On This Day

Wednesday, April 4, 1979

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 0 0 .000 --
Red Sox 0 0 .000 --
Yankees 0 0 .000 --
Indians 0 0 .000 --
Orioles 0 0 .000 --
Brewers 0 0 .000 --
Blue Jays 0 0 .000 --

Games

No Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Mariners 1 0 1.000 --
White Sox 0 0 .000 0.5
Twins 0 0 .000 0.5
Athletics 0 0 .000 0.5
Royals 0 0 .000 0.5
Rangers 0 0 .000 0.5
Angels 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 0 0 .000 --
Cardinals 0 0 .000 --
Cubs 0 0 .000 --
Phillies 0 0 .000 --
Mets 0 0 .000 --
Expos 0 0 .000 --

Games

No Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 1 0 1.000 --
Dodgers 0 0 .000 0.5
Astros 0 0 .000 0.5
Braves 0 0 .000 0.5
Padres 0 0 .000 0.5
Reds 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Terry Whitfield 4
2 Willie Horton 3
3 Brian Downing 2
3 Darrell Evans 2
3 5 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Cox 1
1 Willie Horton 1
1 Mike Ivie 1
1 Rick Miller 1
1 Leon Roberts 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rick Miller 3
2 Larry Cox 2
2 Darrell Evans 2
2 Cesar Geronimo 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Julio Cruz 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Frank Tanana 0.44
2 Glenn Abbott 0.20
3 Vida Blue 0.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 1
1 John Montague 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 John Montague 5
2 Frank Tanana 4
3 Vida Blue 2
3 Mark Clear 2
3 Frank Pastore 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Terry Whitfield .800
2 Willie Horton .750
3 Brian Downing .500
3 Darrell Evans .500
3 5 others tied .500

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Cox 1
1 Willie Horton 1
1 Mike Ivie 1
1 Rick Miller 1
1 Leon Roberts 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rick Miller 3
2 Larry Cox 2
2 Darrell Evans 2
2 Cesar Geronimo 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Julio Cruz 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Frank Pastore 0.00
1 Mark Clear 0.00
1 Dave Tomlin 0.00
4 John Montague 1.35
5 Paul Moskau 3.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 1
1 John Montague 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 John Montague 5
2 Frank Tanana 4
3 Vida Blue 2
3 Mark Clear 2
3 Frank Pastore 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dave Parker .334
2 Rod Carew .333
3 Al Oliver .324
4 Bill Buckner .323
5 Steve Garvey .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Rice 46
2 George Foster 40
3 Greg Luzinski 35
4 Don Baylor 34
4 Larry Hisle 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Rice 139
2 Rusty Staub 121
3 George Foster 120
4 Dave Parker 117
5 Larry Hisle 115

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Omar Moreno 71
2 Ron LeFlore 68
3 Julio Cruz 60
4 Bump Wills 52
5 Miguel Dilone 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ron Guidry 1.74
2 Jon Matlack 2.30
3 Mike Caldwell 2.36
4 Craig Swan 2.43
5 Jim Palmer 2.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ron Guidry 25
2 Mike Caldwell 22
3 Dennis Leonard 21
3 Jim Palmer 21
3 Gaylord Perry 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 303
2 Nolan Ryan 260
3 Ron Guidry 248
3 Phil Niekro 248
5 Tom Seaver 226

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 37
2 Kent Tekulve 31
3 Doug Bair 28
4 Rich Gossage 27
4 Bruce Sutter 27