Monday April 15, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 15, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        269   39    80    7    5    4    38    6    5   22    33  .297
California       344   65   101   13    4   10    59    4    5   34    52  .294
Kansas City      219   41    64   14    2    6    39    9    4   22    27  .292
Boston           231   40    65   12    1    9    38    5    5   29    32  .281
Texas            315   51    87   10    1    8    46    5    4   30    45  .276
Cleveland        314   46    86   14    1    9    44    4    1   25    37  .274
New York         291   43    77    8    1   14    42    8    6   42    39  .265
Detroit          347   28    85   14    2    7    26    1    3   25    41  .245
Chicago          343   30    84   18    2    7    26    6    4   37    55  .245
Oakland          302   35    69   16    1    9    34    2    6   34    62  .229
Milwaukee        222   38    50    6    3    6    34    7    2   28    32  .225
Baltimore        269   29    57   10    2    4    24    7    3   26    24  .212

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leroy Stanton (CAL)      10   37   11   18   5   0   3   10   2   2    1    7  .487
Bobby Darwin (MIN)        8   32    5   14   1   2   2   10   0   1    1    6  .438
Bobby Grich (BAL)         8   29    7   12   3   1   2    6   1   2    7    2  .414
Rod Carew (MIN)           8   33    7   13   2   0   0    5   3   2    3    3  .394
Bill Freehan (DET)       10   26    2   10   1   2   0    4   0   0    6    3  .385
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)    7   26    6   10   3   0   3    9   1   0    4    2  .385
Chris Chambliss (CLE)     9   34    6   13   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    2  .382
Tom Grieve (TEX)          8   32    8   12   3   1   2    4   0   0    3    3  .375
John Ellis (CLE)          9   35    5   13   2   0   1   11   0   0    2    3  .371
Charlie Spikes (CLE)      9   33    4   12   2   1   1    5   0   1    2    6  .364

 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             3    7    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .429
Bobby Grich            8   29    7   12   3   1   2    6   1   2    7    2  .414
Mike Reinbach          2    3    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Brooks Robinson        8   30    2    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .300
Don Baylor             8   31    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   1    1    1  .226
Tommy Davis            8   31    2    7   2   0   0    2   1   0    1    1  .226
Al Bumbry              6   25    4    5   1   1   0    1   1   0    2    3  .200
Andy Etchebarren       3    6    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .167
Paul Blair             8   28    2    4   0   0   1    3   1   0    1    3  .143
Boog Powell            2    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Rich Coggins           5   21    2    2   0   0   1    2   2   0    2    3  .095
Earl Williams          7   21    3    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    4  .048
Mark Belanger          8   23    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .044
Enos Cabell            3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .000
Frank Baker            1    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
Dwight Evans           2    6    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Rico Petrocelli        1    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Juan Beniquez          5   12    5    5   0   0   1    2   0   2    3    3  .417
Carl Yastrzemski       7   26    6   10   3   0   3    9   1   0    4    2  .385
Bernie Carbo           6   19    5    7   2   0   1    7   0   1    3    2  .368
Mario Guerrero         7   22    1    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .364
Doug Griffin           7   25    2    7   1   1   0    6   0   1    2    1  .280
Bob Montgomery         7   27    6    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .259
Terry Hughes           2    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .250
Danny Cater            1    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Cecil Cooper           6   25    3    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    7  .200
John Kennedy           2    5    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Tommy Harper           7   28    3    5   3   0   0    0   2   1    2    6  .179
Rick Miller            7   12    3    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    5    2  .167
Dick McAuliffe         5   10    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .100

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leroy Stanton         10   37   11   18   5   0   3   10   2   2    1    7  .487
Sandy Alomar           3    7    2    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    2  .429
Frank Robinson        10   36    7   13   2   0   3   12   0   0    5    8  .361
Bobby Valentine        7   20    3    7   0   2   0    2   0   1    1    1  .350
Tommy McCraw           6    3    2    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Bob Oliver             8   35    3   11   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .314
Mickey Rivers         10   45   10   14   1   1   0    6   2   1    3    5  .311
Richie Scheinblum      3    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Ellie Rodriguez       10   37    4   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .270
Denny Doyle           10   36    6    9   1   0   0    5   0   1    6    3  .250
Joe Lahoud             9   14    5    3   0   0   2    5   0   0    1    3  .214
Mike Epstein          10   32    7    5   2   0   2    2   0   0    8    7  .156
Dave Chalk            10   34    4    5   0   0   0    6   0   0    4    4  .147
Winston Llenas         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Muser             3    5    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .600
Buddy Bradford         6   17    3    6   1   0   2    3   1   1    4    2  .353
Ken Henderson         10   42    5   14   4   1   0    3   1   0    4   10  .333
Ron Santo             10   34    4   10   1   0   0    4   0   1    9    5  .294
Pat Kelly              9   31    3    9   1   0   0    0   1   2    3    5  .290
Ed Herrmann           10   35    3   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .286
Carlos May            10   35    2    9   1   0   0    4   2   0    0    6  .257
Bill Melton           10   36    4    9   2   0   2    2   0   0    5    4  .250
Brian Downing          5    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Dick Allen            10   37    3    6   3   0   2    5   1   0    6    7  .162
Jorge Orta             7   27    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .148
Bucky Dent            10   28    2    3   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    4  .107
Luis Alvarado          5    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jerry Hairston         4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Eddie Leon             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Duncan            6   19    5    8   0   0   4    6   0   0    1    4  .421
Chris Chambliss        9   34    6   13   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    2  .382
John Ellis             9   35    5   13   2   0   1   11   0   0    2    3  .371
Charlie Spikes         9   33    4   12   2   1   1    5   0   1    2    6  .364
Jack Brohamer          3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
George Hendrick        9   37    4    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .243
John Lowenstein        8   30    5    7   1   0   0    2   4   0    6    4  .233
Oscar Gamble           5   18    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .222
Leron Lee              5    9    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .222
Buddy Bell             9   35    5    7   0   0   1    5   0   0    0    3  .200
Angel Hermoso          9   29    6    5   3   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .172
Frank Duffy            9   31    3    5   2   0   1    6   0   0    1    3  .161
Rusty Torres           5    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Jack Heidemann         1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gates Brown            4    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Bill Freehan          10   26    2   10   1   2   0    4   0   0    6    3  .385
Ron Cash               5   17    2    6   1   0   0    2   0   1    0    3  .353
Gary Sutherland       10   32    3   11   4   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .344
Jerry Moses            1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Norm Cash              7   21    2    6   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    3  .286
Al Kaline             10   40    3   11   2   0   1    5   1   0    3    4  .275
Mickey Stanley        10   37    4    9   2   0   2    3   0   1    1    5  .243
Willie Horton         10   38    3    8   1   0   2    2   0   0    2    7  .211
Ed Brinkman           10   41    2    8   0   0   1    6   0   0    3    6  .195
Jim Northrup          10   43    4    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .186
Aurelio Rodriguez     10   43    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .140
John Knox              5    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ben Oglivie            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Dick Sharon            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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              5   14    4    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    1    1  .571
Cookie Rojas           6   24    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    0    4  .375
John Mayberry          6   22    7    8   2   0   2    9   0   1    5    3  .364
Jim Wohlford           6   25    4    9   0   1   0    4   2   1    3    5  .360
Frank White            2    3    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Fran Healy             6   22    5    7   4   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .318
Paul Schaal            6   17    2    5   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .294
Al Cowens              2    4    3    1   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    0  .250
Tony Solaita           3    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Freddie Patek          6   26    7    6   0   0   1    6   5   0    3    1  .231
Vada Pinson            6   25    1    5   0   0   0    4   0   1    0    2  .200
Fernando Gonzalez      3    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    3  .111
Amos Otis              6   23    2    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    5    4  .087

 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           7   23    5    8   0   2   2    9   0   1    3    3  .348
Bob Coluccio           7   24    6    8   1   0   0    4   1   1    2    5  .333
George Scott           7   22    5    6   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    5  .273
Ken Berry              6   24    3    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .250
Johnny Briggs          7   25    4    6   0   1   2    7   0   0    3    4  .240
Dave May               7   27    4    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .185
Don Money              7   28    4    5   2   0   1    8   4   0    2    3  .179
Bobby Mitchell         2    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .167
Darrell Porter         6   17    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    0  .118
Robin Yount            7   19    3    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .105
Charlie Moore          2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Felipe Alou            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bob Sheldon            2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva             5   17    0    9   1   1   0    4   0   0    0    3  .529
Bobby Darwin           8   32    5   14   1   2   2   10   0   1    1    6  .438
Rod Carew              8   33    7   13   2   0   0    5   3   2    3    3  .394
Sergio Ferrer          5   18    4    6   0   1   0    0   1   1    4    2  .333
Danny Thompson         6   13    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .308
Larry Hisle            8   27    6    8   1   1   1    8   0   1    5    5  .296
Jerry Terrell          8   31    7    9   2   0   0    3   2   0    0    2  .290
Steve Brye             3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Steve Braun            8   25    2    6   0   0   1    5   0   0    2    1  .240
Joe Lis                7   13    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .231
Harmon Killebrew       5   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .177
Randy Hundley          7   23    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .174
Jim Holt               4   12    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Glenn Borgmann         3    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Eric Soderholm         4    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
Ron Blomberg           8   26    5    9   0   0   1    3   1   1    5    2  .346
Bobby Murcer           9   33    7   11   0   0   2    7   3   1    7    0  .333
Roy White              9   29    9    9   2   1   1    2   1   1   10    4  .310
Graig Nettles          9   34    8   10   1   0   6   10   0   0    4    5  .294
Elliott Maddox         5    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    0  .286
Lou Piniella           2    7    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    2  .286
Thurman Munson         9   36    5    9   1   0   2    3   1   0    2    6  .250
Mike Hegan             9   32    2    8   2   0   1    4   1   1    2    4  .250
Bill Sudakis           6   20    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .250
Walt Williams          3   10    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .200
Jim Mason              9   28    1    5   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    6  .179
Gene Michael           8   23    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    3  .174
Horace Clarke          4    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Rudi               9   34    2   12   6   0   0    5   0   0    5    6  .353
Reggie Jackson         9   37    9   13   4   0   5   15   1   1    1    7  .351
John Donaldson         2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bert Campaneris        9   34    4   11   2   1   0    1   0   2    5    9  .324
Sal Bando              8   27    7    8   2   0   1    2   0   0    5    6  .296
Ray Fosse              9   26    3    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    4  .269
Gene Tenace            9   30    4    7   1   0   2    5   0   0    7   10  .233
Jesus Alou             5   13    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .231
Dick Green             4    8    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .125
Pat Bourque            7    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .111
Ted Kubiak             4    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .111
Manny Trillo           8   11    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .091
Billy North            8   30    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    4  .067
Deron Johnson          5   20    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .050
Vic Davalillo          7    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Angel Mangual          2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .000
Larry Haney            4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Herb Washington        6    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Len Randle             6    5    4    3   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .600
Mike Hargrove          6   18    5    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    5  .389
Tom Grieve             8   32    8   12   3   1   2    4   0   0    3    3  .375
Toby Harrah            9   37    5   13   0   0   1    8   0   1    3    3  .351
Jim Fregosi            9   27    5    9   0   0   0    4   0   0    6    3  .333
Jim Sundberg           7   15    3    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .267
Dave Nelson            9   38    5   10   2   0   1    9   3   1    2    5  .263
Alex Johnson           9   39    3   10   1   0   0    3   1   1    2    8  .256
Dick Billings          4   12    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .250
Larry Brown            6   13    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .231
Jeff Burroughs         9   38    7    8   1   0   4   10   0   0    3    4  .211
Joe Lovitto            8   32    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    6  .156
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)          45
  J. Northrup (DET)        43
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       43
  K. Henderson (CHI)       42
  E. Brinkman (DET)        41
  A. Kaline (DET)          40
  A. Johnson (TEX)         39
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       38
  W. Horton (DET)          38
  D. Nelson (TEX)          38

Runs Scored:

  L. Stanton (CAL)         11
  M. Rivers (CAL)          10
  R. Jackson (OAK)          9
  R. White (NY)             9
  T. Grieve (TEX)           8
  G. Nettles (NY)           8
  S. Bando (OAK)            7
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        7
  R. Carew (MIN)            7
  M. Epstein (CAL)          7

Hits:

  L. Stanton (CAL)         18
  B. Darwin (MIN)          14
  K. Henderson (CHI)       14
  M. Rivers (CAL)          14
  R. Carew (MIN)           13
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       13
  J. Ellis (CLE)           13
  T. Harrah (TEX)          13
  R. Jackson (OAK)         13
  F. Robinson (CAL)        13

Doubles:

  J. Rudi (OAK)             6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          5
  F. Healy (KC)             4
  K. Henderson (CHI)        4
  R. Jackson (OAK)          4
  G. Sutherland (DET)       4
  D. Allen (CHI)            3
  B. Grich (BAL)            3
  T. Grieve (TEX)           3
  T. Harper (BOS)           3

Triples:

  B. Darwin (MIN)           2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  P. Garcia (MIL)           2
  B. Valentine (CAL)        2
  S. Alomar (CAL)           1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           1
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       1
  B. Dent (CHI)             1
  S. Ferrer (MIN)           1

Home Runs:

  G. Nettles (NY)           6
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        4
  D. Duncan (CLE)           4
  F. Robinson (CAL)         3
  L. Stanton (CAL)          3
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  B. Bradford (CHI)         2
  J. Briggs (MIL)           2

RBI:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         15
  F. Robinson (CAL)        12
  J. Ellis (CLE)           11
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       10
  B. Darwin (MIN)          10
  G. Nettles (NY)          10
  L. Stanton (CAL)         10
  P. Garcia (MIL)           9
  J. Mayberry (KC)          9
  D. Nelson (TEX)           9

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             5
  J. Lowenstein (CLE)       4
  D. Money (MIL)            4
  R. Carew (MIN)            3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  D. Nelson (TEX)           3
  R. Coggins (BAL)          2
  T. Harper (BOS)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  R. Miller (BOS)           2

Caught Stealing:

  J. Beniquez (BOS)         2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  B. Grich (BAL)            2
  P. Kelly (CHI)            2
  L. Stanton (CAL)          2
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  R. Blomberg (NY)          1
  B. Bradford (CHI)         1
  B. Carbo (BOS)            1

Walks:

  R. White (NY)            10
  R. Santo (CHI)            9
  M. Epstein (CAL)          8
  B. Grich (BAL)            7
  B. Murcer (NY)            7
  G. Tenace (OAK)           7
  D. Allen (CHI)            6
  D. Doyle (CAL)            6
  B. Freehan (DET)          6
  J. Fregosi (TEX)          6

Strikeouts:

  K. Henderson (CHI)       10
  G. Tenace (OAK)          10
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       9
  A. Johnson (TEX)          8
  F. Robinson (CAL)         8
  D. Allen (CHI)            7
  C. Cooper (BOS)           7
  M. Epstein (CAL)          7
  W. Horton (DET)           7
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7

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