On This Day

Sunday, April 23, 1972

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Orioles 5 3 .625 --
Indians 4 3 .571 0.5
Tigers 3 3 .500 1.0
Red Sox 3 3 .500 1.0
Brewers 2 3 .400 1.5
Yankees 2 4 .333 2.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 4 2 .667 --
White Sox 5 3 .625 0.0
Twins 3 2 .600 0.5
Rangers 4 3 .571 0.5
Royals 3 6 .333 2.5
Angels 2 5 .286 2.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Expos 5 1 .833 --
Mets 4 2 .667 1.0
Pirates 4 3 .571 1.5
Phillies 4 3 .571 1.5
Cardinals 2 6 .250 4.0
Cubs 2 6 .250 4.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 7 2 .778 --
Astros 6 2 .750 0.5
Giants 4 5 .444 3.0
Padres 4 5 .444 3.0
Braves 3 7 .300 4.5
Reds 2 5 .286 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rusty Staub 6
2 Cesar Cedeno 5
3 Cleon Jones 4
4 Tommie Agee 3
4 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 1
1 Dick Allen 1
1 Leo Cardenas 1
1 Billy Conigliaro 1
1 13 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cleon Jones 5
2 Cesar Cedeno 3
2 Dave Kingman 3
2 Lee May 3
2 Don Mincher 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 2
2 Sandy Alomar 1
2 Matty Alou 1
2 Rick Auerbach 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bert Blyleven 0.75
2 Tommy John 0.71
2 Steve Stone 0.71
4 Gaylord Perry 0.70
4 Scipio Spinks 0.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Bahnsen 1
1 Bert Blyleven 1
1 Bucky Brandon 1
1 George Culver 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Gaylord Perry 7
1 Scipio Spinks 7
3 Jack Billingham 6
4 Les Cain 5
4 7 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Gladding 1
1 Bart Johnson 1
1 Horacio Pina 1
1 Ken Sanders 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rico Carty .500
1 Bobby Darwin .500
1 Bobby Tolan .500
4 Johnny Jeter .458
5 Dick Allen .452

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Darwin 4
2 Darrell Evans 3
2 Greg Luzinski 3
4 Hank Aaron 2
4 17 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Doug Rader 11
2 Bobby Darwin 10
2 Dave Kingman 10
4 Jim Lefebvre 8
4 2 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Tolan 5
2 Cesar Cedeno 4
2 Joe Morgan 4
4 Tommy McCraw 3
4 Dave Nelson 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave McNally 0.00
1 Tom Seaver 0.00
1 Steve Kline 0.00
1 Dave LaRoche 0.00
1 Denny McLain 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Bahnsen 2
1 Bert Blyleven 2
1 Pete Broberg 2
1 Tom Burgmeier 2
1 15 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wilbur Wood 17
2 Burt Hooton 16
3 Joe Coleman 15
3 Andy Messersmith 15
3 2 others tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jerry Johnson 3
2 Jim Brewer 2
2 George Culver 2
2 Rollie Fingers 2
2 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Torre .359
2 Roberto Clemente .349
3 Ralph Garr .337
4 Manny Sanguillen .335
5 Tony Oliva .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 43
2 Lee May 41
3 Willie Stargell 39
4 Deron Johnson 34
5 3 tied 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Torre 123
2 Hank Aaron 110
3 Harmon Killebrew 108
4 Willie Stargell 107
5 Lee May 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 60
2 Amos Otis 49
3 Freddie Patek 44
4 Joe Morgan 42
5 Sandy Alomar 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Seaver 1.73
2 Wilbur Wood 1.80
3 Vida Blue 1.85
4 Dave Roberts 2.06
5 Don Wilson 2.28

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mickey Lolich 24
1 Wilbur Wood 24
3 Joe Coleman 22
3 Fergie Jenkins 22
5 Pat Dobson 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mickey Lolich 302
2 Tom Seaver 267
3 Vida Blue 261
4 Bill Stoneman 253
5 Joe Coleman 251

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ken Sanders 31
2 Dave Giusti 29
3 Jim Brewer 23
4 Mike Marshall 21
4 Fred Scherman 21