On This Day

Thursday, May 1, 1941

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 12 4 .750 --
Yankees 11 6 .647 1.5
White Sox 9 5 .643 2.0
Red Sox 8 6 .571 3.0
Tigers 6 8 .429 5.0
Senators 5 10 .333 6.5
Athletics 4 10 .286 7.0
Browns 3 9 .250 7.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 11 3 .786 --
Dodgers 13 5 .722 0.0
Giants 8 7 .533 3.5
Reds 8 8 .500 4.0
Cubs 5 7 .417 5.0
Braves 6 9 .400 5.5
Phillies 5 11 .313 7.0
Pirates 4 10 .286 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dom DiMaggio 4
1 Joe Gordon 4
1 Lee Handley 4
1 Al Lopez 4
1 Frankie Pytlak 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmy Brown 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 Debs Garms 1
1 Bob Johnson 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Keller 7
2 Bob Feller 4
2 Bob Johnson 4
4 Jimmie Foxx 3
4 7 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Beau Bell 1
1 Dom DiMaggio 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dutch Leonard 0.56
2 Bucky Walters 0.46
3 Russ Bauers 0.43
4 Bob Feller 0.39
5 George Caster 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Russ Bauers 1
1 Tiny Bonham 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 Earl Johnson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 7
2 Bucky Walters 6
3 Dutch Leonard 5
4 Earl Johnson 4
5 4 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Fleming 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cecil Travis .571
2 Billy Jurges .420
3 Dom DiMaggio .403
4 Cookie Lavagetto .397
5 Enos Slaughter .393

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dolph Camilli 6
2 Joe DiMaggio 5
2 Frank McCormick 5
2 Bill Nicholson 5
5 6 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Keller 23
2 Bobby Doerr 22
3 Joe DiMaggio 20
3 Joe Gordon 20
5 Dolph Camilli 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lonny Frey 5
2 Dom DiMaggio 4
3 Pete Fox 3
3 Chet Laabs 3
3 Billy Werber 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Luke Hamlin 1.00
2 Thornton Lee 1.38
3 Larry French 1.71
4 Bucky Walters 1.75
5 Johnny Vander Meer 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hugh Casey 4
1 Bill Dietrich 4
1 Bob Feller 4
4 Tiny Bonham 3
4 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 30
2 Bob Feller 29
3 Mort Cooper 22
4 Bobo Newsom 21
5 Si Johnson 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ira Hutchinson 3
2 Al Benton 2
2 Jumbo Brown 2
2 Joe Heving 2
5 11 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .355
2 Luke Appling .351
3 Ted Williams .348
4 Cecil Travis .338
5 Hank Greenberg .336

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 44
2 Hank Greenberg 40
3 Joe DiMaggio 36
3 Rudy York 36
5 Jimmie Foxx 33

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 152
2 Hank Greenberg 149
3 Rudy York 146
4 Johnny Mize 145
5 Frank McCormick 134

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 32
2 Lonny Frey 24
3 Stan Hack 20
4 Gee Walker 19
5 Joe Gordon 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Claude Passeau 2.37
2 Bucky Walters 2.51
3 Bob Feller 2.53
4 Rip Sewell 2.82
5 Luke Hamlin 2.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 29
2 Bucky Walters 23
3 Bobo Newsom 21
4 Claude Passeau 20
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 267
2 Bobo Newsom 177
3 Kirby Higbe 139
4 Johnny Rigney 132
5 Bucky Walters 131

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 17
2 Clint Brown 11
3 Johnny Murphy 9
4 Jumbo Brown 8
5 2 tied 7