On This Day

Friday, May 13, 1955

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 19 8 .704 --
White Sox 16 9 .640 2.0
Yankees 15 10 .600 3.0
Tigers 15 12 .556 4.0
Senators 11 15 .423 7.5
Red Sox 12 17 .414 8.0
Athletics 10 16 .385 8.5
Orioles 8 19 .296 11.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 23 4 .852 --
Giants 14 11 .560 8.0
Braves 14 13 .519 9.0
Cubs 14 14 .500 9.5
Cardinals 10 13 .435 11.0
Pirates 11 16 .407 12.0
Redlegs 9 16 .360 13.0
Phillies 9 17 .346 13.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Mickey Mantle 4
2 Sandy Amoros 3
2 Willie Mays 3
4 Hank Bauer 2
4 11 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Mantle 3
2 Ray Boone 1
2 Roy Campanella 1
2 Del Crandall 1
2 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mickey Mantle 5
2 Ray Boone 2
2 Roy Campanella 2
2 Monte Irvin 2
2 Stan Musial 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hank Bauer 1
1 Jim Gilliam 1
1 Wally Moon 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Harvey Haddix 0.77
2 Art Ceccarelli 0.62
3 Whitey Ford 0.60
4 Willard Nixon 0.55
5 Bob Buhl 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Whitey Ford 1
1 Ellis Kinder 1
1 Billy Loes 1
1 Windy McCall 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harvey Haddix 10
2 Windy McCall 6
2 Willard Nixon 6
4 Art Ceccarelli 5
5 Bob Buhl 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Morgan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Vic Power .425
2 Don Mueller .421
3 Al Kaline .375
4 Harvey Kuenn .372
5 Johnny Logan .363

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Mantle 10
1 Gus Zernial 10
3 Duke Snider 9
4 Carl Furillo 8
5 6 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duke Snider 31
2 Roy Campanella 30
3 Mickey Vernon 27
3 Gus Zernial 27
5 Carl Furillo 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Minnie Minoso 8
2 Ken Boyer 5
2 Jim Gilliam 5
4 Jim Busby 4
4 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sandy Consuegra 1.23
2 Carl Erskine 1.32
3 Dick Donovan 1.55
4 Warren Hacker 1.67
5 Mike Fornieles 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Lemon 6
2 Carl Erskine 5
2 Steve Gromek 5
2 Jim Hearn 5
2 Bob Turley 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 57
1 Bob Turley 57
3 Sam Jones 46
4 Johnny Antonelli 45
5 Gene Conley 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Hughes 4
1 Ellis Kinder 4
3 Marv Grissom 3
3 Ray Moore 3
3 2 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Don Mueller .442
2 Harvey Kuenn .400
2 Bill Renna .400
4 Hoot Evers .395
5 Jim Greengrass .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Mantle 7
2 Gus Zernial 6
3 Hank Aaron 5
3 Dave Pope 5
3 2 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mickey Vernon 17
1 Gus Zernial 17
3 Roy Campanella 15
4 Hoot Evers 13
4 Duke Snider 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Minnie Minoso 5
2 Chuck Harmon 4
3 Ken Boyer 3
3 Jim Busby 3
5 7 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dick Donovan 0.40
2 Carl Erskine 1.13
2 Herb Score 1.13
4 Dick Littlefield 1.17
5 Bob Grim 1.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dick Donovan 3
1 Early Wynn 3
3 Johnny Antonelli 2
3 Moe Burtschy 2
3 22 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Score 33
2 Bob Turley 30
3 Sam Jones 25
4 Johnny Antonelli 23
5 Gene Conley 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mike Fornieles 2
1 Bob Friend 2
1 Tom Gorman 2
1 Jim Hughes 2
1 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Willie Mays .357
2 Don Mueller .351
3 Ted Williams .345
4 Bobby Avila .331
5 Duke Snider .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Kluszewski 46
2 Duke Snider 45
3 Willie Mays 42
4 Gil Hodges 39
5 Eddie Mathews 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duke Snider 147
2 Ted Kluszewski 135
3 Gil Hodges 125
4 Yogi Berra 123
4 Larry Doby 123

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Bruton 30
2 Minnie Minoso 25
3 Jackie Jensen 23
4 Johnny Temple 20
5 3 tied 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Antonelli 2.31
2 Early Wynn 2.59
3 Sandy Consuegra 2.61
4 Whitey Ford 2.62
5 Mike Garcia 2.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Lemon 25
2 Robin Roberts 23
2 Early Wynn 23
4 Bob Grim 21
4 Warren Spahn 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Turley 200
2 Harvey Haddix 187
3 Robin Roberts 184
4 Carl Erskine 172
5 Johnny Antonelli 168

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Hughes 24
2 Johnny Sain 21
3 Marv Grissom 19
4 Ellis Kinder 17
5 Frank Smith 16