On This Day

Wednesday, April 26, 1978

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 11 4 .733 --
Red Sox 11 6 .647 1.0
Brewers 9 8 .529 3.0
Yankees 8 8 .500 3.5
Indians 7 8 .467 4.0
Blue Jays 6 11 .353 6.0
Orioles 5 11 .313 6.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 14 3 .824 --
Royals 11 4 .733 2.0
Angels 11 6 .647 3.0
White Sox 6 9 .400 7.0
Rangers 5 10 .333 8.0
Mariners 7 15 .318 9.5
Twins 6 14 .300 9.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 9 7 .563 --
Expos 9 7 .563 0.0
Cubs 9 8 .529 0.5
Phillies 7 7 .500 1.0
Mets 9 10 .474 1.5
Cardinals 7 11 .389 3.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 12 5 .706 --
Reds 11 7 .611 1.5
Astros 9 10 .474 4.0
Giants 7 9 .438 4.5
Padres 7 9 .438 4.5
Braves 5 11 .313 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dusty Baker 5
2 Keith Hernandez 4
2 Mitchell Page 4
2 Bill Russell 4
2 Mike Schmidt 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Don Baylor 1
1 Cecil Cooper 1
1 Jim Dwyer 1
1 Dan Ford 1
1 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dan Ford 7
2 Bobby Murcer 4
3 Don Baylor 3
3 Chet Lemon 3
3 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ozzie Smith 2
1 Bump Wills 2
3 Lou Brock 1
3 Enos Cabell 1
3 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Craig Swan 1.67
2 J. R. Richard 1.38
3 Preston Hanna 1.00
4 Bert Blyleven 0.80
5 Tom Underwood 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doyle Alexander 1
1 Bert Blyleven 1
1 Mike Caldwell 1
1 Joe Coleman 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 11
2 Bert Blyleven 8
3 Preston Hanna 7
4 Tom Seaver 6
5 5 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 1
1 Bob McClure 1
1 Shane Rawley 1
1 Eddie Solomon 1
1 Bruce Sutter 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Buddy Bell .417
2 Mario Guerrero .386
3 Mike Schmidt .383
4 Ron Cey .379
5 Darrell Porter .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rick Monday 8
2 Don Baylor 6
2 Cecil Cooper 6
2 Larry Hisle 6
2 3 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Butch Hobson 21
1 Rick Monday 21
3 Rusty Staub 18
4 Cecil Cooper 17
4 2 others tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 9
2 Omar Moreno 8
2 Jerry Royster 8
4 Dan Driessen 7
5 5 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 John Henry Johnson 0.42
2 Dave Heaverlo 0.95
3 Jim Palmer 1.04
3 Alan Wirth 1.04
5 Elias Sosa 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy John 4
1 Bill Lee 4
1 Paul Splittorff 4
1 Frank Tanana 4
5 10 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 48
2 J. R. Richard 43
3 Phil Niekro 32
4 Moose Haas 26
5 Tom Seaver 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 4
1 Al Hrabosky 4
1 Dave LaRoche 4
1 Skip Lockwood 4
5 8 tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .389
2 Rennie Stennett .338
3 Ron LeFlore .335
4 Dave Parker .334
5 Ken Singleton .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Foster 52
2 Jim Rice 43
3 Greg Luzinski 39
3 Mike Schmidt 39
5 Graig Nettles 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 142
2 Greg Luzinski 125
3 Jim Rice 122
4 Larry Hisle 121
4 Butch Hobson 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 70
2 Frank Taveras 67
3 Gene Richards 59
4 Omar Moreno 56
5 Freddie Patek 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tommy John 2.28
2 Frank Tanana 2.40
3 Rick Reuschel 2.58
4 Steve Carlton 2.61
5 Ron Guidry 2.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy John 24
2 Steve Carlton 22
2 Rick Reuschel 22
4 Dennis Leonard 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 354
2 Phil Niekro 270
3 Dennis Leonard 256
4 J. R. Richard 236
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