On This Day

Saturday, May 12, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 12 6 .667 --
White Sox 10 6 .625 1.0
Tigers 10 6 .625 1.0
Browns 8 8 .500 3.0
Senators 10 10 .500 3.0
Athletics 8 11 .421 4.5
Red Sox 7 11 .389 5.0
Indians 5 12 .294 6.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 15 4 .789 --
Dodgers 12 6 .667 2.5
Cubs 10 7 .588 4.0
Pirates 8 9 .471 6.0
Cardinals 8 9 .471 6.0
Braves 7 10 .412 7.0
Reds 6 10 .375 7.5
Blue Jays 4 15 .211 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jim Russell 4
2 George Case 3
2 Carden Gillenwater 3
2 Peanuts Lowrey 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pat Seerey 2
2 Phil Cavarretta 1
2 Nick Etten 1
2 Carden Gillenwater 1
2 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Phil Cavarretta 4
2 Whitey Kurowski 3
2 Peanuts Lowrey 3
2 Pat Seerey 3
5 16 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tommy Holmes 1
1 Roy Hughes 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hal Gregg 0.55
2 Ray Prim 0.50
3 Nick Strincevich 0.43
4 Dutch Leonard 0.33
5 Bill Voiselle 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Monk Dubiel 1
1 Hal Gregg 1
1 Sig Jakucki 1
1 Dutch Leonard 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Gregg 6
2 Ray Prim 4
3 Nick Strincevich 3
3 Bill Voiselle 3
5 6 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Xavier Rescigno 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mel Ott .397
2 Whitey Kurowski .393
3 Luis Olmo .393
4 Tommy Holmes .390
5 Butch Nieman .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Lombardi 5
1 Mel Ott 5
1 Vern Stephens 5
1 Phil Weintraub 5
1 Chuck Workman 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Lombardi 21
2 Phil Weintraub 18
3 Russ Derry 17
3 Nick Etten 17
5 3 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 11
2 George Myatt 6
3 Frank McCormick 5
4 Johnny Barrett 4
4 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave Ferriss 0.00
2 Al Benton 0.25
3 Ed Heusser 0.33
4 Mort Cooper 0.46
5 Hank Borowy 0.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Borowy 5
1 Russ Christopher 5
1 Bill Voiselle 5
4 Al Benton 4
4 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Gregg 30
2 Hal Newhouser 29
3 Bill Voiselle 26
4 Russ Christopher 25
5 Rex Cecil 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 5
2 Xavier Rescigno 3
3 Red Barrett 2
4 Ken Burkhart 1
4 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .344
2 Dixie Walker .341
3 Johnny Hopp .339
4 Phil Cavarretta .328
5 Jim Russell .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Nicholson 34
2 Mel Ott 28
3 Vern Stephens 22
4 Nick Etten 21
5 2 tied 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 122
2 Bob Elliott 114
3 Babe Dahlgren 105
4 Frank McCormick 103
5 3 tied 102

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 56
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 54
3 Johnny Barrett 32
4 George Myatt 31
5 Roy Hughes 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tex Hughson 1.91
2 Dizzy Trout 1.97
3 Mort Cooper 2.15
4 Ed Heusser 2.24
5 Hal Newhouser 2.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Trout 29
2 Hal Newhouser 28
3 Mort Cooper 23
3 Bill Voiselle 23
5 Rip Sewell 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 201
2 Bill Voiselle 162
3 Dizzy Trout 151
4 Max Lanier 136
5 Bobo Newsom 133

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 18
2 Joe Berry 11
2 Gordon Maltzberger 11
4 George Caster 9
4 Joe Heving 9