On This Day

Thursday, April 24, 1975

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 7 5 .583 --
Brewers 7 5 .583 --
Tigers 5 5 .500 1.0
Orioles 5 5 .500 1.0
Indians 4 5 .444 1.5
Yankees 5 8 .385 2.5

Games

No Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 11 5 .688 --
Royals 9 5 .643 1.0
Angels 7 7 .500 3.0
Twins 6 9 .400 4.5
Rangers 6 9 .400 4.5
White Sox 5 9 .357 5.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 9 4 .692 --
Mets 6 6 .500 2.5
Cardinals 6 7 .462 3.0
Phillies 6 7 .462 3.0
Pirates 5 6 .455 3.0
Expos 5 7 .417 3.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Padres 9 5 .643 --
Giants 9 7 .563 1.0
Dodgers 9 8 .529 1.5
Braves 9 8 .529 1.5
Reds 9 9 .500 2.0
Astros 5 13 .278 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Winfield 4
2 Bob Boone 3
2 Cesar Cedeno 3
2 Ron Cey 3
2 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dusty Baker 1
1 Ron Cey 1
1 George Foster 1
1 Deron Johnson 1
1 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dave Winfield 5
2 Ron Cey 4
2 Ken McMullen 4
4 Johnny Bench 3
4 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Larry Hisle 2
2 Jeff Burroughs 1
2 Cesar Cedeno 1
2 Dave Concepcion 1
2 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bert Blyleven 0.78
1 Jackie Brown 0.78
3 Nolan Ryan 0.73
4 Steve Stone 0.67
5 Paul Splittorff 0.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Glenn Abbott 1
1 Jack Billingham 1
1 Jackie Brown 1
1 Gary Lavelle 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 8
2 Bert Blyleven 7
2 Jackie Brown 7
4 Paul Splittorff 6
4 Steve Stone 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Downing 1
1 Terry Forster 1
1 Dave Heaverlo 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dave Chalk .477
2 Fred Lynn .429
3 Del Unser .426
4 Bob Boone .409
5 Rick Monday .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ron Cey 5
1 Darrell Evans 5
3 Dusty Baker 4
3 Dave Kingman 4
3 4 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Bench 16
1 Lee May 16
3 Darrell Evans 15
3 Jim Wynn 15
5 Larry Hisle 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 12
2 Davey Lopes 9
2 Joe Morgan 9
4 Bill North 8
4 Mickey Rivers 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Randy Jones 0.00
1 Mike Norris 0.00
3 Clay Carroll 0.61
4 Jim Palmer 0.70
5 Woodie Fryman 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 4
1 Carl Morton 4
1 Nolan Ryan 4
4 Clay Carroll 3
4 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 43
2 Don Sutton 34
3 Bert Blyleven 33
4 Gaylord Perry 28
5 2 tied 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Murphy 5
2 Rollie Fingers 4
3 Doug Bird 2
3 Tom Burgmeier 2
3 9 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .369
2 Ralph Garr .344
3 Mike Hargrove .323
4 Al Oliver .321
5 Richie Zisk .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 36
2 Johnny Bench 33
3 Jim Wynn 30
4 Dick Allen 29
5 Darrell Evans 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Bench 141
2 Jeff Burroughs 115
3 Mike Schmidt 113
4 Steve Garvey 106
4 Jim Wynn 106

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Brock 110
2 Joe Morgan 62
3 Cesar Cedeno 60
3 Davey Lopes 60
3 Bill North 60

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Buzz Capra 2.22
2 Mike Marshall 2.30
3 Phil Niekro 2.33
4 Jon Matlack 2.52
5 Andy Messersmith 2.59

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 381
2 Bert Blyleven 249
3 Steve Carlton 223
4 Andy Messersmith 221
5 Gaylord Perry 217

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Terry Forster 25
1 Tom Murphy 25
3 Mike Marshall 22
4 Rollie Fingers 21
5 Tom Buskey 19