On This Day

Wednesday, April 30, 1980

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Blue Jays 9 7 .563 --
Yankees 9 9 .500 1.0
Red Sox 8 9 .471 1.5
Brewers 7 8 .467 1.5
Tigers 7 11 .389 3.0
Orioles 7 11 .389 3.0
Indians 5 10 .333 3.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 12 6 .667 --
Athletics 12 8 .600 1.0
Royals 10 8 .556 2.0
Rangers 10 8 .556 2.0
Mariners 11 10 .524 2.5
Twins 10 10 .500 3.0
Angels 8 10 .444 4.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 11 5 .688 --
Cubs 9 6 .600 1.5
Cardinals 8 10 .444 4.0
Phillies 6 9 .400 4.5
Mets 6 10 .375 5.0
Expos 6 10 .375 5.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Astros 13 5 .722 --
Reds 13 6 .684 0.5
Dodgers 13 7 .650 1.0
Padres 7 11 .389 6.0
Braves 6 11 .353 6.5
Giants 6 14 .300 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Garry Templeton 4
2 Ted Cox 3
2 Bucky Dent 3
2 Tony Perez 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Phil Garner 2
2 Cesar Cedeno 1
2 Doug DeCinces 1
2 Bucky Dent 1
2 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Phil Garner 3
1 Keith Hernandez 3
1 Ken Oberkfell 3
1 Bump Wills 3
5 6 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 2
2 Alan Bannister 1
2 Larvell Blanks 1
2 Bobby Bonds 1
2 14 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 J. R. Richard 1.60
2 Pete Vuckovich 1.50
3 Richard Dotson 1.00
3 Larry Gura 1.00
5 Don Aase 0.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Aase 1
1 Jim Bibby 1
1 Mark Bomback 1
1 Richard Dotson 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Vuckovich 9
2 J. R. Richard 8
3 Don Aase 5
3 Richard Dotson 5
3 Pete Redfern 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 1
1 Steve Howe 1
1 Bob Shirley 1
1 Tim Stoddard 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Champ Summers .432
2 Ken Reitz .397
3 Reggie Smith .387
4 Mickey Rivers .385
5 Bill Buckner .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 6
1 Joe Rudi 6
1 Roy Smalley 6
4 Dusty Baker 4
4 19 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lance Parrish 18
2 Steve Garvey 17
2 Lamar Johnson 17
2 Reggie Smith 17
5 4 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 9
1 Rudy Law 9
1 Omar Moreno 9
4 Ron LeFlore 8
4 Bump Wills 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Britt Burns 0.42
2 Mike Proly 0.47
3 Mike Norris 0.56
4 Rick Matula 0.95
5 Dave Stieb 1.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rick Honeycutt 4
1 J. R. Richard 4
1 Pete Vuckovich 4
4 Don Aase 3
4 16 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 48
2 Pete Redfern 29
3 Bert Blyleven 28
3 Pete Vuckovich 28
5 Phil Niekro 26

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 7
2 Ed Farmer 6
3 Neil Allen 4
4 Tom Burgmeier 3
4 5 others tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Keith Hernandez .358
2 Fred Lynn .337
3 George Brett .334
4 Paul Molitor .322
5 Jim Rice .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 47
2 Mike Schmidt 45
3 Gorman Thomas 41
4 Jim Rice 40
5 Dave Winfield 35

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Rice 127
2 Don Baylor 121
3 Gorman Thomas 116
3 Dave Winfield 116
5 Steve Garvey 114

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Wilson 83
2 Ron LeFlore 77
3 Omar Moreno 75
4 Bill North 61
5 Julio Cruz 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 J. R. Richard 2.61
2 Joe Niekro 2.71
3 Jim Bibby 2.75
4 Ron Guidry 2.82
5 John Fulgham 2.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mike Flanagan 22
1 Joe Niekro 22
3 Tommy John 20
3 Jack Morris 20
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 321
2 Steve Carlton 213
3 Phil Niekro 209
4 Nolan Ryan 208
5 Ron Guidry 201

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 39
2 Kent Tekulve 34
3 Jim Kern 27
4 Mike Marshall 26
5 Aurelio Lopez 23