On This Day

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Rays 16 12 .571 --
Red Sox 17 13 .567 0.0
Orioles 16 13 .552 0.5
Yankees 14 16 .467 3.0
Blue Jays 12 17 .414 4.5

Games

AL Central

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 14 13 .519 --
Tigers 14 15 .483 1.0
Indians 14 15 .483 1.0
Twins 13 14 .481 1.0
Royals 12 16 .429 2.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 18 12 .600 --
Angels 18 12 .600 0.0
Mariners 13 16 .448 4.5
Rangers 11 18 .379 6.5

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 16 13 .552 --
Mets 14 12 .538 0.5
Marlins 15 13 .536 0.5
Braves 12 15 .444 3.0
Nationals 12 17 .414 4.0

Games

NL Central

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 18 11 .621 --
Cubs 17 11 .607 0.5
Brewers 16 12 .571 1.5
Astros 13 16 .448 5.0
Reds 12 17 .414 6.0
Pirates 11 17 .393 6.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
D'backs 20 8 .714 --
Dodgers 15 13 .536 5.0
Giants 13 16 .448 7.5
Rockies 11 17 .393 9.0
Padres 11 18 .379 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Emil Brown 4
1 Jack Cust 4
1 Kosuke Fukudome 4
4 Ryan Braun 3
4 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Abreu 1
1 Erick Aybar 1
1 Ryan Braun 1
1 Miguel Cabrera 1
1 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Abreu 3
1 Erick Aybar 3
1 Ryan Braun 3
1 Miguel Cabrera 3
5 16 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jason Bartlett 1
1 Adrian Beltre 1
1 Chone Figgins 1
1 Eric Hinske 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Zack Greinke 2.25
2 Odalis Perez 1.33
3 Randy Wolf 1.00
4 Burke Badenhop 0.86
4 2 others tied 0.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Luis Ayala 1
1 Joe Beimel 1
1 A. J. Burnett 1
1 Justin Duchscherer 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Zack Greinke 9
1 Randy Wolf 9
3 Burke Badenhop 6
3 Miguel Batista 6
3 2 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Eric Gagne 1
1 Brad Lidge 1
1 Troy Percival 1
1 Jon Rauch 1
1 3 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chipper Jones .410
2 Rafael Furcal .371
3 Albert Pujols .365
4 Derrek Lee .360
5 Chase Utley .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chase Utley 11
2 Lance Berkman 8
2 Pat Burrell 8
2 Chipper Jones 8
2 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Josh Hamilton 32
2 Emil Brown 26
2 Pat Burrell 26
2 Xavier Nady 26
5 3 tied 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Michael Bourn 13
2 Carlos Gomez 11
2 Willy Taveras 11
4 Brian Roberts 10
5 2 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cliff Lee 0.96
2 Edinson Volquez 1.23
3 Zack Greinke 1.47
4 Ben Sheets 1.64
5 Tim Lincecum 1.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Brandon Webb 6
2 Cliff Lee 5
2 Ervin Santana 5
2 Joe Saunders 5
2 Chien-Ming Wang 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Aaron Harang 41
1 Felix Hernandez 41
3 Chad Billingsley 40
3 Tim Lincecum 40
3 Jonathan Sanchez 40

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Francisco Rodriguez 11
2 George Sherrill 10
3 Eric Gagne 9
3 Jason Isringhausen 9
3 3 others tied 9

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chipper Jones .419
2 Ronny Cedeno .412
3 Josh Willingham .410
4 Chase Utley .404
5 3 tied .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chase Utley 8
2 Chipper Jones 6
3 Garrett Atkins 5
3 Edwin Encarnacion 5
3 3 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Emil Brown 17
1 Josh Hamilton 17
1 David Ortiz 17
4 Lance Berkman 15
4 2 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hanley Ramirez 7
1 Willy Taveras 7
3 Jacoby Ellsbury 6
4 Michael Bourn 5
4 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 John Lannan 0.45
2 CC Sabathia 0.64
3 Carlos Zambrano 0.89
4 Chad Gaudin 0.90
5 James Shields 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Beimel 3
1 Aaron Cook 3
1 Chad Gaudin 3
1 Tom Gordon 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chad Billingsley 29
2 John Smoltz 25
3 Edinson Volquez 24
4 Jake Peavy 22
5 2 tied 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Eric Gagne 6
1 Brandon Lyon 6
1 Francisco Rodriguez 6
4 Brad Lidge 5
4 2 others tied 5

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Magglio Ordonez .358
2 Chipper Jones .356
3 Albert Pujols .345
4 Ichiro Suzuki .344
5 Chase Utley .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ryan Howard 50
2 Prince Fielder 48
2 Carlos Pena 48
4 Alex Rodriguez 44
5 Lance Berkman 40

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ryan Howard 137
2 Magglio Ordonez 134
3 Alex Rodriguez 133
4 Matt Holliday 128
5 Carlos Pena 124

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jose Reyes 67
2 Juan Pierre 59
3 Hanley Ramirez 54
4 Carl Crawford 51
5 Chone Figgins 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Erik Bedard 2.44
2 Jake Peavy 2.54
3 John Smoltz 2.78
4 Brandon Webb 2.79
5 Roberto Hernandez 2.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chien-Ming Wang 24
2 Brandon Webb 22
3 Roberto Hernandez 20
3 Carlos Zambrano 20
5 Jake Peavy 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jake Peavy 232
2 Johan Santana 229
3 Javier Vazquez 224
4 Aaron Harang 223
5 Scott Kazmir 209

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jose Valverde 42
2 Trevor Hoffman 41
2 Francisco Rodriguez 41
4 Joe Nathan 39
5 4 tied 38