On This Day

Wednesday, August 20, 1975

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 75 50 .600 --
Orioles 67 56 .545 7.0
Yankees 62 61 .504 12.0
Indians 55 66 .455 18.0
Brewers 56 69 .448 19.0
Tigers 50 75 .400 25.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 75 50 .600 --
Royals 68 54 .557 5.5
White Sox 61 63 .492 13.5
Rangers 61 65 .484 14.5
Twins 58 68 .460 17.5
Angels 58 69 .457 18.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 69 55 .556 --
Phillies 68 56 .548 1.0
Cardinals 67 58 .536 2.5
Mets 64 60 .516 5.0
Cubs 58 68 .460 12.0
Expos 52 71 .423 16.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 83 41 .669 --
Dodgers 67 57 .540 16.0
Giants 61 64 .488 22.5
Padres 57 68 .456 26.5
Braves 56 71 .441 28.5
Astros 48 81 .372 37.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Gene Clines 3
1 Cecil Cooper 3
1 Bucky Dent 3
1 Tito Fuentes 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bake McBride 2
2 Bobby Bonds 1
2 Adrian Garrett 1
2 Bobby Grich 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gene Locklear 4
2 Bobby Bonds 3
2 Enzo Hernandez 3
2 Dave Kingman 3
2 Bake McBride 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Mackanin 2
2 Sandy Alomar 1
2 Lou Brock 1
2 Rod Carew 1
2 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Nolan Ryan 1.50
2 Dennis Leonard 1.00
2 Wilbur Wood 1.00
4 Ray Bare 0.67
4 4 others tied 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Christenson 1
1 Jim Crawford 1
1 Ross Grimsley 1
1 Jerry Johnson 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 9
2 Dennis Leonard 7
2 Wilbur Wood 7
4 Rudy May 5
5 5 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Danny Frisella 1
1 Dave Giusti 1
1 Tug McGraw 1
1 Jim Todd 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .370
2 Bill Madlock .361
3 Ted Simmons .337
4 Fred Lynn .330
5 Bob Watson .328

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Greg Luzinski 31
2 John Mayberry 29
3 Reggie Jackson 28
3 Mike Schmidt 28
5 George Scott 27

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Greg Luzinski 100
2 Johnny Bench 95
3 Fred Lynn 88
4 John Mayberry 85
5 Lee May 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mickey Rivers 62
2 Davey Lopes 52
3 Joe Morgan 49
4 Lou Brock 45
5 Cesar Cedeno 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Randy Jones 2.10
2 Tom Seaver 2.13
3 Andy Messersmith 2.14
4 Jim Palmer 2.24
5 Jerry Reuss 2.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Palmer 19
2 Jim Kaat 17
2 Tom Seaver 17
4 Vida Blue 16
4 5 others tied 16

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Tanana 189
2 Nolan Ryan 178
3 Tom Seaver 175
4 Andy Messersmith 174
5 Bert Blyleven 169

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rich Gossage 18
1 Al Hrabosky 18
3 Rollie Fingers 16
3 Tom Murphy 16
5 Rawly Eastwick 15

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Madlock .486
2 George Foster .459
3 Tony Perez .438
4 Dwight Evans .429
5 Jose Cardenal .422

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 John Mayberry 5
1 Mike Schmidt 5
1 George Scott 5
1 Eric Soderholm 5
5 5 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jorge Orta 15
2 George Foster 14
3 Cliff Johnson 13
3 Tony Perez 13
5 4 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Bonds 7
2 Sandy Alomar 6
2 Don Baylor 6
2 Mickey Rivers 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ron Reed 0.35
2 Dave Hamilton 0.53
3 Gaylord Perry 0.67
4 Skip Lockwood 0.71
5 Jim Todd 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Billingham 3
1 Bert Blyleven 3
1 John Denny 3
1 Dave Goltz 3
1 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Gaylord Perry 25
2 Vida Blue 24
2 Frank Tanana 24
4 Bert Blyleven 23
4 Ed Halicki 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rawly Eastwick 4
1 Dave LaRoche 4
3 Steve Foucault 3
3 Al Hrabosky 3
3 Mike Marshall 3

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 John Mayberry .436
2 Bill Madlock .402
3 Willie Davis .380
4 Dwight Evans .373
5 Willie Crawford .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 John Mayberry 11
2 Mike Schmidt 9
2 George Scott 9
4 Darrell Evans 8
4 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Mayberry 32
2 Toby Harrah 30
3 Willie Montanez 27
4 Carlton Fisk 26
5 George Foster 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 13
2 Sandy Alomar 11
2 Mickey Rivers 11
4 Bobby Bonds 10
5 Wilbur Howard 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Gaylord Perry 0.51
2 Paul Splittorff 1.36
3 Frank Tanana 1.57
4 Burt Hooton 1.61
5 Roger Moret 1.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bert Blyleven 6
1 Jim Palmer 6
3 Jim Barr 5
3 Pat Darcy 5
3 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bert Blyleven 52
2 Gaylord Perry 50
3 Dan Warthen 43
4 Ed Halicki 42
5 John Montefusco 41

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rawly Eastwick 8
2 Mike Marshall 6
3 Dave LaRoche 5
3 Dyar Miller 5
3 Jim Willoughby 5

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .370
2 Bill Madlock .364
3 Fred Lynn .338
4 Ted Simmons .335
5 Pete Rose .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Reggie Jackson 34
1 Mike Schmidt 34
3 Greg Luzinski 33
4 Johnny Bench 32
4 John Mayberry 32

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Bench 133
2 Greg Luzinski 116
3 Ted Simmons 109
4 Tony Perez 107
5 Rusty Staub 101

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 79
2 Davey Lopes 64
3 Mickey Rivers 62
4 Cesar Cedeno 56
4 Joe Morgan 56

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Seaver 2.25
2 Jim Palmer 2.39
3 Andy Messersmith 2.40
4 Frank Tanana 2.44
5 Catfish Hunter 2.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Kaat 25
1 Don Sutton 25
3 Catfish Hunter 24
4 Fergie Jenkins 22
4 Jim Palmer 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 276
2 Frank Tanana 256
3 Bert Blyleven 243
4 Andy Messersmith 231
5 Tom Seaver 229

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Hrabosky 21
1 Tom Murphy 21
3 Rollie Fingers 20
4 Rich Gossage 18
5 4 tied 17