On This Day

Tuesday, May 6, 1958

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 10 4 .714 --
Senators 9 5 .643 1.0
Athletics 8 7 .533 2.5
Orioles 8 8 .500 3.0
Indians 10 10 .500 3.0
Red Sox 9 11 .450 4.0
Tigers 8 10 .444 4.0
White Sox 4 11 .267 6.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 12 7 .632 --
Braves 11 7 .611 0.5
Pirates 11 8 .579 1.0
Giants 12 9 .571 1.0
Redlegs 8 7 .533 2.0
Dodgers 9 12 .429 4.0
Phillies 8 11 .421 4.0
Cardinals 3 13 .188 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Duke Snider 4
2 Curt Flood 3
2 Bob Hazle 3
2 Jackie Jensen 3
2 Frank Malzone 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Orlando Cepeda 1
1 Chuck Essegian 1
1 Dick Gernert 1
1 Ted Kazanski 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Hazle 3
1 Ted Kazanski 3
1 Bob Schmidt 3
1 Bobby Thomson 3
1 Frank Torre 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jim Gilliam 2
1 Don Zimmer 2
3 Ted Beard 1
3 George Crowe 1
3 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mike McCormick 1.00
2 Glen Hobbie 0.88
3 Sandy Koufax 0.50
4 Jack Sanford 0.43
5 Billy Pierce 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Buhl 1
1 Don Drysdale 1
1 Glen Hobbie 1
1 Mike McCormick 1
1 Murray Wall 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Turk Farrell 9
2 Glen Hobbie 7
3 Hersh Freeman 5
4 Sandy Koufax 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Gene Conley 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .516
2 Don Hoak .387
3 Willie Mays .386
4 Bill Skowron .382
5 Lee Walls .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lee Walls 9
2 Orlando Cepeda 8
2 Bob Cerv 8
2 Hank Sauer 8
2 Frank Thomas 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Cerv 24
2 Orlando Cepeda 19
3 Lee Walls 18
4 Eddie Mathews 17
4 2 others tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 5
2 Luis Aparicio 4
2 Jim Gilliam 4
2 Jim Piersall 4
2 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Turley 0.33
2 Turk Farrell 0.50
3 Jack Harshman 1.00
4 Gerry Staley 1.04
5 Frank Baumann 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Buhl 4
1 Don Elston 4
1 Bob Friend 4
1 Jack Harshman 4
1 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 32
2 Johnny Podres 25
3 Ruben Gomez 23
4 Jack Sanford 20
4 Ralph Terry 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roy Face 4
1 Tom Gorman 4
3 Hal Jeffcoat 3
3 Clem Labine 3
5 10 tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .364
2 Ted Williams .364
3 Mickey Mantle .360
4 Willie Mays .347
5 Bill Skowron .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Banks 47
2 Hank Aaron 42
3 Roy Sievers 40
4 Eddie Mathews 38
4 Duke Snider 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Aaron 124
2 Ernie Banks 113
3 Frank Malzone 110
4 Roy Sievers 105
5 Del Ennis 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 32
2 Luis Aparicio 29
3 Jim Gilliam 26
4 Don Blasingame 19
4 Chico Fernandez 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Turley 2.27
2 Billy O'Dell 2.37
3 Bobby Shantz 2.54
4 Bob Buhl 2.61
5 Warren Spahn 2.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Buhl 21
1 Warren Spahn 21
3 Jim Bunning 20
4 Jack Sanford 18
5 Billy Pierce 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Sanford 191
2 Connie Johnson 188
3 Jim Bunning 185
4 Early Wynn 176
5 Dick Drott 172

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Grim 19
2 Clem Labine 17
3 Marv Grissom 15
4 Ray Narleski 14
5 Roy Face 13