On This Day

Monday, May 1, 1972

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 7 4 .636 --
Orioles 7 6 .538 1.0
Indians 6 6 .500 1.5
Red Sox 4 7 .364 3.0
Yankees 4 8 .333 3.5
Brewers 3 7 .300 3.5

Games

No Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Twins 8 3 .727 --
Athletics 7 4 .636 1.0
White Sox 8 5 .615 1.0
Rangers 7 6 .538 2.0
Royals 6 8 .429 3.5
Angels 5 8 .385 4.0

Games

No Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Mets 9 4 .692 --
Expos 9 4 .692 0.0
Phillies 10 5 .667 0.0
Cardinals 5 8 .385 4.0
Pirates 5 9 .357 4.5
Cubs 4 10 .286 5.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Astros 11 4 .733 --
Dodgers 11 5 .688 0.5
Braves 7 8 .467 4.0
Reds 5 8 .385 5.0
Giants 6 11 .353 6.0
Padres 5 11 .313 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Gene Alley 3
1 Cesar Cedeno 3
1 Roberto Clemente 3
1 Rennie Stennett 3
1 Jim Wynn 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roberto Clemente 1
1 Johnny Edwards 1
1 Bud Harrelson 1
1 Ken Henderson 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Wynn 4
2 Roberto Clemente 3
2 Johnny Edwards 3
4 Bud Harrelson 2
4 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Crawford 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tom Seaver 1.71
2 Claude Osteen 0.38
3 Steve Blass 0.36
4 Dave Roberts 0.23
5 John Cumberland 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Ray 1
1 Tom Seaver 1
1 Dick Selma 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Seaver 12
2 Steve Blass 4
3 Tug McGraw 3
3 Claude Osteen 3
3 Dave Roberts 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tug McGraw 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bobby Darwin .439
2 Rico Carty .438
3 Rennie Stennett .425
4 Bobby Tolan .423
5 2 tied .412

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 6
2 Bobby Darwin 5
2 Jim Wynn 5
4 Hank Aaron 4
4 7 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dave Kingman 18
2 Jim Wynn 16
3 Bobby Darwin 15
4 Willie Davis 13
4 3 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Morgan 9
2 Bobby Tolan 8
3 Dave Nelson 7
4 Lou Brock 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave LaRoche 0.00
2 Paul Splittorff 0.41
3 Don Sutton 0.55
4 Tom Timmermann 0.56
5 Tug McGraw 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Ray 4
1 Tom Seaver 4
1 Don Sutton 4
4 Bert Blyleven 3
4 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 34
2 Tom Seaver 33
3 Mickey Lolich 28
4 Joe Coleman 27
5 2 tied 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dave LaRoche 4
2 Rollie Fingers 3
2 Fred Gladding 3
2 Jerry Johnson 3
2 4 others tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Torre .363
2 Roberto Clemente .350
3 Manny Sanguillen .335
4 Glenn Beckert .335
5 Ralph Garr .334

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lee May 42
2 Hank Aaron 41
3 Willie Stargell 39
4 Deron Johnson 35
5 Norm Cash 33

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Torre 127
2 Lee May 108
3 Hank Aaron 106
3 Willie Stargell 106
5 2 tied 102

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 59
2 Freddie Patek 48
3 Amos Otis 47
4 Joe Morgan 44
5 Sandy Alomar 37

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Seaver 1.74
2 Wilbur Wood 1.79
3 Vida Blue 1.94
4 Don Sutton 2.04
5 Dave Roberts 2.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wilbur Wood 25
2 Mickey Lolich 24
3 Joe Coleman 22
4 Pat Dobson 21
4 2 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mickey Lolich 302
2 Tom Seaver 269
3 Joe Coleman 253
4 Bill Stoneman 250
5 Fergie Jenkins 246

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ken Sanders 31
2 Dave Giusti 27
3 Jim Brewer 23
4 Mike Marshall 21
5 2 tied 20