On This Day

Thursday, April 20, 1978

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 7 2 .778 --
Red Sox 8 3 .727 0.0
Brewers 6 6 .500 2.5
Yankees 5 6 .455 3.0
Indians 3 5 .375 3.5
Orioles 4 7 .364 4.0
Blue Jays 3 8 .273 5.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Royals 8 1 .889 --
Athletics 8 3 .727 1.0
Angels 8 4 .667 1.5
White Sox 4 5 .444 4.0
Twins 6 9 .400 5.0
Mariners 5 11 .313 6.5
Rangers 2 7 .222 6.0

Games

No Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 5 3 .625 --
Mets 8 5 .615 -0.5
Cubs 6 5 .545 0.5
Expos 5 5 .500 1.0
Cardinals 5 7 .417 2.0
Pirates 3 7 .300 3.0

Games

No Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 9 4 .692 --
Dodgers 8 4 .667 0.5
Giants 6 5 .545 2.0
Astros 6 7 .462 3.0
Padres 3 7 .300 4.5
Braves 3 8 .273 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Fred Lynn 4
2 Rick Burleson 3
2 Carlton Fisk 3
4 Enos Cabell 2
4 6 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cecil Cooper 1
1 Butch Hobson 1
1 Fred Lynn 1
1 Gorman Thomas 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Butch Hobson 3
1 Steve Yeager 3
3 Bob Davis 2
3 Fred Lynn 2
3 Gorman Thomas 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Steve Garvey 1
1 Paul Molitor 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Phil Niekro 2.33
2 Moose Haas 1.00
3 Randy Jones 0.50
4 Bill Lee 0.40
5 Doug Rau 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Randy Jones 1
1 Bill Lee 1
1 Doug Rau 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Phil Niekro 7
2 Bill Lee 4
3 Moose Haas 3
3 Doug Rau 3
5 2 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bob Bailor .433
2 Mike Cubbage .425
2 Rick Monday .425
4 Steve Kemp .419
4 Chet Lemon .419

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rick Monday 6
2 Cecil Cooper 5
2 Larry Hisle 5
2 Gorman Thomas 5
5 4 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cecil Cooper 16
2 Rick Monday 15
3 Butch Hobson 14
3 Joe Morgan 14
3 Gorman Thomas 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 7
2 Dan Driessen 6
2 Ken Griffey 6
2 Willie Norwood 6
5 2 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Craig Swan 0.00
1 Elias Sosa 0.00
3 Ross Grimsley 0.50
4 Bob Forsch 0.71
4 John Henry Johnson 0.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bonham 3
1 Bob Forsch 3
1 Tommy John 3
1 Bill Lee 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 33
2 J. R. Richard 27
3 Moose Haas 26
4 Phil Niekro 23
5 Bill Bonham 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Hrabosky 3
1 Skip Lockwood 3
3 Rollie Fingers 2
3 Terry Forster 2
3 10 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .392
2 Ron LeFlore .336
3 Rennie Stennett .333
4 Dave Parker .332
5 Mickey Rivers .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Foster 54
2 Jim Rice 42
3 Greg Luzinski 38
3 Graig Nettles 38
5 Jeff Burroughs 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 146
2 Greg Luzinski 128
3 Larry Hisle 124
4 Jim Rice 120
5 Johnny Bench 119

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 68
2 Frank Taveras 67
3 Gene Richards 56
4 Omar Moreno 53
5 Freddie Patek 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 John Candelaria 2.47
2 Tommy John 2.48
3 Frank Tanana 2.50
4 Rick Reuschel 2.57
5 Steve Carlton 2.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 23
1 Tommy John 23
3 Dennis Leonard 22
4 Rick Reuschel 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 349
2 Phil Niekro 267
3 Dennis Leonard 250
4 J. R. Richard 228
5 Steve Rogers 196

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 36
2 Bill Campbell 31
2 Bruce Sutter 31
4 Sparky Lyle 26
5 2 tied 25