On This Day

Sunday, April 23, 1978

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 9 3 .750 --
Red Sox 10 5 .667 0.5
Brewers 8 7 .533 2.5
Yankees 6 8 .429 4.0
Indians 5 7 .417 4.0
Orioles 5 9 .357 5.0
Blue Jays 5 9 .357 5.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Royals 10 2 .833 --
Athletics 11 3 .786 0.0
Angels 10 4 .714 1.0
White Sox 5 7 .417 5.0
Twins 6 11 .353 6.5
Mariners 5 14 .263 8.5
Rangers 3 9 .250 7.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Expos 8 5 .615 --
Cubs 8 6 .571 0.5
Mets 9 7 .563 0.5
Pirates 6 7 .462 2.0
Phillies 5 6 .455 2.0
Cardinals 5 10 .333 4.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 11 5 .688 --
Dodgers 10 5 .667 0.5
Giants 7 7 .500 3.0
Padres 6 7 .462 3.5
Astros 7 9 .438 4.0
Braves 3 11 .214 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 George Scott 6
2 Dave Parker 5
3 Buddy Bell 4
3 Jeff Burroughs 4
3 7 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Grubb 2
1 Butch Hobson 2
1 Dave Parker 2
4 Buddy Bell 1
4 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Butch Hobson 5
2 Dave Parker 4
2 Rennie Stennett 4
4 Jeff Burroughs 3
4 7 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 2
1 Gene Richards 2
1 Bill Robinson 2
4 Mark Belanger 1
4 16 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Catfish Hunter 1.00
2 Steve Rogers 0.92
3 John Montefusco 0.83
4 Luis Tiant 0.80
5 Bob Shirley 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Len Barker 1
1 Jim Bibby 1
1 Bill Campbell 1
1 Larry Gura 1
1 11 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Rogers 11
2 Mike Paxton 6
2 Bob Shirley 6
4 Catfish Hunter 5
4 5 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doug Bair 1
1 Steve Foucault 1
1 Dennis Kinney 1
1 Darold Knowles 1
1 3 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Buddy Bell .438
2 Darrell Porter .419
3 Mario Guerrero .418
4 Mike Cubbage .409
5 Steve Kemp .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rick Monday 8
2 Butch Hobson 6
3 Don Baylor 5
3 Cecil Cooper 5
3 4 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Butch Hobson 21
2 Rick Monday 19
3 Cecil Cooper 16
4 Steve Garvey 15
4 Gorman Thomas 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 8
2 Dan Driessen 7
2 Jerry Royster 7
4 Ken Griffey 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 John Henry Johnson 0.42
2 Jim Palmer 0.53
3 Alan Wirth 1.04
4 Pat Zachry 1.17
5 Doug Rau 1.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Splittorff 4
1 Frank Tanana 4
3 Jerry Augustine 3
3 Bill Bonham 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 33
2 J. R. Richard 32
3 Moose Haas 26
4 Phil Niekro 23
5 2 tied 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Hrabosky 4
1 Skip Lockwood 4
3 Rollie Fingers 3
3 Steve Foucault 3
3 5 others tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .390
2 Rennie Stennett .337
3 Dave Parker .334
4 Ron LeFlore .332
5 Mickey Rivers .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Foster 54
2 Jim Rice 43
3 Greg Luzinski 39
4 Jeff Burroughs 37
4 2 others tied 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 147
2 Greg Luzinski 129
3 Larry Hisle 124
4 Butch Hobson 121
4 Jim Rice 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 69
2 Frank Taveras 66
3 Gene Richards 58
4 Omar Moreno 55
5 Freddie Patek 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tommy John 2.48
2 Frank Tanana 2.53
3 Rick Reuschel 2.59
4 Steve Carlton 2.68
5 John Candelaria 2.69

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 343
2 Phil Niekro 262
3 Dennis Leonard 257
4 J. R. Richard 225
5 Steve Rogers 202

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 36
2 Bill Campbell 31
2 Bruce Sutter 31
4 Rich Gossage 25
4 Lerrin LaGrow 25