Friday April 23, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 23, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         343   61   104   16    4   10    57   15    3   32    37  .303
Boston           357   57   100   19    4   12    52    6    4   41    50  .280
Cleveland        252   35    67   10    2    3    31    7    2   34    35  .266
Chicago          311   42    80   10    1    8    40    8    1   30    35  .257
Detroit          313   40    80   15    0    9    38    4    3   20    30  .256
Milwaukee        288   34    72   10    3    3    32    3    7   30    53  .250
Texas            364   37    91   12    1    6    34    1    1   34    71  .250
California       421   52   102   24    1    4    48   11    4   50    65  .242
Kansas City      297   33    67    7    4    3    29   13    5   31    40  .226
Minnesota        327   25    67   10    1    5    22   10    3   21    47  .205
Oakland          395   43    80   17    3    3    39   24    7   49    64  .203
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
Lou Piniella (NY)         8   29    6   14   3   2   1    9   0   1    3    2  .483
Willie Horton (DET)       9   35    8   15   2   0   4   13   0   0    3    6  .429
Fred Lynn (BOS)           9   33    5   14   2   1   1    5   0   1    5    3  .424
Buddy Bell (CLE)          8   29    7   12   1   0   1    3   1   1    5    3  .414
Toby Harrah (TEX)         9   29    2   11   2   1   0    3   0   0    8    1  .379
Dave Chalk (CAL)         13   43    7   16   4   1   0    5   0   0    6    7  .372
Jim Spencer (CHI)         9   33    4   12   3   0   1   10   1   0    2    2  .364
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       11   40   10   14   2   0   3    5   0   1    4    3  .350
Willie Randolph (NY)     10   29    8   10   1   0   1    4   3   1    7    3  .345
Robin Yount (MIL)         9   30    6   10   0   0   0    1   0   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           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
Steve Dillard          4    6    2    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500
Fred Lynn              9   33    5   14   2   1   1    5   0   1    5    3  .424
Carlton Fisk          11   40   10   14   2   0   3    5   0   1    4    3  .350
Carl Yastrzemski      11   36   11   11   1   0   2    5   1   1    8    5  .306
Rick Burleson         11   37    4   10   1   0   0    3   1   0    5    3  .270
Dwight Evans          11   38    9   10   5   0   2    7   0   0    5    8  .263
Rico Petrocelli       11   38    2   10   3   0   1    8   0   1    3    3  .263
Jim Rice              11   40    7   10   0   2   2    7   0   0    5    7  .250
Denny Doyle           11   38    3    9   3   0   0    7   4   0    1    2  .237
Bernie Carbo           5   18    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    6  .222
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

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Bonds            4   15    4    6   0   0   1    1   2   0    2    3  .400
Dave Chalk            13   43    7   16   4   1   0    5   0   0    6    7  .372
Andy Etchebarren       8   20    1    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .350
Billy Smith            7    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Bruce Bochte          13   47    6   14   4   0   0    8   0   0    5    5  .298
Dave Collins          10   35    3    9   0   0   0    3   2   2    7    7  .257
Orlando Ramirez       13   33    2    8   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    7  .242
Leroy Stanton         12   27    3    6   5   0   0    2   1   1    7    4  .222
Bill Melton           13   49    6   10   4   0   1   11   1   0    3    9  .204
Jerry Remy            13   49    8   10   0   0   0    2   4   0    5    6  .204
Rusty Torres          12   41    4    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    7  .171
Ed Herrmann            8   24    4    4   2   0   2    6   0   0    1    1  .167
Joe Lahoud             8   21    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .143
Adrian Garrett         5    6    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
Jim Spencer            9   33    4   12   3   0   1   10   1   0    2    2  .364
Jack Brohamer          8   26    3    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    2    3  .308
Pete Varney            4   13    2    4   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    4  .308
Buddy Bradford         7   20    4    6   2   0   1    3   1   0    4    4  .300
Jorge Orta             9   34    5   10   2   0   0    4   3   0    3    3  .294
Bill Stein             3    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .286
Bucky Dent             9   32    6    9   1   0   0    3   0   1    5    2  .281
Pat Kelly              3   10    2    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .200
Ralph Garr             8   26    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .192
Cleon Jones            8   26    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .192
Chet Lemon             9   38    3    7   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .184
Carlos May             7   24    4    3   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    2  .125
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
Buddy Bell             8   29    7   12   1   0   1    3   1   1    5    3  .414
Alan Ashby             7   22    5    8   1   1   1    8   0   0    1    3  .364
Rico Carty             8   29    4    9   4   0   1    4   0   0    3    5  .310
Rick Manning           8   31    5    9   1   0   0    1   1   0    5    4  .290
Frank Duffy            8   25    1    7   1   0   0    3   2   0    1    4  .280
Charlie Spikes         7   25    3    7   1   1   0    4   1   0    1    2  .280
Duane Kuiper           8   30    2    6   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    3  .200
George Hendrick        8   28    4    5   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    4  .179
Boog Powell            6   18    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    6    3  .167
Doug Howard            3    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .167
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          9   35    8   15   2   0   4   13   0   0    3    6  .429
Bill Freehan           6   15    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .400
Ron Leflore            5   18    5    6   3   0   0    1   2   0    0    4  .333
Mickey Stanley         5    6    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Rusty Staub            9   31    3   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    5    1  .323
Milt May               6   25    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .280
Jason Thompson         1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Aurelio Rodriguez      9   36    6    8   2   0   2    2   0   1    2    3  .222
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
Ben Oglivie            4   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .188
Tom Veryzer            9   33    2    6   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .182
Jerry Manuel           5   11    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .182
Alex Johnson           9   35    2    5   1   0   1    4   0   1    1    4  .143
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          9   26    4    9   1   0   0    3   4   0    1    2  .346
Jamie Quirk            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Buck Martinez          4   10    2    3   0   0   2    2   0   0    0    3  .300
George Brett          10   37    6   11   2   1   0    3   0   2    3    3  .297
Hal McRae             10   37    2   11   1   0   1    9   2   1    2    3  .297
Dave Nelson            2    7    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    0  .286
Amos Otis             10   32    5    9   1   1   0    3   2   1    6    6  .281
John Mayberry         10   31    4    7   0   0   0    4   1   0    9    3  .226
Jim Wohlford           8   20    2    4   0   0   0    1   3   0    0    2  .200
Frank White           10   26    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   1    0    5  .154
Cookie Rojas           5    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .143
Al Cowens             10   35    3    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    3    3  .114
Fran Healy             5   17    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .059
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
Hank Aaron             8   29    0   10   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    6  .345
Robin Yount            9   30    6   10   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .333
Gorman Thomas          5    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Sixto Lezcano          9   34    3   11   1   1   0    5   1   1    3    8  .324
Don Money              9   36    4    9   2   0   1    6   0   2    1    3  .250
George Scott           9   33    6    8   1   1   1    5   0   0    4    7  .242
Pedro Garcia           9   27    3    6   2   1   0    3   1   1    2    6  .222
Darrell Porter         9   30    4    6   1   0   0    3   1   0    6    6  .200
Bobby Darwin           5   15    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .200
Charlie Moore          9   26    4    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    8    5  .192
Bill Sharp             6   22    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .136
Kurt Bevacqua          3    2    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           8   29    6   14   3   2   1    9   0   1    3    2  .483
Otto Velez             4    7    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .429
Fred Stanley           6   10    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .400
Willie Randolph       10   29    8   10   1   0   1    4   3   1    7    3  .345
Oscar Gamble           9   27    5    9   2   1   1    3   0   0    1    2  .333
Chris Chambliss       10   43    7   14   2   0   2   12   0   0    1    4  .326
Thurman Munson        10   44    9   13   1   0   2    8   2   0    1    1  .296
Jim Mason              8   17    1    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .294
Roy White             10   41    9   12   4   1   1    4   2   0    5    7  .293
Mickey Rivers         10   46    8   13   2   0   1    8   5   0    0    2  .283
Rick Dempsey           5   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .188
Graig Nettles         10   32    7    4   0   0   1    4   2   0   10    9  .125
Sandy Alomar           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .000
Rich Coggins           3    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              10   39    3   12   5   0   0   12   0   0    3    5  .308
Billy North           12   47   10   14   0   1   0    2   6   2    5    6  .298
Phil Garner           12   40    3    9   6   1   0    7   1   0    4    8  .225
Larry Haney            4    9    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .222
Claudell Washington   12   47    5   10   1   0   0    4   5   1    4    8  .213
Billy Williams        11   36    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    6  .167
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
Ken McMullen           7    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .167
Sal Bando             12   44    3    7   3   0   2    5   1   0    5    5  .159
Bert Campaneris       12   45    3    7   0   0   0    2   3   0    4   12  .156
Don Baylor            12   44    6    6   0   1   1    3   3   1    7    6  .136
Cesar Tovar            4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Matt Alexander         5    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   2   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         10   37    7   12   2   0   1    8   0   0    2    7  .324
Juan Beniquez         10   42    5   13   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .310
Tom Grieve            10   37    3   10   0   0   1    3   0   0    1   12  .270
Roy Smalley           11   34    2    9   2   0   0    3   0   0    6   13  .265
John Ellis             4    8    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Jeff Burroughs        11   43    4   10   2   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .233
Mike Cubbage           5    9    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .222
Len Randle            11   44    5    9   1   0   1    4   0   1    4    7  .205
Gene Clines            4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Roy Howell            11   37    3    7   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    9  .189
Jim Fregosi            3    8    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .125
Jim Sundberg           9   25    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    4  .080
Dave Moates            6    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. Melton (CAL)          49
  J. Remy (CAL)            49
  B. Bochte (CAL)          47
  B. North (OAK)           47
  C. Washington (OAK)      47
  M. Rivers (NY)           46
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      45
  S. Bando (OAK)           44
  D. Baylor (OAK)          44
  T. Munson (NY)           44

Runs Scored:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  B. North (OAK)           10
  R. Carew (MIN)            9
  D. Evans (BOS)            9
  T. Munson (NY)            9
  R. White (NY)             9
  W. Horton (DET)           8
  W. Randolph (NY)          8
  J. Remy (CAL)             8

Hits:

  D. Chalk (CAL)           16
  W. Horton (DET)          15
  B. Bochte (CAL)          14
  C. Chambliss (NY)        14
  C. Fisk (BOS)            14
  F. Lynn (BOS)            14
  B. North (OAK)           14
  L. Piniella (NY)         14
  J. Beniquez (TEX)        13
  T. Munson (NY)           13

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
  R. Carty (CLE)            4
  D. Chalk (CAL)            4
  B. Melton (CAL)           4

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)           4
  C. Fisk (BOS)             3
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        2
  C. Chambliss (NY)         2
  B. Downing (CHI)          2
  D. Evans (BOS)            2
  D. Ford (MIN)             2
  E. Herrmann (CAL)         2
  B. Martinez (KC)          2

RBI:

  W. Horton (DET)          13
  C. Chambliss (NY)        12
  J. Rudi (OAK)            12
  B. Melton (CAL)          11
  J. Spencer (CHI)         10
  H. McRae (KC)             9
  L. Piniella (NY)          9
  A. Ashby (CLE)            8
  B. Bochte (CAL)           8
  M. Hargrove (TEX)         8

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

  G. Brett (KC)             2
  D. Collins (CAL)          2
  D. Money (MIL)            2
  B. North (OAK)            2
  G. Tenace (OAK)           2
  H. Aaron (MIL)            1
  S. Alomar (NY)            1
  D. Baylor (OAK)           1
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  B. Bell (CLE)             1

Walks:

  G. Nettles (NY)          10
  G. Tenace (OAK)          10
  J. Mayberry (KC)          9
  T. Harrah (TEX)           8
  C. Moore (MIL)            8
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      8
  D. Baylor (OAK)           7
  D. Collins (CAL)          7
  W. Randolph (NY)          7
  L. Stanton (CAL)          7

Strikeouts:

  D. Ford (MIN)            15
  R. Smalley (TEX)         13
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      12
  T. Grieve (TEX)          12
  P. Blair (BAL)           10
  R. Howell (TEX)           9
  B. Melton (CAL)           9
  G. Nettles (NY)           9
  D. DeCinces (BAL)         8
  D. Evans (BOS)            8

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