On This Day

Thursday, May 20, 1943

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 14 8 .636 --
Senators 14 11 .560 1.5
Indians 13 11 .542 2.0
Browns 9 9 .500 3.0
Tigers 10 11 .476 3.5
Athletics 11 14 .440 4.5
White Sox 8 11 .421 4.5
Red Sox 10 14 .417 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 18 9 .667 --
Braves 14 8 .636 1.5
Cardinals 13 10 .565 3.0
Blue Jays 13 11 .542 3.5
Reds 12 13 .480 5.0
Giants 11 14 .440 6.0
Pirates 9 13 .409 6.5
Cubs 7 19 .269 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ken Keltner 4
1 Johnny Lazor 4
1 Danny Litwhiler 4
4 Bobby Doerr 3
4 Danny Murtaugh 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Billy Herman 3
1 Oris Hockett 3
1 Johnny Lazor 3
4 Dee Miles 2
5 10 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Fuchs 1
1 Oris Hockett 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Al Gerheauser 1.00
2 Mort Cooper 0.47
3 Rube Melton 0.33
4 Dick Barrett 0.30
5 Ken Chase 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mace Brown 1
1 Charlie Fuchs 1
1 Al Gerheauser 1
1 Oscar Judd 1
1 Rube Melton 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mort Cooper 7
2 Al Gerheauser 5
3 Rube Melton 4
4 Dick Barrett 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Yank Terry 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lonny Frey .351
2 Johnny McCarthy .341
3 Frank McCormick .340
4 Whitey Kurowski .337
5 Billy Herman .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Keller 4
1 Danny Litwhiler 4
1 Buster Maynard 4
1 Mel Ott 4
5 Earl Naylor 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Billy Herman 20
1 Stan Spence 20
3 Bob Johnson 16
3 Dick Siebert 16
3 Mickey Vernon 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 4
1 Frankie Gustine 4
1 Oris Hockett 4
1 Danny Murtaugh 4
1 Mickey Vernon 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Kraus 0.79
2 Johnny Humphries 1.03
3 Ewald Pyle 1.18
4 Bob Klinger 1.24
5 Jim Bagby 1.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Flores 5
2 Nate Andrews 4
2 Jim Bagby 4
2 Alex Carrasquel 4
2 5 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 29
2 Virgil Trucks 28
3 Mort Cooper 25
4 Spud Chandler 23
5 2 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Les Webber 6
2 Ace Adams 3
2 Roger Wolff 3
4 Joe Beggs 2
4 2 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny McCarthy .370
1 Danny Murtaugh .370
3 Babe Dahlgren .360
4 Whitey Kurowski .359
5 Johnny Lindell .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 4
2 Mike Chartak 2
2 Charlie Keller 2
2 Buster Maynard 2
5 37 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Billy Herman 13
2 Dick Siebert 11
2 Eddie Stanky 11
4 Jimmy Wasdell 10
5 6 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Oris Hockett 3
1 Roy Weatherly 3
3 Babe Barna 2
3 George Case 2
3 8 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ace Adams 0.56
1 Dutch Leonard 0.56
3 Ernie White 0.60
4 Jack Salveson 0.64
5 Dizzy Trout 0.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ace Adams 3
1 Jesse Flores 3
1 Al Javery 3
1 Si Johnson 3
5 15 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 18
2 Al Gerheauser 15
3 Mort Cooper 14
3 Rube Melton 14
5 Virgil Trucks 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry Brecheen 2
1 Roger Wolff 2
3 Joe Beggs 1
3 Alex Carrasquel 1
3 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .370
2 Johnny Pesky .335
3 Stan Hack .321
4 Stan Musial .318
5 Enos Slaughter .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 29
2 Ted Williams 28
3 Charlie Keller 27
4 Chet Laabs 24
5 2 tied 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Keller 109
2 Ted Williams 104
3 Joe Gordon 99
4 Dolph Camilli 95
5 Joe DiMaggio 88

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 40
2 Mickey Vernon 26
3 Phil Rizzuto 20
4 Luke Appling 18
5 Wally Moses 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mort Cooper 1.68
2 Spud Chandler 2.12
3 Johnny Beazley 2.13
4 Virgil Trucks 2.16
5 Johnny Humphries 2.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tex Hughson 23
2 Mort Cooper 22
3 Tiny Bonham 19
3 Johnny Vander Meer 19
5 2 tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 169
2 Bobo Newsom 145
3 Mort Cooper 142
4 Tex Hughson 116
5 Virgil Trucks 114

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 12
2 Johnny Murphy 10
3 Joe Beggs 9
4 Hugh Casey 8
5 2 tied 7