On This Day

Thursday, August 31, 1939

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 87 36 .707 --
Red Sox 74 48 .607 12.5
White Sox 68 56 .548 19.5
Indians 66 56 .541 20.5
Tigers 65 58 .528 22.0
Senators 54 72 .429 34.5
Athletics 44 79 .358 43.0
Browns 34 87 .281 52.0

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 54 64 .458 19.0
Bees 52 66 .441 21.0
Phillies 39 78 .333 33.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Elbie Fletcher 5
1 Lloyd Waner 5
3 Don Heffner 4
3 Hersh Martin 4
5 7 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Moses 1
1 George Susce 1
1 Birdie Tebbetts 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Beau Bell 3
1 Spud Davis 3
1 Elbie Fletcher 3
1 Wally Moses 3
5 6 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 1
1 Pete Fox 1
1 Pinky Higgins 1
1 Buddy Lewis 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Boom-Boom Beck 0.45
2 Dizzy Trout 0.29
3 Lefty Grove 0.22
4 Vern Kennedy 0.20
5 3 tied 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Boom-Boom Beck 1
1 Max Butcher 1
1 Dutch Leonard 1
1 Nels Potter 1
1 Dizzy Trout 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Boom-Boom Beck 5
2 Dizzy Trout 4
3 Al Benton 3
4 Lefty Grove 2
4 3 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 1
1 Chubby Dean 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .405
2 Jimmie Foxx .366
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 121
2 Joe DiMaggio 105
3 Jimmie Foxx 102
3 Frank McCormick 102
5 2 tied 95

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 48
2 Lee Handley 18
3 Ben Chapman 15
3 Pete Fox 15
3 Mike Kreevich 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.29
2 Red Ruffing 2.38
3 Lefty Grove 2.73
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 2 others tied 7

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .446
2 Charlie Gehringer .436
3 Johnny Mize .429
4 Charlie Keller .397
5 Eric McNair .396

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 28
2 Ted Williams 24
3 Hal Trosky 20
4 Bruce Campbell 18
5 3 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
2 Buddy Lewis 5
3 Pete Coscarart 3
3 Tony Cuccinello 3
3 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Sundra 0.50
2 Cliff Melton 1.00
2 Tot Pressnell 1.00
4 Luke Hamlin 1.10
5 Max Butcher 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Max Butcher 3
1 Hugh Casey 3
1 Dutch Leonard 3
1 Red Ruffing 3
5 23 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Rigney 22
2 Bob Feller 20
3 Boom-Boom Beck 18
3 Lefty Gomez 18
5 Lefty Mills 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 2
1 Joe Heving 2
1 Vito Tamulis 2
4 Pete Appleton 1
4 12 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Mize .443
2 Charlie Keller .420
3 Joe DiMaggio .405
4 Jimmie Foxx .374
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 35
3 Babe Dahlgren 30
4 Hal Trosky 29
5 2 tied 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 14
2 Pete Fox 7
3 Buddy Lewis 6
4 Buddy Hassett 4
4 2 others tied 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 Dutch Leonard 6
1 Red Ruffing 6
3 Bob Bowman 5
3 Curt Davis 5
3 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 .378
2 Johnny Mize .376
3 Jimmie Foxx .362
4 Frank McCormick .336
5 George McQuinn .333

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 127
4 Ted Williams 121
5 Frank McCormick 114

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 49
2 Lee Handley 22
3 Ben Chapman 21
3 Pete Fox 21
5 Stan Hack 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.33
2 Lefty Grove 2.63
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 3 tied 20

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 4 tied 7