On This Day

Friday, May 3, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 9 4 .692 --
Indians 8 4 .667 0.5
Tigers 8 5 .615 1.0
Yankees 6 6 .500 2.5
Senators 6 7 .462 3.0
Browns 5 7 .417 3.5
Athletics 5 8 .385 4.0
White Sox 3 9 .250 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 9 1 .900 --
Reds 7 3 .700 2.0
Giants 5 4 .556 3.5
Cubs 7 7 .500 4.0
Pirates 4 6 .400 5.0
Phillies 3 5 .375 5.0
Cardinals 4 8 .333 6.0
Bees 2 7 .222 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Myril Hoag 4
2 Rip Radcliff 3
2 Red Rolfe 3
2 George Selkirk 3
2 Jim Tabor 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Tabor 2
2 Joe Cronin 1
2 Wally Judnich 1
2 Charlie Keller 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Judnich 4
2 Joe Gordon 3
2 Myril Hoag 3
2 Joe Kuhel 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Cuccinello 1
1 Buddy Hassett 1
1 Joe Kuhel 1
1 Les Scarsella 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Posedel 0.70
2 Eddie Smith 0.43
3 Lon Warneke 0.38
4 Jim Bagby 0.15
5 Jack Kramer 0.12

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Marv Breuer 1
1 Joe Heving 1
1 Bill Posedel 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Posedel 7
2 Eddie Smith 6
3 Lon Warneke 3
4 Jim Bagby 2
4 2 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Doc Cramer .404
2 Hank Leiber .400
2 Babe Young .400
4 Taffy Wright .396
5 Barney McCosky .392

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 5
2 Bob Johnson 4
2 Wally Judnich 4
2 Joe Kuhel 4
2 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 22
2 Joe Kuhel 13
2 Bill Nicholson 13
4 Wally Judnich 12
5 4 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 4
2 Bobby Doerr 3
2 Jimmie Foxx 3
2 Lonny Frey 3
2 Joe Kuhel 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Russell 0.75
2 Herb Hash 0.79
3 Bucky Walters 1.00
4 Larry French 1.03
5 Chubby Dean 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 3
2 Johnny Babich 2
2 Tommy Bridges 2
2 Mace Brown 2
2 16 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 23
2 Bill Posedel 19
2 Eddie Smith 19
4 Tommy Bridges 14
4 Mickey Harris 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 2
2 Jumbo Brown 1
2 Lloyd Brown 1
2 Max Butcher 1
2 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .378
2 Jimmie Foxx .358
3 Johnny Mize .345
4 Bob Johnson .339
5 Hal Trosky .334

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 38
2 Ted Williams 32
3 Hank Greenberg 30
4 Joe DiMaggio 29
4 Joe Gordon 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 147
2 Joe DiMaggio 122
2 Jimmie Foxx 122
2 Frank McCormick 122
5 Bob Johnson 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 49
2 Pete Fox 23
2 Mike Kreevich 23
4 Lee Handley 19
4 Barney McCosky 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.07
2 Gene Thompson 2.61
3 Lefty Grove 2.66
4 Carl Hubbell 2.75
5 Paul Derringer 2.79

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 28
2 Paul Derringer 25
3 Bob Feller 23
4 Curt Davis 21
5 Bobo Newsom 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 237
2 Bobo Newsom 183
3 Claude Passeau 136
4 Mort Cooper 134
5 2 tied 127

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 18
2 Clint Brown 16
3 Bob Bowman 8
3 Joe Heving 8
3 Clyde Shoun 8