On This Day

Tuesday, April 16, 1957

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 1 0 1.000 --
Red Sox 1 0 1.000 0.0
Yankees 1 0 1.000 0.0
Athletics 1 0 1.000 0.0
Orioles 1 1 .500 0.5
Tigers 0 1 .000 1.0
Indians 0 1 .000 1.0
Senators 0 2 .000 1.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 1 0 1.000 --
Cardinals 1 0 1.000 0.0
Dodgers 1 0 1.000 0.0
Braves 1 0 1.000 0.0
Giants 0 1 .000 1.0
Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0
Phillies 0 1 .000 1.0
Redlegs 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Stan Musial 4
2 Gino Cimoli 3
2 Al Dark 3
2 Jim Gilliam 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Yogi Berra 1
1 Gino Cimoli 1
1 Gil Hodges 1
1 Johnny Logan 1
1 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Bailey 3
1 Del Ennis 3
1 Wally Moon 3
1 Bill Virdon 3
5 9 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 1
1 Don Blasingame 1
1 Bill Bruton 1
1 Nellie Fox 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Whitey Ford 1.00
1 Warren Spahn 1.00
3 Billy Pierce 0.82
4 Chuck Stobbs 0.70
5 2 tied 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tom Brewer 1
1 Whitey Ford 1
1 Bob Friend 1
1 Clem Labine 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 10
2 Billy Pierce 9
3 Robin Roberts 8
4 Whitey Ford 7
4 Chuck Stobbs 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ike Delock 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial 1.000
2 Gil McDougald .750
3 Don Hoak .667
4 Al Dark .600
4 2 others tied .600

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Yogi Berra 1
1 Gino Cimoli 1
1 Gil Hodges 1
1 Johnny Logan 1
1 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gus Triandos 4
2 Ed Bailey 3
2 Del Ennis 3
2 Wally Moon 3
2 Bill Virdon 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 1
1 Don Blasingame 1
1 Bill Bruton 1
1 Nellie Fox 1
1 4 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Clem Labine 0.00
1 Sandy Consuegra 0.00
1 Billy Loes 0.00
1 Don Gross 0.00
1 3 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tom Brewer 1
1 Whitey Ford 1
1 Bob Friend 1
1 Clem Labine 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 10
2 Billy Pierce 9
3 Robin Roberts 8
4 Bob Chakales 7
4 3 others tied 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ike Delock 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mickey Mantle .352
2 Ted Williams .343
3 Harvey Kuenn .331
4 Hank Aaron .329
5 Charlie Maxwell .326

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Mantle 52
2 Duke Snider 43
3 Joe Adcock 38
3 Frank Robinson 38
5 Eddie Mathews 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mickey Mantle 130
2 Al Kaline 128
3 Stan Musial 111
4 Vic Wertz 107
5 Yogi Berra 106

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 40
2 Luis Aparicio 22
3 Jim Gilliam 21
4 Jim Rivera 20
5 Bobby Avila 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whitey Ford 2.42
2 Herb Score 2.56
3 Early Wynn 2.69
4 Lew Burdette 2.70
5 Warren Spahn 2.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Newcombe 27
2 Frank Lary 21
2 Billy Pierce 21
2 Warren Spahn 21
5 7 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 273
2 Billy Pierce 201
3 Paul Foytack 184
4 Sam Jones 176
5 Billy Hoeft 172

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clem Labine 19
2 Hersh Freeman 17
3 George Zuverink 16
4 Turk Lown 13
5 2 tied 11