On This Day

Thursday, April 30, 1942

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 12 3 .800 --
Yankees 10 5 .667 2.0
Tigers 11 7 .611 2.5
Red Sox 9 6 .600 3.0
Senators 8 9 .471 5.0
Browns 7 11 .389 6.5
Athletics 5 12 .294 8.0
White Sox 3 12 .200 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 14 3 .824 --
Pirates 9 6 .600 4.0
Braves 9 8 .529 5.0
Cardinals 7 7 .500 5.5
Giants 8 8 .500 5.5
Cubs 7 9 .438 6.5
Reds 5 10 .333 8.0
Phillies 4 12 .250 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bert Haas 4
2 Dolph Camilli 3
2 Dom DiMaggio 3
2 Lefty Hoerst 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dolph Camilli 2
2 Dom Dallessandro 1
2 Nick Etten 1
2 Buddy Gremp 1
2 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dolph Camilli 6
2 Bert Haas 3
2 Buster Mills 3
2 Howie Pollet 3
5 9 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 1
1 Nick Etten 1
1 Jeff Heath 1
1 Oris Hockett 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Howie Pollet 0.71
2 Tiny Bonham 0.50
3 Bob Harris 0.44
4 Chet Kehn 0.43
5 Claude Passeau 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tiny Bonham 1
1 Larry French 1
1 Lefty Hoerst 1
1 Vern Kennedy 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Howie Pollet 5
2 Bob Harris 4
3 Herman Besse 3
3 Tiny Bonham 3
3 4 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Dickey .438
2 Joe Gordon .407
3 Stan Spence .389
4 Jeff Heath .362
5 Nanny Fernandez .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dolph Camilli 6
2 Frank McCormick 5
3 Danny Litwhiler 4
4 Bobby Doerr 3
4 6 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Stan Spence 19
2 Frank McCormick 18
3 Willard Marshall 17
4 Dolph Camilli 15
4 Rudy York 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 7
2 Oris Hockett 4
3 Eddie Miller 3
3 Danny Murtaugh 3
3 Pete Reiser 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ken Heintzelman 0.00
2 Joe Beggs 0.38
3 Mel Harder 0.56
4 Johnny Allen 0.84
5 Hugh Casey 1.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 4
2 Tiny Bonham 3
2 Curt Davis 3
2 Ed Head 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Melton 17
2 Mort Cooper 16
2 Kirby Higbe 16
2 Johnny Vander Meer 16
5 3 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Allen 2
1 Norm Branch 2
1 Hugh Casey 2
1 Johnny Gorsica 2
5 17 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .390
2 Joe DiMaggio .351
3 Cecil Travis .346
4 Jeff Heath .342
5 Pete Reiser .338

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Williams 39
2 Dolph Camilli 34
3 Tommy Henrich 31
3 Charlie Keller 31
5 2 tied 27

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 129
2 Jeff Heath 126
3 Joe DiMaggio 121
4 Dolph Camilli 119
5 Rudy York 117

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 40
2 Joe Kuhel 22
3 Danny Murtaugh 21
4 Jeff Heath 20
5 3 tied 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 2.29
2 Thornton Lee 2.46
3 Elmer Riddle 2.52
4 Ernie White 2.53
5 Curt Davis 2.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 22
1 Kirby Higbe 22
3 Dick Newsome 21
4 Thornton Lee 20
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 238
2 Johnny Vander Meer 196
3 Bobo Newsom 169
4 Whit Wyatt 165
5 Johnny Rigney 133

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 15
2 Hugh Casey 9
3 Bill Crouch 7
4 Joe Beggs 6
4 5 others tied 6