On This Day

Monday, May 15, 1978

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 19 9 .679 --
Red Sox 22 12 .647 0.0
Yankees 18 12 .600 2.0
Indians 14 16 .467 6.0
Brewers 14 17 .452 6.5
Orioles 13 18 .419 7.5
Blue Jays 12 19 .387 8.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 22 10 .688 --
Angels 19 12 .613 2.5
Royals 18 13 .581 3.5
Rangers 15 14 .517 5.5
Mariners 12 24 .333 12.0
Twins 11 23 .324 12.0
White Sox 9 19 .321 11.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 17 12 .586 --
Expos 17 14 .548 1.0
Cubs 16 15 .516 2.0
Pirates 15 17 .469 3.5
Mets 14 20 .412 5.5
Cardinals 14 21 .400 6.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 20 12 .625 --
Dodgers 19 14 .576 1.5
Reds 19 14 .576 1.5
Astros 14 16 .467 5.0
Padres 14 18 .438 6.0
Braves 12 18 .400 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Reggie Smith 4
2 Lou Brock 3
2 Lou Piniella 3
2 Jim Sundberg 3
5 41 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Glenn Adams 1
1 Doug DeCinces 1
1 Phil Garner 1
1 Bobby Grich 1
1 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Reggie Smith 4
2 Bobby Grich 3
2 Milt May 3
2 Willie Norwood 3
5 14 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 2
1 Reggie Smith 2
3 Bill Almon 1
3 Don Baylor 1
3 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 J. R. Richard 1.80
2 Fergie Jenkins 0.86
3 Rich Gale 0.71
4 Bert Blyleven 0.64
5 Burt Hooton 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Beattie 1
1 Joe Coleman 1
1 Rich Gale 1
1 Charlie Hough 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bert Blyleven 9
1 J. R. Richard 9
3 Fergie Jenkins 6
4 Rich Gale 5
4 Burt Hooton 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Reggie Cleveland 1
1 Sparky Lyle 1
1 Elias Sosa 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jeff Burroughs .390
2 Rod Carew .378
3 Jim Rice .357
4 Dan Driessen .342
4 Reggie Smith .342

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Rice 11
2 Gary Alexander 9
2 Don Baylor 9
2 Rick Monday 9
2 Richie Zisk 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Rice 36
2 Reggie Smith 30
3 Butch Hobson 27
3 Rick Monday 27
3 Richie Zisk 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 20
2 Cesar Cedeno 14
2 Ron LeFlore 14
4 Davey Lopes 12
4 2 others tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 John Henry Johnson 1.28
2 Ron Guidry 1.61
3 Ross Grimsley 1.85
4 Bob Knepper 1.87
5 Rick Reuschel 1.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Forsch 6
1 Ross Grimsley 6
1 Frank Tanana 6
4 Vida Blue 5
4 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 76
2 J. R. Richard 66
3 Phil Niekro 55
4 Bert Blyleven 46
5 Dennis Leonard 40

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 8
2 Skip Lockwood 6
2 Sparky Lyle 6
2 Elias Sosa 6
2 Don Stanhouse 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jim Rice .444
2 Rod Carew .441
3 Rico Carty .429
4 Reggie Smith .413
5 Frank White .406

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Rice 6
2 Dave Kingman 5
2 Sixto Lezcano 5
2 Greg Luzinski 5
5 8 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Rice 19
1 Reggie Smith 19
3 Gary Carter 12
3 Dave Kingman 12
3 2 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 9
2 Frank Taveras 8
3 Ron LeFlore 6
4 Cesar Cedeno 5
4 Julio Cruz 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Sykes 0.00
1 Joe Coleman 0.00
3 Randy Jones 0.36
4 Bob Knepper 0.50
5 Joaquin Andujar 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 3
1 Steve Carlton 3
1 Dennis Eckersley 3
1 Bob Forsch 3
1 Mike Torrez 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 23
2 Bert Blyleven 21
3 Mike Flanagan 19
3 Fred Norman 19
5 Phil Niekro 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 4
1 Sparky Lyle 4
3 Terry Forster 3
3 Rich Gossage 3
3 2 others tied 3

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jeff Burroughs .418
2 Craig Reynolds .375
3 Jim Sundberg .368
4 Rennie Stennett .363
5 Ron Jackson .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Rice 9
2 Greg Luzinski 8
2 Lee May 8
4 Gary Alexander 7
4 Don Baylor 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Rice 30
2 Butch Hobson 26
2 Reggie Smith 26
4 Rusty Staub 24
5 Willie McCovey 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 18
2 Ron LeFlore 12
3 Cesar Cedeno 10
3 Julio Cruz 10
3 2 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joaquin Andujar 1.32
1 Preston Hanna 1.32
3 Manny Sarmiento 1.37
4 Tom House 1.40
5 John Henry Johnson 1.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 5
1 Ross Grimsley 5
3 Bob Forsch 4
3 Fergie Jenkins 4
3 8 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 51
2 J. R. Richard 50
3 Phil Niekro 42
4 Bert Blyleven 34
5 Steve Rogers 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 7
2 Sparky Lyle 6
3 Stan Bahnsen 5
3 Paul Hartzell 5
3 4 others tied 5

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .392
2 Rennie Stennett .346
3 Jim Rice .335
4 Ron LeFlore .334
5 Bake McBride .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Foster 53
2 Jim Rice 46
3 Greg Luzinski 41
4 Mike Schmidt 38
5 Jeff Burroughs 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 150
2 Jim Rice 134
3 Greg Luzinski 130
4 Butch Hobson 117
4 Bob Watson 117

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Taveras 66
2 Cesar Cedeno 63
3 Gene Richards 61
4 Omar Moreno 59
5 Joe Morgan 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Carlton 2.49
2 Rick Reuschel 2.54
3 Frank Tanana 2.60
4 Nolan Ryan 2.64
5 Tommy John 2.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 23
2 Tommy John 22
3 Dennis Leonard 21
4 Bob Forsch 20
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 340
2 Phil Niekro 276
3 Dennis Leonard 250
4 J. R. Richard 239
5 Steve Carlton 196

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 37
2 Bruce Sutter 27
3 Bill Campbell 26
3 Sparky Lyle 26
5 2 tied 23