On This Day

Sunday, April 16, 1978

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 6 2 .750 --
Brewers 6 3 .667 0.5
Red Sox 5 3 .625 1.0
Yankees 4 4 .500 2.0
Orioles 3 6 .333 3.5
Indians 2 5 .286 3.5
Blue Jays 2 6 .250 4.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Royals 6 1 .857 --
Angels 6 3 .667 1.0
Athletics 6 3 .667 1.0
White Sox 4 4 .500 2.5
Twins 6 7 .462 3.0
Mariners 4 9 .308 5.0
Rangers 2 6 .250 4.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 4 3 .571 --
Cardinals 5 4 .556 0.0
Cubs 5 4 .556 0.0
Expos 4 4 .500 0.5
Mets 5 5 .500 0.5
Pirates 3 6 .333 2.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 6 2 .750 --
Reds 7 3 .700 0.0
Giants 5 3 .625 1.0
Astros 4 6 .400 3.0
Padres 2 5 .286 3.5
Braves 1 6 .143 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bob Stinson 5
2 Rod Carew 4
2 Cecil Cooper 4
2 Dick Davis 4
5 19 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Harlow 2
1 Lee May 2
3 Don Baylor 1
3 Rod Carew 1
3 13 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Stinson 5
2 Lee May 4
3 Rod Carew 3
3 Cecil Cooper 3
3 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 2
1 Ken Griffey 2
3 Brian Asselstine 1
3 Don Baylor 1
3 20 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Nelson Briles 1.50
1 Bob Forsch 1.50
3 J. R. Richard 1.10
4 Jerry Koosman 1.00
5 Dennis Leonard 0.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nelson Briles 1
1 Jim Crawford 1
1 Tom Dixon 1
1 Bob Forsch 1
1 11 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 11
2 Nelson Briles 9
3 Dennis Leonard 5
4 Jim Clancy 4
4 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Burgmeier 1
1 Paul Hartzell 1
1 Gary Lavelle 1
1 Sparky Lyle 1
1 3 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Cubbage .455
2 Ron Cey .438
2 Keith Hernandez .438
4 Bob Stinson .417
5 Rod Carew .415

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cecil Cooper 4
1 Larry Hisle 4
1 Gary Matthews 4
1 Gorman Thomas 4
5 14 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cecil Cooper 13
2 Joe Morgan 12
2 Roy Smalley 12
2 Gorman Thomas 12
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 7
2 Ken Griffey 6
3 Dan Driessen 5
3 Willie Norwood 5
3 Jerry Remy 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nolan Ryan 0.00
1 Craig Swan 0.00
1 Dave Heaverlo 0.00
1 Ken Brett 0.00
1 Jim Palmer 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Forsch 3
2 Jerry Augustine 2
2 Jack Billingham 2
2 Bill Bonham 2
2 18 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 27
2 Nolan Ryan 25
3 Moose Haas 23
4 Dave Goltz 16
4 Phil Niekro 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Terry Forster 2
1 Steve Foucault 2
1 Dave Heaverlo 2
1 Al Hrabosky 2
1 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .396
2 Ken Singleton .331
3 Ron LeFlore .328
4 Dave Parker .328
5 Jim Rice .327

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Foster 53
2 Jim Rice 42
3 Jeff Burroughs 38
3 Graig Nettles 38
3 Mike Schmidt 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 146
2 Greg Luzinski 127
3 Larry Hisle 123
3 Jim Rice 123
5 Bob Watson 118

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Taveras 69
2 Cesar Cedeno 68
3 Gene Richards 55
4 Omar Moreno 54
5 Freddie Patek 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 John Candelaria 2.34
2 Frank Tanana 2.44
3 Tommy John 2.54
4 Burt Hooton 2.56
5 2 tied 2.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 23
2 Tommy John 22
2 Dennis Leonard 22
4 John Candelaria 21
4 2 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 341
2 Phil Niekro 264
3 Dennis Leonard 253
4 J. R. Richard 232
5 Steve Rogers 202

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 35
2 Bill Campbell 31
3 Bruce Sutter 30
4 Rich Gossage 26
4 Sparky Lyle 26