On This Day

Friday, April 25, 1958

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 7 3 .700 --
Senators 5 3 .625 1.0
Athletics 6 4 .600 1.0
Tigers 6 5 .545 1.5
Indians 6 5 .545 1.5
Orioles 4 5 .444 2.5
White Sox 3 7 .300 4.0
Red Sox 3 8 .273 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 7 3 .700 --
Cubs 6 3 .667 0.5
Braves 6 3 .667 0.5
Redlegs 4 4 .500 2.0
Pirates 4 5 .444 2.5
Dodgers 4 6 .400 3.0
Phillies 3 5 .375 3.0
Cardinals 2 7 .222 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Stan Musial 4
2 Gino Cimoli 3
2 Roberto Clemente 3
2 Norm Larker 3
2 Norm Zauchin 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Adcock 1
1 Roberto Clemente 1
1 George Crowe 1
1 Al Dark 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mickey Vernon 5
2 Roberto Clemente 3
2 Woodie Held 3
2 Minnie Minoso 3
5 7 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 1
1 Dick Groat 1
1 Gil Hodges 1
1 Roy Sievers 1
1 Bob Skinner 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ramon Monzant 1.75
2 Frank Baumann 0.91
3 Whitey Ford 0.89
4 Connie Johnson 0.86
5 2 tied 0.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Fischer 1
1 Connie Johnson 1
1 Fred Kipp 1
1 Vern Law 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Baumann 10
2 Whitey Ford 8
3 Ramon Monzant 7
3 Pedro Ramos 7
3 Early Wynn 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roy Face 1
1 Ed Roebuck 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .553
2 Brooks Robinson .433
3 Norm Zauchin .429
4 Harvey Kuenn .422
5 Willie Mays .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Sauer 5
2 Hank Aaron 4
2 Bob Cerv 4
2 Jackie Jensen 4
2 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Cerv 15
2 Del Ennis 11
2 Jackie Jensen 11
2 Daryl Spencer 11
2 Lee Walls 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 3
1 Jim Piersall 3
3 Luis Aparicio 2
3 Gary Geiger 2
3 2 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Don Larsen 0.00
1 Bob Turley 0.00
3 Whitey Ford 0.47
4 Bob Buhl 0.51
5 Bob Purkey 0.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Buhl 2
1 Bud Byerly 2
1 Paul Foytack 2
1 Bob Friend 2
1 11 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 26
2 Carl Erskine 14
2 Whitey Ford 14
2 Connie Johnson 14
2 Johnny Podres 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Gorman 4
2 Ryne Duren 2
2 Roy Face 2
2 Hal Jeffcoat 2
2 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .378
2 Mickey Mantle .358
3 Stan Musial .355
4 Willie Mays .338
5 Nellie Fox .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 45
1 Ernie Banks 45
3 Roy Sievers 40
4 Duke Snider 39
5 Ted Williams 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Aaron 132
2 Jackie Jensen 113
3 Del Ennis 109
4 Ernie Banks 108
5 Minnie Minoso 107

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 37
2 Luis Aparicio 28
3 Jim Gilliam 24
4 Don Blasingame 21
5 Johnny Temple 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bobby Shantz 2.46
2 Bob Turley 2.48
3 Bob Buhl 2.53
4 Billy O'Dell 2.55
5 Warren Spahn 2.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Warren Spahn 21
2 Jim Bunning 20
3 Bob Buhl 19
3 Billy Pierce 19
3 Jack Sanford 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Early Wynn 195
2 Connie Johnson 188
2 Jack Sanford 188
4 Jim Bunning 184
5 Dick Drott 171

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Grim 19
2 Clem Labine 16
2 Ray Narleski 16
4 Marv Grissom 15
5 Hoyt Wilhelm 12