On This Day

Sunday, April 28, 1957

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 7 2 .778 --
Red Sox 7 4 .636 1.0
Yankees 6 4 .600 1.5
Athletics 6 6 .500 2.5
Orioles 6 7 .462 3.0
Indians 5 6 .455 3.0
Senators 5 9 .357 4.5
Tigers 4 8 .333 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 9 1 .900 --
Dodgers 7 3 .700 2.0
Giants 6 6 .500 4.0
Phillies 5 6 .455 4.5
Cardinals 4 5 .444 4.5
Pirates 4 7 .364 5.5
Redlegs 4 7 .364 5.5
Cubs 3 7 .300 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Gail Harris 5
2 Dusty Rhodes 4
2 Red Schoendienst 4
2 Al Smith 4
5 14 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Avila 1
1 Yogi Berra 1
1 Frank Bolling 1
1 Foster Castleman 1
1 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Dark 4
1 Al Pilarcik 4
3 Richie Ashburn 3
3 Walt Dropo 3
3 5 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 3
2 Bobby Del Greco 1
2 Nellie Fox 1
2 Willy Miranda 1
2 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Early Wynn 2.00
2 Billy Hoeft 0.75
3 Al Worthington 0.67
4 Bob Rush 0.57
4 Jack Sanford 0.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Aber 1
1 Curt Barclay 1
1 Hal Brown 1
1 Bud Byerly 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Early Wynn 10
2 Billy Hoeft 6
3 Mike Garcia 4
3 Bob Rush 4
3 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tex Clevenger 1
1 Marv Grissom 1
1 Bob Miller 1
1 Billy O'Dell 1
1 Gerry Staley 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .500
2 Ted Williams .395
3 Joe Adcock .394
4 Jim Gilliam .386
5 Al Dark .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Adcock 5
1 Lou Skizas 5
3 Hank Aaron 4
3 Sherm Lollar 4
3 4 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roy Sievers 15
2 Hank Sauer 13
3 Joe Adcock 11
3 Carl Furillo 11
3 2 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 6
2 Jim Landis 3
3 Luis Aparicio 2
3 Nellie Fox 2
3 4 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Frank Lary 0.90
2 Herb Score 0.93
3 Whitey Ford 1.17
4 Bobby Shantz 1.20
5 2 tied 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ruben Gomez 3
1 Warren Spahn 3
3 Tom Brewer 2
3 Lew Burdette 2
3 15 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 27
2 Mike Fornieles 19
3 Billy Pierce 17
4 Chuck Stobbs 15
5 Early Wynn 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clem Labine 3
1 Bob Miller 3
3 Ike Delock 2
3 Raul Sanchez 2
5 19 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mickey Mantle .350
2 Ted Williams .346
3 Hank Aaron .332
4 Harvey Kuenn .328
5 Stan Musial .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Mantle 50
2 Duke Snider 46
3 Joe Adcock 42
4 Frank Robinson 39
5 Willie Mays 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Kaline 128
2 Mickey Mantle 121
3 Joe Adcock 109
4 Stan Musial 108
5 Harry Simpson 106

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 46
2 Luis Aparicio 23
3 Jim Rivera 22
4 Jim Gilliam 21
5 Bobby Avila 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Warren Spahn 2.48
2 Herb Score 2.48
3 Whitey Ford 2.50
4 Lew Burdette 2.67
5 Sal Maglie 2.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Newcombe 27
2 Warren Spahn 23
3 Frank Lary 22
4 Herb Score 21
5 4 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 272
2 Billy Pierce 192
3 Paul Foytack 188
4 Billy Hoeft 181
5 Sam Jones 176

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clem Labine 22
2 Hersh Freeman 17
3 Turk Lown 14
3 George Zuverink 14
5 3 tied 11