On This Day

Thursday, April 28, 1983

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Brewers 10 7 .588 --
Orioles 10 8 .556 0.5
Red Sox 9 8 .529 1.0
Tigers 8 8 .500 1.5
Yankees 9 9 .500 1.5
Blue Jays 8 9 .471 2.0
Indians 8 10 .444 2.5

Games

No Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Angels 12 7 .632 --
Royals 9 6 .600 1.0
Athletics 10 9 .526 2.0
Rangers 10 9 .526 2.0
Twins 9 11 .450 3.5
White Sox 7 10 .412 4.0
Mariners 7 15 .318 6.5

Games

No Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 9 5 .643 --
Phillies 10 6 .625 --
Expos 9 6 .600 0.5
Pirates 7 8 .467 2.5
Mets 5 10 .333 4.5
Cubs 5 13 .278 6.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 13 4 .765 --
Dodgers 13 5 .722 0.5
Reds 10 9 .526 4.0
Padres 9 11 .450 5.5
Astros 7 13 .350 7.5
Giants 6 13 .316 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ron Cey 2
2 Kurt Bevacqua 1
2 Larry Bowa 1
2 Bill Buckner 1
2 5 others tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Steve Garvey 2
2 Ron Cey 1
2 Terry Kennedy 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Alan Wiggins 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eric Show 0.50
2 Steve Trout 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eric Show 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Luis DeLeon 3
2 Eric Show 2
3 Steve Trout 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luis DeLeon 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Brett .466
2 Rod Carew .456
3 Terry Kennedy .390
4 Tony Perez .379
5 Andre Thornton .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 John Castino 6
1 Pedro Guerrero 6
1 George Hendrick 6
1 Fred Lynn 6
1 Mike Schmidt 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Brett 19
1 George Hendrick 19
1 Terry Kennedy 19
4 Fred Lynn 18
5 Andre Thornton 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Julio Cruz 12
1 Lee Lacy 12
3 Willie Wilson 11
4 Damaso Garcia 9
4 Steve Sax 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rick Honeycutt 0.59
2 Atlee Hammaker 0.75
3 Dave LaPoint 1.37
4 Charlie Lea 1.47
5 Dave Stieb 1.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Gura 4
1 Pascual Perez 4
3 Len Barker 3
3 Rick Camp 3
3 17 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 46
2 Bruce Berenyi 34
3 Mario Soto 30
4 Dave Stieb 29
5 Bert Blyleven 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Stanley 5
2 Bill Caudill 4
2 Steve Howe 4
2 Dan Quisenberry 4
2 Dan Spillner 4

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rod Carew .336
2 Al Oliver .334
3 Robin Yount .329
4 Willie Wilson .329
5 George Brett .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Reggie Jackson 42
2 Mike Schmidt 41
2 Gorman Thomas 41
4 Dave Winfield 39
5 Dale Murphy 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal McRae 133
2 Cecil Cooper 123
3 Andre Thornton 116
4 Robin Yount 112
5 Gorman Thomas 111

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 119
2 Tim Raines 79
3 Damaso Garcia 60
4 Lonnie Smith 59
5 Omar Moreno 57

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Rogers 2.54
2 Joaquin Andujar 2.60
3 Steve Carlton 2.62
4 Mario Soto 2.65
5 Bob Stanley 2.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 25
2 Larry Gura 20
2 Dave Stieb 20
2 Fernando Valenzuela 20
5 Jerry Reuss 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 302
2 Mario Soto 267
3 Nolan Ryan 237
4 Fernando Valenzuela 203
5 Len Barker 191

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dan Quisenberry 34
2 Bruce Sutter 32
3 Greg Minton 31
4 Gene Garber 30
5 2 tied 28