On This Day

Thursday, May 5, 1977

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Brewers 14 9 .609 --
Yankees 13 10 .565 1.0
Orioles 11 9 .550 1.5
Red Sox 12 10 .545 1.5
Blue Jays 12 14 .462 3.5
Indians 8 13 .381 5.0
Tigers 8 14 .364 5.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Twins 15 10 .600 --
Royals 14 10 .583 0.5
White Sox 13 10 .565 1.0
Athletics 14 11 .560 1.0
Rangers 11 9 .550 1.5
Angels 9 15 .375 5.5
Mariners 9 19 .321 7.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 14 7 .667 --
Cardinals 14 8 .636 0.5
Expos 11 9 .550 2.5
Cubs 10 10 .500 3.5
Phillies 10 11 .476 4.0
Mets 9 13 .409 5.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 21 4 .840 --
Reds 10 12 .455 9.5
Astros 10 14 .417 10.5
Giants 9 14 .391 11.0
Padres 10 18 .357 12.5
Braves 8 16 .333 12.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Cecil Cooper 4
2 Alan Ashby 3
2 Alan Bannister 3
2 Joe Ferguson 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dusty Baker 1
1 Ron Cey 1
1 Cecil Cooper 1
1 Al Cowens 1
1 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ron Cey 4
2 Cliff Johnson 3
2 Jerry Morales 3
2 Manny Trillo 3
2 Dave Winfield 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mitchell Page 2
2 George Brett 1
2 Jose Cardenal 1
2 Jose Cruz 1
2 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Diego Segui 1.43
2 Vida Blue 0.82
3 Tom Seaver 0.50
4 Randy Lerch 0.45
5 Catfish Hunter 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doug Bird 1
1 Vida Blue 1
1 Fergie Jenkins 1
1 Randy Lerch 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Diego Segui 10
2 Vida Blue 9
3 Randy Lerch 5
3 Tom Seaver 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Gene Garber 1
1 Mark Littell 1
1 Bruce Sutter 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dave Parker .416
2 Ted Simmons .408
3 Otto Velez .386
4 Gary Matthews .382
5 Carlton Fisk .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ron Cey 10
2 Richie Zisk 8
3 Jeff Burroughs 7
3 Gary Carter 7
3 Otto Velez 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ron Cey 33
2 Joe Rudi 27
3 Jeff Burroughs 25
4 Dave Parker 24
4 2 others tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 14
2 Jerry Remy 13
3 Freddie Patek 11
4 Enos Cabell 9
4 3 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Palmer 1.13
2 Steve Rogers 1.34
3 Don Sutton 1.42
4 Bert Blyleven 1.51
5 Charlie Hough 1.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 John Denny 5
1 Bob Forsch 5
1 Rick Rhoden 5
4 Jim Barr 4
4 11 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 48
2 Bert Blyleven 45
2 Frank Tanana 45
4 Steve Rogers 37
4 Tom Seaver 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Hough 7
2 Sparky Lyle 6
3 Bill Castro 5
3 Bruce Sutter 5
5 5 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cecil Cooper .444
2 Carlton Fisk .442
2 Dave Parker .442
4 Manny Sanguillen .440
5 Ted Simmons .433

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ron Cey 7
2 Richie Zisk 6
3 Otto Velez 5
4 Dusty Baker 4
4 9 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ron Cey 21
2 Chet Lemon 18
3 Ted Simmons 16
4 Chris Chambliss 15
4 2 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 7
2 Davey Lopes 6
2 Freddie Patek 6
4 Ken Griffey 5
4 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doyle Alexander 0.50
2 Lerrin LaGrow 0.64
3 Ron Guidry 0.73
4 Rick Langford 1.02
5 Steve Rogers 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fergie Jenkins 3
1 Randy Lerch 3
1 John Montague 3
1 Rick Reuschel 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bert Blyleven 24
2 Vida Blue 23
3 Steve Rogers 22
4 Burt Hooton 20
4 Jim Palmer 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Hough 5
2 Sparky Lyle 4
3 Bill Campbell 3
3 Bill Castro 3
3 Bruce Sutter 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal McRae .343
2 George Brett .339
3 Rod Carew .335
4 Bill Madlock .335
5 Dave Parker .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 33
1 Graig Nettles 33
3 Reggie Jackson 31
4 Ron Cey 30
4 3 others tied 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 128
2 Lee May 118
3 Carl Yastrzemski 113
4 Larry Hisle 110
4 Thurman Munson 110

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 76
2 Bill North 71
3 Frank Taveras 64
4 Lou Brock 57
4 Joe Morgan 57

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Charlie Hough 2.09
2 Jim Palmer 2.11
3 John Denny 2.25
4 Mark Fidrych 2.34
5 Frank Tanana 2.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Palmer 23
2 Steve Carlton 22
2 Don Sutton 22
2 Frank Tanana 22
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 330
2 Frank Tanana 266
3 Bert Blyleven 239
4 Tom Seaver 231
5 J. R. Richard 217

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rawly Eastwick 28
2 Sparky Lyle 25
3 Charlie Hough 24
4 Bill Campbell 21
4 Dave LaRoche 21