On This Day

Monday, June 17, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 31 16 .660 --
Tigers 30 20 .600 2.5
Indians 32 22 .593 2.5
Yankees 27 24 .529 6.0
White Sox 23 30 .434 11.0
Browns 23 30 .434 11.0
Athletics 20 31 .392 13.0
Senators 21 34 .382 14.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 35 17 .673 --
Dodgers 32 16 .667 1.0
Giants 31 17 .646 2.0
Cubs 28 27 .509 8.5
Cardinals 20 29 .408 13.5
Bees 17 29 .370 15.0
Pirates 17 30 .362 15.5
Phillies 16 31 .340 16.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buddy Hassett 6
2 Max West 4
3 Bama Rowell 3
4 Morrie Arnovich 2
4 12 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vince DiMaggio 1
1 Bob Elliott 1
1 Stan Hack 1
1 Eddie Joost 1
1 Billy Jurges 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Joost 4
2 Bama Rowell 3
3 Lonny Frey 2
3 Max West 2
5 14 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ernie Koy 1
1 Joe Orengo 1
1 Arky Vaughan 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Posedel 1.38
2 Clyde Shoun 1.00
3 Vito Tamulis 0.43
4 Al Piechota 0.33
4 Charlie Root 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Dean 1
1 Whitey Moore 1
1 Al Piechota 1
1 Bill Posedel 1
1 Clyde Shoun 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Posedel 11
2 Clyde Shoun 6
3 Al Piechota 5
4 Whitey Moore 4
5 Vito Tamulis 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rip Radcliff .371
2 Harry Danning .362
3 Doc Cramer .359
4 Lou Finney .354
5 Barney McCosky .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 18
2 Jimmie Foxx 16
3 Hal Trosky 14
4 Hank Greenberg 11
4 2 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 55
2 Harry Danning 44
3 Johnny Mize 43
4 Gee Walker 42
5 2 tied 40

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 13
2 Lonny Frey 9
2 Gee Walker 9
4 Joe Gordon 7
4 Buddy Lewis 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Smith 2.16
2 Bucky Walters 2.41
3 Vito Tamulis 2.64
4 Hugh Mulcahy 2.70
5 Luke Hamlin 2.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 9
1 Bob Feller 9
1 Al Milnar 9
1 Bucky Walters 9
5 2 tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 93
2 Tommy Bridges 54
2 Bobo Newsom 54
4 Eddie Smith 52
5 2 tied 47

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jumbo Brown 6
2 Al Benton 5
3 Clint Brown 4
3 Ed Heusser 4
3 Johnny Murphy 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Marty Marion .442
2 Beau Bell .397
3 Dom Dallessandro .396
4 Spud Davis .389
5 Buddy Hassett .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Berardino 4
1 Joe DiMaggio 4
1 Vince DiMaggio 4
1 Charlie Keller 4
1 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 17
2 Joe DiMaggio 15
2 Charlie Gehringer 15
4 Pete Coscarart 14
4 Johnny Mize 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Terry Moore 5
2 Joe Gordon 4
2 Buddy Lewis 4
2 Johnny Welaj 4
5 3 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Bagby 0.59
2 Paul Derringer 0.75
3 Paul Dean 0.82
4 Hal Newhouser 0.95
5 Hugh Mulcahy 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 4
2 Larry French 3
2 Bill Lohrman 3
2 Al Milnar 3
2 Johnny Rigney 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 22
2 Jack Wilson 19
3 Tommy Bridges 17
3 Larry French 17
5 Johnny Niggeling 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jumbo Brown 3
2 Clint Brown 2
3 Pete Appleton 1
3 Mace Brown 1
3 12 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hank Greenberg .371
2 Harry Danning .370
3 Barney McCosky .369
4 Charlie Keller .365
5 Doc Cramer .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 9
2 Joe DiMaggio 8
2 Hank Greenberg 8
2 Charlie Keller 8
5 2 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Danning 27
1 Charlie Keller 27
3 Joe DiMaggio 26
3 Hank Greenberg 26
5 Jimmie Foxx 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Welaj 6
2 Joe Gordon 5
2 Terry Moore 5
4 George Case 4
4 Buddy Lewis 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Paul Dean 1.38
2 Johnny Gorsica 1.84
3 Al Smith 1.86
4 Bob Bowman 2.03
5 Dick Errickson 2.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 6
2 Bob Feller 5
2 Al Milnar 5
2 Bobo Newsom 5
2 Johnny Rigney 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 48
2 Bobo Newsom 36
3 Tommy Bridges 30
3 Al Milnar 30
5 Johnny Niggeling 27

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .356
2 Jimmie Foxx .351
3 Johnny Mize .348
4 Ted Williams .346
5 Bob Johnson .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 40
2 Joe DiMaggio 37
3 Johnny Mize 36
4 Hal Trosky 34
5 2 tied 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 144
2 Ted Williams 129
3 Jimmie Foxx 122
4 Johnny Mize 118
5 2 tied 117

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 39
2 Gee Walker 23
3 Mike Kreevich 21
4 Joe Kuhel 18
4 Billy Werber 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Bowman 2.07
2 Bucky Walters 2.26
3 Marius Russo 2.63
4 Ted Lyons 2.65
5 Paul Derringer 2.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 27
2 Paul Derringer 26
3 Bob Feller 23
4 Dutch Leonard 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 250
2 Bobo Newsom 179
3 Johnny Rigney 146
4 Paul Derringer 138
5 Tommy Bridges 127

Saves

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