On This Day

Friday, June 23, 1939

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 44 11 .800 --
Red Sox 31 22 .585 12.0
Indians 31 26 .544 14.0
Tigers 31 28 .525 15.0
White Sox 28 28 .500 16.5
Athletics 22 34 .393 22.5
Senators 23 37 .383 23.5
Browns 16 40 .286 28.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 37 20 .649 --
Cardinals 31 23 .574 4.5
Giants 31 27 .534 6.5
Cubs 31 28 .525 7.0
Dodgers 27 28 .491 9.0
Pirates 26 29 .473 10.0
Bees 22 33 .400 14.0
Phillies 18 35 .340 17.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Zeke Bonura 4
2 Bruce Campbell 3
2 George Case 3
2 Frank Demaree 3
2 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Skeeter Webb 3
2 Frank Demaree 2
2 Pete Fox 2
2 Oscar Grimes 2
2 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Oscar Grimes 1
1 Stan Hack 1
1 Jeff Heath 1
1 Billy Herman 1
1 Billy Jurges 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Lohrman 1.00
2 Bob Feller 0.40
3 Bill Lee 0.30
4 Russ Bauers 0.27
5 3 tied 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Russ Bauers 1
1 Al Benton 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 Bill Lee 1
1 Bill Lohrman 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 6
2 Russ Bauers 3
2 Bill Lee 3
4 Al Benton 2
4 4 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Archie McKain 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Morrie Arnovich .399
2 Zeke Bonura .359
3 George McQuinn .352
4 Jimmie Foxx .348
5 Ken Keltner .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 16
2 Dolph Camilli 13
3 Jimmie Foxx 11
3 Ernie Lombardi 11
3 3 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 55
1 Ted Williams 55
3 Bill Dickey 47
3 Frank McCormick 47
3 2 others tied 47

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 27
2 Lee Handley 11
3 Ben Chapman 9
4 Stan Hack 8
4 Johnny Welaj 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 1.53
2 Lou Fette 1.57
3 Tommy Bridges 2.09
4 Bucky Walters 2.45
5 Whitey Moore 2.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 11
2 Red Ruffing 10
2 Bucky Walters 10
4 Tommy Bridges 9
4 Curt Davis 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 100
2 Bobo Newsom 71
3 Johnny Vander Meer 64
4 Tommy Bridges 62
4 Claude Passeau 62

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 12
2 Clint Brown 7
3 Mace Brown 5
3 Chubby Dean 5
5 Curt Davis 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mel Ott .439
2 Mike Kreevich .429
3 Johnny Mize .409
4 Joe Medwick .400
5 Morrie Arnovich .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Johnson 5
2 Hank Greenberg 4
3 Dolph Camilli 3
3 Harlond Clift 3
3 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Pete Fox 18
1 Hank Greenberg 18
3 Ted Williams 17
4 Zeke Bonura 14
5 2 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 5
2 Jack Bolling 3
2 Ben Chapman 3
2 Charlie Gehringer 3
5 13 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Allen 0.53
2 Russ Bauers 0.64
3 Whit Wyatt 0.90
4 Bucky Walters 1.32
5 Fritz Ostermueller 1.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Benton 3
1 Bucky Walters 3
1 Whit Wyatt 3
4 Elden Auker 2
4 18 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 21
2 Johnny Vander Meer 20
3 Claude Passeau 19
4 Fritz Ostermueller 17
5 2 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Whitey Moore 2
2 Jumbo Brown 1
2 Mace Brown 1
2 Dick Coffman 1
2 18 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Morrie Arnovich .422
2 Zeke Bonura .411
3 Doc Cramer .400
4 Pinky Higgins .396
5 Buddy Lewis .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 8
2 Dolph Camilli 6
2 Jimmie Foxx 6
2 Jeff Heath 6
2 3 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 32
2 Buddy Lewis 29
3 Jimmie Foxx 28
3 Hank Greenberg 28
5 2 tied 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 14
2 Ben Chapman 9
3 Stan Hack 5
3 Lee Handley 5
5 4 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Lohrman 1.83
2 Hugh Casey 1.84
3 Dizzy Dean 1.84
4 Bucky Walters 1.99
5 Mace Brown 2.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Atley Donald 5
1 Bob Feller 5
1 Bucky Walters 5
4 Al Benton 4
4 9 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 42
2 Claude Passeau 41
3 Bobo Newsom 32
4 Tommy Bridges 29
5 Johnny Vander Meer 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 7
2 Whitey Moore 3
3 Pete Appleton 2
3 Clint Brown 2
3 7 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Mize .360
2 Jimmie Foxx .349
3 Joe DiMaggio .344
4 Zeke Bonura .344
5 George McQuinn .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 57
2 Jimmie Foxx 41
3 Harlond Clift 35
4 Johnny Mize 33
5 2 tied 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 166
2 Jimmie Foxx 142
3 Harlond Clift 128
4 Joe DiMaggio 126
5 Joe Gordon 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 36
2 Frankie Crosetti 28
3 Pete Fox 20
4 Cookie Lavagetto 19
5 3 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lou Fette 2.48
2 Lefty Gomez 2.62
3 Russ Bauers 2.76
4 Whitey Moore 2.86
5 Dick Errickson 2.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ruffing 23
2 Bill Lee 21
2 Bucky Walters 21
4 Paul Derringer 20
4 Bob Feller 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 266
2 Bobo Newsom 213
3 Joe Krakauskas 144
4 Paul Derringer 127
5 Tommy Bridges 126

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 18
2 Mace Brown 10
3 Dick Coffman 8
4 Clint Brown 7
4 3 others tied 7