On This Day

Friday, April 14, 1961

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 1 0 1.000 --
Angels 1 0 1.000 --
Twins 2 0 1.000 -0.5
White Sox 1 1 .500 0.5
Tigers 1 1 .500 0.5
Indians 1 1 .500 0.5
Senators 1 1 .500 0.5
Red Sox 0 1 .000 1.0
Yankees 0 1 .000 1.0
Orioles 0 2 .000 1.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 3 0 1.000 --
Giants 3 1 .750 0.5
Pirates 2 2 .500 1.5
Dodgers 2 2 .500 1.5
Cardinals 1 2 .333 2.0
Cubs 1 2 .333 2.0
Braves 1 2 .333 2.0
Phillies 1 3 .250 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tommy Davis 4
2 Al Kaline 3
2 Wally Post 3
2 Jake Wood 3
2 Don Zimmer 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 1
1 Frank Bolling 1
1 Rocky Colavito 1
1 Tommy Davis 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Davis 3
2 Jackie Brandt 2
2 Gino Cimoli 2
2 Roberto Clemente 2
2 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Allison 1
1 Jackie Brandt 1
1 Gordy Coleman 1
1 Lenny Green 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Camilo Pascual 1.71
2 Frank Lary 1.67
3 Jack Fisher 1.00
3 Mike McCormick 1.00
5 Gary Bell 0.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Elston 1
1 Joe Gibbon 1
1 Bill Henry 1
1 Frank Lary 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Camilo Pascual 12
2 Gary Bell 8
3 Jack Fisher 7
4 Art Mahaffey 6
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Brosnan 1
1 Clem Labine 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Bailey .636
2 Tony Gonzalez .625
3 Jim Piersall .600
4 Vic Power .556
5 Tommy Davis .533

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Kluszewski 2
1 Wally Moon 2
1 Wally Post 2
4 Hank Aaron 1
4 31 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Davis 5
1 Ted Kluszewski 5
1 Wally Post 5
4 Eddie Bressoud 4
4 4 others tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Zoilo Versalles 3
2 Willie Mays 2
3 Bob Allison 1
3 Jackie Brandt 1
3 14 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Frank Lary 0.00
1 Pedro Ramos 0.00
1 Russ Kemmerer 0.00
1 Bob Gibson 0.00
1 6 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Baumann 1
1 Don Drysdale 1
1 Jim Duffalo 1
1 Don Elston 1
1 18 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Camilo Pascual 12
2 Johnny Podres 11
3 Gary Bell 8
3 Don Drysdale 8
3 Jack Sanford 8

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Pete Runnels .323
2 Dick Groat .323
3 Norm Larker .320
4 Willie Mays .317
5 Al Smith .313

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Aaron 129
2 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 33
4 Willie Mays 26
4 Tony Taylor 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike McCormick 2.70
2 Ernie Broglio 2.73
3 Frank Baumann 2.74
4 Jim Bunning 2.87
5 Don Drysdale 2.89

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 240
2 Jim Bunning 202
3 Sandy Koufax 200
4 Sam Jones 191
5 Ernie Broglio 189

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 27
2 Roy Face 24
3 Bill Henry 16
4 Johnny Klippstein 14
5 3 tied 13