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TEAM PERFORMANCES
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TEAM LEADERS
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This week (4/27—5/3)
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Batting
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Season
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Homers Week
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Week
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Season
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Homers Season
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Pitching Season
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Cincinnati
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3-0
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1.000
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7-5
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6
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Temple
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.545
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Temple
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.422
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2 with
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2
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Purkey
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3-0
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Pittsburgh
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4-1
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.800
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9-6
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8
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Thomas
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.524
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Clemente
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.362
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Thomas
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6
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Friend
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4-0
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Chicago
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4-2
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.667
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10-6
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13
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Walls
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.476
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Banks
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.339
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Walls
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9
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Elston
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3-0
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Philadelphia
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4-2
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.667
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7-8
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4
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Hamner
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.455
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Ashburn
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.309
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Repulski
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2
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Semproch
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2-1
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San Francisco
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2-4
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.333
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10-7
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8
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Spencer
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.364
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Mays
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.397
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Sauer
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7
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2 with
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2-1
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Milwaukee
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2-4
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.333
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9-7
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4
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Logan
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.273
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Crandall
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.308
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Mathews
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7
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Spahn
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3-0
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Los Angeles
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2-4
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.333
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6-11
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3
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Gilliam
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.353
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Gray
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.342
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Gray
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4
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Podres
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4-0
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St. Louis
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0-4
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.000
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3-11
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3
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Musial
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.467
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Musial
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.509
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Musial
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4
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L. McDaniel
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2-1
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
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Boston
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3-1
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.750
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6-10
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2
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Runnels
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.438
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Runnels
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.383
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Jensen
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4
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Sisler
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3-1
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New York
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2-1
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.667
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10-4
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4
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Skowron
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.636
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Skowron
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.382
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Skowron
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3
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Turley
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3-0
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Washington
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2-2
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.500
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8-5
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1
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Courtney
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.462
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Courtney
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.342
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Sievers
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3
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3 with
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2-0
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Detroit
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2-2
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.500
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8-8
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0
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Zernial
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.538
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Martin
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.378
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3 with
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2
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Hoeft
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2-0
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Baltimore
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2-2
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.500
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6-8
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1
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Triandos
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.308
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Robinson
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.362
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Triandos
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3
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Harshman
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3-0
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Cleveland
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2-3
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.400
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9-8
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5
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Vernon
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.389
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Vernon
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.417
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3 with
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3
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Grant
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3-0
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Kansas City
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1-2
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.333
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8-6
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5
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Cerv
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.545
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Cerv
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.404
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Cerv
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8
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Garver
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3-0
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Chicago
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1-2
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.333
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4-10
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0
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Lollar
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.600
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Lollar
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.390
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Lollar
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3
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Wilson
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2-1
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Sprightly oldtimers are 39-year-old Hank Sauer
of the Giants (left) and the Indians' 40-year-old first baseman Mickey Vernon
, who both started their careers in organized baseball 22 seasons ago. Vernon
leads the American League
with a gaudy .417 average, while Sauer
ranks high among the National League
leaders in home runs and RBIs.
[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]
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