On This Day

Sunday, May 11, 1975

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Brewers 16 10 .615 --
Red Sox 14 10 .583 1.0
Tigers 12 12 .500 3.0
Orioles 12 15 .444 4.5
Indians 11 15 .423 5.0
Yankees 11 17 .393 6.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 17 12 .586 --
Rangers 17 12 .586 0.0
Royals 15 15 .500 2.5
Angels 15 16 .484 3.0
Twins 12 13 .480 3.0
White Sox 12 17 .414 5.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 18 9 .667 --
Pirates 13 12 .520 4.0
Phillies 13 14 .481 5.0
Cardinals 12 14 .462 5.5
Mets 11 14 .440 6.0
Expos 10 14 .417 6.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 21 11 .656 --
Reds 18 14 .563 3.0
Braves 17 16 .515 4.5
Padres 15 16 .484 5.5
Giants 14 16 .467 6.0
Astros 11 23 .324 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tommy Davis 4
2 Steve Braun 3
2 Al Bumbry 3
2 Ron Cey 3
2 11 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Grich 2
2 Bobby Bonds 1
2 Jeff Burroughs 1
2 Leo Cardenas 1
2 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Davis 6
2 Ralph Garr 3
2 Ron LeFlore 3
2 Roger Metzger 3
2 Joe Rudi 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rick Auerbach 1
1 Larry Bowa 1
1 Lou Brock 1
1 Bert Campaneris 1
1 12 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Steve Busby 1.29
2 Bert Blyleven 1.00
2 Tom Seaver 1.00
4 Jim Palmer 0.67
5 Buzz Capra 0.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 1
1 Bert Blyleven 1
1 Steve Busby 1
1 Tom Buskey 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Busby 9
2 Bert Blyleven 8
2 Jim Kern 8
4 Buzz Capra 7
4 Tom Seaver 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Steve Foucault 1
1 Al Hrabosky 1
1 Jim Todd 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Thurman Munson .412
2 Robin Yount .381
3 Manny Sanguillen .372
4 Jose Cardenal .371
5 Dave Cash .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ron Cey 7
1 Willie Horton 7
1 Dave Winfield 7
4 Jeff Burroughs 6
4 Greg Luzinski 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tony Perez 25
2 Johnny Bench 24
2 Steve Garvey 24
4 Dave Winfield 22
5 4 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mickey Rivers 21
2 Joe Morgan 18
3 Cesar Cedeno 17
4 Amos Otis 16
5 2 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rich Gossage 1.14
2 Don Sutton 1.36
3 Woodie Fryman 1.43
4 Steve Stone 1.47
5 Joe McIntosh 1.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 7
1 Don Sutton 7
3 Nolan Ryan 6
4 Pete Broberg 5
4 7 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 62
1 Don Sutton 62
3 Bert Blyleven 56
4 Vida Blue 54
5 Andy Messersmith 50

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Murphy 7
2 Darold Knowles 6
3 Rich Gossage 5
4 Doug Bird 4
4 5 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Manny Sanguillen .462
2 Jose Cardenal .447
3 Derrel Thomas .441
4 Ron LeFlore .440
4 Thurman Munson .440

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Willie Horton 4
1 Bob Watson 4
3 Don Baylor 3
3 Bernie Carbo 3
3 9 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mickey Rivers 14
1 George Scott 14
3 Steve Garvey 12
3 Greg Luzinski 12
5 3 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mickey Rivers 12
2 Amos Otis 9
3 Joe Morgan 7
4 Morris Nettles 6
5 7 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rich Gossage 0.00
1 Gary Lavelle 0.00
3 Jerry Reuss 0.50
4 Catfish Hunter 0.51
5 Frank Tanana 0.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Sutton 4
2 Vida Blue 3
2 Pete Broberg 3
2 Steve Busby 3
2 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vida Blue 29
2 Don Sutton 28
3 Jim Palmer 26
4 Bert Blyleven 23
4 Steve Busby 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Darold Knowles 4
2 John Hiller 3
3 Clay Carroll 2
3 Terry Forster 2
3 9 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .360
2 Ralph Garr .331
3 Steve Garvey .322
4 Elliott Maddox .316
5 Bill Madlock .315

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 36
2 Johnny Bench 34
3 Jim Wynn 29
4 Dick Allen 27
5 2 tied 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Bench 146
2 Jeff Burroughs 111
3 Ted Simmons 110
4 Steve Garvey 109
4 Mike Schmidt 109

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 103
2 Joe Morgan 64
3 Cesar Cedeno 57
4 Davey Lopes 56
5 Bill North 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Phil Niekro 2.13
2 Buzz Capra 2.39
3 Nolan Ryan 2.44
4 Andy Messersmith 2.60
5 Luis Tiant 2.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fergie Jenkins 24
1 Nolan Ryan 24
3 Vida Blue 23
3 Steve Busby 23
3 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 362
2 Bert Blyleven 256
3 Steve Carlton 231
4 Andy Messersmith 229
5 Gaylord Perry 221

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Murphy 26
2 Terry Forster 23
3 Rollie Fingers 20
3 Mike Marshall 20
5 Tom Buskey 18