On This Day

Thursday, June 29, 1939

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 49 14 .778 --
Red Sox 33 24 .579 13.0
Indians 33 29 .532 15.5
Tigers 33 30 .524 16.0
White Sox 31 29 .517 16.5
Athletics 26 37 .413 23.0
Senators 25 41 .379 25.5
Browns 18 44 .290 30.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 38 22 .633 --
Giants 35 28 .556 4.5
Cardinals 33 27 .550 5.0
Cubs 34 30 .531 6.0
Dodgers 29 29 .500 8.0
Pirates 27 31 .466 10.0
Bees 25 35 .417 13.0
Phillies 19 38 .333 17.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harlond Clift 4
1 Don Heffner 4
1 Mike Kreevich 4
1 George McQuinn 4
5 17 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Berardino 1
1 Harlond Clift 1
1 Babe Dahlgren 1
1 Debs Garms 1
1 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Johnson 4
2 Johnny Berardino 3
2 Harlond Clift 3
2 Babe Dahlgren 3
2 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luke Appling 2
2 Johnny Berardino 1
2 Lou Finney 1
2 Mike Kreevich 1
2 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Atley Donald 1.00
2 Bob Harris 0.70
3 Red Ruffing 0.38
4 Ken Chase 0.31
5 Vern Kennedy 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Atley Donald 1
1 Bob Harris 1
1 Bill Lee 1
1 Dutch Leonard 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Harris 7
2 Red Ruffing 5
3 Ken Chase 4
3 Atley Donald 4
5 Paul Dean 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 1
1 Larry French 1
1 Cotton Pippen 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Morrie Arnovich .392
2 Zeke Bonura .366
3 Jimmie Foxx .353
4 Buddy Lewis .350
5 George McQuinn .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 16
2 Dolph Camilli 14
3 Jimmie Foxx 12
3 Frank McCormick 12
3 2 others tied 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 58
2 Hank Greenberg 57
3 Bill Dickey 54
4 Zeke Bonura 51
4 2 others tied 51

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 27
2 Lee Handley 11
3 Ben Chapman 9
3 Stan Hack 9
5 3 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 1.45
2 Lou Fette 1.79
3 Tommy Bridges 2.08
4 Atley Donald 2.39
5 Bucky Walters 2.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 12
2 Red Ruffing 11
3 Tommy Bridges 10
3 Bucky Walters 10
5 5 tied 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 113
2 Bobo Newsom 72
3 Tommy Bridges 69
4 Claude Passeau 66
5 Johnny Vander Meer 64

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 12
2 Clint Brown 8
3 Mace Brown 5
3 Chubby Dean 5
5 Curt Davis 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Mize .489
2 Bob Johnson .469
3 Zeke Bonura .468
4 Charlie Gehringer .432
5 Cookie Lavagetto .420

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dickey 5
2 Babe Dahlgren 4
2 Joe DiMaggio 4
2 Joe Gordon 4
2 Bob Johnson 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Dickey 17
1 Bob Johnson 17
3 Babe Dahlgren 16
4 Zeke Bonura 15
5 Joe DiMaggio 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 5
2 Luke Appling 4
2 Mike Kreevich 4
4 Jimmy Bloodworth 3
4 6 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 0.79
2 Red Ruffing 0.91
3 Jack Kramer 1.42
4 Elden Auker 1.44
5 Johnny Vander Meer 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 3
1 Atley Donald 3
1 Bill Lee 3
1 Nels Potter 3
5 23 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 24
2 Tommy Bridges 18
3 Red Ruffing 17
4 Claude Passeau 15
5 2 tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Bowman 1
1 Clint Brown 1
1 Jumbo Brown 1
1 Mace Brown 1
1 15 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Morrie Arnovich .432
2 Mike Kreevich .408
3 Zeke Bonura .396
4 Doc Cramer .390
5 2 tied .387

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 7
1 Jeff Heath 7
1 Bob Johnson 7
1 Max West 7
5 Jimmie Foxx 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buddy Lewis 29
2 Bob Johnson 28
3 Babe Dahlgren 27
3 Bill Dickey 27
3 Hank Greenberg 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 11
2 Ben Chapman 8
3 Luke Appling 5
3 Joe Gordon 5
3 Mike Kreevich 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 1.00
2 Bucky Walters 1.66
3 Charlie Root 1.69
4 Bill Lohrman 1.78
5 Lou Fette 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Atley Donald 5
1 Bob Feller 5
1 Harry Gumbert 5
1 Ted Lyons 5
1 Nels Potter 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 45
2 Claude Passeau 37
3 Tommy Bridges 31
4 Red Ruffing 30
5 2 tied 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 5
2 Pete Appleton 2
2 Clint Brown 2
2 Jumbo Brown 2
2 6 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Mize .362
2 Jimmie Foxx .355
3 Joe DiMaggio .349
4 Zeke Bonura .345
5 George McQuinn .342

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 54
2 Jimmie Foxx 41
3 Harlond Clift 34
3 Johnny Mize 34
5 Dolph Camilli 32

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 162
2 Jimmie Foxx 141
3 Joe DiMaggio 129
4 Harlond Clift 124
4 Joe Gordon 124

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 36
2 Frankie Crosetti 26
3 Pete Fox 19
3 Stan Hack 19
5 3 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Gomez 2.52
2 Lou Fette 2.53
3 Russ Bauers 2.78
4 Bucky Walters 2.83
5 Red Ruffing 2.99

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ruffing 23
2 Bill Lee 22
3 Bucky Walters 21
4 Paul Derringer 20
4 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 269
2 Bobo Newsom 209
3 Joe Krakauskas 144
4 Tommy Bridges 133
5 Paul Derringer 131

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 17
2 Mace Brown 10
3 Clint Brown 8
3 Dick Coffman 8
5 2 tied 7