On This Day

Saturday, April 20, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 2 0 1.000 --
Red Sox 3 1 .750 0.0
Browns 2 1 .667 0.5
Yankees 2 1 .667 0.5
Athletics 2 2 .500 1.0
Tigers 1 2 .333 1.5
White Sox 0 2 .000 2.0
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 2 2 .500 1.0
Bees 0 1 .000 1.5
Giants 0 2 .000 2.0
Cardinals 0 3 .000 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Gallagher 3
1 Wally Judnich 3
1 Rip Radcliff 3
4 Luke Appling 2
4 8 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Kuhel 1
1 Rip Radcliff 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rip Radcliff 5
2 Harlond Clift 2
2 Rip Russell 2
4 Elden Auker 1
4 7 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Augie Galan 1
1 Terry Moore 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Elden Auker 0.62
2 Lon Warneke 0.33
3 Johnny Rigney 0.25
4 Bill Lee 0.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elden Auker 1
1 Ken Raffensberger 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Elden Auker 5
2 Johnny Rigney 3
3 Bill Lee 2
3 Lon Warneke 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Danning .571
1 Cookie Lavagetto .571
3 Dick Siebert .467
4 Rip Radcliff .462
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 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rip Radcliff 7
2 Jimmie Foxx 5
3 Dolph Camilli 4
3 Doc Cramer 4
3 2 others tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Cronin 1
1 Bobby Doerr 1
1 Augie Galan 1
1 Debs Garms 1
1 5 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 Elden Auker 1
1 Johnny Babich 1
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 16 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 8
2 Gene Thompson 7
3 Johnny Babich 6
3 Tommy Bridges 6
5 9 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 .380
2 Jimmie Foxx .362
3 Johnny Mize .346
4 Bob Johnson .336
5 Joe Medwick .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 37
2 Hank Greenberg 33
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 2 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 Gene Thompson 2.46
3 Lefty Grove 2.48
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 3 tied 20

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