Baseball44 On This Day: Wednesday, August 6, 1941

On This Day

Wednesday, August 6, 1941

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	71	34	.676	--
Indians	58	44	.569	11.5
Red Sox	53	49	.520	16.5
White Sox	50	53	.485	20.0
Athletics	48	54	.471	21.5
Tigers	48	56	.462	22.5
Browns	41	60	.406	28.0
Senators	40	59	.404	28.0

Games

Red Sox 6, Yankees 3

Yankees 3, Red Sox 1

Tigers 11, Indians 2

Browns 9, White Sox 6

Senators 5, Athletics 1

White Sox 5, Browns 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Dodgers	65	36	.644	--
Cardinals	66	37	.641	0.0
Pirates	56	43	.566	8.0
Reds	54	47	.535	11.0
Giants	46	50	.479	16.5
Cubs	45	57	.441	20.5
Braves	43	57	.430	21.5
Phillies	26	74	.260	38.5

Games

Pirates 13, Cubs 3

Dodgers 3, Giants 1

Braves 6, Phillies 0

Reds 5, Cardinals 1

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Joe Kuhel	6
2	Taffy Wright	5
3	Pete Fox	4
3	Wally Judnich	4
5	12 tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dolph Camilli	1
1	Joe Cronin	1
1	Joe DiMaggio	1
1	Bobby Doerr	1
1	6 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Barney McCosky	4
1	Taffy Wright	4
3	Johnny Berardino	3
3	Joe DiMaggio	3
3	5 others tied	3

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frank Demaree	1
1	Dom DiMaggio	1
1	Pete Fox	1
1	Mike Kreevich	1
1	2 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Kirby Higbe	1.25
2	Manny Salvo	0.83
3	Marv Breuer	0.75
4	Johnny Vander Meer	0.60
5	Al Benton	0.43

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Elden Auker	1
1	Al Benton	1
1	Marv Breuer	1
1	Kirby Higbe	1
1	6 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Johnny Vander Meer	9
2	Marv Breuer	6
3	Kirby Higbe	5
3	Manny Salvo	5
5	Si Johnson	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	George Caster	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ted Williams	.403
2	Cecil Travis	.374
3	Joe DiMaggio	.371
4	Dick Siebert	.351
5	Jeff Heath	.346

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Charlie Keller	27
2	Joe DiMaggio	26
3	Tommy Henrich	21
3	Ted Williams	21
5	Dolph Camilli	20

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Joe DiMaggio	97
2	Charlie Keller	96
3	Johnny Mize	82
4	Jim Tabor	81
5	Bill Nicholson	80

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Case	18
2	Mike Kreevich	15
2	Joe Kuhel	15
4	Lonny Frey	14
5	2 tied	12

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Bucky Walters	2.30
2	Elmer Riddle	2.41
3	Vern Olsen	2.42
4	Ernie White	2.52
5	Whit Wyatt	2.54

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Bob Feller	20
2	Kirby Higbe	15
3	Whit Wyatt	14
4	Thornton Lee	13
4	3 others tied	13

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Bob Feller	184
2	Johnny Vander Meer	136
3	Bobo Newsom	116
4	Whit Wyatt	107
5	Thornton Lee	92

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Johnny Murphy	9
2	Al Benton	7
2	Tom Ferrick	7
4	Jumbo Brown	6
5	3 tied	5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Wally Judnich	.442
2	Ted Williams	.438
3	Stan Hack	.407
4	Cecil Travis	.400
5	Nick Etten	.391

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Joe DiMaggio	5
1	Charlie Keller	5
3	Dolph Camilli	4
3	Sam Chapman	4
3	3 others tied	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Johnny Mize	21
2	Vince DiMaggio	20
3	Sam Chapman	19
4	Johnny Berardino	17
4	3 others tied	17

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Case	6
2	Mike Kreevich	5
3	Lou Boudreau	4
3	Danny Murtaugh	4
5	4 tied	3

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Johnny Hutchings	0.00
1	Alex Carrasquel	0.00
3	Eddie Smith	0.39
4	Lefty Gomez	0.55
5	Tom Earley	0.57

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ernie White	5
2	Dutch Leonard	4
3	Marv Breuer	3
3	Max Butcher	3
3	4 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Bobo Newsom	24
2	Ernie White	21
3	Johnny Vander Meer	19
4	Marv Breuer	15
4	Kirby Higbe	15

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	George Caster	2
1	Tom Earley	2
1	Bump Hadley	2
1	Bob Klinger	2
5	16 tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Cecil Travis	.410
2	Joe DiMaggio	.405
3	Wally Judnich	.392
4	Nick Etten	.385
5	Barney McCosky	.364

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Charlie Keller	8
2	Joe DiMaggio	7
2	Tommy Henrich	7
2	Babe Young	7
5	Joe Gordon	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Johnny Mize	32
2	Vince DiMaggio	30
3	Roy Cullenbine	28
4	Joe DiMaggio	26
5	2 tied	25

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Case	9
2	Mike Kreevich	7
3	Phil Rizzuto	6
4	Luke Appling	5
4	3 others tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Lefty Gomez	1.23
2	Spud Chandler	1.37
3	Jim Tobin	1.40
4	Tom Earley	1.44
5	Eddie Smith	1.62

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ernie White	7
2	Dutch Leonard	6
3	Johnny Lanning	5
3	Jim Tobin	5
5	15 tied	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Bobo Newsom	41
2	Bob Feller	36
3	Mickey Harris	33
4	Johnny Vander Meer	31
4	Ernie White	31

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Johnny Murphy	4
2	George Caster	2
2	Bill Crouch	2
2	Tom Earley	2
2	4 others tied	2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ted Williams	.390
2	Joe DiMaggio	.379
3	Cecil Travis	.350
4	Pete Reiser	.327
5	Stan Hack	.325

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Joe DiMaggio	37
2	Dolph Camilli	32
2	Rudy York	32
4	Bob Johnson	30
4	Ted Williams	30

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Joe DiMaggio	157
2	Johnny Mize	139
3	Rudy York	132
4	Ted Williams	121
5	Charlie Keller	117

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Case	30
2	Lonny Frey	25
3	Mike Kreevich	20
4	Joe Kuhel	19
5	4 tied	15

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Bucky Walters	2.25
2	Eddie Smith	2.57
3	Tiny Bonham	2.68
4	Thornton Lee	2.74
5	Vern Olsen	2.75

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Bob Feller	29
2	Kirby Higbe	22
3	Bucky Walters	20
3	Lon Warneke	20
5	3 tied	18

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Bob Feller	262
2	Bobo Newsom	181
3	Johnny Vander Meer	167
4	Kirby Higbe	143
5	Thornton Lee	136

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Al Benton	10
1	Johnny Murphy	10
3	Clint Brown	8
4	Joe Beggs	7
4	2 others tied	7