On This Day

Friday, June 18, 1948

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 31 18 .633 --
Athletics 33 22 .600 1.0
Yankees 29 23 .558 3.5
Tigers 28 26 .519 5.5
Red Sox 25 26 .490 7.0
Senators 24 30 .444 9.5
Browns 21 29 .420 10.5
White Sox 15 32 .319 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 31 22 .585 --
Pirates 30 22 .577 0.5
Cardinals 29 23 .558 1.5
Giants 27 25 .519 3.5
Phillies 26 28 .481 5.5
Dodgers 23 27 .460 6.5
Reds 24 31 .436 8.0
Cubs 21 33 .389 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buddy Kerr 3
1 Stan Musial 3
1 Ron Northey 3
4 Ewell Blackwell 2
4 20 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Thomson 2
2 Sam Chapman 1
2 Joe Garagiola 1
2 Joe Gordon 1
2 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Chapman 3
1 Joe Garagiola 3
1 Peanuts Lowrey 3
1 Tony Lupien 3
1 Bobby Thomson 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luke Appling 1
1 Richie Ashburn 1
1 Gil Coan 1
1 Granny Hamner 1
1 Stan Rojek 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cliff Fannin 1.40
2 Elmer Riddle 0.86
3 Ewell Blackwell 0.80
4 Rex Barney 0.67
5 Hank Borowy 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Borowy 1
1 Cliff Fannin 1
1 Bubba Harris 1
1 Joe Haynes 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 8
2 Cliff Fannin 7
3 Hank Borowy 6
3 Elmer Riddle 6
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jess Dobernic 1
1 Bob Savage 1
1 Ted Wilks 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .407
2 Stan Musial .405
3 Lou Boudreau .371
4 Wally Westlake .353
5 Tommy Holmes .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Sauer 19
2 Ralph Kiner 17
3 Ken Keltner 16
4 Stan Musial 14
5 Ted Williams 13

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 58
2 Hank Sauer 51
3 Joe DiMaggio 49
4 Ralph Kiner 46
5 Joe Gordon 45

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 15
2 Gil Coan 11
2 Earl Torgeson 11
4 Bob Dillinger 8
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Brecheen 1.88
2 Gene Bearden 2.09
3 Elmer Riddle 2.15
4 Dutch Leonard 2.20
5 Johnny Sain 2.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Lemon 9
2 Joe Dobson 8
2 Hal Newhouser 8
2 Elmer Riddle 8
5 9 tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ralph Branca 62
2 Johnny Schmitz 58
3 Lou Brissie 57
4 Larry Jansen 56
4 Hal Newhouser 56

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Christopher 8
1 Joe Page 8
3 Harry Gumbert 6
3 Ted Wilks 6
5 Tom Ferrick 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .476
2 Dick Wakefield .450
3 Stan Musial .444
4 Johnny Wyrostek .435
5 Eddie Stanky .426

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 5
1 Ralph Kiner 5
1 Hank Sauer 5
1 Bobby Thomson 5
5 3 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Gordon 21
1 Jim Russell 21
3 Hank Sauer 18
4 Vern Stephens 16
5 Ted Williams 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Earl Torgeson 4
2 Richie Ashburn 3
2 Gil Coan 3
2 Stan Rojek 3
5 7 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bubba Harris 0.00
2 Dutch Leonard 0.50
3 Johnny Sain 0.64
4 Hal Newhouser 1.00
4 Ted Wilks 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ralph Branca 3
1 Joe Dobson 3
1 Hal Newhouser 3
1 Elmer Riddle 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ralph Branca 21
2 Bob Feller 19
3 Ewell Blackwell 18
4 Lou Brissie 17
4 2 others tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ted Wilks 4
2 Kirby Higbe 2
2 Joe Page 2
4 Harry Brecheen 1
4 24 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .438
2 Ted Williams .425
3 Wally Westlake .380
4 Bobby Brown .379
5 Johnny Wyrostek .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Stan Musial 10
1 Hank Sauer 10
3 Ralph Kiner 9
4 Joe DiMaggio 7
4 Wally Westlake 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 30
1 Jim Russell 30
3 Hank Sauer 28
3 Ted Williams 28
5 2 tied 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 10
2 Gil Coan 8
3 Earl Torgeson 7
4 Bob Dillinger 5
4 Ferris Fain 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ted Wilks 0.99
2 Dutch Leonard 1.34
3 Hal Newhouser 1.48
4 Elmer Riddle 1.87
5 Preacher Roe 1.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 7
2 Joe Dobson 6
2 Bob Lemon 6
4 Ralph Branca 5
4 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ralph Branca 36
2 Bob Lemon 35
2 Hal Newhouser 35
4 Kirby Higbe 29
5 4 tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ted Wilks 5
2 Russ Christopher 4
2 Harry Gumbert 4
2 Joe Page 4
5 Tom Ferrick 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .376
2 Stan Musial .371
3 Johnny Pesky .324
4 Tommy Holmes .321
5 Barney McCosky .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 55
2 Johnny Mize 45
3 Ted Williams 33
4 Walker Cooper 31
4 Willard Marshall 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ralph Kiner 136
1 Ted Williams 136
3 Johnny Mize 130
4 Joe Gordon 115
5 Stan Musial 111

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 24
2 Jackie Robinson 21
3 Earl Torgeson 17
4 Richie Ashburn 15
5 Dave Philley 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 2.34
2 Eddie Lopat 2.87
3 Joe Dobson 2.91
4 Bob Feller 3.01
5 Ralph Branca 3.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Jansen 23
2 Ralph Branca 21
2 Allie Reynolds 21
2 Johnny Sain 21
5 4 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 177
2 Ralph Branca 151
3 Hal Newhouser 150
4 Bob Feller 147
5 Larry Jansen 131

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Page 22
2 Russ Christopher 14
2 Ed Klieman 14
4 Harry Gumbert 12
5 Hugh Casey 11