On This Day

Tuesday, May 5, 1942

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 14 6 .700 --
Yankees 14 7 .667 0.5
Red Sox 13 7 .650 1.0
Tigers 15 9 .625 1.0
Senators 10 12 .455 5.0
Browns 9 14 .391 6.5
Athletics 8 15 .348 7.5
White Sox 4 17 .190 10.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 15 7 .682 --
Pirates 13 8 .619 1.5
Cardinals 10 9 .526 3.5
Braves 12 11 .522 3.5
Giants 10 11 .476 4.5
Reds 9 11 .450 5.0
Cubs 9 12 .429 5.5
Phillies 6 15 .286 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Paul Waner 4
2 Gene Desautels 3
2 Dom DiMaggio 3
2 Joe DiMaggio 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 2
2 Wally Moses 1
2 Ted Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 4
2 Jim Tabor 3
2 Ted Williams 3
4 Bobby Doerr 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Stan Benjamin 2
1 Nick Etten 2
3 Al Glossop 1
3 Myril Hoag 1
3 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Larry French 0.80
2 Russ Christopher 0.67
3 Early Wynn 0.44
4 Bucky Walters 0.43
5 2 tied 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Borowy 1
1 Ken Chase 1
1 Russ Christopher 1
1 Larry French 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hank Borowy 7
2 Russ Christopher 6
3 Larry French 4
3 Johnny Podgajny 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Spence .415
2 Jeff Heath .378
3 Bill Dickey .373
4 Joe Gordon .371
5 Nanny Fernandez .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 7
2 Dolph Camilli 6
2 Ted Williams 6
4 Frank McCormick 5
5 5 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 24
2 Frank McCormick 23
2 Stan Spence 23
2 Rudy York 23
5 Joe DiMaggio 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 8
2 Nanny Fernandez 4
2 Oris Hockett 4
2 Joe Kuhel 4
2 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joe Beggs 0.38
2 Johnny Allen 1.05
3 Hugh Casey 1.14
4 Tiny Bonham 1.38
5 Cliff Melton 1.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 5
2 Dick Newsome 4
3 Tiny Bonham 3
3 Max Butcher 3
3 15 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Rigney 24
2 Rube Melton 21
3 Ray Starr 20
4 Ed Head 19
4 Johnny Vander Meer 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hal Newhouser 3
2 Johnny Allen 2
2 Norm Branch 2
2 Hugh Casey 2
2 2 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Spence .483
2 Bobby Doerr .460
3 Jeff Heath .377
4 Pete Fox .367
5 2 tied .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank McCormick 5
1 Rudy York 5
3 Dolph Camilli 4
3 Ted Williams 4
5 6 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank McCormick 21
2 Bobby Doerr 20
3 Joe DiMaggio 15
4 Ted Williams 14
4 Rudy York 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
2 Nick Etten 3
2 Nanny Fernandez 3
2 Oris Hockett 3
2 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry French 0.50
2 Hugh Casey 0.66
3 Joe Beggs 0.69
4 Mort Cooper 0.92
5 Max Butcher 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 3
2 Tiny Bonham 2
2 Max Butcher 2
2 Bob Carpenter 2
2 26 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Max Lanier 16
2 Hank Borowy 14
2 Ed Head 14
2 Kirby Higbe 14
2 2 others tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hal Newhouser 3
2 Norm Branch 2
2 Johnny Gorsica 2
4 Ace Adams 1
4 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .402
2 Joe DiMaggio .352
3 Cecil Travis .341
4 Pete Reiser .338
5 Jeff Heath .336

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Williams 42
2 Dolph Camilli 33
3 Tommy Henrich 32
4 Charlie Keller 30
5 Joe DiMaggio 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 135
2 Joe DiMaggio 127
3 Jeff Heath 125
4 Dolph Camilli 118
5 2 tied 112

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 41
2 Joe Kuhel 22
2 Danny Murtaugh 22
4 Jeff Heath 20
5 2 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 2.26
2 Thornton Lee 2.38
3 Ernie White 2.49
4 Charlie Wagner 2.49
5 Cliff Melton 2.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dick Newsome 22
2 Bob Feller 21
2 Kirby Higbe 21
4 Thornton Lee 20
4 Elmer Riddle 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 231
2 Johnny Vander Meer 191
3 Bobo Newsom 160
4 Whit Wyatt 158
5 Johnny Rigney 142

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 16
2 Hugh Casey 9
3 Bill Crouch 7
4 Joe Beggs 6
4 3 others tied 6