On This Day

Thursday, April 21, 1983

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Orioles 8 5 .615 --
Brewers 6 6 .500 1.5
Blue Jays 6 6 .500 1.5
Red Sox 6 7 .462 2.0
Yankees 6 7 .462 2.0
Tigers 5 7 .417 2.5
Indians 5 8 .385 3.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Royals 6 4 .600 --
Angels 9 6 .600 -0.5
Athletics 9 6 .600 -0.5
Rangers 8 6 .571 --
White Sox 6 6 .500 1.0
Twins 7 8 .467 1.5
Mariners 6 11 .353 3.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 6 2 .750 --
Phillies 7 4 .636 0.5
Expos 7 4 .636 0.5
Pirates 6 5 .545 1.5
Mets 4 6 .400 3.0
Cubs 2 10 .167 6.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 9 3 .750 --
Dodgers 9 4 .692 0.5
Reds 9 6 .600 1.5
Padres 6 8 .429 4.0
Giants 4 10 .286 6.0
Astros 4 11 .267 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rod Carew 5
2 Mike Davis 4
2 Lonnie Smith 4
4 Doug DeCinces 3
4 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Lynn 2
2 Benny Ayala 1
2 Gary Carter 1
2 Julio Cruz 1
2 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Phil Garner 4
2 Rod Carew 3
2 Mike Davis 3
2 George Hendrick 3
2 Fred Lynn 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mike Davis 2
2 Cesar Cedeno 1
2 Julio Cruz 1
2 Dave Edler 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Matt Young 1.00
2 Joe Price 0.86
3 Geoff Zahn 0.70
4 Scott Sanderson 0.67
5 Ken Forsch 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ken Forsch 1
1 Frank LaCorte 1
1 Scott Sanderson 1
1 Tim Stoddard 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tippy Martinez 7
1 Geoff Zahn 7
3 Joe Price 6
3 Scott Sanderson 6
5 Ken Forsch 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Caudill 1
1 Luis Sanchez 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Brett .475
2 Rod Carew .417
3 Andre Thornton .395
4 Andre Dawson .386
5 Chris Chambliss .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Lynn 5
2 George Brett 4
2 Greg Brock 4
2 John Castino 4
2 7 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Terry Kennedy 16
2 Ron Kittle 14
2 Fred Lynn 14
4 George Brett 13
4 Andre Thornton 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lee Lacy 11
2 Julio Cruz 9
3 Steve Sax 8
3 Willie Wilson 8
5 Damaso Garcia 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Palmer 0.00
2 Charlie Lea 0.57
3 Pascual Perez 0.70
4 Rick Honeycutt 0.78
5 Tom Seaver 0.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 3
1 Ken Forsch 3
1 Larry Gura 3
1 Pascual Perez 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 42
2 Bruce Berenyi 25
2 Mario Soto 25
4 Dave Stieb 22
5 2 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dan Spillner 4
2 Dave Beard 3
2 Bill Caudill 3
2 Ron Davis 3
2 3 others tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Oliver .335
2 Willie Wilson .333
3 Robin Yount .329
4 Rod Carew .328
5 Bill Madlock .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Reggie Jackson 43
2 Gorman Thomas 41
3 Mike Schmidt 39
3 Dave Winfield 39
5 Pedro Guerrero 35

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal McRae 135
2 Cecil Cooper 124
3 Andre Thornton 116
4 Robin Yount 115
5 Eddie Murray 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 119
2 Tim Raines 79
3 Lonnie Smith 61
4 Damaso Garcia 60
5 Omar Moreno 57

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Rogers 2.56
2 Mario Soto 2.57
3 Joe Niekro 2.60
4 Joaquin Andujar 2.60
5 Steve Carlton 2.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 26
2 Larry Gura 20
2 Jerry Reuss 20
2 Dave Stieb 20
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 311
2 Mario Soto 275
3 Nolan Ryan 238
4 Fernando Valenzuela 202
5 Floyd Bannister 193

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dan Quisenberry 34
2 Bruce Sutter 33
3 Greg Minton 30
4 Bill Caudill 29
4 3 others tied 29