On This Day

Tuesday, May 20, 1980

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 20 14 .588 --
Blue Jays 19 14 .576 0.5
Red Sox 18 18 .500 3.0
Brewers 16 17 .485 3.5
Tigers 16 18 .471 4.0
Orioles 16 20 .444 5.0
Indians 14 20 .412 6.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 22 15 .595 --
Royals 20 15 .571 1.0
Athletics 19 17 .528 2.5
Rangers 18 17 .514 3.0
Mariners 18 20 .474 4.5
Angels 15 19 .441 5.5
Twins 15 22 .405 7.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 19 12 .613 --
Phillies 16 15 .516 3.0
Expos 16 16 .500 3.5
Cubs 15 17 .469 4.5
Cardinals 14 21 .400 7.0
Mets 12 20 .375 7.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 23 13 .639 --
Astros 20 14 .588 2.0
Reds 21 15 .583 2.0
Padres 18 17 .514 4.5
Giants 15 22 .405 8.5
Braves 13 20 .394 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Keith Hernandez 4
1 Junior Kennedy 4
3 Larry Biittner 3
3 Joe Charboneau 3
3 10 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Richie Hebner 2
1 Greg Luzinski 2
1 Ben Oglivie 2
4 Alan Ashby 1
4 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Richie Hebner 6
1 Ben Oglivie 6
3 Sal Bando 3
3 Bruce Bochte 3
3 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 2
1 Dwayne Murphy 2
3 Mark Belanger 1
3 Bobby Bonds 1
3 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Scott Sanderson 1.00
2 John Denny 0.83
3 Mike Norris 0.80
4 Pete Vuckovich 0.67
5 2 tied 0.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 John Denny 1
1 Richard Dotson 1
1 Ken Forsch 1
1 Rich Gale 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Scott Sanderson 8
2 Craig Swan 7
3 John Denny 5
3 Richard Dotson 5
3 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doug Bair 1
1 Tom Burgmeier 1
1 Ed Farmer 1
1 Dave LaRoche 1
1 3 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ken Reitz .371
2 Alan Trammell .368
3 Ken Landreaux .366
4 Dave Revering .359
5 Robin Yount .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Greg Luzinski 10
1 Mike Schmidt 10
3 Steve Garvey 9
3 Otto Velez 9
5 3 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Steve Garvey 35
2 Otto Velez 29
3 George Hendrick 28
3 Bake McBride 28
3 Reggie Smith 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 17
1 Omar Moreno 17
3 Rudy Law 15
4 Cesar Cedeno 13
4 2 others tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Norris 0.52
2 Britt Burns 1.35
3 Rick Matula 1.68
4 David Palmer 1.72
5 Matt Keough 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 7
1 Tommy John 7
3 Rick Honeycutt 6
3 Pete Redfern 6
5 12 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 62
2 Steve Carlton 61
3 Nolan Ryan 50
4 Mike Norris 49
5 Ron Guidry 48

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 12
2 Bruce Sutter 10
3 Tom Burgmeier 7
3 Woodie Fryman 7
3 2 others tied 7

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Lynn .444
2 Dave Revering .429
2 Al Woods .429
4 Ken Landreaux .422
5 Alan Trammell .391

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Steve Garvey 5
1 Larry Hisle 5
1 Richie Zisk 5
4 Al Woods 4
5 14 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Darrell Porter 17
2 Richie Hebner 16
3 Steve Garvey 15
4 Bake McBride 13
5 7 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 8
2 Willie Wilson 6
3 Dave Collins 5
3 Julio Cruz 5
3 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Randy Jones 0.00
1 Tom Underwood 0.00
3 Scott Sanderson 0.45
4 Bill Castro 0.54
5 Mike Norris 0.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vida Blue 3
1 Britt Burns 3
1 Ron Guidry 3
1 Tommy John 3
1 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 24
1 Nolan Ryan 24
3 Ron Guidry 21
4 Craig Swan 20
5 Len Barker 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 5
1 Woodie Fryman 5
3 Dan Quisenberry 4
4 Tom Burgmeier 3
4 3 others tied 3

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ken Landreaux .392
2 Jerry Remy .375
2 Otto Velez .375
4 Lenny Randle .370
5 Dave Revering .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Steve Garvey 8
1 Greg Luzinski 8
1 Mike Schmidt 8
1 Otto Velez 8
5 2 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Steve Garvey 27
2 Otto Velez 25
3 Ben Oglivie 22
4 Bake McBride 21
4 3 others tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 15
2 Rudy Law 12
3 Omar Moreno 11
4 Ron LeFlore 10
4 Willie Wilson 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Norris 0.53
2 Randy Jones 0.92
3 Don Sutton 0.97
4 Ray Burris 1.43
5 Dan Quisenberry 1.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy John 6
1 Pete Redfern 6
3 Steve Carlton 5
4 Jim Bibby 4
4 11 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Steve Carlton 50
2 Nolan Ryan 42
3 Ron Guidry 37
4 Mike Norris 35
5 Britt Burns 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Farmer 9
2 Dan Quisenberry 7
3 Woodie Fryman 6
3 Bruce Sutter 6
5 3 tied 5

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Keith Hernandez .360
2 Paul Molitor .341
3 Fred Lynn .340
4 George Brett .332
5 Garry Templeton .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Kingman 43
2 Mike Schmidt 41
3 Gorman Thomas 40
4 Jim Rice 38
5 Larry Parrish 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Rice 125
2 Steve Garvey 119
3 Gorman Thomas 118
4 Dave Winfield 116
5 2 tied 110

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Wilson 83
2 Omar Moreno 77
3 Ron LeFlore 72
4 Bill North 62
5 Rickey Henderson 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 J. R. Richard 2.44
2 John Fulgham 2.76
3 Jim Bibby 2.83
4 Bob Shirley 2.89
5 Ron Guidry 2.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Carlton 21
1 Mike Flanagan 21
1 Joe Niekro 21
4 Jack Morris 20
4 Phil Niekro 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 J. R. Richard 308
2 Steve Carlton 231
3 Nolan Ryan 212
4 Phil Niekro 207
5 Ron Guidry 196

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bruce Sutter 41
2 Kent Tekulve 32
3 Ed Farmer 26
4 Aurelio Lopez 25
5 Jim Kern 24