On This Day

Sunday, April 22, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 5 0 1.000 --
Yankees 5 1 .833 0.5
Tigers 4 2 .667 1.5
Athletics 4 2 .667 1.5
Senators 3 3 .500 2.5
Indians 1 4 .200 4.0
Browns 1 5 .167 4.5
Red Sox 0 6 .000 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 5 2 .714 --
Cubs 4 2 .667 0.5
Cardinals 3 2 .600 1.0
Reds 3 3 .500 1.5
Dodgers 3 3 .500 1.5
Braves 3 4 .429 2.0
Blue Jays 2 4 .333 2.5
Pirates 2 5 .286 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Cass Michaels 5
2 Milt Byrnes 4
2 Johnny Dickshot 4
2 Tommy Holmes 4
2 5 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Dahlgren 1
1 Butch Nieman 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Libke 3
1 Gus Mancuso 3
1 Marty Marion 3
1 Gene Moore 3
1 Steve Shemo 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eric Tipton 2
2 Stan Hack 1
2 Bill Hart 1
2 Tommy Holmes 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hank Borowy 0.75
2 Russ Christopher 0.67
3 Van Mungo 0.57
4 Ted Wilks 0.50
5 Dutch Leonard 0.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nate Andrews 1
1 Hank Borowy 1
1 Bob Chipman 1
1 Russ Christopher 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Russ Christopher 6
2 Mort Cooper 5
2 Joe Haynes 5
2 Dutch Leonard 5
2 Ted Wilks 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Barrett 1
1 Guy Bush 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Mayo .458
2 Tommy Holmes .433
3 Eddie Stanky .429
4 Frank McCormick .417
5 Butch Nieman .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Phil Weintraub 3
2 Russ Derry 2
2 Frankie Hayes 2
2 Ernie Lombardi 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Lombardi 13
2 Nick Etten 9
2 Phil Weintraub 9
4 Doc Cramer 7
4 3 others tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Barrett 3
1 George Case 3
3 George Binks 2
3 Bill Hart 2
3 7 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hank Borowy 0.00
1 Max Butcher 0.00
1 Johnny Niggeling 0.00
1 Al Benton 0.00
1 5 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Borowy 2
1 Russ Christopher 2
1 Curt Davis 2
1 Paul Derringer 2
1 2 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 12
1 Bill Voiselle 12
3 Russ Christopher 10
4 Rip Sewell 9
5 2 tied 8

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 2
1 Red Barrett 2
3 Guy Bush 1
3 Johnny Gee 1
3 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .347
2 Stan Musial .343
3 Johnny Hopp .336
4 Joe Medwick .334
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Nicholson 34
2 Mel Ott 24
3 Nick Etten 22
3 Ron Northey 22
5 2 tied 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 122
2 Bob Elliott 113
3 Bob Johnson 108
4 Babe Dahlgren 107
5 Frank McCormick 105

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 55
2 George Case 50
3 Johnny Barrett 32
4 George Myatt 26
5 Wally Moses 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dizzy Trout 2.07
2 Tex Hughson 2.17
3 Hal Newhouser 2.18
4 Johnny Niggeling 2.28
5 Ed Heusser 2.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 30
2 Dizzy Trout 29
3 Bucky Walters 23
4 Mort Cooper 22
4 2 others tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 197
2 Bill Voiselle 164
3 Dizzy Trout 148
4 Bobo Newsom 145
5 Max Lanier 138

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 15
2 Joe Berry 12
2 Gordon Maltzberger 12
4 George Caster 11
5 Joe Heving 9