On This Day

Tuesday, May 6, 1980

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 13 9 .591 --
Blue Jays 13 9 .591 0.0
Brewers 10 10 .500 2.0
Red Sox 11 12 .478 2.5
Orioles 10 13 .435 3.5
Tigers 9 14 .391 4.5
Indians 8 14 .364 5.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 16 10 .615 --
White Sox 14 10 .583 1.0
Rangers 13 10 .565 1.5
Royals 11 11 .500 3.0
Angels 11 12 .478 3.5
Mariners 12 14 .462 4.0
Twins 11 14 .440 4.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 14 7 .667 --
Cubs 11 9 .550 2.5
Phillies 11 10 .524 3.0
Cardinals 11 12 .478 4.0
Expos 9 14 .391 6.0
Mets 8 15 .348 7.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Astros 17 7 .708 --
Reds 16 10 .615 2.0
Dodgers 14 10 .583 3.0
Padres 12 12 .500 5.0
Braves 8 15 .348 8.5
Giants 8 18 .308 10.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buddy Bell 4
1 Ray Knight 4
1 Lee Mazzilli 4
1 Joel Youngblood 4
5 19 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Benny Ayala 1
1 Bucky Dent 1
1 Dwight Evans 1
1 Roy Howell 1
1 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jose Cruz 4
1 Ray Knight 4
1 Mike Schmidt 4
4 Brian Asselstine 3
4 5 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rod Carew 2
2 Barry Bonnell 1
2 Al Bumbry 1
2 Rick Burleson 1
2 16 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Doc Medich 1.00
2 Randy Jones 0.80
3 Len Barker 0.55
3 Steve McCatty 0.55
5 Willie Hernandez 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Len Barker 1
1 Randy Jones 1
1 Dave Lemanczyk 1
1 Rudy May 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Doc Medich 7
2 Len Barker 6
2 Steve McCatty 6
4 Ed Glynn 5
4 Willie Hernandez 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pedro Borbon 1
1 Ed Farmer 1
1 Jerry Garvin 1
1 Aurelio Lopez 1
1 2 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Champ Summers .409
2 Ken Reitz .405
3 Cecil Cooper .380
4 Ben Oglivie .370
5 Buddy Bell .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 8
2 Reggie Jackson 7
2 Greg Luzinski 7
2 Otto Velez 7
5 4 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jose Cruz 23
2 Mike Schmidt 22
3 Buddy Bell 21
3 Steve Garvey 21
5 2 tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 15
2 Cesar Cedeno 13
3 Ron LeFlore 11
4 Rudy Law 10
4 Bump Wills 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Norris 0.44
2 Mike Proly 1.09
3 Britt Burns 1.48
4 Gary Lucas 1.50
5 Matt Keough 1.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 5
1 Rick Honeycutt 5
1 Pete Vuckovich 5
4 Len Barker 4
4 8 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 48
2 Steve Carlton 37
3 John Montefusco 33
3 Mike Norris 33
3 2 others tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 8
2 Bruce Sutter 7
3 Neil Allen 5
4 Tom Burgmeier 4
4 3 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lenny Randle .500
2 Ben Oglivie .447
3 Champ Summers .436
3 John Wathan .436
5 2 tied .410

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 6
2 Dusty Baker 5
2 Reggie Jackson 5
2 Otto Velez 5
5 2 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Schmidt 16
2 Barry Foote 14
2 Jason Thompson 14
4 Barry Bonnell 13
4 4 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 9
2 Cesar Cedeno 7
2 Ron LeFlore 7
4 Rod Carew 5
4 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sammy Stewart 0.00
2 Mike Norris 0.38
3 Ed Farmer 0.69
4 Larry Gura 0.70
5 2 tied 0.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Len Barker 3
1 Jim Bibby 3
1 Steve Carlton 3
1 Rick Honeycutt 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 21
2 Pete Vuckovich 20
3 Mike Norris 19
3 Jeff Reardon 19
5 3 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 4
2 Aurelio Lopez 3
2 Bruce Sutter 3
4 Doug Bair 2
4 10 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Keith Hernandez .363
2 George Brett .334
3 Paul Molitor .332
4 Fred Lynn .326
5 Buddy Bell .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 47
2 Mike Schmidt 44
3 Gorman Thomas 40
4 Jim Rice 39
5 Larry Parrish 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Don Baylor 122
1 Jim Rice 122
3 Steve Garvey 118
4 Dave Kingman 113
4 2 others tied 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Wilson 84
2 Omar Moreno 79
3 Ron LeFlore 77
4 Bill North 58
5 2 tied 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 J. R. Richard 2.62
2 Gaylord Perry 2.77
3 Joe Niekro 2.77
4 John Fulgham 2.83
5 Jim Bibby 2.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Niekro 23
2 Mike Flanagan 22
3 Steve Carlton 21
4 Jack Morris 20
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 314
2 Steve Carlton 224
3 Nolan Ryan 207
4 Phil Niekro 206
5 Ron Guidry 192

Saves

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