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1970 Rewind: League Batting Leaders

AVERAGE

  1. Alex Johnson, .329
    3.  Tony Oliva, .325

OBP

  1. Carl Yastrzemski, .452
    4.  Harmon Killebrew, .411

SLUGGING

  1. Yastrzemski, .592
    3.  Killebrew, .546
    7.  Oliva, .514

OPS

  1. Yastrzemski, 1.044
    4.  Killebrew, .957
    7.  Oliva, .878

WAR

  1. Yastrzemski, 9.5
    5.  Oliva, 7.0

GAMES

  1. Sandy Alomar, Roy White, 162
    3.  Cesar Tovar, 161
    6,  Leo Cardenas, 160

AT BATS

  1.  Horace Clarke, 686
    3.  Tovar, 650
    4.  Oliva, 628

PLATE APPEARANCES

  1. Alomar, 735
    3. Tovar, 726

RUNS

  1. Yastrzemski, 125
  2. Tovar, 120
    8 (tie).  Killebrew, Oliva 96

HITS

  1. Oliva, 204
    3.  Tovar, 195

TOTAL BASES

  1. Yastrzemski, 335
  2. Oliva, 323
    6.  Killebrew, 288
    8.  Tovar, 287

DOUBLES

  1. Tovar, Oliva, Amos Otis, 36
    5. Cardenas, 34

TRIPLES

  1. Tovar,13
    4. Oliva, 7

HOME RUNS

  1. Frank Howard, 44
  2. Killebrew, 41

RBIs

  1. Howard, 126
    4. Killebrew, 113.
    5.  Oliva, 107

WALKS

  1. Howard, 132
  2. Killebrew, 128

STRIKEOUTS

  1.  Reggie Jackson, 135
    10.  Cardenas, 101

STOLEN BASES

  1.  Bert Campaneris, 42
    6.  Tovar, 30

SINGLES

  1.  Johnson, 156
    5.  Oliva, 128
    7.  Tovar, 126

ADJUSTED OPS+

  1.  Yastrzemski, 177
    4.  Killebrew, 159
    8.  Oliva, 137

RUNS CREATED

  1.  Yastrzemski, 157
    5.  Killebrew, 116
    7.  Oliva, 112
    8.  Tovar, 103

EXTRA BASE HITS

  1.  Tommy Harper, 70
    3.  Oliva, 66
    6.  Killebrew, 62
    10.  Tovar, 59

TIMES ON BASE

  1.  Yastrzemski, 315
    4.  Killebrew, 273
    10.  Oliva, 245

HIT BY PITCH

  1.  Roy Foster, 12
    5.  Tovar, 8
    10.  Paul RatliffRich Reese, and others, 7

SACRIFICE HITS

  1. Eddie Leon, 23
    4. Cardenas, 13
    8.  Jim Perry and Tovar, 10

SACRIFICE FLIES

  1.  Rico Petrocelli and Jack Heidemann, 10
    4.  Killebrew, 8

INTENTIONAL WALKS

  1.  Howard, 29
  2. Killebrew, 23
    5.  Oliva, 12

GIDP

  1.  Killebrew, 28

CAUGHT STEALING

  1.  Jackson, 17
    4.  Tovar, 15

WPA

  1.  Howard, 7.5
    5.  Killebrew, 5.5
    7.  Oliva, 4.5