On This Day

Friday, August 24, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 68 49 .581 --
Senators 67 49 .578 0.5
Browns 60 55 .522 7.0
White Sox 60 56 .517 7.5
Indians 59 57 .509 8.5
Yankees 56 55 .505 9.0
Red Sox 55 63 .466 13.5
Athletics 36 77 .319 30.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 74 42 .638 --
Cardinals 71 47 .602 4.0
Dodgers 65 52 .556 9.5
Giants 64 55 .538 11.5
Pirates 63 59 .516 14.0
Braves 54 66 .450 22.0
Reds 46 70 .397 28.0
Blue Jays 35 81 .302 39.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dain Clay 3
1 Gene Moore 3
3 Johnny Barrett 2
3 Mark Christman 2
3 6 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pat Seerey 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Pat Seerey 2
2 Red Borom 1
2 Mark Christman 1
2 Doc Cramer 1
2 7 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Hopp 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Feller 1.33
2 Al Hollingsworth 0.57
3 Hal Newhouser 0.55
4 Harry Brecheen 0.44
5 Hank Borowy 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Brecheen 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 Ed Heusser 1
1 Al Hollingsworth 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 12
2 Hal Newhouser 6
3 Harry Brecheen 4
3 Bill Dietrich 4
3 Al Hollingsworth 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Holmes .368
2 Phil Cavarretta .364
3 Goody Rosen .341
4 Stan Hack .335
5 Mel Ott .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 25
2 Chuck Workman 19
3 Buster Adams 18
3 Whitey Kurowski 18
3 2 others tied 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 100
2 Luis Olmo 99
3 Tommy Holmes 97
4 Buster Adams 96
5 Phil Cavarretta 86

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Myatt 23
2 Red Schoendienst 22
3 George Case 21
3 Snuffy Stirnweiss 21
5 Johnny Barrett 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Benton 1.45
2 Hal Newhouser 1.84
3 Dutch Leonard 1.86
4 Roger Wolff 2.34
5 Nels Potter 2.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 20
2 Dave Ferriss 19
3 Red Barrett 18
3 Hank Wyse 18
5 3 tied 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 167
2 Hal Gregg 121
3 Preacher Roe 109
4 Nels Potter 105
5 Bobo Newsom 100

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 15
2 Jim Turner 8
3 Andy Karl 7
4 Xavier Rescigno 5
5 6 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Morrie Aderholt .450
2 Hillis Layne .410
3 Hank Greenberg .406
4 Dick Culler .396
5 Al Libke .393

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 8
2 Roy Cullenbine 5
2 Whitey Kurowski 5
2 Mel Ott 5
5 3 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vern Stephens 22
2 George Binks 20
3 Roy Cullenbine 19
4 Milt Byrnes 17
4 2 others tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Vince DiMaggio 5
2 Johnny Barrett 4
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 4
4 Mike Kreevich 3
4 5 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.73
2 Ken Burkhart 0.95
3 Harry Brecheen 1.04
4 Van Mungo 1.05
5 Preacher Roe 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Barrett 3
1 Ken Burkhart 3
1 George Caster 3
1 Mickey Haefner 3
1 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 24
2 Bobo Newsom 22
3 Ralph Branca 16
3 Johnny Hutchings 16
3 Claude Passeau 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Don Hendrickson 3
1 Andy Karl 3
3 Ace Adams 2
4 Hank Borowy 1
4 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Holmes .368
2 Roy Schalk .364
3 Hank Greenberg .358
4 Dixie Walker .355
5 Kerby Farrell .347

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 9
1 Mel Ott 9
3 Rudy York 7
4 Whitey Kurowski 6
4 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roy Cullenbine 30
2 Vern Stephens 28
3 George Binks 27
4 Hank Greenberg 26
4 2 others tied 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Vince DiMaggio 6
1 Oris Hockett 6
1 George Myatt 6
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 6
5 6 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Preacher Roe 1.10
2 Dutch Leonard 1.30
3 Ray Prim 1.32
4 Oscar Judd 1.42
5 Harry Brecheen 1.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Barrett 6
1 Mickey Haefner 6
3 Al Hollingsworth 5
3 Hal Newhouser 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 43
2 Bobo Newsom 39
3 Ralph Branca 31
4 Claude Passeau 29
5 Van Mungo 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 3
1 Don Hendrickson 3
1 Andy Karl 3
4 Al Gettel 2
5 24 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .366
2 Tommy Holmes .351
3 Goody Rosen .338
4 Stan Hack .324
5 Dixie Walker .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 30
2 Whitey Kurowski 25
3 Chuck Workman 24
4 Vern Stephens 23
5 Mel Ott 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 118
2 Luis Olmo 115
3 Buster Adams 114
3 Phil Cavarretta 114
5 Tommy Holmes 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 38
2 George Case 32
2 George Myatt 32
4 Johnny Barrett 25
5 Red Schoendienst 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Newhouser 1.84
2 Nels Potter 2.37
3 Hank Wyse 2.48
4 Thornton Lee 2.49
5 Claude Passeau 2.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 29
2 Hank Wyse 24
3 Claude Passeau 21
4 Red Barrett 20
4 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 232
2 Hal Gregg 139
3 Bobo Newsom 137
4 Bill Voiselle 135
5 Nels Potter 131

Saves

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