Wednesday April 24, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 24, 1974:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota        548   66   152   13    6    9    63   11    8   41    85  .277
California       611   94   168   20    6   17    87    9   10   50    95  .275
Texas            499   74   135   19    4   10    66    6   13   45    74  .271
Kansas City      487   72   129   29    2   11    69   20    6   59    68  .265
Boston           518   70   136   27    3   14    66    8    9   61    69  .263
Chicago          583   67   153   25    3   11    57   10    5   70    84  .262
Cleveland        571   69   146   20    1   16    65   12    5   38    69  .256
New York         561   73   142   22    1   20    68    8    7   68    74  .253
Oakland          537   69   127   23    5   15    63   13   11   73   103  .237
Detroit          533   44   126   21    4   10    41    1    3   37    60  .236
Baltimore        507   57   118   20    2    9    51   13    7   50    58  .233
Milwaukee        451   57    96   11    4   11    52    9    7   49    83  .213

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rod Carew (MIN)          16   67   11   27   4   0   0    7   5   4    6    8  .403
Reggie Jackson (OAK)     16   61   14   24   7   0   7   21   5   1    9   11  .393
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   16   56   11   22   7   0   6   17   2   0   10    3  .393
Leroy Stanton (CAL)      17   59   12   23   6   0   4   14   2   2    2   13  .390
Doug Griffin (BOS)       15   52    5   20   3   1   0   11   0   3    3    2  .385
Bobby Grich (BAL)        15   52   10   19   4   1   2    7   2   3   12    8  .365
Charlie Spikes (CLE)     16   60    7   21   3   1   3   11   1   2    3   12  .350
Graig Nettles (NY)       17   64   13   22   2   0  10   21   0   0    5    6  .344
Frank Robinson (CAL)     18   65   10   22   5   0   4   16   1   0    9   13  .339
Chris Chambliss (CLE)    16   63    8   21   3   0   0    4   0   1    5    5  .333

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Grich           15   52   10   19   4   1   2    7   2   3   12    8  .365
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
Brooks Robinson       15   57    3   17   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .298
Tommy Davis           15   61    6   18   4   0   1    9   1   1    3    6  .295
Boog Powell            8   23    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .261
Jim Fuller             7   20    3    5   0   0   1    5   1   0    0    3  .250
Al Bumbry             12   39    7    9   2   1   1    4   1   0    3    5  .231
Mark Belanger         15   40    4    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    5    2  .175
Paul Blair            15   45    3    7   0   0   1    3   3   0    2    4  .156
Don Baylor            15   54    6    8   2   0   0    4   2   2    7    4  .148
Earl Williams         13   36    5    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    8    8  .139
Rich Coggins          11   40    5    4   0   0   1    3   2   1    5    4  .100
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
Danny Cater            5    7    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .429
Carl Yastrzemski      16   56   11   22   7   0   6   17   2   0   10    3  .393
Doug Griffin          15   52    5   20   3   1   0   11   0   3    3    2  .385
Dwight Evans           6   19    2    6   0   1   1    4   0   0    1    2  .316
Rico Petrocelli        7   23    0    7   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    2  .304
Cecil Cooper          14   55    8   16   3   0   1    3   0   2    6   12  .291
Bernie Carbo          15   49   10   13   3   0   3   13   0   1    9    9  .265
Juan Beniquez         14   35    9    8   2   0   1    2   1   2    5    6  .229
Mario Guerrero        16   49    1   11   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .225
Terry Hughes           5    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .222
Rick Miller           11   25    3    5   1   0   0    0   2   0    5    3  .200
Bob Montgomery        13   41    6    8   1   0   1    5   0   0    2    5  .195
Tommy Harper          13   53    6   10   3   1   0    1   3   1    4   11  .189
John Kennedy           4    7    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Dick McAuliffe        14   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
Tom Egan               1    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Winston Llenas         5    5    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .400
Leroy Stanton         17   59   12   23   6   0   4   14   2   2    2   13  .390
Frank Robinson        18   65   10   22   5   0   4   16   1   0    9   13  .339
Bobby Valentine       14   46    7   15   1   3   0    6   0   1    1    3  .326
Bob Oliver            16   68    7   22   1   0   2   10   0   0    2    7  .324
Ellie Rodriguez       17   59    7   17   2   0   1    4   0   1    6   11  .288
Mickey Rivers         18   77   12   20   1   2   0    6   6   2    4    8  .260
Dave Chalk            18   60    8   15   0   0   0    7   0   2    6    6  .250
Sandy Alomar           9   12    3    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    3  .250
Denny Doyle           18   61    8   12   1   0   0    5   0   1    7    8  .197
Joe Lahoud            13   22    6    4   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    5  .182
Richie Scheinblum      6   17    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .177
Mike Epstein          15   51    9    8   2   0   4    6   0   0    9   13  .157
Tommy McCraw          11    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             7    8    1    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .500
Chuck Brinkman         1    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Ken Henderson         17   65    7   21   4   1   0    8   2   0    9   13  .323
Brian Downing          9   19    4    6   0   1   2    7   0   0    3    3  .316
Ed Herrmann           13   46    5   14   3   0   1    4   0   0    2    5  .304
Carlos May            14   50    3   15   2   0   0    5   2   0    2    7  .300
Buddy Bradford        13   38    6   10   1   0   3    6   1   1    9    3  .263
Jorge Orta            14   54    5   14   4   0   0    5   0   0    3   10  .259
Ron Santo             17   62    7   16   1   0   0    5   0   1   11   11  .258
Bill Melton           17   63    7   16   3   0   2    5   0   0    9    5  .254
Pat Kelly             13   48    5   12   1   0   0    0   3   3    4    6  .250
Dick Allen            17   60    9   14   4   0   3    7   1   0   14   10  .233
Bucky Dent            14   37    5    7   1   1   0    2   0   0    2    5  .189
Eddie Leon             8   15    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .133
Luis Alvarado          8   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
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        16   60    7   21   3   1   3   11   1   2    3   12  .350
Chris Chambliss       16   63    8   21   3   0   0    4   0   1    5    5  .333
John Lowenstein       15   60   10   18   2   0   1    4   6   2    9    5  .300
John Ellis            16   66    5   18   2   0   1   13   1   0    2    5  .273
Dave Duncan           13   46    9   12   0   0   5    7   0   0    3   11  .261
Rusty Torres           7    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
George Hendrick       16   66    7   14   2   0   1    4   2   0    5   11  .212
Buddy Bell            16   62    7   13   2   0   3   11   0   0    1    5  .210
Angel Hermoso         15   50    8   10   3   0   0    2   1   0    5    3  .200
Oscar Gamble           7   20    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Leron Lee              7   11    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .182
Frank Duffy           16   55    4    9   2   0   1    6   1   0    1    6  .164
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
Jerry Moses            3   10    1    4   0   1   0    2   0   0    0    0  .400
Ron Cash               5   17    2    6   1   0   0    2   0   1    0    3  .353
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
Gary Sutherland       15   54    5   16   5   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .296
Al Kaline             15   59    4   17   4   0   1    7   1   0    6    7  .288
Norm Cash             11   36    4   10   1   0   2    4   0   1    3    4  .278
John Knox              6    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Ed Brinkman           15   56    4   12   0   0   1    7   0   0    4    7  .214
Mickey Stanley        15   61    4   13   3   0   2    4   0   1    2    9  .213
Willie Horton         15   57    6   12   1   0   3    5   0   0    4    8  .211
Jim Northrup          15   66    6   12   4   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .182
Aurelio Rodriguez     15   61    3    9   1   1   0    3   0   0    4    7  .148
Dick Sharon            4    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
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
Jim Wohlford          14   57    7   19   2   1   0    7   5   1    7    7  .333
Tony Solaita           8   15    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .333
Hal McRae             13   45    8   14   5   0   1    7   1   0    3    6  .311
Frank White            6   10    2    3   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    1  .300
Cookie Rojas          14   57    7   17   3   0   1    9   0   1    3    9  .298
Buck Martinez          4   11    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .273
John Mayberry         14   49   11   13   2   0   4   13   1   1   14   11  .265
Fran Healy            11   38    7   10   6   0   1    6   0   0    2    3  .263
Freddie Patek         14   56   11   14   1   0   1    6   9   2   11    4  .250
Paul Schaal            9   24    3    6   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    4  .250
Vada Pinson           13   51    4   12   3   0   0    5   1   1    1    6  .235
Al Cowens              8   18    5    4   2   0   0    4   1   0    1    2  .222
Amos Otis             10   34    2    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    6    6  .147
Fernando Gonzalez      8   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
George Scott          13   47    7   12   3   0   0    3   1   1    8   10  .255
Rob Ellis              2    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250
Bob Coluccio          13   49    9   12   1   0   1    5   1   1    4   10  .245
Pedro Garcia          13   50    7   12   0   3   3   11   1   1    4    3  .240
Don Money             13   52    6   12   2   0   2   10   4   0    7    6  .231
Charlie Moore          5   13    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    2  .231
Johnny Briggs         13   49    7   11   1   1   3   10   0   1    7   11  .225
Ken Berry              9   34    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .206
Tim Johnson            4    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Darrell Porter        11   32    5    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    7    5  .188
Dave May              13   55    6   10   1   0   1    3   1   0    2    9  .182
Robin Yount           13   39    3    6   1   0   1    2   0   1    2    7  .154
Bobby Mitchell         4   14    1    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    2    7  .143
Felipe Alou            3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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        11   20    2    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .450
Rod Carew             16   67   11   27   4   0   0    7   5   4    6    8  .403
Tony Oliva            12   38    0   14   2   1   0    4   0   0    1    5  .368
Bobby Darwin          14   57    7   18   1   2   2   11   0   1    1   15  .316
Sergio Ferrer         12   44    8   13   0   2   0    0   2   2    7    4  .296
Larry Hisle           15   46    8   13   1   1   3   15   1   1    7   13  .283
Steve Braun           15   53    6   14   1   0   2    8   0   0    4    6  .264
Steve Brye             9   28    2    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    4  .250
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      12   40    2    9   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    8  .225
Joe Lis                9   17    4    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .177
Randy Hundley         10   31    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .161
Glenn Borgmann         9   22    1    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    3    5  .136
Jim Holt              11   25    5    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    1  .120

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Piniella           9   34    3   13   3   0   0    5   0   1    3    7  .382
Graig Nettles         17   64   13   22   2   0  10   21   0   0    5    6  .344
Bobby Murcer          17   61   12   19   0   0   2    8   3   1   10    2  .312
Ron Blomberg          13   39    6   11   2   0   1    3   1   1    5    3  .282
Roy White             17   58   11   15   4   1   1    3   1   1   14    7  .259
Rick Dempsey           3    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .250
Bill Sudakis          10   33    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    8  .242
Jim Mason             17   50    4   12   1   0   1    5   0   1    8    9  .240
Thurman Munson        17   65    9   15   3   0   3    5   1   0    3    9  .231
Mike Hegan            16   48    3   11   2   0   2    9   1   1    5    8  .229
Duke Sims              3   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .200
Elliott Maddox        13   19    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    2  .158
Gene Michael          15   48    3    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    5    7  .146
Walt Williams          7   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        16   61   14   24   7   0   7   21   5   1    9   11  .393
John Donaldson         2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Sal Bando             15   52   14   17   3   1   3   12   0   0   11   10  .327
Joe Rudi              16   63    3   20   8   0   1   12   0   0    6   11  .318
Pat Bourque           13   21    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .286
Bert Campaneris       16   61   11   15   2   2   0    2   4   2   11   10  .246
Ray Fosse             16   53    5   12   1   1   2    4   0   1    2    8  .226
Angel Mangual          4    9    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    4  .222
Ted Kubiak             9   24    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .208
Gene Tenace           16   54    5   10   1   0   2    5   1   1   12   19  .185
Billy North           14   52    6    7   0   0   0    1   2   2    9    9  .135
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       12    0    1    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            11   10    7    5   1   0   0    2   1   1    0    0  .500
Tom Grieve            14   53    9   17   5   2   2    8   0   0    5    8  .321
Jim Fregosi           14   41    6   13   1   0   1    6   0   0    8    8  .317
Dave Nelson           15   60   10   18   2   0   1    9   3   4    2    8  .300
Toby Harrah           15   57    6   17   0   0   1    9   0   2    6    5  .298
Larry Brown            9   14    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .286
Mike Hargrove          9   26    5    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    8  .269
Alex Johnson          15   60    7   16   1   0   0    6   2   4    5   10  .267
Jim Spencer            7   19    1    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    4  .263
Jeff Burroughs        15   59   10   15   4   0   5   14   0   0    5    6  .254
Dick Billings          7   17    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .235
Jim Sundberg          12   26    4    6   2   1   0    4   0   0    4    5  .231
Joe Lovitto           14   52    4    8   2   0   0    4   0   2    2    7  .154
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)          77
  B. Oliver (CAL)          68
  R. Carew (MIN)           67
  J. Ellis (CLE)           66
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        66
  J. Northrup (DET)        66
  K. Henderson (CHI)       65
  T. Munson (NY)           65
  F. Robinson (CAL)        65
  G. Nettles (NY)          64

Runs Scored:

  S. Bando (OAK)           14
  R. Jackson (OAK)         14
  G. Nettles (NY)          13
  B. Murcer (NY)           12
  M. Rivers (CAL)          12
  L. Stanton (CAL)         12
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      11
  R. Carew (MIN)           11
  J. Mayberry (KC)         11
  F. Patek (KC)            11

Hits:

  R. Carew (MIN)           27
  R. Jackson (OAK)         24
  L. Stanton (CAL)         23
  G. Nettles (NY)          22
  B. Oliver (CAL)          22
  F. Robinson (CAL)        22
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     22
  C. Chambliss (CLE)       21
  K. Henderson (CHI)       21
  C. Spikes (CLE)          21

Doubles:

  J. Rudi (OAK)             8
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      7
  F. Healy (KC)             6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          6
  T. Grieve (TEX)           5
  H. McRae (KC)             5
  F. Robinson (CAL)         5
  G. Sutherland (DET)       5
  D. Allen (CHI)            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)          10
  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)          21
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     17
  F. Robinson (CAL)        16
  L. Hisle (MIN)           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
  J. Lowenstein (CLE)       6
  M. Rivers (CAL)           6
  R. Carew (MIN)            5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  J. Wohlford (KC)          5
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       4
  D. Money (MIL)            4
  P. Blair (BAL)            3
  T. Harper (BOS)           3

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  G. Tenace (OAK)          19
  B. Darwin (MIN)          15
  M. Epstein (CAL)         13
  K. Henderson (CHI)       13
  L. Hisle (MIN)           13
  F. Robinson (CAL)        13
  L. Stanton (CAL)         13
  C. Cooper (BOS)          12
  C. Spikes (CLE)          12
  J. Briggs (MIL)          11

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