On This Day

Wednesday, July 5, 1939

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 53 17 .757 --
Red Sox 38 25 .603 11.5
Tigers 37 32 .536 15.5
White Sox 36 32 .529 16.0
Indians 36 32 .529 16.0
Senators 29 44 .397 25.5
Athletics 26 43 .377 26.5
Browns 19 49 .279 33.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 42 25 .627 --
Giants 38 31 .551 5.0
Cardinals 35 32 .522 7.0
Dodgers 33 31 .516 7.5
Cubs 37 35 .514 7.5
Pirates 32 32 .500 8.5
Bees 30 36 .455 11.5
Phillies 19 44 .302 21.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Mel Almada 3
1 Zeke Bonura 3
1 Tony Cuccinello 3
1 Billy Jurges 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Zeke Bonura 1
1 Joe DiMaggio 1
1 Joe Gordon 1
1 Don Gutteridge 1
1 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Zeke Bonura 3
1 Joe DiMaggio 3
1 Pep Young 3
4 Lou Chiozza 2
4 9 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bruce Campbell 1
1 Pete Coscarart 1
1 Lou Finney 1
1 Oscar Grimes 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eddie Smith 0.71
2 Harry Eisenstat 0.57
2 Bucky Walters 0.57
4 Joe Bowman 0.56
5 Kirby Higbe 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elden Auker 1
1 Joe Bowman 1
1 Atley Donald 1
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Bowman 5
1 Kirby Higbe 5
1 Eddie Smith 5
4 Harry Eisenstat 4
4 Bucky Walters 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fritz Ostermueller 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Morrie Arnovich .378
2 Zeke Bonura .359
3 Jimmie Foxx .352
4 George McQuinn .348
5 Frank McCormick .336

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 16
2 Dolph Camilli 14
2 Johnny Mize 14
2 George Selkirk 14
5 4 tied 13

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 67
2 Hank Greenberg 61
3 Bill Dickey 58
3 Joe Gordon 58
3 Frank McCormick 58

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 27
2 Lee Handley 12
3 Ben Chapman 11
3 Stan Hack 11
5 5 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 1.86
2 Tommy Bridges 2.00
3 Lou Fette 2.08
4 Mace Brown 2.26
5 Atley Donald 2.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 13
2 Bucky Walters 12
3 Tommy Bridges 11
3 Red Ruffing 11
5 3 tied 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 115
2 Bobo Newsom 83
3 Johnny Vander Meer 77
4 Claude Passeau 76
5 Tommy Bridges 71

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jim Tabor .471
2 Bob Johnson .440
3 Eric McNair .426
4 Joe DiMaggio .423
5 Ival Goodman .415

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dickey 5
1 Joe DiMaggio 5
1 Joe Gordon 5
1 Jim Tabor 5
5 6 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 22
2 Bill Dickey 17
2 Joe Gordon 17
2 Hal Trosky 17
5 3 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Oscar Grimes 4
1 Stan Hack 4
3 Luke Appling 3
3 Jimmy Bloodworth 3
3 6 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Milt Shoffner 0.00
2 Steve Sundra 0.73
3 Danny MacFayden 1.00
4 Bill Posedel 1.04
5 Atley Donald 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Atley Donald 3
1 Bob Feller 3
1 Luke Hamlin 3
1 Johnny Marcum 3
5 25 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 21
2 Johnny Vander Meer 20
3 Bobo Newsom 16
3 Eddie Smith 16
5 3 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Frankhouse 2
2 Russ Bauers 1
2 Bob Bowman 1
2 Clint Brown 1
2 12 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .418
2 Zeke Bonura .408
3 Bob Johnson .402
4 Mel Ott .386
5 Morrie Arnovich .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Johnson 8
2 Zeke Bonura 7
2 Joe DiMaggio 7
2 Joe Gordon 7
2 Jim Tabor 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 31
2 Zeke Bonura 30
3 Ted Williams 29
4 Bill Dickey 26
4 2 others tied 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
1 Stan Hack 6
3 Ben Chapman 5
3 Joe Gordon 5
3 Mike Kreevich 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Milt Shoffner 1.52
2 Red Ruffing 1.63
3 Tommy Bridges 1.73
4 Atley Donald 1.77
5 Whit Wyatt 1.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 6
2 Tommy Bridges 5
2 Atley Donald 5
2 Harry Gumbert 5
5 6 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Claude Passeau 40
2 Bob Feller 36
3 Tommy Bridges 33
3 Johnny Vander Meer 33
5 Bobo Newsom 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Appleton 2
1 Clint Brown 2
1 Jumbo Brown 2
1 Mort Cooper 2
1 6 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Mize .362
2 Joe DiMaggio .352
3 Zeke Bonura .350
4 Jimmie Foxx .349
5 George McQuinn .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 52
2 Jimmie Foxx 39
3 Johnny Mize 37
4 Harlond Clift 34
5 Joe Gordon 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 160
2 Jimmie Foxx 135
3 Joe DiMaggio 130
4 Zeke Bonura 128
5 Joe Gordon 124

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 36
2 Frankie Crosetti 24
3 Ben Chapman 20
3 Stan Hack 20
5 Lee Handley 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lou Fette 2.62
2 Lefty Gomez 2.83
3 Bucky Walters 2.94
4 Paul Derringer 2.97
5 Red Ruffing 3.00

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 258
2 Bobo Newsom 210
3 Joe Krakauskas 149
4 Paul Derringer 137
5 Tommy Bridges 135

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 16
2 Mace Brown 10
3 Clint Brown 8
3 Curt Davis 8
5 Dick Coffman 7