Wednesday May 12, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 12, 1976:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
New York         815  129   230   34   10   18   115   40   10   74    93  .282
Detroit          726  106   203   38    3   14    99   13    9   70    88  .280
Kansas City      722  108   197   36    7    9   101   30   15   76    87  .273
Texas            822  111   222   25    5   19   100   10    3   81   131  .270
Cleveland        814  110   217   33    6   13    98   26    8   88   114  .267
Boston           739   99   188   38    7   19    90   10    7   74   112  .254
Minnesota        795   96   199   28    6   13    88   22    7   70   106  .250
Chicago          680   77   165   25    3   15    70   14    5   60    79  .243
Milwaukee        615   74   146   24    4    9    72    5   14   70   114  .237
California       940   98   223   45    3   12    91   30   14  118   156  .237
Oakland          905  120   208   33    6   15   108   52   19  101   139  .230
Baltimore        788   69   164   26    3   13    61   25    8   77   141  .208

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Fred Lynn (BOS)          18   67   11   27   3   2   2    7   0   2    9   11  .403
Lyman Bostock (MIN)      21   73   10   28   2   1   1    9   2   1    4    4  .384
George Brett (KC)        22   87   14   33   4   1   0    7   2   4    7    7  .379
Ron Leflore (DET)        16   67   16   25   7   1   0    7  10   2    5   15  .373
Rico Carty (CLE)         24   89   16   33   9   0   3   16   0   0    9   10  .371
Chris Chambliss (NY)     23  100   14   36   4   0   3   20   0   0    3    8  .360
Bobby Bonds (CAL)        20   73   14   26   3   0   5   12   9   2   13   17  .356
Freddie Patek (KC)       21   64   11   22   4   1   0   10   9   1   10    5  .344
Rusty Staub (DET)        21   73   10   25   6   0   2   15   0   0   14    3  .343
Willie Horton (DET)      21   78   15   26   2   0   6   21   0   0   12   13  .333

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee May               16   54    8   16   2   0   4   12   0   0    3   16  .296
Reggie Jackson         7   27    3    8   3   0   1    6   1   0    2    6  .296
Tony Muser            19   54    5   14   1   0   0    5   0   0    7    2  .259
Al Bumbry             20   68   11   17   5   2   1    4   8   0   11   16  .250
Tommy Harper           7   17    2    4   0   0   1    1   2   0    3    5  .235
Mark Belanger         24   77    6   18   2   0   0    4   5   3    4   10  .234
Andres Mora           10   32    3    7   1   0   2    7   1   0    1   10  .219
Dave Duncan           11   42    1    9   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    8  .214
Bobby Grich           17   57    8   12   2   0   1    4   2   2   13    6  .211
Paul Blair            24   87    8   17   5   0   0    3   6   0    8   16  .195
Doug DeCinces         13   39    4    7   2   0   1    1   0   0    5   14  .180
Brooks Robinson       23   84    3   14   1   1   1    4   0   0    2    9  .167
Ken Singleton         24   87    5   14   2   0   1    7   0   2   11   10  .161
Ellie Hendricks       15   47    1    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    9  .128
Royle Stillman         9   12    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .083
Tom Shopay             2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Tim Nordbrook          9    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          9   23    5   11   4   0   0    3   0   1    3    1  .478
Fred Lynn             18   67   11   27   3   2   2    7   0   2    9   11  .403
Rick Miller            7   17    1    5   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .294
Carlton Fisk          22   86   15   23   2   1   4   12   0   1    5   12  .267
Doug Griffin           7   23    3    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .261
Rico Petrocelli       17   58    4   15   3   0   2   11   0   2    6    4  .259
Dwight Evans          22   79   11   20   8   0   3   12   0   0    9   17  .253
Bob Montgomery         1    4    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Denny Doyle           19   68    7   15   4   0   0    8   4   0    2    5  .221
Carl Yastrzemski      21   73   12   16   4   0   2    9   2   1   13    7  .219
Rick Burleson         21   69    5   15   3   0   0    6   2   0    8    6  .217
Jim Rice              22   79   13   17   1   2   3   11   1   0    8   20  .215
Bob Heise              4    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Bernie Carbo          10   36    3    7   2   0   2    6   0   0    3   11  .194
Deron Johnson         10   28    3    5   1   1   0    0   0   0    5    8  .179
Cecil Cooper           6   24    4    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    6  .167

 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           20   73   14   26   3   0   5   12   9   2   13   17  .356
Bruce Bochte          29  107    7   32   5   0   0   16   1   3   12   12  .299
Dave Chalk            27   93   10   24   4   1   0    5   0   0    9   21  .258
Leroy Stanton         24   67    4   16   8   0   0    5   2   2   11   12  .239
Andy Etchebarren      23   56    3   13   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .232
Jerry Remy            29  113   18   26   2   1   0    6   9   1   10   11  .230
Rusty Torres          28   96   11   22   6   1   2   10   1   0   12   14  .229
Orlando Ramirez       28   66    3   14   1   0   0    4   3   2    6   10  .212
Dave Collins          21   52    8   11   0   0   0    4   4   3   15   14  .212
Bill Melton           29  103   10   21   8   0   3   16   1   0   10   15  .204
Ed Herrmann           19   37    4    6   3   0   2    7   0   0    4    6  .162
Joe Lahoud            18   38    2    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    7  .158
Paul Dade             10    7    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .143
Ron Jackson           11   15    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    2    5  .133
Adrian Garrett         9    9    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           10   33    5   10   2   0   3    5   0   0    0    6  .303
Ralph Garr            19   73    8   21   4   2   1    4   0   0    3    5  .288
Brian Downing         12   39    5   11   0   0   2    5   0   0    7    6  .282
Bucky Dent            20   72    9   20   3   0   1    8   1   2    7    3  .278
Jorge Orta            20   80   11   22   4   0   3    9   3   0    5    9  .275
Buddy Bradford        15   40    7   11   2   0   1    6   2   0    7   11  .275
Jim Spencer           20   66    7   18   4   0   1   13   2   1    8    4  .273
Jim Essian             4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Chet Lemon            16   52    4   12   1   0   0    3   2   1    3    7  .231
Cleon Jones           12   40    2    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .200
Jack Brohamer         18   58    4   11   1   1   1    6   0   1    3    8  .190
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
Bill Stein             8   17    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .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              2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Rico Carty            24   89   16   33   9   0   3   16   0   0    9   10  .371
Alan Ashby            22   71   13   22   1   1   2   15   0   1    7   13  .310
Buddy Bell            24   91   18   28   3   0   2   11   1   1   15   11  .308
George Hendrick       24   93   14   27   6   1   5   16   2   0    5   13  .290
Doug Howard           14   31    5    9   3   0   0    7   1   0    0    3  .290
Rick Manning          24  100   13   26   4   1   1    7   6   1   13   17  .260
Frank Duffy           24   73    5   17   1   1   0    6   4   0    4   10  .233
Charlie Spikes        23   82    9   19   3   1   0    5   2   3    9   13  .232
Duane Kuiper          24   94    8   20   2   1   0   11   6   1    9   15  .213
Boog Powell            8   24    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    7    3  .208
John Lowenstein       14   38    4    7   1   0   0    2   3   0    5    2  .184
Larvell Blanks         7   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         4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Ron Pruitt             3    2    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         7   12    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .417
Ron Leflore           16   67   16   25   7   1   0    7  10   2    5   15  .373
Rusty Staub           21   73   10   25   6   0   2   15   0   0   14    3  .343
Willie Horton         21   78   15   26   2   0   6   21   0   0   12   13  .333
Jason Thompson        13   53    5   17   3   0   1    9   0   0    3    7  .321
John Wockenfuss        9   24    5    7   3   0   0    3   0   3    7    6  .292
Milt May               6   25    2    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .280
Bill Freehan          11   29    5    8   1   0   1    2   0   0    5    3  .276
Alex Johnson          20   84    9   21   2   1   1   12   1   1    2   10  .250
Aurelio Rodriguez     21   81   13   20   5   0   2    8   0   1    5    9  .247
Tom Veryzer           21   75    7   17   1   0   0    7   0   1    5    8  .227
Gary Sutherland       17   58    6   13   3   1   0    5   0   1    3    6  .224
Ben Oglivie           12   19    1    4   0   0   1    2   1   0    1    2  .211
Dan Meyer             13   32    8    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    6    2  .188
Jerry Manuel           9   13    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .154
Chuck Scrivener        4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Bruce Kimm             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
Jamie Quirk            5    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .400
George Brett          22   87   14   33   4   1   0    7   2   4    7    7  .379
Bob Stinson            7   16    3    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    0  .375
Tony Solaita           6   14    2    5   3   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .357
Freddie Patek         21   64   11   22   4   1   0   10   9   1   10    5  .344
Tom Poquette           9   19    4    6   3   1   0    7   0   0    2    3  .316
Amos Otis             22   81   21   25   5   1   5   15   3   1   13   15  .309
Buck Martinez         11   34    4   10   2   0   2    5   0   0    0    5  .294
Hal McRae             22   82   10   24   4   1   1   16   3   3    9    5  .293
Dave Nelson            3    7    1    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    2    0  .286
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             22   88   12   20   5   1   0   12   2   2    3    8  .227
John Mayberry         22   77    9   14   1   0   1   13   1   0   15   12  .182
Frank White           22   61    7   10   2   0   0    3   3   2    4    8  .164
Fran Healy             8   24    2    3   0   0   0    1   2   0    4   10  .125

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Robin Yount           19   66   12   21   2   0   0    4   1   3   10   10  .318
Don Money             19   74   12   21   6   0   3   13   0   5   10    9  .284
Sixto Lezcano         18   62    6   17   3   1   0    8   1   1    5   16  .274
Hank Aaron            17   62    3   16   2   0   1    6   0   1    6   14  .258
George Scott          19   74   10   19   3   1   2   14   0   1    5   19  .257
Gorman Thomas         12   14    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    1  .214
Darrell Porter        19   67    7   14   1   0   0    6   1   0   10   10  .209
Charlie Moore         19   53    9   11   2   1   2    7   1   0   16   11  .208
Kurt Bevacqua          5    5    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200
Pedro Garcia          18   53    6   10   3   1   0    5   1   1    3   10  .189
Bobby Darwin          14   43    3    8   2   0   1    4   0   0    3    9  .186
Bob Hansen             3    6    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .167
Bill Sharp            11   29    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   1    2    2  .138
Tim Johnson            5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Hegan             4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lyman Bostock         21   73   10   28   2   1   1    9   2   1    4    4  .384
Craig Kusick          13   30    6   10   3   0   3   11   0   0    3    4  .333
Luis Gomez             4    6    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Rod Carew             23   90   16   29   7   1   1    8  10   3   14    9  .322
Bob Randall           16   44    6   12   1   1   0    5   0   0    5    2  .273
Dave McKay            22   77    6   18   2   0   0    6   1   0    6   17  .234
Danny Thompson        22   77    6   18   2   0   0    3   1   1    3    3  .234
Larry Hisle           23   91   15   21   3   0   1   12   3   1    9   15  .231
Butch Wynegar         21   71    6   16   0   2   3    8   0   0   13    9  .225
Steve Braun           18   67    3   15   2   0   0   10   1   1    6    7  .224
Dan Ford              23   90   13   20   2   1   4   13   2   0    3   28  .222
Jerry Terrell         15   31    6    6   2   0   0    0   1   0    2    2  .194
Phil Roof              5   13    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .154
Tony Oliva             9    8    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Steve Brye             8   24    0    1   0   0   0    3   1   0    0    4  .042
Glenn Borgmann         1    3    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
Chris Chambliss       23  100   14   36   4   0   3   20   0   0    3    8  .360
Fred Stanley          11   24    5    8   0   1   0    2   0   0    5    3  .333
Roy White             23   92   19   29   4   1   2   13   7   3   16   13  .315
Thurman Munson        23  100   15   31   5   0   3   19   4   1    1    3  .310
Mickey Rivers         23  107   23   33   5   2   1   16  13   1    3    6  .308
Lou Piniella          21   83   10   24   4   3   2   14   0   1    5    8  .289
Willie Randolph       23   78   14   21   3   0   1    7  10   1   11    9  .269
Jim Mason             17   48    5   11   1   1   1    5   0   0    4    9  .229
Oscar Gamble          19   62    9   14   3   1   2    8   1   0    4    8  .226
Otto Velez             9   19    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    6    4  .211
Graig Nettles         23   82   14   16   5   1   3    9   4   2   16   20  .195
Rick Dempsey           6   16    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .188
Rich Coggins           5    3    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             7    8    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .375
Tommy Sandt            6    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Joe Rudi              25   95   14   30   9   1   4   28   0   0   12   15  .316
Billy North           27  110   22   32   0   2   0    5  13   3   10   16  .291
Larry Haney           19   50    5   13   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    8  .260
Claudell Washington   25  102   16   26   6   1   0   12   8   3    7   15  .255
Phil Garner           27   94    9   22   7   1   1   14   3   1    7   18  .234
Ken McMullen          19   27    4    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .222
Bert Campaneris       27   94    7   20   2   0   0    6   8   2   10   20  .213
Sal Bando             27  100   11   20   5   0   5   15   1   0    9   12  .200
Billy Williams        21   70    5   12   1   0   2    6   0   2    9   14  .171
Gene Tenace           10   30    4    5   1   0   0    2   1   2   10    6  .167
Don Baylor            27   97   13   16   1   1   2   11   9   3   14   10  .165
Cesar Tovar           13   22    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .091
Matt Alexander        10    2    4    0   0   0   0    0   3   1    0    0  .000
Larry Lintz           12    1    4    0   0   0   0    0   6   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            9    9    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .333
Toby Harrah           21   74    8   23   4   1   3   11   0   0   17    7  .311
Roy Howell            23   81   11   24   2   0   1    9   0   0    6   17  .296
Mike Hargrove         23   89   16   26   4   1   2   15   0   0    9   18  .292
Mike Cubbage           8   14    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    2  .286
Roy Smalley           23   69    8   19   2   0   0    6   1   0   18   16  .275
Jeff Burroughs        24   95   15   26   2   0   5   17   0   0    6   14  .274
Juan Beniquez         23   96   10   25   2   1   0    3   1   0    2   10  .260
Tom Grieve            23   90   12   23   2   1   5   12   1   0    3   19  .256
Len Randle            23   88   12   19   1   1   1   12   6   2    8    9  .216
Dave Moates           14    5    3    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .200
Jim Sundberg          20   60    7   11   3   0   1    3   0   0    3    9  .183
Jim Fregosi            7   14    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .143

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  J. Remy (CAL)           113
  B. North (OAK)          110
  B. Bochte (CAL)         107
  M. Rivers (NY)          107
  B. Melton (CAL)         103
  C. Washington (OAK)     102
  S. Bando (OAK)          100
  C. Chambliss (NY)       100
  R. Manning (CLE)        100
  T. Munson (NY)          100

Runs Scored:

  M. Rivers (NY)           23
  B. North (OAK)           22
  A. Otis (KC)             21
  R. White (NY)            19
  B. Bell (CLE)            18
  J. Remy (CAL)            18
  R. Carew (MIN)           16
  R. Carty (CLE)           16
  M. Hargrove (TEX)        16
  R. Leflore (DET)         16

Hits:

  C. Chambliss (NY)        36
  G. Brett (KC)            33
  R. Carty (CLE)           33
  M. Rivers (NY)           33
  B. Bochte (CAL)          32
  B. North (OAK)           32
  T. Munson (NY)           31
  J. Rudi (OAK)            30
  R. Carew (MIN)           29
  R. White (NY)            29

Doubles:

  R. Carty (CLE)            9
  J. Rudi (OAK)             9
  D. Evans (BOS)            8
  B. Melton (CAL)           8
  L. Stanton (CAL)          8
  R. Carew (MIN)            7
  P. Garner (OAK)           7
  R. Leflore (DET)          7
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         6
  D. Money (MIL)            6

Triples:

  L. Piniella (NY)          3
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           2
  R. Garr (CHI)             2
  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

Home Runs:

  W. Horton (DET)           6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  B. Bonds (CAL)            5
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        5
  T. Grieve (TEX)           5
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         5
  A. Otis (KC)              5
  C. Fisk (BOS)             4
  D. Ford (MIN)             4
  L. May (BAL)              4

RBI:

  J. Rudi (OAK)            28
  W. Horton (DET)          21
  C. Chambliss (NY)        20
  T. Munson (NY)           19
  J. Burroughs (TEX)       17
  B. Bochte (CAL)          16
  R. Carty (CLE)           16
  G. Hendrick (CLE)        16
  H. McRae (KC)            16
  B. Melton (CAL)          16

Stolen Bases:

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

Caught Stealing:

  D. Money (MIL)            5
  G. Brett (KC)             4
  D. Baylor (OAK)           3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         3
  B. Bochte (CAL)           3
  R. Carew (MIN)            3
  D. Collins (CAL)          3
  H. McRae (KC)             3
  B. North (OAK)            3
  C. Spikes (CLE)           3

Walks:

  R. Smalley (TEX)         18
  T. Harrah (TEX)          17
  C. Moore (MIL)           16
  G. Nettles (NY)          16
  R. White (NY)            16
  B. Bell (CLE)            15
  D. Collins (CAL)         15
  J. Mayberry (KC)         15
  D. Baylor (OAK)          14
  R. Carew (MIN)           14

Strikeouts:

  D. Ford (MIN)            28
  D. Chalk (CAL)           21
  B. Campaneris (OAK)      20
  G. Nettles (NY)          20
  J. Rice (BOS)            20
  T. Grieve (TEX)          19
  G. Scott (MIL)           19
  P. Garner (OAK)          18
  M. Hargrove (TEX)        18
  B. Bonds (CAL)           17


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