Monday May 10, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 10, 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            753  104   203   23    4   19    93    6    3   75   116  .270
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
Kansas City      645   85   163   29    6    8    80   28   15   70    77  .253
Minnesota        721   88   182   26    5   13    81   20    7   64    99  .252
Milwaukee        551   66   134   21    4    8    64    4   12   56   104  .243
Chicago          644   72   154   23    2   14    65   14    4   54    78  .239
California       871   94   203   40    3   11    88   30   12  115   146  .233
Oakland          870  114   197   30    6   14   103   51   19  100   134  .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)      19   64    9   24   1   0   1    8   2   1    3    4  .375
Freddie Patek (KC)       19   58   10   21   4   1   0    8   9   1    9    4  .362
Bobby Bonds (CAL)        18   64   13   23   2   0   4   10   9   2   13   15  .359
Willie Horton (DET)      19   70   15   25   2   0   6   21   0   0   12   12  .357
Rusty Staub (DET)        19   66    9   23   5   0   2   14   0   0   13    3  .349
George Brett (KC)        20   79   11   27   4   1   0    4   1   4    6    7  .342
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

 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           18   64   13   23   2   0   4   10   9   2   13   15  .359
Bruce Bochte          27   99    7   30   5   0   0   16   1   2   12   12  .303
Dave Chalk            27   93   10   24   4   1   0    5   0   0    9   21  .258
Leroy Stanton         22   60    4   14   8   0   0    5   2   2   10   10  .233
Jerry Remy            27  103   17   24   2   1   0    5   9   1   10   10  .233
Orlando Ramirez       26   61    3   14   1   0   0    4   3   1    6   10  .230
Bill Melton           27   97   10   21   8   0   3   16   1   0   10   14  .217
Dave Collins          19   52    7   11   0   0   0    4   4   3   15   14  .212
Rusty Torres          26   88   10   18   5   1   2   10   1   0   12   12  .205
Andy Etchebarren      21   51    3    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .177
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
Ed Herrmann           17   36    4    5   2   0   2    7   0   0    3    6  .139
Ron Jackson            9    9    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    2    4  .111
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         11   34    5   10   0   0   2    4   0   0    7    6  .294
Buddy Bradford        14   38    6   11   2   0   1    6   2   0    5   11  .290
Jorge Orta            19   76   10   21   4   0   3    9   3   0    4    9  .276
Jim Spencer           19   62    7   17   4   0   1   13   2   1    7    4  .274
Ralph Garr            18   70    7   19   3   1   1    4   0   0    1    5  .271
Bucky Dent            19   68    8   18   3   0   0    5   1   2    7    3  .265
Jim Essian             4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Jack Brohamer         17   55    4   11   1   1   1    6   0   1    3    8  .200
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            15   48    4    9   0   0   0    3   2   0    3    7  .188
Pat Kelly             11   38    7    7   2   0   2    4   0   0    3    7  .184
Carlos May            16   51    7    9   1   0   0    3   4   0    9    3  .177
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         19   58   10   21   4   1   0    8   9   1    9    4  .362
George Brett          20   79   11   27   4   1   0    4   1   4    6    7  .342
Tony Solaita           5   13    2    4   3   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .308
Buck Martinez         10   30    3    9   2   0   2    5   0   0    0    4  .300
Amos Otis             20   71   18   21   5   1   4   13   3   1   13   14  .296
Dave Nelson            3    7    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    0  .286
Hal McRae             20   76    8   19   2   1   1   13   3   3    8    4  .250
Bob Stinson            6   12    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .250
Jamie Quirk            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250
Jim Wohlford          15   46    6   11   2   0   0    2   5   2    1    3  .239
Cookie Rojas          10   17    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    0  .235
Al Cowens             20   80   10   18   3   1   0    8   2   2    3    8  .225
Tom Poquette           7    9    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .222
John Mayberry         20   68    7   11   1   0   1   13   1   0   15   11  .162
Frank White           20   54    3    8   2   0   0    3   2   2    2    8  .148
Fran Healy             7   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         19   64    9   24   1   0   1    8   2   1    3    4  .375
Craig Kusick          12   29    6   10   3   0   3   11   0   0    3    4  .345
Luis Gomez             3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Rod Carew             21   81   14   26   7   1   1    7   8   3   14    9  .321
Larry Hisle           21   83   13   21   3   0   1   11   3   1    8   13  .253
Bob Randall           14   36    5    9   1   1   0    5   0   0    5    2  .250
Phil Roof              3    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Danny Thompson        21   73    6   18   2   0   0    3   1   1    3    2  .247
Dan Ford              21   83   13   19   2   1   4   12   2   0    3   27  .229
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
Dave McKay            21   73    6   16   2   0   0    6   1   0    6   16  .219
Jerry Terrell         14   30    6    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .167
Tony Oliva             9    8    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Steve Brye             7   23    0    1   0   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .044

 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              24   91   14   28   8   1   4   27   0   0   12   14  .308
Billy North           26  105   21   31   0   2   0    5  13   3   10   15  .295
Larry Haney           18   48    5   12   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    8  .250
Claudell Washington   24   97   16   24   6   1   0   12   8   3    7   15  .247
Phil Garner           26   91    9   21   7   1   1   14   3   1    7   18  .231
Bert Campaneris       26   90    6   19   1   0   0    6   8   2   10   19  .211
Sal Bando             26   98   11   19   4   0   5   15   1   0    9   12  .194
Ken McMullen          18   26    3    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .192
Billy Williams        20   67    5   12   1   0   2    6   0   2    8   13  .179
Don Baylor            26   94   13   16   1   1   2   11   9   3   14   10  .170
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
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
Bill Fahey             3    7    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .429
John Ellis            11   31    4   13   2   0   1    8   0   0    0    4  .419
Gene Clines            8    9    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .333
Toby Harrah           19   68    8   21   3   1   3    9   0   0   15    6  .309
Mike Hargrove         21   81   14   24   4   1   2   15   0   0    8   15  .296
Mike Cubbage           8   14    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    2  .286
Roy Howell            21   74   10   21   2   0   1    9   0   0    6   14  .284
Jeff Burroughs        22   87   15   24   2   0   5   15   0   0    6   11  .276
Tom Grieve            21   83   12   22   1   1   5   12   0   0    2   17  .265
Juan Beniquez         21   86    9   22   2   0   0    3   0   0    2   10  .256
Roy Smalley           21   61    7   14   2   0   0    6   0   0   18   16  .230
Len Randle            21   81   11   18   1   1   1   10   5   2    6    9  .222
Jim Sundberg          18   52    7   11   3   0   1    3   0   0    3    6  .212
Dave Moates           12    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .200
Jim Fregosi            7   14    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .143

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  B. North (OAK)          105
  J. Remy (CAL)           103
  B. Bochte (CAL)          99
  M. Rivers (NY)           99
  S. Bando (OAK)           98
  B. Melton (CAL)          97
  C. Washington (OAK)      97
  D. Baylor (OAK)          94
  D. Chalk (CAL)           93
  C. Chambliss (NY)        92

Runs Scored:

  B. North (OAK)           21
  M. Rivers (NY)           21
  A. Otis (KC)             18
  J. Remy (CAL)            17
  R. White (NY)            17
  B. Bell (CLE)            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
  J. Rudi (OAK)            28
  R. White (NY)            28
  B. Bell (CLE)            27
  G. Brett (KC)            27

Doubles:

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

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
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        5
  T. Grieve (TEX)           5
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         5
  B. Bonds (CAL)            4
  D. Ford (MIN)             4
  A. Otis (KC)              4
  J. Rudi (OAK)             4
  R. Carty (CLE)            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
  S. Bando (OAK)           15
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       15

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

  G. Brett (KC)             4
  D. Money (MIL)            4
  D. Baylor (OAK)           3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         3
  R. Carew (MIN)            3
  D. Collins (CAL)          3
  H. McRae (KC)             3
  B. North (OAK)            3
  C. Washington (OAK)       3
  R. White (NY)             3

Walks:

  R. Smalley (TEX)         18
  D. Collins (CAL)         15
  T. Harrah (TEX)          15
  J. Mayberry (KC)         15
  G. Nettles (NY)          15
  D. Baylor (OAK)          14
  B. Bell (CLE)            14
  R. Carew (MIN)           14
  C. Moore (MIL)           14
  R. White (NY)            14

Strikeouts:

  D. Ford (MIN)            27
  D. Chalk (CAL)           21
  G. Nettles (NY)          20
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      19
  P. Garner (OAK)          18
  G. Scott (MIL)           18
  T. Grieve (TEX)          17
  J. Rice (BOS)            17
  D. McKay (MIN)           16
  R. Smalley (TEX)         16


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