On This Day

Thursday, May 22, 1980

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 22 14 .611 --
Blue Jays 19 16 .543 2.5
Red Sox 19 18 .514 3.5
Brewers 16 18 .471 5.0
Orioles 17 21 .447 6.0
Tigers 16 20 .444 6.0
Indians 15 20 .429 6.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 22 16 .579 --
Royals 21 16 .568 0.5
Athletics 20 18 .526 2.0
Rangers 19 18 .514 2.5
Mariners 19 20 .487 3.5
Angels 16 20 .444 5.0
Twins 16 22 .421 6.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 21 13 .618 --
Phillies 17 15 .531 3.0
Expos 17 16 .515 3.5
Cubs 15 18 .455 5.5
Cardinals 14 22 .389 8.0
Mets 13 21 .382 8.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 24 13 .649 --
Astros 21 15 .583 2.5
Reds 21 16 .568 3.0
Padres 19 19 .500 5.5
Giants 16 22 .421 8.5
Braves 13 21 .382 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buddy Bell 4
1 Frank Taveras 4
3 Willie Aikens 3
3 Al Bumbry 3
3 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buddy Bell 2
2 Tony Armas 1
2 Cesar Cedeno 1
2 Wayne Gross 1
2 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buddy Bell 4
1 Mickey Rivers 4
1 John Wathan 4
4 Al Cowens 3
4 Steve Nicosia 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rod Carew 2
2 Bobby Brown 1
2 Bert Campaneris 1
2 Rick Cerone 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bert Blyleven 1.14
2 Scott McGregor 0.75
3 Renie Martin 0.57
4 Jon Matlack 0.56
5 Mike Griffin 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Danny Darwin 1
1 Mike Griffin 1
1 Renie Martin 1
1 Scott McGregor 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Danny Darwin 10
2 Bert Blyleven 8
3 Ernie Camacho 5
3 Jon Matlack 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 1
1 Frank LaCorte 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ken Reitz .367
2 Ken Landreaux .366
3 Alan Trammell .357
4 Al Bumbry .353
5 2 tied .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Greg Luzinski 11
2 Ben Oglivie 10
2 Mike Schmidt 10
4 Steve Garvey 9
4 Otto Velez 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Steve Garvey 36
2 Buddy Bell 29
2 Reggie Smith 29
2 Otto Velez 29
5 5 tied 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 19
1 Omar Moreno 19
3 Rudy Law 15
3 Ron LeFlore 15
5 Willie Wilson 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Norris 0.52
2 Britt Burns 1.35
3 Rick Matula 1.68
4 David Palmer 1.72
5 Larry Gura 1.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 7
1 Tommy John 7
3 Vida Blue 6
3 Rick Honeycutt 6
3 Pete Redfern 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 64
2 Steve Carlton 61
3 Nolan Ryan 50
4 Mike Norris 49
5 Ron Guidry 48

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 12
2 Bruce Sutter 10
3 Neil Allen 7
3 Tom Burgmeier 7
3 3 others tied 7

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Lynn .472
2 Frank Taveras .452
3 Al Woods .439
4 Ken Landreaux .417
5 Dan Graham .406

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Richie Zisk 6
2 Steve Garvey 5
2 Larry Hisle 5
2 Ben Oglivie 5
5 3 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Darrell Porter 18
2 Richie Hebner 14
3 Steve Garvey 13
4 Tony Armas 12
4 2 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 9
2 Willie Wilson 6
3 Julio Cruz 5
3 Rudy Law 5
3 Bill North 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Griffin 0.53
1 Nolan Ryan 0.53
3 Bill Castro 0.61
4 Mike Norris 0.65
5 Tom Burgmeier 0.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 4
1 Renie Martin 4
3 Jim Beattie 3
3 Britt Burns 3
3 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 24
2 Ron Guidry 21
3 Vida Blue 20
3 Steve Rogers 20
3 Craig Swan 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 4
1 Woodie Fryman 4
1 Dan Quisenberry 4
4 Tom Burgmeier 3
4 3 others tied 3

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Woods .408
2 Ken Landreaux .402
3 Al Bumbry .390
4 Jerry Remy .382
5 Bill Russell .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Steve Garvey 8
1 Greg Luzinski 8
1 Ben Oglivie 8
1 Mike Schmidt 8
5 2 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Steve Garvey 28
2 Ben Oglivie 23
3 Ray Knight 22
3 Darrell Porter 22
3 Otto Velez 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 14
2 Omar Moreno 13
3 Ron LeFlore 11
4 Rod Carew 9
4 Rudy Law 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Norris 0.53
2 Don Sutton 0.97
3 Randy Jones 1.21
4 Larry Gura 1.33
5 Britt Burns 1.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 5
1 Tommy John 5
1 Pete Redfern 5
4 Len Barker 4
4 13 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 45
2 Nolan Ryan 42
3 Steve Rogers 38
4 Mike Norris 35
5 Britt Burns 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 8
2 Woodie Fryman 6
2 Dan Quisenberry 6
2 Bruce Sutter 6
5 2 tied 5

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Keith Hernandez .363
2 Fred Lynn .341
3 Paul Molitor .338
4 Garry Templeton .328
5 George Brett .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 43
2 Gorman Thomas 41
3 Mike Schmidt 40
4 Jim Rice 39
5 Larry Parrish 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Rice 128
2 Steve Garvey 118
2 Gorman Thomas 118
4 Dave Winfield 115
5 Don Baylor 110

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Wilson 82
2 Omar Moreno 79
3 Ron LeFlore 74
4 Bill North 61
5 Rickey Henderson 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 J. R. Richard 2.41
2 John Fulgham 2.76
3 Jim Bibby 2.83
4 Bob Shirley 2.86
5 Ron Guidry 2.90

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 310
2 Steve Carlton 224
3 Nolan Ryan 212
4 Phil Niekro 204
5 Ron Guidry 191

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 41
2 Kent Tekulve 32
3 Ed Farmer 26
4 Aurelio Lopez 25
5 Jim Kern 24