On This Day

Thursday, August 1, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 58 38 .604 --
Indians 57 39 .594 1.0
Red Sox 51 44 .537 6.5
White Sox 48 44 .522 8.0
Yankees 48 46 .511 9.0
Senators 42 55 .433 16.5
Browns 39 58 .402 19.5
Athletics 38 57 .400 19.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 61 29 .678 --
Dodgers 56 37 .602 6.5
Giants 49 39 .557 11.0
Cubs 49 49 .500 16.0
Cardinals 44 45 .494 16.5
Pirates 42 48 .467 19.0
Phillies 32 56 .364 28.0
Bees 29 59 .330 31.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frankie Gustine 4
1 Dixie Walker 4
3 Al Brancato 3
3 Dolph Camilli 3
3 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dolph Camilli 1
1 Sam Chapman 1
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Birdie Tebbetts 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Vosmik 4
2 Dolph Camilli 3
2 Cookie Lavagetto 3
2 Schoolboy Rowe 3
2 Rudy York 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pee Wee Reese 2
2 Dolph Camilli 1
2 Frankie Gustine 1
2 Frankie Hayes 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mel Harder 0.78
2 Whit Wyatt 0.38
3 Schoolboy Rowe 0.33
4 Fritz Ostermueller 0.30
5 Ken Heintzelman 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Clint Brown 1
1 Hugh Casey 1
1 Fritz Ostermueller 1
1 Schoolboy Rowe 1
1 Whit Wyatt 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mel Harder 7
2 Lee Grissom 4
3 Hugh Casey 3
3 Atley Donald 3
3 4 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rip Radcliff .370
2 Lou Finney .356
3 Barney McCosky .353
4 Luke Appling .349
5 Harry Danning .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 30
2 Jimmie Foxx 22
3 Joe DiMaggio 20
3 Hank Greenberg 20
3 Charlie Keller 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 90
2 Johnny Mize 78
3 Rudy York 77
4 Jimmie Foxx 74
5 Frank McCormick 72

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 23
2 Gee Walker 16
3 Joe Gordon 13
3 Pee Wee Reese 13
5 2 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 90
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 .490
2 Rip Radcliff .453
3 Tommy Henrich .438
3 Rudy York .438
5 Frank McCormick .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 9
2 Johnny Mize 6
2 Rudy York 6
4 Hank Leiber 5
4 2 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Moose Solters 24
2 Hank Leiber 21
2 Rudy York 21
4 Maurice Van Robays 19
5 Frank McCormick 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 5
1 Augie Galan 5
3 Harlond Clift 4
4 Ernie Koy 3
4 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Archie McKain 0.57
2 Ken Raffensberger 0.71
3 Carl Hubbell 1.05
4 Bill Lohrman 1.25
5 Bob Feller 1.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ken Chase 3
1 Paul Derringer 3
1 Bob Feller 3
1 Bill McGee 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 21
1 Whit Wyatt 21
3 Tommy Bridges 20
4 Hal Schumacher 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
5 19 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Henrich .400
2 Joe Kuhel .387
3 Johnny Mize .381
4 Rip Radcliff .380
5 Wally Judnich .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 13
2 Johnny Mize 10
3 Sam Chapman 9
3 Rudy York 9
5 2 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Moose Solters 34
2 Maurice Van Robays 32
2 Rudy York 32
4 Frank McCormick 31
5 Joe Cronin 29

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 1.49
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.61
3 Vito Tamulis 1.63
4 Bill Lohrman 1.77
5 Dick Lanahan 1.86

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 Whit Wyatt 34
3 Hal Schumacher 31
4 Clyde Shoun 30
5 2 tied 28

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 .340
3 Lou Finney .340
4 Rip Radcliff .338
5 Ted Williams .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 41
2 Johnny Mize 40
3 Hank Greenberg 33
4 Jimmie Foxx 32
5 2 tied 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 145
2 Johnny Mize 127
3 Hank Greenberg 124
4 Charlie Keller 122
4 Ted Williams 122

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 2.36
2 Bucky Walters 2.56
3 Vito Tamulis 2.71
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 276
2 Bobo Newsom 165
3 Johnny Rigney 152
4 Tommy Bridges 130
5 Kirby Higbe 127

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 16
2 Clint Brown 13
3 Johnny Murphy 11
4 Jumbo Brown 10
5 2 tied 9