On This Day

Thursday, April 23, 1981

Standings

AL East: 1st Half

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 6 3 .667 --
Yankees 7 4 .636 --
Red Sox 6 4 .600 0.5
Tigers 7 5 .583 0.5
Brewers 5 4 .556 1.0
Orioles 3 6 .333 3.0
Blue Jays 3 9 .250 4.5

Games

AL West: 1st Half

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 14 1 .933 --
White Sox 7 3 .700 4.5
Angels 6 7 .462 7.0
Rangers 5 6 .455 7.0
Mariners 4 9 .308 9.0
Royals 2 7 .222 9.0
Twins 2 9 .182 10.0

Games

NL East: 1st Half

Team W L Pct GB
Expos 8 2 .800 --
Cardinals 7 2 .778 0.5
Phillies 7 5 .583 2.0
Pirates 4 4 .500 3.0
Mets 4 4 .500 3.0
Cubs 1 10 .091 7.5

Games

No Games

NL West: 1st Half

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 11 2 .846 --
Braves 7 5 .583 3.5
Reds 6 6 .500 4.5
Giants 5 9 .357 6.5
Padres 5 9 .357 6.5
Astros 3 10 .231 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ken Singleton 5
2 Bill Almon 4
2 Tony Bernazard 4
2 Chet Lemon 4
2 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Singleton 3
2 Tony Bernazard 1
2 Cesar Cedeno 1
2 Jerry Turner 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Singleton 5
2 Harold Baines 4
2 Chet Lemon 4
4 Bill Almon 3
4 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill North 2
2 Dusty Baker 1
2 Pedro Guerrero 1
2 Larry Herndon 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vern Ruhle 0.50
1 Rick Sutcliffe 0.50
3 Tom Griffin 0.38
4 Tom Seaver 0.38
5 Richard Dotson 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Francisco Barrios 1
1 Richard Dotson 1
1 John Montefusco 1
1 Joe Price 1
1 Rick Sutcliffe 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Griffin 5
2 Richard Dotson 4
2 Vern Ruhle 4
2 Rick Sutcliffe 4
5 Tom Seaver 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rick Camp 1
1 Ed Farmer 1
1 Steve Howe 1
1 Paul Moskau 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Carney Lansford .472
2 Dave Collins .457
3 Pete Rose .431
4 Tim Raines .425
5 Steve Kemp .415

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tony Armas 6
2 Carlton Fisk 4
2 Ken Singleton 4
2 Roy Smalley 4
2 Jason Thompson 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tony Armas 19
2 Carlton Fisk 13
3 Dave Concepcion 12
4 Tom Herr 11
5 5 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tim Raines 11
2 Bill North 9
3 Rickey Henderson 8
4 Julio Cruz 7
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Andy Rincon 0.00
1 Sammy Stewart 0.00
3 Fernando Valenzuela 0.25
4 Matt Keough 0.33
5 Scott Sanderson 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fernando Valenzuela 4
2 Burt Hooton 3
2 Matt Keough 3
2 Rudy May 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fernando Valenzuela 36
2 Steve Carlton 23
2 Mario Soto 23
4 Tom Seaver 17
5 4 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Castillo 3
1 Rich Gossage 3
1 Bruce Sutter 3
4 Neil Allen 2
4 10 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Brett .395
2 Cecil Cooper .342
3 Mike Easler .336
4 Rod Carew .335
5 Buddy Bell .334

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Schmidt 47
2 Reggie Jackson 41
2 Ben Oglivie 41
4 Tony Armas 40
5 2 tied 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tony Armas 121
2 Al Oliver 120
3 Ben Oglivie 118
4 Mike Schmidt 117
5 Cecil Cooper 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 102
2 Ron LeFlore 96
3 Omar Moreno 95
4 Dave Collins 78
5 Willie Wilson 74

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vern Ruhle 2.19
2 Steve Carlton 2.24
3 Rudy May 2.35
4 Don Sutton 2.40
5 Jerry Reuss 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Stone 25
2 Steve Carlton 24
3 Mike Norris 23
4 Tommy John 21
4 2 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 293
2 Mario Soto 202
3 Nolan Ryan 194
4 Len Barker 187
5 Mike Norris 178

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rich Gossage 35
2 Dan Quisenberry 33
3 Ed Farmer 28
4 Bruce Sutter 27
5 Doug Corbett 25