On This Day

Thursday, August 2, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 53 36 .596 --
Senators 49 41 .544 4.5
Yankees 48 41 .539 5.0
Red Sox 47 44 .516 7.0
Indians 45 45 .500 8.5
White Sox 45 46 .495 9.0
Browns 42 46 .477 10.5
Athletics 30 60 .333 23.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 59 34 .634 --
Cardinals 56 41 .577 5.0
Dodgers 54 40 .574 5.5
Giants 51 47 .520 10.5
Pirates 50 47 .515 11.0
Reds 42 49 .462 16.0
Braves 43 53 .448 17.5
Blue Jays 26 70 .271 34.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Lou Boudreau 4
2 Bobby Estalella 3
2 Dutch Meyer 3
2 Jack Salveson 3
2 Roy Schalk 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Mayo 2
2 Nick Etten 1
2 Pat Seerey 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Mayo 4
1 Pat Seerey 4
3 Nick Etten 3
4 Lou Boudreau 2
4 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Preacher Roe 0.67
2 Mickey Haefner 0.60
3 Al Benton 0.56
4 Lou Knerr 0.40
5 Paul Derringer 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Benton 1
1 Pete Center 1
1 Paul Derringer 1
1 Mickey Haefner 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Benton 5
2 Lou Knerr 4
2 Preacher Roe 4
4 Mickey Haefner 3
5 7 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Holmes .368
1 Goody Rosen .368
3 Phil Cavarretta .350
4 Stan Hack .340
5 Mel Ott .336

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 Buster Adams 82
4 Tommy Holmes 81
5 Bob Elliott 72

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Benton 0.89
2 Hal Newhouser 1.70
3 Dutch Leonard 1.91
4 Dave Ferriss 2.00
5 Roger Wolff 2.03

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dave Ferriss 17
1 Hal Newhouser 17
3 Hank Wyse 15
4 Red Barrett 14
5 Hal Gregg 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 138
2 Hal Gregg 98
3 Preacher Roe 93
4 Nels Potter 89
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 .471
2 Lou Boudreau .435
3 Dixie Walker .425
4 Skeeter Newsome .409
5 Andy Pafko .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Mayo 4
2 Vince DiMaggio 3
2 Nick Etten 3
2 Pat Seerey 3
5 8 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buster Adams 17
2 Augie Galan 14
3 Luis Olmo 13
3 Dixie Walker 13
5 Nick Etten 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 5
2 Johnny Hopp 4
2 Red Schoendienst 4
4 Johnny Barrett 3
4 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Les Mueller 0.00
2 Russ Christopher 0.43
3 Hal Gregg 0.47
4 Oscar Judd 0.48
5 Tex Shirley 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 3
1 Hal Newhouser 3
1 Roger Wolff 3
1 Hank Wyse 3
5 24 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 22
2 Russ Christopher 20
3 Bobo Newsom 19
4 Ken Burkhart 15
4 2 others tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cy Buker 3
2 Ace Adams 2
2 Al Gettel 2
2 Andy Karl 2
5 10 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Hack .397
2 Goody Rosen .390
3 Eddie Lake .352
4 Bobby Estalella .350
5 Mel Ott .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pat Seerey 7
2 Eddie Mayo 6
2 Chuck Workman 6
4 Danny Gardella 5
4 3 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 33
2 Buster Adams 31
3 Phil Cavarretta 28
4 Emil Verban 24
5 4 tied 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lennie Merullo 8
1 Red Schoendienst 8
3 George Myatt 7
4 Johnny Barrett 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ray Prim 1.08
2 Jim Bagby 1.10
3 Bucky Walters 1.23
4 Bobo Newsom 1.39
5 Al Benton 1.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Wyse 7
2 Red Barrett 6
3 Al Benton 5
3 Dave Ferriss 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 42
2 Bobo Newsom 32
3 Allie Reynolds 28
4 Nels Potter 27
5 Roger Wolff 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 5
2 Cy Buker 4
3 Allie Reynolds 3
4 Joe Berry 2
4 6 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .355
2 Goody Rosen .349
3 Tommy Holmes .340
4 Stan Hack .325
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss .325

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Elliott 117
2 Luis Olmo 116
3 Dixie Walker 113
4 Tommy Holmes 110
5 Bill Nicholson 107

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 39
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 39
3 George Myatt 32
4 Johnny Barrett 28
5 Red Schoendienst 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Newhouser 1.89
2 Dave Ferriss 2.00
3 Nels Potter 2.35
4 Thornton Lee 2.40
5 Blix Donnelly 2.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 30
2 Hank Wyse 21
3 Claude Passeau 20
3 Rip Sewell 20
3 Dizzy Trout 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 228
2 Bill Voiselle 142
3 Nels Potter 134
3 Preacher Roe 134
5 Hal Gregg 124

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 15
2 Jim Turner 11
3 Frank Barrett 7
4 Andy Karl 5
4 Xavier Rescigno 5