On This Day

Tuesday, May 4, 1982

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 17 7 .708 --
Tigers 15 9 .625 2.0
Brewers 12 9 .571 3.5
Yankees 9 13 .409 7.0
Indians 9 13 .409 7.0
Blue Jays 9 14 .391 7.5
Orioles 8 14 .364 8.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Angels 17 9 .654 --
White Sox 13 9 .591 2.0
Athletics 15 11 .577 2.0
Royals 13 10 .565 2.5
Mariners 12 15 .444 5.5
Twins 9 17 .346 8.0
Rangers 6 14 .300 8.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 17 9 .654 --
Expos 12 9 .571 2.5
Mets 12 13 .480 4.5
Pirates 9 13 .409 6.0
Phillies 9 14 .391 6.5
Cubs 8 17 .320 8.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 18 7 .720 --
Padres 15 8 .652 2.0
Dodgers 12 13 .480 6.0
Reds 11 13 .458 6.5
Giants 11 14 .440 7.0
Astros 11 15 .423 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Omar Moreno 4
1 Mookie Wilson 4
3 Cesar Cedeno 3
3 Dan Driessen 3
3 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jesse Barfield 1
1 Steve Carlton 1
1 Mike Easler 1
1 George Hendrick 1
1 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Easler 4
1 Jerry Martin 4
1 Dave Winfield 4
4 Jesse Barfield 3
4 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dernier 2
1 Omar Moreno 2
3 Joaquin Andujar 1
3 George Brett 1
3 16 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Steve Carlton 0.77
2 Dave Stieb 0.75
3 Fernando Valenzuela 0.70
4 Britt Burns 0.57
5 Gene Nelson 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joaquin Andujar 1
1 Britt Burns 1
1 Steve Carlton 1
1 Bruce Hurst 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 10
2 Fernando Valenzuela 7
3 Rich Gossage 6
3 Dave Stieb 6
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luis Aponte 1
1 Salome Barojas 1
1 Dave Beard 1
1 Floyd Chiffer 1
1 4 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Murray .376
2 Cecil Cooper .372
3 Jerry Martin .372
4 Rich Dauer .367
5 Toby Harrah .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jason Thompson 9
2 Kent Hrbek 8
2 Dave Kingman 8
2 Dale Murphy 8
5 3 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dale Murphy 26
2 Jason Thompson 24
3 Kent Hrbek 22
4 Keith Hernandez 21
4 2 others tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 26
2 Lonnie Smith 15
3 Omar Moreno 14
4 Mookie Wilson 12
5 2 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Don Aase 0.67
2 Steve Rogers 1.23
3 Scott Sanderson 1.52
4 LaMarr Hoyt 1.59
5 Jerry Reuss 1.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 LaMarr Hoyt 5
2 Bruce Berenyi 4
2 Bob Forsch 4
2 Jack Morris 4
2 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 48
2 Mario Soto 43
3 Floyd Bannister 39
4 Bill Gullickson 34
4 Steve Rogers 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 9
2 Dan Quisenberry 8
3 Salome Barojas 7
4 Neil Allen 6
4 Tom Hume 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jason Thompson .412
2 Ozzie Smith .405
3 Davey Lopes .400
4 Dave Concepcion .396
5 2 tied .391

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jason Thompson 7
2 Pedro Guerrero 5
2 Bob Horner 5
4 Dave Kingman 4
4 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jason Thompson 20
2 Hal McRae 17
3 Dale Murphy 14
4 Carl Yastrzemski 13
5 3 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 13
2 Bob Dernier 9
3 Omar Moreno 7
4 Ken Landreaux 6
5 6 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jerry Reuss 0.00
1 Steve Bedrosian 0.00
3 Craig Swan 0.69
4 Steve Rogers 1.03
5 Bill Laskey 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 3
1 LaMarr Hoyt 3
1 Grant Jackson 3
1 Jerry Reuss 3
1 Steve Rogers 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 31
2 Bill Gullickson 22
2 Steve Rogers 22
4 Fernando Valenzuela 20
5 2 tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 6
2 Neil Allen 4
2 Rollie Fingers 4
2 Tom Hume 4
2 Dan Quisenberry 4

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cecil Cooper .350
2 Tom Paciorek .333
3 Eddie Murray .332
4 Dave Concepcion .316
5 Toby Harrah .309

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Murray 27
2 Dave Kingman 25
3 Mike Schmidt 24
4 George Foster 22
5 Andre Dawson 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Murray 92
2 George Foster 90
3 Bill Buckner 81
4 Don Baylor 79
5 Ben Oglivie 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 64
2 Tim Raines 58
3 Omar Moreno 46
4 Ron LeFlore 40
5 Julio Cruz 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Britt Burns 2.17
2 Jerry Reuss 2.32
3 Steve Rogers 2.38
4 Nolan Ryan 2.42
5 Don Sutton 2.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Vuckovich 17
2 Jack Morris 16
3 Dennis Martinez 15
4 Steve Rogers 14
5 4 tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 190
2 Mario Soto 163
3 Fernando Valenzuela 160
4 Nolan Ryan 147
5 Len Barker 136

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rollie Fingers 30
2 Bruce Sutter 29
3 Dan Quisenberry 25
4 Neil Allen 21
4 Greg Minton 21