On This Day

Thursday, May 27, 1948

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 22 10 .688 --
Indians 19 9 .679 1.0
Yankees 18 12 .600 3.0
Tigers 17 17 .500 6.0
Browns 13 15 .464 7.0
Red Sox 13 18 .419 8.5
Senators 13 19 .406 9.0
White Sox 7 22 .241 13.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 20 10 .667 --
Giants 17 12 .586 2.5
Braves 16 14 .533 4.0
Pirates 16 15 .516 4.5
Phillies 17 16 .515 4.5
Dodgers 13 19 .406 8.0
Cubs 12 18 .400 8.0
Reds 13 20 .394 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Andy Seminick 3
1 Enos Slaughter 3
3 Sam Chapman 2
3 Carl Furillo 2
3 8 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sid Gordon 1
1 Stan Musial 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Phil Cavarretta 2
1 Sam Chapman 2
1 Ferris Fain 2
1 Nippy Jones 2
1 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gil Coan 1
1 Spider Jorgensen 1
1 Pee Wee Reese 1
1 Eddie Waitkus 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ralph Branca 0.88
2 Curt Simmons 0.50
3 Kirby Higbe 0.42
4 Russ Meyer 0.38
5 Phil Marchildon 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ralph Branca 1
1 Jim Hearn 1
1 Phil Marchildon 1
1 Curt Simmons 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ralph Branca 7
2 Kirby Higbe 5
3 Sheldon Jones 3
3 Russ Meyer 3
3 Curt Simmons 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ted Wilks 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frankie Gustine .413
2 Stan Musial .405
3 Lou Boudreau .383
4 Ted Williams .374
5 Hoot Evers .363

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Keltner 13
2 Joe DiMaggio 10
2 Ralph Kiner 10
2 Stan Musial 10
2 Hank Sauer 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 36
2 Joe DiMaggio 34
3 Stan Musial 33
4 Hank Majeski 30
5 2 tied 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 6
2 Gil Coan 5
2 Bob Dillinger 5
2 Pee Wee Reese 5
2 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Brecheen 0.64
2 Gene Bearden 0.78
3 Johnny Schmitz 1.58
4 Dave Koslo 1.89
5 Kirby Higbe 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Allie Reynolds 6
2 Joe Coleman 5
2 Bob Feller 5
2 Harry Gumbert 5
2 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Larry Jansen 41
2 Ralph Branca 38
3 Bob Lemon 37
3 Johnny Schmitz 37
5 Virgil Trucks 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Christopher 5
1 Joe Page 5
3 Ken Trinkle 4
4 Tom Ferrick 3
4 Harry Gumbert 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Pat Mullin .455
2 Frankie Gustine .449
3 Stan Musial .443
4 Enos Slaughter .420
5 Virgil Stallcup .391

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Stan Musial 7
2 Joe DiMaggio 6
3 Ralph Kiner 4
4 Sid Gordon 3
4 7 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 18
2 Nippy Jones 17
2 Stan Musial 17
4 Enos Slaughter 14
4 Vic Wertz 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 4
1 Pee Wee Reese 4
3 Richie Ashburn 3
4 Gil Coan 2
4 8 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Gumbert 0.00
2 Larry Jansen 0.40
3 Gene Bearden 0.69
4 Bob Savage 0.75
5 Hal Newhouser 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Coleman 3
1 Joe Dobson 3
1 Howie Pollet 3
1 Vic Raschi 3
1 Johnny Schmitz 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ralph Branca 17
1 Bob Lemon 17
1 Russ Meyer 17
1 Vic Raschi 17
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry Gumbert 2
2 Frank Biscan 1
2 Ken Burkhart 1
2 Earl Caldwell 1
2 14 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .441
2 Frankie Gustine .415
3 Johnny Blatnik .390
4 Tommy Holmes .389
5 Ted Williams .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Stan Musial 10
2 Ralph Kiner 9
3 Joe DiMaggio 8
3 Ken Keltner 8
5 Ted Williams 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 32
2 Stan Musial 29
3 Joe DiMaggio 27
3 Nippy Jones 27
5 Hank Majeski 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 5
1 Mickey Vernon 5
3 Gil Coan 4
3 Bob Dillinger 4
3 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Gene Bearden 0.78
2 Harry Brecheen 0.82
3 Larry Jansen 1.37
4 Johnny Schmitz 1.68
5 Kirby Higbe 1.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Coleman 5
1 Larry Jansen 5
3 Joe Dobson 4
3 Bob Lemon 4
3 7 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Larry Jansen 35
2 Ralph Branca 33
3 Bob Lemon 32
4 Johnny Schmitz 29
5 Virgil Trucks 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Christopher 4
1 Joe Page 4
3 Tom Ferrick 2
3 Denny Galehouse 2
3 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .358
2 Stan Musial .357
3 Harry Walker .338
4 Johnny Pesky .330
5 Barney McCosky .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 58
2 Johnny Mize 44
3 Walker Cooper 36
4 Willard Marshall 30
4 Ted Williams 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ralph Kiner 141
2 Johnny Mize 133
3 Ted Williams 122
4 Walker Cooper 113
5 Stan Musial 112

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 32
2 Jackie Robinson 25
3 Dave Philley 16
4 Pee Wee Reese 13
4 2 others tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Warren Spahn 2.53
2 Dutch Leonard 2.63
3 Ewell Blackwell 2.66
4 Bob Feller 2.73
5 Joe Dobson 2.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Jansen 23
2 Allie Reynolds 21
3 Ralph Branca 20
3 Bob Feller 20
3 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 175
2 Bob Feller 163
3 Ralph Branca 145
3 Hal Newhouser 145
5 2 tied 132

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Page 22
2 Ed Klieman 16
3 Russ Christopher 14
4 Hugh Casey 13
5 2 tied 11