On This Day

Thursday, May 5, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 8 5 .615 --
White Sox 9 6 .600 0.0
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

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

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