On This Day

Monday, April 21, 1975

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 6 4 .600 --
Brewers 6 4 .600 --
Tigers 4 4 .500 1.0
Orioles 4 4 .500 1.0
Indians 3 4 .429 1.5
Yankees 4 7 .364 2.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Royals 9 2 .818 --
Athletics 9 4 .692 1.0
Angels 6 5 .545 3.0
Twins 5 8 .385 5.0
Rangers 4 8 .333 5.5
White Sox 3 9 .250 6.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 7 3 .700 --
Pirates 5 4 .556 1.5
Cardinals 6 5 .545 1.5
Phillies 5 5 .500 2.0
Mets 4 6 .400 3.0
Expos 3 7 .300 4.0

Games

No Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Padres 7 4 .636 --
Giants 7 5 .583 0.5
Dodgers 8 6 .571 0.5
Braves 7 7 .500 1.5
Reds 7 8 .467 2.0
Astros 4 10 .286 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Larry Hisle 4
1 Roy White 4
3 Jeff Burroughs 3
3 Toby Harrah 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Bench 1
1 Ron Cey 1
1 Vic Correll 1
1 Toby Harrah 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Hisle 4
2 Johnny Bench 3
2 Toby Harrah 3
2 Thurman Munson 3
2 Chris Speier 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 1
1 Willie Davis 1
1 Toby Harrah 1
1 Enzo Hernandez 1
1 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Andy Messersmith 0.88
2 Pat Dobson 0.70
3 Randy Jones 0.67
4 Buzz Capra 0.56
5 Andy Hassler 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tom Burgmeier 1
1 Pat Dobson 1
1 Randy Jones 1
1 Gary Lavelle 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pat Dobson 7
1 Andy Messersmith 7
3 Buzz Capra 5
4 Jim Bibby 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dave Chalk .529
2 Rod Carew .464
3 Thurman Munson .425
4 Rick Monday .417
4 Willie Stargell .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ron Cey 4
1 Darrell Evans 4
1 Dave Kingman 4
1 Greg Luzinski 4
1 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Wynn 15
2 Lee May 14
3 Larry Hisle 13
4 Darrell Evans 12
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 10
2 Davey Lopes 9
2 Joe Morgan 9
4 Bill North 7
4 2 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Randy Jones 0.00
1 Mike Norris 0.00
3 John Montefusco 0.50
4 Don Sutton 0.56
5 Clay Carroll 0.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nolan Ryan 4
2 Vida Blue 3
2 Clay Carroll 3
2 Bill Champion 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 35
2 Don Sutton 29
3 Bert Blyleven 26
4 Andy Messersmith 24
5 2 tied 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 4
1 Tom Murphy 4
3 Doug Bird 2
3 Tom Burgmeier 2
3 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .366
2 Ralph Garr .342
3 Al Oliver .324
4 Mike Hargrove .322
5 Jorge Orta .321

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 36
2 Johnny Bench 32
3 Jim Wynn 30
4 Dick Allen 29
5 Darrell Evans 27

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Bench 136
2 Jeff Burroughs 115
3 Mike Schmidt 113
4 Steve Garvey 108
5 Jim Wynn 106

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 114
2 Joe Morgan 64
3 Davey Lopes 62
4 Bill North 59
5 Cesar Cedeno 58

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Phil Niekro 2.19
2 Buzz Capra 2.22
3 Mike Marshall 2.38
4 Gaylord Perry 2.52
5 Jim Barr 2.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nolan Ryan 24
2 Mike Cuellar 23
2 Fergie Jenkins 23
2 Luis Tiant 23
5 3 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 373
2 Bert Blyleven 242
3 Steve Carlton 235
4 Andy Messersmith 230
5 Gaylord Perry 216

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Murphy 24
2 Terry Forster 23
3 Mike Marshall 22
4 Rollie Fingers 21
5 Tom Buskey 18