Sunday May 9, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 9, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         750  119   214   33   10   15   107   39   10   68    87  .285
Detroit          660   96   188   33    3   14    90   12    8   63    78  .285
Texas            716   98   196   22    4   19    87    6    3   69   109  .274
Cleveland        740  102   197   26    6   12    91   25    5   85   105  .266
Boston           662   90   173   34    6   18    83   10    7   71    98  .261
Minnesota        684   83   171   22    4   12    76   19    6   62    96  .250
Kansas City      607   81   150   26    5    7    76   26   12   67    68  .247
Milwaukee        551   66   134   21    4    8    64    4   12   56   104  .243
Chicago          599   65   142   21    2   11    59   14    4   51    72  .237
California       840   91   197   39    2   10    85   27   12  114   136  .235
Oakland          841  108   190   29    5   13    97   47   18   95   122  .226
Baltimore        716   56   143   24    2   11    48   21    7   71   129  .200

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Fred Lynn (BOS)          16   59   10   25   3   2   2    7   0   2    8    8  .424
Chris Chambliss (NY)     21   92   13   35   4   0   3   19   0   0    3    8  .380
Lyman Bostock (MIN)      18   63    9   23   1   0   1    7   2   1    3    4  .365
Willie Horton (DET)      19   70   15   25   2   0   6   21   0   0   12   12  .357
Bobby Bonds (CAL)        17   60   12   21   2   0   3    8   7   2   13   14  .350
Rusty Staub (DET)        19   66    9   23   5   0   2   14   0   0   13    3  .349
Rico Carty (CLE)         22   82   14   28   6   0   3   14   0   0    9   10  .342
Robin Yount (MIL)        17   60    9   20   2   0   0    4   1   2    7   10  .333
Buddy Bell (CLE)         22   82   16   27   3   0   2   10   1   1   14    9  .329
Thurman Munson (NY)      21   92   14   30   5   0   3   19   4   1    1    3  .326

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee May               14   46    7   13   2   0   3    8   0   0    3   15  .283
Reggie Jackson         5   18    1    5   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    4  .278
Tony Muser            17   53    5   14   1   0   0    5   0   0    7    2  .264
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
Al Bumbry             18   61    7   13   5   1   1    3   6   0    9   15  .213
Bobby Grich           17   57    8   12   2   0   1    4   2   2   13    6  .211
Dave Duncan           10   38    0    8   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    8  .211
Mark Belanger         22   69    3   14   2   0   0    2   3   3    3    9  .203
Paul Blair            22   79    8   16   5   0   0    3   6   0    7   13  .203
Brooks Robinson       21   76    3   13   1   1   1    4   0   0    2    8  .171
Ken Singleton         22   79    5   12   1   0   1    5   0   1   10    9  .152
Doug DeCinces         11   33    2    5   2   0   1    1   0   0    4   13  .152
Ellie Hendricks       14   43    1    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    8  .140
Royle Stillman         8   11    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .091
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          7   15    4    9   3   0   0    3   0   1    3    1  .600
Fred Lynn             16   59   10   25   3   2   2    7   0   2    8    8  .424
Doug Griffin           6   18    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .278
Dwight Evans          20   71   11   19   7   0   3   12   0   0    8   15  .268
Carlton Fisk          20   77   12   20   2   0   3    8   0   1    5   10  .260
Rico Petrocelli       17   58    4   15   3   0   2   11   0   2    6    4  .259
Rick Miller            6   16    1    4   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .250
Bob Montgomery         1    4    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Denny Doyle           18   64    6   15   4   0   0    8   4   0    2    5  .234
Carl Yastrzemski      19   64   12   15   3   0   2    8   2   1   13    6  .234
Jim Rice              20   73   13   17   1   2   3   11   1   0    8   17  .233
Rick Burleson         19   63    5   14   3   0   0    5   2   0    7    4  .222
Bob Heise              2    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Bernie Carbo           9   33    3    6   1   0   2    5   0   0    3   10  .182
Deron Johnson         10   28    3    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    5    8  .179
Cecil Cooper           4   14    2    2   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    6  .143

 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           17   60   12   21   2   0   3    8   7   2   13   14  .350
Bruce Bochte          26   95    7   30   5   0   0   16   1   2   12    9  .316
Dave Chalk            26   92   10   24   4   1   0    5   0   0    9   20  .261
Jerry Remy            26   99   16   23   2   0   0    5   9   1   10   10  .232
Leroy Stanton         21   56    4   13   7   0   0    5   2   2   10   10  .232
Orlando Ramirez       25   58    2   13   1   0   0    4   2   1    6   10  .224
Bill Melton           26   93   10   20   8   0   3   16   1   0   10   13  .215
Rusty Torres          25   85   10   18   5   1   2    9   1   0   12   11  .212
Dave Collins          19   52    7   11   0   0   0    4   4   3   15   14  .212
Andy Etchebarren      20   50    3    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    6  .180
Ed Herrmann           16   35    4    5   2   0   2    7   0   0    3    5  .143
Joe Lahoud            17   35    2    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .143
Paul Dade              9    7    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .143
Ron Jackson            8    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    2  .143
Adrian Garrett         8    8    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pete Varney            9   28    4    9   2   0   3    4   0   0    0    5  .321
Brian Downing         10   31    5    9   0   0   2    4   0   0    5    6  .290
Jorge Orta            18   70    9   20   4   0   2    8   3   0    4    8  .286
Jim Spencer           18   57    6   16   4   0   1   13   2   1    7    2  .281
Buddy Bradford        13   33    6    9   2   0   1    5   2   0    5   10  .273
Bucky Dent            18   63    8   16   2   0   0    5   1   2    7    3  .254
Ralph Garr            17   64    6   16   2   1   0    1   0   0    1    5  .250
Jim Essian             4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Jack Brohamer         16   50    4   11   1   1   1    6   0   1    3    8  .220
Cleon Jones           12   40    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .200
Bill Stein             7   15    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Chet Lemon            14   47    4    9   0   0   0    3   2   0    3    6  .192
Pat Kelly             10   33    4    6   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    6  .182
Carlos May            15   47    6    8   1   0   0    3   4   0    9    3  .170
Lamar Johnson          5    9    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .111
Sam Ewing              3    8    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            22   82   14   28   6   0   3   14   0   0    9   10  .342
Buddy Bell            22   82   16   27   3   0   2   10   1   1   14    9  .329
Alan Ashby            20   64   12   19   1   1   1   12   0   0    7   13  .297
George Hendrick       22   85   13   25   6   1   5   16   2   0    5   12  .294
Rick Manning          22   91   12   25   3   1   1    7   6   1   12   15  .275
Doug Howard           12   30    5    8   3   0   0    7   1   0    0    3  .267
Frank Duffy           22   68    5   17   1   1   0    6   4   0    3   10  .250
Charlie Spikes        21   75    9   16   1   1   0    5   2   2    9   10  .213
Boog Powell            8   24    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    7    3  .208
Duane Kuiper          22   84    7   17   1   1   0   10   5   0    9   15  .202
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              5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .125
Frank Robinson         3    3    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
Mickey Stanley         6   10    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .400
Ron Leflore           14   57   15   22   5   1   0    6   9   2    5   12  .386
Willie Horton         19   70   15   25   2   0   6   21   0   0   12   12  .357
John Wockenfuss        7   20    4    7   3   0   0    3   0   2    4    3  .350
Rusty Staub           19   66    9   23   5   0   2   14   0   0   13    3  .349
Jason Thompson        11   45    5   15   3   0   1    8   0   0    3    7  .333
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     19   74   12   19   5   0   2    7   0   1    5    8  .257
Alex Johnson          19   81    9   20   2   1   1   11   1   1    2   10  .247
Gary Sutherland       15   53    6   12   3   1   0    3   0   1    2    6  .226
Tom Veryzer           19   68    5   15   0   0   0    7   0   1    4    7  .221
Ben Oglivie           10   19    1    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    1    2  .211
Dan Meyer             11   29    6    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .172
Jerry Manuel           8   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        3    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         18   54    9   20   4   0   0    7   9   1    9    3  .370
Bob Stinson            5    9    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .333
Jamie Quirk            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .333
George Brett          19   74   11   24   3   1   0    4   1   3    6    7  .324
Buck Martinez         10   30    3    9   2   0   2    5   0   0    0    4  .300
Amos Otis             19   67   17   20   5   1   3   12   3   1   12   13  .299
Dave Nelson            3    7    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    0  .286
Cookie Rojas           9   15    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    0  .267
Jim Wohlford          15   46    6   11   2   0   0    2   5   2    1    3  .239
Hal McRae             19   72    7   16   2   1   1   13   2   2    7    4  .222
Tom Poquette           6    9    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .222
Tony Solaita           4    9    1    2   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .222
Al Cowens             19   75   10   15   2   1   0    7   2   1    3    6  .200
John Mayberry         19   63    7   11   1   0   1   13   1   0   15    8  .175
Frank White           19   53    3    8   2   0   0    3   1   2    2    7  .151
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
Robin Yount           17   60    9   20   2   0   0    4   1   2    7   10  .333
Don Money             17   66   11   21   6   0   3   13   0   4    8    9  .318
Sixto Lezcano         17   58    6   17   3   1   0    8   1   1    5   15  .293
Gorman Thomas         10    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    1  .286
Hank Aaron            15   56    2   15   1   0   1    5   0   1    3   12  .268
Bob Hansen             1    4    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .250
George Scott          17   66    7   15   2   1   1   11   0   1    5   18  .227
Darrell Porter        17   61    7   13   1   0   0    4   1   0    7    8  .213
Charlie Moore         17   49    9   10   2   1   2    7   0   0   14    9  .204
Pedro Garcia          17   50    6    9   3   1   0    5   1   1    3   10  .180
Bobby Darwin          13   39    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    9  .180
Bill Sharp             9   27    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    1  .148
Mike Hegan             3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Tim Johnson            4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Kurt Bevacqua          4    2    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lyman Bostock         18   63    9   23   1   0   1    7   2   1    3    4  .365
Craig Kusick          11   25    5    9   3   0   2    9   0   0    2    4  .360
Luis Gomez             3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Rod Carew             20   77   14   25   7   1   1    7   8   2   13    9  .325
Larry Hisle           20   78   13   20   2   0   1   10   3   1    8   13  .256
Phil Roof              2    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Danny Thompson        20   69    5   17   2   0   0    3   1   1    3    2  .246
Butch Wynegar         20   70    6   16   0   2   3    8   0   0   10    9  .229
Steve Braun           16   57    3   13   2   0   0    8   1   1    6    6  .228
Dan Ford              20   80   12   18   1   1   4   12   2   0    3   26  .225
Bob Randall           13   32    4    7   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    2  .219
Dave McKay            20   69    6   15   2   0   0    6   0   0    6   16  .217
Jerry Terrell         13   30    5    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .167
Steve Brye             6   20    0    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    0    3  .050
Tony Oliva             8    7    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       21   92   13   35   4   0   3   19   0   0    3    8  .380
Thurman Munson        21   92   14   30   5   0   3   19   4   1    1    3  .326
Roy White             21   86   17   28   4   1   2   12   7   3   14   12  .326
Fred Stanley          10   22    5    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    4    3  .318
Mickey Rivers         21   99   21   30   5   2   1   16  12   1    2    5  .303
Willie Randolph       21   70   14   20   2   0   1    7  10   1   11    8  .286
Lou Piniella          19   76    9   20   4   3   1   12   0   1    5    8  .263
Otto Velez             8   17    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .235
Oscar Gamble          17   57    8   13   3   1   2    7   1   0    4    7  .228
Jim Mason             16   45    5   10   1   1   1    5   0   0    4    8  .222
Rick Dempsey           6   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .188
Graig Nettles         21   75   12   14   5   1   1    6   4   2   15   20  .187
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             6    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .333
Tommy Sandt            5    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Rudi              23   87   13   27   8   0   4   27   0   0   12   13  .310
Billy North           25  102   20   31   0   2   0    5  13   3    9   13  .304
Claudell Washington   23   93   16   23   5   1   0   10   8   3    7   15  .247
Larry Haney           17   45    4   11   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    8  .244
Phil Garner           25   88    9   21   7   1   1   14   3   1    7   15  .239
Bert Campaneris       25   87    6   17   1   0   0    4   6   2    9   19  .195
Ken McMullen          18   26    3    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .192
Sal Bando             25   94   10   18   4   0   4   13   1   0    9    9  .192
Billy Williams        19   64    5   12   1   0   2    6   0   1    7   10  .188
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
Don Baylor            25   92   11   15   1   1   2   11   7   3   12   10  .163
Cesar Tovar           12   21    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .095
Matt Alexander         9    2    3    0   0   0   0    0   3   1    0    0  .000
Larry Lintz           11    1    3    0   0   0   0    0   5   1    1    0  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Ellis            11   31    4   13   2   0   1    8   0   0    0    4  .419
Bill Fahey             2    5    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Gene Clines            8    9    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .333
Mike Hargrove         20   76   14   24   4   1   2   15   0   0    8   13  .316
Toby Harrah           18   65    8   20   3   1   3    8   0   0   13    6  .308
Roy Howell            20   71    9   21   2   0   1    9   0   0    5   12  .296
Mike Cubbage           8   14    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    2  .286
Jeff Burroughs        21   82   15   23   2   0   5   15   0   0    6    9  .281
Tom Grieve            20   79   11   22   1   1   5   12   0   0    2   16  .279
Juan Beniquez         20   82    9   21   2   0   0    1   0   0    2   10  .256
Roy Smalley           20   58    5   13   2   0   0    6   0   0   16   16  .224
Len Randle            20   76   10   17   1   1   1    9   5   2    6    9  .224
Jim Sundberg          17   50    6   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    2    6  .200
Dave Moates           11    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .200
Jim Fregosi            6   13    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .154

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. North (OAK)          102
  J. Remy (CAL)            99
  M. Rivers (NY)           99
  B. Bochte (CAL)          95
  S. Bando (OAK)           94
  B. Melton (CAL)          93
  C. Washington (OAK)      93
  D. Baylor (OAK)          92
  D. Chalk (CAL)           92
  C. Chambliss (NY)        92

Runs Scored:

  M. Rivers (NY)           21
  B. North (OAK)           20
  A. Otis (KC)             17
  R. White (NY)            17
  B. Bell (CLE)            16
  J. Remy (CAL)            16
  C. Washington (OAK)      16
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       15
  W. Horton (DET)          15
  R. Leflore (DET)         15

Hits:

  C. Chambliss (NY)        35
  B. North (OAK)           31
  B. Bochte (CAL)          30
  T. Munson (NY)           30
  M. Rivers (NY)           30
  R. Carty (CLE)           28
  R. White (NY)            28
  B. Bell (CLE)            27
  J. Rudi (OAK)            27
  R. Carew (MIN)           25

Doubles:

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

Triples:

  L. Piniella (NY)          3
  F. Lynn (BOS)             2
  B. North (OAK)            2
  J. Rice (BOS)             2
  M. Rivers (NY)            2
  B. Wynegar (MIN)          2
  A. Ashby (CLE)            1
  D. Baylor (OAK)           1
  G. Brett (KC)             1
  J. Brohamer (CHI)         1

Home Runs:

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

RBI:

  J. Rudi (OAK)            27
  W. Horton (DET)          21
  C. Chambliss (NY)        19
  T. Munson (NY)           19
  B. Bochte (CAL)          16
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        16
  B. Melton (CAL)          16
  M. Rivers (NY)           16
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       15
  M. Hargrove (TEX)        15

Stolen Bases:

  B. North (OAK)           13
  M. Rivers (NY)           12
  W. Randolph (NY)         10
  R. Leflore (DET)          9
  F. Patek (KC)             9
  J. Remy (CAL)             9
  R. Carew (MIN)            8
  C. Washington (OAK)       8
  D. Baylor (OAK)           7
  B. Bonds (CAL)            7

Caught Stealing:

  D. Money (MIL)            4
  D. Baylor (OAK)           3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         3
  G. Brett (KC)             3
  D. Collins (CAL)          3
  B. North (OAK)            3
  C. Washington (OAK)       3
  R. White (NY)             3
  B. Bochte (CAL)           2
  B. Bonds (CAL)            2

Walks:

  R. Smalley (TEX)         16
  D. Collins (CAL)         15
  J. Mayberry (KC)         15
  G. Nettles (NY)          15
  B. Bell (CLE)            14
  C. Moore (MIL)           14
  R. White (NY)            14
  B. Bonds (CAL)           13
  R. Carew (MIN)           13
  B. Grich (BAL)           13

Strikeouts:

  D. Ford (MIN)            26
  D. Chalk (CAL)           20
  G. Nettles (NY)          20
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      19
  G. Scott (MIL)           18
  J. Rice (BOS)            17
  T. Grieve (TEX)          16
  D. McKay (MIN)           16
  R. Smalley (TEX)         16
  A. Bumbry (BAL)          15


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