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1971 American League Batting Leaders

1970 Season 1972 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 966 games, 12 teams, approx. 161 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	Gates Brown*	32	DET	Maj	DET	82	218	195	37	66	2	3	11	29	4	2	21	17	.338	.408	.549	.957	107	4	2	0	0	2
2	Tony Oliva*	32	MIN	Maj	MIN	126	518	487	73	164	30	3	22	81	4	1	25	44	.337	.369	.546	.915	266	21	2	0	4	8
3	Bobby Murcer*	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	146	624	529	94	175	25	6	25	94	14	8	91	60	.331	.427	.543	.969	287	9	0	1	3	13
4	Tommy Davis	32	OAK	Maj	OAK	79	238	219	26	71	8	1	3	42	7	1	15	19	.324	.363	.411	.774	90	10	0	1	3	1
5	Ron Blomberg*	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	64	216	199	30	64	6	2	7	31	2	4	14	23	.322	.363	.477	.840	95	2	0	1	2	3
6	Merv Rettenmund	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	141	589	491	81	156	23	4	11	75	15	6	87	60	.318	.422	.448	.870	220	13	4	4	3	2
7	César Tovar	30	MIN	Maj	MIN	157	718	657	94	204	29	3	1	45	18	14	45	39	.311	.356	.368	.725	242	5	3	11	2	5
8	Rod Carew*	25	MIN	Maj	MIN	147	632	577	88	177	16	10	2	48	6	7	45	81	.307	.356	.380	.736	219	23	1	6	3	1
9	Amos Otis	24	KCA	Maj	KCR	147	607	555	80	167	26	4	15	79	52	8	40	74	.301	.345	.443	.789	246	18	2	2	8	2
10	Cookie Rojas	32	KCA	Maj	KCR	115	463	414	56	124	22	2	6	59	8	3	39	35	.300	.357	.406	.763	168	12	2	1	7	3
11	Al Kaline	36	DET	Maj	DET	133	501	405	69	119	19	2	15	54	4	6	82	57	.294	.416	.462	.878	187	12	7	1	6	9
12	Carlos May*	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	141	574	500	64	147	21	7	7	70	16	7	62	61	.294	.375	.406	.781	203	16	6	1	5	5
13	Walt Williams	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	114	397	361	43	106	17	3	8	35	5	5	24	27	.294	.344	.424	.767	153	6	5	4	3	1
14	Mickey Stanley	28	DET	Maj	DET	139	432	401	43	117	14	5	7	41	1	3	24	44	.292	.329	.404	.733	162	7	0	3	4	5
15	Roy White#	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	147	634	524	86	153	22	7	19	84	14	7	86	66	.292	.388	.469	.857	246	10	7	0	17	7
16	Pat Kelly*	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	67	252	213	32	62	6	3	3	22	14	9	36	29	.291	.394	.390	.784	83	3	1	1	1	4
17	Don Buford#	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	122	549	449	99	130	19	4	19	54	15	7	89	62	.290	.413	.477	.890	214	2	7	2	2	15
18	Willie Horton	28	DET	Maj	DET	119	498	450	64	130	25	1	22	72	1	5	37	75	.289	.349	.496	.845	223	15	7	0	4	8
19	Felipe Alou	36	NYA,OAK	Maj	NYY-OAK	133	510	469	52	135	21	6	8	69	5	5	32	25	.288	.333	.409	.742	192	15	2	2	5	3
20	Ted Uhlaender*	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	141	541	500	52	144	20	3	2	47	3	6	38	44	.288	.336	.352	.688	176	7	0	0	3	5
21	Tony Taylor	35	DET	Maj	DET	55	196	181	27	52	10	2	3	19	5	1	12	11	.287	.335	.414	.749	75	4	1	2	0	1
22	Ángel Mangual	24	OAK	Maj	OAK	94	307	287	32	82	8	1	4	30	1	4	17	27	.286	.324	.362	.686	104	8	0	1	2	1
23	Norm Cash*	37	DET	Maj	DET	135	523	452	72	128	10	3	32	91	1	0	59	86	.283	.372	.531	.903	240	5	7	1	4	7
24	Reggie Smith#	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	159	692	618	85	175	33	2	30	96	11	3	63	82	.283	.352	.489	.840	302	15	5	1	5	4
25	Mike Andrews	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	109	408	330	45	93	16	0	12	47	3	5	67	36	.282	.400	.439	.840	145	6	1	6	4	1
26	Davey Johnson	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	142	574	510	67	144	26	1	18	72	3	1	51	55	.282	.351	.443	.794	226	15	5	4	4	5
27	Frank Robinson	35	BAL	Maj	BAL	133	545	455	82	128	16	2	28	99	3	0	72	62	.281	.384	.510	.894	232	22	9	1	8	11
28	Don Mincher*	33	WS2,OAK	Maj	WSA-OAK	128	497	415	44	116	21	2	12	53	3	2	73	66	.280	.386	.427	.812	177	9	2	2	5	7
29	Dave Nelson	27	WS2	Maj	WSA	85	358	329	47	92	11	3	5	33	17	8	23	29	.280	.328	.377	.705	124	9	1	4	1	2
30	Frank Howard	34	WS2	Maj	WSA	153	633	549	60	153	25	2	26	83	1	0	77	121	.279	.367	.474	.840	260	29	2	0	5	20
31	Lou Piniella	27	KCA	Maj	KCR	126	476	448	43	125	21	5	3	51	5	3	21	43	.279	.311	.368	.679	165	12	2	0	5	4
32	Gail Hopkins*	28	KCA	Maj	KCR	103	339	295	35	82	16	1	9	47	3	1	37	13	.278	.364	.431	.794	127	8	4	1	2	9
33	Rick Reichardt	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	138	544	496	53	138	14	2	19	62	5	10	37	90	.278	.335	.429	.764	213	10	6	3	2	0
34	Bill Freehan	29	DET	Maj	DET	148	586	516	57	143	26	4	21	71	2	7	54	48	.277	.353	.465	.818	240	13	9	3	4	9
35	Reggie Jackson*	25	OAK	Maj	OAK	150	642	567	87	157	29	3	32	80	16	10	63	161	.277	.352	.508	.860	288	7	6	0	6	5
36	Dave May*	27	MIL	Maj	MIL	144	562	501	74	139	20	3	16	65	15	9	50	59	.277	.343	.425	.769	213	18	3	3	5	4
37	Danny Cater	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	121	456	428	39	118	16	5	4	50	0	3	19	25	.276	.308	.364	.672	156	18	2	4	3	4
38	Billy Cowan	32	CAL	Maj	CAL	74	182	174	12	48	8	0	4	20	1	1	7	41	.276	.304	.391	.695	68	2	0	1	0	1
39	Ray Fosse	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	133	529	486	53	134	21	1	12	62	4	1	36	62	.276	.329	.397	.726	193	15	4	0	3	6
40	John Kennedy	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	74	296	272	41	75	12	5	5	22	1	1	14	42	.276	.320	.412	.731	112	4	4	5	1	0
41	Ron Theobald	27	MIL	Maj	MIL	126	452	388	50	107	12	2	1	23	11	8	38	39	.276	.342	.325	.667	126	4	3	19	4	0
42	Chris Chambliss*	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	111	459	415	49	114	20	4	9	48	2	0	40	83	.275	.341	.407	.749	169	9	2	2	0	1
43	Paul Schaal	28	KCA	Maj	KCR	161	659	548	80	150	31	6	11	63	7	5	103	51	.274	.387	.412	.799	226	9	2	0	6	5
44	Gene Tenace	24	OAK	Maj	OAK	65	211	179	26	49	7	0	7	25	2	1	29	34	.274	.381	.430	.811	77	3	2	1	0	0
45	Brooks Robinson	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	156	663	589	67	160	21	1	20	92	0	0	63	50	.272	.341	.413	.754	243	15	3	1	7	8
46	Sal Bando	27	OAK	Maj	OAK	153	643	538	75	146	23	1	24	94	3	7	86	55	.271	.377	.452	.828	243	14	8	6	5	11
47	Rich McKinney	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	114	414	369	35	100	11	2	8	46	0	0	35	37	.271	.334	.377	.711	139	13	2	4	4	1
48	Andy Etchebarren	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	70	243	222	21	60	8	0	9	29	1	4	16	40	.270	.321	.428	.749	95	5	1	3	1	2
49	Jim Northrup*	31	DET	Maj	DET	136	524	459	72	124	27	2	16	71	7	4	60	43	.270	.355	.442	.797	203	14	2	0	3	9
50	Bill Melton	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	150	621	543	72	146	18	2	33	86	3	3	61	87	.269	.352	.492	.843	267	8	11	1	5	5
51	Freddie Patek	26	KCA	Maj	KCR	147	648	591	86	158	21	11	6	36	49	14	44	80	.267	.323	.371	.693	219	6	5	7	1	3
52	Joe Rudi	24	OAK	Maj	OAK	127	556	513	62	137	23	4	10	52	3	2	28	62	.267	.304	.386	.690	198	15	1	10	4	2
53	Bernie Allen*	32	WS2	Maj	WSA	97	262	229	18	61	11	1	4	22	2	1	33	27	.266	.359	.376	.734	86	2	0	0	0	1
54	Mark Belanger	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	150	590	500	67	133	19	4	0	35	10	8	73	48	.266	.365	.320	.685	160	9	7	6	4	6
55	Mickey Rivers*	22	CAL	Maj	CAL	79	296	268	31	71	12	2	1	12	13	1	19	38	.265	.316	.336	.652	90	0	1	8	0	1
56	John Briggs*	27	MIL	Maj	MIL	125	454	375	51	99	11	1	21	59	1	2	71	79	.264	.378	.467	.845	175	4	1	2	5	7
57	Leo Cárdenas	32	MIN	Maj	MIN	153	624	554	59	146	25	4	18	75	3	3	51	69	.264	.321	.421	.741	233	16	1	7	11	5
58	Vada Pinson*	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	146	599	566	60	149	23	4	11	35	25	6	21	58	.263	.295	.376	.672	213	9	6	3	3	0
59	George Scott	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	146	590	537	72	141	16	4	24	78	0	3	41	102	.263	.317	.441	.758	237	23	5	0	7	5
60	Paul Blair	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	141	555	516	75	135	24	8	10	44	14	11	32	94	.262	.306	.397	.703	205	8	1	6	0	2
61	Billy Conigliaro	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	101	380	351	42	92	26	1	11	33	3	2	25	68	.262	.310	.436	.745	153	9	0	2	2	4
62	Jerry Kenney*	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	120	395	325	50	85	10	3	0	20	9	8	56	38	.262	.368	.311	.679	101	10	1	9	4	3
63	Eddie Leon	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	131	476	429	35	112	12	2	4	35	3	5	34	69	.261	.317	.326	.643	140	16	1	12	0	5
64	Graig Nettles*	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	158	690	598	78	156	18	1	28	86	7	4	82	56	.261	.350	.435	.785	260	15	3	1	6	6
65	Sandy Alomar#	27	CAL	Maj	CAL	162	739	689	77	179	24	3	4	42	39	10	41	60	.260	.301	.321	.621	221	7	0	7	2	4
66	Mike Hershberger	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	74	214	177	22	46	9	0	2	15	6	2	30	23	.260	.377	.345	.722	61	5	4	2	1	3
67	Alex Johnson	28	CAL	Maj	CAL	65	261	242	19	63	8	0	2	21	5	2	15	34	.260	.308	.318	.626	77	10	2	1	1	3
68	Jay Johnstone*	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	124	436	388	53	101	14	1	16	40	10	5	38	50	.260	.329	.425	.755	165	4	3	5	2	4
69	Jim Holt*	27	MIN	Maj	MIN	126	361	340	35	88	11	3	1	29	5	1	16	28	.259	.292	.318	.610	108	11	1	2	2	4
70	José Cardenal	27	MIL	Maj	MIL	53	219	198	20	51	10	0	3	32	9	5	13	20	.258	.297	.354	.650	70	4	1	0	7	0
71	Tommy Harper	30	MIL	Maj	MIL	152	653	585	79	151	26	3	14	52	25	3	65	92	.258	.333	.385	.717	225	3	1	1	1	4
72	Larry Biittner*	24	WS2	Maj	WSA	66	189	171	12	44	4	1	0	16	1	0	16	20	.257	.323	.292	.615	50	7	1	0	1	3
73	Boog Powell*	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	128	509	418	59	107	19	0	22	92	1	0	82	64	.256	.379	.459	.839	192	10	4	0	5	11
74	Del Unser*	26	WS2	Maj	WSA	153	648	581	63	148	19	6	9	41	11	6	59	68	.255	.325	.355	.679	206	4	2	4	2	10
75	Steve Braun*	23	MIN	Maj	MIN	128	402	343	51	87	12	2	5	35	8	3	48	50	.254	.350	.344	.694	118	8	5	2	4	4
76	Bob Heise	24	MIL	Maj	MIL	68	198	189	10	48	7	0	0	7	1	1	7	15	.254	.279	.291	.570	55	5	0	1	1	1
77	Harmon Killebrew	35	MIN	Maj	MIN	147	624	500	61	127	19	1	28	119	3	2	114	96	.254	.386	.464	.850	232	21	0	0	10	14
78	Carl Yastrzemski*	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	148	620	508	75	129	21	2	15	70	8	7	106	60	.254	.381	.392	.772	199	14	1	0	5	12
79	Dave Duncan	25	OAK	Maj	OAK	103	398	363	39	92	13	1	15	40	1	1	28	77	.253	.307	.419	.726	152	6	1	4	2	2
80	Aurelio Rodríguez	23	DET	Maj	DET	154	639	604	68	153	30	7	15	39	4	6	27	93	.253	.288	.401	.688	242	14	3	3	2	6
81	Jerry May	27	KCA	Maj	KCR	71	249	218	16	55	13	2	1	24	0	0	27	37	.252	.329	.344	.673	75	7	0	0	4	8
82	Bert Campaneris	29	OAK	Maj	OAK	134	609	569	80	143	18	4	5	47	34	7	29	64	.251	.287	.323	.611	184	7	2	3	6	1
83	Thurman Munson	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	125	517	451	71	113	15	4	10	42	6	5	52	65	.251	.335	.368	.703	166	10	7	4	3	1
84	Rico Petrocelli	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	158	661	553	82	139	24	4	28	89	2	0	91	108	.251	.354	.461	.815	255	20	2	6	9	5
85	Bill Voss*	27	MIL	Maj	MIL	97	303	275	31	69	4	0	10	30	2	2	24	45	.251	.312	.375	.687	103	3	1	2	1	1
86	Horace Clarke#	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	159	696	625	76	156	23	7	2	41	17	7	64	43	.250	.321	.318	.639	199	14	2	4	1	2
87	Elrod Hendricks*	30	BAL	Maj	BAL	101	361	316	33	79	14	1	9	42	0	0	39	38	.250	.334	.386	.720	122	9	2	2	2	5
88	Ken McMullen	29	CAL	Maj	CAL	160	657	593	63	148	19	2	21	68	1	1	53	74	.250	.312	.395	.707	234	18	3	4	4	10
89	George Mitterwald	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	125	434	388	38	97	13	1	13	44	3	3	39	104	.250	.316	.389	.705	151	9	0	3	4	9
90	Jim Nettles*	24	MIN	Maj	MIN	70	190	168	17	42	5	1	6	24	3	2	19	24	.250	.321	.399	.720	67	2	0	0	3	2
91	Joe Keough*	25	KCA	Maj	KCR	110	392	351	34	87	14	2	3	30	0	6	35	26	.248	.316	.325	.641	114	10	1	3	2	5
92	Dick Billings	28	WS2	Maj	WSA	116	380	349	32	86	14	0	6	48	2	5	21	54	.246	.296	.338	.634	118	5	5	1	4	1
93	Roy Foster	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	125	439	396	51	97	21	1	18	45	6	1	35	48	.245	.314	.439	.754	174	12	6	0	2	2
94	Tony González*	34	CAL	Maj	CAL	111	350	314	32	77	9	2	3	38	0	1	28	28	.245	.310	.315	.626	99	10	3	2	3	5
95	Duane Josephson	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	91	331	306	38	75	14	1	10	39	2	0	22	35	.245	.294	.395	.689	121	18	0	1	2	4
96	Rick Monday*	25	OAK	Maj	OAK	116	409	355	53	87	9	3	18	56	6	9	49	93	.245	.335	.439	.774	156	5	0	3	2	5
97	John Ellis	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	83	271	238	16	58	12	1	3	34	0	0	23	42	.244	.322	.340	.663	81	12	6	1	3	5
98	Dick Green	30	OAK	Maj	OAK	144	538	475	58	116	14	1	12	49	1	1	51	83	.244	.320	.354	.673	168	14	3	6	3	14
99	Doug Griffin	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	125	526	483	51	118	23	2	3	27	11	5	31	45	.244	.291	.319	.610	154	12	2	7	3	3
100	Bob Oliver	28	KCA	Maj	KCR	128	398	373	35	91	12	2	8	52	0	0	14	88	.244	.277	.351	.628	131	13	5	1	5	3