On This Day

Monday, April 18, 1983

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Orioles 6 4 .600 --
Brewers 6 5 .545 0.5
Tigers 5 6 .455 1.5
Yankees 5 6 .455 1.5
Indians 5 6 .455 1.5
Red Sox 5 7 .417 2.0
Blue Jays 4 6 .400 2.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 9 4 .692 --
Rangers 7 4 .636 1.0
Royals 5 4 .556 2.0
Angels 7 6 .538 2.0
White Sox 5 5 .500 2.5
Twins 5 7 .417 3.5
Mariners 5 9 .357 4.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 6 1 .857 --
Pirates 6 3 .667 1.0
Phillies 6 4 .600 1.5
Expos 6 4 .600 1.5
Mets 2 6 .250 4.5
Cubs 2 9 .182 6.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 9 3 .750 --
Braves 8 3 .727 0.5
Reds 8 4 .667 1.0
Padres 6 7 .462 3.5
Giants 3 10 .231 6.5
Astros 2 10 .167 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Charlie Moore 4
2 Al Bumbry 3
2 Randy Bush 3
2 Ron Cey 3
2 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Dwyer 1
1 Steve Garvey 1
1 Glenn Hubbard 1
1 Reggie Jackson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Moore 3
2 Randy Bush 2
2 Rod Carew 2
2 Mike Davis 2
2 13 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Julio Cruz 2
2 Don Baylor 1
2 Greg Brock 1
2 Dave Collins 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ron Guidry 2.00
2 Burt Hooton 0.80
3 Len Barker 0.67
4 Eric Show 0.50
5 Scott McGregor 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 John Denny 1
1 Ron Guidry 1
1 Scott McGregor 1
1 Tom Niedenfuer 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Len Barker 6
2 Eric Show 5
3 Ron Guidry 4
3 Burt Hooton 4
3 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Steve Baker 1
1 Luis DeLeon 1
1 Pete Filson 1
1 Dave Stewart 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Brett .429
2 Ron Oester .415
3 Eddie Murray .405
4 Cesar Cedeno .400
4 Andre Dawson .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Greg Brock 4
1 John Castino 4
1 Chili Davis 4
1 Reggie Jackson 4
1 4 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Terry Kennedy 16
2 Ron Kittle 14
3 Andre Thornton 12
4 Jim Gantner 11
4 2 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lee Lacy 10
2 Steve Sax 8
3 Julio Cruz 7
3 Willie Wilson 7
5 2 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joaquin Andujar 0.50
2 Charlie Lea 0.57
3 Pascual Perez 0.70
4 Roy Thomas 0.77
5 Rick Honeycutt 0.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Gura 3
1 Pascual Perez 3
1 Mario Soto 3
4 Joaquin Andujar 2
4 28 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 32
2 Mario Soto 25
3 Pascual Perez 20
4 Bruce Berenyi 18
4 Mike Norris 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dan Spillner 4
2 Dave Beard 3
2 Ron Davis 3
2 Gary Lucas 3
2 2 others tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Willie Wilson .332
2 Al Oliver .331
3 Robin Yount .330
4 Bill Madlock .322
5 Rod Carew .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Reggie Jackson 43
2 Gorman Thomas 41
3 Mike Schmidt 39
3 Dave Winfield 39
5 Dave Kingman 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal McRae 135
2 Cecil Cooper 123
3 Andre Thornton 119
4 Robin Yount 116
5 2 tied 112

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 120
2 Tim Raines 79
3 Lonnie Smith 62
4 Damaso Garcia 58
4 Omar Moreno 58

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joaquin Andujar 2.47
2 Steve Rogers 2.56
3 Joe Niekro 2.57
3 Mario Soto 2.57
5 Eric Show 2.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 25
2 Larry Gura 20
2 Jerry Reuss 20
2 Fernando Valenzuela 20
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 301
2 Mario Soto 275
3 Nolan Ryan 238
4 Fernando Valenzuela 199
5 Floyd Bannister 193

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dan Quisenberry 34
1 Bruce Sutter 34
3 Greg Minton 31
4 Gene Garber 30
5 2 tied 29