On This Day

Monday, June 21, 1976

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 38 22 .633 --
Indians 30 30 .500 8.0
Orioles 31 31 .500 8.0
Red Sox 29 31 .483 9.0
Tigers 28 33 .459 10.5
Brewers 24 34 .414 13.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Royals 39 23 .629 --
Rangers 34 26 .567 4.0
Athletics 31 34 .477 9.5
Twins 29 33 .468 10.0
White Sox 28 32 .467 10.0
Angels 28 40 .412 14.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 44 18 .710 --
Pirates 35 26 .574 8.5
Mets 33 36 .478 14.5
Cardinals 29 36 .446 16.5
Cubs 28 36 .438 17.0
Expos 22 36 .379 20.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 41 25 .621 --
Dodgers 37 30 .552 4.5
Padres 35 29 .547 5.0
Astros 30 36 .455 11.0
Braves 28 36 .438 12.0
Giants 25 43 .368 17.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Enos Cabell 4
1 Rowland Office 4
3 Willie Davis 3
3 Ken Griffey 3
3 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mark Belanger 1
1 Cesar Cedeno 1
1 Tommy Davis 1
1 Willie Davis 1
1 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cesar Cedeno 3
1 Rowland Office 3
1 Leon Roberts 3
1 Jim Wynn 3
5 11 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Alan Bannister 2
1 Dave Nelson 2
3 Sal Bando 1
3 Dan Ford 1
3 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Wayne Garland 3.33
2 Bert Blyleven 1.60
3 Ed Figueroa 1.40
4 Pat Zachry 1.33
5 Dave Freisleben 0.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bert Blyleven 1
1 Ed Figueroa 1
1 Dave Freisleben 1
1 Wayne Garland 1
1 7 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wayne Garland 10
2 Bert Blyleven 8
2 Dave Freisleben 8
2 Pat Zachry 8
5 2 tied 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Hrabosky 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ron LeFlore .354
2 Bake McBride .347
3 George Brett .346
4 George Foster .343
5 Ken Griffey .342

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 23
2 Mike Schmidt 19
3 George Foster 15
4 Lee May 13
5 3 tied 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 60
2 Mike Schmidt 52
3 Tony Perez 51
4 Jeff Burroughs 50
4 Dave Kingman 50

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Freddie Patek 34
2 Rod Carew 31
3 Don Baylor 29
3 Bill North 29
5 Cesar Cedeno 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Travers 1.85
2 Wayne Garland 1.94
3 Mark Fidrych 2.07
4 Alan Foster 2.21
5 Pat Zachry 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Randy Jones 12
2 Jim Lonborg 9
3 Pat Dobson 8
3 Ed Figueroa 8
3 9 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 128
2 Frank Tanana 123
3 Bert Blyleven 103
4 Tom Seaver 94
5 J. R. Richard 79

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ken Forsch 12
1 Sparky Lyle 12
3 Rawly Eastwick 8
3 Rollie Fingers 8
3 4 others tied 8

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tom Poquette .514
2 Buddy Bell .455
3 Doug Flynn .447
4 Al Oliver .442
5 Pat Kelly .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gene Tenace 6
2 Joe Morgan 5
2 Jason Thompson 5
4 Hank Aaron 4
4 11 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Schmidt 15
2 Jason Thompson 14
3 Lou Brock 13
3 Lee May 13
3 Tony Perez 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rod Carew 12
2 Freddie Patek 7
3 Ron LeFlore 6
3 Dave Nelson 6
5 4 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sparky Lyle 0.00
2 Craig Swan 0.35
3 Wayne Garland 0.56
4 Dave Hamilton 0.59
5 Nelson Briles 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pat Dobson 3
1 Dock Ellis 3
1 Mark Fidrych 3
1 Dave Freisleben 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 33
2 Gaylord Perry 24
3 Craig Swan 22
4 Dennis Leonard 21
5 Frank Tanana 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sparky Lyle 5
2 Charlie Hough 4
3 Rollie Fingers 3
4 Rawly Eastwick 2
4 13 others tied 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rowland Office .400
2 George Foster .387
3 Joe Morgan .387
4 Hal McRae .385
5 Steve Brye .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Foster 11
2 Lee May 9
3 Dave Kingman 8
4 Joe Morgan 7
4 3 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 37
2 Lee May 29
3 Joe Morgan 26
4 Tony Perez 25
5 Amos Otis 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bert Campaneris 17
1 Rod Carew 17
3 Freddie Patek 16
4 Don Baylor 15
4 Cesar Cedeno 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave Hamilton 0.63
2 Pedro Borbon 1.04
3 Jim Umbarger 1.47
4 Dave Freisleben 1.52
4 Bill Travers 1.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dave Freisleben 6
2 Pat Dobson 5
2 Mark Fidrych 5
2 Ed Figueroa 5
2 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Tanana 60
2 Nolan Ryan 49
3 Bert Blyleven 48
4 Dennis Leonard 40
5 Jim Palmer 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 5
1 Sparky Lyle 5
3 Ken Forsch 4
3 Charlie Hough 4
3 2 others tied 4

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Madlock .332
2 Bake McBride .331
3 George Brett .331
4 Rod Carew .330
5 George Foster .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 50
2 Mike Schmidt 44
3 John Mayberry 33
4 George Scott 32
5 2 tied 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dave Kingman 116
2 George Foster 115
2 John Mayberry 115
4 Greg Luzinski 114
5 2 tied 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 71
2 Joe Morgan 60
3 Rod Carew 55
4 Mickey Rivers 53
5 2 tied 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rich Gossage 2.40
2 Randy Jones 2.49
3 Andy Messersmith 2.53
4 Frank Tanana 2.58
5 Jim Palmer 2.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Randy Jones 23
2 Catfish Hunter 21
3 Ed Figueroa 19
3 Dennis Leonard 19
3 5 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Tanana 294
2 Bert Blyleven 251
3 Tom Seaver 244
4 John Montefusco 222
5 Gaylord Perry 210

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rawly Eastwick 28
2 Rollie Fingers 23
3 Dave LaRoche 22
4 Al Hrabosky 19
5 Gene Garber 18