On This Day

Monday, May 14, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 12 6 .667 --
Yankees 13 7 .650 0.0
Tigers 11 7 .611 1.0
Browns 9 9 .500 3.0
Senators 10 12 .455 4.0
Athletics 9 12 .429 4.5
Red Sox 8 12 .400 5.0
Indians 6 13 .316 6.5

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 17 5 .773 --
Dodgers 14 6 .700 2.0
Cubs 10 9 .526 5.5
Cardinals 9 10 .474 6.5
Pirates 9 11 .450 7.0
Braves 8 10 .444 7.0
Reds 7 11 .389 8.0
Blue Jays 5 17 .227 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Nap Reyes 4
2 Vance Dinges 3
2 Dixie Walker 3
4 Wally Flager 2
4 10 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Nap Reyes 2
2 Stan Hack 1
2 Dewey Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Reyes 4
2 Dewey Williams 3
3 Coaker Triplett 2
4 John Antonelli 1
4 13 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frenchy Bordagaray 1
1 Dixie Walker 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Preacher Roe 0.67
2 Bob Chipman 0.43
3 Lee Pfund 0.36
4 Vern Kennedy 0.25
5 Mel Bosser 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mel Bosser 1
1 Lee Pfund 1
1 Bill Voiselle 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Preacher Roe 6
2 Lee Pfund 4
3 Mel Bosser 3
3 Bob Chipman 3
3 Vern Kennedy 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Boom-Boom Beck 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mel Ott .405
2 Tommy Holmes .400
3 Luis Olmo .375
4 Vance Dinges .368
5 Whitey Kurowski .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 6
1 Vern Stephens 6
3 Ernie Lombardi 5
3 Phil Weintraub 5
3 Chuck Workman 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Lombardi 21
2 Phil Weintraub 19
3 Russ Derry 18
3 Mel Ott 18
5 Nick Etten 17

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 Al Benton 0.20
2 Ed Heusser 0.33
3 Dave Ferriss 0.67
4 Hank Borowy 0.80
5 Tex Shirley 1.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Voiselle 6
2 Al Benton 5
2 Hank Borowy 5
2 Russ Christopher 5
5 6 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Gregg 30
2 Hal Newhouser 29
3 Bill Voiselle 28
4 Nels Potter 27
5 Russ Christopher 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 5
2 Xavier Rescigno 3
3 Red Barrett 2
3 Johnny Johnson 2
5 14 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Luis Olmo .452
2 Nap Reyes .450
3 Dixie Walker .432
4 George Case .392
5 Ernie Lombardi .387

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vern Stephens 4
2 Vince DiMaggio 3
2 Mel Ott 3
2 Nap Reyes 3
2 Chuck Workman 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vince DiMaggio 13
2 Luis Olmo 12
3 Bill Hart 11
4 Phil Cavarretta 10
4 3 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
2 Johnny Rucker 3
3 Mike Guerra 2
3 George Myatt 2
3 4 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Benton 0.00
1 Dutch Leonard 0.00
3 Allie Reynolds 0.82
4 Red Embree 0.95
5 4 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Benton 3
1 Thornton Lee 3
1 Bill Voiselle 3
4 Nate Andrews 2
4 15 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nels Potter 21
2 Dave Ferriss 14
3 Al Benton 13
3 Allie Reynolds 13
3 Bill Voiselle 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 3
2 Xavier Rescigno 2
3 Boom-Boom Beck 1
3 George Caster 1
3 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .347
2 Stan Musial .343
3 Johnny Hopp .335
4 Mel Ott .324
5 Phil Cavarretta .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Nicholson 34
2 Mel Ott 29
3 Vern Stephens 23
4 Nick Etten 21
4 Frank McCormick 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 122
2 Bob Elliott 112
3 Babe Dahlgren 107
4 Frank McCormick 105
5 Bob Johnson 104

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 1.86
2 Dizzy Trout 2.09
3 Ed Heusser 2.14
4 Mort Cooper 2.23
5 Hal Newhouser 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Trout 29
2 Hal Newhouser 27
3 Bill Voiselle 24
4 Mort Cooper 23
5 Rip Sewell 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 195
2 Bill Voiselle 164
3 Dizzy Trout 152
4 Max Lanier 135
5 Steve Gromek 132

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 17
2 Joe Berry 11
2 Gordon Maltzberger 11
4 George Caster 10
5 Joe Heving 9