On This Day

Thursday, May 23, 1946

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 27 8 .771 --
Yankees 22 13 .629 5.0
Senators 16 14 .533 8.5
Tigers 18 16 .529 8.5
Browns 15 18 .455 11.0
Indians 14 19 .424 12.0
White Sox 10 19 .345 14.0
Athletics 9 24 .273 17.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 19 10 .655 --
Dodgers 19 10 .655 --
Braves 16 13 .552 3.0
Cubs 15 13 .536 3.5
Reds 13 13 .500 4.5
Pirates 11 16 .407 7.0
Giants 12 18 .400 7.5
Phillies 8 20 .286 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Lee Handley 4
2 Joe Gordon 3
2 Ralph Kiner 3
2 Al Lopez 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 2
1 Ralph Kiner 2
3 Joe DiMaggio 1
3 Nick Etten 1
3 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ralph Kiner 5
2 Joe Gordon 4
3 Lee Handley 3
3 Charlie Keller 3
5 4 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hank Behrman 1.75
2 Dave Koslo 0.57
3 Hank Wyse 0.45
4 Ed Bahr 0.40
4 2 others tied 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Bahr 1
1 Johnny Beazley 1
1 Red Embree 1
1 Art Herring 1
1 Cuddles Marshall 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hank Behrman 7
2 Hank Wyse 5
3 Ed Bahr 4
3 Johnny Beazley 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mickey Vernon .394
2 Stan Musial .374
3 Dixie Walker .365
4 Ted Williams .363
5 Johnny Pesky .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 9
2 Johnny Mize 8
2 Ted Williams 8
4 Charlie Keller 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 34
2 Bobby Doerr 31
3 Joe DiMaggio 27
4 Enos Slaughter 26
5 2 tied 25

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 0.58
2 Johnny Schmitz 1.33
3 Howie Pollet 1.55
4 Ed Heusser 1.63
5 Joe Beggs 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mickey Harris 7
2 Spud Chandler 6
2 Bob Feller 6
2 Dave Ferriss 6
2 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 93
2 Hal Newhouser 50
3 Tex Hughson 46
4 Mickey Harris 42
5 Spud Chandler 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Haynes 2
1 Fred Hutchinson 2
1 Bill Kennedy 2
4 Red Barrett 1
4 26 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ken Keltner .419
2 Andy Seminick .410
3 Pete Reiser .405
4 Frank McCormick .400
5 George Kell .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 4
1 Charlie Keller 4
1 Johnny Mize 4
4 Nick Etten 3
4 7 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 14
2 Charlie Keller 13
3 Joe DiMaggio 12
3 Jeff Heath 12
3 Mickey Vernon 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 3
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 3
1 Dixie Walker 3
4 Luke Appling 2
4 12 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave Ferriss 0.00
1 Earl Johnson 0.00
3 Johnny Niggeling 0.47
4 Howie Pollet 0.50
5 Spud Chandler 0.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 3
1 Dave Ferriss 3
3 Red Embree 2
3 Dick Fowler 2
3 19 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 34
2 Johnny Schmitz 23
3 Johnny Sain 19
4 Walt Masterson 17
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mace Brown 1
1 Ken Burkhart 1
1 Bob Chipman 1
1 Joe Hatten 1
1 9 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .383
2 Mickey Vernon .382
3 Stan Musial .374
4 Pee Wee Reese .354
5 Ted Williams .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 8
2 Joe DiMaggio 7
2 Ted Williams 7
4 Charlie Keller 6
5 3 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 26
2 Bobby Doerr 24
2 Dixie Walker 24
4 Joe DiMaggio 22
5 Rudy York 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 5
1 Bert Haas 5
1 Phil Rizzuto 5
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 5
1 Dixie Walker 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 0.61
2 Joe Beggs 0.96
3 Roger Wolff 1.08
4 Dave Ferriss 1.15
5 Ed Heusser 1.26

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dave Ferriss 6
2 Bob Feller 5
2 Mickey Harris 5
4 Spud Chandler 4
4 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 73
2 Tex Hughson 36
3 Hal Newhouser 35
4 Johnny Schmitz 33
5 2 tied 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Hutchinson 2
1 Bill Kennedy 2
3 Red Barrett 1
3 Herman Besse 1
3 21 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .357
2 Tommy Holmes .334
3 Goody Rosen .326
4 Stan Hack .312
5 Dixie Walker .309

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 131
2 Tommy Holmes 123
3 Andy Pafko 121
4 Nick Etten 113
5 Rudy York 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 34
2 George Case 24
2 George Myatt 24
2 Red Schoendienst 24
5 Johnny Barrett 21

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 23
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 16
2 Ace Adams 9
3 Jim Turner 8
4 Xavier Rescigno 6
5 3 tied 5