On This Day

Saturday, April 23, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 4 0 1.000 --
Yankees 4 1 .800 0.5
White Sox 2 2 .500 2.0
Athletics 2 2 .500 2.0
Senators 3 3 .500 2.0
Red Sox 3 3 .500 2.0
Orioles 1 4 .200 3.5
Indians 0 4 .000 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 7 2 .778 --
Pirates 7 3 .700 0.5
Dodgers 5 4 .556 2.0
Braves 4 4 .500 2.5
Phillies 4 5 .444 3.0
Cardinals 3 5 .375 3.5
Reds 3 6 .333 4.0
Cubs 2 6 .250 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Willie Kirkland 4
2 Ken Boyer 3
2 Smoky Burgess 3
2 Chico Fernandez 3
2 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Boyer 2
2 Steve Bilko 1
2 Walt Bond 1
2 Smoky Burgess 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Boyer 5
2 Orlando Cepeda 4
2 Willie McCovey 4
4 Walt Bond 3
4 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 2
2 Lou Clinton 1
2 Gene Freese 1
2 Joe Koppe 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Frank Lary 1.00
2 Jack Sanford 0.56
3 Barry Latman 0.44
4 Billy Pierce 0.43
5 Bennie Daniels 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Duliba 1
1 Turk Farrell 1
1 Mike Fornieles 1
1 Joe Gibbon 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Lary 7
2 Bob Gibson 6
3 Jack Sanford 5
4 Lew Burdette 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ted Bowsfield 1
1 Ryne Duren 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bob Allison .577
2 Bill Skowron .500
3 Willie Mays .472
4 Bill White .424
5 2 tied .421

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Boyer 4
1 Roy McMillan 4
3 Hank Aaron 3
3 Ernie Banks 3
3 6 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Orlando Cepeda 12
2 Hank Aaron 11
2 Roy McMillan 11
2 Bob Skinner 11
5 2 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 5
2 Willie Kirkland 4
2 Vada Pinson 4
4 Don Blasingame 3
4 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whitey Ford 0.00
1 John Gabler 0.00
1 Bob Purkey 0.00
4 Vern Law 0.50
5 Johnny Podres 0.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Drysdale 2
1 Bob Friend 2
1 Joe Gibbon 2
1 Sam Jones 2
1 4 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 23
2 Bob Friend 21
3 Camilo Pascual 18
4 Larry Sherry 17
4 Carl Willey 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ryne Duren 2
1 Lindy McDaniel 2
3 Johnny Antonelli 1
3 Ted Bowsfield 1
3 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tito Francona .361
2 Harvey Kuenn .355
3 Joe Cunningham .351
4 Hank Aaron .343
5 Willie Mays .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Mathews 45
2 Ernie Banks 44
3 Rocky Colavito 43
4 Harmon Killebrew 41
5 Hank Aaron 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 137
2 Hank Aaron 126
3 Frank Robinson 121
4 Rocky Colavito 114
5 Eddie Mathews 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 55
2 Willie Mays 32
3 Orlando Cepeda 25
4 Vada Pinson 24
5 2 tied 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Craig 2.26
2 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.29
3 Camilo Pascual 2.58
4 Vern Law 2.66
5 Jim Perry 2.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Jones 22
2 Early Wynn 21
3 Lew Burdette 19
3 Vern Law 19
3 Warren Spahn 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 240
2 Sam Jones 203
3 Jim Bunning 196
4 Camilo Pascual 193
5 Sandy Koufax 174

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 18
2 Ryne Duren 16
3 Don McMahon 15
3 Gerry Staley 15
5 Turk Lown 14