On This Day

Wednesday, August 30, 1939

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 87 36 .707 --
Red Sox 74 47 .612 12.0
White Sox 68 55 .553 19.0
Indians 66 56 .541 20.5
Tigers 64 58 .525 22.5
Senators 53 72 .424 35.0
Athletics 43 79 .352 43.5
Browns 34 86 .283 51.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 73 45 .619 --
Cardinals 68 51 .571 5.5
Cubs 68 55 .553 7.5
Dodgers 60 56 .517 12.0
Giants 59 58 .504 13.5
Pirates 53 63 .457 19.0
Bees 52 66 .441 21.0
Phillies 38 77 .330 33.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Mark Christman 4
1 Buddy Lewis 4
1 Dick Siebert 4
4 Luke Appling 3
4 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Averill 1
1 Moe Berg 1
1 Sam Chapman 1
1 Frankie Hayes 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Luke Appling 4
1 Chet Laabs 4
3 Sam Chapman 3
3 Frankie Hayes 3
3 Ted Williams 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 2
2 George Case 1
2 Charlie Keller 1
2 Larry Rosenthal 1
2 Sam West 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Gomez 0.64
2 Joe Krakauskas 0.50
2 Lynn Nelson 0.50
4 Jack Wilson 0.45
5 2 tied 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Slick Coffman 1
1 Chubby Dean 1
1 Harry Eisenstat 1
1 Joe Krakauskas 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 7
2 Joe Krakauskas 5
2 Lynn Nelson 5
2 Jack Wilson 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobo Newsom 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .405
2 Jimmie Foxx .364
3 Johnny Mize .360
4 Charlie Keller .353
5 Bob Johnson .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 34
2 Mel Ott 27
3 Joe DiMaggio 23
3 Joe Gordon 23
3 Hal Trosky 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 119
2 Joe DiMaggio 105
3 Jimmie Foxx 102
3 Frank McCormick 102
5 2 tied 95

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 47
2 Lee Handley 18
3 Ben Chapman 15
3 Mike Kreevich 15
5 2 tied 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.29
2 Red Ruffing 2.38
3 Lefty Grove 2.59
4 Bob Feller 2.75
5 Bump Hadley 2.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 21
2 Red Ruffing 20
3 Bob Feller 19
4 Curt Davis 18
5 Paul Derringer 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 192
2 Bobo Newsom 156
3 Tommy Bridges 115
4 Claude Passeau 114
5 Bucky Walters 106

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 17
2 Clint Brown 16
3 Pete Appleton 7
3 Mace Brown 7
3 Clyde Shoun 7

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .464
2 Johnny Mize .439
3 Charlie Keller .400
4 Eric McNair .389
5 Ken Keltner .387

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 7
1 Hal Trosky 7
3 Charlie Gehringer 6
4 Red Rolfe 5
4 Ted Williams 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 31
2 Ted Williams 22
3 Hal Trosky 21
4 Bruce Campbell 18
5 3 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 5
2 Buddy Lewis 4
3 Pete Coscarart 3
3 Tony Cuccinello 3
3 Larry Rosenthal 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Sundra 0.50
2 Lefty Grove 0.60
3 Luke Hamlin 1.10
4 Bill Beckmann 1.29
5 Bob Bowman 1.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Bowman 3
1 Hugh Casey 3
1 Cliff Melton 3
1 Al Milnar 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Rigney 22
2 Bob Feller 20
3 Lefty Gomez 18
4 Lefty Mills 17
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 2
1 Joe Heving 2
1 Clyde Shoun 2
1 Vito Tamulis 2
5 11 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Mize .443
2 Charlie Keller .420
3 Joe DiMaggio .405
4 Gus Suhr .380
5 Enos Slaughter .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 14
2 Hal Trosky 10
3 Jimmie Foxx 9
4 Mel Ott 8
5 2 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 53
2 Ted Williams 33
3 Babe Dahlgren 30
4 Hal Trosky 29
5 2 tied 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 13
2 Pete Fox 6
3 Buddy Lewis 5
4 Buddy Hassett 4
4 Joe Kuhel 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Sundra 0.36
2 Bob Bowman 1.15
3 Cliff Melton 1.88
4 Larry French 1.93
5 Marius Russo 2.02

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ruffing 6
2 Bob Bowman 5
2 Curt Davis 5
2 Bill Lee 5
2 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 48
2 Johnny Rigney 41
3 Lefty Gomez 33
3 Bobo Newsom 33
5 Lefty Mills 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Appleton 5
1 Clint Brown 5
1 Clyde Shoun 5
4 Emerson Dickman 3
4 Vito Tamulis 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .380
2 Johnny Mize .377
3 Jimmie Foxx .358
4 Frank McCormick .336
5 George McQuinn .332

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 46
2 Hank Greenberg 35
2 Mel Ott 35
4 Dolph Camilli 29
4 2 others tied 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 145
2 Joe DiMaggio 130
3 Hank Greenberg 128
4 Ted Williams 119
5 Frank McCormick 117

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 48
2 Lee Handley 22
3 Ben Chapman 21
4 Pete Fox 20
5 Stan Hack 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.33
2 Lefty Grove 2.49
3 Bob Feller 2.68
4 Hugh Casey 2.89
5 Red Ruffing 2.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 25
2 Bob Feller 24
3 Bill Lee 22
3 Red Ruffing 22
5 Paul Derringer 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 261
2 Bobo Newsom 207
3 Tommy Bridges 146
4 Joe Krakauskas 144
5 Bucky Walters 131

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 17
2 Clint Brown 16
3 Mace Brown 8
3 Joe Heving 8
5 3 tied 7