On This Day

Tuesday, May 15, 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 18 5 .783 --
Dodgers 15 6 .714 2.0
Cardinals 10 10 .500 6.5
Cubs 10 10 .500 6.5
Pirates 9 12 .429 8.0
Reds 8 11 .421 8.0
Braves 8 11 .421 8.0
Blue Jays 5 18 .217 13.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tommy Holmes 5
2 Buster Adams 3
2 Dain Clay 3
2 Glenn Crawford 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buster Adams 1
1 Phil Weintraub 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Steve Mesner 4
2 Buster Adams 3
2 Tommy Holmes 3
4 Eddie Basinski 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frenchy Bordagaray 1
1 Bill Hart 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Frank Dasso 0.50
2 Vic Lombardi 0.40
3 Red Barrett 0.33
4 Van Mungo 0.31
5 Paul Derringer 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Creel 1
1 Frank Dasso 1
1 Vic Lombardi 1
1 Van Mungo 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Dasso 6
2 Vic Lombardi 4
2 Van Mungo 4
4 Red Barrett 3
4 Stan Partenheimer 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 1
1 Blix Donnelly 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Holmes .435
2 Mel Ott .385
3 Luis Olmo .368
4 Nap Reyes .360
5 Vance Dinges .359

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Lombardi 21
2 Phil Weintraub 20
3 Russ Derry 18
3 Tommy Holmes 18
3 Mel Ott 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 11
2 George Myatt 6
3 Frank McCormick 5
4 Johnny Barrett 4
4 4 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 Ace Adams 0.95

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 6
2 Xavier Rescigno 3
3 Red Barrett 2
3 Johnny Johnson 2
5 15 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Reyes .476
2 Dixie Walker .463
3 Tommy Holmes .447
4 Luis Olmo .435
5 Vance Dinges .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vern Stephens 4
2 Vince DiMaggio 3
2 Mel Ott 3
2 Nap Reyes 3
2 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vince DiMaggio 14
2 Bill Hart 13
3 Luis Olmo 12
4 Phil Cavarretta 11
4 3 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
2 Johnny Rucker 3
3 Frenchy Bordagaray 2
3 Mike Guerra 2
3 6 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 Van Mungo 3
1 Bill Voiselle 3
5 16 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nels Potter 21
2 Van Mungo 15
3 Dave Ferriss 14
4 Al Benton 13
4 2 others tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 4
2 Xavier Rescigno 2
3 Boom-Boom Beck 1
3 George Caster 1
3 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .347
2 Dixie Walker .347
3 Johnny Hopp .336
4 Phil Cavarretta .326
5 Tommy Holmes .324

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 121
2 Bob Elliott 111
3 Babe Dahlgren 106
4 Bob Johnson 104
4 Frank McCormick 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 56
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 53
3 Johnny Barrett 31
3 George Myatt 31
5 Roy Hughes 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tex Hughson 1.86
2 Dizzy Trout 2.12
3 Ed Heusser 2.14
4 Mort Cooper 2.20
5 Hal Newhouser 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Trout 28
2 Hal Newhouser 27
3 Bill Voiselle 24
4 Mort Cooper 22
5 Rip Sewell 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 195
2 Bill Voiselle 159
3 Dizzy Trout 147
4 Max Lanier 135
5 Steve Gromek 132

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 18
2 Joe Berry 11
2 Gordon Maltzberger 11
4 George Caster 10
5 Joe Heving 9