On This Day

Wednesday, April 24, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 4 1 .800 --
Tigers 4 2 .667 0.5
Red Sox 4 2 .667 0.5
Yankees 3 2 .600 1.0
Athletics 3 3 .500 1.5
Browns 2 4 .333 2.5
White Sox 1 4 .200 3.0
Senators 1 4 .200 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 3 0 1.000 --
Dodgers 4 0 1.000 -0.5
Pirates 3 1 .750 0.5
Giants 2 2 .500 1.5
Cubs 3 5 .375 2.5
Phillies 1 2 .333 2.0
Cardinals 1 4 .200 3.0
Bees 0 3 .000 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dolph Camilli 3
1 Hank Leiber 3
1 Dee Miles 3
1 Alan Strange 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Rolfe 2
2 Jimmy Bloodworth 1
2 Roy Cullenbine 1
2 Bobby Doerr 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Doerr 5
2 Jimmy Bloodworth 3
2 Roy Cullenbine 3
2 Bobby Mattick 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmie Foxx 2
2 Al Brancato 1
2 Dolph Camilli 1
2 Roy Cullenbine 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tommy Bridges 1.00
2 Hy Vandenberg 0.62
3 Herman Besse 0.33
4 Johnny Rigney 0.31
5 Joe Haynes 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 1
1 Newt Kimball 1
1 Bill Lee 1
1 Walt Masterson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Bridges 7
2 Walt Masterson 5
2 Bill Swift 5
2 Hy Vandenberg 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Van Mungo 1
1 Al Smith 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cecil Travis .471
2 Barney McCosky .450
3 Dolph Camilli .438
4 Marty Marion .412
5 3 tied .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 3
2 Charlie Gilbert 2
2 Joe Gordon 2
2 Bob Johnson 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Doerr 8
1 Jimmie Foxx 8
3 Rip Radcliff 7
4 Dolph Camilli 6
4 2 others tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmie Foxx 2
2 Al Brancato 1
2 Dolph Camilli 1
2 Joe Cronin 1
2 18 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 5 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 2
1 Chubby Dean 2
3 Johnny Allen 1
3 Elden Auker 1
3 33 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Bridges 13
2 Bob Feller 9
2 Kirby Higbe 9
4 Larry French 8
4 Mickey Harris 8

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 1
1 Max Butcher 1
1 Mort Cooper 1
1 Dick Lanahan 1
1 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .381
2 Jimmie Foxx .361
3 Johnny Mize .347
4 Bob Johnson .339
5 Paul Waner .331

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 37
2 Hank Greenberg 33
3 Ted Williams 31
4 Joe DiMaggio 29
4 Joe Gordon 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 140
2 Frank McCormick 125
3 Joe DiMaggio 122
4 Bob Johnson 117
5 Joe Gordon 116

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 51
2 Pete Fox 24
3 Mike Kreevich 22
4 Barney McCosky 20
5 4 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.17
2 Gene Thompson 2.46
3 Ted Lyons 2.52
4 Lefty Grove 2.55
5 Bob Bowman 2.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 27
2 Paul Derringer 25
3 Bob Feller 24
4 Curt Davis 22
5 Red Ruffing 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 245
2 Bobo Newsom 184
3 Claude Passeau 135
4 Tommy Bridges 132
4 Bucky Walters 132

Saves

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