On This Day

Monday, May 6, 1957

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 12 5 .706 --
White Sox 11 5 .688 0.5
Red Sox 10 8 .556 2.5
Athletics 10 9 .526 3.0
Indians 8 8 .500 3.5
Tigers 9 10 .474 4.0
Orioles 7 11 .389 5.5
Senators 5 16 .238 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 13 4 .765 --
Dodgers 12 5 .706 1.0
Redlegs 11 7 .611 2.5
Cardinals 9 7 .563 3.5
Phillies 8 10 .444 5.5
Giants 8 12 .400 6.5
Pirates 5 13 .278 8.5
Cubs 5 13 .278 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Gino Cimoli 5
2 Carl Furillo 4
2 Eddie Mathews 4
4 Del Crandall 3
4 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Mathews 2
2 Joe Adcock 1
2 Gino Cimoli 1
2 Carl Furillo 1
2 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Carl Furillo 4
1 Jim Pisoni 4
3 Frank House 3
4 Bob Boyd 2
4 7 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harvey Kuenn 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Don Drysdale 0.75
2 Don Lee 0.44
3 Lew Burdette 0.35
4 Don Kaiser 0.33
5 Ned Garver 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ned Garver 1
1 Don Kaiser 1
1 Sandy Koufax 1
1 George Zuverink 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lew Burdette 6
1 Don Drysdale 6
3 Jim Bunning 4
3 Don Lee 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .431
2 Stan Musial .406
3 Don Hoak .397
4 Hank Aaron .385
5 Harry Simpson .384

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 6
1 Joe Adcock 6
3 Hank Sauer 5
3 Roy Sievers 5
3 3 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roy Sievers 20
2 Carl Furillo 19
2 Hank Sauer 19
2 Harry Simpson 19
5 3 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 7
2 Jim Landis 5
3 Jim Gilliam 4
4 Luis Aparicio 3
4 5 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry Jackson 1.04
2 Whitey Ford 1.09
3 Warren Spahn 1.21
4 Johnny Kucks 1.34
5 Frank Lary 1.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Warren Spahn 4
2 Lew Burdette 3
2 Ruben Gomez 3
2 Jack Harshman 3
2 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 39
2 Billy Pierce 29
3 Sam Jones 23
4 Mike Fornieles 22
4 Robin Roberts 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ike Delock 3
1 Clem Labine 3
1 Bob Miller 3
4 Hersh Freeman 2
4 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .352
2 Hank Aaron .343
3 Mickey Mantle .342
4 Harvey Kuenn .325
5 Bill Virdon .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Mantle 46
2 Duke Snider 44
3 Joe Adcock 43
4 Eddie Mathews 37
4 Frank Robinson 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Kaline 127
2 Mickey Mantle 114
2 Harry Simpson 114
4 Joe Adcock 109
5 2 tied 106

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 46
2 Luis Aparicio 23
2 Jim Gilliam 23
4 Jim Rivera 22
5 Bobby Avila 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Warren Spahn 2.46
2 Whitey Ford 2.50
3 Herb Score 2.57
4 Lew Burdette 2.78
5 Sal Maglie 2.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Newcombe 26
2 Warren Spahn 24
3 Frank Lary 22
4 Johnny Antonelli 21
4 2 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 269
2 Billy Pierce 197
3 Paul Foytack 188
4 Sam Jones 186
5 Billy Hoeft 176

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clem Labine 21
2 Hersh Freeman 18
3 Turk Lown 14
4 Ike Delock 12
4 George Zuverink 12