Thursday April 11, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 11, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Kansas City      150   35    46   11    2    4    33    8    1   21    17  .307
Minnesota        164   25    50    4    3    3    24    4    3   16    16  .305
Boston           110   19    31    5    0    5    17    2    2   14    19  .282
California       209   32    58   10    2    5    29    0    4   23    28  .278
Texas            207   29    57    8    1    4    26    1    2   21    29  .275
Detroit          213   18    56    7    2    4    17    1    2   15    24  .263
New York         153   22    40    4    1    4    22    7    4   27    23  .261
Chicago          199   18    52   12    1    3    16    3    3   25    34  .261
Cleveland        175   15    43    6    1    3    15    1    1   12    17  .246
Oakland          163   22    40   13    1    4    21    1    5   21    33  .245
Baltimore        173   21    38    8    1    3    19    5    3   20    13  .220
Milwaukee        125   26    27    4    2    5    23    4    2   21    17  .216

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Rudi (OAK)            5   18    2   10   6   0   0    4   0   0    3    4  .556
Bill Freehan (DET)        6   16    2    8   0   2   0    3   0   0    3    2  .500
Bobby Darwin (MIN)        5   19    3    9   1   1   1    6   0   0    1    1  .474
Bobby Grich (BAL)         5   19    7    9   2   1   2    5   1   2    5    2  .474
Tom Grieve (TEX)          5   19    5    9   2   1   1    2   0   0    3    1  .474
Leroy Stanton (CAL)       6   22    5   10   3   0   3    8   0   1    0    4  .455
Bobby Valentine (CAL)     5   16    3    7   0   2   0    2   0   1    1    0  .438
Jim Wohlford (KC)         4   16    3    7   0   1   0    4   2   1    3    2  .438
Larry Hisle (MIN)         5   17    4    7   0   1   1    7   0   1    3    2  .412
Pat Kelly (CHI)           5   20    3    8   1   0   0    0   1   2    3    3  .400

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ellie Hendricks        2    5    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .600
Jim Fuller             2    4    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Bobby Grich            5   19    7    9   2   1   2    5   1   2    5    2  .474
Brooks Robinson        5   20    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .350
Tommy Davis            5   18    2    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    1    0  .333
Andy Etchebarren       1    3    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .333
Al Bumbry              4   17    3    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .177
Don Baylor             5   19    1    3   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .158
Paul Blair             5   20    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .100
Rich Coggins           3   13    2    1   0   0   1    2   1   0    1    1  .077
Mark Belanger          5   16    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .063
Earl Williams          4   12    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .000
Boog Powell            1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Reinbach          1    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .000
Enos Cabell            3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .000

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dwight Evans           1    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Rico Petrocelli        1    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Carl Yastrzemski       3   12    3    5   1   0   2    3   0   0    3    0  .417
Doug Griffin           3   11    1    4   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    0  .364
Mario Guerrero         3   11    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .364
Bob Montgomery         3   13    4    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Juan Beniquez          3   10    3    3   0   0   1    1   0   1    1    3  .300
Bernie Carbo           3   10    3    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .300
Cecil Cooper           3   12    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    4  .250
Terry Hughes           2    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .250
Tommy Harper           3   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    4  .071
John Kennedy           1    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rick Miller            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .000
Dick McAuliffe         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leroy Stanton          6   22    5   10   3   0   3    8   0   1    0    4  .455
Bobby Valentine        5   16    3    7   0   2   0    2   0   1    1    0  .438
Bob Oliver             6   26    2    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .346
Ellie Rodriguez        6   24    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .292
Frank Robinson         6   21    2    6   2   0   1    6   0   0    4    6  .286
Mickey Rivers          6   28    4    7   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    3  .250
Richie Scheinblum      1    4    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Denny Doyle            6   22    2    5   0   0   0    3   0   1    4    3  .227
Mike Epstein           6   19    6    4   2   0   1    1   0   0    5    5  .211
Dave Chalk             6   22    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .091
Joe Lahoud             5    3    2    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000
Tommy McCraw           4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Sandy Alomar           1    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
Pat Kelly              5   20    3    8   1   0   0    0   1   2    3    3  .400
Buddy Bradford         3    5    1    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    0  .400
Ken Henderson          6   24    4    9   3   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .375
Ed Herrmann            6   20    1    7   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .350
Carlos May             6   25    2    8   1   0   0    4   2   0    0    4  .320
Bill Melton            6   20    2    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    4    2  .250
Jorge Orta             6   23    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .174
Dick Allen             6   24    1    4   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    7  .167
Ron Santo              6   18    2    3   0   0   0    3   0   1    7    3  .167
Bucky Dent             6   15    1    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .133
Luis Alvarado          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jerry Hairston         3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Brian Downing          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Eddie Leon             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tony Muser             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
John Ellis             5   19    2    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .368
Jack Brohamer          3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Chris Chambliss        5   19    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .316
John Lowenstein        5   20    2    6   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    1  .300
Charlie Spikes         5   19    2    5   1   1   0    1   0   1    1    2  .263
Dave Duncan            2    4    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Oscar Gamble           5   18    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .222
Angel Hermoso          5   14    2    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .214
Buddy Bell             5   20    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .200
George Hendrick        5   20    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Frank Duffy            5   16    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .125
Leron Lee              3    3    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .000
Jack Heidemann         1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rusty Torres           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gates Brown            2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bill Freehan           6   16    2    8   0   2   0    3   0   0    3    2  .500
Gary Sutherland        6   20    1    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Ron Cash               4   13    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   1    0    2  .385
Norm Cash              4   11    0    4   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .364
Jerry Moses            1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Al Kaline              6   24    2    7   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    4  .292
Willie Horton          6   24    3    6   1   0   2    2   0   0    1    5  .250
Mickey Stanley         6   23    4    5   1   0   2    3   0   0    1    3  .217
Ed Brinkman            6   25    1    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .160
Aurelio Rodriguez      6   25    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .160
Jim Northrup           6   27    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .111
John Knox              2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dick Sharon            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Reichardt         1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Hal McRae              3   10    4    6   3   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .600
Jim Wohlford           4   16    3    7   0   1   0    4   2   1    3    2  .438
Fran Healy             4   15    4    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .333
John Mayberry          4   15    6    5   2   0   1    7   0   0    5    2  .333
Frank White            2    3    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Paul Schaal            4   10    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .300
Freddie Patek          4   17    7    5   0   0   1    5   4   0    3    1  .294
Cookie Rojas           4   17    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .294
Vada Pinson            4   16    1    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .250
Al Cowens              2    4    3    1   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    0  .250
Amos Otis              4   15    2    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    5    2  .133
Fernando Gonzalez      3    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    3  .111
Tony Solaita           2    2    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
Tim Johnson            2    1    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Pedro Garcia           4   12    5    5   0   2   2    5   0   1    3    2  .417
Bob Coluccio           4   13    5    5   1   0   0    4   1   1    2    1  .385
George Scott           4   13    4    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .308
Johnny Briggs          4   15    4    4   0   0   2    6   0   0    2    0  .267
Bobby Mitchell         1    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200
Ken Berry              3   14    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .143
Don Money              4   14    2    2   1   0   1    6   3   0    2    2  .143
Dave May               4   17    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .118
Darrell Porter         4   11    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    0  .091
Robin Yount            4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Felipe Alou            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Sheldon            1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva             2    4    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .500
Danny Thompson         3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Bobby Darwin           5   19    3    9   1   1   1    6   0   0    1    1  .474
Larry Hisle            5   17    4    7   0   1   1    7   0   1    3    2  .412
Rod Carew              5   20    5    7   1   0   0    3   2   1    2    2  .350
Sergio Ferrer          5   18    4    6   0   1   0    0   1   1    4    2  .333
Jerry Terrell          5   18    3    5   2   0   0    1   1   0    0    0  .278
Randy Hundley          5   16    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .250
Steve Brye             3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Joe Lis                5    9    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .222
Steve Braun            5   14    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    0  .214
Harmon Killebrew       4   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .214
Jim Holt               3    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Glenn Borgmann         2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Eric Soderholm         2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Piniella           1    3    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    0  .667
Roy White              5   15    7    5   1   1   1    1   1   1    6    2  .333
Ron Blomberg           4   12    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .333
Thurman Munson         5   19    3    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    1    2  .316
Bobby Murcer           5   16    3    5   0   0   0    2   3   1    6    0  .313
Elliott Maddox         4    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    0  .286
Mike Hegan             5   16    0    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .250
Bill Sudakis           5   17    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .235
Gene Michael           5   14    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .214
Graig Nettles          5   16    3    3   0   0   2    3   0   0    4    2  .188
Jim Mason              5   17    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    5  .118
Horace Clarke          2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Rudi               5   18    2   10   6   0   0    4   0   0    3    4  .556
Reggie Jackson         5   21    6    8   3   0   3    9   1   0    1    2  .381
Sal Bando              5   16    6    5   2   0   1    2   0   0    4    4  .313
Bert Campaneris        5   20    3    6   1   1   0    1   0   2    1    5  .300
Ray Fosse              5   14    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .286
Gene Tenace            5   16    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .250
Dick Green             4    8    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .125
Deron Johnson          5   20    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .050
Billy North            5   21    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .048
Pat Bourque            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jesus Alou             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Vic Davalillo          4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Manny Trillo           4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Larry Haney            3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ted Kubiak             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Herb Washington        3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Len Randle             3    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Tom Grieve             5   19    5    9   2   1   1    2   0   0    3    1  .474
Toby Harrah            6   24    3    9   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    2  .375
Jim Sundberg           4    8    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .375
Mike Hargrove          3    9    3    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .333
Jim Fregosi            6   19    3    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .316
Alex Johnson           6   25    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   1    2    5  .240
Dave Nelson            6   26    2    6   2   0   0    3   1   1    1    4  .231
Dick Billings          3    9    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .222
Larry Brown            4    9    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .222
Joe Lovitto            6   23    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .217
Jeff Burroughs         6   26    4    5   0   0   2    6   0   0    1    2  .192
Jim Spencer            2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Cesar Tovar            1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Cubbage           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  M. Rivers (CAL)          28
  J. Northrup (DET)        27
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       26
  D. Nelson (TEX)          26
  B. Oliver (CAL)          26
  E. Brinkman (DET)        25
  A. Johnson (TEX)         25
  C. May (CHI)             25
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       25
  D. Allen (CHI)           24

Runs Scored:

  B. Grich (BAL)            7
  F. Patek (KC)             7
  R. White (NY)             7
  S. Bando (OAK)            6
  M. Epstein (CAL)          6
  R. Jackson (OAK)          6
  J. Mayberry (KC)          6
  R. Carew (MIN)            5
  B. Coluccio (MIL)         5
  P. Garcia (MIL)           5

Hits:

  J. Rudi (OAK)            10
  L. Stanton (CAL)         10
  B. Darwin (MIN)           9
  B. Grich (BAL)            9
  T. Grieve (TEX)           9
  T. Harrah (TEX)           9
  K. Henderson (CHI)        9
  B. Oliver (CAL)           9
  B. Freehan (DET)          8
  R. Jackson (OAK)          8

Doubles:

  J. Rudi (OAK)             6
  K. Henderson (CHI)        3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  H. McRae (KC)             3
  L. Stanton (CAL)          3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  T. Davis (BAL)            2
  M. Epstein (CAL)          2
  B. Grich (BAL)            2

Triples:

  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  P. Garcia (MIL)           2
  B. Valentine (CAL)        2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       1
  B. Darwin (MIN)           1
  B. Dent (CHI)             1
  S. Ferrer (MIN)           1
  B. Grich (BAL)            1
  T. Grieve (TEX)           1
  L. Hisle (MIN)            1

Home Runs:

  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  L. Stanton (CAL)          3
  J. Briggs (MIL)           2
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        2
  P. Garcia (MIL)           2
  B. Grich (BAL)            2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  G. Nettles (NY)           2
  M. Stanley (DET)          2
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      2

RBI:

  R. Jackson (OAK)          9
  L. Stanton (CAL)          8
  L. Hisle (MIN)            7
  J. Mayberry (KC)          7
  J. Briggs (MIL)           6
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        6
  B. Darwin (MIN)           6
  T. Harrah (TEX)           6
  D. Money (MIL)            6
  F. Robinson (CAL)         6

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             4
  D. Money (MIL)            3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  J. Wohlford (KC)          2
  R. Blomberg (NY)          1
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           1
  E. Cabell (BAL)           1
  R. Coggins (BAL)          1

Caught Stealing:

  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  B. Grich (BAL)            2
  P. Kelly (CHI)            2
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  J. Beniquez (BOS)         1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  N. Cash (DET)             1
  R. Cash (DET)             1
  B. Coluccio (MIL)         1
  D. Doyle (CAL)            1

Walks:

  R. Santo (CHI)            7
  B. Murcer (NY)            6
  R. White (NY)             6
  M. Epstein (CAL)          5
  B. Grich (BAL)            5
  J. Mayberry (KC)          5
  A. Otis (KC)              5
  G. Tenace (OAK)           5
  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  D. Doyle (CAL)            4

Strikeouts:

  D. Allen (CHI)            7
  F. Robinson (CAL)         6
  B. Sudakis (NY)           6
  G. Tenace (OAK)           6
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       5
  M. Epstein (CAL)          5
  K. Henderson (CHI)        5
  W. Horton (DET)           5
  A. Johnson (TEX)          5
  D. Johnson (OAK)          5

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