On This Day

Thursday, May 8, 1941

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 16 7 .696 --
Yankees 14 10 .583 2.5
Red Sox 10 8 .556 3.5
White Sox 10 9 .526 4.0
Tigers 11 10 .524 4.0
Senators 9 13 .409 6.5
Athletics 7 13 .350 7.5
Browns 5 12 .294 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 18 6 .750 --
Cardinals 15 6 .714 1.5
Giants 10 9 .526 5.5
Reds 9 11 .450 7.0
Braves 9 11 .450 7.0
Cubs 7 11 .389 8.0
Pirates 6 12 .333 9.0
Phillies 7 15 .318 10.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jimmy Bloodworth 3
1 Phil Cavarretta 3
1 Charlie Keller 3
1 Ken Keltner 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George McQuinn 2
2 Ken Keltner 1
2 Danny Litwhiler 1
2 Vern Olsen 1
2 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cookie Lavagetto 3
1 Vern Olsen 3
1 Red Ruffing 3
1 Pete Suder 3
5 6 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Elden Auker 1
1 Ben Chapman 1
1 Rick Ferrell 1
1 Stan Hack 1
1 Mickey Vernon 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mort Cooper 0.60
2 Vern Olsen 0.33
3 Steve Sundra 0.25
4 Bobo Newsom 0.22
5 Luke Hamlin 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bump Hadley 1
1 Vern Olsen 1
1 Red Ruffing 1
1 Steve Sundra 1
1 Kemp Wicker 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mort Cooper 9
2 Vern Olsen 4
3 Roy Bruner 3
4 Boom-Boom Beck 2
4 5 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 1
1 Nels Potter 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cecil Travis .459
2 Enos Slaughter .391
3 Jeff Heath .388
4 Joe Cronin .386
5 Dom DiMaggio .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dolph Camilli 7
2 Joe Gordon 6
2 Bill Nicholson 6
2 Mel Ott 6
2 Rudy York 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Keller 27
2 Joe Gordon 25
2 Rudy York 25
4 Bobby Doerr 24
5 Cecil Travis 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lonny Frey 6
2 Dom DiMaggio 5
3 Pete Fox 3
3 Chet Laabs 3
3 Billy Werber 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 1.40
2 Paul Erickson 1.71
3 Luke Hamlin 1.87
4 Thornton Lee 2.25
5 Tom Ferrick 2.28

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 5
1 Whit Wyatt 5
3 Hugh Casey 4
3 Bill Dietrich 4
3 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 41
1 Johnny Vander Meer 41
3 Mort Cooper 38
4 Whit Wyatt 30
5 Bobo Newsom 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 3
1 Joe Heving 3
1 Ira Hutchinson 3
4 Clint Brown 2
4 2 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Arky Vaughan .447
2 Babe Young .400
3 Bill Dickey .395
4 Luke Appling .388
5 2 tied .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cecil Travis 5
1 Dixie Walker 5
3 Dolph Camilli 4
3 George McQuinn 4
3 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rudy York 20
2 Charlie Keller 18
3 Babe Young 16
4 Joe Gordon 14
4 Jeff Heath 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lonny Frey 5
2 Billy Werber 3
3 Lou Boudreau 2
3 Harlond Clift 2
3 8 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vern Olsen 0.69
2 Curt Davis 0.90
3 Bucky Walters 0.93
4 Joe Sullivan 1.23
5 Eddie Smith 1.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 3
1 Marius Russo 3
1 Bucky Walters 3
1 Whit Wyatt 3
5 21 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 25
1 Whit Wyatt 25
3 Mort Cooper 24
4 Johnny Vander Meer 21
5 Bobo Newsom 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ira Hutchinson 3
2 Al Benton 2
2 Clint Brown 2
2 Joe Heving 2
5 12 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .346
2 Luke Appling .346
3 Ted Williams .343
4 Hank Greenberg .341
5 Cecil Travis .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 41
1 Johnny Mize 41
3 Rudy York 37
4 Joe DiMaggio 36
5 Joe Gordon 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 153
2 Rudy York 151
3 Hank Greenberg 149
4 Johnny Mize 141
5 Frank McCormick 130

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 30
2 Lonny Frey 24
3 Stan Hack 20
4 Joe Gordon 18
5 2 tied 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.46
2 Claude Passeau 2.49
3 Bob Feller 2.50
4 Jim Turner 2.92
5 Ted Lyons 2.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 29
2 Bobo Newsom 22
2 Bucky Walters 22
4 Claude Passeau 20
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 271
2 Bobo Newsom 177
3 Kirby Higbe 144
4 Whit Wyatt 142
5 Johnny Rigney 139

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 16
2 Clint Brown 12
3 Johnny Murphy 10
4 Jumbo Brown 8
5 3 tied 7