On This Day

Sunday, May 8, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 12 6 .667 --
Yankees 10 6 .625 1.0
Red Sox 8 7 .533 2.5
Indians 9 8 .529 2.5
Orioles 10 9 .526 2.5
Senators 7 10 .412 4.5
Athletics 6 11 .353 5.5
Tigers 5 10 .333 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 14 7 .667 --
Pirates 13 8 .619 1.0
Braves 9 7 .563 2.5
Reds 11 11 .500 3.5
Dodgers 10 12 .455 4.5
Cardinals 9 11 .450 4.5
Phillies 9 13 .409 5.5
Cubs 6 12 .333 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tony Curry 3
1 Minnie Minoso 3
1 Charlie Neal 3
1 Bob Schmidt 3
5 15 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Coker 1
1 Tony Gonzalez 1
1 Jim Landis 1
1 Minnie Minoso 1
1 Vada Pinson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Willie McCovey 4
1 Vada Pinson 4
3 Eddie Bressoud 3
3 Jimmie Coker 3
3 Jim Landis 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jim Gilliam 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Billy Pierce 0.62
2 Larry Jackson 0.60
3 Art Ditmar 0.40
4 Cal McLish 0.38
5 2 tied 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mike McCormick 1
1 Cal McLish 1
1 Jack Meyer 1
1 Gerry Staley 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Larry Jackson 6
2 Billy Pierce 5
3 Art Ditmar 4
4 Turk Farrell 3
4 Cal McLish 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Turk Farrell 1
1 Bill Henry 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Maris .458
2 Willie Mays .425
3 Bill Skowron .400
4 Pete Runnels .396
5 Hank Aaron .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Willie McCovey 8
2 Ken Boyer 6
2 Roberto Clemente 6
2 Woodie Held 6
2 Roy McMillan 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Willie McCovey 27
2 Roberto Clemente 23
3 Ernie Banks 21
4 Bill Skowron 20
5 Jim Gentile 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Vada Pinson 9
2 Willie Mays 7
3 Willie Kirkland 4
3 Bill Virdon 4
5 13 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Gerry Staley 0.00
2 Turk Farrell 0.93
3 Bob Friend 1.32
4 Gary Bell 1.59
4 Hal Brown 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vern Law 4
1 Mike McCormick 4
3 Gary Bell 3
3 Jim Coates 3
3 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 42
2 Bob Friend 38
3 Gary Bell 37
4 Camilo Pascual 31
5 Larry Sherry 30

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tito Francona .355
2 Joe Cunningham .349
3 Harvey Kuenn .343
4 Hank Aaron .339
5 Willie Mays .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Banks 43
2 Eddie Mathews 39
3 Rocky Colavito 38
4 Hank Aaron 36
4 Harmon Killebrew 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 138
2 Hank Aaron 117
3 Frank Robinson 112
4 Gus Bell 110
5 Rocky Colavito 108

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 55
2 Willie Mays 32
3 Vada Pinson 27
4 Jim Gilliam 25
5 Orlando Cepeda 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Craig 2.31
2 Sam Jones 2.56
3 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.59
4 Camilo Pascual 2.65
5 Vern Law 2.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Jones 22
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 Sam Jones 203
3 Jim Bunning 202
4 Camilo Pascual 200
5 Sandy Koufax 182

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 19
2 Ryne Duren 17
2 Bill Henry 17
4 Turk Lown 16
5 2 tied 15