On This Day

Wednesday, April 26, 1944

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 7 0 1.000 --
Athletics 3 2 .600 3.0
Red Sox 3 3 .500 3.5
Yankees 3 3 .500 3.5
Senators 2 3 .400 4.0
Tigers 2 4 .333 4.5
White Sox 1 3 .250 4.5
Indians 1 4 .200 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 5 1 .833 --
Reds 5 1 .833 0.0
Cardinals 5 2 .714 0.5
Blue Jays 4 3 .571 1.5
Dodgers 3 3 .500 2.0
Pirates 1 3 .250 3.0
Cubs 1 6 .143 4.5
Braves 1 6 .143 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Burgo 3
1 Nick Etten 3
1 Pat Seerey 3
4 Lou Boudreau 2
4 18 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vince DiMaggio 1
1 Nick Etten 1
1 Frank McCormick 1
1 Jo-Jo White 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vince DiMaggio 3
1 Nick Etten 3
3 Johnny Barrett 2
3 Jeff Heath 2
3 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dain Clay 1
1 Vince DiMaggio 1
1 Irv Hall 1
1 Joe Kuhel 1
1 Gil Torres 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Preacher Roe 0.86
2 Allie Reynolds 0.75
3 Al Jurisich 0.58
4 Early Wynn 0.50
5 Bucky Walters 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Borowy 1
1 Preacher Roe 1
1 Steve Sundra 1
1 Bucky Walters 1
1 Early Wynn 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Jurisich 7
2 Allie Reynolds 6
2 Preacher Roe 6
4 Early Wynn 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nick Etten .524
2 Stan Musial .478
3 Ted Cieslak .467
4 Joe Medwick .458
5 Ernie Lombardi .450

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buster Adams 2
1 Nick Etten 2
1 Mike Kreevich 2
1 Johnny Lindell 2
1 Mel Ott 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Howie Schultz 7
1 Vern Stephens 7
3 Buster Adams 6
3 Whitey Kurowski 6
3 3 others tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Kuhel 3
2 George Case 2
2 Dain Clay 2
2 Don Gutteridge 2
2 3 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Early Wynn 0.00
1 Red Munger 0.00
1 Harry Brecheen 0.00
1 Bobo Newsom 0.00
1 Mike Ryba 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Borowy 2
1 Bob Chipman 2
1 Jack Kramer 2
1 Max Lanier 2
1 5 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Gerheauser 13
2 Bill Voiselle 12
3 Jack Kramer 11
4 Ewald Pyle 10
4 Allie Reynolds 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Berry 1
1 George Caster 1
1 Harry Feldman 1
1 Joe Heving 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .363
2 Billy Herman .327
3 Walker Cooper .322
4 Dick Wakefield .320
5 Bob Elliott .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 35
2 Charlie Keller 31
3 Bill Nicholson 29
4 Vern Stephens 23
5 Mel Ott 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 128
2 Rudy York 121
3 Nick Etten 109
4 Bob Elliott 102
5 Billy Herman 99

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 62
2 Wally Moses 55
3 Thurman Tucker 27
4 Luke Appling 26
5 2 tied 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 1.76
2 Max Lanier 1.79
3 Mickey Haefner 2.18
4 Dizzy Trout 2.33
5 Tommy Bridges 2.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elmer Riddle 23
2 Mort Cooper 21
2 Dizzy Trout 21
4 Early Wynn 20
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 167
2 Allie Reynolds 161
3 Hal Newhouser 146
4 Mort Cooper 140
5 Al Javery 136

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Gordon Maltzberger 14
2 Joe Heving 10
3 Mace Brown 9
3 George Caster 9
3 Les Webber 9