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1970 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Players Division Team W L WPct GB Seattle 105 57 .648 -- Minnesota 91 71 .562 14 Toronto 80 82 .494 25 Detroit 45 117 .278 60 New York (A) 44 118 .272 61	Union Division Team W L WPct GB Oakland 107 55 .660 -- Kansas City 102 60 .630 5 Boston (A) 97 65 .599 10 Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 27 Cleveland (A) 57 105 .352 50

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Los Angeles Dodgers over Oakland Athletics
AL League Series (4-1)	Oakland Athletics over Kansas City Royals
AL Divisional Series (4-1)	Oakland Athletics over Minnesota Twins
AL Divisional Series (4-2)	Kansas City Royals over Seattle Mariners

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
KCR	6.0	975	162	5636	1520	278	40	244	672	1062	.270	.347	.463	.811
OAK	5.7	928	162	5688	1598	263	29	191	612	844	.281	.351	.438	.789
SEM	5.2	848	162	5593	1502	206	44	138	693	802	.269	.349	.395	.744
BOS	5.2	839	162	5544	1406	251	37	212	649	1148	.254	.332	.427	.759
TOR	4.6	745	162	5573	1393	274	34	120	589	953	.250	.322	.376	.698
TAM	4.3	701	162	5510	1360	234	25	124	675	1002	.247	.329	.366	.695
MIN	4.3	693	162	5691	1523	268	24	99	432	792	.268	.319	.375	.695
CLE	3.5	570	162	5491	1333	233	42	70	392	825	.243	.293	.339	.632
DET	3.2	515	162	5534	1231	242	25	74	362	931	.222	.270	.315	.586
NYA	3.0	486	162	5385	1128	212	32	98	421	1217	.209	.267	.315	.582
Totals	4.5	7300	1620	55645	13994	2461	332	1370	5497	9576	.251	.319	.382	.700
Average		730	162	5564	1399	246	33	137	550	958

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SEM	3.7	592	162	3.22	1482.0	1307	8.1	506	3.1	987	6.1	39
TAM	4.0	646	162	3.58	1463.7	1394	8.6	400	2.5	959	5.9	23
OAK	4.0	648	162	3.65	1462.0	1309	8.1	477	2.9	1047	6.5	14
MIN	4.0	653	162	3.56	1477.0	1359	8.4	578	3.6	1033	6.4	29
BOS	4.2	681	162	3.88	1444.0	1314	8.1	606	3.7	980	6.0	19
KCR	4.3	703	162	3.91	1449.7	1353	8.4	538	3.3	1114	6.9	26
TOR	4.4	715	162	4.01	1467.3	1364	8.4	543	3.4	1090	6.7	31
CLE	5.2	848	162	4.86	1434.0	1516	9.4	568	3.5	809	5.0	16
DET	5.5	894	162	4.98	1445.0	1558	9.6	619	3.8	815	5.0	16
NYA	5.6	901	162	5.16	1428.0	1560	9.6	663	4.1	663	4.1	17
Totals	4.5	7281	1620	4.07	14552.7	14034	8.7	5498	3.4	9497	5.9	230
Average		728	162		1455	1403		550		950		23

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
BOS	96	66	1	6	16	7	0	0	13	0.96	0.96	2,406,034		Brian Rodgers
KCR	105	57	-3	5	14	1	0	2	6	0.98	1.18	2,427,837		Ricky Sanford
OAK	107	55	0	5	16	1	4	2	10	0.96	0.83	2,238,018		Marwan Najdawi
MIN	85	77	6	3	12	0	1	1	18	1.03	0.86	1,786,811		Bill Rigney
SEM	107	55	-2	2	11	5	3	2	11	0.95	0.92	2,237,142		Peter Fletcher
TOR	84	78	-4	2	12	0	4	1	4	0.94	1.00	1,081,780		Chuck Glidden
CLE	53	109	4	1	11	0	0	1	4	1.03	1.12	902,770		Jason Morton
TAM	87	75	-7	1	11	0	1	5	14	1.01	0.86	1,294,301		Jeff Randall
DET	43	119	2	0	12	0	0	2	25	1.05	1.13	1,260,452		Pie Traynor
NYA	40	122	4	0	7	0	0	0	11	1.08	1.03	797,820		Jason Spiegel

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
OAK	321	179.11	96.58	45.27	7.92	2.85	8.09	6.70	7.13	12.59
SEM	315	152.30	117.77	44.90	6.72	2.14	7.66	6.24	7.58	14.56
KCR	306	187.05	83.29	35.62	7.35	1.88	5.29	4.34	6.83	9.95
BOS	291	158.34	89.86	42.76	9.03	3.20	6.09	5.11	6.60	12.75
MIN	273	105.77	113.50	53.68	15.07	5.56	7.62	4.85	8.89	11.70
TOR	240	120.82	80.93	38.22	0.23	3.67	6.13	4.96	6.20	17.03
TAM	240	97.61	99.95	42.40	10.35	2.77	6.29	4.81	5.67	12.53
CLE	171	71.84	62.66	36.46	8.73	1.91	5.53	4.00	7.80	8.50
DET	135	46.58	58.22	30.15	7.34	1.66	4.93	3.15	6.56	6.53
NYA	132	39.07	59.19	33.70	5.32	3.23	4.64	3.46	6.93	10.13

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Don Mincher	OAK	.294, 47 HR, 138 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Rollie Sheldon	SEM	20-4, 2.57, 269.3 IP, 190 K
Bronze Rookie:	Al Hrabosky	SEM	10-10, 21 SV, 3.34, 118.7 IP, 80 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Chuck Taylor	NYA	.984, 24 PO, 39 A, 1 E
C	Gene Tenace	TAM	.994, 827 PO, 61 A, 5 E 38.2% (42-110) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Doug Rader	TAM	.997, 1538 PO, 120 A, 5 E
2B	Rod Carew	DET	.973, 299 PO, 566 A, 24 E
3B	Harmon Killebrew	BOS	.960, 78 PO, 353 A, 18 E
SS	Tom Matchick	DET	.958, 222 PO, 583 A, 35 E
LF	George Altman	NYA	.965, 244 PO, 5 A, 9 E
CF	Reggie Smith	TAM	.977, 328 PO, 9 A, 8 E
RF	Wayne Comer	NYA	1.000, 303 PO, 8 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average White OAK .312 Alou MIN .311 Berry OAK .304* Powell TOR .299 Pepitone KCR .296	On-Base Pct Morgan SEM .427 White OAK .403 Briggs SEM .391 Mincher OAK .386 Monday OAK .384	Slugging Pct Mincher OAK .595 Conigliaro KCR .558 Allen KCR .554 Stargell BOS .508 Bryan KCR .504	OPS Mincher OAK .981 Allen KCR .923 Morgan SEM .907 Conigliaro KCR .907 Epstein KCR .878*
XR Mincher OAK 125.9 Morgan SEM 119.6 Allen KCR 114.8 Conigliaro KCR 110.6 Briggs SEM 107.2	Games Garr CLE 160 Callison NYA 158 Jackson TAM 157 Rader TAM 156 Smith NYA 156	At-Bats Garr CLE 642 Alou MIN 608 Conigliaro KCR 607 White OAK 596 Carew DET 594	Runs Mincher OAK 125 Morgan SEM 124 Allen KCR 123 Briggs SEM 108 Conigliaro KCR 108
Hits Alou MIN 189 White OAK 186 Conigliaro KCR 179 Pepitone KCR 173 Mincher OAK 172	Total Bases Mincher OAK 348 Conigliaro KCR 339 Allen KCR 322 Stargell BOS 295 Powell TOR 280	Singles Alou MIN 171 White OAK 139 Blasingame OAK 136 Small MIN 133 Pepitone KCR 129	Doubles Cook BOS 44 Conigliaro KCR 38 Rudi TOR 38 Linz TAM 37 Fregosi OAK 36
Triples Morgan SEM 13 Brandt KCR 7 Clendenon MIN 7 Garr CLE 7 Schaal BOS 7	Homeruns Mincher OAK 47 Allen KCR 39 Conigliaro KCR 38 Bryan KCR 33 Killebrew BOS 33	RBIs Mincher OAK 138 Conigliaro KCR 130 Allen KCR 123 Briggs SEM 110 Stargell BOS 110	Stolen Bases Morgan SEM 81 Brock SEM 50 Garr CLE 46 Jackson SEM 45 Blasingame OAK 39
Caught Stealing Morgan SEM 43 Jackson SEM 20 Brock SEM 18 Blasingame OAK 17 Wood SEM 17	Walks Morgan SEM 135 Briggs SEM 115 Wynn KCR 105 Killebrew BOS 101 Tenace TAM 98	Strikeouts Tenace TAM 167 Allen KCR 158 Jackson TAM 156 Altman NYA 150 Cook BOS 149

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Seaver OAK 2.41 Gelnar TOR 2.47 Fingers TAM 2.54 Moeller MIN 2.55 Sheldon SEM 2.57	Wins Seaver OAK 24 Koufax OAK 22 Sutton KCR 21 Carlton OAK 20 Fingers TAM 20	Losses Reed CLE 23 Acosta NYA 21 Lemonds NYA 20 Francis NYA 19 Selma CLE 19	Winning Pct Richert KCR .857 Sheldon SEM .833 Seaver OAK .828 Stephenson SEM .813 Gelnar TOR .762
Saves Hrabosky SEM 21 Dierker KCR 14 McCool TOR 13 Aker TAM 12 Gardner OAK 12	Games Pitched Cuellar NYA 84 Hrabosky SEM 76 Dierker KCR 68 Pena CLE 64 Lyle DET 62	Games Started Selma CLE 41 Reed CLE 37 Fingers TAM 36 Moeller MIN 36 Murakami TOR 36	Complete Games Carlton OAK 23 Seaver OAK 20 Moeller MIN 19 Pattin CLE 19 Sheldon SEM 16
Shutouts Seaver OAK 5 Fingers TAM 4 Hoerner BOS 4 Koufax OAK 4 Moeller MIN 4	Innings Pitched Moeller MIN 310.3 Carlton OAK 278.7 Palmer BOS 273.7 Seaver OAK 272.3 Sheldon SEM 269.3	Hits Allowed Reed CLE 292 Palmer BOS 268 Dobson KCR 263 Pattin CLE 256 Moeller MIN 255	Homeruns Allowed Reed CLE 39 Pattin CLE 38 Selma CLE 34 Murakami TOR 33 Cuellar NYA 28
Strikeouts Sutton KCR 286 Koufax OAK 257 Beamon MIN 252 Moeller MIN 235 Selma CLE 235	Walks Allowed Beamon MIN 152 Francis NYA 137 Score BOS 116 Dickson NYA 112 Qualters SEM 112	Walks per 9IP Gelnar TOR 0.7 McLain TAM 0.8 Sheldon SEM 0.8 Moeller MIN 1.2 Schneider TAM 1.8	Hits per 9IP Sutton KCR 6.3 Fingers TAM 6.8 Gelnar TOR 6.8 Koufax OAK 6.8 Seaver OAK 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton KCR 9.9 Beamon MIN 9.6 Score BOS 9.6 Murakami TOR 9.0 Koufax OAK 8.7	WHiP Gelnar TOR 0.84 Moeller MIN 0.96 Sheldon SEM 0.99 Schneider TAM 0.99 McLain TAM 1.01	OAVG Sutton KCR .193 Gelnar TOR .206 Koufax OAK .207 Fingers TAM .208 Seaver OAK .212	OOBP Gelnar TOR .231 Moeller MIN .252 Sheldon SEM .254 Schneider TAM .256 McLain TAM .257
OSLG Fingers TAM .286 Reniff SEM .293 Qualters SEM .295 Seaver OAK .296 Schneider TAM .306	OOPS Fingers TAM .554 Seaver OAK .556 Gelnar TOR .561 Schneider TAM .562 Sheldon SEM .567

League All-Stars
Dick Allen	Billy Bryan	Dean Chance
Donn Clendenon	Tony Conigliaro	Cliff Cook
Pat Dobson	Danny Frisella	John Gelnar
Harmon Killebrew	Sandy Koufax	Fred Lasher
Jim Lefebvre	Phil Linz	Don Mincher
Joe Morgan	Joe Pepitone	Roberto Rodriguez
Ken Sanders	Paul Schaal	Herb Score
Tom Seaver	Willie Stargell	Tim Talton
Roy White

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Don Drysdale	TOR	$ 16,190,000
2.	Harmon Killebrew	BOS	$ 13,930,000
3.	Tom Qualters	SEM	$ 13,600,000
4.	Joe Moeller	MIN	$ 13,000,000
5.	George Brunet	DET	$ 11,250,000
6.	Jim Fregosi	OAK	$ 10,220,000
7.	Willie Stargell	BOS	$ 10,000,000
8.	Rollie Sheldon	SEM	$ 9,000,000
9.	Sandy Koufax	OAK	$ 8,960,000
10.	Joe Torre	MIN	$ 8,750,000
11.	Dean Chance	SEM	$ 8,500,000
12.	Dick Allen	KCR	$ 8,250,000
13.	Steve Hamilton	TAM	$ 7,500,000
	Orlando Cepeda	DET	$ 7,500,000
15.	Frank Baumann	DET	$ 7,200,000
16.	Boog Powell	TOR	$ 6,700,000
17.	Bob Veale	BOS	$ 6,500,000
	Joe Morgan	SEM	$ 6,500,000
19.	Howie Nunn	TAM	$ 6,430,000
20.	Milt Pappas	DET	$ 6,300,000
21.	Johnny Briggs	SEM	$ 6,292,857
22.	Hal Reniff	SEM	$ 6,000,000
23.	John Gelnar	TOR	$ 5,964,286
24.	Don Mincher	OAK	$ 5,960,000
25.	Charlie Beamon	MIN	$ 5,500,000
	Johnny Romano	NYA	$ 5,500,000

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