On This Day

Thursday, April 27, 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 9 .438 4.5
Blue Jays 7 11 .389 5.5
Orioles 5 11 .313 6.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 14 4 .778 --
Royals 11 5 .688 2.0
Angels 12 6 .667 2.0
White Sox 6 9 .400 6.5
Rangers 6 10 .375 7.0
Twins 7 14 .333 8.5
Mariners 7 16 .304 9.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 9 7 .563 --
Expos 9 7 .563 --
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

No 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 8 9 .471 4.0
Padres 7 9 .438 4.5
Braves 5 12 .294 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rod Carew 4
2 Bob Bailor 3
2 Freddie Patek 3
2 Tom Poquette 3
5 18 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rico Carty 2
2 Jeff Burroughs 1
2 Wayne Gross 1
2 Mike Hargrove 1
2 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rico Carty 5
2 Willie McCovey 4
3 Freddie Patek 3
4 Jeff Burroughs 2
4 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Brett 1
1 Toby Harrah 1
1 Johnnie LeMaster 1
1 Freddie Patek 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rick Waits 1.00
2 Gary Serum 0.86
3 Jon Matlack 0.60
4 Frank Tanana 0.50
5 Vida Blue 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 1
1 Jon Matlack 1
1 Balor Moore 1
1 Gary Serum 1
1 Frank Tanana 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rick Waits 7
2 Jon Matlack 6
2 Gary Serum 6
4 Vida Blue 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Len Barker 1
1 Mike Willis 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Buddy Bell .422
2 Jeff Burroughs .386
3 Rod Carew .385
4 Mike Schmidt .383
5 2 tied .379

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 Rico Carty 17
4 3 others tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 9
1 Jerry Royster 9
3 Omar Moreno 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
4 Elias Sosa 1.06
5 Craig Swan 1.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Tanana 5
2 Tommy John 4
2 Bill Lee 4
2 Paul Splittorff 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 9 tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .394
2 Rennie Stennett .341
3 Ron LeFlore .337
4 Dave Parker .334
5 Mickey Rivers .326

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Foster 142
2 Greg Luzinski 125
3 Jim Rice 122
4 Larry Hisle 121
5 Butch Hobson 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cesar Cedeno 68
2 Frank Taveras 67
3 Gene Richards 59
4 Omar Moreno 56
5 Freddie Patek 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tommy John 2.28
2 Frank Tanana 2.35
3 Steve Carlton 2.61
4 Rick Reuschel 2.63
5 Ron Guidry 2.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy John 24
2 Steve Carlton 22
3 Dennis Leonard 21
3 Rick Reuschel 21
5 2 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 Bruce Sutter 31
3 Bill Campbell 30
4 Lerrin LaGrow 25
5 2 tied 24