Saturday April 20, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 20, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Texas            438   69   122   16    4   10    61    6   11   40    68  .279
California       510   79   142   17    4   16    72    7    8   43    83  .278
Minnesota        432   53   115   10    6    6    51    8    8   31    68  .266
Boston           389   57   103   17    2   12    55    7    7   44    53  .265
New York         455   61   120   19    1   17    58    8    7   57    62  .264
Kansas City      345   56    89   20    2    9    53   13    5   43    49  .258
Cleveland        471   60   120   18    1   15    56    7    2   32    60  .255
Chicago          474   46   116   22    2   10    40    7    4   56    67  .245
Oakland          432   54   102   20    5   13    51    8   10   58    92  .236
Detroit          407   30    93   15    2    7    27    1    3   31    48  .229
Baltimore        367   43    82   15    2    8    38   10    6   35    35  .223
Milwaukee        337   48    70    8    4   11    44    9    4   40    58  .208

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leroy Stanton (CAL)      15   54   11   22   6   0   3   11   2   2    2   11  .407
Rod Carew (MIN)          13   53    8   21   3   0   0    6   4   4    4    7  .396
Chris Chambliss (CLE)    13   52    7   20   3   0   0    4   0   1    4    3  .385
Reggie Jackson (OAK)     13   52   11   20   7   0   7   21   4   1    4   10  .385
Bobby Grich (BAL)        11   39    9   15   4   1   2    6   1   3   10    5  .385
Doug Griffin (BOS)       12   43    4   16   2   1   0    9   0   2    3    2  .372
Bobby Murcer (NY)        14   51   10   18   0   0   2    7   3   1    9    1  .353
Graig Nettles (NY)       14   51   11   18   2   0   8   18   0   0    5    6  .353
Charlie Spikes (CLE)     13   49    7   17   2   1   3    8   0   1    2   11  .347
Bernie Carbo (BOS)       11   35   10   12   3   0   3   12   0   1    6    8  .343

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ellie Hendricks        3    9    1    5   3   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .556
Bobby Grich           11   39    9   15   4   1   2    6   1   3   10    5  .385
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       11   41    2   12   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .293
Tommy Davis           11   44    5   12   2   0   1    5   1   1    1    3  .273
Boog Powell            4   15    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .267
Al Bumbry              8   33    5    6   1   1   1    3   1   0    2    4  .182
Don Baylor            11   41    4    7   1   0   0    3   1   1    3    2  .171
Mark Belanger         11   32    3    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    4    2  .156
Paul Blair            11   34    2    5   0   0   1    3   2   0    1    4  .147
Rich Coggins           7   28    3    2   0   0   1    2   2   1    4    3  .071
Earl Williams          9   26    4    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    7    5  .039
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           5   16    2    6   0   1   1    4   0   0    0    1  .375
Doug Griffin          12   43    4   16   2   1   0    9   0   2    3    2  .372
Bernie Carbo          11   35   10   12   3   0   3   12   0   1    6    8  .343
Carl Yastrzemski      12   42    9   14   4   0   4   11   1   0    8    2  .333
Juan Beniquez         10   27    7    7   1   0   1    2   1   2    5    5  .259
Cecil Cooper          10   39    5   10   0   0   1    3   0   1    4   10  .256
Mario Guerrero        12   39    1   10   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .256
Terry Hughes           2    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .250
Rico Petrocelli        4   13    0    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .231
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
Bob Montgomery        10   37    6    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    4  .189
Rick Miller            8   16    3    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    5    2  .188
Dick McAuliffe        10   17    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .177
Tommy Harper          10   41    4    7   3   0   0    1   3   1    3    9  .171
Bob Didier             2    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .167

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sandy Alomar           6    7    2    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    2  .429
Leroy Stanton         15   54   11   22   6   0   3   11   2   2    2   11  .407
Frank Robinson        15   54    9   18   4   0   4   14   1   0    8   13  .333
Bobby Valentine       11   36    5   12   1   2   0    3   0   1    1    2  .333
Bob Oliver            13   56    6   18   1   0   2    7   0   0    1    6  .321
Ellie Rodriguez       15   52    6   16   1   0   1    3   0   1    5   11  .308
Mickey Rivers         15   66   10   17   1   1   0    6   4   1    3    7  .258
Richie Scheinblum      4    8    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Dave Chalk            15   48    7   11   0   0   0    6   0   1    6    5  .229
Denny Doyle           15   53    6   11   1   0   0    5   0   1    6    6  .208
Mike Epstein          14   48    9    8   2   0   4    6   0   0    9   12  .167
Joe Lahoud            11   19    5    3   0   0   2    5   0   0    1    5  .158
Tommy McCraw           9    7    2    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .143
Winston Llenas         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Muser             4    6    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Ed Herrmann           11   39    5   13   3   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .333
Chuck Brinkman         1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Carlos May            12   44    2   14   2   0   0    5   2   0    0    6  .318
Ken Henderson         14   53    6   16   4   1   0    4   1   0    8   12  .302
Buddy Bradford        10   32    6    9   1   0   3    6   1   1    8    3  .281
Ron Santo             14   49    5   13   1   0   0    5   0   1   10    7  .265
Brian Downing          7   12    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .250
Bill Melton           14   51    4   12   3   0   2    3   0   0    7    4  .235
Pat Kelly             11   40    3    9   1   0   0    0   2   2    3    5  .225
Dick Allen            14   50    5    9   3   0   3    6   1   0   11    9  .180
Jorge Orta            11   40    3    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    6  .175
Bucky Dent            13   35    4    6   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    5  .171
Luis Alvarado          8   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Eddie Leon             5    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Jerry Hairston         5    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chris Chambliss       13   52    7   20   3   0   0    4   0   1    4    3  .385
Charlie Spikes        13   49    7   17   2   1   3    8   0   1    2   11  .347
Jack Brohamer          5    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
John Ellis            13   54    5   16   2   0   1   13   1   0    2    3  .296
John Lowenstein       12   48    8   12   2   0   0    2   4   0    8    5  .250
Dave Duncan           10   36    6    9   0   0   5    7   0   0    2    9  .250
Rusty Torres           7    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Buddy Bell            13   50    7   11   2   0   3    9   0   0    1    4  .220
George Hendrick       13   56    7   12   1   0   1    3   2   0    4   11  .214
Oscar Gamble           7   20    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Leron Lee              6   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .200
Frank Duffy           13   45    3    8   2   0   1    6   0   0    1    5  .178
Angel Hermoso         13   41    7    6   3   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .146
Jack Heidemann         3    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
Jerry Moses            1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Gary Sutherland       12   40    3   13   4   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .325
Bill Freehan          12   32    2   10   1   2   0    4   0   0    7    3  .313
Al Kaline             12   45    3   14   3   0   1    5   1   0    5    4  .311
Norm Cash              8   25    2    6   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    3  .240
Mickey Stanley        12   44    4   10   2   0   2    3   0   1    2    6  .227
Ed Brinkman           12   47    4    9   0   0   1    6   0   0    4    6  .192
Willie Horton         12   44    3    8   1   0   2    3   0   0    3    8  .182
Jim Northrup          12   50    4    9   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .180
Aurelio Rodriguez     12   50    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .120
Dick Sharon            3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
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

 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
Frank White            2    3    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .333
John Mayberry         10   32   10   10   2   0   3   10   1   1   12    7  .313
Jim Wohlford          10   39    5   12   0   1   0    4   3   1    7    6  .308
Hal McRae              9   30    6    9   4   0   1    5   0   0    1    5  .300
Cookie Rojas          10   41    3   12   2   0   1    8   0   1    1    5  .293
Fran Healy            10   37    7   10   6   0   1    6   0   0    2    3  .270
Freddie Patek         10   39    9   10   1   0   1    6   7   1    8    2  .256
Paul Schaal            9   24    3    6   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    4  .250
Fernando Gonzalez      4   13    1    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    3  .231
Al Cowens              5   15    4    3   2   0   0    4   1   0    1    2  .200
Tony Solaita           4    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Vada Pinson            9   36    3    7   0   0   0    4   0   1    1    5  .194
Amos Otis              8   30    2    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    5    6  .133

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pedro Garcia          10   36    7   10   0   3   3   11   1   1    4    3  .278
Bob Coluccio          10   38    7   10   1   0   1    5   1   1    3    9  .263
Dave May              10   41    6    9   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    3  .220
Ken Berry              7   29    3    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .207
Darrell Porter         9   29    5    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .207
George Scott          10   34    5    7   1   0   0    1   1   1    7    8  .206
Don Money             10   40    5    8   2   0   2   10   4   0    5    5  .200
Tim Johnson            3    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Johnny Briggs         10   36    5    7   0   1   3    8   0   0    6    7  .194
Robin Yount           10   28    3    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    5  .143
Bobby Mitchell         4   14    1    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    2    7  .143
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
Rod Carew             13   53    8   21   3   0   0    6   4   4    4    7  .396
Bobby Darwin          12   47    6   16   1   2   2   11   0   1    1   12  .340
Tony Oliva            10   30    0   10   1   1   0    4   0   0    0    5  .333
Danny Thompson         6   13    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .308
Eric Soderholm         8    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .286
Steve Braun           12   40    4   11   1   0   1    6   0   0    3    5  .275
Sergio Ferrer         10   37    7   10   0   2   0    0   2   2    5    4  .270
Larry Hisle           12   41    7   11   1   1   2   12   0   1    6   11  .268
Jerry Terrell         13   42    7   10   2   0   0    3   2   0    0    4  .238
Harmon Killebrew       9   29    1    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .207
Steve Brye             6   15    2    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .200
Joe Lis                8   16    4    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .188
Randy Hundley         10   31    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .161
Glenn Borgmann         6   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .100
Jim Holt               8   21    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .095

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Piniella           6   22    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    5  .409
Bobby Murcer          14   51   10   18   0   0   2    7   3   1    9    1  .353
Graig Nettles         14   51   11   18   2   0   8   18   0   0    5    6  .353
Ron Blomberg          12   34    6   11   2   0   1    3   1   1    5    3  .324
Bill Sudakis           9   31    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    8  .258
Mike Hegan            13   40    3   10   2   0   2    8   1   1    4    6  .250
Duke Sims              1    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Roy White             14   46    9   11   3   1   1    2   1   1   13    6  .239
Jim Mason             14   41    2    9   1   0   1    5   0   1    6    8  .220
Thurman Munson        14   56    7   12   2   0   2    3   1   0    3    8  .214
Elliott Maddox        10   16    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .188
Gene Michael          13   40    3    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    5    6  .175
Walt Williams          6   15    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .133
Horace Clarke          7    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .125
Rick Dempsey           1    0    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
Reggie Jackson        13   52   11   20   7   0   7   21   4   1    4   10  .385
Sal Bando             12   42   11   14   2   1   2    7   0   0    8   10  .333
John Donaldson         2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Rudi              13   50    3   16   7   0   1    8   0   0    6    9  .320
Bert Campaneris       13   48    8   14   2   2   0    2   1   2   10   10  .292
Pat Bourque           10   11    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .273
Ray Fosse             13   42    4   10   1   1   1    3   0   0    1    7  .238
Gene Tenace           13   43    4    9   1   0   2    5   0   1   10   15  .209
Jesus Alou             8   22    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .136
Billy North           11   40    4    5   0   0   0    1   2   2    7    7  .125
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
Vic Davalillo         10    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .111
Manny Trillo          12   20    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .100
Ted Kubiak             6   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .077
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       10    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   3    0    0  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Len Randle             9    6    7    4   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .667
Tom Grieve            12   47    9   16   4   2   2    6   0   0    3    7  .340
Jim Fregosi           13   37    6   12   1   0   1    6   0   0    8    6  .324
Toby Harrah           13   50    6   16   0   0   1    9   0   2    6    5  .320
Jim Sundberg          10   20    4    6   2   1   0    4   0   0    4    5  .300
Dave Nelson           13   52    8   15   2   0   1    9   3   4    2    7  .289
Larry Brown            8   14    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Jeff Burroughs        13   52   10   14   4   0   5   14   0   0    5    6  .269
Mike Hargrove          9   26    5    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    8  .269
Alex Johnson          13   53    6   13   1   0   0    5   2   2    4    9  .245
Dick Billings          7   17    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .235
Jim Spencer            5   13    0    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .231
Joe Lovitto           12   46    3    8   2   0   0    4   0   2    1    7  .174
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)          66
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        56
  T. Munson (NY)           56
  B. Oliver (CAL)          56
  J. Ellis (CLE)           54
  F. Robinson (CAL)        54
  L. Stanton (CAL)         54
  R. Carew (MIN)           53
  D. Doyle (CAL)           53
  K. Henderson (CHI)       53

Runs Scored:

  S. Bando (OAK)           11
  R. Jackson (OAK)         11
  G. Nettles (NY)          11
  L. Stanton (CAL)         11
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       10
  B. Carbo (BOS)           10
  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  B. Murcer (NY)           10
  M. Rivers (CAL)          10
  M. Epstein (CAL)          9

Hits:

  L. Stanton (CAL)         22
  R. Carew (MIN)           21
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       20
  R. Jackson (OAK)         20
  B. Murcer (NY)           18
  G. Nettles (NY)          18
  B. Oliver (CAL)          18
  F. Robinson (CAL)        18
  M. Rivers (CAL)          17
  C. Spikes (CLE)          17

Doubles:

  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  J. Rudi (OAK)             7
  F. Healy (KC)             6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          6
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        4
  B. Grich (BAL)            4
  T. Grieve (TEX)           4
  K. Henderson (CHI)        4
  H. McRae (KC)             4
  F. Robinson (CAL)         4

Triples:

  P. Garcia (MIL)           3
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  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

Home Runs:

  G. Nettles (NY)           8
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        5
  D. Duncan (CLE)           5
  M. Epstein (CAL)          4
  F. Robinson (CAL)         4
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      4
  D. Allen (CHI)            3
  B. Bell (CLE)             3
  B. Bradford (CHI)         3

RBI:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         21
  G. Nettles (NY)          18
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       14
  F. Robinson (CAL)        14
  J. Ellis (CLE)           13
  B. Carbo (BOS)           12
  L. Hisle (MIN)           12
  B. Darwin (MIN)          11
  P. Garcia (MIL)          11
  L. Stanton (CAL)         11

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             7
  R. Carew (MIN)            4
  R. Jackson (OAK)          4
  J. Lowenstein (CLE)       4
  D. Money (MIL)            4
  M. Rivers (CAL)           4
  T. Harper (BOS)           3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  D. Nelson (TEX)           3
  J. Wohlford (KC)          3

Caught Stealing:

  R. Carew (MIN)            4
  D. Nelson (TEX)           4
  B. Grich (BAL)            3
  H. Washington (OAK)       3
  J. Beniquez (BOS)         2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  S. Ferrer (MIN)           2
  D. Griffin (BOS)          2
  T. Harrah (TEX)           2
  A. Johnson (TEX)          2

Walks:

  R. White (NY)            13
  J. Mayberry (KC)         12
  D. Allen (CHI)           11
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      10
  B. Grich (BAL)           10
  R. Santo (CHI)           10
  G. Tenace (OAK)          10
  M. Epstein (CAL)          9
  B. Murcer (NY)            9
  S. Bando (OAK)            8

Strikeouts:

  G. Tenace (OAK)          15
  F. Robinson (CAL)        13
  B. Darwin (MIN)          12
  M. Epstein (CAL)         12
  K. Henderson (CHI)       12
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        11
  L. Hisle (MIN)           11
  E. Rodriguez (CAL)       11
  C. Spikes (CLE)          11
  L. Stanton (CAL)         11

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