug Howard            6   17    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .118
Jerry Davanon          6    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
Pat Kelly             10   37    9   18   3   0   0    5   0   2    5    6  .487
Mike Andrews          13   45    7   16   4   0   0    4   0   0    8    5  .356
Johnny Jeter          10   30    5   10   2   1   1    1   1   0    1    3  .333
Carlos May            14   61    7   20   1   0   3   11   2   1    3   11  .328
Dick Allen            15   58    8   18   6   2   3   10   1   0    6   12  .310
Bill Melton           15   55   11   17   4   0   6   16   0   0   10    5  .309
Ken Henderson         15   58   10   16   4   0   1    6   0   1    8   10  .276
Jorge Orta            15   50    9   12   1   1   0    4   1   2   10   10  .240
Eddie Leon            15   50    6   10   1   0   1    6   1   1    6   12  .200
Ed Herrmann           10   36    3    7   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    1  .194
Chuck Brinkman         7   17    2    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .177
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            3    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Ron Lolich             8   19    3    7   1   0   2    8   0   0    1    2  .368
Walt Williams          7   15    1    5   1   0   0    3   1   0    0    1  .333
George Hendrick       20   78    7   22   4   0   2    8   0   1    1   12  .282
Oscar Gamble          13   43    6   12   1   1   2    5   0   2    3    1  .279
John Ellis            13   40    3   10   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    7  .250
Jerry Kenney           5   16    0    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    0  .250
John Lowenstein        8   16    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .250
Charlie Spikes        21   75   13   18   3   0   6   12   0   1    7   15  .240
Jack Brohamer         17   54    3   12   1   0   1    2   0   0    5    3  .222
Dave Duncan           20   73    6   16   2   0   1    4   0   0    3   18  .219
Buddy Bell            21   67    4   11   1   0   0    1   0   1    6    6  .164
Rusty Torres          15   47    3    7   3   0   1    4   0   1    7    8  .149
Chris Chambliss       20   65    7    9   1   0   1    3   0   1   11    9  .139
Leo Cardenas          21   65    2    8   3   0   0    1   0   1    5   17  .123

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Willie Horton         13   50   10   17   2   1   3    8   1   3    5    6  .340
Duke Sims              3    6    2    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    0  .333
Bill Freehan          18   73    7   24   3   0   0    3   0   0    9    7  .329
Mickey Stanley        20   63    9   16   4   1   3   10   0   0    9    7  .254
Ed Brinkman           20   61    8   15   1   3   1    5   0   0    9    5  .246
Jim Northrup          10   37    4    9   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    3  .243
Al Kaline             15   63    8   15   3   0   2    9   1   0    6    9  .238
Dick McAuliffe        15   51    2   12   4   0   0    4   0   1    2    7  .235
Tony Taylor           12   38    3    8   0   0   1    3   2   0    1    5  .211
Gates Brown           18   44    6    9   2   0   1    9   0   0    7    7  .205
Frank Howard          13   30    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    3  .200
Norm Cash             17   54    9   10   3   0   3    6   0   0    8   10  .185
Aurelio Rodriguez     20   80    6   13   3   1   1    8   1   0    1    7  .163
Rich Reese            12   27    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    7  .037
Ike Brown              5    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Kirkpatrick        14   48   13   18   6   0   3   14   0   1    9    4  .375
Gail Hopkins           9   14    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   0    4    2  .357
Cookie Rojas          21   87   15   27   8   0   1   14   3   0    9    9  .310
Amos Otis             21   88   17   26   6   1   4   12   3   1    9    8  .296
Lou Piniella          21   76   10   22   4   0   1   15   3   1    7    5  .290
Steve Hovley          12   21    3    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    3  .286
Paul Schaal           21   74    8   20   4   0   0    9   1   2   13   13  .270
Freddie Patek         21   83   19   22   5   1   1    5   6   3   17    8  .265
Carl Taylor           13   29    6    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    8    5  .241
Kurt Bevacqua          9   22    4    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .227
John Mayberry         21   76   17   17   4   0   5   19   0   0   20   14  .224
Keith Marshall         8    9    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .222
Hal McRae             16   57    6   10   2   0   2    9   1   2    6    8  .175
Fran Healy             6   19    0    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .158
Jerry May              9   26    4    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    5  .154
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
Tim Johnson            5    9    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .333
Pedro Garcia          18   57   10   15   2   1   4    9   1   0    3    8  .263
Johnny Briggs         17   56    9   14   4   1   1    1   2   1   10    8  .250
George Scott          18   69    8   17   2   0   3    8   1   1    5    9  .246
Ollie Brown           13   42    4   10   3   0   1    4   1   0    1    8  .238
Dave May              18   76    7   17   0   1   4   13   1   0    2   11  .224
Don Money             16   59    4   13   2   0   2    8   1   1    3    6  .220
Darrell Porter        13   34    5    7   0   0   1    4   1   0    7    8  .206
Bob Coluccio          10   34    3    6   0   0   2    3   3   0    3    3  .177
Gorman Thomas         12   37    4    5   0   1   1    4   2   0    2   17  .135
Joe Lahoud            13   32    4    4   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    5  .125
John Vukovich         16   47    2    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    4   15  .106
Rick Auerbach          6   10    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .100
John Felske            2    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
Dan Monzon             2    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .667
Jerry Terrell          6   11    1    4   0   0   0    3   1   0    0    1  .364
Jim Holt              14   45    3   16   2   2   1    8   0   1    3    5  .356
Steve Braun           15   52    9   16   5   1   1    8   0   0    8    4  .308
Larry Hisle           17   69   15   21   3   3   4    7   2   0    6   16  .304
Rod Carew             16   57   10   14   2   1   1    8   1   3    8    8  .246
Tony Oliva            14   51    7   12   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    7  .235
Danny Walton           8   22    5    5   1   1   2    5   0   0    2    4  .227
Danny Thompson        16   56    3   12   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    6  .214
Bobby Darwin          17   62    8   13   1   0   2    9   1   0    5   15  .210
George Mitterwald     12   31    2    6   2   0   0    2   0   1    7   11  .194
Steve Brye             7    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .167
Phil Roof              9   19    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .158
Harmon Killebrew      11   41    4    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    6   12  .146
Joe Lis                7   23    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .130
Mike Adams             8    7    4    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Ray Hart           8   26    5   10   3   0   0    5   0   0    0    2  .385
Thurman Munson        19   68   10   26   4   1   2   10   0   3    4    5  .382
Matty Alou            12   48   11   16   4   0   1    5   0   0    1    8  .333
Hal Lanier             4    6    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Bobby Murcer          19   70   14   21   2   0   3   11   0   0    8   11  .300
Ron Blomberg          11   36    4   10   1   0   0    8   2   0    6    4  .278
Horace Clarke         19   73    6   20   1   0   0    5   1   3    6    3  .274
Felipe Alou           14   48    6   11   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    5  .229
Celerino Sanchez       3    9    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .222
Graig Nettles         19   63   11   13   2   0   4   12   0   0   12   10  .206
Gene Michael          18   55    5   11   1   0   1    6   0   1    4    0  .200
Roy White             19   74    7   13   0   0   0    5   1   1   10   12  .176
Johnny Callison        9   30    0    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    6  .167
Ron Swoboda            8   18    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    9  .056
Bernie Allen           3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    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       10   13    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .385
Billy Conigliaro      12   40    2   12   2   1   0    5   1   0    2    6  .300
Ray Fosse             20   69    2   20   2   0   0    7   0   0    2    8  .290
Ted Kubiak            19   33    3    9   1   0   1    4   0   1    4    2  .273
Angel Mangual         13   42    7   11   1   0   2    4   0   0    2    8  .262
Reggie Jackson        20   75   10   19   3   0   4   11   2   1   11   20  .253
Joe Rudi              20   83    9   21   3   0   3    8   0   0    4   18  .253
Sal Bando             20   70   10   17   3   0   5   13   1   1   12    9  .243
Gene Tenace           20   69   12   16   3   0   5   10   0   0   13   15  .232
Jay Johnstone          6   13    0    3   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .231
Rich McKinney          8    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .222
Bert Campaneris       15   64    4   14   1   0   0    3   2   2    3   10  .219
Billy North           19   65    9   14   2   0   0    0   7   1    6    8  .215
Dick Green            16   36    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .194
Mike Hegan            10    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Dal Maxvill            9    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          16   61    5   23   4   0   1    4   2   1    2    6  .377
Elliott Maddox        15   46    9   15   1   0   1    6   3   1    7    8  .326
Ken Suarez             4   13    0    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .308
Toby Harrah           16   62    6   18   4   0   0    4   1   2    5    4  .290
Jeff Burroughs        16   54    4   13   1   1   3    7   0   0    6   12  .241
Dave Nelson           14   51    9   11   3   0   2    8   3   3    6   10  .216
Mike Epstein          12   40    3    8   2   0   0    4   0   0    6   11  .200
Dick Billings         12   33    3    6   2   0   0    4   1   0    3    4  .182
Vic Harris            12   35    3    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .171
Rico Carty            16   55    6    9   1   0   1    8   1   0    6   10  .164
Joe Lovitto           12   33    2    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    4  .152
Larry Biittner         6   16    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .063
Rick Stelmaszek        2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bill Sudakis           3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Mason              6    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tom Grieve             7    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  A. Otis (KC)             88
  C. Rojas (KC)            87
  F. Patek (KC)            83
  J. Rudi (OAK)            83
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       80
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        78
  B. Powell (BAL)          77
  D. May (MIL)             76
  J. Mayberry (KC)         76
  L. Piniella (KC)         76

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            19
  J. Mayberry (KC)         17
  A. Otis (KC)             17
  L. Hisle (MIN)           15
  C. Rojas (KC)            15
  C. Fisk (BOS)            14
  B. Murcer (NY)           14
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      13
  C. Spikes (CLE)          13
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      12

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            27
  T. Munson (NY)           26
  A. Otis (KC)             26
  B. Freehan (DET)         24
  B. Valentine (CAL)       24
  A. Johnson (TEX)         23
  O. Cepeda (BOS)          22
  C. Fisk (BOS)            22
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        22
  F. Patek (KC)            22

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  D. Allen (CHI)            6
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       6
  A. Otis (KC)              6
  L. Aparicio (BOS)         5
  S. Braun (MIN)            5
  C. Fisk (BOS)             5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  R. Smith (BOS)            5
  M. Alou (NY)              4

Triples:

  E. Brinkman (DET)         3
  L. Hisle (MIN)            3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  T. Harper (BOS)           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)             6
  B. Melton (CHI)           6
  C. Spikes (CLE)           6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  O. Cepeda (BOS)           5
  J. Mayberry (KC)          5
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       5
  G. Tenace (OAK)           5
  E. Williams (BAL)         5
  P. Garcia (MIL)           4

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         19
  B. Melton (CHI)          16
  L. Piniella (KC)         15
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      14
  C. Rojas (KC)            14
  S. Bando (OAK)           13
  D. May (MIL)             13
  O. Cepeda (BOS)          12
  C. Fisk (BOS)            12
  G. Nettles (NY)          12

Stolen Bases:

  B. North (OAK)            7
  S. Alomar (CAL)           6
  F. Patek (KC)             6
  P. Blair (BAL)            4
  B. Valentine (CAL)        4
  M. Belanger (BAL)         3
  B. Coluccio (MIL)         3
  T. Harper (BOS)           3
  E. Maddox (TEX)           3
  D. Nelson (TEX)           3

Caught Stealing:

  R. Carew (MIN)            3
  H. Clarke (NY)            3
  W. Horton (DET)           3
  T. Munson (NY)            3
  D. Nelson (TEX)           3
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  P. Blair (BAL)            2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  O. Gamble (CLE)           2
  T. Harrah (TEX)           2

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         20
  F. Patek (KC)            17
  P. Schaal (KC)           13
  G. Tenace (OAK)          13
  S. Bando (OAK)           12
  B. Grich (BAL)           12
  G. Nettles (NY)          12
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       11
  R. Jackson (OAK)         11
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)      11

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         20
  D. Duncan (CLE)          18
  J. Rudi (OAK)            18
  L. Cardenas (CLE)        17
  G. Thomas (MIL)          17
  L. Hisle (MIN)           16
  B. Darwin (MIN)          15
  C. Spikes (CLE)          15
  G. Tenace (OAK)          15
  J. Vukovich (MIL)        15


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