On This Day

Thursday, July 19, 1945

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	46	32	.590	--
Yankees	41	36	.532	4.5
Senators	40	36	.526	5.0
Red Sox	42	38	.525	5.0
White Sox	41	40	.506	6.5
Browns	37	38	.493	7.5
Indians	37	39	.487	8.0
Athletics	26	51	.338	19.5

Games

White Sox 5, Red Sox 3

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	50	31	.617	--
Cardinals	48	36	.571	3.5
Dodgers	47	38	.553	5.0
Giants	45	42	.517	8.0
Pirates	42	41	.506	9.0
Braves	41	42	.494	10.0
Reds	38	40	.487	10.5
Blue Jays	24	65	.270	30.0

Games

Cubs 3, Dodgers 1

Braves 6, Reds 5

Pirates 4, Giants 0

Blue Jays 3, Cardinals 2

Cardinals 9, Blue Jays 4

Reds 4, Braves 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Vance Dinges	5
1	Carden Gillenwater	5
3	Glenn Crawford	4
3	Red Schoendienst	4
3	3 others tied	4

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Mort Cooper	1
1	Johnny Dickshot	1
1	Butch Nieman	1
1	Bill Salkeld	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Frank McCormick	4
2	Carden Gillenwater	3
2	Butch Nieman	3
2	Bill Salkeld	3
2	Woody Williams	3

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Glenn Crawford	1
1	Vance Dinges	1
1	Red Schoendienst	1
1	Eric Tipton	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Mort Cooper	0.50
2	Harry Feldman	0.40
3	Frank Dasso	0.36
4	Ken Burkhart	0.31
5	Rip Sewell	0.30

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ken Burkhart	1
1	Ed Heusser	1
1	Ira Hutchinson	1
1	Oscar Judd	1
1	3 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ken Burkhart	4
1	Frank Dasso	4
1	Harry Feldman	4
1	Thornton Lee	4
5	3 tied	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Andy Karl	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Tommy Holmes	.382
2	Goody Rosen	.365
3	Phil Cavarretta	.357
4	Mel Ott	.334
5	Luis Olmo	.329

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tommy Holmes	15
1	Ernie Lombardi	15
1	Chuck Workman	15
4	Vern Stephens	14
5	3 tied	12

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Dixie Walker	75
2	Tommy Holmes	72
3	Luis Olmo	70
4	Buster Adams	67
5	Whitey Kurowski	64

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Case	19
2	George Myatt	16
2	Red Schoendienst	16
4	Luis Olmo	13
5	Snuffy Stirnweiss	12

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Al Benton	0.93
2	Hal Newhouser	1.78
3	Dutch Leonard	1.95
4	Dave Ferriss	2.01
5	Nels Potter	2.18

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Dave Ferriss	16
2	Hal Newhouser	14
3	Hank Wyse	13
4	Red Barrett	12
5	5 tied	11

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Hal Newhouser	116
2	Hal Gregg	92
3	Preacher Roe	81
4	Nels Potter	79
5	2 tied	72

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ace Adams	11
2	Jim Turner	7
3	Xavier Rescigno	5
4	Earl Caldwell	4
4	2 others tied	4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Bobby Estalella	.463
2	Eddie Lake	.436
3	George Metkovich	.409
4	Goody Rosen	.386
5	Mel Ott	.382

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Jeff Heath	5
2	Danny Gardella	4
2	Whitey Kurowski	4
2	Pat Seerey	4
5	4 tied	3

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Dixie Walker	18
2	Carden Gillenwater	16
3	Peanuts Lowrey	15
3	Ray Sanders	15
5	2 tied	14

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Red Schoendienst	5
2	Lennie Merullo	4
3	Joe Hoover	3
3	Phil Masi	3
5	9 tied	2

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Ray Prim	0.00
1	Jesse Flores	0.00
1	Joe Berry	0.00
1	Harry Brecheen	0.00
5	Sam Zoldak	0.69

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Hank Wyse	5
2	Ray Prim	4
3	Red Barrett	3
3	Dave Ferriss	3
5	22 tied	2

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Thornton Lee	17
2	Allie Reynolds	16
3	Hal Newhouser	15
4	Joe Bowman	13
4	Bobo Newsom	13

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ace Adams	3
1	Allie Reynolds	3
3	Jim Turner	2
4	Joe Berry	1
4	13 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Eddie Lake	.382
2	Goody Rosen	.379
3	Tommy Holmes	.377
4	Stan Hack	.373
5	Phil Cavarretta	.365

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tommy Holmes	8
2	Harlond Clift	7
2	Danny Gardella	7
2	Chuck Workman	7
5	2 tied	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Dixie Walker	34
2	Buster Adams	32
3	Phil Cavarretta	29
3	Peanuts Lowrey	29
5	2 tied	28

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Red Schoendienst	10
2	George Myatt	7
3	Lennie Merullo	6
4	George Case	5
4	4 others tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Bucky Walters	1.50
2	Hal Newhouser	1.71
3	Red Barrett	1.73
4	Ray Prim	1.80
5	Al Benton	1.82

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Dave Ferriss	7
1	Hank Wyse	7
3	Red Barrett	6
4	Sig Jakucki	5
4	2 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Hal Newhouser	38
2	Nels Potter	32
3	Thornton Lee	27
4	Steve Gromek	24
4	2 others tied	24

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ace Adams	4
2	Allie Reynolds	3
3	Earl Caldwell	2
3	Paul Derringer	2
3	5 others tied	2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Tommy Holmes	.352
2	Phil Cavarretta	.352
3	Goody Rosen	.338
4	Snuffy Stirnweiss	.332
5	Jim Russell	.332

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Bill Nicholson	26
2	Vern Stephens	25
3	Chuck Workman	23
4	Buster Adams	22
4	3 others tied	22

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bob Elliott	127
2	Luis Olmo	117
3	Babe Dahlgren	115
3	Bill Nicholson	115
5	Dixie Walker	113

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Snuffy Stirnweiss	45
2	George Case	42
3	Johnny Barrett	31
3	George Myatt	31
5	Luis Olmo	18

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dave Ferriss	2.01
2	Hal Newhouser	2.11
3	Nels Potter	2.21
4	Jack Kramer	2.32
5	Allie Reynolds	2.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Hal Newhouser	29
2	Dizzy Trout	23
3	Russ Christopher	21
3	Mort Cooper	21
3	2 others tied	21

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Hal Newhouser	222
2	Bill Voiselle	137
3	Hal Gregg	136
4	Steve Gromek	132
5	2 tied	127

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ace Adams	14
2	Jim Turner	11
3	Frank Barrett	9
4	George Caster	7
5	Xavier Rescigno	6