On This Day

Monday, May 6, 1963

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 12 8 .600 --
Athletics 15 10 .600 -0.5
Red Sox 11 8 .579 0.5
White Sox 12 10 .545 1.0
Orioles 13 11 .542 1.0
Indians 9 9 .500 2.0
Angels 13 14 .481 2.5
Twins 10 14 .417 4.0
Senators 10 15 .400 4.5
Tigers 9 15 .375 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 14 8 .636 --
Cardinals 16 10 .615 0.0
Giants 16 10 .615 0.0
Cubs 13 11 .542 2.0
Braves 13 13 .500 3.0
Phillies 11 12 .478 3.5
Dodgers 12 14 .462 4.0
Reds 10 12 .455 4.0
Mets 9 15 .375 6.0
Colt .45's 8 17 .320 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Cam Carreon 3
1 Nellie Fox 3
1 Mickey Mantle 3
1 Bobby Richardson 3
1 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Hershberger 1
1 Frank Howard 1
1 Mickey Mantle 1
1 Gary Peters 1
1 Tom Tresh 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Albie Pearson 4
2 Mickey Mantle 3
2 Tom Tresh 3
4 Johnny Logan 2
4 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Maury Wills 2
2 Whitey Ford 1
2 Jim Gilliam 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dean Chance 0.83
2 Gary Peters 0.80
3 Ted Bowsfield 0.50
4 Jim Roland 0.29
5 Whitey Ford 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Whitey Ford 1
1 Joe Gibbon 1
1 Dan Osinski 1
1 Gary Peters 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ted Bowsfield 6
2 Dean Chance 5
3 Gary Peters 4
3 Dale Willis 4
5 4 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bouton 1
1 Jim Brosnan 1
1 Roy Face 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Wayne Causey .382
2 Felipe Alou .378
3 Carl Yastrzemski .355
4 Bill White .353
5 Johnny Edwards .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 9
2 Orlando Cepeda 6
2 Elston Howard 6
2 Dave Nicholson 6
2 Leon Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Aaron 22
1 Ken Boyer 22
3 Wes Covington 21
4 Bob Allison 20
5 3 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 8
2 Maury Wills 7
3 Willie Davis 6
3 Curt Flood 6
5 5 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dick Ellsworth 1.10
2 Hoyt Wilhelm 1.11
3 Tom Cheney 1.13
4 Dave Morehead 1.16
5 Milt Pappas 1.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim O'Toole 6
2 Steve Barber 5
2 Bill Fischer 5
2 Jack Sanford 5
2 Ray Washburn 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Barber 41
2 Tom Cheney 40
2 Ray Washburn 40
4 Jack Sanford 37
5 Orlando Pena 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 6
2 Hoyt Wilhelm 5
3 Jack Baldschun 4
3 Roy Face 4
3 3 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Schilling .469
2 Bill White .411
3 Tony Gonzalez .410
4 Nellie Fox .409
5 Jim Davenport .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 6
2 Chuck Hinton 5
2 Leon Wagner 5
4 Ed Bailey 4
4 6 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Floyd Robinson 15
2 Hank Aaron 14
2 Wes Covington 14
4 Ken Boyer 13
4 3 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Maury Wills 7
2 Jose Tartabull 5
3 Lou Brock 4
3 Ed Charles 4
3 Curt Flood 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Bouton 0.00
1 Joe Gibbon 0.00
3 Carl Willey 0.50
4 Jim Maloney 1.06
5 Don Schwall 1.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Fischer 4
1 Jim O'Toole 4
3 Tom Cheney 3
3 Whitey Ford 3
3 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Cheney 30
2 Ray Washburn 27
3 Bo Belinsky 25
3 Jack Sanford 25
5 Camilo Pascual 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 4
2 Roy Face 3
3 Jack Baldschun 2
3 Art Fowler 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frank Robinson .350
2 Tommy Davis .342
3 Bill White .335
4 Hank Aaron .329
5 George Altman .327

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 50
2 Harmon Killebrew 45
2 Willie Mays 45
4 Frank Robinson 41
5 Rocky Colavito 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Aaron 140
1 Frank Robinson 140
3 Willie Mays 131
4 Tommy Davis 128
5 Frank Howard 125

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Maury Wills 101
2 Willie Davis 33
3 Luis Aparicio 30
4 Chuck Hinton 29
5 Vada Pinson 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sandy Koufax 2.37
2 Hank Aguirre 2.41
3 Bob Purkey 2.59
4 Warren Spahn 2.64
5 Tom Cheney 2.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Sanford 26
2 Don Drysdale 23
3 Ray Herbert 22
3 Ralph Terry 22
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 229
2 Camilo Pascual 214
3 Turk Farrell 207
4 Bob Gibson 198
5 Art Mahaffey 195

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roy Face 27
2 Stu Miller 21
2 Dick Radatz 21
4 Ron Perranoski 19
5 Lindy McDaniel 18