On This Day

Friday, June 30, 1939

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 50 14 .781 --
Red Sox 33 24 .579 13.5
Indians 33 29 .532 16.0
Tigers 34 30 .531 16.0
White Sox 31 30 .508 17.5
Athletics 26 37 .413 23.5
Senators 25 42 .373 26.5
Browns 18 44 .290 31.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 38 23 .623 --
Giants 35 28 .556 4.0
Cardinals 33 27 .550 4.5
Cubs 35 30 .538 5.0
Dodgers 29 29 .500 7.5
Pirates 27 31 .466 9.5
Bees 25 35 .417 12.5
Phillies 19 38 .333 17.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe DiMaggio 3
1 Lee Gamble 3
1 Red Rolfe 3
1 Gee Walker 3
5 6 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Lombardi 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 4
2 Joe Gordon 2
2 George Selkirk 2
4 Augie Galan 1
4 9 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Augie Galan 1
1 Stan Hack 1
1 Gee Walker 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Rigney 0.71
2 Johnny Vander Meer 0.57
3 Bobo Newsom 0.42
4 Charlie Root 0.38
5 Oral Hildebrand 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Oral Hildebrand 1
1 Bobo Newsom 1
1 Charlie Root 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 5
1 Johnny Rigney 5
3 Whitey Moore 4
3 Johnny Vander Meer 4
5 Charlie Root 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Morrie Arnovich .392
2 Zeke Bonura .366
3 Jimmie Foxx .353
4 George McQuinn .350
5 Buddy Lewis .346

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 58
2 Hank Greenberg 57
3 Bill Dickey 54
4 Joe Gordon 52
5 3 tied 51

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 27
2 Lee Handley 11
3 Stan Hack 10
4 Ben Chapman 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 77
3 Tommy Bridges 69
4 Johnny Vander Meer 68
5 Claude Passeau 66

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 Bob Johnson .469
2 Zeke Bonura .465
3 Joe Gordon .443
4 Charlie Gehringer .436
5 Mel Ott .405

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 Joe DiMaggio 18
2 Bob Johnson 17
3 Babe Dahlgren 16
3 Bill Dickey 16
5 Joe Gordon 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luke Appling 4
1 Stan Hack 4
3 Jimmy Bloodworth 3
3 Jack Bolling 3
3 5 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 0.79
2 Red Ruffing 0.91
3 Tommy Bridges 1.00
4 Luke Hamlin 1.13
5 Milt Shoffner 1.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Atley Donald 3
1 Oral Hildebrand 3
1 Bill Lee 3
1 Nels Potter 3
5 20 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 24
2 Red Ruffing 17
3 Johnny Vander Meer 16
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 .425
2 Bob Johnson .408
3 Joe DiMaggio .400
4 Doc Cramer .385
5 Zeke Bonura .384

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 7
1 Bob Johnson 7
3 Jeff Heath 6
4 Zeke Bonura 5
4 11 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buddy Lewis 28
2 Hank Greenberg 27
2 Bob Johnson 27
4 Zeke Bonura 26
5 2 tied 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 8
2 Ben Chapman 6
3 Luke Appling 5
3 Stan Hack 5
3 Mike Kreevich 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 1.00
2 Charlie Root 1.51
3 Bucky Walters 1.59
4 Lou Fette 1.80
5 Bill Lohrman 1.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Atley Donald 5
2 Elden Auker 4
2 Al Benton 4
2 Tommy Bridges 4
2 9 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 38
2 Claude Passeau 37
3 Bobo Newsom 32
4 Tommy Bridges 31
5 Red Ruffing 26

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 4
2 Pete Appleton 2
2 Clint Brown 2
2 Jumbo Brown 2
2 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Mize .362
2 Joe DiMaggio .356
3 Jimmie Foxx .352
4 Zeke Bonura .344
5 George McQuinn .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 53
2 Jimmie Foxx 40
3 Harlond Clift 34
3 Johnny Mize 34
5 Dolph Camilli 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 159
2 Jimmie Foxx 139
3 Joe DiMaggio 133
4 Harlond Clift 123
5 2 tied 122

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 36
2 Frankie Crosetti 26
3 Stan Hack 20
4 Pete Fox 19
5 3 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lou Fette 2.40
2 Lefty Gomez 2.62
3 Russ Bauers 2.78
4 Bucky Walters 2.83
5 Whitey Moore 2.98

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 214
3 Joe Krakauskas 145
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