On This Day

Friday, April 17, 1998

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 8 4 .667 --
Red Sox 10 5 .667 -0.5
Orioles 10 5 .667 -0.5
Devil Rays 8 6 .571 1.0
Blue Jays 6 9 .400 3.5

Games

AL Central

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 10 4 .714 --
Twins 7 8 .467 3.5
Royals 7 9 .438 4.0
White Sox 6 8 .429 4.0
Tigers 3 11 .214 7.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Rangers 10 4 .714 --
Angels 7 7 .500 3.0
Mariners 6 10 .375 5.0
Athletics 3 11 .214 7.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Mets 9 6 .600 --
Braves 9 6 .600 0.0
Phillies 7 7 .500 1.5
Expos 4 11 .267 5.0
Marlins 4 12 .250 5.5

Games

NL Central

Team W L Pct GB
Brewers 10 5 .667 --
Cardinals 10 6 .625 0.5
Cubs 9 7 .563 1.5
Astros 9 8 .529 2.0
Reds 8 8 .500 2.5
Pirates 7 10 .412 4.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Padres 13 3 .813 --
Giants 9 7 .563 4.0
Dodgers 8 7 .533 4.5
Rockies 6 10 .375 7.0
D'backs 4 13 .235 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hal Morris 4
2 Nomar Garciaparra 3
2 Alex Gonzalez 3
2 Juan Gonzalez 3
2 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Craig Biggio 1
1 Rico Brogna 1
1 Jose Canseco 1
1 Ron Gant 1
1 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Griffey 4
1 Tino Martinez 4
1 Mike Piazza 4
4 Ron Gant 3
4 Derek Jeter 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Devon White 3
2 Tom Goodwin 2
2 Chris Stynes 2
2 Eric Young 2
5 19 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Pedro Martinez 3.00
2 Chan Ho Park 1.75
3 Chuck Finley 1.33
4 Roger Clemens 1.00
5 Dustin Hermanson 0.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Brian Boehringer 1
1 Roger Clemens 1
1 Jeff Fassero 1
1 Chuck Finley 1
1 10 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pedro Martinez 12
2 Charles Nagy 9
3 Chuck Finley 8
4 Roger Clemens 7
4 2 others tied 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Kent Bottenfield 1
1 Trevor Hoffman 1
1 Doug Jones 1
1 Frank Lankford 1
1 5 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dante Bichette .465
2 Hal Morris .460
3 Chipper Jones .436
4 Fernando Vina .433
5 2 tied .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mark McGwire 8
2 Ken Griffey 7
2 Chipper Jones 7
4 Ellis Burks 6
4 9 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mark McGwire 24
2 Ken Griffey 20
3 Derek Bell 18
3 Jeromy Burnitz 18
3 2 others tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tom Goodwin 11
2 Brian Hunter 8
3 Chris Stynes 7
3 Eric Young 7
5 4 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chuck Finley 0.56
2 Greg Maddux 0.56
3 Pedro Martinez 0.84
4 Tom Glavine 0.90
5 Curt Schilling 1.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Scott Erickson 3
1 Chuck Finley 3
1 Mike Hampton 3
1 Rick Helling 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pedro Martinez 44
2 Curt Schilling 41
3 Randy Johnson 36
4 Mike Mussina 30
5 Chuck Finley 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Michael Jackson 6
2 Rod Beck 5
2 Doug Jones 5
2 Jeff Shaw 5
5 5 tied 4

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tony Gwynn .360
2 Mike Piazza .358
3 Larry Walker .353
4 Frank Thomas .342
5 Bernie Williams .332

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mark McGwire 62
2 Ken Griffey 56
3 Juan Gonzalez 45
4 Jeff Bagwell 44
5 2 tied 43

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Griffey 151
2 Juan Gonzalez 149
3 Andres Galarraga 144
4 Tino Martinez 143
5 Mike Piazza 136

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Brian Hunter 74
2 Tony Womack 62
3 Chuck Knoblauch 60
4 Otis Nixon 58
5 Delino DeShields 57

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pedro Martinez 1.78
2 Greg Maddux 2.03
3 Roger Clemens 2.16
4 Randy Johnson 2.63
5 Kevin Brown 2.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Brad Radke 22
2 Roger Clemens 21
3 Darryl Kile 20
3 Denny Neagle 20
5 Greg Maddux 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pedro Martinez 344
2 Curt Schilling 331
3 Randy Johnson 302
4 Roger Clemens 286
5 Mike Mussina 241

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jeff Shaw 44
2 Randy Myers 42
3 Mariano Rivera 40
4 Trevor Hoffman 38
5 2 tied 37