On This Day

Thursday, July 31, 1947

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 65 32 .670 --
Red Sox 52 43 .547 12.0
Tigers 49 43 .533 13.5
Athletics 49 48 .505 16.0
Indians 43 45 .489 17.5
Senators 42 50 .457 20.5
White Sox 42 56 .429 23.5
Browns 34 59 .366 29.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 63 36 .636 --
Giants 49 42 .538 10.0
Cardinals 51 44 .537 10.0
Braves 50 45 .526 11.0
Reds 47 52 .475 16.0
Cubs 44 52 .458 17.5
Pirates 40 56 .417 21.5
Phillies 40 57 .412 22.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Al Lopez 3
1 Dale Mitchell 3
1 Pee Wee Reese 3
1 Pete Suder 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Boudreau 1
1 Walker Cooper 1
1 Joe Gordon 1
1 Grady Hatton 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Walker Cooper 3
1 Joe Gordon 3
1 Grady Hatton 3
1 Johnny Mize 3
5 2 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Del Ennis 1
1 Benny Zientara 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dutch Leonard 0.86
2 Mickey Haefner 0.75
3 Paul Erickson 0.31
4 Joe Dobson 0.30
5 3 tied 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Dietrich 1
1 Harry Gumbert 1
1 Mickey Haefner 1
1 Bob Lemon 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mickey Haefner 6
1 Dutch Leonard 6
3 Paul Erickson 4
4 Joe Dobson 3
5 5 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Klieman 1
1 Kent Peterson 1
1 Bob Savage 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Walker .354
2 Lou Boudreau .338
3 Joe DiMaggio .333
4 Frankie Gustine .331
5 George Kell .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 31
2 Willard Marshall 27
3 Ralph Kiner 25
4 Walker Cooper 24
5 Ted Williams 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Mize 83
2 Willard Marshall 80
3 Walker Cooper 77
4 Ralph Kiner 71
4 Ted Williams 71

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 24
2 Dave Philley 16
2 Jackie Robinson 16
4 Johnny Hopp 11
5 Phil Rizzuto 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spec Shea 2.07
2 Spud Chandler 2.24
3 Ewell Blackwell 2.38
4 Walt Masterson 2.54
5 Dutch Leonard 2.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 18
2 Ralph Branca 16
3 Bob Feller 13
3 Johnny Sain 13
3 Warren Spahn 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 135
2 Bob Feller 133
3 Hal Newhouser 124
4 Ralph Branca 100
5 Allie Reynolds 96

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 12
2 Ed Klieman 10
3 Russ Christopher 9
3 Tom Ferrick 9
5 Joe Page 8

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Walker Cooper .426
2 Harry Walker .420
3 Frank McCormick .417
4 Mickey Vernon .396
5 Frankie Gustine .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Williams 7
2 Jeff Heath 6
2 Willard Marshall 6
4 Johnny Mize 5
5 5 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 18
2 Jake Jones 17
3 Yogi Berra 14
3 Bruce Edwards 14
3 4 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dom DiMaggio 4
1 Phil Rizzuto 4
3 Jake Jones 3
3 Don Kolloway 3
3 Jim Russell 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Savage 0.69
2 Dutch Leonard 0.72
3 Milo Candini 0.75
4 Bob Feller 0.95
5 Harry Taylor 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Dobson 3
1 Dick Fowler 3
1 Mickey Haefner 3
1 Kirby Higbe 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 22
2 Fred Hutchinson 18
3 Mickey Haefner 17
4 Bob Feller 16
4 Walt Masterson 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hank Borowy 2
1 Hugh Casey 2
1 Ed Klieman 2
4 Hank Behrman 1
4 18 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .383
2 Frankie Gustine .379
3 Harry Walker .370
4 Yogi Berra .367
5 Dale Mitchell .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jeff Heath 11
1 Willard Marshall 11
1 Johnny Mize 11
4 Bobby Thomson 10
4 Ted Williams 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 29
1 Wally Westlake 29
1 Ted Williams 29
4 Jeff Heath 28
4 Babe Young 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dom DiMaggio 6
1 Phil Rizzuto 6
3 Bob Dillinger 5
3 Dave Philley 5
5 2 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 1.34
2 Dutch Leonard 1.41
3 Murry Dickson 1.64
4 Tommy Hughes 1.98
5 Walt Lanfranconi 2.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ralph Branca 6
1 Allie Reynolds 6
3 Ewell Blackwell 5
3 Larry Jansen 5
3 Phil Marchildon 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 44
2 Ralph Branca 34
2 Allie Reynolds 34
4 Bob Feller 32
5 Phil Marchildon 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Klieman 4
1 Joe Page 4
3 Hugh Casey 3
4 Hank Borowy 2
4 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Kell .332
2 Johnny Pesky .328
3 Joe DiMaggio .327
4 Augie Galan .327
5 Ted Williams .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 37
2 Willard Marshall 33
2 Ted Williams 33
4 Ralph Kiner 32
5 Johnny Mize 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 113
2 Enos Slaughter 112
3 Joe DiMaggio 108
4 Whitey Kurowski 106
5 Willard Marshall 105

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 30
2 Dave Philley 21
3 Johnny Hopp 19
4 Phil Rizzuto 16
4 Jackie Robinson 16

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 2.41
2 Bob Feller 2.56
3 Ewell Blackwell 2.59
4 Harry Brecheen 2.62
5 Jesse Flores 2.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Sain 23
2 Ewell Blackwell 22
3 Harry Brecheen 20
3 Bob Feller 20
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 251
2 Hal Newhouser 230
3 Ewell Blackwell 171
4 Johnny Sain 136
5 Tex Hughson 135

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 13
1 Tom Ferrick 13
3 Ed Klieman 10
4 Russ Christopher 9
4 2 others tied 9