On This Day

Monday, April 15, 1974

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Brewers 5 2 .714 --
Red Sox 4 3 .571 1.0
Yankees 5 4 .556 1.0
Orioles 4 4 .500 1.5
Tigers 4 6 .400 2.5
Indians 3 6 .333 3.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Angels 7 2 .778 --
Twins 4 3 .571 2.0
Athletics 5 4 .556 2.0
Royals 3 3 .500 2.5
Rangers 4 5 .444 3.0
White Sox 1 7 .125 5.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Expos 3 1 .750 --
Cardinals 7 3 .700 -1.0
Phillies 5 3 .625 0.0
Cubs 3 2 .600 0.5
Mets 2 5 .286 2.5
Pirates 1 7 .125 4.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 7 3 .700 --
Giants 6 4 .600 1.0
Reds 4 4 .500 2.0
Astros 5 5 .500 2.0
Braves 5 5 .500 2.0
Padres 2 8 .200 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jesus Alou 3
1 Mickey Rivers 3
3 Dick Allen 2
3 Sandy Alomar 2
3 16 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Reggie Smith 2
2 Dick Allen 1
2 Ollie Brown 1
2 Norm Cash 1
2 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Fosse 2
1 Pedro Garcia 2
1 Joe Lahoud 2
1 Reggie Smith 2
5 24 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dick Allen 1
1 Buddy Bradford 1
1 Lou Brock 1
1 Tommy Harper 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Phil Niekro 1.86
2 Reggie Cleveland 1.67
3 Bill Singer 1.40
4 Larry Dierker 1.33
5 Dick Ruthven 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Coleman 1
1 Larry Dierker 1
1 Rollie Fingers 1
1 Phil Niekro 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Phil Niekro 13
2 Larry Dierker 8
3 Bill Singer 7
4 Reggie Cleveland 5
4 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mac Scarce 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Leroy Stanton .486
2 Bobby Darwin .438
3 Dave Parker .433
4 Ken Reitz .432
5 Bobby Grich .414

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Graig Nettles 6
2 Reggie Jackson 5
3 Jeff Burroughs 4
3 Dave Duncan 4
3 Jim Wynn 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Reggie Jackson 15
2 Cesar Cedeno 13
2 Jim Wynn 13
4 Frank Robinson 12
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 5
1 Freddie Patek 5
3 Lou Brock 4
3 Cesar Cedeno 4
3 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pedro Borbon 0.00
1 Steve Rogers 0.00
1 Paul Lindblad 0.00
4 Tommy John 0.69
5 Rollie Fingers 0.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy John 3
1 Phil Niekro 3
1 Don Sutton 3
4 Jim Bibby 2
4 17 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Phil Niekro 24
2 Bert Blyleven 20
3 Fergie Jenkins 19
4 Jon Matlack 17
5 Bill Singer 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Randy Moffitt 3
2 Bill Campbell 2
2 Rich Folkers 2
2 Grant Jackson 2
2 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .357
2 Pete Rose .337
3 Cesar Cedeno .322
4 Bob Watson .314
5 Ken Singleton .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Davey Johnson 45
2 Willie Stargell 44
3 Hank Aaron 41
4 Darrell Evans 40
5 Bobby Bonds 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Reggie Jackson 124
2 Willie Stargell 123
3 Lee May 109
4 Frank Robinson 108
5 George Scott 107

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 73
2 Joe Morgan 67
3 Cesar Cedeno 57
4 Tommy Harper 55
5 Bill North 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Don Sutton 2.19
2 Tom Seaver 2.35
3 Bert Blyleven 2.41
4 Jim Palmer 2.46
5 Wayne Twitchell 2.51

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wilbur Wood 24
2 Ron Bryant 23
2 Joe Coleman 23
2 Catfish Hunter 23
2 Jim Palmer 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 372
2 Bert Blyleven 259
3 Tom Seaver 250
4 Bill Singer 247
5 Gaylord Perry 238

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John Hiller 38
2 Mike Marshall 30
3 Sparky Lyle 28
4 Tug McGraw 25
5 Rollie Fingers 22