On This Day

Monday, April 18, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 1 0 1.000 --
White Sox 0 0 .000 0.5
Tigers 0 0 .000 0.5
Yankees 0 0 .000 0.5
Indians 0 0 .000 0.5
Orioles 0 0 .000 0.5
Athletics 0 0 .000 0.5
Red Sox 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 4 1 .800 --
Giants 4 1 .800 0.0
Braves 3 1 .750 0.5
Pirates 3 2 .600 1.0
Cubs 2 3 .400 2.0
Reds 2 3 .400 2.0
Phillies 1 3 .250 2.5
Cardinals 0 5 .000 4.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bob Allison 2
1 Earl Battey 2
1 Billy Consolo 2
1 Jim Lemon 2
5 6 tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Allison 1
1 Earl Battey 1
1 Billy Consolo 1
1 Jim Lemon 1
1 Ted Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Battey 4
2 Jim Lemon 2
3 Bob Allison 1
3 Billy Consolo 1
3 3 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gene Stephens 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Camilo Pascual 2.50
2 Tom Sturdivant 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Camilo Pascual 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Camilo Pascual 15
2 Al Worthington 2
3 Tom Sturdivant 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dick Groat .500
1 Red Schoendienst .500
3 Lee Walls .455
4 Eddie Bressoud .444
5 Richie Ashburn .435

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 2
1 Joe Adcock 2
1 Harry Anderson 2
1 Ernie Banks 2
1 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Aaron 8
1 Orlando Cepeda 8
1 Roberto Clemente 8
4 Ernie Banks 7
5 4 tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Kirkland 3
1 Al Spangler 3
3 Don Blasingame 2
3 Vada Pinson 2
3 Bill White 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vern Law 0.00
1 Jim O'Toole 0.00
1 Lindy McDaniel 0.00
1 Don Newcombe 0.00
1 5 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Drysdale 2
1 Sam Jones 2
3 Bob Buhl 1
3 Lew Burdette 1
3 14 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 18
2 Camilo Pascual 15
3 Larry Sherry 14
4 Bob Friend 13
5 Bob Anderson 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lew Burdette 1
1 Bill Henry 1
1 Ben Johnson 1
1 Sandy Koufax 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harvey Kuenn .357
2 Hank Aaron .346
3 Joe Cunningham .344
4 Willie Mays .321
5 Al Kaline .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Mathews 44
2 Ernie Banks 43
3 Rocky Colavito 41
3 Harmon Killebrew 41
5 Hank Aaron 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 139
2 Hank Aaron 126
3 Frank Robinson 122
4 Gus Bell 114
5 Eddie Mathews 111

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 55
2 Willie Mays 28
3 Orlando Cepeda 24
4 Jim Gilliam 23
4 2 others tied 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Craig 2.06
2 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.13
3 Camilo Pascual 2.57
4 Jim Perry 2.65
5 Vern Law 2.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Jones 22
2 Early Wynn 21
3 Lew Burdette 20
3 Warren Spahn 20
5 6 tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 246
2 Sam Jones 205
3 Camilo Pascual 197
4 Jim Bunning 195
5 Sandy Koufax 174

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 16
2 Don McMahon 15
2 Gerry Staley 15
4 Ryne Duren 14
4 2 others tied 14