On This Day

Thursday, April 8, 1976

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Brewers 1 0 1.000 --
Tigers 0 0 .000 0.5
Red Sox 0 0 .000 0.5
Indians 0 0 .000 0.5
Orioles 0 0 .000 0.5
Yankees 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 0 0 .000 --
Twins 0 0 .000 0.0
Angels 0 0 .000 0.0
Athletics 0 0 .000 0.0
Royals 0 0 .000 0.0
Rangers 0 0 .000 0.0

Games

No Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 0 0 .000 --
Cardinals 0 0 .000 0.0
Cubs 0 0 .000 0.0
Phillies 0 0 .000 0.0
Mets 0 0 .000 0.0
Expos 0 0 .000 0.0

Games

No Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 1 0 1.000 --
Dodgers 0 0 .000 0.5
Giants 0 0 .000 0.5
Braves 0 0 .000 0.5
Padres 0 0 .000 0.5
Astros 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Morgan 3
1 Pete Rose 3
3 Hank Aaron 2
3 Enos Cabell 2
3 6 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cesar Cedeno 1
1 Bob Watson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tony Perez 4
2 Hank Aaron 3
3 Cesar Cedeno 2
3 George Foster 2
3 Pete Rose 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ken Griffey 2
1 Joe Morgan 2
3 Mickey Rivers 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Gary Nolan 0.38
2 J. R. Richard 0.33
3 Catfish Hunter 0.20
4 Jim Slaton 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gary Nolan 1
1 Jim Slaton 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Gary Nolan 3
2 Catfish Hunter 2
2 Sparky Lyle 2
2 J. R. Richard 2
5 4 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pedro Borbon 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jose Cruz 1.000
2 Joe Morgan .750
3 Hank Aaron .667
3 Tony Perez .667
5 Pete Rose .600

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cesar Cedeno 1
1 Bob Watson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tony Perez 4
2 Hank Aaron 3
3 Cesar Cedeno 2
3 George Foster 2
3 Pete Rose 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ken Griffey 2
1 Joe Morgan 2
3 Mickey Rivers 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Slaton 0.00
1 Mike Barlow 0.00
1 Ken Forsch 0.00
1 Sparky Lyle 0.00
5 Pedro Borbon 2.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gary Nolan 1
1 Jim Slaton 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Gary Nolan 3
2 Catfish Hunter 2
2 Sparky Lyle 2
2 J. R. Richard 2
5 4 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pedro Borbon 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .359
2 Bill Madlock .354
3 Ted Simmons .334
4 Fred Lynn .334
5 Joe Morgan .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 38
2 Reggie Jackson 36
2 George Scott 36
4 Dave Kingman 35
5 Greg Luzinski 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Greg Luzinski 120
2 Tony Perez 113
3 Johnny Bench 110
4 George Scott 109
5 3 tied 105

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 77
2 Mickey Rivers 71
3 Joe Morgan 67
4 Lou Brock 56
5 Cesar Cedeno 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Palmer 2.09
2 Randy Jones 2.24
3 Andy Messersmith 2.29
4 Tom Seaver 2.42
5 Don Gullett 2.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Catfish Hunter 23
1 Jim Palmer 23
3 Vida Blue 21
3 Tom Seaver 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Tanana 269
2 Tom Seaver 234
3 Gaylord Perry 227
4 Bert Blyleven 225
5 John Montefusco 215

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rich Gossage 26
2 Rollie Fingers 23
3 Rawly Eastwick 22
3 Al Hrabosky 22
5 Tom Murphy 20