Thursday April 17, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 17, 1975:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
California       277   38    79   13    1    2    31   15    9   44    49  .285
Baltimore        220   31    58   14    3    2    31    3    2   25    31  .264
Minnesota        275   38    72   18    1    3    33    1    5   31    36  .262
Cleveland        135   15    35    6    0    6    14    3    3   15     8  .259
Chicago          363   36    92   11    2    2    36    3    2   29    50  .253
Kansas City      262   36    66   15    0    5    34   16    4   31    33  .252
Texas            291   47    73   15    2    7    46   14    3   35    41  .251
Boston           250   30    62   11    2    7    29    6    4   26    35  .248
Oakland          262   37    62   13    1    8    35   13    6   39    39  .237
New York         237   21    54    6    3    1    20    4    3   19    30  .228
Milwaukee        213   29    48   13    1    5    26    6    6   29    32  .225
Detroit          158   17    27    2    0    5    16    2    3   13    25  .171

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rod Carew (MIN)           7   22    6   11   4   1   0    1   0   2    4    0  .500
Dave Chalk (CAL)          8   23    4   11   3   0   0    5   0   3   11    3  .478
Pat Kelly (CHI)           9   22    5    9   1   1   0    2   1   0    4    1  .409
Don Baylor (BAL)          6   23    4    9   0   1   0    5   1   0    4    2  .391
George Brett (KC)         8   29    4   11   1   0   0    4   1   0    3    2  .379
Carlos May (CHI)         10   37    2   14   1   1   1    9   0   0    2    1  .378
Paul Blair (BAL)          6   27    5   10   1   0   0    2   2   2    2    3  .370
Thurman Munson (NY)       6   23    1    8   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .348
Hal McRae (KC)            8   32    6   11   3   0   1    8   1   0    3    5  .344
Joe Rudi (OAK)            8   32    4   11   4   1   1    5   0   0    1    4  .344

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Bumbry              3    7    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .429
Bobby Grich            2    5    4    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .400
Don Baylor             6   23    4    9   0   1   0    5   1   0    4    2  .391
Paul Blair             6   27    5   10   1   0   0    2   2   2    2    3  .370
Brooks Robinson        6   28    4    8   0   1   0    4   0   0    1    3  .286
Dave Duncan            2    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .286
Ken Singleton          6   21    4    5   4   0   0    4   0   0    8    3  .238
Doug DeCinces          5   17    2    4   1   1   0    1   0   0    1    2  .235
Tommy Davis            5   22    2    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .227
Lee May                6   28    3    6   3   0   1    6   0   0    2    8  .214
Andy Etchebarren       3    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .143
Ellie Hendricks        4    8    2    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    0  .125
Mark Belanger          6   18    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .111
Tim Nordbrook          1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jim Northrup           2    0    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Doug Griffin           6   19    1    7   0   0   0    3   1   1    3    3  .368
Bernie Carbo           4   11    2    4   2   0   0    0   0   1    2    1  .364
Jim Rice               2    9    1    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Cecil Cooper           3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333
Rick Burleson          7   25    2    8   0   0   1    3   1   0    4    2  .320
Fred Lynn              5   20    3    6   1   0   2    6   0   0    0    6  .300
Dwight Evans           7   29    5    8   1   1   1    5   0   1    4    3  .276
Bob Montgomery         7   29    3    8   2   0   0    6   0   1    1    4  .276
Carl Yastrzemski       7   29    5    8   4   0   2    3   3   0    3    3  .276
Bob Heise              4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Tony Conigliaro        6   23    3    3   0   0   1    2   1   0    4    5  .130
Rico Petrocelli        7   27    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .111
Juan Beniquez          5   21    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .095
Rick Miller            4    1    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Kim Andrew             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tim Blackwell          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rudy Meoli             4    4    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Winston Llenas         2    2    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .500
Dave Chalk             8   23    4   11   3   0   0    5   0   3   11    3  .478
Mickey Rivers          8   36    6   12   2   0   0    2   5   0    3    4  .333
Tom Egan               2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Jerry Remy             8   31    2   10   1   0   0    3   1   2    2    3  .323
Joe Lahoud             7   16    2    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .313
Tommy Harper           8   32    3    9   0   1   0    5   3   1    5    6  .281
Orlando Ramirez        8   19    1    5   0   0   0    0   1   1    2    3  .263
Ellie Rodriguez        7   20    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    8    5  .250
Morris Nettles         8   38    7    9   1   0   0    3   2   1    2   10  .237
Bruce Bochte           8   32    4    7   2   0   0    6   2   1    2    4  .219
Leroy Stanton          5   14    3    2   0   0   1    1   1   0    3    3  .143
Bill Sudakis           4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Billy Smith            3    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Denny Doyle            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pat Kelly              9   22    5    9   1   1   0    2   1   0    4    1  .409
Carlos May            10   37    2   14   1   1   1    9   0   0    2    1  .378
Ken Henderson         10   42    9   14   2   0   0    5   0   1    3    6  .333
Bill Melton           10   38    5   11   2   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .290
Deron Johnson          7   30    3    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    5  .267
Bucky Dent            10   40    1   10   1   0   0    4   0   0    0    5  .250
Nyls Nyman            10   42    4   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .238
Jorge Orta            10   42    4   10   2   0   0    4   2   1    2    7  .238
Bill Sharp             7   17    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .177
Buddy Bradford         5   12    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .083
Brian Downing         10   32    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    5   10  .063
Tony Muser             5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jerry Hairston         1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Lee Richard            3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bill Stein             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Pete Varney            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Boog Powell            4   11    5    5   1   0   3    5   0   0    6    0  .455
Jack Brohamer          4   14    0    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .357
Ed Crosby              4   12    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   2    2    0  .333
John Lowenstein        2    9    1    3   0   0   1    1   0   1    0    1  .333
John Ellis             4   16    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .313
George Hendrick        4   16    4    4   0   0   1    1   1   0    1    1  .250
Oscar Gamble           4   18    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .222
Buddy Bell             4   15    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .200
Frank Robinson         2    6    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    0  .167
Charlie Spikes         4   16    2    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .063
Leron Lee              2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ken Berry              2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Frank Duffy            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leon Roberts           1    4    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .500
Aurelio Rodriguez      4   10    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .400
Tom Veryzer            4   14    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    5  .286
Mickey Stanley         2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Nate Colbert           5   18    2    3   0   0   2    8   0   0    2    2  .167
Dan Meyer              4   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .167
Gary Sutherland        5   19    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .158
Willie Horton          5   20    3    3   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    6  .150
Art James              4   14    0    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    1    2  .143
Ron Leflore            4   17    4    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    3  .118
Bill Freehan           4   14    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    0  .071
Terry Humphrey         1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Gene Michael           1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Ben Oglivie            1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
John Knox              1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Gates Brown            1    1    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
George Brett           8   29    4   11   1   0   0    4   1   0    3    2  .379
Hal McRae              8   32    6   11   3   0   1    8   1   0    3    5  .344
Tony Solaita           4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333
Amos Otis              8   28    7    9   2   0   1    3   7   0    6    2  .321
Cookie Rojas           7   26    3    8   1   0   0    3   0   1    0    2  .308
Frank White            4   10    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   1    0    3  .300
Jim Wohlford           3    7    3    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .286
Buck Martinez          6   18    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .278
Al Cowens              6    8    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Harmon Killebrew       7   25    2    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    9  .200
Fran Healy             2    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
John Mayberry          8   31    3    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    4  .129
Freddie Patek          7   24    3    3   1   0   0    2   6   0    7    3  .125
Vada Pinson            5   14    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .071
Rodney Scott           3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .000
Bob Stinson            2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tim Johnson            2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Robin Yount            7   21    4    9   1   0   2    5   2   0    1    1  .429
Pedro Garcia           7   20    3    8   3   0   0    3   0   1    1    0  .400
Charlie Moore          2    7    0    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Sixto Lezcano          7   23    4    6   3   0   1    3   2   0    1    3  .261
Darrell Porter         5   17    4    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .235
Johnny Briggs          7   25    4    5   1   0   2    2   0   1    6    7  .200
George Scott           7   25    2    5   1   1   0    3   0   0    4    4  .200
Bob Coluccio           7   23    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   3    4    2  .130
Don Money              7   27    3    3   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .111
Hank Aaron             7   21    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    8    5  .095
Mike Hegan             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Gorman Thomas          3    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bobby Mitchell         2    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rod Carew              7   22    6   11   4   1   0    1   0   2    4    0  .500
Dan Ford               3    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .400
Danny Thompson         8   25    3    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    2  .320
Eric Soderholm         8   29    4    9   0   0   0    2   1   1    4    3  .310
Sergio Ferrer          5   13    3    4   2   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .308
Danny Walton           4    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Glenn Borgmann         8   26    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .269
Tony Oliva             5   15    4    4   0   0   2    5   0   0    3    0  .267
Steve Brye             3    8    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .250
Steve Braun            7   27    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .222
Lyman Bostock          7   28    4    6   0   0   0    0   0   1    5    3  .214
Craig Kusick           3    5    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200
Larry Hisle            8   31    4    6   2   0   1    9   0   0    3    6  .194
Bobby Darwin           8   32    4    4   3   0   0    4   0   0    3    7  .125
Phil Roof              2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Luis Gomez             5    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Dempsey           1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Walt Williams          5    8    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .625
Chris Chambliss        5   17    3    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    1  .353
Thurman Munson         6   23    1    8   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .348
Alex Johnson           4    9    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    2  .333
Elliott Maddox         6   25    3    7   0   1   0    0   0   0    3    4  .280
Lou Piniella           7   28    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    2  .214
Graig Nettles          7   27    2    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .185
Ron Blomberg           5   17    3    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    2  .177
Jim Mason              7   19    2    3   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    0  .158
Bobby Bonds            7   27    2    4   1   0   0    2   3   1    2    6  .148
Bob Oliver             2    8    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .125
Ed Herrmann            3    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .111
Sandy Alomar           7   19    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    5  .053
Fred Stanley           3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Roy White              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Rudi               8   32    4   11   4   1   1    5   0   0    1    4  .344
Billy North            8   32    4   10   2   0   0    2   6   2    4    2  .313
Claudell Washington    8   35    4   10   1   0   1    5   2   0    1    8  .286
Ted Kubiak             8   23    2    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    2  .261
Bert Campaneris        1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    0    1  .250
Billy Williams         8   24    6    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    9    6  .208
Reggie Jackson         8   30    5    6   2   0   2    4   0   0    4    3  .200
Phil Garner            8   25    1    5   0   0   0    5   0   2    1    5  .200
Sal Bando              8   29    2    5   1   0   2    4   0   1    6    2  .172
Gene Tenace            8   23    5    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    9    6  .130
Angel Mangual          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ray Fosse              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Billy Grabarkewitz     5    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Don Hopkins            5    1    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000
Jim Holt               5    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000
Herb Washington        4    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   2   1    0    0  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Lovitto            4    7    1    3   1   0   0    2   1   1    1    1  .429
Mike Hargrove          7   24    4    8   3   0   0    5   0   0    3    4  .333
Jim Fregosi            6   12    3    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Len Randle             8   35    8   11   1   1   0    3   3   0    5    3  .314
Cesar Tovar            7   23    4    7   2   0   0    4   3   0    4    1  .304
Jeff Burroughs         8   35    6    9   0   0   2    8   1   0    2    5  .257
Jim Spencer            8   20    3    5   2   1   1    6   0   0    5    3  .250
Toby Harrah            8   30    4    7   2   0   1    6   1   0    6    5  .233
Tom Grieve             5    9    2    2   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    2  .222
Jim Sundberg           8   23    7    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    1  .217
Willie Davis           8   39    2    7   1   0   1    3   2   2    0    8  .180
Dave Nelson            8   31    3    5   1   0   0    3   3   0    2    3  .161
Roy Howell             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Leo Cardenas           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

At Bats:

  K. Henderson (CHI)       42
  N. Nyman (CHI)           42
  J. Orta (CHI)            42
  B. Dent (CHI)            40
  W. Davis (TEX)           39
  B. Melton (CHI)          38
  M. Nettles (CAL)         38
  C. May (CHI)             37
  M. Rivers (CAL)          36
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       35

Runs Scored:

  K. Henderson (CHI)        9
  L. Randle (TEX)           8
  M. Nettles (CAL)          7
  A. Otis (KC)              7
  J. Sundberg (TEX)         7
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        6
  R. Carew (MIN)            6
  H. McRae (KC)             6
  M. Rivers (CAL)           6
  B. Williams (OAK)         6

Hits:

  K. Henderson (CHI)       14
  C. May (CHI)             14
  M. Rivers (CAL)          12
  G. Brett (KC)            11
  R. Carew (MIN)           11
  D. Chalk (CAL)           11
  H. McRae (KC)            11
  B. Melton (CHI)          11
  L. Randle (TEX)          11
  J. Rudi (OAK)            11

Doubles:

  R. Carew (MIN)            4
  J. Rudi (OAK)             4
  K. Singleton (BAL)        4
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      4
  G. Borgmann (MIN)         3
  D. Chalk (CAL)            3
  B. Darwin (MIN)           3
  P. Garcia (MIL)           3
  M. Hargrove (TEX)         3
  S. Lezcano (MIL)          3

Triples:

  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  D. DeCinces (BAL)         1
  D. Evans (BOS)            1
  T. Harper (CAL)           1
  P. Kelly (CHI)            1
  E. Maddox (NY)            1
  J. Mason (NY)             1
  C. May (CHI)              1
  T. Munson (NY)            1

Home Runs:

  B. Powell (CLE)           3
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  J. Briggs (MIL)           2
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        2
  N. Colbert (DET)          2
  T. Grieve (TEX)           2
  R. Jackson (OAK)          2
  F. Lynn (BOS)             2
  T. Oliva (MIN)            2
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      2

RBI:

  L. Hisle (MIN)            9
  C. May (CHI)              9
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        8
  N. Colbert (DET)          8
  H. McRae (KC)             8
  B. Bochte (CAL)           6
  T. Harrah (TEX)           6
  F. Lynn (BOS)             6
  L. May (BAL)              6
  B. Montgomery (BOS)       6

Stolen Bases:

  A. Otis (KC)              7
  B. North (OAK)            6
  F. Patek (KC)             6
  M. Rivers (CAL)           5
  B. Bonds (NY)             3
  T. Harper (CAL)           3
  D. Nelson (TEX)           3
  L. Randle (TEX)           3
  C. Tovar (TEX)            3
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      3

Caught Stealing:

  D. Chalk (CAL)            3
  B. Coluccio (MIL)         3
  P. Blair (BAL)            2
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  E. Crosby (CLE)           2
  W. Davis (TEX)            2
  P. Garner (OAK)           2
  B. North (OAK)            2
  J. Remy (CAL)             2
  H. Aaron (MIL)            1

Walks:

  D. Chalk (CAL)           11
  G. Tenace (OAK)           9
  B. Williams (OAK)         9
  H. Aaron (MIL)            8
  E. Rodriguez (CAL)        8
  K. Singleton (BAL)        8
  F. Patek (KC)             7
  S. Bando (OAK)            6
  J. Briggs (MIL)           6
  T. Harrah (TEX)           6

Strikeouts:

  B. Downing (CHI)         10
  M. Nettles (CAL)         10
  H. Killebrew (KC)         9
  W. Davis (TEX)            8
  L. May (BAL)              8
  C. Washington (OAK)       8
  J. Briggs (MIL)           7
  B. Darwin (MIN)           7
  J. Orta (CHI)             7
  B. Bonds (NY)             6

  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us