Baseball44 On This Day: Thursday, May 5, 1960

On This Day

Thursday, May 5, 1960

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	8	5	.615	--
White Sox	9	6	.600	--
Indians	8	7	.533	1.0
Orioles	9	8	.529	1.0
Senators	7	8	.467	2.0
Red Sox	6	7	.462	2.0
Athletics	6	9	.400	3.0
Tigers	5	8	.385	3.0

Games

White Sox 5, Senators 3

Indians 11, Orioles 6

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	13	5	.722	--
Giants	11	7	.611	2.0
Braves	9	7	.563	3.0
Cardinals	9	8	.529	3.5
Dodgers	9	10	.474	4.5
Reds	8	11	.421	5.5
Phillies	7	12	.368	6.5
Cubs	6	12	.333	7.0

Games

Pirates 9, Cubs 7

Dodgers 4, Braves 3

Reds 4, Giants 3

Phillies 3, Cardinals 1

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Bob Aspromonte	4
1	Norm Larker	4
3	Earl Battey	3
3	Roberto Clemente	3
3	5 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Hank Aaron	1
1	Bob Aspromonte	1
1	Earl Battey	1
1	Orlando Cepeda	1
1	8 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Tito Francona	4
2	Roberto Clemente	3
2	Bob Will	3
4	Bob Aspromonte	2
4	10 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Vada Pinson	3
2	Luis Aparicio	1
2	Orlando Cepeda	1
2	Jim Piersall	1
2	2 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Wynn Hawkins	0.42
2	Jim Owens	0.40
3	Vinegar Bend Mizell	0.38
3	Milt Pappas	0.38
5	Johnny Antonelli	0.29

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Fred Green	1
1	Wynn Hawkins	1
1	Jim Owens	1
1	Bob Purkey	1
1	2 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Wynn Hawkins	5
2	Jim Owens	4
2	Larry Sherry	4
4	Gary Bell	3
4	5 others tied	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Gary Bell	1
1	Roy Face	1
1	Bill Henry	1
1	Turk Lown	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Willie Mays	.435
2	Bill Skowron	.407
3	Jerry Lumpe	.400
4	Hank Aaron	.385
5	Bob Allison	.379

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Willie McCovey	7
2	Ken Boyer	6
2	Roy McMillan	6
4	Hank Aaron	5
4	7 others tied	5

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Roberto Clemente	22
2	Ernie Banks	21
2	Willie McCovey	21
4	Jim Gentile	18
4	Frank Thomas	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Vada Pinson	8
2	Willie Mays	6
3	Willie Kirkland	4
3	Bill Virdon	4
5	10 tied	3

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Vern Law	1.25
2	Bud Daley	1.29
3	Bob Friend	1.32
4	Gary Bell	1.73
5	Ray Herbert	1.80

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Vern Law	4
2	Jim Coates	3
2	Don Drysdale	3
2	Bob Friend	3
2	2 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Don Drysdale	42
2	Bob Friend	38
3	Gary Bell	32
4	Camilo Pascual	31
5	Carl Willey	29

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Roy Face	4
1	Bill Henry	4
1	Lindy McDaniel	4
4	Ryne Duren	3
5	4 tied	2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Tito Francona	.356
2	Joe Cunningham	.350
3	Harvey Kuenn	.341
4	Hank Aaron	.340
5	Willie Mays	.328

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ernie Banks	44
2	Eddie Mathews	40
3	Rocky Colavito	39
4	Hank Aaron	36
4	Harmon Killebrew	36

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ernie Banks	140
2	Hank Aaron	117
3	Frank Robinson	114
4	Rocky Colavito	111
5	Gus Bell	108

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Luis Aparicio	55
2	Willie Mays	33
3	Vada Pinson	26
4	Orlando Cepeda	24
4	Jim Gilliam	24

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Roger Craig	2.31
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	2.59
3	Vern Law	2.61
4	Sam Jones	2.62
5	Camilo Pascual	2.66

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Sam Jones	21
2	Vern Law	20
3	Bob Shaw	19
3	Warren Spahn	19
3	Early Wynn	19

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Don Drysdale	237
2	Camilo Pascual	201
3	Sam Jones	198
4	Jim Bunning	189
5	Sandy Koufax	167

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Lindy McDaniel	19
2	Ryne Duren	17
3	Bill Henry	16
4	Billy Loes	15
4	2 others tied	15