Sunday April 21, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 21, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
California       542   88   151   18    6   17    81    7    8   45    86  .279
Minnesota        472   61   130   11    6    7    58   10    8   38    76  .275
Kansas City      385   63   106   23    2   11    60   14    6   50    52  .275
Texas            471   71   129   17    4   10    63    6   12   42    73  .274
Boston           425   63   114   21    2   12    60    7    7   50    58  .268
Cleveland        511   65   134   18    1   16    61   11    4   33    61  .262
Chicago          515   57   133   23    3   11    49    9    4   62    75  .258
New York         532   69   135   20    1   18    64    8    7   63    68  .254
Oakland          468   59   111   20    5   13    55    9   10   64    94  .237
Detroit          461   36   107   17    2   10    33    1    3   34    54  .232
Baltimore        445   49   101   16    2    9    43   11    7   44    48  .227
Milwaukee        388   53    85   11    4   11    49    9    7   43    66  .219

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Reggie Jackson (OAK)     14   55   12   22   7   0   7   21   4   1    6   11  .400
Rod Carew (MIN)          14   58   10   23   3   0   0    7   5   4    5    7  .397
Leroy Stanton (CAL)      16   58   12   23   6   0   4   14   2   2    2   13  .397
Bobby Grich (BAL)        13   44   10   17   4   1   2    6   2   3   12    5  .386
Doug Griffin (BOS)       13   48    4   18   2   1   0   10   0   2    3    2  .375
Charlie Spikes (CLE)     14   54    7   19   2   1   3    8   1   2    2   11  .352
Chris Chambliss (CLE)    14   57    7   20   3   0   0    4   0   1    4    4  .351
Graig Nettles (NY)       16   60   12   21   2   0   9   20   0   0    5    6  .350
Bobby Darwin (MIN)       12   47    6   16   1   2   2   11   0   1    1   12  .340
Tom Grieve (TEX)         13   50    9   17   5   2   2    8   0   0    4    7  .340

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Grich           13   44   10   17   4   1   2    6   2   3   12    5  .386
Ellie Hendricks        5   14    1    5   3   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .357
Andy Etchebarren       5   12    0    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .333
Mike Reinbach          4    6    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .333
Frank Baker            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .333
Brooks Robinson       13   50    3   16   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .320
Tommy Davis           13   52    5   15   3   0   1    8   1   1    3    4  .289
Boog Powell            6   19    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .263
Jim Fuller             6   17    3    4   0   0   1    4   1   0    0    3  .235
Al Bumbry             10   35    6    7   1   1   1    3   1   0    2    4  .200
Mark Belanger         13   36    3    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    5    2  .167
Paul Blair            13   40    2    6   0   0   1    3   2   0    2    4  .150
Don Baylor            13   48    4    7   1   0   0    3   1   2    6    3  .146
Earl Williams         11   32    5    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    7    7  .094
Rich Coggins           9   35    5    3   0   0   1    2   2   1    4    4  .086
Enos Cabell            4    2    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
Doug Griffin          13   48    4   18   2   1   0   10   0   2    3    2  .375
Bernie Carbo          12   39   10   13   3   0   3   13   0   1    7    9  .333
Danny Cater            3    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Carl Yastrzemski      13   46    9   15   5   0   4   13   1   0    8    2  .326
Dwight Evans           6   19    2    6   0   1   1    4   0   0    1    2  .316
Rico Petrocelli        5   17    0    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    0  .294
Cecil Cooper          11   43    7   12   1   0   1    3   0   1    5   11  .279
Juan Beniquez         11   27    8    7   1   0   1    2   1   2    5    5  .259
Terry Hughes           3    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .250
Mario Guerrero        13   42    1   10   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    7  .238
Rick Miller            9   21    3    5   1   0   0    0   2   0    5    3  .238
John Kennedy           3    5    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Bob Montgomery        11   37    6    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    4  .189
Dick McAuliffe        11   17    4    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .177
Tommy Harper          10   41    4    7   3   0   0    1   3   1    3    9  .171
Bob Didier             3    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .111

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leroy Stanton         16   58   12   23   6   0   4   14   2   2    2   13  .397
Sandy Alomar           7    8    3    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    2  .375
Frank Robinson        16   57    9   19   4   0   4   15   1   0    8   13  .333
Bobby Valentine       12   39    6   13   1   3   0    6   0   1    1    2  .333
Bob Oliver            14   60    7   19   1   0   2    7   0   0    1    6  .317
Ellie Rodriguez       16   56    6   16   1   0   1    3   0   1    5   11  .286
Mickey Rivers         16   69   12   19   1   2   0    6   4   1    3    7  .275
Richie Scheinblum      4    8    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Dave Chalk            16   51    7   12   0   0   0    7   0   1    6    5  .235
Denny Doyle           16   56    8   12   1   0   0    5   0   1    7    6  .214
Joe Lahoud            12   20    5    4   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    5  .200
Mike Epstein          15   51    9    8   2   0   4    6   0   0    9   13  .157
Tommy McCraw          10    7    2    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .143
Winston Llenas         3    2    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Muser             5    7    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .429
Ed Herrmann           11   39    5   13   3   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .333
Brian Downing          8   15    3    5   0   1   2    6   0   0    3    3  .333
Chuck Brinkman         1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ken Henderson         15   57    7   18   4   1   0    6   2   0    9   12  .316
Carlos May            13   48    3   15   2   0   0    5   2   0    1    7  .313
Buddy Bradford        11   33    6   10   1   0   3    6   1   1    8    3  .303
Ron Santo             15   53    6   14   1   0   0    5   0   1   11    8  .264
Jorge Orta            12   46    3   12   3   0   0    5   0   0    2    7  .261
Pat Kelly             12   44    5   11   1   0   0    0   3   2    4    6  .250
Bill Melton           15   56    6   13   3   0   2    4   0   0    7    5  .232
Bucky Dent            14   37    5    7   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    5  .189
Dick Allen            15   54    6   10   3   0   3    6   1   0   12   10  .185
Luis Alvarado          8   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Eddie Leon             6    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Jerry Hairston         6    5    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Charlie Spikes        14   54    7   19   2   1   3    8   1   2    2   11  .352
Chris Chambliss       14   57    7   20   3   0   0    4   0   1    4    4  .351
Jack Brohamer          5    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
John Ellis            14   59    5   18   2   0   1   13   1   0    2    3  .305
Dave Duncan           11   40    8   11   0   0   5    7   0   0    2    9  .275
John Lowenstein       13   53    9   14   2   0   1    4   5   1    8    5  .264
Rusty Torres           7    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
George Hendrick       14   59    7   13   1   0   1    3   2   0    5   11  .220
Buddy Bell            14   55    7   12   2   0   3   11   0   0    1    4  .218
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
Angel Hermoso         14   46    8    9   3   0   0    2   1   0    5    3  .196
Frank Duffy           14   48    4    9   2   0   1    6   1   0    1    5  .188
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            5    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    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
Bill Freehan          13   37    3   12   1   2   1    5   0   0    7    4  .324
Al Kaline             13   52    3   16   3   0   1    6   1   0    5    5  .308
Gary Sutherland       13   46    3   14   4   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .304
Norm Cash              9   29    3    8   1   0   2    4   0   1    2    3  .276
John Knox              6    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Mickey Stanley        13   51    4   11   3   0   2    4   0   1    2    7  .216
Ed Brinkman           13   50    4   10   0   0   1    6   0   0    4    7  .200
Jim Northrup          13   57    5   11   3   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .193
Willie Horton         13   49    5    9   1   0   3    4   0   0    4    8  .184
Dick Sharon            4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Aurelio Rodriguez     13   53    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .113
Ike Brown              1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ben Oglivie            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Buck Martinez          1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0 1.000
Rick Reichardt         1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Frank White            3    4    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Tony Solaita           5    8    3    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .375
Cookie Rojas          11   46    5   15   3   0   1    9   0   1    2    5  .326
John Mayberry         11   37   11   12   2   0   4   13   1   1   13    8  .324
Jim Wohlford          11   44    6   14   0   1   0    4   3   1    7    7  .318
Freddie Patek         11   44   10   13   1   0   1    6   7   2    9    2  .296
Hal McRae             10   34    6   10   4   0   1    6   1   0    2    5  .294
Fran Healy            11   38    7   10   6   0   1    6   0   0    2    3  .263
Paul Schaal            9   24    3    6   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    4  .250
Vada Pinson           10   40    3    9   1   0   0    4   0   1    1    5  .225
Al Cowens              6   16    4    3   2   0   0    4   1   0    1    2  .188
Fernando Gonzalez      5   18    1    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    3  .167
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
Charlie Moore          4    9    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .333
Bob Coluccio          11   44    8   12   1   0   1    5   1   1    3    9  .273
Pedro Garcia          11   42    7   11   0   3   3   11   1   1    4    3  .262
Rob Ellis              1    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Johnny Briggs         11   42    7   10   1   1   3    9   0   1    6    9  .238
George Scott          11   40    6    9   3   0   0    1   1   1    7    9  .225
Don Money             11   45    5   10   2   0   2   10   4   0    6    6  .222
Darrell Porter         9   29    5    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    2  .207
Ken Berry              8   30    3    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .200
Tim Johnson            3    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Dave May              11   48    6    9   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    5  .188
Robin Yount           11   33    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    5  .152
Bobby Mitchell         4   14    1    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    2    7  .143
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
Eric Soderholm         9   12    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .417
Rod Carew             14   58   10   23   3   0   0    7   5   4    5    7  .397
Tony Oliva            11   34    0   12   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    5  .353
Bobby Darwin          12   47    6   16   1   2   2   11   0   1    1   12  .340
Danny Thompson         6   13    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .308
Larry Hisle           13   45    8   13   1   1   3   15   1   1    7   12  .289
Sergio Ferrer         11   40    8   11   0   2   0    0   2   2    7    4  .275
Steve Braun           13   45    5   12   1   0   1    7   0   0    4    5  .267
Harmon Killebrew      10   32    1    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    8  .250
Jerry Terrell         14   43    8   10   2   0   0    3   2   0    0    4  .233
Steve Brye             7   20    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .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         7   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .133
Jim Holt               9   21    4    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .095

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Piniella           8   31    3   13   3   0   0    5   0   1    2    5  .419
Graig Nettles         16   60   12   21   2   0   9   20   0   0    5    6  .350
Bobby Murcer          16   59   11   19   0   0   2    8   3   1    9    2  .322
Duke Sims              2    7    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .286
Ron Blomberg          13   39    6   11   2   0   1    3   1   1    5    3  .282
Rick Dempsey           3    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .250
Mike Hegan            15   45    3   11   2   0   2    9   1   1    4    6  .244
Bill Sudakis          10   33    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    8  .242
Jim Mason             16   48    3   11   1   0   1    5   0   1    7    9  .229
Roy White             16   54   11   12   3   1   1    2   1   1   14    7  .222
Thurman Munson        16   61    8   13   2   0   2    3   1   0    3    9  .213
Elliott Maddox        12   18    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .167
Gene Michael          14   45    3    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    5    6  .156
Walt Williams          6   15    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .133
Horace Clarke          8   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .077

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Reggie Jackson        14   55   12   22   7   0   7   21   4   1    6   11  .400
Joe Rudi              14   54    3   18   7   0   1   10   0   0    6    9  .333
Sal Bando             13   45   13   15   2   1   2    7   0   0   10   10  .333
John Donaldson         2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Pat Bourque           11   13    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .308
Bert Campaneris       14   53    8   14   2   2   0    2   2   2   10   10  .264
Ray Fosse             14   45    4   10   1   1   1    3   0   0    1    7  .222
Angel Mangual          4    9    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .222
Gene Tenace           14   47    5    9   1   0   2    5   0   1   11   16  .192
Ted Kubiak             7   17    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .177
Dick Green             4    8    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .125
Jesus Alou             9   25    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .120
Billy North           12   44    5    5   0   0   0    1   2   2    8    7  .114
Vic Davalillo         11    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .111
Manny Trillo          12   20    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .100
Deron Johnson          5   20    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .050
Larry Haney            5    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            10    7    7    4   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .571
Tom Grieve            13   50    9   17   5   2   2    8   0   0    4    7  .340
Jim Fregosi           14   41    6   13   1   0   1    6   0   0    8    8  .317
Toby Harrah           14   54    6   17   0   0   1    9   0   2    6    5  .315
Larry Brown            8   14    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Jeff Burroughs        14   55   10   15   4   0   5   14   0   0    5    6  .273
Mike Hargrove          9   26    5    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    8  .269
Dave Nelson           14   56    9   15   2   0   1    9   3   4    2    8  .268
Alex Johnson          14   57    7   15   1   0   0    5   2   3    4   10  .263
Jim Sundberg          11   23    4    6   2   1   0    4   0   0    4    5  .261
Jim Spencer            6   16    0    4   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    4  .250
Dick Billings          7   17    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .235
Joe Lovitto           13   50    3    8   2   0   0    4   0   2    1    7  .160
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)          69
  T. Munson (NY)           61
  G. Nettles (NY)          60
  B. Oliver (CAL)          60
  J. Ellis (CLE)           59
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        59
  B. Murcer (NY)           59
  R. Carew (MIN)           58
  L. Stanton (CAL)         58
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       57

Runs Scored:

  S. Bando (OAK)           13
  R. Jackson (OAK)         12
  G. Nettles (NY)          12
  M. Rivers (CAL)          12
  L. Stanton (CAL)         12
  J. Mayberry (KC)         11
  B. Murcer (NY)           11
  R. White (NY)            11
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       10
  B. Carbo (BOS)           10

Hits:

  R. Carew (MIN)           23
  L. Stanton (CAL)         23
  R. Jackson (OAK)         22
  G. Nettles (NY)          21
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       20
  B. Murcer (NY)           19
  B. Oliver (CAL)          19
  M. Rivers (CAL)          19
  F. Robinson (CAL)        19
  C. Spikes (CLE)          19

Doubles:

  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  J. Rudi (OAK)             7
  F. Healy (KC)             6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          6
  T. Grieve (TEX)           5
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      5
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        4
  B. Grich (BAL)            4
  K. Henderson (CHI)        4
  H. McRae (KC)             4

Triples:

  P. Garcia (MIL)           3
  B. Valentine (CAL)        3
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  B. Darwin (MIN)           2
  S. Ferrer (MIN)           2
  B. Freehan (DET)          2
  T. Grieve (TEX)           2
  M. Rivers (CAL)           2
  S. Alomar (CAL)           1
  S. Bando (OAK)            1

Home Runs:

  G. Nettles (NY)           9
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        5
  D. Duncan (CLE)           5
  M. Epstein (CAL)          4
  J. Mayberry (KC)          4
  F. Robinson (CAL)         4
  L. Stanton (CAL)          4
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      4
  D. Allen (CHI)            3

RBI:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         21
  G. Nettles (NY)          20
  L. Hisle (MIN)           15
  F. Robinson (CAL)        15
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       14
  L. Stanton (CAL)         14
  B. Carbo (BOS)           13
  J. Ellis (CLE)           13
  J. Mayberry (KC)         13
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     13

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             7
  R. Carew (MIN)            5
  J. Lowenstein (CLE)       5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          4
  D. Money (MIL)            4
  M. Rivers (CAL)           4
  T. Harper (BOS)           3
  P. Kelly (CHI)            3
  B. Murcer (NY)            3
  D. Nelson (TEX)           3

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  R. White (NY)            14
  J. Mayberry (KC)         13
  D. Allen (CHI)           12
  B. Grich (BAL)           12
  R. Santo (CHI)           11
  G. Tenace (OAK)          11
  S. Bando (OAK)           10
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      10
  M. Epstein (CAL)          9
  K. Henderson (CHI)        9

Strikeouts:

  G. Tenace (OAK)          16
  M. Epstein (CAL)         13
  F. Robinson (CAL)        13
  L. Stanton (CAL)         13
  B. Darwin (MIN)          12
  K. Henderson (CHI)       12
  L. Hisle (MIN)           12
  C. Cooper (BOS)          11
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        11
  R. Jackson (OAK)         11

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