Thursday May 6, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 6, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Detroit          568   82   164   29    2   14    77   10    4   53    61  .289
New York         634   94   183   25    9   14    89   35    7   55    73  .289
Cleveland        632   93   175   24    6   11    82   23    3   77    87  .277
Texas            597   74   158   18    2   16    67    5    3   56    99  .265
Boston           564   76   149   27    5   16    69    9    6   56    85  .264
Milwaukee        458   56   115   19    4    8    54    3   11   42    87  .251
Chicago          507   60   124   17    2   11    54   11    4   42    58  .245
Minnesota        580   61   140   20    2   11    56   16    6   51    82  .241
Kansas City      504   65   120   21    5    6    60   23    8   56    63  .238
California       739   79   173   36    1    8    74   22    9   96   121  .234
Oakland          737   96   167   27    4   10    85   40   17   84   111  .227
Baltimore        614   45   116   21    2    7    37   19    6   62   110  .189

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Fred Lynn (BOS)          15   56    9   24   3   2   2    7   0   2    8    6  .429
Chris Chambliss (NY)     18   76   11   30   3   0   3   18   0   0    3    6  .395
Rico Carty (CLE)         19   68   12   25   6   0   3   14   0   0    9   10  .368
Willie Horton (DET)      16   60   13   22   2   0   6   20   0   0   10   10  .367
Buddy Bell (CLE)         19   72   14   25   3   0   2    9   1   1   11    7  .347
Rusty Staub (DET)        16   58    6   20   3   0   2   12   0   0   10    2  .345
Lyman Bostock (MIN)      15   54    7   18   1   0   1    6   2   1    3    3  .333
Joe Rudi (OAK)           20   76   13   25   8   0   4   26   0   0   11   11  .329
Toby Harrah (TEX)        15   52    6   17   2   1   2    6   0   0   10    4  .327
Bobby Bonds (CAL)        14   49    9   16   1   0   2    5   5   1   10   11  .327

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Muser            15   48    4   12   1   0   0    5   0   0    7    1  .250
Dave Duncan            9   34    0    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    5  .235
Tommy Harper           7   17    2    4   0   0   1    1   2   0    3    5  .235
Andres Mora           10   32    3    7   1   0   2    7   1   0    1   10  .219
Mark Belanger         19   60    2   13   2   0   0    2   2   2    1    9  .217
Bobby Grich           17   57    8   12   2   0   1    4   2   2   13    6  .211
Al Bumbry             15   48    5   10   5   1   0    2   6   0    8   13  .208
Paul Blair            19   69    5   14   4   0   0    2   5   0    5   12  .203
Lee May               11   35    5    7   2   0   1    2   0   0    3   12  .200
Brooks Robinson       18   64    2   11   1   1   0    3   0   0    2    7  .172
Ken Singleton         19   69    5    9   1   0   1    4   0   1    8    8  .130
Doug DeCinces          8   24    2    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2   11  .125
Ellie Hendricks       12   35    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .114
Reggie Jackson         3    9    0    1   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    2  .111
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          7    1    1    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             15   56    9   24   3   2   2    7   0   2    8    6  .429
Doug Griffin           4   13    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .308
Carlton Fisk          17   65   11   19   2   0   3    7   0   1    4    8  .292
Dwight Evans          17   61   10   17   7   0   3   10   0   0    6   13  .279
Rico Petrocelli       17   58    4   15   3   0   2   11   0   2    6    4  .259
Carl Yastrzemski      17   57   12   14   2   0   2    6   2   1   12    6  .246
Jim Rice              17   64   11   15   1   2   2    9   1   0    6   17  .234
Denny Doyle           16   56    4   13   3   0   0    8   4   0    1    5  .232
Rick Burleson         17   59    5   13   2   0   0    4   2   0    5    4  .220
Deron Johnson          8   24    3    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    4    6  .208
Bernie Carbo           8   30    3    6   1   0   2    5   0   0    2   10  .200
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
Billy Smith           13    8    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .375
Bobby Bonds           14   49    9   16   1   0   2    5   5   1   10   11  .327
Bruce Bochte          23   84    7   27   5   0   0   15   1   1    9    9  .321
Dave Chalk            23   81    9   22   4   1   0    5   0   0    7   17  .272
Jerry Remy            23   85   14   20   2   0   0    4   8   1   10   10  .235
Dave Collins          17   48    7   11   0   0   0    4   4   3   15   10  .229
Leroy Stanton         18   45    3   10   6   0   0    3   2   1    7    8  .222
Bill Melton           23   83    9   18   8   0   2   15   1   0   10   12  .217
Rusty Torres          22   74    8   16   4   0   2    7   0   0    9   10  .216
Andy Etchebarren      17   42    3    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .214
Orlando Ramirez       22   53    2   11   1   0   0    4   1   1    5   10  .208
Ed Herrmann           14   35    4    5   2   0   2    7   0   0    3    5  .143
Joe Lahoud            16   35    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .143
Adrian Garrett         6    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Paul Dade              7    6    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Ron Jackson            5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Brian Downing          7   25    5    8   0   0   2    4   0   0    3    5  .320
Jorge Orta            15   58    9   18   3   0   2    7   3   0    4    6  .310
Jim Spencer           15   49    5   15   3   0   1   13   1   1    5    2  .306
Pete Varney            8   24    4    7   2   0   3    4   0   0    0    5  .292
Buddy Bradford        11   28    6    8   2   0   1    3   2   0    4    8  .286
Ralph Garr            14   52    6   13   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .250
Jim Essian             3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Jack Brohamer         13   42    3   10   1   1   1    6   0   1    3    7  .238
Bill Stein             5   13    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .231
Bucky Dent            15   53    7   12   1   0   0    5   1   2    7    2  .226
Pat Kelly              7   23    3    5   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    3  .217
Cleon Jones           12   40    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .200
Chet Lemon            13   47    4    9   0   0   0    3   2   0    3    6  .192
Carlos May            12   39    5    6   1   0   0    3   2   0    6    3  .154
Lamar Johnson          4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Sam Ewing              1    3    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
Ed Crosby              1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Rico Carty            19   68   12   25   6   0   3   14   0   0    9   10  .368
Buddy Bell            19   72   14   25   3   0   2    9   1   1   11    7  .347
Doug Howard            9   22    5    7   2   0   0    5   1   0    0    3  .318
Alan Ashby            18   60   11   18   1   1   1   12   0   0    7   11  .300
Rick Manning          19   77   12   23   3   1   1    7   5   0   11   12  .299
George Hendrick       19   73   12   21   6   1   4   12   2   0    4   10  .288
Frank Duffy           19   58    4   15   1   1   0    6   4   0    3    7  .259
Duane Kuiper          19   71    7   15   1   1   0    9   4   0    9   10  .211
Boog Powell            8   24    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    7    3  .208
Charlie Spikes        18   64    8   13   1   1   0    5   2   1    7   10  .203
John Lowenstein       11   26    3    5   0   0   0    1   3   0    5    2  .192
Larvell Blanks         6   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .167
Ray Fosse              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Ron Pruitt             2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    0  .000
Frank Robinson         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Wockenfuss        4   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
Jason Thompson         8   34    4   13   3   0   1    7   0   0    2    5  .382
Willie Horton         16   60   13   22   2   0   6   20   0   0   10   10  .367
Ron Leflore           11   46   14   16   5   1   0    4   8   1    4   10  .348
Rusty Staub           16   58    6   20   3   0   2   12   0   0   10    2  .345
Bill Freehan          10   28    5    8   1   0   1    2   0   0    5    3  .286
Milt May               6   25    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .280
Aurelio Rodriguez     16   63   10   16   4   0   2    3   0   1    5    7  .254
Gary Sutherland       12   44    5   11   3   0   0    3   0   1    2    1  .250
Alex Johnson          16   69    7   17   2   1   1   10   0   1    2    9  .246
Tom Veryzer           16   59    4   14   0   0   0    7   0   0    3    6  .237
Ben Oglivie            9   18    1    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    1    1  .222
Dan Meyer             10   28    6    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .179
Jerry Manuel           7   13    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .154
Bruce Kimm             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Chuck Scrivener        2    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         15   45    5   16   1   0   0    7   7   1    6    3  .356
Bob Stinson            4    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .333
Jamie Quirk            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Amos Otis             16   54   14   17   5   1   3   12   3   1   11   10  .315
Cookie Rojas           8   13    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    0  .308
Dave Nelson            3    7    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    0  .286
George Brett          16   61    9   17   3   1   0    3   0   3    6    6  .279
Jim Wohlford          13   40    6   11   2   0   0    1   5   1    0    3  .275
Hal McRae             16   60    6   14   2   1   1   12   2   1    6    4  .233
Tony Solaita           4    9    1    2   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .222
Buck Martinez          8   23    3    5   1   0   2    4   0   0    0    4  .217
Al Cowens             16   61    7   11   2   1   0    4   2   0    3    5  .180
John Mayberry         16   53    6    9   1   0   0    8   1   0   13    8  .170
Tom Poquette           5    6    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .167
Frank White           16   42    3    6   2   0   0    1   1   1    1    7  .143
Fran Healy             6   21    1    2   0   0   0    1   2   0    4    8  .095

 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           14   50    8   16   2   0   0    3   0   2    5    9  .320
Sixto Lezcano         14   53    5   16   3   1   0    8   1   1    4   14  .302
Don Money             14   54    9   16   4   0   3   11   0   3    6    6  .296
Hank Aaron            13   48    2   14   1   0   1    5   0   1    3   11  .292
Charlie Moore         14   43    9   10   2   1   2    6   0   0    9    9  .233
George Scott          14   54    6   12   2   1   1    8   0   1    5   12  .222
Pedro Garcia          14   42    4    9   3   1   0    5   1   1    2    8  .214
Bobby Darwin          10   33    2    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    8  .212
Darrell Porter        14   50    6   10   1   0   0    4   1   0    6    8  .200
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             2    2    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
Lyman Bostock         15   54    7   18   1   0   1    6   2   1    3    3  .333
Craig Kusick          10   21    2    7   3   0   1    5   0   0    2    4  .333
Rod Carew             17   64   12   20   7   0   1    3   8   2   12    7  .313
Danny Thompson        17   60    4   15   2   0   0    3   1   1    2    2  .250
Steve Braun           14   48    3   12   2   0   0    7   1   1    6    5  .250
Phil Roof              2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Larry Hisle           17   68    8   16   2   0   1    8   2   1    5   12  .235
Dan Ford              17   69   10   15   1   1   4   11   0   0    2   22  .217
Bob Randall           10   23    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .217
Dave McKay            17   59    4   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    5   13  .203
Butch Wynegar         17   59    4   12   0   1   3    6   0   0    8    8  .203
Jerry Terrell         13   30    5    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .167
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

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chris Chambliss       18   76   11   30   3   0   3   18   0   0    3    6  .395
Fred Stanley           9   19    2    6   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    3  .316
Roy White             18   73   14   23   4   1   2    8   6   1   11   11  .315
Thurman Munson        18   78   12   24   2   0   3   13   4   0    1    3  .308
Otto Velez             7   13    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .308
Willie Randolph       18   59   12   18   2   0   1    5   8   1    9    7  .305
Mickey Rivers         18   84   14   25   4   2   1   15  11   1    1    3  .298
Lou Piniella          16   62    8   18   3   3   1   11   0   1    4    7  .290
Oscar Gamble          15   50    8   12   2   1   2    6   1   0    4    5  .240
Jim Mason             14   39    3    9   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    7  .231
Rick Dempsey           5   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .188
Graig Nettles         18   62   10   11   4   0   1    6   4   2   14   17  .177
Rich Coggins           4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Sandy Alomar           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   1    0    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tim Hosley             3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Tommy Sandt            4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Rudi              20   76   13   25   8   0   4   26   0   0   11   11  .329
Billy North           22   89   18   28   0   1   0    5  12   3    8   12  .315
Larry Haney           14   39    4   10   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    7  .256
Phil Garner           22   77    8   19   6   1   0   11   3   1    6   13  .247
Claudell Washington   22   89   15   21   5   1   0    9   7   2    7   15  .236
Billy Williams        18   60    4   11   1   0   1    5   0   1    7   10  .183
Bert Campaneris       22   77    6   14   0   0   0    2   6   2    8   17  .182
Sal Bando             22   83    7   15   4   0   3   11   1   0    7    8  .181
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
Cesar Tovar            9   12    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .167
Ken McMullen          15   19    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .158
Don Baylor            22   81   10   12   1   1   2    9   5   3   11   10  .148
Matt Alexander         7    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   2   1    0    0  .000
Larry Lintz            8    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
John Ellis             9   23    2    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    0    4  .348
Gene Clines            7    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .333
Toby Harrah           15   52    6   17   2   1   2    6   0   0   10    4  .327
Mike Hargrove         17   64   12   20   3   1   2   13   0   0    5   12  .313
Jeff Burroughs        18   68   11   20   2   0   5   14   0   0    5    7  .294
Mike Cubbage           8   14    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    2  .286
Tom Grieve            17   64   10   18   0   0   5    9   0   0    2   15  .281
Roy Howell            18   63    6   17   2   0   0    6   0   0    5   12  .270
Dave Moates            8    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .250
Roy Smalley           17   49    3   11   2   0   0    4   0   0   12   15  .225
Juan Beniquez         17   68    6   15   1   0   0    0   0   0    1   10  .221
Len Randle            17   68    8   14   1   0   1    5   4   2    6    9  .206
Jim Sundberg          15   41    5    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    5  .195
Jim Fregosi            4    8    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .125

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. North (OAK)           89
  C. Washington (OAK)      89
  J. Remy (CAL)            85
  B. Bochte (CAL)          84
  M. Rivers (NY)           84
  S. Bando (OAK)           83
  B. Melton (CAL)          83
  D. Baylor (OAK)          81
  D. Chalk (CAL)           81
  T. Munson (NY)           78

Runs Scored:

  B. North (OAK)           18
  C. Washington (OAK)      15
  B. Bell (CLE)            14
  R. Leflore (DET)         14
  A. Otis (KC)             14
  J. Remy (CAL)            14
  M. Rivers (NY)           14
  R. White (NY)            14
  W. Horton (DET)          13
  J. Rudi (OAK)            13

Hits:

  C. Chambliss (NY)        30
  B. North (OAK)           28
  B. Bochte (CAL)          27
  B. Bell (CLE)            25
  R. Carty (CLE)           25
  M. Rivers (NY)           25
  J. Rudi (OAK)            25
  F. Lynn (BOS)            24
  T. Munson (NY)           24
  R. Manning (CLE)         23

Doubles:

  B. Melton (CAL)           8
  J. Rudi (OAK)             8
  R. Carew (MIN)            7
  D. Evans (BOS)            7
  R. Carty (CLE)            6
  P. Garner (OAK)           6
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         6
  L. Stanton (CAL)          6
  B. Bochte (CAL)           5
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           5

Triples:

  L. Piniella (NY)          3
  F. Lynn (BOS)             2
  J. Rice (BOS)             2
  M. Rivers (NY)            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

Home Runs:

  W. Horton (DET)           6
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        5
  T. Grieve (TEX)           5
  D. Ford (MIN)             4
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         4
  J. Rudi (OAK)             4
  S. Bando (OAK)            3
  R. Carty (CLE)            3
  C. Chambliss (NY)         3
  D. Evans (BOS)            3

RBI:

  J. Rudi (OAK)            26
  W. Horton (DET)          20
  C. Chambliss (NY)        18
  B. Bochte (CAL)          15
  B. Melton (CAL)          15
  M. Rivers (NY)           15
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       14
  R. Carty (CLE)           14
  M. Hargrove (TEX)        13
  T. Munson (NY)           13

Stolen Bases:

  B. North (OAK)           12
  M. Rivers (NY)           11
  R. Carew (MIN)            8
  R. Leflore (DET)          8
  W. Randolph (NY)          8
  J. Remy (CAL)             8
  F. Patek (KC)             7
  C. Washington (OAK)       7
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           6
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       6

Caught Stealing:

  D. Baylor (OAK)           3
  G. Brett (KC)             3
  D. Collins (CAL)          3
  D. Money (MIL)            3
  B. North (OAK)            3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       2
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  B. Dent (CHI)             2
  B. Grich (BAL)            2

Walks:

  D. Collins (CAL)         15
  G. Nettles (NY)          14
  B. Grich (BAL)           13
  J. Mayberry (KC)         13
  R. Carew (MIN)           12
  R. Smalley (TEX)         12
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     12
  D. Baylor (OAK)          11
  B. Bell (CLE)            11
  R. Manning (CLE)         11

Strikeouts:

  D. Ford (MIN)            22
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      17
  D. Chalk (CAL)           17
  G. Nettles (NY)          17
  J. Rice (BOS)            17
  T. Grieve (TEX)          15
  R. Smalley (TEX)         15
  C. Washington (OAK)      15
  S. Lezcano (MIL)         14
  A. Bumbry (BAL)          13

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