On This Day

Thursday, May 19, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 16 10 .615 --
Orioles 16 12 .571 1.0
Yankees 13 10 .565 1.5
Indians 14 11 .560 1.5
Red Sox 10 12 .455 4.0
Tigers 10 13 .435 4.5
Senators 10 15 .400 5.5
Athletics 11 17 .393 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 21 10 .677 --
Giants 20 10 .667 0.5
Reds 17 14 .548 4.0
Braves 13 11 .542 4.5
Dodgers 13 18 .419 8.0
Cubs 10 15 .400 8.0
Cardinals 11 18 .379 9.0
Phillies 11 20 .355 10.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Roberto Clemente 4
2 Bob Nieman 3
2 Russ Snyder 3
4 Richie Ashburn 2
4 13 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Walt Dropo 1
1 Hal Smith 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Walt Dropo 4
1 Russ Snyder 4
3 Hal Smith 3
4 Willie Jones 2
4 Norm Siebern 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 1
1 Elio Chacon 1
1 John Roseboro 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sandy Koufax 0.83
2 Joe Gibbon 0.70
3 Chuck Estrada 0.64
4 Bob Anderson 0.57
5 Robin Roberts 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Anderson 1
1 Jim Brosnan 1
1 Bud Daley 1
1 Joe Gibbon 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 10
2 Chuck Estrada 7
2 Joe Gibbon 7
4 Bob Anderson 4
5 Robin Roberts 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Green 1
1 Marty Kutyna 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Willie Mays .373
2 Roberto Clemente .372
3 Bob Allison .355
4 Bob Skinner .350
5 Pete Runnels .346

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 9
1 Jim Lemon 9
3 Ernie Banks 8
3 Ken Boyer 8
3 Willie McCovey 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roberto Clemente 29
2 Willie McCovey 28
3 Ernie Banks 27
4 Bill Mazeroski 26
5 Frank Robinson 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Vada Pinson 11
2 Willie Mays 9
3 Tony Taylor 7
4 Luis Aparicio 6
4 Don Blasingame 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike McCormick 1.61
2 Gary Bell 1.62
3 Dick Hall 1.72
4 Ralph Terry 1.78
5 Steve Barber 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vern Law 6
2 Gary Bell 5
2 Bob Friend 5
2 Mike McCormick 5
2 Larry Sherry 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 68
2 Camilo Pascual 61
3 Bob Friend 53
4 Gary Bell 52
5 Jim Bunning 42

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harvey Kuenn .432
2 Ed Bailey .412
3 Gino Cimoli .400
4 Roberto Clemente .393
5 Richie Ashburn .393

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 5
1 Jim Lemon 5
3 Jackie Brandt 4
3 Del Crandall 4
3 Eddie Mathews 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Smith 13
2 Orlando Cepeda 10
2 Roberto Clemente 10
2 Elston Howard 10
2 2 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Vada Pinson 6
2 Tony Taylor 5
3 Luis Aparicio 4
3 Jim Piersall 4
5 5 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Camilo Pascual 0.00
2 Frank Lary 0.45
3 Don Cardwell 0.60
4 Mike McCormick 0.98
5 Jim Bunning 1.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Sherry 4
2 Gary Bell 3
2 Camilo Pascual 3
2 Bob Purkey 3
5 17 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 30
1 Camilo Pascual 30
3 Jim Bunning 29
4 Don Drysdale 26
5 Gary Bell 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Henry 3
1 Turk Lown 3
3 Roy Face 2
3 Turk Farrell 2
3 Don McMahon 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tito Francona .355
2 Harvey Kuenn .343
3 Joe Cunningham .340
4 Hank Aaron .326
5 Willie Mays .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Banks 44
2 Eddie Mathews 39
3 Hank Aaron 37
4 Frank Robinson 35
5 Rocky Colavito 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 134
2 Frank Robinson 116
3 Hank Aaron 111
4 Gus Bell 108
5 Orlando Cepeda 101

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 51
2 Willie Mays 32
3 Vada Pinson 26
4 Tony Taylor 24
5 2 tied 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Craig 2.31
2 Camilo Pascual 2.41
3 Sam Jones 2.41
4 Vern Law 2.58
5 Jim Perry 2.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Jones 22
2 Vern Law 21
3 Gary Bell 18
3 Bud Daley 18
3 3 others tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 252
2 Camilo Pascual 224
3 Sam Jones 200
4 Jim Bunning 197
4 Sandy Koufax 197

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 19
2 Bill Henry 17
3 Ryne Duren 16
3 Don McMahon 16
5 2 tied 15