On This Day

Friday, April 21, 1950

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 3 0 1.000 --
Browns 2 0 1.000 0.5
Yankees 3 1 .750 0.5
Red Sox 2 2 .500 1.5
Senators 1 2 .333 2.0
Athletics 1 2 .333 2.0
Indians 0 2 .000 2.5
White Sox 0 3 .000 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 2 0 1.000 --
Braves 2 0 1.000 --
Pirates 3 1 .750 --
Dodgers 2 1 .667 0.5
Phillies 1 1 .500 1.0
Cardinals 1 3 .250 2.0
Reds 0 2 .000 2.0
Giants 0 3 .000 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Yogi Berra 4
2 Bob Dillinger 3
2 Joe DiMaggio 3
2 Bobby Morgan 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Westlake 2
2 Yogi Berra 1
2 Tommy Byrne 1
2 Roy Campanella 1
2 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Westlake 6
2 Roy Campanella 4
2 Vern Stephens 4
4 Yogi Berra 3
4 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Stan Musial 1
1 Vern Stephens 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Harry Brecheen 1.40
2 Bob Rush 0.62
2 Virgil Trucks 0.62
4 Lou Brissie 0.45
5 Dave Koslo 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mickey McDermott 1
1 Joe Page 1
1 Preacher Roe 1
1 Bob Rush 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Brecheen 7
2 Lou Brissie 5
2 Bob Rush 5
2 Virgil Trucks 5
5 Dave Koslo 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Vic Lombardi 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gil Hodges .700
1 Dale Mitchell .700
3 Ted Williams .571
4 Don Lenhardt .556
4 Cass Michaels .556

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sid Gordon 2
1 Tommy Henrich 2
1 Stan Musial 2
1 Andy Pafko 2
1 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Henrich 9
1 Vern Stephens 9
3 Joe DiMaggio 6
3 Wally Westlake 6
5 8 tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Stan Musial 1
1 Pee Wee Reese 1
1 Stan Rojek 1
1 Bobby Shantz 1
1 2 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Rush 0.00
1 Joe Page 0.00
1 Frank Smith 0.00
1 Cloyd Boyer 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cliff Chambers 1
1 Murry Dickson 1
1 Joe Dobson 1
1 Ned Garver 1
1 19 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Brecheen 7
2 Cliff Chambers 6
2 Ted Gray 6
2 Warren Spahn 6
5 5 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Page 2
2 Paul Calvert 1
2 Mickey Harris 1
2 Bob Hooper 1
2 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jackie Robinson .346
2 Ted Williams .345
3 George Kell .343
4 Stan Musial .341
5 Enos Slaughter .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 55
2 Ted Williams 44
3 Vern Stephens 40
4 Stan Musial 38
5 Hank Sauer 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vern Stephens 167
2 Ted Williams 162
3 Vic Wertz 139
4 Ralph Kiner 129
5 Jackie Robinson 126

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jackie Robinson 37
2 Pee Wee Reese 27
3 Bob Dillinger 19
4 Phil Rizzuto 18
5 Elmer Valo 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Garcia 2.38
2 Gerry Staley 2.70
3 Dave Koslo 2.71
4 Preacher Roe 2.72
5 Virgil Trucks 2.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mel Parnell 25
2 Ellis Kinder 23
3 Warren Spahn 22
4 Bob Lemon 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Warren Spahn 152
1 Virgil Trucks 152
3 Don Newcombe 149
4 Ellis Kinder 142
5 Hal Newhouser 141

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Page 29
2 Al Benton 10
3 Ted Wilks 9
4 Jim Konstanty 7
4 Nels Potter 7