On This Day

Monday, June 19, 1944

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 32 25 .561 --
Red Sox 31 25 .554 0.5
White Sox 25 24 .510 3.0
Tigers 29 28 .509 3.0
Senators 27 29 .482 4.5
Yankees 25 28 .472 5.0
Indians 26 31 .456 6.0
Athletics 25 30 .455 6.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 36 17 .679 --
Pirates 28 23 .549 7.0
Giants 30 25 .545 7.0
Reds 28 25 .528 8.0
Dodgers 27 29 .482 10.5
Blue Jays 23 30 .434 13.0
Braves 24 34 .414 14.5
Cubs 17 30 .362 16.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Feldman 2
1 Billy Jurges 2
1 Mel Ott 2
1 Dixie Walker 2
5 11 tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Feldman 2
1 Buddy Kerr 2
1 Joe Medwick 2
1 Paul Waner 2
5 2 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Harry Feldman 0.45
2 Hal Gregg 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Feldman 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Feldman 5
2 Hal Gregg 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .388
2 Stan Musial .375
3 Phil Weintraub .348
4 Joe Medwick .327
5 Augie Galan .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 18
2 Whitey Kurowski 11
2 Phil Weintraub 11
4 Bill Nicholson 10
5 3 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Phil Weintraub 48
2 Howie Schultz 45
3 Whitey Kurowski 37
4 Frankie Hayes 36
4 4 others tied 36

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 16
2 Don Gutteridge 14
3 Snuffy Stirnweiss 13
4 Tony Lupien 9
4 Connie Ryan 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Munger 1.06
2 Bucky Walters 1.43
3 Dizzy Trout 1.55
4 Hal Newhouser 1.77
5 Hank Borowy 1.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 10
1 Bucky Walters 10
3 Tex Hughson 9
4 Hank Borowy 8
4 5 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Javery 62
1 Max Lanier 62
1 Ken Raffensberger 62
4 Bill Voiselle 60
5 2 tied 58

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 7
1 Joe Berry 7
3 George Caster 6
4 Ed Klieman 4
4 Gordon Maltzberger 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Weintraub .500
2 Mel Ott .400
3 Johnny Lindell .396
4 Luis Olmo .375
5 Tony Lupien .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 6
1 Phil Weintraub 6
3 Bill Nicholson 4
4 Frenchy Bordagaray 3
4 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Phil Weintraub 15
2 Mark Christman 12
3 George Metkovich 11
3 Stan Musial 11
3 3 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 8
2 George Metkovich 4
3 Pete Fox 3
3 Don Gutteridge 3
3 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Milo Candini 0.00
2 Luke Hamlin 0.46
3 Tex Hughson 0.67
4 Red Munger 0.87
5 Bob Muncrief 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Feldman 3
1 Ed Head 3
1 Tex Hughson 3
1 Bill Voiselle 3
5 14 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Melton 18
2 Max Lanier 17
3 Harry Feldman 16
3 Tex Hughson 16
3 Allie Reynolds 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 3
1 Joe Berry 3
3 Gordon Maltzberger 2
4 Alex Carrasquel 1
4 14 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .410
2 Whitey Kurowski .388
3 Augie Galan .367
4 Dixie Walker .365
5 Don Johnson .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 15
2 Whitey Kurowski 8
2 Bill Nicholson 8
2 Phil Weintraub 8
5 5 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mel Ott 28
2 Mark Christman 26
3 Phil Weintraub 25
4 Dixie Walker 24
5 Frank McCormick 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 12
2 Don Gutteridge 7
3 Snuffy Stirnweiss 6
4 George Metkovich 5
4 Connie Ryan 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dizzy Trout 1.30
2 Hal Newhouser 1.38
3 Tex Hughson 1.50
4 Harry Gumbert 1.54
5 Red Munger 1.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tex Hughson 6
1 Hal Newhouser 6
3 Bob Muncrief 5
3 Bill Voiselle 5
3 Bucky Walters 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ken Raffensberger 40
2 Max Lanier 36
3 Allie Reynolds 35
4 Joe Page 33
5 3 tied 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Berry 6
2 Ace Adams 5
3 Gordon Maltzberger 3
3 Xavier Rescigno 3
5 7 tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .373
2 Dixie Walker .351
3 Bob Elliott .326
4 Frenchy Bordagaray .317
5 Bill Nicholson .307

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 36
2 Bill Nicholson 34
3 Mel Ott 29
4 Charlie Keller 23
5 Whitey Kurowski 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 136
2 Rudy York 129
3 Nick Etten 96
4 Stan Spence 94
5 Bob Elliott 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 60
2 Wally Moses 51
3 Don Gutteridge 23
4 Tony Lupien 21
5 Thurman Tucker 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 1.62
2 Max Lanier 1.83
3 Dizzy Trout 2.04
4 Hi Bithorn 2.25
5 Rip Sewell 2.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Trout 23
2 Rip Sewell 22
2 Bucky Walters 22
4 Hank Borowy 19
4 2 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Allie Reynolds 190
2 Al Javery 162
3 Dizzy Trout 145
4 Max Lanier 144
5 Johnny Vander Meer 137

Saves

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