On This Day

Tuesday, April 10, 1962

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 1 0 1.000 --
Yankees 1 0 1.000 0.0
Indians 1 0 1.000 0.0
Athletics 1 0 1.000 0.0
Senators 1 0 1.000 0.0
Tigers 0 1 .000 1.0
Red Sox 0 1 .000 1.0
Orioles 0 1 .000 1.0
Angels 0 1 .000 1.0
Twins 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 1 0 1.000 --
Giants 1 0 1.000 0.0
Colt .45's 1 0 1.000 0.0
Phillies 1 1 .500 0.5
Reds 1 1 .500 0.5
Cardinals 0 0 .000 0.5
Mets 0 0 .000 0.5
Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0
Braves 0 1 .000 1.0
Dodgers 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sherm Lollar 4
1 Vada Pinson 4
3 Jerry Adair 3
3 Bob Aspromonte 3
3 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roman Mejias 2
2 Ernie Banks 1
2 Gino Cimoli 1
2 Roberto Clemente 1
2 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roman Mejias 6
2 Roberto Clemente 4
3 Jerry Adair 3
3 Gino Cimoli 3
3 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Aspromonte 1
1 Billy Moran 1
1 Jose Pagan 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Juan Marichal 1.11
2 Bob Friend 0.83
3 Jack Kralick 0.60
4 Bobby Shantz 0.57
5 2 tied 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dick Donovan 1
1 Bob Friend 1
1 Juan Marichal 1
1 Juan Pizarro 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Juan Marichal 10
2 Bob Friend 5
2 Johnny Podres 5
4 Whitey Ford 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luis Arroyo 1
1 Jim Brosnan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jerry Adair 1.000
1 Chuck Essegian 1.000
3 Sherm Lollar .800
4 Bob Aspromonte .750
4 2 others tied .750

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roman Mejias 2
2 Ernie Banks 1
2 Gino Cimoli 1
2 Roberto Clemente 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roman Mejias 6
2 Roberto Clemente 4
3 Jerry Adair 3
3 Gino Cimoli 3
3 5 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Aspromonte 1
1 Tony Gonzalez 1
1 Billy Moran 1
1 Jose Pagan 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dick Donovan 0.00
1 Bob Friend 0.00
1 Juan Marichal 0.00
1 Dave Gerard 0.00
1 13 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bennie Daniels 1
1 Dick Donovan 1
1 Bob Friend 1
1 Art Mahaffey 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Juan Marichal 10
2 Bennie Daniels 7
3 Don Mossi 6
4 Bob Friend 5
4 Johnny Podres 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luis Arroyo 1
1 Jim Brosnan 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Norm Cash .360
2 Roberto Clemente .351
3 Elston Howard .349
4 Vada Pinson .346
5 Ken Boyer .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roger Maris 62
2 Mickey Mantle 55
3 Orlando Cepeda 46
3 Jim Gentile 46
3 Harmon Killebrew 46

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roger Maris 144
2 Orlando Cepeda 142
3 Jim Gentile 141
4 Rocky Colavito 140
5 Norm Cash 132

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 2.28
2 Bill Stafford 2.68
3 Don Mossi 2.96
4 Juan Pizarro 2.96
5 Milt Pappas 3.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Whitey Ford 25
2 Frank Lary 23
3 Joey Jay 21
3 Warren Spahn 21
5 Jim O'Toole 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sandy Koufax 269
2 Camilo Pascual 221
3 Whitey Ford 214
4 Stan Williams 205
5 Jim Bunning 194

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luis Arroyo 30
2 Hoyt Wilhelm 18
3 Jim Brosnan 17
3 Roy Face 17
3 Stu Miller 17