On This Day

Friday, June 23, 1944

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 35 27 .565 --
Red Sox 32 30 .516 3.0
White Sox 27 27 .500 4.0
Yankees 29 29 .500 4.0
Tigers 30 31 .492 4.5
Senators 29 32 .475 5.5
Athletics 29 32 .475 5.5
Indians 29 32 .475 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 39 17 .696 --
Pirates 31 24 .564 7.5
Giants 31 27 .534 9.0
Reds 29 29 .500 11.0
Dodgers 30 30 .500 11.0
Blue Jays 24 32 .429 15.0
Braves 25 35 .417 16.0
Cubs 18 33 .353 18.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jim Russell 5
2 Marty Marion 4
3 Eddie Carnett 3
3 Pete Coscarart 3
3 10 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ray Sanders 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vern Stephens 3
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 3
3 Spud Davis 2
3 Mike Guerra 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sig Jakucki 0.67
2 Hank Wyse 0.60
3 Al Smith 0.44
4 Ed Head 0.40
5 Thornton Lee 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Monk Dubiel 1
1 Ed Head 1
1 Sig Jakucki 1
1 Al Smith 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hank Wyse 6
2 Cookie Cuccurullo 4
2 Sig Jakucki 4
2 Al Smith 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .380
2 Stan Musial .356
3 Phil Weintraub .346
4 Augie Galan .324
5 Joe Medwick .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 18
2 Whitey Kurowski 11
2 Bill Nicholson 11
2 Phil Weintraub 11
5 Ron Northey 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Phil Weintraub 48
2 Howie Schultz 46
3 Mel Ott 40
3 Stan Spence 40
3 Vern Stephens 40

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 17
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 16
3 Don Gutteridge 14
4 Tony Lupien 9
4 Connie Ryan 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 1.32
2 Red Munger 1.38
3 Dizzy Trout 1.65
4 Hal Newhouser 1.71
5 Hank Borowy 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 11
2 Hal Newhouser 10
3 Hank Borowy 9
3 Tex Hughson 9
3 3 others tied 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Javery 68
2 Max Lanier 64
3 Bill Voiselle 63
4 Ken Raffensberger 62
5 Bobo Newsom 61

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 7
1 Joe Berry 7
3 George Caster 6
4 Joe Heving 4
4 2 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Weintraub .480
2 Whitey Kurowski .404
3 Mel Ott .400
4 Marty Marion .381
5 Johnny Lindell .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Nicholson 5
1 Phil Weintraub 5
3 Mel Ott 4
4 Bobby Doerr 3
4 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Litwhiler 14
1 Joe Medwick 14
3 Gene Moore 13
4 Mark Christman 12
4 4 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 6
3 George Metkovich 4
4 Pete Fox 3
4 5 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sig Jakucki 0.00
2 Al Jurisich 0.69
3 Pinky Woods 0.75
4 Ray Starr 0.86
5 Bucky Walters 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Head 3
1 Red Munger 3
1 Bill Voiselle 3
1 Early Wynn 3
5 27 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Allie Reynolds 17
2 Bobo Newsom 16
3 Hank Borowy 15
3 Tex Hughson 15
3 Al Javery 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 3
1 Joe Berry 3
3 Joe Heving 2
3 Gordon Maltzberger 2
5 13 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Weintraub .377
2 Augie Galan .356
3 Stan Musial .351
4 Whitey Kurowski .344
5 Eric Tipton .342

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 14
2 Bill Nicholson 9
3 Phil Weintraub 8
4 Whitey Kurowski 7
4 Butch Nieman 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mel Ott 29
2 Mark Christman 26
2 Dixie Walker 26
4 Augie Galan 24
5 4 tied 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 13
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 8
3 Don Gutteridge 7
4 George Metkovich 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Chipman 1.21
2 Bob Muncrief 1.42
3 Hal Newhouser 1.50
3 Sig Jakucki 1.50
5 Dizzy Trout 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Voiselle 6
2 Bill Dietrich 5
2 Tex Hughson 5
2 Bob Muncrief 5
2 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ken Raffensberger 40
2 Al Javery 35
2 Allie Reynolds 35
4 Dizzy Trout 29
5 2 tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Berry 6
2 Ace Adams 4
3 Joe Heving 3
3 Gordon Maltzberger 3
3 Xavier Rescigno 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .370
2 Dixie Walker .349
3 Bob Elliott .323
4 Frenchy Bordagaray .315
5 Bill Nicholson .309

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 35
2 Bill Nicholson 33
3 Mel Ott 29
4 Vern Stephens 22
5 3 tied 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 132
2 Rudy York 127
3 Stan Spence 97
4 Vern Stephens 96
5 Nick Etten 95

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 60
2 Wally Moses 49
3 Don Gutteridge 23
4 Tony Lupien 21
5 Pete Fox 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 1.34
2 Max Lanier 1.93
3 Dizzy Trout 2.01
4 Hi Bithorn 2.26
5 Hank Borowy 2.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Trout 23
1 Bucky Walters 23
3 Rip Sewell 22
4 Hank Borowy 20
5 Early Wynn 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Allie Reynolds 189
2 Al Javery 158
3 Max Lanier 146
4 Dizzy Trout 144
5 Johnny Vander Meer 136

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Heving 13
2 Gordon Maltzberger 12
3 Ace Adams 11
4 George Caster 10
5 2 tied 7