On This Day

Thursday, May 12, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 12 8 .600 --
Red Sox 10 7 .588 0.5
Indians 11 8 .579 0.5
Yankees 10 8 .556 1.0
Orioles 11 10 .524 1.5
Tigers 7 10 .412 3.5
Senators 8 12 .400 4.0
Athletics 7 13 .350 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 17 7 .708 --
Pirates 15 9 .625 2.0
Braves 11 7 .611 3.0
Reds 12 11 .522 4.5
Dodgers 11 14 .440 6.5
Cardinals 9 13 .409 7.0
Phillies 9 16 .360 8.5
Cubs 6 13 .316 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Yogi Berra 3
1 Tony Gonzalez 3
1 Eddie Kasko 3
1 Eddie Mathews 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Yogi Berra 1
1 Eddie Mathews 1
1 Russ Nixon 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tony Gonzalez 3
2 Ed Bailey 2
2 Wes Covington 2
2 Eddie Kasko 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 1
1 Don Blasingame 1
1 Willie Kirkland 1
1 Tony Kubek 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Sanford 2.20
2 Robin Roberts 0.80
3 Bob Purkey 0.67
4 Vinegar Bend Mizell 0.62
5 Gary Bell 0.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gary Bell 1
1 Tom Brewer 1
1 Bob Purkey 1
1 Bob Rush 1
1 Jack Sanford 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Sanford 11
2 Gary Bell 7
3 Seth Morehead 6
3 Bob Purkey 6
5 Vinegar Bend Mizell 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Pete Runnels .426
2 Roger Maris .393
3 Roberto Clemente .385
4 Bob Allison .385
4 Willie Mays .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Willie McCovey 8
2 Ken Boyer 6
2 Roberto Clemente 6
2 Woodie Held 6
2 3 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Willie McCovey 27
2 Roberto Clemente 24
3 Bill Mazeroski 22
4 Ernie Banks 21
5 Bill Skowron 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Vada Pinson 10
2 Willie Mays 9
3 Luis Aparicio 5
3 Don Blasingame 5
3 Willie Kirkland 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Turk Farrell 0.84
2 Dick Hall 1.42
3 Bob Friend 1.50
4 Hal Brown 1.59
5 Gary Bell 1.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vern Law 5
2 Gary Bell 4
2 Sam Jones 4
2 Mike McCormick 4
2 Larry Sherry 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 55
2 Gary Bell 44
3 Bob Friend 43
4 Camilo Pascual 42
5 2 tied 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Henry 5
2 Roy Face 4
2 Lindy McDaniel 4
4 Lew Burdette 3
4 2 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Daryl Spencer .390
2 Roberto Clemente .383
3 Roger Maris .378
4 Ron Hansen .375
5 Eddie Kasko .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Don Demeter 5
2 Roberto Clemente 4
2 Woodie Held 4
2 Bill Mazeroski 4
2 Willie McCovey 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roberto Clemente 14
1 Willie McCovey 14
3 Bill Mazeroski 13
4 Roger Maris 12
5 Roy Sievers 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Vada Pinson 6
2 Luis Aparicio 4
2 Willie Mays 4
4 Richie Ashburn 2
4 9 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike McCormick 0.44
2 Turk Farrell 0.64
3 Sam Jones 0.78
4 Camilo Pascual 1.06
5 Dick Hall 1.07

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gary Bell 3
1 Dick Hall 3
1 Larry Sherry 3
4 Tom Brewer 2
4 15 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Gary Bell 23
2 Don Drysdale 22
2 Bob Friend 22
4 Camilo Pascual 21
4 Jack Sanford 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Henry 4
2 Roy Face 2
2 Turk Farrell 2
2 Turk Lown 2
5 16 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tito Francona .354
2 Joe Cunningham .350
3 Harvey Kuenn .343
4 Hank Aaron .330
5 Pete Runnels .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Banks 43
2 Eddie Mathews 39
3 Rocky Colavito 38
4 Hank Aaron 36
5 2 tied 33

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 136
2 Hank Aaron 114
3 Frank Robinson 111
4 Gus Bell 107
4 Rocky Colavito 107

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 54
2 Willie Mays 33
3 Vada Pinson 27
4 Orlando Cepeda 24
5 Jim Gilliam 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Craig 2.31
2 Sam Jones 2.33
3 Camilo Pascual 2.58
4 Vern Law 2.61
5 Billy O'Dell 2.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Jones 23
2 Vern Law 21
3 Warren Spahn 20
4 Bob Shaw 19
5 3 tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 246
2 Sam Jones 213
3 Camilo Pascual 206
4 Jim Bunning 191
5 Sandy Koufax 187

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 19
2 Bill Henry 17
3 Ryne Duren 16
3 Turk Lown 16
5 Gerry Staley 15