On This Day

Friday, April 23, 1976

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 7 3 .700 --
Brewers 6 3 .667 0.5
Tigers 5 4 .556 1.5
Red Sox 6 5 .545 1.5
Indians 4 4 .500 2.0
Orioles 4 6 .400 3.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Rangers 6 5 .545 --
Royals 5 5 .500 0.5
Athletics 6 6 .500 0.5
White Sox 4 5 .444 1.0
Angels 5 8 .385 2.0
Twins 3 7 .300 2.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 6 4 .600 --
Phillies 5 4 .556 0.5
Cubs 6 6 .500 1.0
Mets 6 7 .462 1.5
Expos 5 6 .455 1.5
Cardinals 4 7 .364 2.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 7 4 .636 --
Astros 9 6 .600 --
Giants 6 5 .545 1.0
Reds 6 5 .545 1.0
Padres 6 6 .500 1.5
Dodgers 3 9 .250 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Manny Sanguillen 4
2 Hank Aaron 3
2 Juan Beniquez 3
2 Lou Brock 3
2 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gary Matthews 2
2 Bobby Bonds 1
2 Gary Carter 1
2 Cesar Cedeno 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dave Winfield 4
2 Cesar Cedeno 3
2 Willie Horton 3
2 Gary Matthews 3
2 Carl Yastrzemski 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Denny Doyle 2
1 Bill Madlock 2
3 Matt Alexander 1
3 Sandy Alomar 1
3 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dennis Eckersley 2.50
2 Gary Ross 1.25
3 Randy Jones 1.17
4 Gary Nolan 0.80
5 Dan Warthen 0.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mike Cosgrove 1
1 Bruce Dal Canton 1
1 Dennis Eckersley 1
1 John Hiller 1
1 7 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dennis Eckersley 10
1 Gary Ross 10
3 Randy Jones 7
3 Dan Warthen 7
5 John Montefusco 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ken Forsch 1
1 Gary Lavelle 1
1 Steve Mingori 1
1 Eduardo Rodriguez 1
1 Elias Sosa 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 John Milner .472
2 Pete Rose .468
3 Jay Johnstone .452
4 Willie Horton .429
5 Jerry Grote .425

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 8
2 Dave Kingman 7
3 Cesar Cedeno 5
3 Gary Matthews 5
5 3 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cesar Cedeno 15
1 Ken Griffey 15
1 Dave Kingman 15
1 Mike Schmidt 15
5 Gary Matthews 14

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
2 Ken Forsch 0.60
3 Jim Colborn 0.66
4 Bill Travers 0.71
5 2 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Randy Jones 4
2 John Montefusco 3
2 Fred Norman 3
2 Jim Palmer 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 28
2 Tom Seaver 21
3 Randy Jones 20
4 Vida Blue 18
4 2 others tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ken Forsch 6
2 Gary Lavelle 4
2 Eduardo Rodriguez 4
4 Mike Marshall 3
5 10 tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Madlock .355
2 Rod Carew .350
3 Manny Sanguillen .335
4 Ted Simmons .334
5 Fred Lynn .331

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 44
2 Dave Kingman 39
3 George Scott 36
4 Reggie Jackson 33
4 John Mayberry 33

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Greg Luzinski 118
2 Tony Perez 108
2 Mike Schmidt 108
2 George Scott 108
5 Dave Parker 106

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 68
2 Mickey Rivers 67
3 Joe Morgan 66
4 Lou Brock 54
5 Cesar Cedeno 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Andy Messersmith 2.19
2 Jim Palmer 2.23
3 Catfish Hunter 2.30
4 Randy Jones 2.39
5 Tom Seaver 2.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Catfish Hunter 24
1 Jim Palmer 24
3 Randy Jones 22
4 Tom Seaver 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Tanana 282
2 Tom Seaver 239
3 Bert Blyleven 224
4 Gaylord Perry 220
5 John Montefusco 217

Saves

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