On This Day

Friday, May 7, 1982

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 18 9 .667 --
Tigers 16 10 .615 1.5
Brewers 14 10 .583 2.5
Indians 10 14 .417 6.5
Orioles 10 14 .417 6.5
Blue Jays 10 15 .400 7.0
Yankees 9 15 .375 7.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 15 9 .625 --
Angels 17 11 .607 0.0
Athletics 16 12 .571 1.0
Royals 14 11 .560 1.5
Mariners 14 15 .483 3.5
Twins 10 19 .345 7.5
Rangers 7 16 .304 7.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 18 10 .643 --
Expos 12 11 .522 3.5
Mets 13 14 .481 4.5
Phillies 11 14 .440 5.5
Pirates 10 14 .417 6.0
Cubs 9 18 .333 8.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 19 8 .704 --
Padres 15 10 .600 3.0
Dodgers 14 13 .519 5.0
Reds 12 14 .462 6.5
Giants 12 15 .444 7.0
Astros 12 16 .429 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Wally Backman 3
1 Cecil Cooper 3
1 Andre Dawson 3
1 Toby Harrah 3
1 11 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Keith Moreland 2
1 Jim Morrison 2
3 Dusty Baker 1
3 Cecil Cooper 1
3 21 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Keith Moreland 7
2 Dusty Baker 4
3 Chris Chambliss 3
3 Von Hayes 3
3 5 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ron LeFlore 3
2 Steve Sax 2
3 Jack Clark 1
3 Bob Dernier 1
3 15 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mario Soto 1.83
2 LaMarr Hoyt 1.17
3 Charlie Puleo 0.67
4 Dennis Eckersley 0.60
5 2 tied 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Floyd Bannister 1
1 Gene Garber 1
1 LaMarr Hoyt 1
1 Randy Lerch 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mario Soto 11
2 LaMarr Hoyt 7
3 Charlie Puleo 6
3 Ed Whitson 6
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Neil Allen 1
1 Bill Caudill 1
1 Danny Darwin 1
1 Chico Escarrega 1
1 3 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Toby Harrah .383
2 Jason Thompson .382
3 Keith Moreland .379
4 Eddie Murray .375
5 Cecil Cooper .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 10
2 Jason Thompson 9
3 Bob Horner 8
3 Kent Hrbek 8
3 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dale Murphy 26
2 Keith Moreland 25
2 Jason Thompson 25
2 Andre Thornton 25
5 Dave Kingman 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 28
2 Omar Moreno 15
2 Lonnie Smith 15
4 Mookie Wilson 13
5 Bob Dernier 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 LaMarr Hoyt 1.29
2 Jerry Reuss 1.73
3 Britt Burns 1.82
4 Geoff Zahn 1.88
5 Len Barker 1.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 LaMarr Hoyt 6
2 Floyd Bannister 4
2 Bruce Berenyi 4
2 Roger Erickson 4
2 8 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mario Soto 54
2 Steve Carlton 48
3 Floyd Bannister 42
4 Steve Rogers 39
5 Bill Gullickson 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 10
2 Dan Quisenberry 8
3 Neil Allen 7
3 Salome Barojas 7
5 Tom Hume 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jason Thompson .481
2 Dave Concepcion .455
3 Todd Cruz .435
4 Bruce Bochte .409
5 Ozzie Smith .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jason Thompson 7
2 Bob Horner 6
3 Dave Kingman 5
4 Todd Cruz 4
4 9 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jason Thompson 20
2 Hal McRae 18
3 Keith Moreland 14
3 Dale Murphy 14
5 4 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 13
2 Bob Dernier 10
3 Ron LeFlore 7
3 Omar Moreno 7
5 5 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Bedrosian 0.00
2 Ross Grimsley 0.69
3 Jerry Reuss 0.74
4 Craig Swan 0.75
4 Kent Tekulve 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 LaMarr Hoyt 4
2 Doug Bair 3
2 Steve Carlton 3
2 Roger Erickson 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 26
2 Mario Soto 23
3 Bill Gullickson 22
4 Steve Rogers 21
5 2 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 5
2 Rollie Fingers 4
2 Dan Quisenberry 4
4 Neil Allen 3
4 3 others tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cecil Cooper .357
2 Eddie Murray .337
3 Toby Harrah .317
4 Dave Concepcion .312
5 Jerry Remy .309

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 27
1 Eddie Murray 27
3 Mike Schmidt 25
4 Andre Dawson 22
5 2 tied 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Murray 92
2 George Foster 88
3 Bill Buckner 81
4 Ben Oglivie 78
5 Mike Schmidt 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 65
2 Tim Raines 57
3 Omar Moreno 47
4 Ron LeFlore 43
5 2 tied 36

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Britt Burns 2.08
2 Jerry Reuss 2.32
3 Don Sutton 2.46
4 Steve Rogers 2.53
5 Ken Forsch 2.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Vuckovich 17
2 Jack Morris 16
3 Dennis Martinez 14
3 Scott McGregor 14
5 7 tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 182
2 Mario Soto 174
3 Fernando Valenzuela 160
4 Nolan Ryan 148
5 Len Barker 136

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 30
2 Rollie Fingers 29
3 Dan Quisenberry 25
4 Neil Allen 22
5 Greg Minton 20