On This Day

Wednesday, July 31, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 57 38 .600 --
Indians 57 38 .600 0.0
Red Sox 50 44 .532 6.5
White Sox 47 44 .516 8.0
Yankees 48 45 .516 8.0
Senators 42 55 .433 16.0
Athletics 38 56 .404 18.5
Browns 39 58 .402 19.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 61 29 .678 --
Dodgers 54 37 .593 7.5
Giants 49 39 .557 11.0
Cubs 49 49 .500 16.0
Cardinals 44 45 .494 16.5
Pirates 42 46 .477 18.0
Phillies 32 56 .364 28.0
Bees 29 59 .330 31.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Pepper Martin 5
2 Jimmy Brown 4
2 Ken Keltner 4
2 Johnny Mize 4
2 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 2
2 Ken Chase 1
2 Harry Danning 1
2 Joe Gordon 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Mize 6
2 Ken Keltner 5
3 Ken Chase 3
3 Joe Cronin 3
3 7 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Augie Galan 1
1 Joe Gordon 1
1 Ernie Koy 1
1 Pepper Martin 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tommy Bridges 1.00
2 Clyde Shoun 0.75
3 Joe Dobson 0.50
3 Hugh Mulcahy 0.50
3 Johnny Rigney 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Beckmann 1
1 Ken Chase 1
1 Paul Dean 1
1 Bill McGee 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Bridges 11
2 Clyde Shoun 6
3 Hugh Mulcahy 5
3 Bucky Walters 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Smith 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rip Radcliff .370
2 Lou Finney .354
3 Barney McCosky .352
4 Luke Appling .352
5 Harry Danning .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 30
2 Jimmie Foxx 21
3 Joe DiMaggio 20
3 Hank Greenberg 20
3 Charlie Keller 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 88
2 Johnny Mize 78
3 Rudy York 74
4 Jimmie Foxx 72
4 Frank McCormick 72

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 23
2 Gee Walker 16
3 Joe Gordon 13
4 Lonny Frey 11
4 2 others tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vito Tamulis 1.94
2 Bob Feller 2.22
3 Bill Lohrman 2.39
4 Jim Turner 2.55
5 Bucky Walters 2.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 17
2 Paul Derringer 15
2 Bucky Walters 15
4 Al Milnar 14
5 Bobo Newsom 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 182
2 Bobo Newsom 96
3 Tommy Bridges 92
4 Whit Wyatt 87
5 Kirby Higbe 83

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 13
2 Johnny Murphy 8
3 Clint Brown 6
3 Jumbo Brown 6
5 3 tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Cooney .481
2 Rip Radcliff .453
3 Johnny Mize .417
4 Tommy Henrich .413
5 Debs Garms .410

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 9
2 Johnny Mize 6
2 Rudy York 6
4 Bobby Doerr 5
4 3 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Moose Solters 24
2 Hank Leiber 21
3 Bobby Doerr 18
3 Frank McCormick 18
3 2 others tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 5
1 Augie Galan 5
3 Harlond Clift 4
4 Ernie Koy 3
4 Barney McCosky 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Archie McKain 0.54
2 Ken Raffensberger 0.71
3 Carl Hubbell 1.05
4 Bill Lohrman 1.25
5 Schoolboy Rowe 1.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 4
1 Hugh Mulcahy 4
3 Ken Chase 3
3 Bob Feller 3
3 Bill McGee 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 31
2 Tommy Bridges 20
3 Hal Schumacher 18
3 Whit Wyatt 18
5 Kirby Higbe 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 4
2 Johnny Murphy 3
3 Pete Appleton 2
3 Joe Beggs 2
3 Emerson Dickman 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Henrich .394
2 Joe Kuhel .385
3 Joe DiMaggio .377
4 Luke Appling .376
5 Rip Radcliff .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 13
2 Johnny Mize 10
2 Enos Slaughter 10
4 Joe DiMaggio 9
4 Rudy York 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Moose Solters 35
2 Frank McCormick 32
3 Maurice Van Robays 31
4 Joe DiMaggio 30
5 3 tied 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
1 Stan Hack 6
3 Augie Galan 5
3 Ernie Koy 5
3 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 1.49
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.61
3 Vito Tamulis 1.63
4 Dick Lanahan 1.73
5 Ken Heintzelman 1.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 6
2 Bob Feller 5
2 Bill McGee 5
2 Hugh Mulcahy 5
2 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 62
2 Hal Schumacher 31
2 Whit Wyatt 31
4 Clyde Shoun 30
5 Cliff Melton 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 6
2 Johnny Murphy 4
3 Johnny Allen 3
3 Pete Appleton 3
5 9 tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .343
2 Johnny Mize .341
3 Rip Radcliff .336
4 Lou Finney .336
5 Luke Appling .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 41
2 Johnny Mize 40
3 Hank Greenberg 34
4 Jimmie Foxx 31
4 2 others tied 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 145
2 Johnny Mize 129
3 Hank Greenberg 125
4 Ted Williams 123
5 Charlie Keller 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 40
2 Gee Walker 25
3 Pete Fox 19
4 Mike Kreevich 18
4 Joe Kuhel 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 2.49
2 Bucky Walters 2.56
3 Vito Tamulis 2.68
4 Claude Passeau 2.76
5 Marius Russo 2.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 26
1 Bob Feller 26
3 Bucky Walters 24
4 Al Milnar 22
5 2 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 284
2 Bobo Newsom 165
3 Johnny Rigney 152
4 Tommy Bridges 130
4 Paul Derringer 130

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 16
2 Clint Brown 13
3 Johnny Murphy 11
4 Pete Appleton 10
4 2 others tied 10