On This Day

Thursday, April 27, 1972

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 5 3 .625 --
Orioles 5 5 .500 1.0
Indians 4 5 .444 1.5
Red Sox 3 5 .375 2.0
Yankees 3 5 .375 2.0
Brewers 2 5 .286 2.5

Games

No Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Twins 5 2 .714 --
White Sox 7 3 .700 -0.5
Athletics 5 3 .625 0.5
Rangers 5 5 .500 1.5
Royals 5 6 .455 2.0
Angels 4 6 .400 2.5

Games

No Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Mets 7 2 .778 --
Expos 6 3 .667 1.0
Phillies 6 4 .600 1.5
Pirates 5 5 .500 2.5
Cardinals 3 7 .300 4.5
Cubs 2 9 .182 6.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Astros 9 2 .818 --
Dodgers 9 3 .750 0.5
Giants 5 7 .417 4.5
Reds 4 6 .400 4.5
Braves 4 8 .333 5.5
Padres 4 8 .333 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tito Fuentes 4
2 Dave Concepcion 3
2 Steve Garvey 3
2 Jerry Grote 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Don Money 2
2 Dave Concepcion 1
2 Steve Garvey 1
2 Jerry Grote 1
2 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Deron Johnson 3
1 Dave Kingman 3
3 Dave Concepcion 2
3 Steve Garvey 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Morgan 2
2 Jim Howarth 1
2 Dave Kingman 1
2 Bobby Tolan 1
2 Ron Woods 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Don Gullett 0.71
2 Gary Gentry 0.67
3 Ernie McAnally 0.50
3 Fred Norman 0.50
5 Dick Selma 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Clay Carroll 1
1 Gary Gentry 1
1 Denny Lemaster 1
1 Wayne Twitchell 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Gary Gentry 6
2 Don Gullett 5
2 Dick Selma 5
4 Fred Norman 4
4 Wayne Twitchell 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mike Marshall 1
1 Tug McGraw 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rico Carty .478
2 Bobby Tolan .463
3 Vada Pinson .433
4 Bobby Darwin .423
5 2 tied .410

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 5
2 Hank Aaron 4
2 Willie Crawford 4
2 Bobby Darwin 4
2 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dave Kingman 15
2 Bobby Darwin 11
2 Deron Johnson 11
2 Lee May 11
2 Doug Rader 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Morgan 6
1 Bobby Tolan 6
3 Cesar Cedeno 5
3 Tommy McCraw 5
5 3 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Wilbur Wood 0.25
2 Tom Seaver 0.38
3 Claude Osteen 0.50
4 Pete Broberg 0.53
5 Jim Perry 0.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 3
1 Joe Coleman 3
1 Gary Nolan 3
1 Jim Ray 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 24
2 Wilbur Wood 23
3 Tom Seaver 21
4 Joe Coleman 20
4 Burt Hooton 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Gladding 3
1 Jerry Johnson 3
3 Jim Brewer 2
3 George Culver 2
3 8 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Torre .358
2 Roberto Clemente .344
3 Manny Sanguillen .339
4 Cleon Jones .331
5 Glenn Beckert .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Aaron 43
1 Lee May 43
3 Willie Stargell 38
4 Deron Johnson 35
5 Earl Williams 32

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Torre 122
2 Hank Aaron 109
3 Lee May 108
4 Willie Stargell 107
5 Harmon Killebrew 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 59
2 Amos Otis 49
3 Freddie Patek 45
4 Joe Morgan 43
5 Sandy Alomar 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Wilbur Wood 1.67
2 Tom Seaver 1.69
3 Vida Blue 1.91
4 Dave Roberts 2.14
5 Don Sutton 2.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wilbur Wood 25
2 Mickey Lolich 24
3 Joe Coleman 23
4 Pat Dobson 21
4 Fergie Jenkins 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mickey Lolich 301
2 Tom Seaver 265
3 Bill Stoneman 253
4 Vida Blue 252
4 Joe Coleman 252

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ken Sanders 31
2 Dave Giusti 28
3 Jim Brewer 23
4 Mike Marshall 21
5 2 tied 20