On This Day

Monday, April 25, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 5 0 1.000 --
Yankees 5 1 .833 0.5
Athletics 3 3 .500 2.5
Senators 4 4 .500 2.5
Red Sox 3 4 .429 3.0
White Sox 2 4 .333 3.5
Orioles 2 5 .286 4.0
Indians 1 4 .200 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 8 3 .727 --
Giants 8 3 .727 0.0
Dodgers 5 5 .500 2.5
Phillies 5 6 .455 3.0
Braves 4 5 .444 3.0
Cardinals 4 6 .400 3.5
Reds 4 7 .364 4.0
Cubs 3 6 .333 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Tuttle 3
2 Ken Boyer 2
2 Orlando Cepeda 2
2 Joe Cunningham 2
2 7 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Bauer 1
1 Ken Boyer 1
1 Jim Davenport 1
1 Jim Gentile 1
1 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Willie McCovey 4
2 Jim Gentile 3
2 Daryl Spencer 3
4 Ken Boyer 2
4 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bud Daley 1.25
2 Milt Pappas 1.00
3 Russ Kemmerer 0.29
4 Vinegar Bend Mizell 0.27
5 Herb Score 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Antonelli 1
1 Bud Daley 1
1 Milt Pappas 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Milt Pappas 7
2 Bud Daley 5
3 Stu Miller 3
3 Vinegar Bend Mizell 3
3 Herb Score 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Billy Loes 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bob Allison .500
1 Jerry Lumpe .500
3 Bill Skowron .480
4 Willie Mays .477
5 Tony Gonzalez .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Boyer 6
2 Roy McMillan 5
3 Willie McCovey 4
3 Bob Skinner 4
5 11 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Boyer 13
1 Willie McCovey 13
1 Bob Skinner 13
4 Bob Allison 12
4 3 others tied 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 Bud Daley 0.82
4 Gary Bell 0.93
4 Ken Johnson 0.93

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 17 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tito Francona .355
2 Harvey Kuenn .352
3 Joe Cunningham .349
4 Hank Aaron .342
5 Willie Mays .327

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Banks 44
2 Rocky Colavito 42
2 Eddie Mathews 42
4 Harmon Killebrew 40
5 Hank Aaron 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 136
2 Frank Robinson 125
3 Hank Aaron 124
4 Rocky Colavito 113
5 Gus Bell 108

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 Sam Jones 2.67

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 202
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 Billy Loes 14
4 2 others tied 14