On This Day

Tuesday, April 16, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 1 0 1.000 --
Browns 1 0 1.000 0.0
Red Sox 1 0 1.000 0.0
Indians 1 0 1.000 0.0
White Sox 0 1 .000 1.0
Tigers 0 1 .000 1.0
Senators 0 1 .000 1.0
Yankees 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 1 0 1.000 --
Phillies 1 0 1.000 0.0
Pirates 1 0 1.000 0.0
Dodgers 1 0 1.000 0.0
Giants 0 1 .000 1.0
Cardinals 0 1 .000 1.0
Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0
Bees 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Marty 3
1 Bob Swift 3
1 Arky Vaughan 3
4 Dick Bartell 2
4 19 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Spud Davis 1
1 Augie Galan 1
1 Ival Goodman 1
1 Bob Johnson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dolph Camilli 3
1 Gus Suhr 3
3 Rip Radcliff 2
3 Bob Swift 2
3 Arky Vaughan 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Debs Garms 1
1 Tommy Henrich 1
1 Joe Kuhel 1
1 Arky Vaughan 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Grove 2.00
2 Bob Feller 1.60
3 Whit Wyatt 0.80
4 Kirby Higbe 0.67
5 2 tied 0.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Slick Coffman 1
1 Chubby Dean 1
1 Paul Derringer 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 8
2 Slick Coffman 5
2 Carl Hubbell 5
2 Red Ruffing 5
2 Eddie Smith 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Lanahan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Marty .750
1 Bob Swift .750
3 Bruce Campbell .667
3 Lefty Grove .667
3 3 others tied .667

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Spud Davis 1
1 Augie Galan 1
1 Ival Goodman 1
1 Bob Johnson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dolph Camilli 3
1 Gus Suhr 3
3 Rip Radcliff 2
3 Bob Swift 2
3 Arky Vaughan 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Debs Garms 1
1 Tommy Henrich 1
1 Joe Kuhel 1
1 Arky Vaughan 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chubby Dean 0.00
1 Bob Feller 0.00
1 Lefty Grove 0.00
1 Dutch Leonard 0.00
1 7 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Slick Coffman 1
1 Chubby Dean 1
1 Paul Derringer 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 8
2 Slick Coffman 5
2 Carl Hubbell 5
2 Red Ruffing 5
2 Eddie Smith 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Lanahan 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .381
2 Jimmie Foxx .360
3 Johnny Mize .349
4 Bob Johnson .339
5 Charlie Keller .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 35
2 Hank Greenberg 33
3 Ted Williams 31
4 Joe DiMaggio 30
5 2 tied 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 144
2 Frank McCormick 129
3 Joe DiMaggio 126
4 Joe Medwick 117
5 Bob Johnson 115

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 51
2 Pete Fox 23
3 Mike Kreevich 22
4 Barney McCosky 20
5 Joe Kuhel 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.29
2 Lefty Grove 2.43
3 Gene Thompson 2.55
4 Bob Bowman 2.60
5 Ted Lyons 2.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 27
2 Paul Derringer 26
3 Bob Feller 25
4 Curt Davis 22
5 Red Ruffing 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 254
2 Bobo Newsom 194
3 Claude Passeau 139
4 Bucky Walters 137
5 Paul Derringer 131

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 19
2 Clint Brown 18
3 Clyde Shoun 9
4 Bob Bowman 8
4 Joe Heving 8