Keeping Track

1970 Rewind: Team Batting Leaders

GAMES

  1.  Cesar Tovar, 161
  2. Leo Cardenas, 160
  3. Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva, 157

PLATE APPEARANCES

  1. Tovar,726
  2. Oliva, 674
  3. Killebrew, 665

AT BATS

  1. Tovar,650
  2. Oliva, 628
  3. Cardenas, 588

RUNS

  1. Tovar,120
  2. Oliva and Killebrew, 96

HITS

  1. Oliva,204
  2. Tovar, 195
  3. Cardenas, 145

DOUBLES

  1.  Oliva and Tovar, 36
  2. Cardenas, 34

TRIPLES

  1. Tovar,13
  2. Oliva, 7
  3. Rich Reese, 5

HOME RUNS

  1. Killebrew,41
  2. Oliva, 23
  3. Brant Alyea, 16

RBIs

  1.  Killebrew, 113
  2. Oliva, 107
  3. Cardenas, 65

STOLEN BASES

  1. Tovar, 30
  2. Oliva and Reese, 5

WALKS

  1.  Killebrew, 128
  2. Tovar, 52
  3. Reese, 48

AVERAGE*

  1. Oliva, 325
  2. Tovar, 300
  3. Killebrew, .271

Rod Carew batted .266, but in just 204 plate appearances.

OBP

  1. Killebrew, .411
  2. Oliva, .364
  3. Tovar, .356

SLUGGING

  1. Killebrew, 546
  2. Oliva, .514
  3. Tovar, .442

OPS

  1.  Killebrew, .957
  2. Oliva, 878
  3. Tovar, .798

OPS+

  1.  Killebrew, 159
  2. Oliva, 137
  3. Tovar, 117

TOTAL BASES

  1. Oliva, 323
  2. Killebrew, 288
  3. Tovar, 287

HIT BY PITCH

  1. Tovar, 8
  2. Reese and Paul Ratliff, 7

SACRIFICE HITS

  1. Cardenas,13
  2. Tovar and Jim Perry, 10

SACRIFICE FLIES

  1. Killebrew, 8
  2. Tovar, 6
  3. Oliva, Reese, and Jim Holt, 4

INTENTIONAL WALKS

  1. Killebrew, 23
  2. Oliva, 12
  3. George Mitterwald, 6