On This Day

Wednesday, April 12, 1961

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 1 0 1.000 --
Indians 1 0 1.000 --
Athletics 1 0 1.000 --
Angels 1 0 1.000 --
Twins 1 0 1.000 --
Tigers 0 1 .000 1.0
Red Sox 0 1 .000 1.0
Yankees 0 1 .000 1.0
Orioles 0 1 .000 1.0
Senators 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 1 0 1.000 --
Dodgers 2 0 1.000 -0.5
Reds 1 0 1.000 --
Pirates 1 1 .500 0.5
Giants 1 1 .500 0.5
Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0
Braves 0 1 .000 1.0
Phillies 0 2 .000 1.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Roberto Clemente 3
1 Don Hoak 3
3 Johnny Callison 2
3 Harvey Kuenn 2
3 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tom Haller 1
1 Wally Moon 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Moon 2
2 Orlando Cepeda 1
2 Tony Curry 1
2 Tom Haller 1
2 3 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Mays 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Podres 1.22
2 Frank Sullivan 0.50
3 Vern Law 0.44
4 Billy Loes 0.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Billy Loes 1
1 Johnny Podres 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Podres 11
2 Vern Law 4
3 Frank Sullivan 3
4 Don Ferrarese 2
4 Billy Loes 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Duffalo 1
1 Larry Sherry 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Vic Power .800
2 Ed Bailey .750
2 Marty Keough .750
2 Vada Pinson .750
2 Pete Runnels .750

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Kluszewski 2
1 Wally Moon 2
3 Bob Allison 1
3 Reno Bertoia 1
3 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Kluszewski 5
2 Orlando Cepeda 4
3 Wally Moon 3
3 Wally Post 3
3 Bill Virdon 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Zoilo Versalles 2
2 Dan Dobbek 1
2 Willie Mays 1
2 Minnie Minoso 1
2 Bob Sadowski 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pedro Ramos 0.00
1 Russ Kemmerer 0.00
1 Frank Baumann 0.00
1 Billy Hoeft 0.00
1 10 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Baumann 1
1 Don Drysdale 1
1 Roy Face 1
1 Eli Grba 1
1 7 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Podres 11
2 Don Drysdale 8
3 Eli Grba 5
3 Pedro Ramos 5
3 Larry Sherry 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Sherry 2
2 Bud Daley 1
2 Jim Duffalo 1
2 Clem Labine 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dick Groat .325
2 Pete Runnels .323
3 Norm Larker .321
4 Willie Mays .318
5 Roberto Clemente .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Banks 41
2 Hank Aaron 40
2 Mickey Mantle 40
2 Eddie Mathews 40
5 Roger Maris 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Aaron 126
1 Eddie Mathews 126
3 Ernie Banks 117
4 Roger Maris 112
5 Minnie Minoso 105

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 50
1 Maury Wills 50
3 Vada Pinson 32
4 Willie Mays 26
4 Tony Taylor 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Frank Baumann 2.63
2 Ernie Broglio 2.70
3 Mike McCormick 2.74
4 Don Drysdale 2.84
5 Jim Bunning 2.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ernie Broglio 21
1 Warren Spahn 21
3 Vern Law 20
4 Lew Burdette 19
4 Jim Perry 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 254
2 Jim Bunning 202
3 Sandy Koufax 197
4 Sam Jones 194
5 Ernie Broglio 192

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 27
2 Roy Face 24
3 Bill Henry 17
4 Johnny Klippstein 14
5 2 tied 13