On This Day

Thursday, April 27, 1950

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 6 1 .857 --
Yankees 5 3 .625 1.5
Indians 3 2 .600 2.0
Senators 4 3 .571 2.0
Athletics 4 5 .444 3.0
Red Sox 4 6 .400 3.5
Browns 2 5 .286 4.0
White Sox 1 4 .200 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 3 0 1.000 --
Dodgers 6 2 .750 -0.5
Pirates 5 2 .714 0.0
Braves 5 3 .625 0.5
Cardinals 4 4 .500 1.5
Phillies 3 5 .375 2.5
Giants 1 5 .167 3.5
Reds 0 6 .000 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dick Sisler 4
2 Cliff Mapes 3
3 Joe Collins 2
3 Del Ennis 2
3 15 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roy Campanella 1
1 Gil Coan 1
1 Joe Collins 1
1 Billy Goodman 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Willie Jones 4
2 Gil Coan 2
2 Joe Garagiola 2
2 Willard Marshall 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Schoendienst 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Warren Spahn 0.57
2 Monty Kennedy 0.43
3 Red Munger 0.36
3 Robin Roberts 0.36
5 Tommy Byrne 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Hooper 1
1 Ellis Kinder 1
1 Red Munger 1
1 Robin Roberts 1
1 Warren Spahn 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Byrne 4
1 Bob Hooper 4
1 Red Munger 4
1 Robin Roberts 4
1 Warren Spahn 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dale Mitchell .500
2 Stan Musial .448
3 Gil Hodges .429
4 Willie Jones .417
5 2 tied .409

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roy Campanella 4
1 Wally Westlake 4
3 Ferris Fain 3
3 Sid Gordon 3
3 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vern Stephens 15
2 Yogi Berra 11
2 Willie Jones 11
4 Joe DiMaggio 10
4 3 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 2
1 Pee Wee Reese 2
1 Duke Snider 2
4 Sam Chapman 1
4 13 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Art Houtteman 0.00
1 Joe Hatten 0.00
1 Max Lanier 0.00
1 Bob Rush 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Warren Spahn 3
2 Cliff Chambers 2
2 Art Houtteman 2
2 Eddie Lopat 2
2 4 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 13
2 Howie Pollet 12
2 Warren Spahn 12
2 Virgil Trucks 12
5 Bob Lemon 11

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Hooper 2
1 Joe Page 2
3 Paul Calvert 1
3 Jesse Flores 1
3 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jackie Robinson .351
2 Stan Musial .346
3 Ted Williams .345
4 George Kell .340
5 Enos Slaughter .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 54
2 Ted Williams 44
3 Vern Stephens 38
4 Stan Musial 35
5 Hank Sauer 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vern Stephens 167
2 Ted Williams 160
3 Vic Wertz 137
4 Jackie Robinson 127
5 Stan Musial 126

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jackie Robinson 35
2 Pee Wee Reese 28
3 Bob Dillinger 21
4 Phil Rizzuto 18
5 2 tied 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Garcia 2.38
2 Howie Pollet 2.60
3 Dave Koslo 2.65
4 Virgil Trucks 2.80
5 Preacher Roe 2.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mel Parnell 24
1 Warren Spahn 24
3 Ellis Kinder 23
4 Alex Kellner 21
4 2 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Newcombe 157
2 Warren Spahn 156
3 Virgil Trucks 155
4 Ellis Kinder 145
5 Bob Lemon 137

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Page 27
2 Al Benton 10
3 Ted Wilks 9
4 Jim Konstanty 7
4 Nels Potter 7