On This Day

Sunday, May 4, 1980

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 12 9 .571 --
Blue Jays 12 9 .571 0.0
Brewers 10 8 .556 0.5
Red Sox 11 10 .524 1.0
Orioles 9 12 .429 3.0
Tigers 8 14 .364 4.5
Indians 7 13 .350 4.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 15 9 .625 --
White Sox 12 10 .545 2.0
Royals 11 10 .524 2.5
Rangers 11 10 .524 2.5
Angels 11 11 .500 3.0
Mariners 12 13 .480 3.5
Twins 10 13 .435 4.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 13 7 .650 --
Cubs 11 8 .579 1.5
Phillies 9 10 .474 3.5
Cardinals 9 12 .429 4.5
Expos 8 13 .381 5.5
Mets 7 14 .333 6.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Astros 16 6 .727 --
Reds 15 9 .625 2.0
Dodgers 14 9 .609 2.5
Padres 11 12 .478 5.5
Braves 8 13 .381 7.5
Giants 8 16 .333 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Toby Harrah 5
1 Ken Macha 5
3 Tony Bernazard 4
3 Larry Biittner 4
3 8 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Otto Velez 4
2 Dusty Baker 2
3 Gary Alexander 1
3 Bob Boone 1
3 25 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Otto Velez 10
2 Dusty Baker 5
3 Rick Cerone 4
3 Junior Kennedy 4
3 Robin Yount 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 3
2 Tony Bernazard 2
2 Jose Cruz 2
2 Andre Dawson 2
5 15 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 John Montefusco 1.57
2 Mike Norris 1.33
3 Floyd Bannister 0.67
3 Steve Rogers 0.67
5 Frank Tanana 0.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Bahnsen 1
1 Joe Beckwith 1
1 Jim Bibby 1
1 Tom Buskey 1
1 14 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 John Montefusco 11
2 Mike Norris 8
3 Floyd Bannister 6
3 Rick Langford 6
3 Steve Rogers 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Neil Allen 1
1 Doug Bair 1
1 Mark Clear 1
1 Dave Ford 1
1 8 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Champ Summers .393
2 Ken Reitz .389
3 Cecil Cooper .371
4 Reggie Smith .360
5 Tony Perez .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Greg Luzinski 7
1 Otto Velez 7
3 Dusty Baker 6
3 Reggie Jackson 6
3 4 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Steve Garvey 20
1 Otto Velez 20
3 Jose Cruz 19
3 Lance Parrish 19
5 4 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 15
2 Cesar Cedeno 13
3 Rudy Law 10
4 Ron LeFlore 9
4 Bump Wills 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Proly 0.41
2 Mike Norris 0.44
3 Rick Matula 0.95
4 Pete Redfern 1.46
5 Britt Burns 1.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rick Honeycutt 5
2 Jim Bibby 4
2 Steve Carlton 4
2 Ken Forsch 4
2 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 48
2 John Montefusco 33
2 Mike Norris 33
4 Phil Niekro 30
5 Pete Redfern 29

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Carlton Fisk .457
2 Harold Baines .421
3 Barry Foote .417
4 Champ Summers .405
5 2 tied .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Otto Velez 6
2 Dusty Baker 5
2 Reggie Jackson 5
2 Greg Luzinski 5
5 5 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Otto Velez 16
2 Barry Bonnell 14
2 Barry Foote 14
4 Mike Hargrove 13
4 Dave Parker 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 9
2 Cesar Cedeno 7
2 Rudy Law 7
4 Rickey Henderson 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Norris 0.38
2 Mark Bomback 0.56
2 Don Sutton 0.56
4 Ron Davis 0.73
5 Mike Proly 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bibby 3
1 Rick Honeycutt 3
1 Tommy John 3
1 Pete Redfern 3
5 34 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 John Montefusco 22
2 Mike Norris 19
3 Jon Matlack 18
3 Phil Niekro 18
3 2 others tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 3
1 Steve Howe 3
1 Tom Hume 3
1 Dan Quisenberry 3
1 Bruce Sutter 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Keith Hernandez .359
2 George Brett .332
3 Fred Lynn .331
4 Paul Molitor .328
5 Garry Templeton .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 47
2 Mike Schmidt 45
3 Jim Rice 40
3 Gorman Thomas 40
5 Larry Parrish 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Rice 126
2 Don Baylor 121
3 Steve Garvey 117
4 Mike Schmidt 114
4 Dave Winfield 114

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Wilson 84
2 Omar Moreno 81
3 Ron LeFlore 76
4 Bill North 58
5 3 tied 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Hume 2.14
2 J. R. Richard 2.58
3 Joe Niekro 2.76
4 Jim Bibby 2.82
5 John Fulgham 2.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mike Flanagan 22
1 Joe Niekro 22
3 Steve Carlton 20
3 Tommy John 20
3 Jack Morris 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 317
2 Steve Carlton 213
3 Phil Niekro 207
3 Nolan Ryan 207
5 Ron Guidry 197

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 39
2 Kent Tekulve 34
3 Jim Kern 27
4 Mike Marshall 24
5 Aurelio Lopez 23