On This Day

Tuesday, May 4, 1948

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 6 3 .667 --
Athletics 8 5 .615 0.0
Yankees 7 5 .583 0.5
Browns 5 5 .500 1.5
Red Sox 6 6 .500 1.5
Tigers 6 8 .429 2.5
Senators 5 7 .417 2.5
White Sox 3 7 .300 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 8 4 .667 --
Giants 9 5 .643 0.0
Cardinals 7 5 .583 1.0
Dodgers 7 7 .500 2.0
Braves 6 8 .429 3.0
Phillies 6 8 .429 3.0
Reds 6 9 .400 3.5
Cubs 5 8 .385 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tom McBride 3
1 Thurman Tucker 3
1 Mickey Vernon 3
4 Yogi Berra 2
4 17 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Chapman 1
1 Eddie Joost 1
1 Stan Musial 1
1 Eddie Robinson 1
1 Enos Slaughter 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Chapman 3
1 Ferris Fain 3
1 Vern Stephens 3
4 Bobby Brown 2
4 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dom DiMaggio 1
1 Tony Lupien 1
1 Elmer Valo 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ralph Branca 0.50
2 Spec Shea 0.45
3 Art Houtteman 0.31
4 Sid Hudson 0.29
5 Red Munger 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Brazle 1
1 Lou Brissie 1
1 Dave Ferriss 1
1 Spec Shea 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Spec Shea 5
2 Al Brazle 4
2 Art Houtteman 4
4 Ralph Branca 3
4 Lou Brissie 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Denny Galehouse 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lou Boudreau .459
2 Frankie Gustine .444
3 Ted Williams .419
4 Wally Westlake .405
5 Carl Furillo .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Sauer 6
2 Ken Keltner 5
3 Walker Cooper 4
3 Eddie Joost 4
3 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Walker Cooper 15
1 Stan Musial 15
1 Hank Sauer 15
1 Ed Stevens 15
1 Ted Williams 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bert Haas 4
2 Gil Coan 3
2 Earl Torgeson 3
2 Thurman Tucker 3
5 5 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Brecheen 0.00
2 Dave Koslo 0.50
2 Carl Scheib 0.50
4 Ken Heintzelman 0.51
5 Jim Hearn 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Gumbert 3
1 Allie Reynolds 3
3 Ewell Blackwell 2
3 Al Brazle 2
3 16 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 19
2 Lou Brissie 18
3 Larry Jansen 17
4 Ralph Branca 16
4 2 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Denny Galehouse 2
1 Joe Page 2
1 Bryan Stephens 2
1 Ken Trinkle 2
5 17 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Walker .357
2 Ted Williams .351
3 Stan Musial .328
4 George Kell .325
5 Barney McCosky .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 53
2 Johnny Mize 46
3 Walker Cooper 37
4 Willard Marshall 35
5 Ted Williams 33

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Mize 133
2 Walker Cooper 132
3 Ralph Kiner 131
4 Ted Williams 119
5 2 tied 112

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 31
2 Jackie Robinson 28
3 Dave Philley 19
4 Pete Reiser 14
4 Earl Torgeson 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ewell Blackwell 2.32
2 Warren Spahn 2.47
3 Joe Haynes 2.77
4 Hal Newhouser 2.79
5 Dutch Leonard 2.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Jansen 23
2 Ewell Blackwell 22
3 Ralph Branca 21
4 Phil Marchildon 20
4 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 189
2 Bob Feller 178
3 Hal Newhouser 166
4 Ralph Branca 152
5 2 tied 130

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Page 19
2 Ed Klieman 17
3 Hugh Casey 15
4 Ken Trinkle 12
5 2 tied 11