On This Day

Tuesday, April 28, 1998

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 15 6 .714 --
Red Sox 17 7 .708 -0.5
Orioles 13 12 .520 4.0
Devil Rays 11 13 .458 5.5
Blue Jays 10 14 .417 6.5

Games

AL Central

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 14 10 .583 --
Twins 10 15 .400 4.5
Royals 10 15 .400 4.5
White Sox 9 14 .391 4.5
Tigers 5 17 .227 8.0

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Rangers 17 7 .708 --
Angels 14 10 .583 3.0
Mariners 12 13 .480 5.5
Athletics 10 14 .417 7.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 17 9 .654 --
Mets 13 10 .565 2.5
Phillies 12 12 .500 4.0
Marlins 9 17 .346 8.0
Expos 7 17 .292 9.0

Games

NL Central

Team W L Pct GB
Brewers 16 9 .640 --
Astros 16 10 .615 0.5
Cardinals 15 10 .600 1.0
Cubs 13 13 .500 3.5
Reds 11 14 .440 5.0
Pirates 11 15 .423 5.5

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Padres 18 7 .720 --
Giants 14 12 .538 4.5
Dodgers 13 12 .520 5.0
Rockies 11 16 .407 8.0
D'backs 7 20 .259 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tony Gwynn 5
2 Derek Bell 4
2 Dante Bichette 4
2 Rico Brogna 4
2 Dmitri Young 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rico Brogna 2
2 Harold Baines 1
2 Jeromy Burnitz 1
2 Ryan Christenson 1
2 22 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harold Baines 3
1 Rico Brogna 3
1 Tony Fernandez 3
1 Cecil Fielder 3
1 5 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dante Bichette 1
1 Craig Biggio 1
1 Rico Brogna 1
1 Mike Cameron 1
1 15 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hideo Nomo 2.20
2 Tom Glavine 2.00
3 Shawn Estes 1.00
3 Randy Johnson 1.00
5 Charles Nagy 0.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Andy Ashby 1
1 Pedro Astacio 1
1 Jason Dickson 1
1 Shawn Estes 1
1 10 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hideo Nomo 11
2 Randy Johnson 9
3 Tom Glavine 8
4 Shawn Estes 6
4 3 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sterling Hitchcock 1
1 Michael Jackson 1
1 Todd Jones 1
1 Curt Leskanic 1
1 5 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Walt Weiss .455
2 Ivan Rodriguez .451
3 Dante Bichette .420
4 Hal Morris .419
5 Derek Bell .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vinny Castilla 11
2 Mark McGwire 10
3 Andres Galarraga 9
3 Chipper Jones 9
5 7 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Juan Gonzalez 36
2 Vinny Castilla 33
3 Mark McGwire 32
4 Chipper Jones 29
4 David Justice 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Craig Biggio 13
2 Tom Goodwin 12
3 Brian Hunter 11
4 Derek Jeter 9
4 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Glavine 1.06
2 Al Leiter 1.15
3 Chuck Finley 1.54
4 Cal Eldred 1.67
5 Curt Schilling 1.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rick Helling 5
1 Aaron Sele 5
3 Andy Ashby 4
3 Chuck Finley 4
3 7 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Curt Schilling 65
2 Pedro Martinez 57
3 Randy Johnson 48
4 Chuck Finley 44
5 Hideo Nomo 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Michael Jackson 9
2 Rod Beck 8
2 Tom Gordon 8
2 Doug Jones 8
5 3 tied 7

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ivan Rodriguez .490
2 Delino DeShields .463
3 Hal Morris .458
4 Walt Weiss .442
5 Derek Bell .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vinny Castilla 7
2 Mark McGwire 6
3 Shane Andrews 5
3 Javy Lopez 5
3 2 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vinny Castilla 20
1 Juan Gonzalez 20
3 Dean Palmer 19
4 Moises Alou 16
4 David Justice 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Craig Biggio 9
2 Ray Durham 7
3 Darin Erstad 5
3 Derek Jeter 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Leiter 0.00
2 Brian Meadows 0.41
3 Kirk Rueter 0.67
4 Bret Saberhagen 0.75
5 Andy Pettitte 0.84

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tom Gordon 3
1 Rick Helling 3
1 Brian Meadows 3
1 Andy Pettitte 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Curt Schilling 31
2 Pedro Martinez 25
3 Kevin Millwood 24
4 Chuck Finley 23
4 Brad Radke 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Ayala 5
1 Tom Gordon 5
1 Troy Percival 5
4 Jeff Brantley 4
4 5 others tied 4

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tony Gwynn .368
2 Mike Piazza .359
3 Larry Walker .351
4 Frank Thomas .341
5 Wally Joyner .331

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mark McGwire 59
2 Ken Griffey 51
3 Juan Gonzalez 49
4 Andres Galarraga 46
5 Mike Piazza 45

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Juan Gonzalez 167
2 Andres Galarraga 146
3 Ken Griffey 141
4 Mike Piazza 140
5 Tino Martinez 136

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Brian Hunter 74
2 Tony Womack 60
3 Craig Biggio 59
3 Chuck Knoblauch 59
5 Delino DeShields 57

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pedro Martinez 2.08
2 Roger Clemens 2.19
3 Greg Maddux 2.38
4 Curt Schilling 2.63
5 Kevin Brown 2.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Brad Radke 22
2 Roger Clemens 20
2 Darryl Kile 20
4 Denny Neagle 19
5 5 tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Curt Schilling 344
2 Pedro Martinez 339
3 Randy Johnson 300
4 Roger Clemens 294
5 Hideo Nomo 238

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jeff Shaw 46
2 Randy Myers 41
3 Trevor Hoffman 40
3 Doug Jones 40
5 Mariano Rivera 39