On This Day

Thursday, July 25, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 54 34 .614 --
Indians 53 36 .596 1.5
Red Sox 47 41 .534 7.0
White Sox 44 41 .518 8.5
Yankees 45 42 .517 8.5
Senators 38 53 .418 17.5
Browns 38 53 .418 17.5
Athletics 34 53 .391 19.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 58 25 .699 --
Dodgers 51 34 .600 8.0
Giants 45 37 .549 12.5
Cubs 47 45 .511 15.5
Cardinals 38 43 .469 19.0
Pirates 37 45 .451 20.5
Bees 29 51 .363 27.5
Phillies 28 53 .346 29.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Lou Boudreau 3
1 Joe DiMaggio 3
1 Tommy Henrich 3
1 Joe Kuhel 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 2
1 Jim Tabor 2
3 Johnny Berardino 1
3 Sam Chapman 1
3 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Berardino 4
1 Bill Dickey 4
3 Joe Gordon 3
3 Tommy Henrich 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 2
2 Barney McCosky 1
2 Sibby Sisti 1
2 Mike Tresh 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hal Schumacher 0.40
2 Hal Newhouser 0.36
3 Bill Lee 0.33
4 Mel Harder 0.30
5 Manny Salvo 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Knott 1
1 Bill Lee 1
1 Hal Newhouser 1
1 Buck Ross 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 4
1 Buck Ross 4
1 Manny Salvo 4
1 Hal Schumacher 4
5 6 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 1
1 Archie McKain 1
1 Charlie Root 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rip Radcliff .364
2 Taffy Wright .350
3 Lou Finney .350
4 Barney McCosky .349
5 Luke Appling .349

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 82
2 Jimmie Foxx 69
3 Joe DiMaggio 67
4 Frank McCormick 65
4 2 others tied 65

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 22
2 Gee Walker 16
3 Joe Gordon 12
4 Lonny Frey 11
4 Stan Hack 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vito Tamulis 1.70
2 Bob Feller 2.29
3 Bobo Newsom 2.39
4 Bucky Walters 2.44
5 Jim Turner 2.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 15
1 Bucky Walters 15
3 Paul Derringer 13
3 Al Milnar 13
3 Bobo Newsom 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 170
2 Bobo Newsom 86
3 Whit Wyatt 84
4 Tommy Bridges 77
5 Kirby Higbe 76

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 12
2 Clint Brown 6
2 Jumbo Brown 6
2 Johnny Murphy 6
5 2 tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Wally Judnich .479
2 Tommy Henrich .463
3 Joe Kuhel .426
4 Rip Radcliff .407
5 2 tied .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 7
2 Joe Kuhel 6
3 Sam Chapman 5
3 Joe DiMaggio 5
3 4 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Moose Solters 23
2 Joe DiMaggio 20
3 Hank Leiber 18
4 Frank McCormick 17
5 3 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Stan Hack 6
2 George Case 5
3 Jim Tabor 4
4 Bob Elliott 3
4 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.50
2 Vito Tamulis 0.54
3 Archie McKain 0.60
4 Hugh Mulcahy 0.67
5 Ken Raffensberger 0.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 4
2 Alex Carrasquel 3
2 Paul Derringer 3
2 Bill McGee 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 32
2 Claude Passeau 20
2 Whit Wyatt 20
4 Hal Schumacher 19
5 2 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 4
2 Johnny Allen 2
2 Pete Appleton 2
2 Bump Hadley 2
2 Dizzy Trout 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frankie Hayes .424
2 Taffy Wright .385
3 Joe DiMaggio .383
4 Wally Judnich .380
5 Cecil Travis .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 10
1 Enos Slaughter 10
3 Wally Judnich 9
4 Sam Chapman 8
4 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 35
2 Moose Solters 34
3 Joe DiMaggio 33
4 Jim Tabor 32
5 Frank McCormick 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 7
1 Gee Walker 7
3 Stan Hack 6
4 Joe Gordon 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vito Tamulis 0.50
2 Bobo Newsom 0.90
3 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.96
4 Bob Feller 1.57
5 Johnny Babich 1.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 6
2 Sid Hudson 5
2 Bill McGee 5
2 Claude Passeau 5
5 7 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 61
2 Whit Wyatt 34
3 Claude Passeau 32
4 Hal Newhouser 31
5 2 tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 6
2 Johnny Allen 4
3 Pete Appleton 2
3 Clint Brown 2
3 9 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .347
2 Lou Finney .337
3 Taffy Wright .337
4 Luke Appling .336
5 Ted Williams .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 39
2 Jimmie Foxx 35
2 Johnny Mize 35
4 Hank Greenberg 33
5 Hal Trosky 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 144
2 Hank Greenberg 122
3 Ted Williams 120
4 Frank McCormick 118
5 2 tied 115

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 39
2 Gee Walker 26
3 Pete Fox 18
3 Mike Kreevich 18
3 Joe Kuhel 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.45
2 Bob Feller 2.54
3 Vito Tamulis 2.55
4 Marius Russo 2.55
5 Ted Lyons 2.67

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 276
2 Bobo Newsom 168
3 Johnny Rigney 144
4 Paul Derringer 129
5 2 tied 123

Saves

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