On This Day

Sunday, April 14, 1974

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 4 2 .667 --
Brewers 4 2 .667 0.0
Orioles 4 3 .571 0.5
Yankees 5 4 .556 0.5
Tigers 3 6 .333 2.5
Indians 3 6 .333 2.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Angels 6 2 .750 --
Twins 4 2 .667 1.0
Royals 3 3 .500 2.0
Athletics 4 4 .500 2.0
Rangers 4 5 .444 2.5
White Sox 1 6 .143 4.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 7 2 .778 --
Expos 3 1 .750 1.5
Cubs 3 2 .600 2.0
Phillies 4 3 .571 2.0
Mets 2 5 .286 4.0
Pirates 1 7 .125 5.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 7 3 .700 --
Giants 6 3 .667 0.5
Reds 4 4 .500 2.0
Astros 4 5 .444 2.5
Braves 4 5 .444 2.5
Padres 2 7 .222 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Duncan 5
1 George Hendrick 5
1 Reggie Jackson 5
1 Bobby Murcer 5
1 3 others tied 5

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Graig Nettles 4
2 Dave Duncan 2
2 Reggie Jackson 2
2 Bobby Murcer 2
5 20 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Graig Nettles 7
2 Dave Nelson 6
3 John Ellis 5
4 Bobby Darwin 4
4 6 others tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 1
1 Bill Buckner 1
1 Dave Nelson 1
1 Freddie Patek 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jon Matlack 1.43
2 Jerry Koosman 1.22
3 Catfish Hunter 0.89
4 Steve Hargan 0.75
5 Stan Bahnsen 0.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bert Blyleven 1
1 John Curtis 1
1 Dick Drago 1
1 Catfish Hunter 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jerry Koosman 11
2 Jon Matlack 10
3 Catfish Hunter 8
4 Stan Bahnsen 7
5 2 tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rich Folkers 1
1 Vicente Romo 1
1 Diego Segui 1
1 Dick Selma 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bobby Darwin .500
2 Leroy Stanton .485
3 Greg Gross .478
4 Ken Reitz .471
5 Carl Yastrzemski .455

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Graig Nettles 6
2 Reggie Jackson 5
3 Jeff Burroughs 4
3 Dave Duncan 4
3 Jim Wynn 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Reggie Jackson 14
2 Jim Wynn 13
3 Cesar Cedeno 12
4 Ron Cey 11
4 2 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 5
1 Freddie Patek 5
3 Cesar Cedeno 4
3 John Lowenstein 4
5 6 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pedro Borbon 0.00
1 Steve Rogers 0.00
1 Paul Lindblad 0.00
4 Tommy John 0.69
5 Jerry Bell 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy John 3
1 Don Sutton 3
3 Jim Bibby 2
3 Bert Blyleven 2
3 12 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bert Blyleven 20
2 Fergie Jenkins 19
3 Jon Matlack 17
4 Jerry Koosman 15
5 5 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Randy Moffitt 3
2 Bill Campbell 2
2 Rich Folkers 2
2 Grant Jackson 2
2 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .355
2 Pete Rose .337
3 Cesar Cedeno .322
4 Ron Hunt .315
5 Bob Watson .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Davey Johnson 45
2 Willie Stargell 44
3 Hank Aaron 41
4 Darrell Evans 40
5 Bobby Bonds 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Reggie Jackson 125
2 Willie Stargell 123
3 Lee May 108
3 George Scott 108
5 Frank Robinson 107

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 72
2 Joe Morgan 67
3 Cesar Cedeno 57
4 Tommy Harper 54
5 Bill North 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Don Sutton 2.19
2 Tom Seaver 2.35
3 Bert Blyleven 2.40
4 Jim Palmer 2.46
5 Wayne Twitchell 2.51

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wilbur Wood 24
2 Ron Bryant 23
2 Catfish Hunter 23
2 Jim Palmer 23
5 Joe Coleman 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 372
2 Bert Blyleven 267
3 Tom Seaver 250
4 Bill Singer 240
5 Gaylord Perry 238

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John Hiller 38
2 Mike Marshall 30
3 Sparky Lyle 28
4 Tug McGraw 25
5 Rollie Fingers 22