On This Day

Friday, August 8, 1980

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 67 40 .626 --
Orioles 62 44 .585 4.5
Tigers 57 47 .548 8.5
Brewers 57 51 .528 10.5
Red Sox 56 51 .523 11.0
Indians 54 50 .519 11.5
Blue Jays 45 62 .421 22.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Royals 69 40 .633 --
Athletics 56 54 .509 13.5
Rangers 51 56 .477 17.0
Twins 47 62 .431 22.0
White Sox 46 61 .430 22.0
Angels 43 64 .402 25.0
Mariners 40 68 .370 28.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Expos 61 47 .565 --
Pirates 60 48 .556 1.0
Phillies 55 49 .529 4.0
Mets 53 55 .491 8.0
Cardinals 47 59 .443 13.0
Cubs 44 62 .415 16.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Astros 59 49 .546 --
Dodgers 59 50 .541 0.5
Reds 59 51 .536 1.0
Giants 52 57 .477 7.5
Braves 49 59 .454 10.0
Padres 49 61 .445 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jamie Quirk 5
2 Willie Aikens 4
2 George Brett 4
2 Steve Kemp 4
2 3 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jamie Quirk 2
2 Johnny Bench 1
2 Gary Carter 1
2 Dan Driessen 1
2 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Bench 4
1 Amos Otis 4
1 Jamie Quirk 4
1 Champ Summers 4
5 3 tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ron LeFlore 4
2 Steve Kemp 3
3 Julio Cruz 2
3 Paul Molitor 2
3 3 others tied 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Burt Hooton 1.40
2 Allen Ripley 1.00
3 Dan Petry 0.88
4 Len Barker 0.78
5 2 tied 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Campbell 1
1 Juan Eichelberger 1
1 Rich Gale 1
1 Tom Hume 1
1 10 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Len Barker 7
1 Burt Hooton 7
1 Dan Petry 7
4 Mike Krukow 6
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Neil Allen 1
1 Rollie Fingers 1
1 Woodie Fryman 1
1 John Montague 1
1 4 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Brett .389
2 Miguel Dilone .356
3 Cecil Cooper .347
4 Willie Wilson .340
5 Buddy Bell .334

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Reggie Jackson 30
2 Ben Oglivie 28
3 Mike Schmidt 27
4 Gorman Thomas 24
5 Tony Armas 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Steve Garvey 84
2 Reggie Jackson 82
3 George Hendrick 81
4 Ben Oglivie 79
4 Al Oliver 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ron LeFlore 72
2 Omar Moreno 65
3 Rickey Henderson 57
4 Dave Collins 53
5 Willie Wilson 47

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 J. R. Richard 1.90
2 Jerry Reuss 2.09
3 Larry Gura 2.17
4 Don Sutton 2.19
5 Steve Carlton 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 17
1 Steve Stone 17
3 Larry Gura 16
4 Tommy John 15
5 Mike Norris 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 195
2 Nolan Ryan 125
3 Bert Blyleven 123
4 Phil Niekro 121
5 Ron Guidry 120

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dan Quisenberry 23
1 Bruce Sutter 23
3 Neil Allen 19
3 Ed Farmer 19
3 Tom Hume 19

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal McRae .489
2 Miguel Dilone .467
3 Al Oliver .443
4 Cliff Johnson .438
5 George Brett .434

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wayne Gross 5
1 Gorman Thomas 5
3 Reggie Jackson 4
3 Carney Lansford 4
3 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Brett 16
2 Carney Lansford 14
2 Hal McRae 14
4 Joe Charboneau 12
4 5 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ron LeFlore 13
2 Rickey Henderson 12
3 Omar Moreno 10
4 Miguel Dilone 9
4 Frank Taveras 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pat Zachry 0.00
1 Bob Stanley 0.00
1 Tom Hume 0.00
4 Moose Haas 0.56
5 Scott Sanderson 0.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rich Gale 3
1 Ross Grimsley 3
1 Larry Gura 3
1 Rick Langford 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Burt Hooton 23
2 Steve Carlton 22
3 Mike Flanagan 20
4 Len Barker 19
4 Jim Clancy 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tim Stoddard 5
2 Victor Cruz 4
2 Rollie Fingers 4
2 Tug McGraw 4
2 Bob Stanley 4

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Brett .466
2 Willie Wilson .420
3 Cecil Cooper .393
4 Jason Thompson .389
5 Dwight Evans .388

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Horner 12
2 Reggie Jackson 10
3 Tony Armas 9
4 Gary Carter 8
4 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Brett 33
2 Ellis Valentine 32
3 George Foster 30
4 Reggie Jackson 29
5 2 tied 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 23
1 Ron LeFlore 23
3 Gene Richards 20
4 Omar Moreno 16
5 2 tied 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pat Zachry 0.90
2 Scott Sanderson 1.29
3 Doug Corbett 1.30
4 Tom Hume 1.35
5 Ken Forsch 1.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Gura 6
1 Rick Langford 6
3 Len Barker 5
3 Rich Gale 5
3 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mario Soto 43
2 Steve Carlton 42
3 Len Barker 35
4 Brian Kingman 34
4 Phil Niekro 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dan Quisenberry 8
2 Tom Hume 7
3 Tim Stoddard 6
3 Kent Tekulve 6
5 3 tied 5

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Brett .367
2 Willie Wilson .339
3 Cecil Cooper .337
4 Keith Hernandez .334
5 Paul Molitor .331

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gorman Thomas 41
2 Reggie Jackson 39
3 Ben Oglivie 36
4 Bob Horner 34
5 Mike Schmidt 33

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Steve Garvey 123
2 George Brett 112
3 Reggie Jackson 111
4 Gorman Thomas 109
5 Cecil Cooper 108

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ron LeFlore 96
2 Omar Moreno 92
3 Willie Wilson 83
4 Rickey Henderson 78
5 Dave Collins 66

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 J. R. Richard 1.47
2 Jerry Reuss 2.01
3 Don Sutton 2.24
4 Steve Carlton 2.52
5 Rudy May 2.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 24
2 Larry Gura 22
3 Mike Flanagan 21
3 Tommy John 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 285
2 J. R. Richard 223
3 Phil Niekro 195
4 Ron Guidry 186
5 Nolan Ryan 180

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 34
2 Tom Hume 30
3 Rich Gossage 28
4 Aurelio Lopez 27
5 3 tied 26