On This Day

Saturday, May 18, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 18 6 .750 --
Indians 15 9 .625 3.0
Tigers 13 11 .542 5.0
Athletics 11 13 .458 7.0
Senators 11 14 .440 7.5
Browns 9 13 .409 8.0
Yankees 9 14 .391 8.5
White Sox 9 15 .375 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 17 6 .739 --
Dodgers 16 6 .727 0.5
Giants 13 10 .565 4.0
Cubs 14 12 .538 4.5
Phillies 9 12 .429 7.0
Cardinals 9 16 .360 9.0
Bees 7 14 .333 9.0
Pirates 6 15 .286 10.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Max West 4
2 Harry Danning 3
2 Lee Handley 3
2 Al Lopez 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 2
1 Terry Moore 2
3 Frankie Hayes 1
3 Tommy Henrich 1
3 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Max West 4
2 Bill Atwood 3
2 Harry Danning 3
2 Bob Johnson 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Gordon 1
1 Bob Kennedy 1
1 Bob Loane 1
1 Pee Wee Reese 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Monte Pearson 0.80
2 Johnny Allen 0.75
3 Luke Hamlin 0.67
4 Bobo Newsom 0.64
5 Ken Chase 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ken Chase 1
1 Harry Gumbert 1
1 Bill McGee 1
1 Hugh Mulcahy 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 7
2 Ken Chase 4
2 Luke Hamlin 4
2 Hugh Mulcahy 4
2 Monte Pearson 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jumbo Brown 1
1 Clyde Shoun 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lou Finney .400
2 Frankie Hayes .397
3 Rip Radcliff .391
4 Ernie Lombardi .372
5 Harry Danning .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 11
2 Jimmie Foxx 9
3 Hal Trosky 8
4 Bob Johnson 6
4 Joe Kuhel 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 30
2 Gee Walker 24
3 Johnny Mize 23
4 Hal Trosky 22
5 Jeff Heath 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 9
2 Lonny Frey 6
2 Gee Walker 6
4 Jimmie Foxx 4
4 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Russell 0.78
2 Larry French 1.43
3 Bob Harris 1.50
4 Tex Carleton 1.54
5 Bucky Walters 1.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry French 5
1 Gene Thompson 5
1 Bucky Walters 5
4 Johnny Babich 4
4 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 45
2 Eddie Smith 27
3 Gene Thompson 26
4 Bobo Newsom 25
4 Red Ruffing 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 4
2 Jumbo Brown 3
2 Ed Heusser 3
4 Lloyd Brown 2
4 5 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frankie Hayes .500
2 Lou Finney .479
3 Ernie Lombardi .455
4 Rip Radcliff .429
5 Dixie Walker .406

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 9
2 Jimmie Foxx 4
2 Stu Martin 4
2 Hal Trosky 4
5 7 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Danning 19
2 Johnny Mize 16
3 Gee Walker 15
4 Joe Medwick 13
4 Hal Trosky 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 5
2 Gee Walker 4
3 Lonny Frey 3
3 Joe Gordon 3
5 10 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Clyde Shoun 0.00
2 Vito Tamulis 1.26
3 Tex Carleton 1.59
4 Claude Passeau 1.61
5 Bob Harris 1.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry French 3
1 Harry Gumbert 3
1 Bill McGee 3
1 Al Milnar 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 22
2 Gene Thompson 16
3 Bobo Newsom 15
3 Hal Schumacher 15
5 4 tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 2
1 Jumbo Brown 2
1 Harry Eisenstat 2
1 Herb Hash 2
1 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .378
2 Johnny Mize .355
3 Jimmie Foxx .345
4 Ted Williams .343
5 Bob Johnson .339

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 39
2 Johnny Mize 32
3 Joe DiMaggio 30
3 Hank Greenberg 30
3 Hal Trosky 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 141
2 Joe DiMaggio 126
3 Bob Johnson 123
4 Jimmie Foxx 121
5 Frank McCormick 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 49
2 Mike Kreevich 23
3 Pete Fox 22
3 Gee Walker 22
5 Ben Chapman 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.04
2 Gene Thompson 2.50
3 Bob Bowman 2.75
4 Larry French 2.76
5 Milt Shoffner 2.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 28
2 Paul Derringer 25
3 Bob Feller 22
4 Dutch Leonard 21
5 Bobo Newsom 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 237
2 Bobo Newsom 182
3 Claude Passeau 137
4 Paul Derringer 133
5 Johnny Rigney 129

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 15
2 Clint Brown 14
3 Clyde Shoun 10
4 Al Benton 9
4 Jumbo Brown 9