On This Day

Thursday, April 22, 1976

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 7 2 .778 --
Brewers 5 3 .625 1.5
Tigers 4 4 .500 2.5
Red Sox 5 5 .500 2.5
Indians 3 4 .429 3.0
Orioles 4 6 .400 3.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Rangers 6 4 .600 --
Athletics 6 5 .545 0.5
White Sox 4 4 .500 1.0
Royals 4 5 .444 1.5
Angels 5 7 .417 2.0
Twins 3 7 .300 3.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 6 3 .667 --
Phillies 5 3 .625 0.5
Mets 6 6 .500 1.5
Cubs 5 6 .455 2.0
Cardinals 4 6 .400 2.5
Expos 4 6 .400 2.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 6 4 .600 --
Braves 6 4 .600 0.0
Astros 8 6 .571 0.0
Giants 5 5 .500 1.0
Padres 5 6 .455 1.5
Dodgers 3 8 .273 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jerry Morales 3
1 Steve Swisher 3
3 Bill Buckner 2
3 Cesar Cedeno 2
3 9 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Ferguson 1
1 Cliff Johnson 1
1 Bill Madlock 1
1 Jerry Morales 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clay Kirby 3
2 Dusty Baker 2
2 Joe Ferguson 2
4 Mike Adams 1
4 11 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 John Hale 2
2 Joe Ferguson 1
2 Steve Garvey 1
2 Jerry White 1
2 Jim Wohlford 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rick Reuschel 0.80
2 Jim Colborn 0.57
3 Doug Rau 0.55
4 Clay Kirby 0.33
5 Al Fitzmorris 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doug Bird 1
1 Doug Rau 1
1 Oscar Zamora 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rick Reuschel 8
2 Doug Rau 6
3 Jim Colborn 4
4 Mike Garman 3
5 2 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mike Marshall 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Pete Rose .500
2 John Milner .472
3 Bake McBride .447
4 Jerry Grote .444
4 Willie Stargell .444

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 8
2 Dave Kingman 7
3 Cesar Cedeno 4
3 Rick Monday 4
3 Jerry Morales 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Griffey 15
1 Dave Kingman 15
3 Mike Schmidt 14
4 Cesar Cedeno 12
4 2 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Morgan 8
2 Cesar Cedeno 7
3 Rod Carew 6
3 Bill North 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Butch Metzger 0.00
1 Clay Carroll 0.00
1 Jim Kern 0.00
4 Ken Forsch 0.64
5 Jim Colborn 0.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Randy Jones 3
1 Fred Norman 3
1 Jim Palmer 3
1 Dick Ruthven 3
5 17 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 28
2 Tom Seaver 21
3 Phil Niekro 18
4 Bert Blyleven 17
4 2 others tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ken Forsch 5
2 Gary Lavelle 3
2 Mike Marshall 3
2 Eduardo Rodriguez 3
5 10 tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Madlock .357
2 Rod Carew .350
3 Ted Simmons .332
4 Fred Lynn .331
5 Manny Sanguillen .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 44
2 Dave Kingman 39
3 George Scott 35
4 Reggie Jackson 33
4 John Mayberry 33

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Greg Luzinski 118
2 George Scott 109
3 Tony Perez 107
3 Mike Schmidt 107
5 2 tied 106

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 68
1 Mickey Rivers 68
3 Joe Morgan 66
4 Lou Brock 54
5 Cesar Cedeno 47

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Andy Messersmith 2.19
2 Jim Palmer 2.23
3 Catfish Hunter 2.38
4 Tom Seaver 2.43
5 Randy Jones 2.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Catfish Hunter 24
1 Jim Palmer 24
3 Tom Seaver 22
4 Randy Jones 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Tanana 282
2 Tom Seaver 246
3 Bert Blyleven 224
4 Gaylord Perry 220
5 John Montefusco 215

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rawly Eastwick 24
1 Rich Gossage 24
3 Rollie Fingers 22
4 Al Hrabosky 21
5 Dave LaRoche 18