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1970 American League Batting Leaders

1969 Season 1971 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 973 games, 12 teams, approx. 162 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Rod Carew	24	MIN	Maj	MIN	51	204	191	27	70	12	3	4	28	4	6	11	28	.367	.407	.524	.931	100	1	2	0	0	0
2	Alex Johnson	27	CAL	Maj	CAL	156	659	614	85	202	26	6	14	86	17	2	35	68	.329	.370	.459	.830	282	25	7	0	3	9
3	Carl Yastrzemski	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	161	697	566	125	186	29	0	40	102	23	13	128	66	.329	.452	.592	1.044	335	12	1	0	2	12
4	Tony Oliva	31	MIN	Maj	MIN	157	674	628	96	204	36	7	23	107	5	4	38	67	.325	.364	.514	.878	323	16	3	1	4	12
5	Merv Rettenmund	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	106	385	338	60	109	17	2	18	58	13	7	38	59	.323	.394	.544	.938	184	8	3	4	2	1
6	Joe Keough*	24	KCA	Maj	KCR	57	210	183	28	59	6	2	4	21	1	1	23	18	.322	.396	.443	.839	81	6	0	3	1	3
7	Chuck Hinton	36	CLE	Maj	CLE	107	224	195	24	62	4	0	9	29	0	2	25	34	.318	.392	.477	.869	93	3	0	2	2	1
8	Duane Josephson	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	96	317	285	28	90	12	1	4	41	0	1	24	28	.316	.370	.407	.777	116	10	3	1	4	2
9	Luis Aparicio	36	CHA	Maj	CHW	146	616	552	86	173	29	3	5	43	8	3	53	34	.313	.372	.404	.776	223	11	1	5	5	1
10	Joe Rudi	23	OAK	Maj	OAK	106	375	350	40	108	23	2	11	42	3	1	16	61	.309	.341	.480	.821	168	11	2	5	2	1
11	Ray Fosse	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	120	497	450	62	138	17	1	18	61	1	5	39	55	.307	.361	.469	.830	211	9	1	4	3	5
12	Frank Robinson	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	132	553	471	88	144	24	1	25	78	2	1	69	70	.306	.398	.520	.918	245	13	7	0	6	9
13	Willie Horton	27	DET	Maj	DET	96	404	371	53	113	18	2	17	69	0	1	28	43	.305	.354	.501	.855	186	7	2	0	3	6
14	Reggie Smith	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	147	640	580	109	176	32	7	22	74	10	7	51	60	.303	.361	.497	.858	288	13	4	0	5	1
15	Thurman Munson	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	132	526	453	59	137	25	4	6	53	5	7	57	56	.302	.386	.415	.801	188	13	7	5	4	6
16	Danny Cater	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	155	621	582	64	175	26	5	6	76	4	2	34	44	.301	.340	.394	.734	229	19	2	1	2	6
17	Lou Piniella	26	KCA	Maj	KCR	144	586	542	54	163	24	5	11	88	3	6	35	42	.301	.343	.424	.767	230	15	2	2	5	6
18	César Tovar	29	MIN	Maj	MIN	161	726	650	120	195	36	13	10	54	30	15	52	47	.300	.356	.442	.798	287	9	8	10	6	5
19	Boog Powell	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	154	643	526	82	156	28	0	35	114	1	1	104	80	.297	.412	.549	.962	289	14	5	0	8	18
20	Tommy Harper	29	MIL	Maj	MIL	154	692	604	104	179	35	4	31	82	38	16	77	107	.296	.377	.522	.899	315	8	4	3	4	5
21	George Scott	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	127	530	480	50	142	24	5	16	63	4	11	44	95	.296	.355	.467	.821	224	13	2	0	4	5
22	Roy White	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	162	712	609	109	180	30	6	22	94	24	10	95	66	.296	.387	.473	.860	288	13	0	1	7	11
23	Brant Alyea	29	MIN	Maj	MIN	94	290	258	34	75	12	1	16	61	3	3	28	51	.291	.366	.531	.897	137	12	3	0	1	0
24	Tommy Davis	31	OAK	Maj	OAK	66	213	200	17	58	9	1	1	27	2	4	8	18	.290	.318	.360	.678	72	4	1	2	2	1
25	Rick Monday*	24	OAK	Maj	OAK	112	442	376	63	109	19	7	10	37	17	11	58	99	.290	.387	.457	.844	172	8	2	5	1	0
26	Gail Hopkins	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	116	321	287	32	82	8	1	6	29	0	0	28	19	.286	.346	.383	.729	110	5	1	0	5	5
27	Vada Pinson*	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	148	611	574	74	164	28	6	24	82	7	6	28	69	.286	.319	.481	.800	276	12	3	0	6	7
28	Carlos May	22	CHA	Maj	CHW	150	643	555	83	158	28	4	12	68	12	5	79	96	.285	.373	.414	.788	230	25	3	0	6	9
29	Amos Otis	23	KCA	Maj	KCR	159	700	620	91	176	36	9	11	58	33	2	68	67	.284	.353	.424	.777	263	8	1	6	5	3
30	Ed Herrmann	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	96	333	297	42	84	9	0	19	52	0	1	31	41	.283	.357	.505	.862	150	5	3	2	0	3
31	Frank Howard	33	WS2	Maj	WSA	161	706	566	90	160	15	1	44	126	1	2	132	125	.283	.416	.546	.962	309	23	2	0	6	29
32	Davey Johnson	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	149	600	530	68	149	27	1	10	53	2	1	66	68	.281	.360	.393	.753	208	11	0	3	1	8
33	Bert Campaneris	28	OAK	Maj	OAK	147	650	603	97	168	28	4	22	64	42	10	36	73	.279	.322	.448	.769	270	5	4	3	4	1
34	Ted Savage	34	MIL	Maj	MIL	114	343	276	43	77	10	5	12	50	10	6	57	44	.279	.402	.482	.884	133	6	2	5	3	1
35	Jim Fregosi	28	CAL	Maj	CAL	158	679	601	95	167	33	5	22	82	0	2	69	92	.278	.353	.459	.812	276	7	3	2	4	3
36	Al Kaline	35	DET	Maj	DET	131	555	467	64	130	24	4	16	71	2	2	77	49	.278	.377	.450	.827	210	20	1	3	7	5
37	Ken Berry	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	141	515	463	45	128	12	2	7	50	6	4	43	61	.277	.344	.356	.701	165	19	6	1	2	10
38	Brooks Robinson	33	BAL	Maj	BAL	158	673	608	84	168	31	4	18	94	1	1	53	53	.276	.335	.429	.764	261	18	4	1	7	5
39	Jim Spencer*	22	CAL	Maj	CAL	146	550	511	61	140	20	4	12	68	0	2	28	61	.274	.309	.399	.708	204	9	0	6	5	6
40	Don Buford	33	BAL	Maj	BAL	144	629	504	99	137	15	2	17	66	16	8	109	55	.272	.406	.411	.817	207	1	8	3	5	8
41	Felipe Alou	35	OAK	Maj	OAK	154	618	575	70	156	25	3	8	55	10	5	32	31	.271	.308	.367	.675	211	13	1	4	6	6
42	Billy Conigliaro	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	114	444	398	59	108	16	3	18	58	3	7	35	73	.271	.339	.462	.801	184	12	7	1	3	0
43	Harmon Killebrew	34	MIN	Maj	MIN	157	665	527	96	143	20	1	41	113	0	3	128	84	.271	.411	.547	.957	288	28	2	0	8	23
44	Tony Horton	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	115	452	413	48	111	19	3	17	59	3	2	30	54	.269	.321	.453	.774	187	18	4	0	5	5
45	Ted Uhlaender	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	141	524	473	56	127	21	2	11	46	3	6	39	44	.269	.321	.391	.712	185	6	1	3	8	3
46	Roy Foster	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	139	545	477	66	128	26	0	23	60	3	3	54	75	.268	.357	.468	.824	223	15	12	1	1	4
47	Paul Schaal	27	KCA	Maj	KCR	124	427	380	50	102	12	3	5	35	7	4	43	39	.268	.343	.355	.698	135	10	1	1	2	1
48	Paul Blair	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	133	548	480	79	128	24	2	18	65	24	11	56	93	.267	.344	.438	.782	210	9	3	5	4	1
49	Jim Holt	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	142	341	319	37	85	9	3	3	40	3	1	17	32	.267	.300	.342	.642	109	9	0	1	4	3
50	Tony Conigliaro	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	146	617	560	89	149	20	1	36	116	4	2	43	93	.266	.324	.498	.822	279	11	8	0	6	4
51	Ed Stroud	30	WS2	Maj	WSA	129	479	433	69	115	11	5	5	32	29	8	40	79	.266	.331	.349	.680	151	13	3	2	1	2
52	Jerry Moses	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	92	340	315	26	83	18	1	6	35	1	1	21	45	.264	.313	.384	.697	121	6	2	1	1	9
53	Duke Sims	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	110	398	345	46	91	12	0	23	56	0	4	46	59	.264	.360	.499	.859	172	5	6	1	0	1
54	Sal Bando	26	OAK	Maj	OAK	155	636	502	93	132	20	2	20	75	6	10	118	88	.263	.407	.430	.837	216	12	6	7	3	5
55	Bill Melton	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	141	589	514	74	135	15	1	33	96	2	4	56	107	.263	.340	.488	.828	251	7	9	1	9	2
56	Ed Brinkman	28	WS2	Maj	WSA	158	695	625	63	164	17	2	1	40	8	9	60	41	.262	.330	.301	.631	188	15	5	1	4	0
57	Jim Northrup	30	DET	Maj	DET	139	576	504	71	132	21	3	24	80	3	6	58	68	.262	.343	.458	.802	231	12	7	2	5	6
58	Rich Reese*	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	153	564	501	63	131	15	5	10	56	5	4	48	70	.262	.332	.371	.703	186	7	7	4	4	5
59	Lee Maye	35	WS2,CHA	Maj	WSA-CHW	102	283	261	28	68	12	1	7	31	4	2	21	33	.261	.318	.395	.713	103	3	1	0	0	1
60	Rico Petrocelli	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	157	664	583	82	152	31	3	29	103	1	1	67	82	.261	.334	.473	.807	276	16	2	2	10	6
61	Norm Cash*	36	DET	Maj	DET	130	452	370	58	96	18	2	15	53	0	1	72	58	.260	.383	.441	.823	163	16	5	0	5	6
62	Bob Oliver	27	KCA	Maj	KCR	160	662	612	83	159	24	6	27	99	3	3	42	126	.260	.309	.451	.760	276	15	3	2	3	4
63	Cookie Rojas	31	KCA	Maj	KCR	98	409	384	36	100	13	3	2	28	3	7	20	29	.260	.296	.326	.622	125	8	0	4	1	0
64	Dave Duncan	24	OAK	Maj	OAK	86	258	232	21	60	7	0	10	29	0	0	22	38	.259	.320	.418	.738	97	5	0	2	2	2
65	Del Unser*	25	WS2	Maj	WSA	119	358	322	37	83	5	1	5	30	1	1	30	29	.258	.319	.326	.645	105	4	0	4	2	3
66	Danny Walton	22	MIL	Maj	MIL	117	455	397	32	102	20	1	17	66	2	3	51	126	.257	.350	.441	.790	175	6	6	0	1	4
67	Mike Epstein*	27	WS2	Maj	WSA	140	518	430	55	110	15	3	20	56	2	3	73	117	.256	.371	.444	.815	191	7	9	0	6	6
68	John Kennedy	29	BOS,MIL	Maj	BOS-MIL	68	200	184	23	47	9	1	6	23	0	1	11	23	.255	.300	.413	.713	76	4	1	3	1	1
69	Mike Andrews	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	681	589	91	149	28	1	17	65	2	1	81	63	.253	.344	.391	.735	230	10	3	4	4	0
70	Sandy Alomar	26	CAL	Maj	CAL	162	735	672	82	169	18	2	2	36	35	12	49	65	.252	.303	.293	.596	197	7	1	11	2	2
71	Ted Kubiak	28	MIL	Maj	MIL	158	625	540	63	136	9	6	4	41	4	9	72	51	.252	.340	.313	.653	169	18	0	13	0	16
72	Mickey Stanley	27	DET	Maj	DET	142	623	568	83	143	21	11	13	47	10	1	45	56	.252	.305	.396	.701	225	19	0	7	3	1
73	Horace Clarke	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	158	732	686	81	172	24	2	4	46	23	7	35	35	.251	.286	.309	.595	212	12	2	2	7	5
74	Bobby Murcer	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	159	680	581	95	146	23	3	23	78	15	10	87	100	.251	.348	.420	.768	244	7	2	4	6	5
75	Rick Reichardt	27	WS2,CAL	Maj	WSA-CAL	116	321	283	43	71	14	2	15	47	2	4	26	69	.251	.330	.474	.804	134	13	9	0	3	3
76	Walt Williams	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	110	340	315	43	79	18	1	3	15	3	3	19	30	.251	.296	.343	.639	108	5	2	2	2	0
77	Chico Salmon	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	63	184	172	19	43	4	0	7	22	2	2	8	30	.250	.287	.395	.683	68	3	1	3	0	0
78	Rich Severson	25	KCA	Maj	KCR	77	260	240	22	60	11	1	1	22	0	0	16	33	.250	.300	.317	.616	76	5	1	3	0	2
79	Aurelio Rodríguez	22	WS2,CAL	Maj	WSA-CAL	159	663	610	70	152	33	7	19	83	15	6	40	87	.249	.302	.420	.721	256	19	8	0	5	5
80	Bob Burda*	31	MIL	Maj	MIL	78	246	222	19	55	9	0	4	20	1	0	16	17	.248	.303	.342	.646	76	5	3	2	3	1
81	John Ellis	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	78	249	226	24	56	12	1	7	29	0	1	18	47	.248	.305	.403	.708	91	5	2	0	3	0
82	Eddie Leon	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	152	624	549	58	136	20	4	10	56	1	2	47	89	.248	.308	.353	.661	194	11	2	23	3	2
83	Elliott Maddox	22	DET	Maj	DET	109	293	258	30	64	13	4	3	24	2	3	30	42	.248	.332	.364	.697	94	6	3	1	1	1
84	Leo Cárdenas	31	MIN	Maj	MIN	160	649	588	67	145	34	4	11	65	2	5	42	101	.247	.300	.374	.674	220	11	4	13	2	2
85	Syd O'Brien	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	121	467	441	48	109	13	2	8	44	3	3	22	62	.247	.285	.340	.625	150	10	2	0	2	1
86	Don Mincher	32	OAK	Maj	OAK	140	533	463	62	114	18	0	27	74	5	4	56	71	.246	.327	.460	.787	213	9	3	4	7	11
87	Andy Etchebarren	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	78	256	230	19	56	10	1	4	28	4	1	21	41	.244	.313	.348	.660	80	10	3	0	2	2
88	Mike Hegan*	27	MIL	Maj	MIL	148	556	476	70	116	21	2	11	52	9	7	67	116	.244	.336	.366	.701	174	9	1	8	4	3
89	César Gutiérrez	27	DET	Maj	DET	135	451	415	40	101	11	6	0	22	4	3	18	39	.243	.275	.299	.573	124	8	1	14	3	6
90	Steve Hovley*	25	MIL,OAK	Maj	MIL-OAK	112	258	235	25	57	10	0	0	17	8	1	22	22	.243	.310	.285	.595	67	6	1	0	0	2
91	Jerry McNertney	33	MIL	Maj	MIL	111	329	296	27	72	11	1	6	22	1	4	22	33	.243	.303	.348	.651	103	14	4	5	2	4
92	Bill Voss*	26	CAL	Maj	CAL	80	212	181	21	44	4	3	3	30	2	1	23	18	.243	.327	.348	.675	63	3	2	1	5	2
93	Joe Azcue	30	CAL	Maj	CAL	114	381	351	19	85	13	1	2	25	0	0	24	40	.242	.292	.302	.594	106	12	2	1	3	4
94	Elrod Hendricks	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	106	365	322	32	78	9	0	12	41	1	0	33	44	.242	.317	.382	.699	123	4	4	2	4	4
95	Bill Freehan	28	DET	Maj	DET	117	458	395	44	95	17	3	16	52	0	3	52	48	.241	.332	.420	.752	166	11	4	3	4	5
96	Roberto Peña	33	MIL,OAK	Maj	MIL-OAK	140	515	474	40	114	20	1	3	45	4	6	28	49	.241	.284	.306	.589	145	15	2	7	4	4
97	Tom Egan	24	CAL	Maj	CAL	79	228	210	14	50	6	0	4	20	0	0	14	67	.238	.286	.324	.610	68	4	1	1	2	1
98	Jay Johnstone	24	CAL	Maj	CAL	119	351	320	34	76	10	5	11	39	1	0	24	53	.238	.290	.403	.693	129	7	1	3	3	6
99	Roger Repoz*	29	CAL	Maj	CAL	137	463	407	50	97	17	6	18	47	4	2	45	90	.238	.317	.442	.760	180	2	3	6	2	6
100	Jarvis Tatum	23	CAL	Maj	CAL	75	200	181	28	43	7	0	0	6	1	0	17	35	.238	.302	.276	.578	50	5	0	1	1	1