which first baseman hit the most home runs in the america league during the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Lee May crushed the most homers by a first baseman, with 226 home runs.

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Lee May L. May	226	1,192	4,546	577	1,208	193	19	787	298	25	938	16	8	4,916	2,117	438	4	43	52	127	.266	.312	.466	.777	635	104.3	.345	119	100.9
2	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	207	1,166	3,635	461	931	168	8	680	660	16	687	7	4	4,337	1,736	383	0	26	142	85	.256	.371	.478	.848	656	180.3	.372	131	161.2
3	John Mayberry J. Mayberry	198	1,282	4,395	610	1,129	179	16	724	724	37	639	19	16	5,208	1,934	393	7	45	90	85	.257	.363	.440	.803	736	168.5	.361	125	142.2
4	George Scott G. Scott	190	1,310	4,888	674	1,333	215	36	739	440	30	890	44	30	5,413	2,190	441	15	40	42	198	.273	.334	.448	.782	723	137.9	.351	118	108.5
5	Tony Perez T. Perez	161	1,155	4,305	561	1,210	253	34	734	433	20	836	27	17	4,810	2,014	448	1	51	75	99	.281	.346	.468	.814	678	153.5	.361	125	138.6
6	Dick Allen D. Allen	151	728	2,562	426	720	129	18	485	379	8	592	61	24	2,975	1,338	298	3	23	50	83	.281	.372	.522	.895	497	176.8	.396	149	157.2
7	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	148	690	2,384	348	676	129	9	481	301	23	592	6	5	2,734	1,267	286	0	26	59	42	.284	.366	.531	.897	453	157.8	.394	146	142.7
8	Nate Colbert N. Colbert	147	810	2,834	404	694	118	16	444	327	20	733	42	25	3,213	1,285	281	8	24	46	67	.245	.325	.453	.778	420	77.7	.347	118	64.9
9	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	142	1,078	4,214	574	1,314	217	29	674	240	14	462	57	33	4,533	2,015	388	21	44	60	112	.312	.348	.478	.826	656	154.9	.365	129	150.8
10	Boog Powell B. Powell	137	925	2,892	376	771	120	3	510	500	14	482	8	8	3,455	1,308	260	11	38	72	78	.267	.373	.452	.825	510	140.3	.369	135	134.4
11	Andre Thornton A. Thornton	126	759	2,434	405	614	124	20	414	444	34	415	21	19	2,949	1,156	270	9	28	24	48	.252	.371	.475	.846	460	131.8	.379	133	110.7
12	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	109	765	2,710	462	793	132	9	438	504	7	306	57	37	3,252	1,270	250	2	29	59	69	.293	.401	.469	.870	533	177.9	.391	139	145.2
13	Chris Chambliss C. Chambliss	105	1,288	4,902	593	1,382	252	33	606	328	21	586	19	17	5,298	2,015	390	15	32	35	108	.282	.328	.411	.739	636	59.6	.332	108	49
14	Bob Robertson B. Robertson	104	724	2,080	255	512	84	7	327	282	12	465	6	9	2,399	922	195	1	24	17	40	.246	.336	.443	.779	322	66.2	.351	119	53.9
15	Bob Watson B. Watson	97	809	2,887	382	866	163	20	508	279	27	355	18	12	3,236	1,360	280	5	38	56	72	.300	.363	.471	.834	479	118.3	.368	131	117.4
16	Norm Cash N. Cash	95	576	1,774	249	467	66	7	257	247	27	311	3	4	2,068	832	168	6	14	35	37	.263	.359	.469	.828	306	87.5	.370	132	72.4
17	Jason Thompson J. Thompson	94	579	2,078	269	538	77	10	334	285	3	349	4	5	2,392	917	181	3	23	19	49	.259	.346	.441	.787	326	57.8	.352	115	41.9
18	Willie Montanez W. Montanez	89	1,050	4,038	450	1,147	200	11	564	291	17	460	23	27	4,395	1,636	300	7	42	62	122	.284	.332	.405	.737	516	30.3	.329	100	-2.6
19	Gene Tenace G. Tenace	88	588	1,812	278	428	72	8	284	393	37	388	15	20	2,271	780	168	11	18	24	35	.236	.380	.430	.810	337	91.4	.372	141	101.1
20	Jim Spencer J. Spencer	87	1,035	3,415	364	875	120	19	425	273	13	371	8	16	3,757	1,294	226	25	31	60	82	.256	.311	.379	.690	384	-23.2	.309	93	-26.9
21	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	83	717	2,665	371	784	151	18	375	178	3	416	42	23	2,901	1,220	252	26	29	29	39	.294	.336	.458	.793	392	69	.351	116	54.3
22	Deron Johnson D. Johnson	83	523	1,737	189	410	65	6	262	202	5	431	2	2	1,961	736	154	5	12	23	49	.236	.315	.424	.739	235	26.1	.332	104	9.3
23	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	81	268	944	170	281	32	3	195	163	3	113	5	1	1,117	562	116	0	7	36	26	.298	.400	.595	.996	216	103.9	.436	170	85.7
24	Mike Epstein M. Epstein	78	542	1,758	216	424	60	8	230	273	41	373	3	7	2,088	734	146	2	14	23	28	.241	.354	.418	.771	279	58.2	.351	127	59.2
25	Mike Jorgensen M. Jorgensen	75	998	2,424	313	598	93	8	304	388	20	396	49	36	2,877	932	176	25	20	38	40	.247	.353	.384	.737	355	43.3	.338	106	18.6

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