On This Day

Thursday, June 8, 1944

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 27 21 .563 --
Yankees 22 20 .524 2.0
Tigers 24 23 .511 2.5
White Sox 21 21 .500 3.0
Red Sox 23 23 .500 3.0
Indians 22 25 .468 4.5
Senators 21 24 .467 4.5
Athletics 20 23 .465 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 29 16 .644 --
Pirates 24 18 .571 3.5
Reds 25 19 .568 3.5
Giants 22 23 .489 7.0
Dodgers 21 24 .467 8.0
Blue Jays 20 24 .455 8.5
Braves 21 27 .438 9.5
Cubs 14 25 .359 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frenchy Bordagaray 3
1 Phil Cavarretta 3
1 Bobby Doerr 3
1 Ray Hamrick 3
1 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frenchy Bordagaray 1
1 Roy Partee 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frenchy Bordagaray 3
1 Mickey Rocco 3
1 Dixie Walker 3
4 Johnny Barrett 2
4 13 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 3
2 Pete Fox 1
2 Ford Garrison 1
2 Oris Hockett 1
2 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Max Lanier 1.40
2 Bill Voiselle 0.44
3 Ed Head 0.33
4 Jack Kramer 0.30
5 Al Smith 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Milo Candini 1
1 Ed Head 1
1 Mike Ryba 1
1 Al Smith 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Max Lanier 7
2 Mike Ryba 5
3 Bill Voiselle 4
4 Luke Hamlin 3
4 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Alex Carrasquel 1
1 Ed Klieman 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .421
2 Stan Musial .355
3 Frenchy Bordagaray .333
4 Augie Galan .331
5 Eric Tipton .328

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 14
2 Whitey Kurowski 8
3 Roy Cullenbine 7
3 Butch Nieman 7
5 9 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Howie Schultz 39
2 Phil Weintraub 36
3 Stan Spence 30
3 Vern Stephens 30
5 3 tied 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 11
1 Don Gutteridge 11
3 Snuffy Stirnweiss 10
4 Ford Garrison 7
4 Joe Kuhel 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Munger 1.11
2 Johnny Gorsica 1.26
3 Dizzy Trout 1.31
4 Bucky Walters 1.40
5 Hal Newhouser 1.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 9
2 Hal Newhouser 8
2 Rip Sewell 8
4 Hank Borowy 7
4 3 others tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Kramer 56
2 Al Javery 53
2 Bill Voiselle 53
4 Max Lanier 52
5 Ken Raffensberger 51

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Caster 5
2 Ace Adams 4
2 Joe Berry 4
2 Ed Klieman 4
5 4 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .417
2 Augie Galan .403
3 Dom Dallessandro .378
4 Gus Mancuso .371
5 Phil Cavarretta .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 10
2 Babe Dahlgren 6
3 Danny Gardella 5
3 Butch Nieman 5
5 6 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mel Ott 17
2 Augie Galan 15
2 Dixie Walker 15
4 Frank McCormick 14
5 Stan Spence 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 7
2 Don Gutteridge 4
3 Ford Garrison 3
3 Oris Hockett 3
3 Jo-Jo White 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dizzy Trout 0.33
2 Rip Sewell 0.66
2 Russ Christopher 0.66
4 Johnny Gorsica 0.69
5 Ed Head 0.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Dietrich 3
1 Clem Hausmann 3
1 Tex Hughson 3
1 Bob Muncrief 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ken Raffensberger 23
2 Al Javery 20
3 Joe Page 18
3 Bill Voiselle 18
5 3 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Xavier Rescigno 3
2 Joe Berry 2
2 Alex Carrasquel 2
2 Freddy Schmidt 2
5 21 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .421
2 Bobby Doerr .351
3 Ray Sanders .349
4 Phil Weintraub .347
5 Eric Tipton .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 11
2 Roy Cullenbine 6
2 Babe Dahlgren 6
2 Bill Nicholson 6
2 Butch Nieman 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dom Dallessandro 25
2 Dixie Walker 23
3 Ed Levy 22
4 Frankie Hayes 21
4 3 others tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 7
1 Ford Garrison 7
1 Don Gutteridge 7
4 Johnny Barrett 5
4 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Gorsica 0.60
2 Steve Gromek 0.70
3 Rip Sewell 0.81
4 Dizzy Trout 0.85
5 Mike Ryba 1.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tex Hughson 6
1 Rip Sewell 6
1 Dizzy Trout 6
1 Bucky Walters 6
5 2 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ken Raffensberger 37
2 Al Javery 36
3 Max Lanier 35
4 Dizzy Trout 34
5 3 tied 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 4
2 Joe Berry 3
2 Ed Klieman 3
2 Lou Polli 3
2 2 others tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .358
2 Dixie Walker .354
3 Billy Herman .329
4 Bob Elliott .326
5 Walker Cooper .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 35
2 Bill Nicholson 30
3 Mel Ott 28
4 Vern Stephens 24
5 Charlie Keller 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rudy York 130
2 Bill Nicholson 127
3 Nick Etten 104
4 Vern Stephens 100
5 Jim Tabor 95

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 61
2 Wally Moses 55
3 Thurman Tucker 24
4 Don Gutteridge 20
5 2 tied 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 1.49
2 Max Lanier 1.64
3 Dizzy Trout 2.14
4 Rip Sewell 2.32
5 Nate Andrews 2.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rip Sewell 23
2 Dizzy Trout 22
3 Bucky Walters 21
4 Mort Cooper 19
4 2 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Allie Reynolds 177
2 Al Javery 162
3 Max Lanier 153
4 Johnny Vander Meer 147
5 Hal Newhouser 143

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Gordon Maltzberger 13
2 George Caster 12
3 Joe Heving 11
4 Ace Adams 9
4 Mace Brown 9