On This Day

Friday, April 18, 1941

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 3 0 1.000 --
Tigers 1 1 .500 1.5
Browns 1 1 .500 1.5
White Sox 2 2 .500 1.5
Athletics 2 2 .500 1.5
Indians 2 2 .500 1.5
Yankees 2 3 .400 2.0
Senators 1 3 .250 2.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 4 0 1.000 --
Cardinals 3 1 .750 1.0
Pirates 2 1 .667 1.5
Cubs 2 1 .667 1.5
Braves 2 2 .500 2.0
Phillies 1 3 .250 3.0
Dodgers 1 3 .250 3.0
Reds 0 4 .000 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Walker Cooper 3
1 Doc Cramer 3
1 Babe Dahlgren 3
1 Jimmy Ripple 3
5 36 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Doerr 2
2 Johnny Berardino 1
2 Sam Chapman 1
2 Creepy Crespi 1
2 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mel Ott 4
2 Vince DiMaggio 3
2 Bobby Doerr 3
2 Mike Kreevich 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luke Appling 1
1 Joe DiMaggio 1
1 Cookie Lavagetto 1
1 Buddy Lewis 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Grove 0.75
2 Tommy Bridges 0.40
3 Bob Bowman 0.29
4 Jim Bagby 0.25
4 4 others tied 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Bowman 1
1 Tommy Bridges 1
1 Max Butcher 1
1 Ken Chase 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Bridges 4
2 Roy Bruner 3
2 Ken Chase 3
2 Lefty Grove 3
2 Clyde Shoun 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rick Ferrell .556
2 Bobby Doerr .545
3 Nick Etten .538
4 Joe DiMaggio .524
5 5 tied .500

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Doerr 4
2 Sam Chapman 2
2 Joe Cronin 2
2 Babe Dahlgren 2
2 8 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Doerr 9
2 Vince DiMaggio 7
3 Johnny Mize 6
3 Bill Nicholson 6
5 4 tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe DiMaggio 2
2 Luke Appling 1
2 Jim Gleeson 1
2 Tommy Henrich 1
2 9 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Kirby Higbe 0.00
1 Al Milnar 0.00
1 Al Smith 0.00
1 Paul Erickson 0.00
5 6 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Dietrich 2
2 Ace Adams 1
2 Elden Auker 1
2 Cy Blanton 1
2 25 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 8
2 Mort Cooper 7
2 Lefty Gomez 7
2 Red Ruffing 7
5 Paul Erickson 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 1
1 Jumbo Brown 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .359
2 Luke Appling .347
3 Ted Williams .345
4 Rip Radcliff .342
5 Barney McCosky .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 45
2 Hank Greenberg 41
3 Jimmie Foxx 36
4 Rudy York 34
5 2 tied 32

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 149
2 Johnny Mize 143
3 Joe DiMaggio 136
3 Rudy York 136
5 Frank McCormick 128

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 35
2 Lonny Frey 22
3 Stan Hack 21
3 Gee Walker 21
5 2 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Claude Passeau 2.52
2 Bucky Walters 2.54
3 Bob Feller 2.67
4 Rip Sewell 2.72
5 Jim Turner 2.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 26
2 Bucky Walters 22
3 Bobo Newsom 21
3 Claude Passeau 21
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 258
2 Bobo Newsom 167
3 Johnny Rigney 141
4 Tommy Bridges 137
5 Kirby Higbe 136

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 18
2 Clint Brown 10
3 Johnny Murphy 9
4 Jumbo Brown 8
5 2 tied 7