Wednesday April 28, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 28, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         418   71   128   18    4   10    67   18    5   37    44  .306
Boston           357   57   100   19    4   12    52    6    4   41    50  .280
Cleveland        393   59   110   14    5    6    54    9    2   52    54  .280
Detroit          417   62   115   22    1   11    59    5    4   32    40  .276
Chicago          344   43    89   12    1    8    41    8    3   30    40  .259
Texas            426   42   104   13    1    7    37    3    2   42    79  .244
Milwaukee        345   39    83   14    3    4    37    3   10   34    70  .241
Kansas City      339   41    80   10    4    3    36   16    6   37    47  .236
California       518   56   122   28    1    4    52   15    5   65    73  .236
Minnesota        476   39   107   16    2    7    36   13    5   38    68  .225
Oakland          527   63   113   21    3    6    57   30   13   64    86  .214
Baltimore        463   35    91   16    2    5    29   15    5   48    80  .197

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lou Piniella (NY)        10   37    7   16   3   2   1   10   0   1    3    3  .432
Willie Horton (DET)      12   46   10   18   2   0   4   16   0   0    5    7  .391
Willie Randolph (NY)     12   36    9   14   1   0   1    5   3   1    8    4  .389
Buddy Bell (CLE)         12   44    9   17   1   0   1    6   1   1    7    3  .386
Chris Chambliss (NY)     12   53    8   19   3   0   2   14   0   0    1    5  .359
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       11   40   10   14   2   0   3    5   0   1    4    3  .350
Toby Harrah (TEX)        10   32    2   11   2   1   0    3   0   0    9    2  .344
Rusty Staub (DET)        12   42    4   14   2   0   2   12   0   0    7    1  .333
Dave Chalk (CAL)         16   55    7   18   4   1   0    5   0   0    6    7  .327
Rick Manning (CLE)       12   49   11   16   3   1   1    6   2   0    7    7  .327

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tommy Harper           6   13    2    4   0   0   1    1   2   0    3    3  .308
Mark Belanger         14   44    1   13   2   0   0    2   2   2    1    6  .296
Tony Muser            12   42    3   10   1   0   0    4   0   0    6    1  .238
Bobby Grich           13   44    7   10   2   0   0    2   2   1   10    4  .227
Al Bumbry             12   42    5    9   5   1   0    1   5   0    6    8  .214
Andres Mora            8   24    3    5   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    8  .208
Paul Blair            14   49    3   10   3   0   0    2   4   0    5   12  .204
Dave Duncan            7   27    0    5   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    5  .185
Doug DeCinces          6   18    2    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    9  .167
Brooks Robinson       14   52    2    8   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    4  .154
Ken Singleton         14   53    3    8   0   0   1    3   0   1    6    5  .151
Lee May                6   16    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .125
Ellie Hendricks        9   26    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .115
Royle Stillman         6    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .111
Tom Shopay             2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Tim Nordbrook          5    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Bailor             1    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
Billy Smith            9    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Dave Chalk            16   55    7   18   4   1   0    5   0   0    6    7  .327
Bobby Bonds            7   23    4    7   0   0   1    2   3   1    7    5  .304
Bruce Bochte          16   59    6   16   4   0   0   10   0   0    5    5  .271
Orlando Ramirez       15   39    2   10   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    7  .256
Dave Collins          13   43    5   11   0   0   0    4   3   2   11    8  .256
Andy Etchebarren      11   28    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .250
Leroy Stanton         14   35    3    8   5   0   0    2   2   1    7    4  .229
Rusty Torres          15   47    4   10   4   0   0    2   0   0    4    7  .213
Bill Melton           16   59    6   12   5   0   1   11   1   0    6   10  .203
Jerry Remy            16   60    9   12   0   0   0    2   5   0    6    7  .200
Ed Herrmann            9   26    4    5   2   0   2    6   0   0    1    1  .192
Joe Lahoud            10   24    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .167
Adrian Garrett         6    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Paul Dade              6    5    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .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
Jim Essian             2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Brian Downing          5   19    4    7   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    3  .368
Jim Spencer           10   37    4   12   3   0   1   10   1   0    2    2  .324
Jorge Orta            10   38    5   12   3   0   0    4   3   0    3    3  .316
Jack Brohamer          9   29    3    9   0   1   1    6   0   1    2    4  .310
Pete Varney            5   13    2    4   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    4  .308
Bucky Dent            10   36    6   10   1   0   0    3   0   2    5    2  .278
Cleon Jones            9   30    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .267
Buddy Bradford         8   23    4    6   2   0   1    3   1   0    4    7  .261
Bill Stein             4    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Ralph Garr             9   30    3    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200
Pat Kelly              3   10    2    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .200
Chet Lemon            10   41    3    7   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    4  .171
Carlos May             8   25    4    3   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    2  .120
Lamar Johnson          3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Crosby              1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Buddy Bell            12   44    9   17   1   0   1    6   1   1    7    3  .386
Rick Manning          12   49   11   16   3   1   1    6   2   0    7    7  .327
Alan Ashby            11   37    8   12   1   1   1    8   0   0    3    5  .324
Rico Carty            12   41    6   13   4   0   1    8   0   0    6    7  .317
Charlie Spikes        11   39    6   11   1   1   0    4   1   0    5    6  .282
Frank Duffy           12   37    2   10   1   0   0    4   2   0    2    5  .270
Doug Howard            6   16    3    4   0   0   0    3   1   0    0    2  .250
Larvell Blanks         4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
George Hendrick       12   45    6   10   2   1   2    7   0   0    2    7  .222
Duane Kuiper          12   48    4   10   1   1   0    6   1   0    6    7  .208
Boog Powell            8   24    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    7    3  .208
John Lowenstein        5    5    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    4    1  .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
John Wockenfuss        2    8    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .500
Jason Thompson         4   17    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .412
Mickey Stanley         6   10    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .400
Willie Horton         12   46   10   18   2   0   4   16   0   0    5    7  .391
Rusty Staub           12   42    4   14   2   0   2   12   0   0    7    1  .333
Ron Leflore            7   27    8    9   4   0   0    1   3   1    1    6  .333
Bill Freehan           7   18    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .333
Milt May               6   25    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .280
Aurelio Rodriguez     12   46    8   11   3   0   2    2   0   1    4    4  .239
Ben Oglivie            6   17    1    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    1  .235
Gary Sutherland        8   28    4    6   2   0   0    2   0   1    1    0  .214
Tom Veryzer           12   44    3    9   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    4  .205
Alex Johnson          12   48    6    9   2   1   1    7   0   1    2    5  .188
Dan Meyer              8   27    6    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .185
Jerry Manuel           6   13    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .154
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         10   30    4   12   1   0   0    5   4   1    2    2  .400
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
Hal McRae             11   41    3   12   1   0   1   10   2   1    3    3  .293
George Brett          11   42    7   12   2   1   0    3   0   2    4    3  .286
Dave Nelson            2    7    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    0  .286
Amos Otis             11   36    6   10   2   1   0    5   2   1    7    7  .278
Jim Wohlford           9   26    3    7   1   0   0    1   4   0    0    2  .269
John Mayberry         11   36    4    7   0   0   0    4   1   0   10    5  .194
Frank White           11   31    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   1    0    7  .161
Al Cowens             11   40    5    6   1   1   0    2   1   0    3    3  .150
Cookie Rojas           5    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .143
Fran Healy             6   21    1    2   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    8  .095
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
Gorman Thomas          7    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    0  .333
Robin Yount           11   37    6   12   1   0   0    2   0   2    3    7  .324
Hank Aaron            10   36    0   11   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    9  .306
Sixto Lezcano         11   41    3   12   2   1   0    5   1   1    3   10  .293
Don Money             11   41    6   11   2   0   2    9   0   3    4    4  .268
George Scott          11   40    6    9   2   1   1    5   0   0    4   10  .225
Pedro Garcia          11   32    4    7   3   1   0    3   1   1    2    7  .219
Bobby Darwin           7   21    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .191
Darrell Porter        11   37    4    7   1   0   0    3   1   0    6    8  .189
Charlie Moore         11   32    5    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    8    7  .188
Bill Sharp             6   22    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .136
Kurt Bevacqua          4    2    2    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
Luis Gomez             2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Rod Carew             14   54   10   16   7   0   1    3   7   1    8    7  .296
Lyman Bostock         12   41    3   12   1   0   1    4   0   1    3    2  .293
Danny Thompson        14   46    2   13   1   0   0    2   1   1    2    1  .283
Craig Kusick           8   16    0    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .250
Larry Hisle           14   56    5   13   1   0   1    8   2   1    3   10  .232
Steve Braun           12   41    3    9   2   0   0    5   1   1    5    4  .220
Butch Wynegar         14   51    2   11   0   1   2    5   0   0    7    7  .216
Bob Randall            7   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .214
Dave McKay            14   50    3   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    2   10  .200
Jerry Terrell         12   30    4    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .167
Dan Ford              14   56    5    9   0   1   2    4   0   0    2   18  .161
Steve Brye             5   14    0    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    2  .071
Tony Oliva             6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Phil Roof              1    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          10   37    7   16   3   2   1   10   0   1    3    3  .432
Willie Randolph       12   36    9   14   1   0   1    5   3   1    8    4  .389
Otto Velez             5    8    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .375
Fred Stanley           7   11    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .364
Chris Chambliss       12   53    8   19   3   0   2   14   0   0    1    5  .359
Thurman Munson        12   53   10   16   1   0   2    8   2   0    1    1  .302
Roy White             12   50   11   15   4   1   1    6   3   0    6    8  .300
Mickey Rivers         12   55    9   16   3   0   1   10   6   1    1    2  .291
Oscar Gamble          11   35    6   10   2   1   1    4   0   0    2    3  .286
Jim Mason             10   23    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .261
Rick Dempsey           5   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .188
Graig Nettles         12   39    9    6   0   0   1    5   3   1   11   11  .154
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
Tim Hosley             2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000
Tommy Sandt            2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Rudi              14   53    7   16   5   0   2   17   0   0    6    9  .302
Larry Haney            8   20    1    6   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    3  .300
Billy North           16   62   12   17   0   1   0    5   8   3    7   11  .274
Phil Garner           16   55    6   14   6   1   0    9   3   0    4   10  .255
Ken McMullen           9    8    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Claudell Washington   16   63    8   13   3   0   0    4   5   2    6   11  .206
Sal Bando             16   60    4   11   4   0   2    7   1   0    5    6  .183
Cesar Tovar            6   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .182
Bert Campaneris       16   56    4   10   0   0   0    2   4   1    5   14  .179
Billy Williams        15   48    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    7    8  .167
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
Don Baylor            16   57    9    7   0   1   2    6   4   1   10    8  .123
Matt Alexander         6    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   2   1    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           10   32    2   11   2   1   0    3   0   0    9    2  .344
Gene Clines            5    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .333
John Ellis             6   13    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .308
Mike Hargrove         12   44    7   13   3   0   1    8   0   0    3   11  .296
Roy Smalley           13   39    3   11   2   0   0    4   0   0    8   13  .282
Juan Beniquez         12   50    5   14   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .280
Mike Cubbage           7   11    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .273
Tom Grieve            12   44    5   11   0   0   2    5   0   0    2   12  .250
Jeff Burroughs        13   50    4   11   2   0   2    4   0   0    3    5  .220
Len Randle            13   51    5   11   1   0   1    4   2   1    5    7  .216
Roy Howell            13   44    3    8   1   0   0    5   0   0    4   10  .182
Jim Fregosi            4    8    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .125
Jim Sundberg          11   28    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    5  .071
Dave Moates            7    1    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  C. Washington (OAK)      63
  B. North (OAK)           62
  S. Bando (OAK)           60
  J. Remy (CAL)            60
  B. Bochte (CAL)          59
  B. Melton (CAL)          59
  D. Baylor (OAK)          57
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      56
  D. Ford (MIN)            56
  L. Hisle (MIN)           56

Runs Scored:

  B. North (OAK)           12
  R. Manning (CLE)         11
  R. White (NY)            11
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11
  R. Carew (MIN)           10
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  W. Horton (DET)          10
  T. Munson (NY)           10
  D. Baylor (OAK)           9
  B. Bell (CLE)             9

Hits:

  C. Chambliss (NY)        19
  D. Chalk (CAL)           18
  W. Horton (DET)          18
  B. Bell (CLE)            17
  B. North (OAK)           17
  B. Bochte (CAL)          16
  R. Carew (MIN)           16
  R. Manning (CLE)         16
  T. Munson (NY)           16
  L. Piniella (NY)         16

Doubles:

  R. Carew (MIN)            7
  P. Garner (OAK)           6
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           5
  D. Evans (BOS)            5
  B. Melton (CAL)           5
  J. Rudi (OAK)             5
  L. Stanton (CAL)          5
  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  B. Bochte (CAL)           4
  R. Carty (CLE)            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
  D. Baylor (OAK)           2
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        2
  C. Chambliss (NY)         2
  B. Downing (CHI)          2
  D. Evans (BOS)            2
  D. Ford (MIN)             2
  T. Grieve (TEX)           2

RBI:

  J. Rudi (OAK)            17
  W. Horton (DET)          16
  C. Chambliss (NY)        14
  R. Staub (DET)           12
  B. Melton (CAL)          11
  B. Bochte (CAL)          10
  H. McRae (KC)            10
  L. Piniella (NY)         10
  M. Rivers (NY)           10
  J. Spencer (CHI)         10

Stolen Bases:

  B. North (OAK)            8
  R. Carew (MIN)            7
  M. Rivers (NY)            6
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           5
  J. Remy (CAL)             5
  C. Washington (OAK)       5
  D. Baylor (OAK)           4
  P. Blair (BAL)            4
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       4
  D. Doyle (BOS)            4

Caught Stealing:

  D. Money (MIL)            3
  B. North (OAK)            3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  G. Brett (KC)             2
  D. Collins (CAL)          2
  B. Dent (CHI)             2
  G. Tenace (OAK)           2
  C. Washington (OAK)       2
  R. Yount (MIL)            2
  H. Aaron (MIL)            1

Walks:

  D. Collins (CAL)         11
  G. Nettles (NY)          11
  D. Baylor (OAK)          10
  B. Grich (BAL)           10
  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  G. Tenace (OAK)          10
  T. Harrah (TEX)           9
  R. Carew (MIN)            8
  C. Moore (MIL)            8
  W. Randolph (NY)          8

Strikeouts:

  D. Ford (MIN)            18
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      14
  R. Smalley (TEX)         13
  P. Blair (BAL)           12
  T. Grieve (TEX)          12
  M. Hargrove (TEX)        11
  G. Nettles (NY)          11
  B. North (OAK)           11
  C. Washington (OAK)      11
  P. Garner (OAK)          10


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