On This Day

Thursday, April 6, 1978

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 0 0 .000 --
Red Sox 0 0 .000 0.0
Yankees 0 0 .000 0.0
Indians 0 0 .000 0.0
Orioles 0 0 .000 0.0
Brewers 0 0 .000 0.0
Blue Jays 0 0 .000 0.0

Games

No Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Twins 1 1 .500 --
Mariners 1 1 .500 0.0
White Sox 0 0 .000 0.0
Angels 0 0 .000 0.0
Athletics 0 0 .000 0.0
Royals 0 0 .000 0.0
Rangers 0 0 .000 0.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 0 0 .000 --
Cardinals 0 0 .000 0.0
Cubs 0 0 .000 0.0
Phillies 0 0 .000 0.0
Mets 0 0 .000 0.0
Expos 0 0 .000 0.0

Games

No Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 1 0 1.000 --
Dodgers 0 0 .000 0.5
Giants 0 0 .000 0.5
Braves 0 0 .000 0.5
Padres 0 0 .000 0.5
Astros 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rod Carew 3
1 Jose Cruz 3
1 Joe Morgan 3
1 Roy Smalley 3
5 13 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cesar Cedeno 1
1 Joe Ferguson 1
1 Ruppert Jones 1
1 Joe Morgan 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Morgan 5
2 Johnny Bench 2
2 Cesar Cedeno 2
2 Jose Cruz 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Enos Cabell 1
1 Cesar Cedeno 1
1 Dan Driessen 1
1 Ken Griffey 1
1 Joe Morgan 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Roger Erickson 0.67
2 J. R. Richard 0.57
3 Tom Seaver 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pedro Borbon 1
1 Roger Erickson 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 8
2 Roger Erickson 4
2 Dale Murray 4
4 Shane Rawley 3
4 Tom Seaver 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Johnson 1
1 Dave Tomlin 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dave Collins 1.000
1 Denny Walling 1.000
3 Joe Morgan .750
4 Bruce Bochte .625
5 Jose Cruz .600

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cesar Cedeno 1
1 Joe Ferguson 1
1 Ruppert Jones 1
1 Joe Morgan 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Morgan 5
2 Johnny Bench 2
2 Cesar Cedeno 2
2 Jose Cruz 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Enos Cabell 1
1 Cesar Cedeno 1
1 Dan Driessen 1
1 Ken Griffey 1
1 3 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Shane Rawley 0.00
1 Enrique Romo 0.00
1 Pedro Borbon 0.00
1 Joe Sambito 0.00
1 Dave Tomlin 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Glenn Abbott 1
1 Pedro Borbon 1
1 Roger Erickson 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 8
2 Dave Goltz 6
3 Roger Erickson 4
3 Dale Murray 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Johnson 1
1 Enrique Romo 1
1 Dave Tomlin 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .389
2 Dave Parker .338
3 Lyman Bostock .336
4 Rennie Stennett .336
5 Ken Singleton .328

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Foster 52
2 Jeff Burroughs 41
3 Greg Luzinski 39
3 Jim Rice 39
5 Mike Schmidt 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 149
2 Greg Luzinski 130
3 Larry Hisle 119
4 Bobby Bonds 115
4 Steve Garvey 115

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Taveras 70
2 Cesar Cedeno 62
3 Gene Richards 56
4 Omar Moreno 53
4 Freddie Patek 53

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 John Candelaria 2.34
2 Frank Tanana 2.54
3 Burt Hooton 2.62
4 Steve Carlton 2.64
5 Bert Blyleven 2.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 23
2 Tom Seaver 21
3 John Candelaria 20
3 Bob Forsch 20
3 5 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 341
2 Phil Niekro 262
3 Dennis Leonard 244
4 J. R. Richard 222
5 Steve Rogers 206

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 35
2 Bill Campbell 31
2 Bruce Sutter 31
4 Rich Gossage 26
4 Sparky Lyle 26