On This Day

Sunday, April 23, 1989

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Orioles 9 8 .529 --
Blue Jays 8 10 .444 1.5
Red Sox 7 9 .438 1.5
Indians 7 9 .438 1.5
Brewers 7 9 .438 1.5
Yankees 7 10 .412 2.0
Tigers 5 10 .333 3.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Rangers 13 4 .765 --
Athletics 13 6 .684 1.0
Royals 11 7 .611 2.5
Twins 9 7 .563 3.5
Angels 9 9 .500 4.5
Mariners 8 11 .421 6.0
White Sox 7 11 .389 6.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 9 8 .529 --
Phillies 9 8 .529 0.0
Expos 10 9 .526 0.0
Cardinals 8 8 .500 0.5
Mets 8 9 .471 1.0
Pirates 8 10 .444 1.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 10 8 .556 --
Reds 9 8 .529 0.5
Braves 10 9 .526 0.5
Dodgers 9 9 .500 1.0
Padres 9 10 .474 1.5
Astros 8 11 .421 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Will Clark 5
2 Dale Murphy 4
3 Bob Boone 3
3 Ken Griffey 3
3 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Bonilla 1
1 Hubie Brooks 1
1 Gary Carter 1
1 Will Clark 1
1 12 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dale Murphy 6
2 Scott Bradley 4
3 Will Clark 3
3 Spike Owen 3
5 22 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Otis Nixon 3
2 Will Clark 1
2 Vince Coleman 1
2 Bill Doran 1
2 17 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Nolan Ryan 3.00
2 Mike Moore 1.00
3 Charlie Leibrandt 0.80
4 Paul Kilgus 0.67
5 Bob Milacki 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rick Aguilera 1
1 Logan Easley 1
1 Paul Gibson 1
1 Tom Glavine 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 12
2 Mike Moore 5
2 Todd Stottlemyre 5
2 David Wells 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Andersen 1
1 Dennis Eckersley 1
1 Willie Hernandez 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Von Hayes .414
2 Pete O'Brien .411
3 Will Clark .409
4 Milt Thompson .407
5 Eddie Williams .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bo Jackson 6
2 Von Hayes 5
2 Jeffrey Leonard 5
2 Kevin Mitchell 5
2 Mike Schmidt 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kevin Mitchell 22
2 Julio Franco 18
2 Pedro Guerrero 18
2 Von Hayes 18
5 Will Clark 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 13
2 Vince Coleman 12
3 Cecil Espy 11
4 George Brett 8
4 3 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Ontiveros 0.90
2 Danny Darwin 0.96
3 Kirk McCaskill 0.99
4 Mike Morgan 1.00
5 Jose Rijo 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Allan Anderson 4
1 Dave Stewart 4
1 Rick Sutcliffe 4
4 Jeff Ballard 3
4 11 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 38
2 Mike Scott 28
3 Mark Langston 27
4 Bruce Hurst 26
5 Orel Hershiser 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mark Davis 8
2 Dennis Eckersley 6
2 Mitch Williams 6
4 John Franco 5
5 5 tied 4

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Wade Boggs .365
2 Kirby Puckett .363
3 Mike Greenwell .325
4 Tony Gwynn .322
5 Kent Hrbek .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Darryl Strawberry 38
2 Jose Canseco 36
3 Fred McGriff 35
4 Mark McGwire 31
5 2 tied 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kirby Puckett 123
2 Mike Greenwell 120
3 Will Clark 116
4 Dwight Evans 112
5 Jose Canseco 107

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 93
2 Vince Coleman 86
3 Gerald Young 64
4 Otis Nixon 54
5 Ozzie Smith 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jose Rijo 2.08
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 21
3 Dave Stewart 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roger Clemens 270
2 Nolan Ryan 230
3 Mark Langston 228
4 David Cone 211
5 Jose DeLeon 209

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dennis Eckersley 44
2 John Franco 42
3 Jeff Reardon 40
4 Doug Jones 37
5 2 tied 34