On This Day

Monday, June 29, 1942

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 46 22 .676 --
Red Sox 40 27 .597 5.5
Indians 40 33 .548 8.5
Tigers 41 35 .539 9.0
Browns 33 39 .458 15.0
White Sox 30 38 .441 16.0
Athletics 29 47 .382 21.0
Senators 26 44 .371 21.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 48 19 .716 --
Cardinals 37 27 .578 9.5
Reds 38 32 .543 11.5
Giants 36 35 .507 14.0
Cubs 36 37 .493 15.0
Pirates 32 35 .478 16.0
Braves 32 43 .427 20.0
Phillies 19 50 .275 30.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jim Hegan 4
2 Joe Medwick 3
2 Wally Moses 3
2 Lew Riggs 3
2 Roy Weatherly 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Oris Hockett 3
2 Luke Appling 2
2 Les Fleming 2
2 Augie Galan 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luke Appling 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Head 0.82
2 Rube Melton 0.67
3 Buck Ross 0.30
4 Al Milnar 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Head 1
1 Al Milnar 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Head 9
2 Rube Melton 4
2 Al Milnar 4
4 Earl Naylor 3
4 Buck Ross 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Allen 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Gordon .365
2 Pete Reiser .347
3 Les Fleming .346
4 Bobby Doerr .340
5 Joe Medwick .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Williams 17
2 Rudy York 14
3 Johnny Mize 12
4 Dolph Camilli 11
4 2 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 72
2 Johnny Mize 55
3 Bobby Doerr 53
4 Bob Elliott 52
5 3 tied 50

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 13
1 Joe Kuhel 13
3 Don Gutteridge 10
3 Eddie Miller 10
5 4 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mort Cooper 1.19
2 Tiny Bonham 2.08
3 Curt Davis 2.10
4 Johnny Vander Meer 2.15
5 Claude Passeau 2.28

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Claude Passeau 11
2 Mort Cooper 10
2 Ray Starr 10
4 Elden Auker 9
4 3 others tied 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 74
2 Mort Cooper 73
3 Al Benton 62
4 Bobo Newsom 60
5 Bucky Walters 58

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 7
2 Johnny Murphy 6
3 Hal Newhouser 5
3 Johnny Sain 5
5 2 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elbie Fletcher .450
2 Lou Novikoff .415
3 Stan Musial .412
4 Les Fleming .390
5 Bill Nicholson .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 6
2 Bob Elliott 4
2 Mel Ott 4
4 Babe Barna 3
4 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Elliott 14
2 Babe Barna 13
3 Jimmy Bloodworth 12
4 Frank McCormick 11
4 Mel Ott 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dolph Camilli 2
1 George Case 2
1 Bert Haas 2
1 Myril Hoag 2
1 7 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mort Cooper 0.00
2 Tommy Hughes 0.36
3 Al Smith 0.50
4 Bill Donovan 0.66
5 Larry French 0.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry French 4
2 Mort Cooper 3
2 Oscar Judd 3
2 Al Milnar 3
2 Vern Olsen 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Kirby Higbe 19
2 Bobo Newsom 18
3 Al Benton 16
3 Mort Cooper 16
5 Claude Passeau 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 3
2 Alex Carrasquel 2
3 Ace Adams 1
3 Johnny Allen 1
3 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elbie Fletcher .397
2 Pete Reiser .363
3 Taffy Wright .362
4 Joe Medwick .358
5 Joe Gordon .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Max West 8
2 George McQuinn 7
2 Johnny Mize 7
4 Dom DiMaggio 6
5 Chet Laabs 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Elliott 30
2 George McQuinn 25
3 Joe Medwick 23
3 Johnny Mize 23
5 2 tied 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Don Gutteridge 5
1 Myril Hoag 5
1 Joe Kuhel 5
1 Wally Moses 5
1 Mickey Vernon 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mort Cooper 0.51
2 Larry French 0.94
3 Lum Harris 1.13
4 Tommy Hughes 1.34
5 Hank Borowy 1.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mort Cooper 6
2 Oscar Judd 5
2 Ray Starr 5
4 Hank Borowy 4
4 14 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 35
2 Al Benton 33
3 Virgil Trucks 32
3 Johnny Vander Meer 32
5 2 tied 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 4
2 Ace Adams 2
2 Johnny Beazley 2
2 Alex Carrasquel 2
2 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .366
2 Pete Reiser .340
3 Joe Medwick .331
4 Joe DiMaggio .317
5 Joe Gordon .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Williams 40
2 Dolph Camilli 30
3 Tommy Henrich 26
3 Charlie Keller 26
3 Rudy York 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 138
2 Joe DiMaggio 116
3 Johnny Mize 114
4 Jeff Heath 113
5 Dolph Camilli 109

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 37
2 Danny Murtaugh 26
3 Joe Kuhel 23
4 Phil Rizzuto 19
5 Billy Werber 16

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Charlie Wagner 2.11
2 Mort Cooper 2.14
3 Spud Chandler 2.20
4 Johnny Vander Meer 2.27
5 Tiny Bonham 2.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Curt Davis 19
1 Kirby Higbe 19
1 Dick Newsome 19
1 Bucky Walters 19
5 5 tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 182
2 Bobo Newsom 169
3 Whit Wyatt 146
4 Bucky Walters 130
5 Bob Feller 126

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 18
2 Hugh Casey 13
3 Bill Crouch 6
4 Ace Adams 5
4 4 others tied 5