Tuesday April 23, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
California       580   91   160   19    6   17    84    9    9   48    89  .276
Texas            471   71   129   17    4   10    63    6   12   42    73  .274
Kansas City      455   69   124   28    2   11    66   19    6   56    63  .273
Minnesota        509   62   138   11    6    8    59   11    8   40    78  .271
Boston           487   69   130   25    3   14    65    8    8   60    64  .267
Chicago          544   60   140   25    3   11    51    9    5   68    79  .257
Cleveland        534   67   137   19    1   16    63   11    5   36    63  .257
New York         532   69   135   20    1   18    64    8    7   63    68  .254
Oakland          502   60   119   21    5   14    56    9   10   66    99  .237
Baltimore        480   53   112   17    2    9    47   13    7   45    52  .233
Detroit          497   36   112   18    2   10    33    1    3   35    56  .225
Milwaukee        419   55    88   11    4   11    50    9    7   46    72  .210

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Reggie Jackson (OAK)     15   58   12   24   7   0   7   21   4   1    7   11  .414
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   15   53   11   21   6   0   6   17   2   0    9    2  .396
Leroy Stanton (CAL)      17   59   12   23   6   0   4   14   2   2    2   13  .390
Doug Griffin (BOS)       14   49    5   19   3   1   0   11   0   2    3    2  .388
Bobby Grich (BAL)        14   48   10   18   4   1   2    6   2   3   12    6  .375
Rod Carew (MIN)          15   63   10   23   3   0   0    7   5   4    5    8  .365
Jim Wohlford (KC)        13   53    7   19   2   1   0    7   5   1    7    7  .359
Charlie Spikes (CLE)     15   57    7   20   3   1   3   10   1   2    2   11  .351
Graig Nettles (NY)       16   60   12   21   2   0   9   20   0   0    5    6  .350
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           14   48   10   18   4   1   2    6   2   3   12    6  .375
Ellie Hendricks        6   14    1    5   3   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .357
Andy Etchebarren       6   15    0    5   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
Tommy Davis           14   57    6   18   4   0   1    9   1   1    3    4  .316
Brooks Robinson       14   54    3   17   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    4  .315
Jim Fuller             7   20    3    5   0   0   1    5   1   0    0    3  .250
Boog Powell            7   20    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .250
Al Bumbry             11   35    6    7   1   1   1    3   1   0    3    4  .200
Mark Belanger         14   38    3    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    5    2  .158
Paul Blair            14   45    3    7   0   0   1    3   3   0    2    4  .156
Earl Williams         12   35    5    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    7    8  .143
Don Baylor            14   51    6    7   1   0   0    3   2   2    6    4  .137
Rich Coggins          10   37    5    4   0   0   1    3   2   1    4    4  .108
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
Carl Yastrzemski      15   53   11   21   6   0   6   17   2   0    9    2  .396
Doug Griffin          14   49    5   19   3   1   0   11   0   2    3    2  .388
Danny Cater            4    6    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Dwight Evans           6   19    2    6   0   1   1    4   0   0    1    2  .316
Rico Petrocelli        6   19    0    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    0  .316
Cecil Cooper          13   51    7   15   2   0   1    3   0   2    6   11  .294
Bernie Carbo          14   45   10   13   3   0   3   13   0   1    9    9  .289
Juan Beniquez         13   32    9    8   2   0   1    2   1   2    5    6  .250
Mario Guerrero        15   47    1   11   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .234
Terry Hughes           5    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .222
Tommy Harper          12   49    6   10   3   1   0    1   3   1    4   10  .204
Rick Miller           11   25    3    5   1   0   0    0   2   0    5    3  .200
Bob Montgomery        12   38    6    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    5  .184
John Kennedy           4    7    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Dick McAuliffe        13   24    4    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .125
Bob Didier             5   14    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .071

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leroy Stanton         17   59   12   23   6   0   4   14   2   2    2   13  .390
Bobby Valentine       13   44    7   15   1   3   0    6   0   1    1    2  .341
Sandy Alomar           8    9    3    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Winston Llenas         4    3    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .333
Frank Robinson        17   61    9   20   4   0   4   15   1   0    9   13  .328
Bob Oliver            15   65    7   21   1   0   2    8   0   0    1    6  .323
Ellie Rodriguez       17   59    7   17   2   0   1    4   0   1    6   11  .288
Mickey Rivers         17   73   12   19   1   2   0    6   6   1    4    7  .260
Dave Chalk            17   56    7   13   0   0   0    7   0   2    6    6  .232
Richie Scheinblum      5   13    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .231
Denny Doyle           17   58    8   12   1   0   0    5   0   1    7    7  .207
Joe Lahoud            13   22    6    4   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    5  .182
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

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Muser             6    7    0    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .429
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         16   61    7   19   4   1   0    7   2   0    9   12  .312
Buddy Bradford        12   33    6   10   1   0   3    6   1   1    9    3  .303
Ed Herrmann           12   43    5   13   3   0   1    3   0   0    1    5  .302
Carlos May            14   50    3   15   2   0   0    5   2   0    2    7  .300
Jorge Orta            13   49    4   13   4   0   0    5   0   0    3    8  .265
Ron Santo             16   57    6   15   1   0   0    5   0   1   11    9  .263
Pat Kelly             13   48    5   12   1   0   0    0   3   3    4    6  .250
Bill Melton           16   59    6   14   3   0   2    4   0   0    8    5  .237
Dick Allen            16   56    8   12   4   0   3    7   1   0   14   10  .214
Bucky Dent            14   37    5    7   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    5  .189
Luis Alvarado          8   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Eddie Leon             7   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .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
Jack Brohamer          6    8    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .375
Charlie Spikes        15   57    7   20   3   1   3   10   1   2    2   11  .351
Chris Chambliss       15   59    8   20   3   0   0    4   0   1    5    4  .339
John Ellis            15   62    5   18   2   0   1   13   1   0    2    4  .290
John Lowenstein       14   55    9   15   2   0   1    4   5   2    9    5  .273
Dave Duncan           12   43    8   11   0   0   5    7   0   0    2    9  .256
Rusty Torres           7    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Buddy Bell            15   57    7   12   2   0   3   11   0   0    1    4  .211
George Hendrick       15   62    7   13   1   0   1    3   2   0    5   11  .210
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           15   51    4    9   2   0   1    6   1   0    1    6  .177
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
Ron Cash               5   17    2    6   1   0   0    2   0   1    0    3  .353
Jerry Moses            2    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Gates Brown            6    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .333
Bill Freehan          13   37    3   12   1   2   1    5   0   0    7    4  .324
Al Kaline             14   55    3   16   3   0   1    6   1   0    6    6  .291
Gary Sutherland       14   50    3   14   4   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .280
Norm Cash             10   33    3    9   1   0   2    4   0   1    2    3  .273
John Knox              6    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Ed Brinkman           14   53    4   11   0   0   1    6   0   0    4    7  .208
Mickey Stanley        14   56    4   11   3   0   2    4   0   1    2    8  .196
Willie Horton         14   53    5   10   1   0   3    4   0   0    4    8  .189
Jim Northrup          14   61    5   11   3   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .180
Dick Sharon            4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Aurelio Rodriguez     14   57    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    7  .123
Ben Oglivie            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Ike Brown              1    2    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
Buck Martinez          3    7    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .429
Jim Wohlford          13   53    7   19   2   1   0    7   5   1    7    7  .359
Cookie Rojas          13   54    6   17   3   0   1    9   0   1    2    7  .315
Hal McRae             12   41    6   12   5   0   1    7   1   0    3    6  .293
John Mayberry         13   45   11   13   2   0   4   13   1   1   14   10  .289
Tony Solaita           7   14    3    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    3    4  .286
Freddie Patek         13   53   11   14   1   0   1    6   9   2   10    4  .264
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
Frank White            5    8    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Al Cowens              7   17    5    4   2   0   0    4   1   0    1    2  .235
Vada Pinson           12   48    4   11   2   0   0    4   1   1    1    5  .229
Amos Otis              9   31    2    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    5    6  .161
Fernando Gonzalez      7   21    1    3   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .143

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Coluccio          12   46    9   12   1   0   1    5   1   1    4    9  .261
Rob Ellis              2    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Pedro Garcia          12   46    7   11   0   3   3   11   1   1    4    3  .239
Charlie Moore          5   13    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    2  .231
George Scott          12   44    6   10   3   0   0    2   1   1    7   10  .227
Johnny Briggs         12   45    7   10   1   1   3    9   0   1    7   10  .222
Darrell Porter        10   29    5    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    2  .207
Don Money             12   49    5   10   2   0   2   10   4   0    6    6  .204
Ken Berry              8   30    3    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .200
Tim Johnson            4    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Dave May              12   52    6   10   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    7  .192
Robin Yount           12   35    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    5  .143
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        10   16    2    7   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .438
Tony Oliva            12   38    0   14   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    5  .368
Rod Carew             15   63   10   23   3   0   0    7   5   4    5    8  .365
Bobby Darwin          13   52    6   17   1   2   2   11   0   1    1   12  .327
Larry Hisle           14   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           14   49    6   13   1   0   2    8   0   0    4    5  .265
Danny Thompson         7   16    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Jerry Terrell         15   44    8   10   2   0   0    3   2   0    0    4  .227
Harmon Killebrew      11   36    1    8   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    8  .222
Steve Brye             8   24    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    3  .208
Joe Lis                8   16    4    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .188
Glenn Borgmann         8   18    1    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    3    5  .167
Randy Hundley         10   31    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .161
Jim Holt              10   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        15   58   12   24   7   0   7   21   4   1    7   11  .414
Pat Bourque           12   16    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .375
John Donaldson         2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Rudi              15   58    3   19   7   0   1   10   0   0    6   10  .328
Sal Bando             14   49   13   15   2   1   2    7   0   0   10   10  .306
Bert Campaneris       15   57    8   14   2   2   0    2   2   2   10   10  .246
Ray Fosse             15   49    5   11   1   1   2    4   0   0    1    7  .225
Angel Mangual          4    9    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .222
Gene Tenace           15   51    5   10   1   0   2    5   0   1   11   17  .196
Ted Kubiak             8   21    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Billy North           13   47    5    6   0   0   0    1   2   2    9    9  .128
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
Manny Trillo          12   20    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    6  .100
Vic Davalillo         12   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .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       11    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)          73
  B. Oliver (CAL)          65
  R. Carew (MIN)           63
  J. Ellis (CLE)           62
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        62
  K. Henderson (CHI)       61
  T. Munson (NY)           61
  J. Northrup (DET)        61
  F. Robinson (CAL)        61
  G. Nettles (NY)          60

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
  F. Patek (KC)            11
  R. White (NY)            11
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11

Hits:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         24
  R. Carew (MIN)           23
  L. Stanton (CAL)         23
  G. Nettles (NY)          21
  B. Oliver (CAL)          21
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     21
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       20
  F. Robinson (CAL)        20
  C. Spikes (CLE)          20
  D. Griffin (BOS)         19

Doubles:

  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  J. Rudi (OAK)             7
  F. Healy (KC)             6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          6
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      6
  T. Grieve (TEX)           5
  H. McRae (KC)             5
  D. Allen (CHI)            4
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        4
  T. Davis (BAL)            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
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      6
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        5
  D. Duncan (CLE)           5
  M. Epstein (CAL)          4
  J. Mayberry (KC)          4
  F. Robinson (CAL)         4
  L. Stanton (CAL)          4
  D. Allen (CHI)            3

RBI:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         21
  G. Nettles (NY)          20
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     17
  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

Stolen Bases:

  F. Patek (KC)             9
  M. Rivers (CAL)           6
  R. Carew (MIN)            5
  J. Lowenstein (CLE)       5
  J. Wohlford (KC)          5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          4
  D. Money (MIL)            4
  P. Blair (BAL)            3
  T. Harper (BOS)           3
  P. Kelly (CHI)            3

Caught Stealing:

  R. Carew (MIN)            4
  D. Nelson (TEX)           4
  B. Grich (BAL)            3
  A. Johnson (TEX)          3
  P. Kelly (CHI)            3
  H. Washington (OAK)       3
  D. Baylor (BAL)           2
  J. Beniquez (BOS)         2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  D. Chalk (CAL)            2

Walks:

  D. Allen (CHI)           14
  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  R. White (NY)            14
  B. Grich (BAL)           12
  R. Santo (CHI)           11
  G. Tenace (OAK)          11
  S. Bando (OAK)           10
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      10
  F. Patek (KC)            10
  B. Bradford (CHI)         9

Strikeouts:

  G. Tenace (OAK)          17
  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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