On This Day

Friday, September 1, 1939

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 88 36 .710 --
Red Sox 74 49 .602 13.5
White Sox 68 56 .548 20.0
Indians 66 57 .537 21.5
Tigers 66 58 .532 22.0
Senators 54 72 .429 35.0
Athletics 44 79 .358 43.5
Browns 34 87 .281 52.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 73 45 .619 --
Cardinals 68 51 .571 5.5
Cubs 69 56 .552 7.5
Dodgers 61 57 .517 12.0
Giants 59 58 .504 13.5
Pirates 54 64 .458 19.0
Bees 53 66 .445 20.5
Phillies 39 79 .331 34.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Dickey 3
1 Joe DiMaggio 3
1 Pete Fox 3
1 Debs Garms 3
1 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pinky Higgins 2
2 Gabby Hartnett 1
2 Jeff Heath 1
2 Hank Leiber 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 6
2 Pinky Higgins 4
2 Birdie Tebbetts 4
4 Tom Carey 3
5 9 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 1
1 Pete Fox 1
1 Debs Garms 1
1 Gus Suhr 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vito Tamulis 1.14
2 Larry French 0.62
3 Monte Pearson 0.43
4 Bill Posedel 0.33
5 Elden Auker 0.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Spud Chandler 1
1 Larry French 1
1 Bill Posedel 1
1 Schoolboy Rowe 1
1 Vito Tamulis 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vito Tamulis 8
2 Monte Pearson 6
3 Larry French 5
4 Elden Auker 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Archie McKain 1
1 Marius Russo 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .408
2 Jimmie Foxx .367
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 122
2 Joe DiMaggio 111
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 16
3 Pete Fox 16
5 Mike Kreevich 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.29
2 Red Ruffing 2.38
3 Lefty Grove 2.73
4 Bump Hadley 2.78
5 Bob Bowman 2.85

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 195
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 .470
2 Johnny Mize .435
3 Charlie Gehringer .429
4 Debs Garms .412
5 Eric McNair .408

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 29
2 Ted Williams 25
3 Hal Trosky 20
4 Bruce Campbell 16
4 3 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
2 Buddy Lewis 5
3 Pete Fox 4
4 Pete Coscarart 3
4 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Sundra 0.50
2 Cliff Melton 1.00
3 Luke Hamlin 1.10
4 Max Butcher 1.13
5 Bill Beckmann 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Max Butcher 3
1 Larry French 3
1 Dutch Leonard 3
1 Bill Posedel 3
1 Red Ruffing 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 23
2 Johnny Rigney 22
3 Boom-Boom Beck 18
3 Lefty Gomez 18
5 Larry French 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 2
1 Joe Heving 2
1 Vito Tamulis 2
4 Pete Appleton 1
4 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Mize .441
2 Charlie Keller .419
3 Joe DiMaggio .417
4 Jimmie Foxx .379
5 Enos Slaughter .376

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 59
2 Ted Williams 35
3 Babe Dahlgren 29
3 Hal Trosky 29
5 Charlie Keller 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 14
2 Pete Fox 8
3 Buddy Lewis 6
4 Ben Chapman 4
4 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Sundra 0.36
2 Bob Bowman 1.15
3 Red Ruffing 1.59
4 Cliff Melton 1.88
5 Marius Russo 1.91

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 43
2 Johnny Rigney 41
3 Lefty Gomez 33
3 Bobo Newsom 33
5 Lefty Mills 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 5
2 Pete Appleton 4
2 Clyde Shoun 4
4 Emerson Dickman 3
5 4 tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .382
2 Johnny Mize .376
3 Jimmie Foxx .364
4 Frank McCormick .334
5 George McQuinn .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 46
2 Hank Greenberg 34
3 Mel Ott 33
4 Joe DiMaggio 29
4 Joe Gordon 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 145
2 Joe DiMaggio 135
3 Hank Greenberg 124
4 Ted Williams 122
5 Joe Gordon 113

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.33
2 Lefty Grove 2.63
3 Bob Feller 2.76
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 264
2 Bobo Newsom 207
3 Tommy Bridges 146
4 Joe Krakauskas 142
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