On This Day

Monday, April 18, 1977

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Brewers 6 2 .750 --
Blue Jays 6 5 .545 1.5
Indians 4 4 .500 2.0
Orioles 4 4 .500 2.0
Red Sox 3 5 .375 3.0
Tigers 3 8 .273 4.5
Yankees 2 7 .222 4.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 6 2 .750 --
Athletics 7 3 .700 --
Royals 5 4 .556 1.5
Twins 6 5 .545 1.5
Rangers 4 4 .500 2.0
Mariners 6 7 .462 2.5
Angels 5 7 .417 3.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 7 3 .700 --
Expos 5 3 .625 1.0
Mets 5 5 .500 2.0
Pirates 4 5 .444 2.5
Cubs 4 5 .444 2.5
Phillies 2 6 .250 4.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 8 2 .800 --
Astros 5 4 .556 2.5
Braves 5 5 .500 3.0
Padres 5 6 .455 3.5
Reds 4 7 .364 4.5
Giants 3 6 .333 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rod Carew 4
2 Bert Campaneris 3
2 Warren Cromartie 3
2 Steve Dillard 3
2 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gene Tenace 2
2 Juan Bernhardt 1
2 Lyman Bostock 1
2 Al Bumbry 1
2 20 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gene Tenace 5
2 Juan Bernhardt 4
2 Doug Rader 4
4 Lyman Bostock 3
4 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Larry Harlow 2
2 Doug Ault 1
2 Mark Belanger 1
2 Larry Bowa 1
2 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Forsch 1.00
1 Randy Lerch 1.00
3 Fergie Jenkins 0.71
3 Dave Lemanczyk 0.71
5 Ray Burris 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Atkinson 1
1 Bob Forsch 1
1 Fergie Jenkins 1
1 Tom Johnson 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Forsch 6
2 Fergie Jenkins 5
2 Frank LaCorte 5
2 Dave Lemanczyk 5
5 5 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Hrabosky 1
1 Bill Laxton 1
1 Dyar Miller 1
1 Ron Reed 1
1 Jim Willoughby 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Carl Yastrzemski .452
2 Claudell Washington .429
3 Steve Yeager .414
4 Gary Matthews .410
4 Mitchell Page .410

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Doug Ault 4
1 Bobby Bonds 4
1 Jeff Burroughs 4
1 Dave Kingman 4
5 15 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Rudi 16
2 Mitchell Page 15
2 Gene Tenace 15
4 Steve Garvey 13
4 Reggie Smith 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davey Lopes 8
1 Jerry Remy 8
3 Larry Lintz 6
4 Larry Hisle 5
5 8 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Paul Lindblad 0.00
2 Bob Shirley 0.54
3 Jim Palmer 0.64
4 Nino Espinosa 0.71
5 Paul Hartzell 0.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 John Denny 3
1 Bob Forsch 3
1 Tom Seaver 3
4 Bill Atkinson 2
4 18 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 25
2 John Montefusco 23
3 Bert Blyleven 21
3 Frank Tanana 21
5 2 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rick Camp 3
1 John Urrea 3
3 Tom Burgmeier 2
3 Bill Castro 2
3 9 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal McRae .337
2 Rod Carew .335
3 George Brett .331
4 Bill Madlock .331
5 Ken Griffey .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 36
1 Mike Schmidt 36
3 Graig Nettles 31
4 Rick Monday 30
5 George Foster 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 121
2 Joe Morgan 113
3 Lee May 110
4 Carl Yastrzemski 109
5 Joe Rudi 106

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill North 73
2 Davey Lopes 71
3 Ron LeFlore 61
3 Frank Taveras 61
5 Lou Brock 58

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Charlie Hough 2.14
2 Jim Palmer 2.32
3 Frank Tanana 2.33
4 Mark Fidrych 2.34
5 Vida Blue 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Palmer 22
1 Don Sutton 22
3 Steve Carlton 21
3 Randy Jones 21
3 Frank Tanana 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 336
2 Frank Tanana 277
3 Tom Seaver 240
4 Bert Blyleven 227
5 J. R. Richard 217

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rawly Eastwick 27
2 Sparky Lyle 23
3 Dave LaRoche 21
4 Charlie Hough 20
5 3 tied 19