On This Day

Monday, July 30, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 50 36 .581 --
Yankees 46 40 .535 4.0
Senators 45 41 .523 5.0
Red Sox 46 42 .523 5.0
White Sox 44 44 .500 7.0
Indians 43 44 .494 7.5
Browns 42 43 .494 7.5
Athletics 30 56 .349 20.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 58 33 .637 --
Cardinals 54 40 .574 5.5
Dodgers 54 40 .574 5.5
Giants 49 46 .516 11.0
Pirates 49 46 .516 11.0
Reds 41 47 .466 15.5
Braves 42 51 .452 17.0
Blue Jays 26 70 .271 34.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dain Clay 3
2 Buster Adams 2
2 Marty Marion 2
2 Eddie Miller 2
2 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Miller 2
2 Buster Adams 1
2 Dain Clay 1
2 Whitey Kurowski 1
2 4 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dain Clay 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ken Burkhart 0.42
2 Ed Heusser 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Heusser 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ken Burkhart 5
1 Ed Heusser 5
3 Bud Byerly 2
4 Glenn Gardner 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Holmes .369
2 Goody Rosen .368
3 Phil Cavarretta .354
4 Stan Hack .341
5 Luis Olmo .334

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 16
2 Vince DiMaggio 15
2 Ernie Lombardi 15
2 Chuck Workman 15
5 2 tied 14

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 87
2 Luis Olmo 83
3 Tommy Holmes 79
4 Buster Adams 77
5 Bob Elliott 72

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 20
2 Red Schoendienst 19
3 George Myatt 18
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss 17
5 Johnny Barrett 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Benton 0.97
2 Hal Newhouser 1.66
3 Dave Ferriss 1.96
4 Dutch Leonard 2.04
5 Roger Wolff 2.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dave Ferriss 17
2 Hal Newhouser 16
3 Hank Wyse 15
4 Red Barrett 13
4 Hal Gregg 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 131
2 Hal Gregg 98
3 Preacher Roe 89
4 Nels Potter 88
5 2 tied 78

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 13
2 Jim Turner 7
3 Xavier Rescigno 5
4 Cy Buker 4
4 4 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Hack .481
2 Goody Rosen .414
3 Bobby Estalella .375
3 Jeff Heath .375
3 2 others tied .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vince DiMaggio 3
2 Buster Adams 2
2 Bobby Estalella 2
2 Nick Etten 2
2 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 20
2 Augie Galan 16
2 Luis Olmo 16
4 Buster Adams 14
5 3 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Schoendienst 6
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 5
3 Johnny Barrett 3
3 George Hausmann 3
3 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Les Mueller 0.00
2 Oscar Judd 0.48
3 Joe Berry 0.50
4 Bill Lee 0.55
5 Alex Carrasquel 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Gregg 3
1 Hal Newhouser 3
1 Bobo Newsom 3
1 Allie Reynolds 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 23
2 Russ Christopher 20
3 Hal Newhouser 19
4 Allie Reynolds 18
5 Ken Gables 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 4
2 Cy Buker 3
3 Al Gettel 2
3 Andy Karl 2
5 13 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Hack .419
2 Goody Rosen .382
3 Bobby Estalella .357
3 Wally Moses .357
5 Don Johnson .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 8
2 Danny Gardella 6
3 Jeff Heath 5
3 Whitey Kurowski 5
3 3 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 37
2 Buster Adams 32
3 Phil Cavarretta 31
4 Tommy Holmes 27
5 Andy Pafko 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lennie Merullo 8
1 George Myatt 8
1 Red Schoendienst 8
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss 6
5 5 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Bagby 1.10
2 Ray Prim 1.11
3 Bucky Walters 1.46
4 Dave Ferriss 1.57
5 Al Benton 1.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Wyse 8
2 Dave Ferriss 6
3 Red Barrett 5
3 Ray Prim 5
5 11 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 36
2 Hal Newhouser 35
3 Nels Potter 30
4 Allie Reynolds 28
5 Thornton Lee 26

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 6
2 Cy Buker 4
3 Andy Karl 3
3 Allie Reynolds 3
5 6 tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .354
2 Goody Rosen .344
3 Tommy Holmes .339
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss .331
5 Dixie Walker .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vern Stephens 24
2 Chuck Workman 23
3 Buster Adams 22
3 Tommy Holmes 22
3 Ernie Lombardi 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Luis Olmo 125
2 Bob Elliott 119
3 Dixie Walker 116
4 Tommy Holmes 110
5 Bill Nicholson 109

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 42
2 George Case 40
3 George Myatt 33
4 Johnny Barrett 32
5 Red Schoendienst 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave Ferriss 1.96
2 Hal Newhouser 2.02
3 Nels Potter 2.24
4 Thornton Lee 2.30
5 Jack Kramer 2.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 30
2 Hank Wyse 22
3 Dizzy Trout 21
4 Russ Christopher 20
4 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 229
2 Bill Voiselle 138
3 Nels Potter 133
4 Preacher Roe 131
5 Hal Gregg 127

Saves

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