Tuesday April 20, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 20, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         273   49    79   13    3    7    46   11    2   25    27  .289
Boston           319   48    87   16    4   10    43    4    4   37    46  .273
Cleveland        222   32    60    8    1    3    28    5    2   34    30  .270
Chicago          242   33    64   10    0    6    31    8    1   28    26  .265
Milwaukee        226   29    58    7    3    2    29    3    5   25    41  .257
California       359   49    92   23    1    3    45   10    4   43    57  .256
Texas            328   31    80   11    1    6    29    1    1   31    63  .244
Detroit          246   26    59   14    0    5    24    3    3   16    20  .240
Kansas City      235   28    55    5    4    2    25   11    4   27    33  .234
Oakland          331   40    69   17    3    3    36   19    7   44    51  .209
Minnesota        327   25    67   10    1    5    22   10    3   21    47  .205
Baltimore        290   20    51    8    1    3    16    5    2   18    53  .176

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Fred Lynn (BOS)           8   30    4   12   2   1   1    4   0   1    3    3  .400
Buddy Bell (CLE)          7   25    7   10   0   0   1    2   1   1    5    2  .400
Dave Chalk (CAL)         11   38    6   15   3   1   0    5   0   0    4    6  .395
Willie Horton (DET)       7   28    5   11   2   0   2    8   0   0    2    5  .393
Toby Harrah (TEX)         9   29    2   11   2   1   0    3   0   0    8    1  .379
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       10   35    9   13   2   0   2    4   0   1    4    2  .371
Hal McRae (KC)            8   30    2   11   1   0   1    8   2   1    2    2  .367
Jorge Orta (CHI)          7   26    4    9   2   0   0    3   3   0    3    3  .346
Joe Rudi (OAK)            8   33    3   11   5   0   0   10   0   0    1    3  .333
Sixto Lezcano (MIL)       7   27    2    9   0   1   0    4   1   1    2    6  .333

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tommy Harper           4    9    2    3   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .333
Bobby Grich            9   31    5    9   2   0   0    1   0   1    4    3  .290
Mark Belanger          9   25    1    6   2   0   0    0   1   0    0    3  .240
Andres Mora            4   13    3    3   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    3  .231
Tony Muser             7   25    1    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    0  .200
Dave Duncan            4   15    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    4  .200
Lee May                5   11    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .182
Ellie Hendricks        6   18    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .167
Al Bumbry              8   26    2    4   2   1   0    0   3   0    4    5  .154
Paul Blair             9   33    1    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    9  .152
Ken Singleton          9   35    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .143
Brooks Robinson        9   30    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .100
Doug DeCinces          3   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    8  .000
Royle Stillman         4    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .000
Bob Bailor             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tim Nordbrook          2    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
Fred Lynn              8   30    4   12   2   1   1    4   0   1    3    3  .400
Carlton Fisk          10   35    9   13   2   0   2    4   0   1    4    2  .371
Dwight Evans          10   34    9   10   5   0   2    7   0   0    5    6  .294
Jim Rice              10   35    6   10   0   2   2    6   0   0    5    7  .286
Rick Burleson         10   32    4    9   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    3  .281
Rico Petrocelli       10   34    2    9   3   0   1    8   0   1    3    3  .265
Carl Yastrzemski      10   33    8    8   1   0   1    2   1   1    6    5  .242
Bernie Carbo           5   18    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    6  .222
Denny Doyle           10   34    2    7   3   0   0    5   2   0    1    2  .206
Doug Griffin           2    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Deron Johnson          6   17    1    3   0   1   0    0   0   0    3    5  .177
Rick Miller            3    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Cecil Cooper           1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Steve Dillard          3    1    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
Bobby Bonds            2    8    3    4   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .500
Dave Chalk            11   38    6   15   3   1   0    5   0   0    4    6  .395
Andy Etchebarren       7   16    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .375
Bruce Bochte          11   40    6   13   4   0   0    8   0   0    4    4  .325
Dave Collins           9   35    3    9   0   0   0    3   2   2    7    7  .257
Bill Melton           11   43    6   10   4   0   1   10   1   0    2    9  .233
Leroy Stanton         11   27    3    6   5   0   0    2   1   1    7    4  .222
Jerry Remy            11   41    8    9   0   0   0    2   4   0    5    5  .220
Orlando Ramirez       11   29    2    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    6  .207
Rusty Torres          10   34    3    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .206
Billy Smith            5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Ed Herrmann            7   21    4    4   2   0   2    6   0   0    1    1  .191
Joe Lahoud             6   13    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .154
Adrian Garrett         3    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Paul Dade              3    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Ron Jackson            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Buddy Bradford         6   16    4    6   2   0   1    3   1   0    4    3  .375
Brian Downing          5   19    4    7   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .368
Jorge Orta             7   26    4    9   2   0   0    3   3   0    3    3  .346
Jack Brohamer          6   18    2    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .333
Pete Varney            2    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Bucky Dent             7   25    5    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    4    2  .320
Jim Spencer            7   25    3    8   3   0   1    9   1   0    2    2  .320
Bill Stein             3    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .286
Pat Kelly              3   10    2    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .200
Chet Lemon             7   31    2    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    2    2  .194
Ralph Garr             6   18    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .167
Carlos May             6   20    4    3   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    0  .150
Cleon Jones            6   18    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .111
Lamar Johnson          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jim Essian             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
Alan Ashby             6   19    5    8   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    3  .421
Buddy Bell             7   25    7   10   0   0   1    2   1   1    5    2  .400
Rick Manning           7   27    5    9   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    3  .333
Rico Carty             7   25    4    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    3    5  .320
Frank Duffy            7   22    0    6   1   0   0    3   1   0    1    4  .273
Doug Howard            2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Duane Kuiper           7   26    2    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    1  .231
Charlie Spikes         6   22    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .227
Boog Powell            6   18    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    6    3  .167
George Hendrick        7   25    3    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    4  .160
John Lowenstein        4    4    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    4    1  .000
Larvell Blanks         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ray Fosse              2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Ron Pruitt             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Freehan           4    7    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .429
Willie Horton          7   28    5   11   2   0   2    8   0   0    2    5  .393
Mickey Stanley         5    6    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Rusty Staub            7   25    2    8   2   0   0    4   0   0    4    1  .320
Milt May               6   25    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .280
Jerry Manuel           3    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Ron Leflore            3    9    3    2   2   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .222
Aurelio Rodriguez      7   29    3    6   2   0   1    1   0   1    1    3  .207
Dan Meyer              6   21    5    4   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    1  .191
Gary Sutherland        6   21    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .191
Ben Oglivie            4   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .188
Alex Johnson           7   29    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   1    0    3  .172
Tom Veryzer            7   25    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .120
Chuck Scrivener        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
Freddie Patek          7   20    4    8   1   0   0    3   3   0    0    2  .400
Hal McRae              8   30    2   11   1   0   1    8   2   1    2    2  .367
Jamie Quirk            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
George Brett           8   29    6    9   1   1   0    3   0   1    3    3  .310
Dave Nelson            2    7    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    0  .286
Buck Martinez          3    8    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    3  .250
John Mayberry          8   25    4    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    7    3  .240
Amos Otis              8   24    3    5   0   1   0    3   2   1    6    5  .208
Frank White            8   19    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   1    0    3  .158
Jim Wohlford           6   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    0    2  .154
Al Cowens              8   27    3    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    3    1  .148
Cookie Rojas           5    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .143
Fran Healy             4   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .071
Tony Solaita           2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Tom Poquette           2    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Bob Stinson            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Robin Yount            7   23    6    9   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .391
Sixto Lezcano          7   27    2    9   0   1   0    4   1   1    2    6  .333
Gorman Thomas          4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Hank Aaron             7   26    0    7   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    6  .269
Don Money              7   28    3    7   1   0   1    6   0   2    1    3  .250
Darrell Porter         7   24    4    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    5    4  .250
Pedro Garcia           7   21    3    5   2   1   0    3   1   1    2    4  .238
Charlie Moore          7   22    4    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    5    4  .227
George Scott           7   25    4    5   1   1   0    4   0   0    4    6  .200
Bill Sharp             5   18    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .167
Bobby Darwin           3    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143
Kurt Bevacqua          2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Hegan             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tim Johnson            1    0    0    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             10   38    9   12   7   0   1    3   6   1    5    4  .316
Lyman Bostock          8   26    1    8   1   0   1    3   0   1    1    0  .308
Dave McKay            10   34    1    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .235
Danny Thompson        10   32    0    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .219
Larry Hisle           10   38    3    7   0   0   0    3   1   1    1    5  .184
Craig Kusick           6   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .182
Steve Braun            8   28    2    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    3  .179
Butch Wynegar         10   36    1    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    6  .167
Jerry Terrell         10   30    4    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .167
Dan Ford              10   39    4    6   0   1   2    3   0   0    2   15  .154
Steve Brye             3   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    2  .100
Tony Oliva             5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Luis Gomez             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Randall            3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Piniella           6   20    5   11   3   2   0    6   0   1    3    0  .550
Otto Velez             2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Fred Stanley           4    5    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .400
Oscar Gamble           7   23    5    8   2   1   1    3   0   0    1    1  .348
Jim Mason              7   16    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .313
Chris Chambliss        8   35    5   10   2   0   0    8   0   0    0    2  .286
Thurman Munson         8   35    7   10   1   0   2    7   1   0    1    1  .286
Roy White              8   33    7    9   3   0   1    4   2   0    4    5  .273
Mickey Rivers          8   37    6   10   1   0   1    5   5   0    0    2  .270
Willie Randolph        8   24    6    6   0   0   1    4   2   1    5    3  .250
Rick Dempsey           4   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .188
Graig Nettles          8   25    6    4   0   0   1    4   1   0    8    7  .160
Sandy Alomar           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rich Coggins           2    1    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
Larry Haney            2    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Joe Rudi               8   33    3   11   5   0   0   10   0   0    1    3  .333
Phil Garner           10   33    3    9   6   1   0    7   1   0    4    6  .273
Billy North           10   39    8   10   0   1   0    2   4   2    4    6  .256
Claudell Washington   10   38    4    8   1   0   0    3   3   1    4    7  .211
Sal Bando             10   39    3    7   3   0   2    5   1   0    3    4  .180
Don Baylor            10   36    6    6   0   1   1    3   3   1    7    4  .167
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
Ken McMullen           5    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Bert Campaneris       10   38    3    6   0   0   0    2   3   0    4   10  .158
Billy Williams         9   29    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .138
Cesar Tovar            4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Matt Alexander         4    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000
Larry Lintz            5    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   2   1    0    0  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bill Fahey             2    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Toby Harrah            9   29    2   11   2   1   0    3   0   0    8    1  .379
Mike Hargrove          9   33    5   10   2   0   1    6   0   0    2    6  .303
Mike Cubbage           4    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .286
John Ellis             3    7    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .286
Tom Grieve             9   32    3    9   0   0   1    2   0   0    1   11  .281
Juan Beniquez          9   37    4   10   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .270
Gene Clines            3    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Roy Smalley           10   30    2    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    6   12  .233
Jeff Burroughs        10   39    3    9   2   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .231
Len Randle            10   41    3    8   1   0   1    4   0   1    2    7  .195
Roy Howell            10   34    3    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    8  .177
Jim Fregosi            2    7    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .143
Jim Sundberg           8   22    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .091
Dave Moates            5    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Melton (CAL)          43
  L. Randle (TEX)          41
  J. Remy (CAL)            41
  B. Bochte (CAL)          40
  S. Bando (OAK)           39
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       39
  D. Ford (MIN)            39
  B. North (OAK)           39
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      38
  R. Carew (MIN)           38

Runs Scored:

  R. Carew (MIN)            9
  D. Evans (BOS)            9
  C. Fisk (BOS)             9
  B. North (OAK)            8
  J. Remy (CAL)             8
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      8
  B. Bell (CLE)             7
  T. Munson (NY)            7
  R. White (NY)             7
  D. Baylor (OAK)           6

Hits:

  D. Chalk (CAL)           15
  B. Bochte (CAL)          13
  C. Fisk (BOS)            13
  R. Carew (MIN)           12
  F. Lynn (BOS)            12
  T. Harrah (TEX)          11
  W. Horton (DET)          11
  H. McRae (KC)            11
  L. Piniella (NY)         11
  J. Rudi (OAK)            11

Doubles:

  R. Carew (MIN)            7
  P. Garner (OAK)           6
  D. Evans (BOS)            5
  J. Rudi (OAK)             5
  L. Stanton (CAL)          5
  B. Bochte (CAL)           4
  B. Melton (CAL)           4
  S. Bando (OAK)            3
  R. Carty (CLE)            3
  D. Chalk (CAL)            3

Triples:

  L. Piniella (NY)          2
  J. Rice (BOS)             2
  A. Ashby (CLE)            1
  D. Baylor (OAK)           1
  G. Brett (KC)             1
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           1
  D. Chalk (CAL)            1
  A. Cowens (KC)            1
  D. Ford (MIN)             1
  O. Gamble (NY)            1

Home Runs:

  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        2
  B. Downing (CHI)          2
  D. Evans (BOS)            2
  C. Fisk (BOS)             2
  D. Ford (MIN)             2
  E. Herrmann (CAL)         2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  A. Mora (BAL)             2
  T. Munson (NY)            2

RBI:

  B. Melton (CAL)          10
  J. Rudi (OAK)            10
  J. Spencer (CHI)          9
  A. Ashby (CLE)            8
  B. Bochte (CAL)           8
  C. Chambliss (NY)         8
  W. Horton (DET)           8
  H. McRae (KC)             8
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       8
  D. Evans (BOS)            7

Stolen Bases:

  R. Carew (MIN)            6
  M. Rivers (NY)            5
  B. North (OAK)            4
  J. Remy (CAL)             4
  D. Baylor (OAK)           3
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           3
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       3
  J. Orta (CHI)             3
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  C. Washington (OAK)       3

Caught Stealing:

  D. Collins (CAL)          2
  D. Money (MIL)            2
  B. North (OAK)            2
  G. Tenace (OAK)           2
  D. Baylor (OAK)           1
  B. Bell (CLE)             1
  L. Bostock (MIN)          1
  G. Brett (KC)             1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  B. Dent (CHI)             1

Walks:

  G. Tenace (OAK)          10
  T. Harrah (TEX)           8
  G. Nettles (NY)           8
  D. Baylor (OAK)           7
  D. Collins (CAL)          7
  J. Mayberry (KC)          7
  L. Stanton (CAL)          7
  A. Otis (KC)              6
  B. Powell (CLE)           6
  R. Smalley (TEX)          6

Strikeouts:

  D. Ford (MIN)            15
  R. Smalley (TEX)         12
  T. Grieve (TEX)          11
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      10
  P. Blair (BAL)            9
  B. Melton (CAL)           9
  D. DeCinces (BAL)         8
  R. Howell (TEX)           8
  D. Collins (CAL)          7
  G. Nettles (NY)           7


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