Wednesday April 21, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 21, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         312   59    96   15    3    8    55   14    2   28    34  .308
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
Milwaukee        226   29    58    7    3    2    29    3    5   25    41  .257
Chicago          277   40    71   10    1    7    38    8    1   29    33  .256
Texas            328   31    80   11    1    6    29    1    1   31    63  .244
California       387   50    94   23    1    3    46   10    4   47    62  .243
Detroit          281   33    68   15    0    7    31    3    3   19    27  .242
Kansas City      235   28    55    5    4    2    25   11    4   27    33  .234
Oakland          366   43    78   17    3    3    39   23    7   47    54  .213
Minnesota        327   25    67   10    1    5    22   10    3   21    47  .205
Baltimore        322   25    58   11    1    4    20    7    3   20    56  .180

 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
Willie Horton (DET)       8   31    7   12   2   0   3   10   0   0    3    6  .387
Toby Harrah (TEX)         9   29    2   11   2   1   0    3   0   0    8    1  .379
Dave Chalk (CAL)         12   40    6   15   3   1   0    5   0   0    5    6  .375
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
Willie Randolph (NY)      9   28    8   10   1   0   1    4   3   1    5    3  .357
Rusty Staub (DET)         8   28    3   10   2   0   1    6   0   0    5    1  .357
Joe Rudi (OAK)            9   36    3   12   5   0   0   12   0   0    2    4  .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           10   33    6    9   2   0   0    1   1   1    6    3  .273
Mark Belanger         10   28    1    7   2   0   0    0   1   1    0    3  .250
Al Bumbry              9   30    3    6   4   1   0    1   3   0    4    6  .200
Dave Duncan            4   15    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   1    0    4  .200
Paul Blair            10   37    2    7   2   0   0    2   2   0    2   10  .189
Andres Mora            5   16    3    3   0   0   2    5   0   0    1    3  .188
Lee May                5   11    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .182
Ken Singleton         10   39    2    7   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .180
Tony Muser             8   29    1    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    0  .172
Ellie Hendricks        7   22    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .136
Brooks Robinson       10   34    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .088
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          3    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
Dave Chalk            12   40    6   15   3   1   0    5   0   0    5    6  .375
Andy Etchebarren       7   16    1    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .375
Bobby Bonds            3   12    3    4   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .333
Bruce Bochte          12   43    6   14   4   0   0    8   0   0    5    5  .326
Dave Collins           9   35    3    9   0   0   0    3   2   2    7    7  .257
Jerry Remy            12   45    8   10   0   0   0    2   4   0    5    6  .222
Leroy Stanton         11   27    3    6   5   0   0    2   1   1    7    4  .222
Bill Melton           12   46    6   10   4   0   1   11   1   0    2    9  .217
Orlando Ramirez       12   30    2    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    2    7  .200
Billy Smith            6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Rusty Torres          11   37    4    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .189
Ed Herrmann            8   24    4    4   2   0   2    6   0   0    1    1  .167
Joe Lahoud             7   17    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .118
Adrian Garrett         4    5    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
Brian Downing          5   19    4    7   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .368
Bucky Dent             8   28    6    9   1   0   0    3   0   1    5    2  .321
Jack Brohamer          7   22    3    7   0   1   1    6   0   0    2    3  .318
Jim Spencer            8   29    4    9   3   0   1   10   1   0    2    2  .310
Jorge Orta             8   30    5    9   2   0   0    3   3   0    3    3  .300
Buddy Bradford         7   20    4    6   2   0   1    3   1   0    4    4  .300
Pete Varney            3   10    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    4  .300
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
Ralph Garr             7   22    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
Cleon Jones            7   22    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .182
Chet Lemon             8   35    2    6   0   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .171
Carlos May             6   20    4    3   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    0  .150
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
Willie Horton          8   31    7   12   2   0   3   10   0   0    3    6  .387
Bill Freehan           5   11    3    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .364
Rusty Staub            8   28    3   10   2   0   1    6   0   0    5    1  .357
Mickey Stanley         5    6    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Milt May               6   25    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .280
Jerry Manuel           4    8    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .250
Ron Leflore            4   14    4    3   3   0   0    0   1   0    0    4  .214
Dan Meyer              7   26    6    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .192
Gary Sutherland        6   21    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .191
Aurelio Rodriguez      8   32    4    6   2   0   1    1   0   1    2    3  .188
Ben Oglivie            4   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .188
Tom Veryzer            8   29    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .172
Alex Johnson           8   33    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   1    0    4  .152
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           7   25    5   13   3   2   0    8   0   1    3    0  .520
Fred Stanley           5    8    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .375
Willie Randolph        9   28    8   10   1   0   1    4   3   1    5    3  .357
Chris Chambliss        9   40    6   13   2   0   1   11   0   0    0    4  .325
Thurman Munson         9   40    9   13   1   0   2    8   2   0    1    1  .325
Oscar Gamble           8   25    5    8   2   1   1    3   0   0    1    2  .320
Jim Mason              7   16    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .313
Mickey Rivers          9   42    8   13   2   0   1    8   5   0    0    2  .310
Roy White              9   37    9   10   3   0   1    4   2   0    5    7  .270
Otto Velez             3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250
Rick Dempsey           4   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .188
Graig Nettles          9   29    7    4   0   0   1    4   2   0    9    8  .138
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
Joe Rudi               9   36    3   12   5   0   0   12   0   0    2    4  .333
Larry Haney            3    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Billy North           11   43   10   14   0   1   0    2   6   2    5    6  .326
Phil Garner           11   37    3    9   6   1   0    7   1   0    4    6  .243
Claudell Washington   11   43    5    9   1   0   0    4   5   1    4    8  .209
Sal Bando             11   42    3    7   3   0   2    5   1   0    4    4  .167
Bert Campaneris       11   42    3    7   0   0   0    2   3   0    4   10  .167
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
Ken McMullen           6    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Billy Williams        10   33    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .152
Don Baylor            11   40    6    6   0   1   1    3   3   1    7    5  .150
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            6    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)          46
  J. Remy (CAL)            45
  B. Bochte (CAL)          43
  B. North (OAK)           43
  C. Washington (OAK)      43
  S. Bando (OAK)           42
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      42
  M. Rivers (NY)           42
  L. Randle (TEX)          41
  D. Baylor (OAK)          40

Runs Scored:

  B. North (OAK)           10
  R. Carew (MIN)            9
  D. Evans (BOS)            9
  C. Fisk (BOS)             9
  T. Munson (NY)            9
  R. White (NY)             9
  W. Randolph (NY)          8
  J. Remy (CAL)             8
  M. Rivers (NY)            8
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      8

Hits:

  D. Chalk (CAL)           15
  B. Bochte (CAL)          14
  B. North (OAK)           14
  C. Chambliss (NY)        13
  C. Fisk (BOS)            13
  T. Munson (NY)           13
  L. Piniella (NY)         13
  M. Rivers (NY)           13
  R. Carew (MIN)           12
  W. Horton (DET)          12

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
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           4
  B. Melton (CAL)           4
  S. Bando (OAK)            3
  R. Carty (CLE)            3

Triples:

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

Home Runs:

  W. Horton (DET)           3
  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
  A. Mora (BAL)             2
  T. Munson (NY)            2

RBI:

  J. Rudi (OAK)            12
  C. Chambliss (NY)        11
  B. Melton (CAL)          11
  W. Horton (DET)          10
  J. Spencer (CHI)         10
  A. Ashby (CLE)            8
  B. Bochte (CAL)           8
  H. McRae (KC)             8
  T. Munson (NY)            8
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       8

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  G. Tenace (OAK)          10
  G. Nettles (NY)           9
  T. Harrah (TEX)           8
  D. Baylor (OAK)           7
  D. Collins (CAL)          7
  J. Mayberry (KC)          7
  L. Stanton (CAL)          7
  B. Grich (BAL)            6
  A. Otis (KC)              6
  B. Powell (CLE)           6

Strikeouts:

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

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