On This Day

Tuesday, July 24, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 47 36 .566 --
Senators 44 39 .530 3.0
White Sox 44 41 .518 4.0
Red Sox 44 41 .518 4.0
Yankees 42 40 .512 4.5
Browns 41 40 .506 5.0
Indians 40 43 .482 7.0
Athletics 30 52 .366 16.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 53 33 .616 --
Cardinals 50 38 .568 4.0
Dodgers 50 40 .556 5.0
Pirates 48 42 .533 7.0
Giants 47 45 .511 9.0
Reds 40 42 .488 11.0
Braves 42 47 .472 12.5
Blue Jays 25 68 .269 31.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Augie Bergamo 3
1 Frenchy Bordagaray 3
1 Dutch Meyer 3
4 Buster Adams 2
4 23 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buster Adams 1
1 Frank McCormick 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Nicholson 4
2 Buster Adams 2
2 Johnny Barrett 2
2 Al Cihocki 2
2 12 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Barrett 1
1 Glenn Crawford 1
1 Stan Hack 1
1 Felix Mackiewicz 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Emmett O'Neill 0.64
2 Dick Barrett 0.40
3 Bob Chipman 0.38
4 Dutch Leonard 0.31
5 2 tied 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Chipman 1
1 George Dockins 1
1 Harry Feldman 1
1 Ken Gables 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Emmett O'Neill 7
2 Dick Barrett 4
2 Dutch Leonard 4
4 Bob Chipman 3
5 4 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Holmes .368
2 Goody Rosen .362
3 Phil Cavarretta .356
4 Luis Olmo .341
5 Stan Hack .331

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 16
2 Ernie Lombardi 15
2 Chuck Workman 15
4 Vince DiMaggio 14
4 Vern Stephens 14

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 83
2 Luis Olmo 79
3 Tommy Holmes 76
4 Buster Adams 71
5 Phil Cavarretta 67

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 20
2 George Myatt 17
2 Red Schoendienst 17
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss 15
5 Johnny Barrett 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Benton 0.87
2 Hal Newhouser 1.75
3 Dave Ferriss 1.90
4 Dutch Leonard 2.04
5 Nels Potter 2.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dave Ferriss 17
2 Hal Newhouser 15
3 Hank Wyse 13
4 Red Barrett 12
4 Hal Gregg 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 124
2 Hal Gregg 95
3 Nels Potter 85
3 Preacher Roe 85
5 Thornton Lee 74

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 12
2 Jim Turner 7
3 Xavier Rescigno 5
4 Earl Caldwell 4
4 3 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jeff Heath .431
2 Luis Olmo .418
3 Bobby Estalella .408
4 Eddie Lake .391
5 Woody Williams .388

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pat Seerey 4
2 Nick Etten 3
2 Danny Gardella 3
2 Jeff Heath 3
2 Bill Salkeld 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 18
2 Frank McCormick 16
2 Luis Olmo 16
4 Danny Gardella 14
5 2 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Schoendienst 5
2 Johnny Barrett 3
2 Mike Kreevich 3
2 Lennie Merullo 3
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joe Berry 0.41
2 Bobo Newsom 0.50
3 Hy Vandenberg 0.64
4 Bucky Walters 0.82
5 Nels Potter 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bobo Newsom 4
2 Dave Ferriss 3
2 Ken Gables 3
2 Ray Prim 3
2 Hank Wyse 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 24
2 Hal Newhouser 18
2 Allie Reynolds 18
4 Ken Gables 15
5 2 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 3
2 Joe Berry 2
2 Cy Buker 2
2 Andy Karl 2
5 12 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Hack .420
2 Augie Bergamo .362
3 Jeff Heath .362
4 Wally Moses .359
5 Phil Cavarretta .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 9
2 Chuck Workman 7
3 Harlond Clift 6
3 Danny Gardella 6
3 Jeff Heath 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 38
2 Phil Cavarretta 33
3 Buster Adams 30
3 Tommy Holmes 30
5 2 tied 27

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Bagby 1.10
2 Bucky Walters 1.29
3 Al Benton 1.51
4 Dave Ferriss 1.76
5 Hal Newhouser 1.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dave Ferriss 8
2 Red Barrett 6
2 Hank Wyse 6
4 Sig Jakucki 5
4 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 42
2 Bobo Newsom 37
3 Nels Potter 33
4 Thornton Lee 26
5 Allie Reynolds 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 5
2 Cy Buker 3
2 Andy Karl 3
2 Allie Reynolds 3
5 7 tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .354
2 Tommy Holmes .344
3 Goody Rosen .338
4 Jim Russell .334
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss .332

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vern Stephens 24
2 Tommy Holmes 23
2 Chuck Workman 23
4 Buster Adams 22
4 2 others tied 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Elliott 123
1 Luis Olmo 123
3 Dixie Walker 117
4 Tommy Holmes 111
5 3 tied 109

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 45
2 George Case 42
3 Johnny Barrett 34
4 George Myatt 32
5 Luis Olmo 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave Ferriss 1.90
2 Hal Newhouser 2.06
3 Jack Kramer 2.19
4 Nels Potter 2.20
5 Thornton Lee 2.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 29
2 Dizzy Trout 22
3 Russ Christopher 21
3 Rip Sewell 21
3 Hank Wyse 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 224
2 Bill Voiselle 138
3 Nels Potter 130
4 Hal Gregg 129
4 Bobo Newsom 129

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 15
2 Jim Turner 11
3 Frank Barrett 8
4 George Caster 6
5 3 tied 5