On This Day

Thursday, September 28, 1961

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 106 53 .667 --
Tigers 98 61 .616 8.0
Orioles 93 67 .581 13.5
White Sox 86 74 .538 20.5
Indians 77 81 .487 28.5
Red Sox 76 83 .478 30.0
Twins 70 87 .446 35.0
Angels 68 90 .430 37.5
Athletics 60 98 .380 45.5
Senators 59 99 .373 46.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 92 59 .609 --
Dodgers 88 64 .579 4.5
Giants 84 67 .556 8.0
Braves 81 70 .536 11.0
Cardinals 78 74 .513 14.5
Pirates 73 78 .483 19.0
Cubs 63 89 .414 29.5
Phillies 47 105 .309 45.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Matty Alou 4
2 Felipe Alou 3
2 Woodie Held 3
2 Vic Power 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Woodie Held 2
2 Smoky Burgess 1
2 Don Drysdale 1
2 Ken Hunt 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Leon Wagner 8
2 Woodie Held 5
3 Smoky Burgess 3
3 Gil Hodges 3
3 Daryl Spencer 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ken Retzer 1
1 Willie Tasby 1
1 Tony Taylor 1
1 Maury Wills 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Don Drysdale 1.00
2 Chris Short 0.50
3 Eli Grba 0.42
4 Jim Duffalo 0.31
5 Pedro Ramos 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Drysdale 1
1 Jim Duffalo 1
1 Eli Grba 1
1 Wynn Hawkins 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 8
2 Eli Grba 5
3 Jim Duffalo 4
3 Johnny Klippstein 4
5 Chris Short 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stu Miller 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Norm Cash .355
2 Elston Howard .353
3 Roberto Clemente .351
4 Vada Pinson .343
5 Ken Boyer .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roger Maris 60
2 Mickey Mantle 54
3 Orlando Cepeda 46
3 Jim Gentile 46
3 Harmon Killebrew 46

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Orlando Cepeda 142
2 Jim Gentile 140
2 Roger Maris 140
4 Rocky Colavito 138
5 Norm Cash 130

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 53
2 Dick Howser 37
3 Maury Wills 35
4 Jake Wood 30
5 Vada Pinson 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dick Donovan 2.40
2 Bill Stafford 2.76
3 Don Mossi 2.96
4 Warren Spahn 3.04
5 Hal Brown 3.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Whitey Ford 25
2 Frank Lary 23
3 Joey Jay 21
4 Warren Spahn 20
5 5 tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 269
2 Camilo Pascual 214
3 Whitey Ford 201
4 Stan Williams 196
5 Jim Bunning 192

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luis Arroyo 28
2 Hoyt Wilhelm 18
3 Roy Face 17
3 Stu Miller 17
5 2 tied 16

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Felipe Alou .462
2 Orlando Cepeda .417
3 Ron Fairly .407
4 Al Kaline .395
5 Norm Siebern .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Orlando Cepeda 6
2 Joe Adcock 5
3 Norm Cash 4
3 Roger Maris 4
3 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ron Fairly 17
2 Orlando Cepeda 15
3 Norm Cash 14
4 Joe Adcock 12
4 Leon Wagner 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 6
2 Chuck Hinton 4
2 Maury Wills 4
4 Eddie Mathews 3
4 Jake Wood 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Camilo Pascual 0.00
2 Bill Monbouquette 0.50
3 Joe Gibbon 0.56
4 Jim Coates 0.64
5 Billy O'Dell 0.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ray Herbert 3
1 Sandy Koufax 3
1 Frank Lary 3
1 Stu Miller 3
1 Jim O'Toole 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 36
2 Jim Kaat 21
2 Stan Williams 21
4 Frank Lary 19
4 Juan Pizarro 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stu Miller 3
2 Jim Brosnan 2
2 Jim Donohue 2
2 Turk Farrell 2
2 3 others tied 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Kaline .426
2 Pete Runnels .413
3 Vada Pinson .392
4 Norm Siebern .388
5 Ken Boyer .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dick Stuart 11
2 Orlando Cepeda 10
3 Harmon Killebrew 9
3 Roger Maris 9
5 5 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dick Stuart 28
2 Joe Adcock 24
2 Orlando Cepeda 24
2 Harmon Killebrew 24
2 Lee Thomas 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 11
2 Maury Wills 9
3 Chuck Hinton 5
3 Vada Pinson 5
5 7 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Billy O'Dell 0.78
2 Jim Coates 1.13
3 Camilo Pascual 1.61
4 Gary Bell 1.76
5 Don Ferrarese 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim O'Toole 5
2 Luis Arroyo 4
2 Gary Bell 4
2 Don Cardwell 4
2 12 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 69
2 Juan Pizarro 57
3 Camilo Pascual 44
4 Don Cardwell 40
5 Jim O'Toole 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hoyt Wilhelm 5
2 Stu Miller 4
2 Tom Morgan 4
4 Luis Arroyo 3
4 6 others tied 3