On This Day

Saturday, April 26, 1947

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 5 2 .714 --
Yankees 7 3 .700 -0.5
Indians 5 3 .625 0.5
Red Sox 5 5 .500 1.5
Tigers 4 5 .444 2.0
Senators 3 4 .429 2.0
Athletics 3 6 .333 3.0
Browns 2 6 .250 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 6 2 .750 --
Pirates 6 3 .667 0.5
Braves 5 3 .625 1.0
Cubs 6 4 .600 1.0
Reds 5 6 .455 2.5
Phillies 4 6 .400 3.0
Giants 2 6 .250 4.0
Cardinals 2 6 .250 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dixie Walker 4
2 Frank Baumholtz 3
2 Tommy Holmes 3
2 Ralph Houk 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Baumholtz 1
1 Frankie Gustine 1
1 Gene Hermanski 1
1 Charlie Keller 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bruce Edwards 2
1 Frankie Gustine 2
1 Stan Hack 2
1 Jim Hegan 2
1 8 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Taffy Wright 2
2 Cass Michaels 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Thornton Lee 1.25
2 Ewell Blackwell 1.00
3 Bob Feller 0.88
4 Mort Cooper 0.60
5 Bob Chipman 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Chipman 1
1 Russ Christopher 1
1 Mort Cooper 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 7
2 Ewell Blackwell 6
2 Nels Potter 6
4 Harry Brecheen 5
4 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frankie Gustine .444
2 Pete Reiser .435
3 Dixie Walker .423
4 Bill Rigney .394
5 2 tied .393

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Miller 5
1 Johnny Mize 5
3 Roy Cullenbine 3
3 Charlie Keller 3
3 5 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Augie Galan 11
2 Charlie Keller 10
3 Mike McCormick 9
4 Bobby Adams 8
4 8 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Taffy Wright 3
2 Luke Appling 2
2 Cass Michaels 2
4 Bobby Adams 1
4 30 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Allie Reynolds 0.00
1 Hal Gregg 0.00
1 Thornton Lee 0.00
1 Ken Raffensberger 0.00
5 Bob Feller 0.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bevens 2
1 Don Black 2
1 Ewell Blackwell 2
1 Hank Borowy 2
1 11 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 20
1 Bob Feller 20
3 Fred Hutchinson 14
3 Phil Marchildon 14
3 Hal Newhouser 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 3
2 Frank Papish 2
3 Tiny Bonham 1
3 Russ Christopher 1
3 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .355
2 Mickey Vernon .344
3 Ted Williams .341
4 Johnny Pesky .327
5 Dixie Walker .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 45
2 Ted Williams 40
3 Charlie Keller 32
4 Pat Seerey 29
5 Johnny Mize 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 127
1 Enos Slaughter 127
3 Ted Williams 124
4 Dixie Walker 122
5 Rudy York 119

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 29
2 George Case 28
3 Bert Haas 21
4 Johnny Hopp 20
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 2.12
2 Hal Newhouser 2.23
3 Bill Bevens 2.26
4 Spud Chandler 2.30
5 Howie Pollet 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 27
2 Dave Ferriss 26
3 Hal Newhouser 24
4 Spud Chandler 19
4 3 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 348
2 Hal Newhouser 267
3 Tex Hughson 172
4 Virgil Trucks 161
5 Dizzy Trout 154

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Klinger 9
2 Earl Caldwell 8
2 Hugh Casey 8
4 Tom Ferrick 7
4 Johnny Murphy 7