Friday April 30, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 30, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         453   76   139   19    6   11    72   23    6   40    51  .307
Cleveland        426   64   120   16    5    7    58   13    2   58    61  .282
Detroit          451   66   126   25    1   12    63    5    4   36    45  .279
Boston           428   63   118   21    4   12    56    7    4   48    63  .276
Chicago          414   56   109   17    2   10    52    9    3   37    44  .263
Texas            492   54   125   16    2    9    48    5    2   48    88  .254
Milwaukee        382   47    93   15    3    5    45    3   11   36    79  .244
California       552   58   130   30    1    5    54   15    6   67    79  .236
Kansas City      371   44    86   13    5    3    39   16    6   38    49  .232
Oakland          571   74   132   24    3    7    66   33   13   68    90  .231
Minnesota        476   39   107   16    2    7    36   13    5   38    68  .225
Baltimore        491   36    93   16    2    5    30   15    6   51    86  .189

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Fred Lynn (BOS)          11   42    6   17   2   1   1    6   0   1    5    5  .405
Willie Randolph (NY)     13   40   10   16   2   0   1    5   5   1    8    5  .400
Lou Piniella (NY)        11   41    7   16   3   2   1   10   0   1    3    4  .390
Willie Horton (DET)      13   49   11   19   2   0   5   18   0   0    6    7  .388
Buddy Bell (CLE)         13   47   10   18   2   0   1    6   1   1    9    4  .383
Chris Chambliss (NY)     13   56    8   21   3   0   2   15   0   0    1    5  .375
Rick Manning (CLE)       13   52   12   19   3   1   1    6   4   0    9    7  .365
Toby Harrah (TEX)        12   39    3   14   2   1   0    4   0   0   10    2  .359
Rusty Staub (DET)        13   46    4   16   3   0   2   12   0   0    7    2  .348
Carlton Fisk (BOS)       13   49   11   17   2   0   3    6   0   1    4    5  .347

 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         15   47    2   13   2   0   0    2   2   2    1    6  .277
Tony Muser            13   44    3   10   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    1  .227
Al Bumbry             13   45    5   10   5   1   0    2   5   0    7   10  .222
Bobby Grich           14   47    7   10   2   0   0    2   2   2   11    4  .213
Andres Mora            8   24    3    5   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    8  .208
Paul Blair            15   53    3   10   3   0   0    2   4   0    5   12  .189
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       15   55    2    9   1   1   0    3   0   0    1    5  .164
Ken Singleton         15   56    3    8   0   0   1    3   0   1    6    6  .143
Royle Stillman         6    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .111
Ellie Hendricks       10   29    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .103
Lee May                7   20    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    8  .100
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             11   42    6   17   2   1   1    6   0   1    5    5  .405
Carlton Fisk          13   49   11   17   2   0   3    6   0   1    4    5  .347
Doug Griffin           3    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .333
Dwight Evans          13   46    9   14   6   0   2    9   0   0    6   10  .304
Rico Petrocelli       13   44    2   12   3   0   1    8   0   1    5    3  .273
Carl Yastrzemski      13   42   11   11   1   0   2    5   2   1   11    6  .262
Jim Rice              13   49    9   12   0   2   2    7   0   0    5   10  .245
Deron Johnson          7   21    2    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    6  .238
Rick Burleson         13   45    4   10   1   0   0    3   1   0    5    3  .222
Bernie Carbo           5   18    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    6  .222
Denny Doyle           12   42    3    9   3   0   0    7   4   0    1    3  .214
Rick Miller            3    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Cecil Cooper           2    8    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            8   27    5    9   0   0   2    3   3   1    7    5  .333
Billy Smith           10    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Dave Chalk            17   59    7   19   4   1   0    5   0   0    6    7  .322
Bruce Bochte          17   63    6   17   4   0   0   10   0   0    5    5  .270
Andy Etchebarren      12   31    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .258
Dave Collins          14   43    5   11   0   0   0    4   3   3   11    8  .256
Orlando Ramirez       16   42    2   10   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    8  .238
Leroy Stanton         15   39    3    9   6   0   0    2   2   1    7    6  .231
Bill Melton           17   61    6   13   5   0   1   12   1   0    8   10  .213
Jerry Remy            17   64   10   13   1   0   0    2   5   0    6    8  .203
Rusty Torres          16   52    4   10   4   0   0    2   0   0    4    8  .192
Ed Herrmann           10   27    4    5   2   0   2    6   0   0    1    2  .185
Joe Lahoud            11   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           12   44    5   15   3   0   1   13   1   0    3    2  .341
Pete Varney            7   21    4    7   2   0   3    4   0   0    0    5  .333
Jorge Orta            12   46    7   15   3   0   1    6   3   0    4    4  .326
Jack Brohamer         11   36    3   10   1   1   1    6   0   1    3    5  .278
Pat Kelly              5   15    3    4   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .267
Bucky Dent            12   44    7   11   1   0   0    5   0   2    6    2  .250
Ralph Garr            11   40    6   10   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Buddy Bradford        10   24    5    6   2   0   1    3   1   0    4    7  .250
Bill Stein             4    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Cleon Jones           11   36    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    4  .222
Chet Lemon            12   43    4    8   0   0   0    3   2   0    3    5  .186
Carlos May            10   33    5    5   1   0   0    3   2   0    5    2  .152
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            13   47   10   18   2   0   1    6   1   1    9    4  .383
Rick Manning          13   52   12   19   3   1   1    6   4   0    9    7  .365
Rico Carty            13   46    6   14   4   0   1    8   0   0    6    9  .304
Alan Ashby            12   40    8   12   1   1   1    8   0   0    4    7  .300
Charlie Spikes        12   42    6   12   1   1   0    4   2   0    5    6  .286
Frank Duffy           13   39    2   11   1   0   0    4   2   0    3    5  .282
Doug Howard            7   19    3    5   0   0   0    4   1   0    0    3  .263
George Hendrick       13   50    8   12   3   1   3   10   0   0    2    8  .240
Duane Kuiper          13   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
Larvell Blanks         5    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .111
John Lowenstein        6    6    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        3   11    3    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .455
Mickey Stanley         6   10    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .400
Willie Horton         13   49   11   19   2   0   5   18   0   0    6    7  .388
Rusty Staub           13   46    4   16   3   0   2   12   0   0    7    2  .348
Jason Thompson         5   21    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .333
Bill Freehan           7   18    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .333
Ron Leflore            8   31    9   10   5   0   0    2   3   1    2    6  .323
Milt May               6   25    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .280
Tom Veryzer           13   48    3   12   0   0   0    6   0   0    2    4  .250
Aurelio Rodriguez     13   50    9   12   3   0   2    2   0   1    4    5  .240
Ben Oglivie            6   17    1    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    1  .235
Alex Johnson          13   53    6   11   2   1   1    7   0   1    2    7  .208
Gary Sutherland        9   31    4    6   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .194
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         11   32    4   12   1   0   0    5   4   1    2    2  .375
Jamie Quirk            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Hal McRae             12   45    4   14   2   1   1   12   2   1    3    3  .311
Dave Nelson            2    7    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    0  .286
Amos Otis             12   40    7   11   3   1   0    5   2   1    7    7  .275
George Brett          12   46    7   12   2   1   0    3   0   2    4    4  .261
Jim Wohlford          10   29    3    7   1   0   0    1   4   0    0    2  .241
Buck Martinez          5   13    2    3   0   0   2    2   0   0    0    3  .231
Cookie Rojas           6    9    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .222
John Mayberry         12   40    5    8   0   0   0    4   1   0   10    5  .200
Al Cowens             12   44    5    7   2   1   0    3   1   0    3    3  .159
Frank White           12   32    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    7  .156
Fran Healy             6   21    1    2   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    8  .095
Tony Solaita           3    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Tom Poquette           3    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          8    4    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    0  .500
Robin Yount           12   41    8   14   1   0   0    3   0   2    4    8  .342
Sixto Lezcano         12   45    3   14   3   1   0    7   1   1    3   11  .311
Hank Aaron            11   40    0   11   1   0   0    4   0   1    2    9  .275
Bobby Darwin           8   24    2    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    7  .250
Don Money             12   45    7   11   2   0   2    9   0   3    5    6  .244
George Scott          12   45    6   10   2   1   1    7   0   1    4   12  .222
Darrell Porter        12   41    6    9   1   0   0    4   1   0    6    8  .220
Pedro Garcia          12   35    4    7   3   1   0    3   1   1    2    7  .200
Charlie Moore         12   36    6    6   1   0   1    4   0   0    8    9  .167
Bill Sharp             7   23    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    1  .130
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            2    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
Willie Randolph       13   40   10   16   2   0   1    5   5   1    8    5  .400
Lou Piniella          11   41    7   16   3   2   1   10   0   1    3    4  .390
Chris Chambliss       13   56    8   21   3   0   2   15   0   0    1    5  .375
Fred Stanley           8   15    2    5   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    2  .333
Mickey Rivers         13   60   11   19   3   1   1   12   8   1    1    2  .317
Roy White             13   54   11   17   4   1   1    6   4   0    7    8  .315
Thurman Munson        13   58   11   17   1   0   3   10   2   0    1    2  .293
Oscar Gamble          11   35    6   10   2   1   1    4   0   0    2    3  .286
Otto Velez             6   11    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .273
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         13   42    9    6   0   0   1    5   3   2   12   13  .143
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            3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Rudi              15   58    9   19   6   0   2   19   0   0    7    9  .328
Billy North           17   68   13   20   0   1   0    5   8   3    7   11  .294
Larry Haney            9   25    2    7   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    5  .280
Phil Garner           17   59    6   15   6   1   0   10   3   0    5   10  .254
Ken McMullen          10    8    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250
Claudell Washington   17   69   10   16   4   0   0    5   5   2    6   11  .232
Bert Campaneris       17   60    6   13   0   0   0    2   6   1    6   14  .217
Sal Bando             17   65    5   13   4   0   3   10   1   0    5    7  .200
Billy Williams        16   52    3   10   1   0   0    3   0   1    7    8  .192
Cesar Tovar            7   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .182
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
Don Baylor            17   62   10    8   1   1   2    6   4   1   11    9  .129
Matt Alexander         6    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   2   1    0    0  .000
Larry Lintz            7    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   3   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           12   39    3   14   2   1   0    4   0   0   10    2  .359
John Ellis             7   17    1    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    4  .353
Gene Clines            7    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .333
Mike Hargrove         14   50    9   15   3   1   1    9   0   0    5   11  .300
Mike Cubbage           7   11    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .273
Juan Beniquez         14   58    6   15   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .259
Jeff Burroughs        15   58    6   15   2   0   3    8   0   0    3    6  .259
Tom Grieve            14   52    7   13   0   0   3    6   0   0    2   14  .250
Roy Smalley           15   45    3   11   2   0   0    4   0   0    9   14  .244
Roy Howell            15   51    5   12   2   0   0    6   0   0    5   10  .235
Len Randle            15   59    6   12   1   0   1    4   4   1    6    9  .203
Jim Sundberg          12   32    3    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    5  .125
Jim Fregosi            4    8    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .125
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)      69
  B. North (OAK)           68
  S. Bando (OAK)           65
  J. Remy (CAL)            64
  B. Bochte (CAL)          63
  D. Baylor (OAK)          62
  B. Melton (CAL)          61
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      60
  M. Rivers (NY)           60
  D. Chalk (CAL)           59

Runs Scored:

  B. North (OAK)           13
  R. Manning (CLE)         12
  C. Fisk (BOS)            11
  W. Horton (DET)          11
  T. Munson (NY)           11
  M. Rivers (NY)           11
  R. White (NY)            11
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11
  D. Baylor (OAK)          10
  B. Bell (CLE)            10

Hits:

  C. Chambliss (NY)        21
  B. North (OAK)           20
  D. Chalk (CAL)           19
  W. Horton (DET)          19
  R. Manning (CLE)         19
  M. Rivers (NY)           19
  J. Rudi (OAK)            19
  B. Bell (CLE)            18
  B. Bochte (CAL)          17
  C. Fisk (BOS)            17

Doubles:

  R. Carew (MIN)            7
  D. Evans (BOS)            6
  P. Garner (OAK)           6
  J. Rudi (OAK)             6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          6
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           5
  R. Leflore (DET)          5
  B. Melton (CAL)           5
  S. Bando (OAK)            4
  B. Bochte (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)           5
  S. Bando (OAK)            3
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        3
  C. Fisk (BOS)             3
  T. Grieve (TEX)           3
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         3
  T. Munson (NY)            3
  P. Varney (CHI)           3
  D. Baylor (OAK)           2
  B. Bonds (CAL)            2

RBI:

  J. Rudi (OAK)            19
  W. Horton (DET)          18
  C. Chambliss (NY)        15
  J. Spencer (CHI)         13
  H. McRae (KC)            12
  B. Melton (CAL)          12
  M. Rivers (NY)           12
  R. Staub (DET)           12
  S. Bando (OAK)           10
  B. Bochte (CAL)          10

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

  D. Collins (CAL)          3
  D. Money (MIL)            3
  B. North (OAK)            3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  G. Brett (KC)             2
  B. Dent (CHI)             2
  B. Grich (BAL)            2
  G. Nettles (NY)           2
  G. Tenace (OAK)           2
  C. Washington (OAK)       2

Walks:

  G. Nettles (NY)          12
  D. Baylor (OAK)          11
  D. Collins (CAL)         11
  B. Grich (BAL)           11
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     11
  T. Harrah (TEX)          10
  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  G. Tenace (OAK)          10
  B. Bell (CLE)             9
  R. Manning (CLE)          9

Strikeouts:

  D. Ford (MIN)            18
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      14
  T. Grieve (TEX)          14
  R. Smalley (TEX)         14
  G. Nettles (NY)          13
  P. Blair (BAL)           12
  G. Scott (MIL)           12
  M. Hargrove (TEX)        11
  S. Lezcano (MIL)         11
  B. North (OAK)           11


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