On This Day

Friday, April 21, 1989

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 7 7 .500 --
Brewers 7 7 .500 0.0
Orioles 7 8 .467 0.5
Blue Jays 7 9 .438 1.0
Indians 6 8 .429 1.0
Yankees 6 9 .400 1.5
Tigers 3 10 .231 3.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Rangers 12 3 .800 --
Athletics 11 6 .647 2.0
Twins 9 5 .643 2.5
Angels 9 7 .563 3.5
Royals 9 7 .563 3.5
Mariners 7 10 .412 6.0
White Sox 6 10 .375 6.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 9 6 .600 --
Phillies 9 6 .600 0.0
Expos 9 8 .529 1.0
Cardinals 7 7 .500 1.5
Mets 6 9 .400 3.0
Pirates 6 10 .375 3.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 9 7 .563 --
Reds 8 7 .533 0.5
Padres 9 8 .529 0.5
Dodgers 8 8 .500 1.0
Braves 8 9 .471 1.5
Astros 7 10 .412 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Wally Backman 3
1 Marty Barrett 3
1 Tony Gwynn 3
1 Eddie Murray 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Bell 1
1 Lance Blankenship 1
1 Barry Bonds 1
1 Glenn Braggs 1
1 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Randy Bush 3
1 Eddie Murray 3
1 Terry Steinbach 3
4 Wally Backman 2
4 21 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bo Jackson 3
2 Devon White 2
3 Kevin Bass 1
3 Bob Boone 1
3 24 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jim Deshaies 2.25
2 Jose DeLeon 2.00
3 Dave Stieb 1.33
4 Pascual Perez 1.00
5 Bob Welch 0.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Allan Anderson 1
1 Floyd Bannister 1
1 Chris Bosio 1
1 Mike Campbell 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jim Deshaies 9
1 Bob Welch 9
3 Dave Stieb 8
4 Orel Hershiser 7
5 2 tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Steve Bedrosian 1
1 Mark Davis 1
1 Rick Honeycutt 1
1 Dan Plesac 1
1 2 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Von Hayes .451
2 Milt Thompson .435
3 Pete O'Brien .420
4 Mitch Webster .414
5 Kelly Gruber .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Von Hayes 5
1 Bo Jackson 5
1 Jeffrey Leonard 5
1 Kevin Mitchell 5
5 12 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kevin Mitchell 19
2 Julio Franco 17
2 Pedro Guerrero 17
2 Von Hayes 17
5 Kelly Gruber 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 12
2 Cecil Espy 11
3 Vince Coleman 9
4 George Brett 7
4 3 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Kirk McCaskill 0.44
2 Danny Darwin 0.55
3 Steve Ontiveros 0.90
3 Jose Rijo 0.90
5 Mike Morgan 1.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Allan Anderson 4
1 Dave Stewart 4
1 Rick Sutcliffe 4
4 Jeff Ballard 3
4 9 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mike Scott 28
2 Mark Langston 27
3 Bruce Hurst 26
3 Nolan Ryan 26
5 Orel Hershiser 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mark Davis 8
2 Mitch Williams 6
3 John Franco 5
4 Joe Boever 4
4 5 others tied 4

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Kirby Puckett .367
2 Wade Boggs .366
3 Mike Greenwell .326
4 Tony Gwynn .323
5 Kent Hrbek .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Darryl Strawberry 38
2 Jose Canseco 37
3 Fred McGriff 35
4 Mark McGwire 31
5 Gary Gaetti 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kirby Puckett 123
2 Mike Greenwell 118
3 Dwight Evans 112
4 Will Clark 111
5 Jose Canseco 109

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 92
2 Vince Coleman 85
3 Gerald Young 64
4 Ozzie Smith 53
5 Otis Nixon 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jose Rijo 2.15
2 David Cone 2.18
3 Allan Anderson 2.31
4 John Tudor 2.32
5 Orel Hershiser 2.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Orel Hershiser 23
1 Frank Viola 23
3 Danny Jackson 22
4 Dave Stewart 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roger Clemens 270
2 Mark Langston 228
3 Nolan Ryan 226
4 Jose DeLeon 216
5 David Cone 211

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dennis Eckersley 43
2 John Franco 42
3 Jeff Reardon 40
4 Doug Jones 38
5 Mark Davis 35