On This Day

Friday, June 16, 1944

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 31 23 .574 --
Red Sox 29 24 .547 1.5
Tigers 27 27 .500 4.0
Senators 26 27 .491 4.5
Yankees 24 25 .490 4.5
White Sox 23 24 .489 4.5
Indians 26 29 .473 5.5
Athletics 22 29 .431 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 34 16 .680 --
Pirates 27 21 .563 6.0
Reds 27 24 .529 7.5
Giants 26 24 .520 8.0
Dodgers 25 27 .481 10.0
Blue Jays 22 28 .440 12.0
Braves 23 31 .426 13.0
Cubs 16 29 .356 15.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Roy Hughes 3
1 Mike Kreevich 3
1 Frank McCormick 3
1 Ray Mueller 3
5 20 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank McCormick 1
1 Bill Nicholson 1
1 Eric Tipton 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank McCormick 4
2 Milt Byrnes 3
2 Mark Christman 3
4 Hank Borowy 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 2
2 Nick Etten 1
2 Woody Williams 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hank Borowy 0.67
1 Rube Melton 0.67
1 Bobo Newsom 0.67
4 Orval Grove 0.33
5 Milo Candini 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Borowy 1
1 Milo Candini 1
1 Orval Grove 1
1 Rube Melton 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Melton 8
2 Bobo Newsom 6
3 Hank Borowy 4
4 Orval Grove 3
5 4 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Heusser 1
1 Gordon Maltzberger 1
1 Les Webber 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .407
2 Stan Musial .381
3 Phil Weintraub .344
4 Augie Galan .330
5 Joe Medwick .326

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 17
2 Phil Weintraub 10
3 Whitey Kurowski 9
4 Roy Cullenbine 8
4 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Phil Weintraub 46
2 Howie Schultz 45
3 Stan Spence 36
4 Dixie Walker 35
5 Whitey Kurowski 34

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 15
2 Don Gutteridge 13
3 Snuffy Stirnweiss 12
4 Tony Lupien 8
4 Connie Ryan 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Munger 1.07
2 Bucky Walters 1.43
3 Dizzy Trout 1.61
4 Hal Newhouser 1.75
5 Johnny Gorsica 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 10
2 Tex Hughson 9
2 Hal Newhouser 9
4 Hank Borowy 8
4 3 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Max Lanier 60
1 Ken Raffensberger 60
3 Jack Kramer 58
4 Al Javery 57
5 2 tied 56

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Caster 6
2 Ace Adams 5
2 Joe Berry 5
4 Ed Klieman 4
4 Gordon Maltzberger 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Weintraub .463
2 Stan Musial .444
3 Augie Galan .377
4 Butch Nieman .368
5 Ron Northey .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 7
1 Phil Weintraub 7
3 Augie Galan 4
4 Frenchy Bordagaray 3
4 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Phil Weintraub 18
2 Mark Christman 16
3 Dixie Walker 13
4 Augie Galan 12
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 7
2 Don Gutteridge 4
2 Oris Hockett 4
4 Pete Fox 3
4 4 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Milo Candini 0.53
2 Bob Muncrief 0.60
3 Red Munger 0.64
4 Tex Hughson 0.75
5 Bob Chipman 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tex Hughson 4
2 Rube Melton 3
2 Bob Muncrief 3
2 Bill Voiselle 3
5 19 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tex Hughson 22
1 Rube Melton 22
3 Joe Page 19
3 Ken Raffensberger 19
5 Allie Reynolds 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Gordon Maltzberger 3
1 Xavier Rescigno 3
3 Joe Berry 2
3 Red Munger 2
5 14 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .402
2 Dixie Walker .393
3 Whitey Kurowski .365
4 Augie Galan .363
5 Don Johnson .346

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 14
2 Phil Weintraub 7
3 Roy Cullenbine 6
3 Babe Dahlgren 6
3 4 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mel Ott 25
2 Mark Christman 24
2 Dixie Walker 24
2 Phil Weintraub 24
5 2 tied 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 11
2 Don Gutteridge 6
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 6
4 Johnny Hopp 5
4 Connie Ryan 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rip Sewell 0.99
2 Hal Newhouser 1.27
3 Mike Ryba 1.30
4 Red Munger 1.34
5 Dizzy Trout 1.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tex Hughson 7
2 Bob Muncrief 5
2 Hal Newhouser 5
2 Rip Sewell 5
2 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ken Raffensberger 42
2 Joe Page 37
3 Rube Melton 35
4 Max Lanier 34
4 Bobo Newsom 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 4
1 Joe Berry 4
3 George Caster 3
3 Gordon Maltzberger 3
3 Xavier Rescigno 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .375
2 Dixie Walker .360
3 Walker Cooper .330
4 Bob Elliott .328
5 Frenchy Bordagaray .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 35
2 Bill Nicholson 32
3 Mel Ott 28
4 Charlie Keller 23
5 Vern Stephens 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 131
2 Rudy York 129
3 Nick Etten 99
4 Stan Spence 94
5 Bob Elliott 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 61
2 Wally Moses 52
3 Don Gutteridge 22
3 Thurman Tucker 22
5 2 tied 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 1.54
2 Max Lanier 1.80
3 Dizzy Trout 2.11
4 Hi Bithorn 2.25
5 Rip Sewell 2.28

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rip Sewell 22
1 Dizzy Trout 22
1 Bucky Walters 22
4 Hank Borowy 19
4 Max Lanier 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Allie Reynolds 188
2 Al Javery 162
3 Max Lanier 147
3 Dizzy Trout 147
5 Hal Newhouser 142

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Gordon Maltzberger 14
2 Joe Heving 12
3 George Caster 11
4 Ace Adams 10
5 Mace Brown 9