On This Day

Friday, April 19, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 2 0 1.000 --
Red Sox 3 1 .750 0.0
Yankees 2 1 .667 0.5
Browns 1 1 .500 1.0
Athletics 2 2 .500 1.0
Tigers 1 2 .333 1.5
White Sox 0 1 .000 1.5
Senators 0 3 .000 2.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 2 0 1.000 --
Phillies 1 0 1.000 0.5
Pirates 1 0 1.000 0.5
Dodgers 2 0 1.000 0.0
Cubs 1 2 .333 1.5
Bees 0 1 .000 1.5
Giants 0 2 .000 2.0
Cardinals 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dick Siebert 5
2 Doc Cramer 3
2 Harry Danning 3
2 Bobby Doerr 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Joe Gordon 1
1 Jeff Heath 1
1 Bob Johnson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cookie Lavagetto 4
2 Doc Cramer 3
2 Jeff Heath 3
2 Dick Siebert 3
5 7 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Doerr 1
1 Jimmy Pofahl 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Babich 0.75
2 Larry French 0.56
3 Hal Schumacher 0.50
4 Cotton Pippen 0.44
5 Lefty Gomez 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 1
1 Johnny Babich 1
1 Hugh Casey 1
1 Larry French 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Babich 6
2 Larry French 5
2 Al Hollingsworth 5
4 Cotton Pippen 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Steve Sundra 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Danning .571
1 Cookie Lavagetto .571
1 George McQuinn .571
4 Dick Siebert .467
5 2 tied .444

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 2
1 Bob Johnson 2
3 Spud Davis 1
3 Augie Galan 1
3 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 5
2 Dolph Camilli 4
2 Doc Cramer 4
2 Hank Greenberg 4
2 Cookie Lavagetto 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Cronin 1
1 Bobby Doerr 1
1 Debs Garms 1
1 Tommy Henrich 1
1 3 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chubby Dean 0.00
1 Johnny Allen 0.00
1 Jim Bagby 0.00
1 Hugh Casey 0.00
1 8 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 1
1 Johnny Babich 1
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Tommy Bridges 1
1 14 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 8
2 Gene Thompson 7
3 Johnny Babich 6
3 Tommy Bridges 6
5 8 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Lanahan 1
1 Steve Sundra 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .381
2 Jimmie Foxx .359
3 Johnny Mize .345
4 Bob Johnson .336
5 Joe Medwick .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 37
2 Hank Greenberg 34
3 Ted Williams 31
4 Joe DiMaggio 30
5 Joe Gordon 29

Runs Batted In

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

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.20
2 Lefty Grove 2.43
3 Gene Thompson 2.46
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 144
4 Bucky Walters 133
5 Paul Derringer 131

Saves

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