On This Day

Wednesday, April 27, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 5 2 .714 --
Yankees 5 3 .625 0.5
Athletics 4 4 .500 1.5
Senators 5 5 .500 1.5
Red Sox 4 5 .444 2.0
Orioles 4 5 .444 2.0
White Sox 3 4 .429 2.0
Indians 2 4 .333 2.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 9 3 .750 --
Giants 8 4 .667 1.0
Dodgers 7 5 .583 2.0
Braves 6 5 .545 2.5
Cardinals 5 6 .455 3.5
Phillies 5 7 .417 4.0
Reds 4 9 .308 5.5
Cubs 3 8 .273 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hank Aaron 4
2 Dick Groat 3
2 Ron Hansen 3
2 Wally Moon 3
2 Vada Pinson 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 1
1 Johnny Callison 1
1 Bob Cerv 1
1 Bobby Del Greco 1
1 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Gentile 3
1 Gil Hodges 3
1 Jim Lemon 3
4 Bill Bruton 2
4 8 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hank Aaron 1
1 Bill Bruton 1
1 Jim Gilliam 1
1 Ken Hamlin 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Roger Craig 0.86
2 Jim Kaat 0.80
3 Vern Law 0.67
4 Ray Herbert 0.62
4 Frank Sullivan 0.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Roger Craig 1
1 Ray Herbert 1
1 Jim Kaat 1
1 Vern Law 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roger Craig 6
1 Vern Law 6
3 Ray Herbert 5
3 Frank Sullivan 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lew Burdette 1
1 Pedro Ramos 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jerry Lumpe .471
2 Bill Skowron .469
3 Willie Mays .458
4 Bob Allison .439
5 Smoky Burgess .407

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Boyer 6
2 Roy McMillan 5
3 Hank Aaron 4
3 Willie McCovey 4
3 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Skinner 15
2 Bob Allison 14
2 Jim Gentile 14
4 Ken Boyer 13
4 2 others tied 13

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 Ken Johnson 0.71
2 Bud Daley 0.82
3 Gary Bell 0.93
4 Vern Law 1.00
4 Ray Herbert 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Drysdale 3
1 Vern Law 3
3 Jerry Casale 2
3 Jim Coates 2
3 9 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 33
2 Gary Bell 21
2 Bob Friend 21
2 Camilo Pascual 21
5 Carl Willey 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 3
2 Lew Burdette 2
2 Ryne Duren 2
2 Roy Face 2
5 20 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tito Francona .352
2 Joe Cunningham .350
3 Harvey Kuenn .348
4 Hank Aaron .343
5 Willie Mays .326

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Banks 44
2 Rocky Colavito 42
2 Eddie Mathews 42
4 Harmon Killebrew 41
5 Hank Aaron 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 137
2 Frank Robinson 124
3 Hank Aaron 122
4 Rocky Colavito 113
5 Gus Bell 111

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 53
2 Willie Mays 32
3 Jim Gilliam 24
3 Vada Pinson 24
5 2 tied 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Craig 2.36
2 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.52
3 Vern Law 2.66
4 Camilo Pascual 2.67
5 Jim Perry 2.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Jones 22
2 Warren Spahn 20
2 Early Wynn 20
4 Lew Burdette 19
4 Vern Law 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 243
2 Sam Jones 204
3 Jim Bunning 200
4 Camilo Pascual 196
5 Sandy Koufax 173

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 19
2 Ryne Duren 16
3 Billy Loes 14
3 Turk Lown 14
3 2 others tied 14