On This Day

Monday, May 16, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Orioles 15 10 .600 --
White Sox 14 10 .583 0.5
Yankees 12 9 .571 1.0
Indians 13 10 .565 1.0
Red Sox 10 10 .500 2.5
Tigers 9 12 .429 4.0
Senators 9 14 .391 5.0
Athletics 9 16 .360 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 19 9 .679 --
Pirates 18 10 .643 1.0
Braves 12 10 .545 4.0
Reds 15 13 .536 4.0
Dodgers 12 16 .429 7.0
Cardinals 11 16 .407 7.5
Cubs 9 14 .391 7.5
Phillies 11 19 .367 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Vada Pinson 4
2 Eddie Bressoud 3
2 Orlando Cepeda 3
2 Joe Cunningham 3
2 Al Dark 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jackie Brandt 1
1 Al Dark 1
1 Ron Hansen 1
1 Daryl Spencer 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gus Bell 2
1 Frank Robinson 2
1 Daryl Spencer 2
4 Jackie Brandt 1
4 13 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Robinson 1
1 Tony Taylor 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Arnie Portocarrero 0.75
2 Ned Garver 0.60
3 Jim Owens 0.50
4 Vinegar Bend Mizell 0.46
5 Sam Jones 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ernie Broglio 1
1 Arnie Portocarrero 1
1 Bob Purkey 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vinegar Bend Mizell 6
2 Jim Owens 5
3 Ned Garver 3
3 Arnie Portocarrero 3
3 Bob Purkey 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Fisher 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roberto Clemente .374
2 Willie Mays .371
3 Roger Maris .368
4 Ron Hansen .361
5 Pete Runnels .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 8
1 Ken Boyer 8
1 Jim Lemon 8
1 Willie McCovey 8
5 3 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Willie McCovey 28
2 Roberto Clemente 27
3 Bill Mazeroski 25
4 Ernie Banks 24
5 Bill Skowron 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Vada Pinson 10
2 Willie Mays 9
3 Tony Taylor 7
4 Luis Aparicio 6
4 Don Blasingame 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike McCormick 1.51
2 Gary Bell 1.55
3 Bob Friend 1.58
4 Ralph Terry 1.71
5 Dick Hall 1.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vern Law 5
1 Mike McCormick 5
3 Gary Bell 4
3 Bob Friend 4
3 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 61
2 Camilo Pascual 53
3 Bob Friend 49
4 Gary Bell 45
5 2 tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Henry 6
2 Roy Face 4
2 Turk Farrell 4
2 Lindy McDaniel 4
5 2 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Pete Runnels .389
2 Gino Cimoli .385
3 Ed Bailey .382
3 Billy Martin .382
5 Ron Hansen .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Del Crandall 5
1 Jim Lemon 5
3 Hank Aaron 4
3 Bob Cerv 4
3 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Elston Howard 12
1 Al Smith 12
3 Jim Lemon 11
4 Ron Hansen 10
4 Roy Sievers 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Taylor 7
2 Vada Pinson 6
3 Luis Aparicio 5
4 Willie Mays 4
4 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Camilo Pascual 0.00
2 Mike McCormick 0.31
3 Dick Ellsworth 0.56
4 Don Cardwell 0.60
5 Bill Monbouquette 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gary Bell 3
1 Mike McCormick 3
1 Jack Meyer 3
1 Jim O'Toole 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 23
2 Gary Bell 22
2 Camilo Pascual 22
4 Sandy Koufax 20
5 Jim Bunning 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Henry 5
2 Turk Farrell 3
3 Turk Lown 2
4 Hank Aguirre 1
4 16 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tito Francona .349
2 Joe Cunningham .343
3 Harvey Kuenn .339
4 Hank Aaron .327
5 Orlando Cepeda .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Banks 44
2 Eddie Mathews 38
3 Hank Aaron 37
4 Rocky Colavito 35
5 Frank Robinson 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 134
2 Frank Robinson 115
3 Hank Aaron 113
4 Gus Bell 111
5 Rocky Colavito 102

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 55
2 Willie Mays 32
3 Vada Pinson 26
4 Orlando Cepeda 24
4 Tony Taylor 24

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Craig 2.31
2 Sam Jones 2.50
3 Camilo Pascual 2.50
4 Vern Law 2.65
5 Billy O'Dell 2.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Jones 22
2 Vern Law 21
3 Warren Spahn 19
4 Gary Bell 18
4 3 others tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 248
2 Camilo Pascual 216
3 Sam Jones 203
4 Jim Bunning 192
5 Sandy Koufax 187

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 19
2 Bill Henry 18
3 Ryne Duren 16
4 Turk Lown 15
4 2 others tied 15