Wednesday April 17, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 17, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        337   48    98    8    6    5    46    7    6   24    49  .291
California       407   70   115   14    4   13    63    6    5   38    71  .283
Texas            370   58   102   12    3    9    52    6    8   35    50  .276
Boston           297   45    80   13    1   10    43    5    5   34    42  .269
Kansas City      277   45    72   16    2    7    43   11    5   33    37  .260
Cleveland        402   53   103   17    1   10    49    7    2   30    47  .256
New York         356   48    91   10    1   14    46    8    6   45    49  .256
Chicago          408   38    98   21    2    8    32    7    4   45    59  .240
Detroit          378   29    90   14    2    7    27    1    3   30    44  .238
Oakland          366   42    84   17    3   11    41    5    6   45    73  .230
Baltimore        304   35    67   11    2    5    30   10    4   29    30  .220
Milwaukee        306   45    66    7    4    8    41    8    4   33    49  .216

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Grich (BAL)         9   32    8   14   3   1   2    6   1   3    8    2  .438
Leroy Stanton (CAL)      12   43   11   18   5   0   3   10   2   2    2   10  .419
Rod Carew (MIN)          10   41    8   17   3   0   0    6   3   3    3    5  .415
Bobby Darwin (MIN)       10   39    6   16   1   2   2   11   0   1    1    8  .410
Tom Grieve (TEX)         10   39    9   15   4   2   2    5   0   0    3    3  .385
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)    9   34    7   13   3   0   4   10   1   0    4    2  .382
Frank Robinson (CAL)     12   42    8   16   3   0   4   13   1   0    7    9  .381
Chris Chambliss (CLE)    11   44    6   16   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    3  .364
Reggie Jackson (OAK)     11   44   10   16   5   0   6   19   4   1    3    7  .364
John Mayberry (KC)        8   25    9    9   2   0   3   10   1   1   10    4  .360

 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
Bobby Grich            9   32    8   14   3   1   2    6   1   3    8    2  .438
Jim Fuller             4   11    3    4   0   0   1    4   1   0    0    2  .364
Mike Reinbach          2    3    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Andy Etchebarren       4   10    0    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .300
Brooks Robinson        9   34    2   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .294
Tommy Davis            9   36    3    8   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    3  .222
Don Baylor             9   35    3    7   1   0   0    3   1   1    2    1  .200
Al Bumbry              6   25    4    5   1   1   0    1   1   0    2    3  .200
Paul Blair             9   33    2    5   0   0   1    3   2   0    1    4  .152
Boog Powell            2    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125
Mark Belanger          9   27    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .111
Rich Coggins           5   21    2    2   0   0   1    2   2   0    2    3  .095
Earl Williams          8   23    4    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    7    5  .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
Carl Yastrzemski       9   34    7   13   3   0   4   10   1   0    4    2  .382
Juan Beniquez          7   17    6    6   1   0   1    2   0   2    3    3  .353
Bernie Carbo           8   24    6    8   2   0   1    8   0   1    6    4  .333
Doug Griffin           9   32    2   10   1   1   0    7   0   1    2    1  .313
Mario Guerrero         9   29    1    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .276
Cecil Cooper           8   32    5    8   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    8  .250
Terry Hughes           2    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .250
Bob Montgomery         9   34    6    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    4  .206
Danny Cater            2    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
John Kennedy           3    5    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Rick Miller            8   16    3    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    5    2  .188
Dick McAuliffe         7   17    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .177
Tommy Harper           9   36    3    6   3   0   0    1   2   1    3    9  .167

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sandy Alomar           4    7    2    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    2  .429
Leroy Stanton         12   43   11   18   5   0   3   10   2   2    2   10  .419
Frank Robinson        12   42    8   16   3   0   4   13   1   0    7    9  .381
Bobby Valentine        8   23    3    8   0   2   0    3   0   1    1    1  .348
Bob Oliver            10   43    5   14   1   0   2    5   0   0    1    5  .326
Richie Scheinblum      3    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Mickey Rivers         12   53   10   15   1   1   0    6   3   1    3    6  .283
Ellie Rodriguez       12   44    5   11   1   0   0    2   0   0    3   10  .250
Tommy McCraw           8    4    2    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Denny Doyle           12   43    6   10   1   0   0    5   0   1    6    6  .233
Dave Chalk            12   40    5    8   0   0   0    6   0   0    4    5  .200
Joe Lahoud            10   18    5    3   0   0   2    5   0   0    1    5  .167
Mike Epstein          12   39    7    6   2   0   2    2   0   0    9   10  .154
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
Ed Herrmann           11   39    5   13   3   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .333
Buddy Bradford         8   25    3    8   1   0   2    4   1   1    5    2  .320
Ken Henderson         12   48    5   15   4   1   0    4   1   0    5   11  .313
Ron Santo             12   42    5   11   1   0   0    4   0   1    9    6  .262
Carlos May            10   35    2    9   1   0   0    4   2   0    0    6  .257
Bill Melton           12   42    4   10   3   0   2    2   0   0    7    4  .238
Pat Kelly             11   40    3    9   1   0   0    0   2   2    3    5  .225
Brian Downing          6    9    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .222
Bucky Dent            12   34    4    6   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    4  .177
Dick Allen            12   44    3    7   3   0   2    5   1   0    8    8  .159
Jorge Orta             9   35    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .143
Luis Alvarado          7    6    1    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
Chris Chambliss       11   44    6   16   2   0   0    4   0   1    4    3  .364
Charlie Spikes        11   41    4   14   2   1   1    6   0   1    2    8  .342
Jack Brohamer          3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
John Ellis            11   46    5   15   2   0   1   13   1   0    2    3  .326
Dave Duncan            8   29    6    9   0   0   5    7   0   0    1    7  .310
Rusty Torres           7    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
George Hendrick       11   48    6   11   1   0   0    2   2   0    4    7  .229
John Lowenstein       10   40    8    9   2   0   0    2   4   0    8    5  .225
Leron Lee              5    9    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .222
Buddy Bell            11   42    5    9   2   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .214
Oscar Gamble           6   19    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .211
Frank Duffy           11   40    3    7   2   0   1    6   0   0    1    3  .175
Angel Hermoso         11   37    7    5   3   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .135
Jack Heidemann         2    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
Ron Cash               5   17    2    6   1   0   0    2   0   1    0    3  .353
Bill Freehan          11   29    2   10   1   2   0    4   0   0    7    3  .345
Gary Sutherland       11   36    3   12   4   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Jerry Moses            1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Al Kaline             11   43    3   13   2   0   1    5   1   0    4    4  .302
Mickey Stanley        11   40    4   10   2   0   2    3   0   1    2    6  .250
Norm Cash              8   25    2    6   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    3  .240
Willie Horton         11   41    3    8   1   0   2    3   0   0    3    8  .195
Jim Northrup          11   47    4    9   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .192
Ed Brinkman           11   44    3    8   0   0   1    6   0   0    4    6  .182
Aurelio Rodriguez     11   47    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .128
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              7   22    4    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .364
John Mayberry          8   25    9    9   2   0   3   10   1   1   10    4  .360
Frank White            2    3    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Cookie Rojas           8   32    2   10   2   0   0    5   0   1    0    5  .313
Jim Wohlford           8   31    4    9   0   1   0    4   2   1    5    5  .290
Al Cowens              3    7    3    2   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    1  .286
Paul Schaal            8   22    3    6   2   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .273
Freddie Patek          8   32    8    8   1   0   1    6   6   1    5    1  .250
Fran Healy             8   29    5    7   4   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .241
Tony Solaita           4    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Vada Pinson            7   29    1    5   0   0   0    4   0   1    0    3  .172
Amos Otis              8   30    2    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    5    6  .133
Fernando Gonzalez      3    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    3  .111

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pedro Garcia           9   33    7   10   0   3   3   11   0   1    3    3  .303
Bob Coluccio           9   34    7   10   1   0   1    5   1   1    3    6  .294
Ken Berry              6   24    3    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .250
Darrell Porter         8   25    5    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .240
George Scott           9   31    5    7   1   0   0    1   1   1    6    7  .226
Dave May               9   37    5    8   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .216
Tim Johnson            3    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Don Money              9   38    4    7   2   0   1    9   4   0    2    4  .184
Johnny Briggs          9   34    4    6   0   1   2    7   0   0    4    7  .177
Bobby Mitchell         4   14    1    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    2    7  .143
Robin Yount            9   24    3    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    3  .125
Charlie Moore          3    4    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            3    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             7   21    0   10   1   1   0    4   0   0    0    3  .476
Rod Carew             10   41    8   17   3   0   0    6   3   3    3    5  .415
Bobby Darwin          10   39    6   16   1   2   2   11   0   1    1    8  .410
Sergio Ferrer          7   25    7    8   0   2   0    0   2   1    5    3  .320
Danny Thompson         6   13    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .308
Larry Hisle           10   35    7   10   1   1   2   12   0   1    5    9  .286
Steve Braun           10   33    3    9   0   0   1    6   0   0    2    4  .273
Jerry Terrell         10   39    7   10   2   0   0    3   2   0    0    4  .256
Steve Brye             3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Joe Lis                7   13    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .231
Harmon Killebrew       7   24    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .208
Randy Hundley          7   23    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .174
Glenn Borgmann         5   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .100
Jim Holt               6   17    3    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Eric Soderholm         6    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
Bobby Murcer          11   40    8   14   0   0   2    7   3   1    8    0  .350
Lou Piniella           4   15    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .333
Graig Nettles         11   42    9   13   1   0   6   12   0   0    4    5  .310
Ron Blomberg          10   30    5    9   0   0   1    3   1   1    5    3  .300
Mike Hegan            10   35    2    9   2   0   1    5   1   1    3    5  .257
Roy White             11   35    9    9   2   1   1    2   1   1   10    5  .257
Bill Sudakis           7   24    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .250
Elliott Maddox         7    8    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    0  .250
Thurman Munson        11   44    7   10   2   0   2    3   1   0    2    8  .227
Jim Mason             11   33    1    6   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    7  .182
Gene Michael          10   30    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .167
Horace Clarke          5    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Walt Williams          4   14    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .143

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Reggie Jackson        11   44   10   16   5   0   6   19   4   1    3    7  .364
John Donaldson         2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bert Campaneris       11   40    5   13   2   1   0    2   0   2    8   10  .325
Sal Bando             10   34    9   11   2   1   2    4   0   0    7    9  .324
Joe Rudi              11   42    2   13   6   0   0    5   0   0    6    7  .310
Ray Fosse             11   34    3    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    6  .265
Pat Bourque            9   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .200
Gene Tenace           11   36    4    7   1   0   2    5   0   0    8   11  .194
Jesus Alou             7   20    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .150
Vic Davalillo          9    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .143
Dick Green             4    8    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .125
Angel Mangual          3    8    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    4  .125
Manny Trillo          10   17    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .118
Ted Kubiak             5    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .111
Billy North            9   33    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    5  .061
Deron Johnson          5   20    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .050
Larry Haney            4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Herb Washington        8    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             8    6    6    4   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .667
Tom Grieve            10   39    9   15   4   2   2    5   0   0    3    3  .385
Toby Harrah           11   44    5   15   0   0   1    9   0   2    4    3  .341
Mike Hargrove          8   22    5    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .318
Jim Fregosi           11   30    5    9   0   0   0    4   0   0    8    4  .300
Jeff Burroughs        11   44    9   11   2   0   5   13   0   0    4    4  .250
Dave Nelson           11   44    6   11   2   0   1    9   3   2    2    6  .250
Alex Johnson          11   45    4   11   1   0   0    3   2   2    3    8  .244
Jim Sundberg           9   17    3    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .235
Larry Brown            7   13    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .231
Jim Spencer            4    9    0    2   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .222
Dick Billings          6   14    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .214
Joe Lovitto           10   38    2    7   2   0   0    4   0   1    1    6  .184
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)          53
  K. Henderson (CHI)       48
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        48
  J. Northrup (DET)        47
  A. Rodriguez (DET)       47
  J. Ellis (CLE)           46
  A. Johnson (TEX)         45
  D. Allen (CHI)           44
  E. Brinkman (DET)        44
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       44

Runs Scored:

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

Hits:

  L. Stanton (CAL)         18
  R. Carew (MIN)           17
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       16
  B. Darwin (MIN)          16
  R. Jackson (OAK)         16
  F. Robinson (CAL)        16
  J. Ellis (CLE)           15
  T. Grieve (TEX)          15
  T. Harrah (TEX)          15
  K. Henderson (CHI)       15

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  P. Garcia (MIL)           3
  B. Darwin (MIN)           2
  S. Ferrer (MIN)           2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  T. Grieve (TEX)           2
  B. Valentine (CAL)        2
  S. Alomar (CAL)           1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           1

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         19
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       13
  J. Ellis (CLE)           13
  F. Robinson (CAL)        13
  L. Hisle (MIN)           12
  G. Nettles (NY)          12
  B. Darwin (MIN)          11
  P. Garcia (MIL)          11
  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  L. Stanton (CAL)         10

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             6
  R. Jackson (OAK)          4
  J. Lowenstein (CLE)       4
  D. Money (MIL)            4
  R. Carew (MIN)            3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  D. Nelson (TEX)           3
  M. Rivers (CAL)           3
  P. Blair (BAL)            2
  R. Coggins (BAL)          2

Caught Stealing:

  R. Carew (MIN)            3
  B. Grich (BAL)            3
  J. Beniquez (BOS)         2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  T. Harrah (TEX)           2
  A. Johnson (TEX)          2
  P. Kelly (CHI)            2
  D. Nelson (TEX)           2
  L. Stanton (CAL)          2
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  R. White (NY)            10
  M. Epstein (CAL)          9
  R. Santo (CHI)            9
  D. Allen (CHI)            8
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       8
  J. Fregosi (TEX)          8
  B. Grich (BAL)            8
  J. Lowenstein (CLE)       8
  B. Murcer (NY)            8

Strikeouts:

  K. Henderson (CHI)       11
  G. Tenace (OAK)          11
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      10
  M. Epstein (CAL)         10
  E. Rodriguez (CAL)       10
  L. Stanton (CAL)         10
  S. Bando (OAK)            9
  T. Harper (BOS)           9
  L. Hisle (MIN)            9
  F. Robinson (CAL)         9

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