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 --
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