On This Day

Saturday, July 20, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 50 33 .602 --
Indians 49 35 .583 1.5
Red Sox 47 36 .566 3.0
Yankees 44 38 .537 5.5
White Sox 39 41 .488 9.5
Senators 36 50 .419 15.5
Browns 35 51 .407 16.5
Athletics 33 49 .402 16.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 53 25 .679 --
Dodgers 50 30 .625 4.0
Giants 44 34 .564 9.0
Cubs 44 43 .506 13.5
Cardinals 36 42 .462 17.0
Pirates 34 44 .436 19.0
Bees 28 47 .373 23.5
Phillies 27 51 .346 26.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Debs Garms 4
1 Hank Greenberg 4
1 Frankie Hayes 4
1 Mike Kreevich 4
1 Art Mahan 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Cronin 1
1 Bobby Doerr 1
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Bob Johnson 1
1 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Debs Garms 5
1 Art Mahan 5
1 Moose Solters 5
4 Arky Vaughan 4
5 4 tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 1
1 Harlond Clift 1
1 Ernie Koy 1
1 Rip Radcliff 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sid Hudson 0.56
2 Lon Warneke 0.45
3 Tex Carleton 0.44
3 Hal Newhouser 0.44
5 Bucky Walters 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mace Brown 1
1 Mel Harder 1
1 Hal Newhouser 1
1 Johnny Niggeling 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sid Hudson 5
1 Lon Warneke 5
3 Tex Carleton 4
3 Hal Newhouser 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Allen 1
1 Pete Appleton 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Taffy Wright .355
2 Rip Radcliff .354
3 Frankie Hayes .353
3 Barney McCosky .353
5 Lou Finney .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 25
2 Jimmie Foxx 21
3 Hal Trosky 19
4 Bob Johnson 18
5 3 tied 17

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 79
2 Jimmie Foxx 69
3 Bill Nicholson 63
4 Joe DiMaggio 62
4 Johnny Mize 62

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 19
2 Gee Walker 14
3 Joe Gordon 12
4 Lonny Frey 11
5 2 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vito Tamulis 1.67
2 Bob Feller 2.30
3 Bobo Newsom 2.39
4 Bucky Walters 2.41
5 Claude Passeau 2.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 14
1 Bucky Walters 14
3 Bobo Newsom 13
4 Paul Derringer 12
4 Al Milnar 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 161
2 Bobo Newsom 86
3 Tommy Bridges 77
4 Kirby Higbe 76
5 Whit Wyatt 75

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 10
2 Jumbo Brown 6
2 Johnny Murphy 6
4 Clint Brown 5
4 Ed Heusser 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frankie Hayes .479
2 Joe Cronin .419
3 Joe DiMaggio .396
4 Barney McCosky .394
5 Pete Fox .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Enos Slaughter 6
2 Babe Dahlgren 5
2 Bill Nicholson 5
4 Sam Chapman 4
4 6 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Boudreau 17
2 Joe DiMaggio 16
3 Frankie Hayes 15
4 Maurice Van Robays 14
5 Bill Nicholson 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Stan Hack 5
2 Bob Elliott 4
2 Jim Tabor 4
4 Ernie Koy 3
4 Arky Vaughan 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vern Olsen 0.00
1 Vito Tamulis 0.00
3 Ted Lyons 0.50
4 Johnny Lanning 0.52
5 Claude Passeau 0.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Alex Carrasquel 3
1 Paul Derringer 3
1 Mel Harder 3
1 Claude Passeau 3
1 Bucky Walters 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 30
2 Hal Schumacher 18
3 Whit Wyatt 16
4 Ken Heintzelman 15
5 2 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Allen 3
1 Al Benton 3
3 Pete Appleton 2
3 Bump Hadley 2
5 15 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frankie Hayes .423
1 Cecil Travis .423
3 Taffy Wright .398
4 Luke Appling .387
5 Buddy Myer .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Chapman 8
1 Harlond Clift 8
1 Wally Judnich 8
1 Johnny Rizzo 8
1 Enos Slaughter 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 37
2 Joe DiMaggio 30
3 Frankie Hayes 29
4 Johnny Berardino 27
4 3 others tied 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Elliott 6
1 Stan Hack 6
1 Pee Wee Reese 6
4 George Case 5
4 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vito Tamulis 0.27
2 Ted Lyons 1.00
3 Bobo Newsom 1.10
4 Bob Feller 1.36
5 Jim Turner 1.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sid Hudson 6
1 Claude Passeau 6
3 Bob Feller 5
3 Bobo Newsom 5
3 Bucky Walters 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 68
2 Hal Newhouser 31
3 Kirby Higbe 29
3 Cliff Melton 29
3 Whit Wyatt 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Allen 4
1 Al Benton 4
3 Mace Brown 3
4 Pete Appleton 2
4 6 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .345
2 Taffy Wright .344
3 Ted Williams .340
4 Hank Greenberg .337
5 Lou Finney .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 39
1 Jimmie Foxx 39
3 Johnny Mize 35
4 Hank Greenberg 32
4 Hal Trosky 32

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 143
2 Ted Williams 125
3 Hank Greenberg 120
4 Johnny Mize 118
5 Jimmie Foxx 116

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 40
2 Gee Walker 26
3 Mike Kreevich 19
4 Pete Fox 18
4 Joe Kuhel 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.35
2 Ted Lyons 2.40
3 Marius Russo 2.44
4 Bob Feller 2.54
5 Vito Tamulis 2.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 26
2 Paul Derringer 25
3 Bob Feller 24
4 Bobo Newsom 23
5 Al Milnar 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 275
2 Bobo Newsom 180
3 Johnny Rigney 147
4 Paul Derringer 129
5 Tommy Bridges 128

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 13
1 Clint Brown 13
3 Johnny Murphy 11
4 Jumbo Brown 10
4 Clyde Shoun 10