Friday May 7, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 7, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         677  108   199   27   10   14    99   39    9   61    79  .294
Detroit          599   87   173   31    2   14    82   10    6   58    72  .289
Cleveland        666   97   184   25    6   11    86   24    3   78    95  .276
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        487   60   120   19    4    8    58    4   11   43    94  .246
Minnesota        612   64   147   20    2   11    59   17    6   52    89  .240
Kansas City      538   68   129   23    5    6    63   23    9   60    66  .240
California       770   84   182   37    1   10    79   22    9   98   126  .236
Chicago          533   60   125   17    2   11    54   11    4   44    61  .235
Oakland          771  100   176   27    5   11    89   42   18   88   114  .228
Baltimore        644   49   123   22    2    9    41   20    6   67   113  .191

 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)     19   82   12   33   3   0   3   19   0   0    3    7  .402
Rico Carty (CLE)         20   72   13   27   6   0   3   14   0   0    9   10  .375
Willie Horton (DET)      17   64   13   23   2   0   6   20   0   0   10   11  .359
Buddy Bell (CLE)         20   74   15   26   3   0   2   10   1   1   12    7  .351
Rusty Staub (DET)        17   60    7   21   4   0   2   13   0   0   12    2  .350
Lyman Bostock (MIN)      16   58    8   20   1   0   1    6   2   1    3    4  .345
Robin Yount (MIL)        15   54    8   18   2   0   0    4   1   2    5    9  .333
Bobby Bonds (CAL)        15   52   10   17   1   0   3    8   5   1   10   12  .327
Toby Harrah (TEX)        15   52    6   17   2   1   2    6   0   0   10    4  .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
Paul Blair            20   72    6   16   5   0   0    3   6   0    6   12  .222
Andres Mora           10   32    3    7   1   0   2    7   1   0    1   10  .219
Al Bumbry             16   52    6   11   5   1   1    3   6   0    8   13  .212
Bobby Grich           17   57    8   12   2   0   1    4   2   2   13    6  .211
Lee May               12   38    5    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    3   13  .211
Mark Belanger         20   63    3   13   2   0   0    2   2   2    2    9  .206
Brooks Robinson       19   68    3   12   1   1   1    4   0   0    2    7  .177
Reggie Jackson         4   13    0    2   1   0   0    1   1   0    2    4  .154
Ellie Hendricks       13   39    1    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .128
Ken Singleton         20   71    5    9   1   0   1    4   0   1   10    8  .127
Doug DeCinces          9   27    2    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    3   11  .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           15   52   10   17   1   0   3    8   5   1   10   12  .327
Bruce Bochte          24   88    7   28   5   0   0   15   1   1    9    9  .318
Dave Chalk            24   85   10   23   4   1   0    5   0   0    7   18  .271
Jerry Remy            24   89   15   22   2   0   0    5   8   1   10   10  .247
Leroy Stanton         19   48    3   11   6   0   0    3   2   1    8   10  .229
Dave Collins          18   49    7   11   0   0   0    4   4   3   15   11  .225
Rusty Torres          23   77    9   17   5   0   2    7   0   0   10   10  .221
Bill Melton           24   87   10   19   8   0   3   16   1   0   10   12  .218
Orlando Ramirez       23   55    2   12   1   0   0    4   1   1    5   10  .218
Andy Etchebarren      18   44    3    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .205
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         7    8    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            6    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          8   27    5    8   0   0   2    4   0   0    4    5  .296
Jorge Orta            16   61    9   18   3   0   2    7   3   0    4    6  .295
Pete Varney            8   24    4    7   2   0   3    4   0   0    0    5  .292
Jim Spencer           16   52    5   15   3   0   1   13   1   1    5    2  .289
Buddy Bradford        11   28    6    8   2   0   1    3   2   0    4    8  .286
Ralph Garr            15   55    6   14   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    4  .255
Jim Essian             4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Bill Stein             5   13    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .231
Jack Brohamer         14   45    3   10   1   1   1    6   0   1    3    7  .222
Bucky Dent            16   56    7   12   1   0   0    5   1   2    7    2  .214
Cleon Jones           12   40    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .200
Pat Kelly              8   26    3    5   2   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .192
Chet Lemon            13   47    4    9   0   0   0    3   2   0    3    6  .192
Carlos May            13   42    5    6   1   0   0    3   2   0    6    3  .143
Lamar Johnson          4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Sam Ewing              2    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .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            20   72   13   27   6   0   3   14   0   0    9   10  .375
Buddy Bell            20   74   15   26   3   0   2   10   1   1   12    7  .351
Doug Howard           10   22    5    7   2   0   0    5   1   0    0    3  .318
George Hendrick       20   77   12   23   6   1   4   14   2   0    4   11  .299
Rick Manning          20   82   12   24   3   1   1    7   6   0   11   13  .293
Alan Ashby            19   63   11   18   1   1   1   12   0   0    7   13  .286
Frank Duffy           20   61    5   16   1   1   0    6   4   0    3    8  .262
Boog Powell            8   24    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    7    3  .208
Charlie Spikes        19   68    8   14   1   1   0    5   2   1    7   10  .206
Duane Kuiper          20   75    7   15   1   1   0    9   4   0    9   12  .200
John Lowenstein       12   30    4    6   1   0   0    2   3   0    5    2  .200
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
Frank Robinson         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ron Pruitt             2    1    1    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        5   14    4    6   3   0   0    2   0   1    3    3  .429
Mickey Stanley         6   10    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .400
Willie Horton         17   64   13   23   2   0   6   20   0   0   10   11  .359
Rusty Staub           17   60    7   21   4   0   2   13   0   0   12    2  .350
Ron Leflore           12   49   14   17   5   1   0    6   8   1    5   11  .347
Jason Thompson         9   38    4   13   3   0   1    7   0   0    2    7  .342
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     17   67   11   18   4   0   2    3   0   1    5    8  .269
Alex Johnson          17   73    8   19   2   1   1   11   0   1    2    9  .260
Tom Veryzer           17   62    5   15   0   0   0    7   0   1    4    7  .242
Gary Sutherland       13   48    5   11   3   0   0    3   0   1    2    5  .229
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         16   49    7   19   3   0   0    7   7   1    6    3  .388
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             17   58   14   17   5   1   3   12   3   1   12   12  .293
Dave Nelson            3    7    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    0  .286
George Brett          17   65    9   18   3   1   0    4   0   3    6    7  .277
Jim Wohlford          13   40    6   11   2   0   0    1   5   1    0    3  .275
Cookie Rojas           9   15    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    0  .267
Buck Martinez          9   27    3    7   1   0   2    4   0   0    0    4  .259
Tony Solaita           4    9    1    2   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .222
Hal McRae             17   64    6   14   2   1   1   12   2   1    6    4  .219
Al Cowens             17   66    8   13   2   1   0    6   2   1    3    5  .197
John Mayberry         17   56    6   10   1   0   0    8   1   0   14    8  .179
Tom Poquette           5    6    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .167
Frank White           17   46    3    6   2   0   0    1   1   1    1    7  .130
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          9    4    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    0  .500
Robin Yount           15   54    8   18   2   0   0    4   1   2    5    9  .333
Sixto Lezcano         15   56    6   17   3   1   0    8   1   1    4   14  .304
Don Money             15   58    9   17   4   0   3   13   0   3    6    8  .293
Hank Aaron            14   52    2   14   1   0   1    5   0   1    3   12  .269
Charlie Moore         15   45    9   10   2   1   2    7   0   0   10    9  .222
Darrell Porter        15   53    7   11   1   0   0    4   1   0    6    8  .208
George Scott          15   58    6   12   2   1   1    8   0   1    5   15  .207
Pedro Garcia          15   45    5    9   3   1   0    5   1   1    2    9  .200
Bobby Darwin          11   35    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    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         16   58    8   20   1   0   1    6   2   1    3    4  .345
Craig Kusick          10   21    2    7   3   0   1    5   0   0    2    4  .333
Rod Carew             18   68   12   21   7   0   1    5   8   2   12    9  .309
Danny Thompson        18   63    4   16   2   0   0    3   1   1    2    2  .254
Steve Braun           15   52    3   13   2   0   0    8   1   1    6    5  .250
Phil Roof              2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Larry Hisle           18   71    9   17   2   0   1    8   3   1    5   12  .239
Dan Ford              18   73   10   16   1   1   4   11   0   0    2   24  .219
Bob Randall           11   25    2    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    2  .200
Dave McKay            18   62    4   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    5   14  .194
Butch Wynegar         18   63    4   12   0   1   3    6   0   0    8    9  .191
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             7    6    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       19   82   12   33   3   0   3   19   0   0    3    7  .402
Thurman Munson        19   83   13   27   3   0   3   15   4   1    1    3  .325
Fred Stanley          10   22    5    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    4    3  .318
Willie Randolph       19   63   14   20   2   0   1    7  10   1   10    8  .318
Roy White             19   77   15   24   4   1   2   10   7   2   13   11  .312
Mickey Rivers         19   90   17   28   4   2   1   16  12   1    1    4  .311
Lou Piniella          17   68    9   20   4   3   1   12   0   1    4    7  .294
Oscar Gamble          15   50    8   12   2   1   2    6   1   0    4    5  .240
Otto Velez             8   17    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .235
Jim Mason             14   39    3    9   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    7  .231
Rick Dempsey           6   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .188
Graig Nettles         19   67   11   12   4   1   1    6   4   2   14   19  .179
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             4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .333
Tommy Sandt            5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Billy North           23   93   19   30   0   2   0    5  12   3    8   12  .323
Joe Rudi              21   80   13   25   8   0   4   26   0   0   11   12  .313
Claudell Washington   23   93   16   23   5   1   0   10   8   3    7   15  .247
Larry Haney           15   41    4   10   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    8  .244
Phil Garner           23   81    8   19   6   1   0   11   3   1    6   13  .235
Sal Bando             23   86    8   17   4   0   4   13   1   0    8    8  .198
Bert Campaneris       23   80    6   15   0   0   0    2   6   2    8   18  .188
Billy Williams        18   60    4   11   1   0   1    5   0   1    7   10  .183
Don Baylor            23   84   11   14   1   1   2   10   6   3   12   10  .167
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
Cesar Tovar           10   13    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .154
Ken McMullen          16   22    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .136
Matt Alexander         8    1    2    0   0   0   0    0   2   1    0    0  .000
Larry Lintz            9    1    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)           93
  C. Washington (OAK)      93
  M. Rivers (NY)           90
  J. Remy (CAL)            89
  B. Bochte (CAL)          88
  B. Melton (CAL)          87
  S. Bando (OAK)           86
  D. Chalk (CAL)           85
  D. Baylor (OAK)          84
  T. Munson (NY)           83

Runs Scored:

  B. North (OAK)           19
  M. Rivers (NY)           17
  C. Washington (OAK)      16
  B. Bell (CLE)            15
  J. Remy (CAL)            15
  R. White (NY)            15
  R. Leflore (DET)         14
  A. Otis (KC)             14
  W. Randolph (NY)         14
  R. Carty (CLE)           13

Hits:

  C. Chambliss (NY)        33
  B. North (OAK)           30
  B. Bochte (CAL)          28
  M. Rivers (NY)           28
  R. Carty (CLE)           27
  T. Munson (NY)           27
  B. Bell (CLE)            26
  J. Rudi (OAK)            25
  F. Lynn (BOS)            24
  R. Manning (CLE)         24

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
  P. Blair (BAL)            5
  B. Bochte (CAL)           5

Triples:

  L. Piniella (NY)          3
  F. Lynn (BOS)             2
  B. North (OAK)            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

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  J. Rudi (OAK)            26
  W. Horton (DET)          20
  C. Chambliss (NY)        19
  B. Melton (CAL)          16
  M. Rivers (NY)           16
  B. Bochte (CAL)          15
  T. Munson (NY)           15
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       14
  R. Carty (CLE)           14
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        14

Stolen Bases:

  B. North (OAK)           12
  M. Rivers (NY)           12
  W. Randolph (NY)         10
  R. Carew (MIN)            8
  R. Leflore (DET)          8
  J. Remy (CAL)             8
  C. Washington (OAK)       8
  F. Patek (KC)             7
  R. White (NY)             7
  D. Baylor (OAK)           6

Caught Stealing:

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

Walks:

  D. Collins (CAL)         15
  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  G. Nettles (NY)          14
  B. Grich (BAL)           13
  R. White (NY)            13
  D. Baylor (OAK)          12
  B. Bell (CLE)            12
  R. Carew (MIN)           12
  A. Otis (KC)             12
  R. Smalley (TEX)         12

Strikeouts:

  D. Ford (MIN)            24
  G. Nettles (NY)          19
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      18
  D. Chalk (CAL)           18
  J. Rice (BOS)            17
  T. Grieve (TEX)          15
  G. Scott (MIL)           15
  R. Smalley (TEX)         15
  C. Washington (OAK)      15
  S. Lezcano (MIL)         14

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