Tuesday May 1, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 1, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          548   86   162   27    4   19    77    7    8   67    86  .296
Boston           622   92   177   34    4   26    87    7    2   57    85  .285
Kansas City      763  126   200   49    3   17   119   17   10  110    98  .262
New York         662   91   170   25    1   14    87    5   10   65    81  .257
California       585   66   150   21    4   10    65   14    6   48    84  .256
Oakland          729   76   178   24    1   21    74   15    7   72   115  .244
Texas            549   59   133   24    1    9    53   13    7   49    89  .242
Minnesota        555   73   134   20    8   13    67    5    6   60   106  .241
Baltimore        704   73   165   26    4   14    64   13    8   72    79  .234
Detroit          717   79   162   31    6   16    73    6    5   77    90  .226
Cleveland        674   61   146   22    2   16    56    1    8   59   102  .217
Milwaukee        620   71   132   18    5   21    69   14    4   48   107  .213

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Thurman Munson (NY)      20   71   10   27   4   1   2   10   0   4    5    5  .380
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       17   62   14   23   5   0   6   13   0   1    2    9  .371
Bobby Valentine (CAL)    18   73    9   27   3   2   1   11   6   0    3    3  .370
Ed Kirkpatrick (KC)      15   52   13   19   6   0   3   14   0   1    9    5  .365
Alex Johnson (TEX)       17   66    5   24   4   0   1    5   2   1    2    7  .364
Orlando Cepeda (BOS)     17   68   11   23   4   0   5   13   0   0    5   11  .338
Bill Freehan (DET)       19   74    7   24   3   0   0    3   0   0    9    7  .324
Dick Allen (CHI)         16   62   10   20   6   2   5   12   1   0    6   12  .323
Cookie Rojas (KC)        22   87   15   27   8   0   1   14   3   0   10    9  .310
Carlos May (CHI)         15   65    7   20   1   0   3   11   2   1    3   11  .308

 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           11   43    3   14   4   0   0    4   0   0    2    5  .326
Bobby Grich           20   78    8   21   4   1   2    3   1   1   13    8  .269
Don Baylor            20   78   11   20   5   1   2    7   2   1    6    9  .256
Paul Blair            20   72    8   17   2   0   0    2   4   2    5    7  .236
Merv Rettenmund       18   72   10   17   4   0   1   10   2   2   11    9  .236
Brooks Robinson       20   78    4   18   2   1   3    9   0   0    2    9  .231
Mark Belanger         20   72    5   16   1   0   0    7   3   1    7    2  .222
Al Bumbry              8    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .222
Boog Powell           20   82    7   17   1   0   1    8   0   0    8   12  .207
Terry Crowley         13   35    3    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .200
Earl Williams         19   71   11   14   2   0   5   11   0   0   11   16  .197
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
Ben Oglivie           10   29    4   12   4   1   1    3   0   0    2    7  .414
Carlton Fisk          17   62   14   23   5   0   6   13   0   1    2    9  .371
Orlando Cepeda        17   68   11   23   4   0   5   13   0   0    5   11  .338
Rick Miller            8    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Tommy Harper          16   64   11   19   3   2   1    5   4   0    9    7  .297
Reggie Smith          17   67   11   19   5   0   3   10   0   0    9   10  .284
Doug Griffin          18   64    8   18   2   0   1    6   1   1    3    9  .281
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      18   70    7   17   3   1   3   13   1   0    8    7  .243
Luis Aparicio         17   66    7   16   5   0   0    3   0   0    7    2  .242
Rico Petrocelli       16   53   12   12   0   0   5   11   0   0    7    6  .226
Dwight Evans          16   44    4    9   1   0   1    8   0   0    4    8  .205
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       18   73    9   27   3   2   1   11   6   0    3    3  .370
Ken Berry             15   42    7   13   2   0   0    3   0   1    4    6  .310
Al Gallagher          10   26    3    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .308
Art Kusnyer            5   13    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    1  .308
Jeff Torborg           8   18    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .278
Frank Robinson        13   47    7   13   1   0   4   12   0   0    6   11  .277
Jim Spencer           15   46    4   12   2   1   0    4   0   0    7    3  .261
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
Leroy Stanton         11   34    4    8   3   0   1    2   0   0    1    9  .235
Bob Oliver            14   35    2    8   2   0   1    5   0   0    4    8  .229
Rudy Meoli            10   15    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .200
Billy Grabarkewitz    10   31    4    6   2   1   1    2   1   0    3    8  .194
Sandy Alomar          18   64    7   11   0   0   0    4   6   1    2    3  .172
Doug Howard            7   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
Pat Kelly             10   37    9   18   3   0   0    5   0   2    5    6  .487
Rick Reichardt         6   13    1    6   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    2  .462
Mike Andrews          13   45    7   16   4   0   0    4   0   0    8    5  .356
Johnny Jeter          11   33    5   11   2   1   1    1   1   0    2    5  .333
Dick Allen            16   62   10   20   6   2   5   12   1   0    6   12  .323
Carlos May            15   65    7   20   1   0   3   11   2   1    3   11  .308
Bill Melton           16   59   12   18   4   0   6   16   0   0   10    5  .305
Ken Henderson         16   62   12   18   4   0   1    6   0   1    8   10  .290
Jorge Orta            16   53    9   13   1   1   0    4   1   2   10   12  .245
Ed Herrmann           11   38    4    8   0   0   2    6   0   0    3    1  .211
Eddie Leon            16   53    6   10   1   0   1    6   1   1    6   13  .189
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           3    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              4    9    3    3   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    0  .333
Bill Freehan          19   74    7   24   3   0   0    3   0   0    9    7  .324
Jim Northrup          11   41    4   10   2   0   0    2   1   0    6    3  .244
Mickey Stanley        21   66    9   16   4   1   3   10   0   0   10    8  .242
Dick McAuliffe        16   55    2   13   4   0   0    4   0   1    2    8  .236
Ed Brinkman           21   64    8   15   1   3   1    5   0   0    9    6  .234
Al Kaline             16   65    8   15   3   0   2    9   1   0    6    9  .231
Tony Taylor           12   38    3    8   0   0   1    3   2   0    1    5  .211
Frank Howard          13   30    2    6   1   0   0    3   0   1    3    3  .200
Gates Brown           19   47    6    9   2   0   1    9   0   0    8    7  .192
Norm Cash             18   58   10   11   4   0   3    6   0   0    8   11  .190
Aurelio Rodriguez     21   84    6   14   3   1   1    8   1   0    1    8  .167
Rich Reese            13   29    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    7  .035
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        15   52   13   19   6   0   3   14   0   1    9    5  .365
Gail Hopkins           9   14    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   0    4    2  .357
Cookie Rojas          22   87   15   27   8   0   1   14   3   0   10    9  .310
Steve Hovley          12   21    3    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    3  .286
Amos Otis             22   92   17   26   6   1   4   12   3   1    9    8  .283
Lou Piniella          22   80   10   22   4   0   1   15   3   1    7    5  .275
Paul Schaal           22   78    8   21   4   0   0    9   1   2   13   13  .269
Freddie Patek         22   86   20   22   5   1   1    5   6   3   18    8  .256
Carl Taylor           13   29    6    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    8    5  .241
John Mayberry         22   79   17   18   4   0   5   20   0   0   21   15  .228
Keith Marshall         8    9    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .222
Kurt Bevacqua         10   23    4    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .217
Bobby Floyd            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Hal McRae             17   61    6   12   3   0   2    9   1   2    6    8  .197
Jerry May              9   26    4    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    5  .154
Fran Healy             7   21    0    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .143

 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            6   10    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .300
Johnny Briggs         18   59   10   16   4   2   2    5   2   1   11    8  .271
Pedro Garcia          19   60   11   16   2   1   4    9   1   0    3    9  .267
Ollie Brown           14   45    4   11   3   0   1    4   1   0    1    9  .244
George Scott          19   72    9   17   2   0   3    8   1   1    6   10  .236
Darrell Porter        14   37    5    8   1   0   1    4   1   0    7    8  .216
Dave May              19   80    7   17   0   1   4   13   1   0    2   11  .213
Don Money             17   62    4   13   2   0   2    8   1   1    4    6  .210
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            14   36    5    4   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    6  .111
John Vukovich         17   49    2    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    4   17  .102
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        20   71   10   27   4   1   2   10   0   4    5    5  .380
Matty Alou            13   51   12   17   4   0   1    6   0   0    3    8  .333
Hal Lanier             4    6    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Bobby Murcer          20   74   15   22   2   0   4   14   0   0    8   12  .297
Horace Clarke         20   77    7   22   2   0   0    6   2   3    7    4  .286
Ron Blomberg          12   37    5   10   1   0   0    8   2   0    7    4  .270
Gene Michael          19   59    6   13   1   0   1    7   0   1    4    1  .220
Felipe Alou           15   50    6   11   3   0   2    7   0   0    2    5  .220
Graig Nettles         20   67   11   13   2   0   4   12   0   0   12   10  .194
Roy White             20   78    8   15   0   0   0    5   1   1   11   12  .192
Celerino Sanchez       4   11    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    2  .182
Johnny Callison       10   31    0    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    6  .161
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
Ray Fosse             21   73    2   22   2   0   0    7   0   0    2    8  .301
Billy Conigliaro      12   40    2   12   2   1   0    5   1   0    2    6  .300
Ted Kubiak            20   34    3    9   1   0   1    4   0   1    4    2  .265
Sal Bando             21   74   10   18   3   0   5   13   1   1   12    9  .243
Joe Rudi              21   87    9   21   3   0   3    8   0   0    5   18  .241
Reggie Jackson        21   79   10   19   3   0   4   11   2   1   11   21  .241
Angel Mangual         14   46    7   11   1   0   2    4   0   0    2    8  .239
Gene Tenace           21   72   13   17   3   0   6   12   0   0   14   16  .236
Jay Johnstone          6   13    0    3   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .231
Bert Campaneris       16   67    6   15   1   0   0    3   3   2    5   10  .224
Billy North           20   67    9   14   2   0   0    0   7   1    9    8  .209
Rich McKinney          9   10    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .200
Dick Green            17   36    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .194
Mike Hegan            11    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .125
Dal Maxvill           10    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
Ken Suarez             5   17    2    7   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .412
Alex Johnson          17   66    5   24   4   0   1    5   2   1    2    7  .364
Elliott Maddox        16   49    9   15   1   0   1    6   3   1    7    9  .306
Toby Harrah           17   67    7   20   4   0   0    5   1   2    5    4  .299
Jeff Burroughs        17   59    5   16   1   1   4   11   0   0    6   12  .271
Dave Nelson           15   56   10   13   4   0   2    9   3   3    6   12  .232
Mike Epstein          13   43    3    9   2   0   0    4   0   0    8   13  .209
Dick Billings         12   33    3    6   2   0   0    4   1   0    3    4  .182
Vic Harris            13   40    3    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .175
Rico Carty            17   59    7   10   2   0   1    8   1   0    7   10  .170
Joe Lovitto           12   33    2    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    3    4  .152
Larry Biittner         7   17    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .059
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             8    1    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  A. Otis (KC)             92
  C. Rojas (KC)            87
  J. Rudi (OAK)            87
  F. Patek (KC)            86
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       84
  B. Powell (BAL)          82
  D. May (MIL)             80
  L. Piniella (KC)         80
  R. Jackson (OAK)         79
  J. Mayberry (KC)         79

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            20
  J. Mayberry (KC)         17
  A. Otis (KC)             17
  L. Hisle (MIN)           15
  B. Murcer (NY)           15
  C. Rojas (KC)            15
  C. Fisk (BOS)            14
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      13
  C. Spikes (CLE)          13
  G. Tenace (OAK)          13

Hits:

  T. Munson (NY)           27
  C. Rojas (KC)            27
  B. Valentine (CAL)       27
  A. Otis (KC)             26
  B. Freehan (DET)         24
  A. Johnson (TEX)         24
  O. Cepeda (BOS)          23
  C. Fisk (BOS)            23
  H. Clarke (NY)           22
  R. Fosse (OAK)           22

Doubles:

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

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  C. Fisk (BOS)             6
  B. Melton (CHI)           6
  C. Spikes (CLE)           6
  G. Tenace (OAK)           6
  D. Allen (CHI)            5
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  O. Cepeda (BOS)           5
  J. Mayberry (KC)          5
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       5
  E. Williams (BAL)         5

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         20
  B. Melton (CHI)          16
  L. Piniella (KC)         15
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)      14
  B. Murcer (NY)           14
  C. Rojas (KC)            14
  S. Bando (OAK)           13
  O. Cepeda (BOS)          13
  C. Fisk (BOS)            13
  D. May (MIL)             13

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

  T. Munson (NY)            4
  R. Carew (MIN)            3
  H. Clarke (NY)            3
  W. Horton (DET)           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)         21
  F. Patek (KC)            18
  G. Tenace (OAK)          14
  B. Grich (BAL)           13
  P. Schaal (KC)           13
  S. Bando (OAK)           12
  G. Nettles (NY)          12
  J. Briggs (MIL)          11
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       11
  R. Jackson (OAK)         11

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         21
  D. Duncan (CLE)          18
  J. Rudi (OAK)            18
  L. Cardenas (CLE)        17
  G. Thomas (MIL)          17
  J. Vukovich (MIL)        17
  L. Hisle (MIN)           16
  G. Tenace (OAK)          16
  E. Williams (BAL)        16
  B. Darwin (MIN)          15

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