On This Day

Wednesday, April 18, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 1 0 1.000 --
Yankees 2 0 1.000 -0.5
Tigers 1 1 .500 0.5
Senators 1 1 .500 0.5
Athletics 1 1 .500 0.5
Browns 1 1 .500 0.5
Indians 0 1 .000 1.0
Red Sox 0 2 .000 1.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 2 0 1.000 --
Reds 2 0 1.000 0.0
Cubs 1 0 1.000 0.5
Dodgers 1 1 .500 1.0
Blue Jays 1 1 .500 1.0
Cardinals 0 1 .000 1.5
Pirates 0 2 .000 2.0
Braves 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jimmy Outlaw 4
2 Doc Cramer 3
2 Eddie Mayo 3
2 Frank McCormick 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Carden Gillenwater 1
1 Chuck Workman 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Doc Cramer 6
2 Frank McCormick 3
3 Vance Dinges 2
3 Nick Etten 2
3 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 1
1 Dain Clay 1
1 Irv Hall 1
1 Frank McCormick 1
1 Hal Peck 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dizzy Trout 0.71
2 Johnny Niggeling 0.50
3 Hank Borowy 0.43
4 Russ Christopher 0.36
5 Dick Barrett 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ace Adams 1
1 Dick Barrett 1
1 Hank Borowy 1
1 Russ Christopher 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Trout 5
2 Russ Christopher 4
3 Nate Andrews 3
3 Dick Barrett 3
3 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frank McCormick .714
1 Mel Ott .714
3 Eddie Mayo .667
3 Phil Weintraub .667
5 Nap Reyes .556

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Russ Derry 2
1 Chuck Workman 2
3 Dain Clay 1
3 Curt Davis 1
3 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Doc Cramer 6
2 Dain Clay 5
2 Russ Derry 5
2 Joe Kuhel 5
2 2 others tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Binks 2
1 George Case 2
3 Dain Clay 1
3 Harlond Clift 1
3 7 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Russ Christopher 0.00
1 Johnny Niggeling 0.00
1 Hank Borowy 0.00
1 Ed Heusser 0.00
1 11 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ace Adams 1
1 Dick Barrett 1
1 Hank Borowy 1
1 Russ Christopher 1
1 10 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Voiselle 8
2 Rex Cecil 5
2 Curt Davis 5
2 Dizzy Trout 5
5 4 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 1
1 Joe Haynes 1
1 Jim Turner 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .355
2 Stan Musial .347
3 Joe Medwick .337
4 Johnny Hopp .335
5 Bob Johnson .321

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Nicholson 34
2 Mel Ott 26
3 Nick Etten 22
3 Ron Northey 22
5 3 tied 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 123
2 Bob Elliott 109
3 Vern Stephens 108
4 Bob Johnson 106
5 Frank McCormick 105

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 55
2 George Case 51
3 Johnny Barrett 29
4 George Myatt 26
5 Wally Moses 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dizzy Trout 2.07
2 Tex Hughson 2.17
3 Johnny Niggeling 2.21
4 Ed Heusser 2.29
5 Hal Newhouser 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 29
2 Dizzy Trout 28
3 Bucky Walters 23
4 Mort Cooper 22
4 Bill Voiselle 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 191
2 Bill Voiselle 169
3 Dizzy Trout 149
4 Bobo Newsom 142
5 Max Lanier 141

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 14
2 Joe Berry 12
2 George Caster 12
2 Gordon Maltzberger 12
5 Joe Heving 10