On This Day

Monday, June 10, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 25 16 .610 --
Indians 28 19 .596 0.0
Tigers 25 18 .581 1.0
Yankees 24 21 .533 3.0
White Sox 22 25 .468 6.0
Browns 20 27 .426 8.0
Senators 20 29 .408 9.0
Athletics 18 27 .400 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 29 13 .690 --
Reds 31 14 .689 -0.5
Giants 26 15 .634 2.5
Cubs 26 22 .542 6.0
Phillies 15 25 .375 13.0
Pirates 15 25 .375 13.0
Cardinals 15 29 .341 15.0
Bees 13 27 .325 15.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buddy Hassett 4
1 Chet Ross 4
3 Al Lopez 3
3 Marty Marion 3
3 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Elbie Fletcher 1
1 Johnny Mize 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Elbie Fletcher 3
2 Pete Coscarart 2
2 Debs Garms 2
2 Buddy Hassett 2
2 7 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rip Radcliff 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sid Hudson 0.36
2 Joe Sullivan 0.08
3 Curt Davis 0.07

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1
1 Jack Kramer 1
1 Joe Sullivan 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sid Hudson 4
2 Ernie White 3
3 Ken Heintzelman 2
4 Hugh Casey 1
4 9 others tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roxie Lawson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rip Radcliff .369
2 Lou Finney .368
3 Taffy Wright .354
4 Jo-Jo Moore .353
4 Dixie Walker .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 17
2 Jimmie Foxx 14
2 Hal Trosky 14
4 Joe Kuhel 11
5 2 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 48
2 Gee Walker 41
3 Harry Danning 40
4 Jimmy Bloodworth 38
4 2 others tied 38

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 13
2 Lonny Frey 9
3 Gee Walker 8
4 Joe Gordon 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 1.80
2 Al Smith 2.23
3 Tex Carleton 2.33
4 Al Milnar 2.34
5 Hugh Mulcahy 2.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 9
2 Bob Feller 8
2 Al Milnar 8
2 Gene Thompson 8
5 3 tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 76
2 Bobo Newsom 50
3 Eddie Smith 45
4 Tommy Bridges 40
5 2 tied 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 5
1 Jumbo Brown 5
3 Clint Brown 4
3 Ed Heusser 4
3 Johnny Murphy 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Early .421
2 Pinky May .412
3 Barney McCosky .409
4 Buddy Lewis .403
5 Jo-Jo Moore .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 5
1 Johnny Mize 5
1 Bill Nicholson 5
1 George Selkirk 5
5 5 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Dickey 16
2 Joe DiMaggio 15
3 Johnny Berardino 14
3 Hank Greenberg 14
3 4 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Welaj 4
2 Phil Cavarretta 3
2 Lonny Frey 3
2 Joe Gordon 3
2 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Milnar 0.32
2 Atley Donald 1.00
3 Paul Derringer 1.33
4 Dick Errickson 1.44
5 Joe Beggs 1.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 3
1 Bill Dietrich 3
1 Al Milnar 3
1 Gene Thompson 3
5 31 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Marv Breuer 18
1 Rene Monteagudo 18
1 Bobo Newsom 18
4 Sid Hudson 17
5 Bob Feller 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 3
2 Clint Brown 2
2 Jumbo Brown 2
2 Roxie Lawson 2
5 15 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Pinky May .374
2 Rip Radcliff .371
3 Ray Mack .367
4 Frank Demaree .365
5 Luke Appling .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 12
2 Jimmie Foxx 8
3 Joe DiMaggio 7
3 George Selkirk 7
3 Hal Trosky 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Danning 27
2 Johnny Mize 25
3 Elbie Fletcher 24
4 George Selkirk 23
4 Gee Walker 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
1 Joe Gordon 6
1 Johnny Welaj 6
4 Lonny Frey 5
5 Buddy Lewis 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Milnar 1.20
2 Marv Breuer 1.67
3 Vito Tamulis 1.83
4 Al Smith 1.88
5 Walt Masterson 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 5
1 Dutch Leonard 5
1 Al Milnar 5
1 Gene Thompson 5
5 9 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 38
2 Bobo Newsom 32
3 Al Milnar 27
3 Hugh Mulcahy 27
5 2 tied 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jumbo Brown 4
1 Johnny Murphy 4
3 Clint Brown 3
4 Roxie Lawson 2
4 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .365
2 Johnny Mize .357
3 Jimmie Foxx .352
4 Bob Johnson .343
5 Ted Williams .342

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 38
2 Johnny Mize 36
3 Joe DiMaggio 35
4 Hal Trosky 34
5 3 tied 27

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 139
2 Ted Williams 124
3 Frank McCormick 119
4 Jimmie Foxx 118
4 Bob Johnson 118

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 42
2 Mike Kreevich 23
3 Gee Walker 22
4 Pete Fox 19
5 Joe Kuhel 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.00
2 Bob Bowman 2.38
3 Marius Russo 2.57
4 Red Ruffing 2.81
5 Carl Hubbell 2.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 29
2 Paul Derringer 24
3 Bob Feller 23
4 Dutch Leonard 22
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 238
2 Bobo Newsom 184
3 Johnny Rigney 142
4 Paul Derringer 132
5 Claude Passeau 131

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 15
2 Johnny Murphy 12
3 Clyde Shoun 11
4 Jumbo Brown 10
5 Al Benton 9