On This Day

Tuesday, July 31, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 51 36 .586 --
Yankees 47 40 .540 4.0
Senators 45 41 .523 5.5
Red Sox 46 43 .517 6.0
Indians 44 44 .500 7.5
White Sox 44 45 .494 8.0
Browns 42 44 .488 8.5
Athletics 30 56 .349 20.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 58 33 .637 --
Dodgers 54 40 .574 5.5
Cardinals 55 41 .573 5.5
Pirates 49 46 .516 11.0
Giants 50 47 .515 11.0
Reds 42 48 .467 15.5
Braves 43 52 .453 17.0
Blue Jays 26 70 .271 34.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dick Culler 5
2 Tuck Stainback 4
3 Dain Clay 3
3 Danny Gardella 3
3 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Workman 2
2 Johnny Dickshot 1
2 Tommy Holmes 1
2 Buddy Kerr 1
2 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Whitey Wietelmann 3
2 Carden Gillenwater 2
2 Frankie Hayes 2
2 Buddy Kerr 2
2 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tommy Holmes 1
1 Johnny Hopp 1
1 Wally Moses 1
1 Bucky Walters 1
1 Skeeter Webb 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hal Newhouser 0.58
2 Al Jurisich 0.55
3 Dave Ferriss 0.43
3 Bucky Walters 0.43
5 2 tied 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Center 1
1 Monk Dubiel 1
1 Harry Feldman 1
1 Don Hendrickson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 7
2 Dave Ferriss 6
2 Al Jurisich 6
4 Thornton Lee 4
4 Bill Voiselle 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Holmes .370
2 Goody Rosen .368
3 Phil Cavarretta .354
4 Stan Hack .341
5 Mel Ott .334

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 17
1 Chuck Workman 17
3 Vince DiMaggio 15
3 Ernie Lombardi 15
5 2 tied 14

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 87
2 Luis Olmo 83
3 Tommy Holmes 80
4 Buster Adams 78
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 1.70
3 Dave Ferriss 2.00
4 Dutch Leonard 2.04
5 Roger Wolff 2.16

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 138
2 Hal Gregg 98
3 Preacher Roe 89
4 Nels Potter 88
5 Bill Voiselle 82

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 .472
2 George Binks .419
3 Goody Rosen .415
4 Mel Ott .406
5 Dixie Walker .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vince DiMaggio 3
2 Buster Adams 2
2 Johnny Dickshot 2
2 Nick Etten 2
2 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 19
2 Buster Adams 14
2 Augie Galan 14
2 Luis Olmo 14
5 Danny Gardella 13

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Les Mueller 0.00
2 Russ Christopher 0.43
3 Oscar Judd 0.48
4 Joe Berry 0.50
4 Tex Shirley 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 4
2 Hal Gregg 3
2 Hank Wyse 3
4 Jim Bagby 2
4 25 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 26
2 Russ Christopher 20
3 Bobo Newsom 19
4 Bill Voiselle 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 12 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Hack .421
2 Goody Rosen .389
3 Bobby Estalella .368
4 Wally Moses .354
5 Felix Mackiewicz .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 8
2 Chuck Workman 7
3 Danny Gardella 6
4 Jeff Heath 5
4 2 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 33
2 Phil Cavarretta 31
3 Buster Adams 30
4 Tommy Holmes 24
4 2 others tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lennie Merullo 8
1 Red Schoendienst 8
3 George Myatt 7
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Bagby 1.10
2 Ray Prim 1.11
3 Bucky Walters 1.23
4 Al Benton 1.61
5 Bobo Newsom 1.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Wyse 8
2 Dave Ferriss 6
3 Red Barrett 5
3 Hal Newhouser 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 42
2 Bobo Newsom 32
3 Thornton Lee 30
4 Allie Reynolds 28
5 Nels Potter 26

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .359
2 Goody Rosen .345
3 Tommy Holmes .340
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss .328
5 Dixie Walker .326

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Workman 25
2 Vern Stephens 24
3 Tommy Holmes 23
4 Ernie Lombardi 22
5 3 tied 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Luis Olmo 120
2 Bob Elliott 118
3 Dixie Walker 115
4 Tommy Holmes 110
5 2 tied 108

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 40
2 George Case 39
3 Johnny Barrett 32
3 George Myatt 32
5 Red Schoendienst 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Newhouser 1.89
2 Dave Ferriss 2.00
3 Nels Potter 2.24
4 Jack Kramer 2.33
5 Thornton Lee 2.40

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 228
2 Bill Voiselle 142
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