On This Day

Wednesday, September 29, 1976

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 95 62 .605 --
Orioles 88 71 .553 8.0
Indians 81 75 .519 13.5
Red Sox 80 79 .503 16.0
Tigers 70 87 .446 25.0
Brewers 66 92 .418 29.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Royals 90 69 .566 --
Athletics 86 72 .544 3.5
Twins 82 77 .516 8.0
Angels 73 85 .462 16.5
Rangers 73 86 .459 17.0
White Sox 64 93 .408 25.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 98 61 .616 --
Pirates 89 70 .560 9.0
Mets 86 73 .541 12.0
Cardinals 72 87 .453 26.0
Cubs 72 87 .453 26.0
Expos 55 104 .346 43.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 100 59 .629 --
Dodgers 91 68 .572 9.0
Astros 78 82 .488 22.5
Giants 74 86 .463 26.5
Padres 71 88 .447 29.0
Braves 69 90 .434 31.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Graig Nettles 4
2 Pepe Frias 3
2 Tommy Harper 3
2 Willie Horton 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Graig Nettles 2
2 Rod Carew 1
2 Mike Champion 1
2 Wayne Garrett 1
2 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Graig Nettles 6
2 Wayne Garrett 4
2 Doug Rader 4
4 Johnnie LeMaster 3
4 Mike Schmidt 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lyman Bostock 1
1 Cesar Cedeno 1
1 Frank Duffy 1
1 Carlos Lopez 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 John Montefusco 4.00
2 Brent Strom 2.00
3 Larry Demery 1.50
4 Nolan Ryan 1.38
5 2 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jerry Augustine 1
1 Jackie Brown 1
1 Larry Gura 1
1 Catfish Hunter 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 11
2 Brent Strom 8
3 Steve Renko 7
4 Larry Demery 6
5 3 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Castro 1
1 Charlie Hough 1
1 Dave LaRoche 1
1 Wayne Twitchell 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ken Griffey .339
2 Bill Madlock .336
3 Hal McRae .333
4 Garry Maddox .330
5 George Brett .328

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 38
2 Dave Kingman 37
3 Graig Nettles 32
4 Rick Monday 31
5 George Foster 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 121
2 Joe Morgan 111
3 Lee May 109
4 Mike Schmidt 106
5 Thurman Munson 105

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill North 75
2 Davey Lopes 62
3 Joe Morgan 59
4 Ron LeFlore 58
4 Frank Taveras 58

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mark Fidrych 2.39
2 Vida Blue 2.42
3 Jim Palmer 2.51
4 Frank Tanana 2.53
5 Doug Rau 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Randy Jones 22
1 Jim Palmer 22
3 Jerry Koosman 21
3 Don Sutton 21
3 Luis Tiant 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 313
2 Frank Tanana 247
3 Tom Seaver 235
4 Bert Blyleven 212
5 J. R. Richard 201

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rawly Eastwick 26
2 Dave LaRoche 21
2 Sparky Lyle 21
4 Rollie Fingers 20
5 3 tied 19

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jim Rice .441
2 Steve Garvey .423
3 Ken Griffey .415
4 Bob Watson .410
5 2 tied .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Graig Nettles 6
2 Jim Rice 5
3 Butch Hobson 4
3 Willie Stargell 4
5 14 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Graig Nettles 17
2 Ellis Valentine 15
3 Cecil Cooper 12
4 Hector Cruz 11
4 4 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 9
2 Al Bumbry 7
3 Bill North 6
3 Jerry Royster 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry Gura 0.00
2 Don Sutton 0.31
3 Lerrin LaGrow 0.63
4 Dennis Eckersley 0.71
5 Bob Apodaca 0.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 3
1 Wayne Garland 3
1 Larry Gura 3
1 Rudy May 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 35
2 Steve Carlton 29
2 Dennis Eckersley 29
4 Jerry Koosman 28
5 2 tied 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rawly Eastwick 4
1 Tom Murphy 4
3 Charlie Hough 3
3 Skip Lockwood 3
3 Randy Moffitt 3

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Steve Garvey .394
2 Bob Watson .386
3 Willie Montanez .375
4 Ken Griffey .373
5 Jerry Turner .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Graig Nettles 10
2 Jim Rice 9
3 Dan Ford 7
3 Rick Monday 7
3 Gene Tenace 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dan Ford 28
2 Lee May 25
3 Graig Nettles 24
4 Cecil Cooper 23
5 2 tied 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 21
2 Al Bumbry 14
2 Bill North 14
4 Cesar Cedeno 12
4 Frank Taveras 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Don Sutton 0.49
2 John Denny 1.13
3 Mike Torrez 1.26
4 Burt Hooton 1.27
5 Gary Ross 1.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nolan Ryan 6
1 Luis Tiant 6
1 Mike Torrez 6
4 Jim Barr 5
4 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 72
2 Dennis Eckersley 52
3 Jerry Koosman 48
3 Frank Tanana 48
5 Steve Carlton 43

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rawly Eastwick 8
1 Charlie Hough 8
3 Dave LaRoche 7
4 Dick Tidrow 6
5 3 tied 5