On This Day

Tuesday, May 21, 1946

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 26 7 .788 --
Yankees 20 13 .606 6.0
Tigers 18 14 .563 7.5
Senators 16 13 .552 8.0
Browns 14 18 .438 11.5
Indians 13 18 .419 12.0
White Sox 9 19 .321 14.5
Athletics 9 23 .281 16.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 17 10 .630 --
Dodgers 17 10 .630 0.0
Cubs 15 11 .577 1.5
Braves 15 13 .536 2.5
Reds 13 12 .520 3.0
Giants 12 16 .429 5.5
Pirates 10 15 .400 6.0
Phillies 7 19 .269 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Grace 4
2 Lou Boudreau 2
2 Dom DiMaggio 2
2 Del Ennis 2
2 12 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Henrich 1
1 Whitey Kurowski 1
1 George Metkovich 1
1 Ron Northey 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frankie Hayes 3
2 Earl Johnson 2
2 Wally Judnich 2
2 Whitey Kurowski 2
2 George Metkovich 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dom DiMaggio 1
1 Enos Slaughter 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Feller 1.14
2 Virgil Trucks 0.67
3 Bob Savage 0.44
4 Bill Bevens 0.33
5 Jack Kramer 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 1
1 Earl Johnson 1
1 Al Jurisich 1
1 Jack Kramer 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 8
2 Bob Savage 4
2 Virgil Trucks 4
4 Bill Bevens 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ken Raffensberger 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mickey Vernon .400
2 Dixie Walker .383
3 Ted Williams .383
4 Stan Musial .377
5 Phil Cavarretta .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 8
2 Charlie Keller 7
2 Johnny Mize 7
2 Ted Williams 7
5 Ken Keltner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 32
2 Bobby Doerr 31
3 Joe DiMaggio 25
3 Tommy Holmes 25
5 2 tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 9
2 George Case 6
2 Bert Haas 6
2 Dixie Walker 6
5 Phil Rizzuto 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 0.58
2 Johnny Schmitz 1.30
3 Ed Heusser 1.63
4 Howie Pollet 1.69
5 Joe Beggs 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mickey Harris 7
2 Spud Chandler 6
2 Bob Feller 6
2 Max Lanier 6
2 Hal Newhouser 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 93
2 Hal Newhouser 50
3 Tex Hughson 45
4 Spud Chandler 39
5 Virgil Trucks 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Haynes 2
1 Fred Hutchinson 2
1 Bill Kennedy 2
4 Red Barrett 1
4 24 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ken Keltner .390
2 Dixie Walker .386
3 Tommy Holmes .385
4 Whitey Kurowski .366
5 Johnny Berardino .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Keller 4
1 Johnny Mize 4
3 Joe DiMaggio 3
3 Ken Keltner 3
3 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Holmes 13
1 Dixie Walker 13
3 Jeff Heath 12
3 Mickey Vernon 12
5 5 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 4
2 Dixie Walker 3
3 Luke Appling 2
3 Lou Boudreau 2
3 15 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave Ferriss 0.00
1 Earl Johnson 0.00
3 Johnny Niggeling 0.47
4 Les Webber 0.60
5 Spud Chandler 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 4
2 Mickey Harris 3
2 Vic Lombardi 3
2 Hal Newhouser 3
5 18 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 45
2 Spud Chandler 19
2 Hal Newhouser 19
4 Tex Hughson 18
5 3 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mace Brown 1
1 Ken Burkhart 1
1 Bob Chipman 1
1 Murry Dickson 1
1 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .362
2 Tommy Holmes .336
3 Goody Rosen .325
4 Stan Hack .312
5 Dixie Walker .311

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 28
2 Rudy York 22
3 Chuck Workman 21
4 Nick Etten 20
4 Whitey Kurowski 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 130
2 Tommy Holmes 123
3 Andy Pafko 121
4 Nick Etten 112
5 Rudy York 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 33
2 George Case 24
2 George Myatt 24
2 Red Schoendienst 24
5 Johnny Barrett 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Newhouser 1.83
2 Roger Wolff 2.19
3 Bob Feller 2.25
4 Ray Prim 2.29
5 Dutch Leonard 2.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 28
2 Dave Ferriss 22
3 Red Barrett 21
4 Hank Wyse 20
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 227
2 Bob Feller 152
3 Bobo Newsom 147
4 Preacher Roe 131
5 Hal Gregg 122

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Andy Karl 15
2 Ace Adams 9
2 Jim Turner 9
4 Xavier Rescigno 6
5 3 tied 5