On This Day

Thursday, August 24, 1944

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 69 51 .575 --
Red Sox 64 55 .538 4.5
Yankees 62 55 .530 5.5
Tigers 62 56 .525 6.0
White Sox 56 63 .471 12.5
Athletics 57 65 .467 13.0
Indians 57 65 .467 13.0
Senators 51 68 .429 17.5

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 88 29 .752 --
Pirates 70 46 .603 17.5
Reds 65 49 .570 21.5
Giants 54 65 .454 35.0
Cubs 51 62 .451 35.0
Blue Jays 45 68 .398 41.0
Braves 46 71 .393 42.0
Dodgers 45 74 .378 44.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Phil Cavarretta 2
2 Augie Bergamo 1
2 Walker Cooper 1
2 Stan Hack 1
2 4 others tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Walker Cooper 1
1 Lou Novikoff 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ted Wilks 0.43
2 Claude Passeau 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Wilks 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Claude Passeau 3
1 Ted Wilks 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .358
2 Stan Musial .354
3 Johnny Hopp .344
4 Joe Medwick .337
5 Bobby Doerr .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Nicholson 27
2 Mel Ott 22
3 Bobby Doerr 15
3 Bob Johnson 15
3 3 others tied 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 93
2 Ray Sanders 90
3 Stan Musial 85
3 Vern Stephens 85
5 Bob Elliott 84

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 38
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 38
3 Johnny Barrett 23
4 Don Gutteridge 19
5 George Myatt 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Munger 1.34
2 Max Lanier 1.80
3 Dizzy Trout 2.05
4 Johnny Niggeling 2.17
5 Tex Hughson 2.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 20
1 Dizzy Trout 20
3 Mort Cooper 18
3 Tex Hughson 18
3 Bucky Walters 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 122
1 Bill Voiselle 122
3 Max Lanier 118
4 Tex Hughson 112
5 Dizzy Trout 111

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 13
2 George Caster 12
3 Gordon Maltzberger 11
4 Joe Berry 10
5 Joe Heving 8

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Walker Cooper .500
2 Joe Medwick .439
3 Jim Russell .423
4 Frank Colman .417
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss .403

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Colman 4
1 Walker Cooper 4
1 Frank McCormick 4
1 Pat Seerey 4
1 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Stan Musial 22
2 Frank Colman 19
3 Jim Tabor 16
4 Pete Coscarart 14
4 2 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Barrett 7
1 George Case 7
3 George Myatt 4
3 Snuffy Stirnweiss 4
5 4 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Early Wynn 0.45
2 Max Lanier 0.67
3 Ken Raffensberger 1.00
4 Buck Ross 1.20
5 Preacher Roe 1.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Russ Christopher 4
1 Mort Cooper 4
3 Harry Brecheen 3
3 Tommy de la Cruz 3
3 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Niggeling 23
2 Russ Christopher 18
3 Mort Cooper 16
3 Hal Newhouser 16
3 Dizzy Trout 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 1
1 George Caster 1
1 Cookie Cuccurullo 1
1 Curt Davis 1
1 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jim Russell .439
2 Johnny Hopp .391
3 Stan Musial .388
4 Walker Cooper .384
5 Joe Medwick .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank McCormick 10
2 Jim Tabor 8
3 Buster Adams 6
3 Stan Musial 6
3 Bill Nicholson 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Stan Musial 38
2 Bob Elliott 32
2 Frank McCormick 32
2 Ray Sanders 32
5 Bill Nicholson 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Barrett 14
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 11
3 George Case 10
4 George Myatt 6
5 Frank McCormick 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Max Lanier 0.72
2 Orval Grove 1.10
3 Joe Haynes 1.17
4 Rube Melton 1.44
5 Russ Christopher 1.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Max Lanier 8
2 Russ Christopher 7
3 Mort Cooper 6
3 Dizzy Trout 6
5 3 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 35
2 Johnny Niggeling 31
3 Russ Christopher 29
3 Bill Voiselle 29
5 Dizzy Trout 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Caster 4
2 Ace Adams 3
3 Tex Hughson 2
3 Gordon Maltzberger 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .359
2 Dixie Walker .358
3 Johnny Hopp .321
4 Bobby Doerr .316
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Nicholson 36
2 Mel Ott 23
3 Vern Stephens 22
4 Rudy York 21
5 Ron Northey 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 124
2 Vern Stephens 108
3 Bob Elliott 107
4 Ray Sanders 101
5 Stan Musial 99

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 58
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 39
3 Wally Moses 28
4 Johnny Barrett 23
5 Don Gutteridge 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Munger 1.57
2 Max Lanier 1.65
3 Johnny Niggeling 1.87
4 Bucky Walters 2.10
5 Dizzy Trout 2.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Trout 25
2 Bucky Walters 23
3 Max Lanier 22
4 Mort Cooper 21
4 Hal Newhouser 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Max Lanier 164
2 Al Javery 152
3 Dizzy Trout 147
4 Hal Newhouser 145
5 Bill Voiselle 141

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 14
2 George Caster 13
2 Joe Heving 13
2 Gordon Maltzberger 13
5 Joe Berry 10