On This Day

Sunday, April 24, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 5 0 1.000 --
Yankees 5 1 .833 0.5
Senators 4 3 .571 2.0
Red Sox 3 4 .429 3.0
White Sox 2 3 .400 3.0
Athletics 2 3 .400 3.0
Indians 1 4 .200 4.0
Orioles 1 5 .167 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 8 3 .727 --
Giants 7 3 .700 0.5
Dodgers 5 5 .500 2.5
Phillies 5 6 .455 3.0
Cardinals 4 5 .444 3.0
Braves 4 5 .444 3.0
Reds 4 7 .364 4.0
Cubs 3 6 .333 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tony Gonzalez 4
1 Eddie Kasko 4
1 Vada Pinson 4
1 Frank Robinson 4
1 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Woodie Held 2
1 Eddie Kasko 2
1 Tony Kubek 2
1 Frank Robinson 2
1 Casey Wise 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Elston Howard 5
1 Frank Robinson 5
1 Casey Wise 5
4 Lou Berberet 4
4 7 others tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Gonzalez 1
1 Al Kaline 1
1 Eddie Kasko 1
1 Vic Power 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Gary Bell 1.12
2 Bob Purkey 0.80
3 Billy O'Dell 0.78
4 Bob Buhl 0.44
4 Johnny Podres 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gary Bell 1
1 Jim Coates 1
1 Don Elston 1
1 Paul Foytack 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Gary Bell 9
2 Bob Purkey 8
3 Billy O'Dell 7
4 Bob Anderson 4
4 6 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Brosnan 1
1 Roy Face 1
1 Turk Farrell 1
1 Johnny James 1
1 3 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jerry Lumpe .571
2 Bob Allison .567
3 Bill Skowron .480
4 Willie Mays .475
5 Tony Gonzalez .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Boyer 5
1 Roy McMillan 5
3 Bob Skinner 4
4 Hank Aaron 3
4 8 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Skinner 13
2 Bob Allison 12
2 Orlando Cepeda 12
2 Roy McMillan 12
2 Frank Robinson 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 5
2 Willie Kirkland 4
2 Vada Pinson 4
4 Don Blasingame 3
4 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lindy McDaniel 0.00
2 Vern Law 0.50
3 Gary Bell 0.93
3 Ken Johnson 0.93
5 2 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Coates 2
1 Don Drysdale 2
1 Don Elston 2
1 Bob Friend 2
1 6 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 23
2 Gary Bell 21
2 Bob Friend 21
4 Camilo Pascual 20
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 3
2 Ryne Duren 2
2 Roy Face 2
4 Johnny Antonelli 1
4 16 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tito Francona .356
2 Harvey Kuenn .351
3 Joe Cunningham .349
4 Hank Aaron .341
5 Willie Mays .326

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 137
2 Frank Robinson 126
3 Hank Aaron 124
4 Rocky Colavito 114
5 Gus Bell 109

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 53
2 Willie Mays 32
3 Vada Pinson 24
4 Orlando Cepeda 23
4 2 others tied 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Craig 2.26
2 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.29
3 Camilo Pascual 2.61
4 Vern Law 2.66
5 Jim Perry 2.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Jones 22
2 Early Wynn 21
3 Lew Burdette 19
3 Vern Law 19
3 Warren Spahn 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 240
2 Sam Jones 203
3 Jim Bunning 196
4 Camilo Pascual 195
5 Sandy Koufax 174

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 19
2 Ryne Duren 16
3 Gerry Staley 15
4 Turk Lown 14
4 Don McMahon 14