On This Day

Saturday, August 25, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 68 49 .581 --
Senators 67 51 .568 1.5
Browns 61 55 .526 6.5
Yankees 58 55 .513 8.0
White Sox 60 57 .513 8.0
Indians 59 57 .509 8.5
Red Sox 55 63 .466 13.5
Athletics 36 77 .319 30.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 74 43 .632 --
Cardinals 72 47 .605 3.0
Dodgers 67 52 .563 8.0
Giants 64 57 .529 12.0
Pirates 63 60 .512 14.0
Braves 55 66 .455 21.0
Reds 47 70 .402 27.0
Blue Jays 35 82 .299 39.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hillis Layne 4
1 Ed Stevens 4
3 Tommy Brown 3
3 Augie Galan 3
3 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Binks 1
1 Frenchy Bordagaray 1
1 Tommy Brown 1
1 Russ Derry 1
1 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Stevens 6
1 Dixie Walker 6
3 Frenchy Bordagaray 3
3 Hersh Martin 3
3 Red Schoendienst 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Al Evans 1
1 Bill Ramsey 1
1 Vince Shupe 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vern Kennedy 0.50
1 Ray Prim 0.50
3 Dutch Leonard 0.44
3 Preacher Roe 0.44
5 Les Webber 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bevens 1
1 Ken Burkhart 1
1 Sig Jakucki 1
1 Vern Kennedy 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vern Kennedy 4
1 Dutch Leonard 4
1 Marino Pieretti 4
1 Preacher Roe 4
5 4 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Don Hendrickson 1
1 Bill Zuber 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Holmes .367
2 Phil Cavarretta .363
3 Goody Rosen .340
4 Stan Hack .332
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 106
2 Luis Olmo 99
3 Tommy Holmes 98
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 1.99
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 4 tied 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 167
2 Hal Gregg 123
3 Preacher Roe 113
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 7 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Morrie Aderholt .450
2 Vince DiMaggio .419
3 Hillis Layne .417
4 Hank Greenberg .410
5 Dutch Meyer .384

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 7
2 Roy Cullenbine 5
2 Whitey Kurowski 5
2 Mel Ott 5
5 4 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Binks 22
2 Roy Cullenbine 19
3 Milt Byrnes 18
3 Joe Kuhel 18
3 Vern Stephens 18

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ken Burkhart 0.96
2 Les Webber 0.96
3 Harry Brecheen 1.04
4 Preacher Roe 1.06
5 Oscar Judd 1.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ken Burkhart 4
2 George Caster 3
2 Mickey Haefner 3
2 Al Hollingsworth 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 24
2 Bobo Newsom 22
3 Dutch Leonard 18
3 Preacher Roe 18
5 4 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Don Hendrickson 3
1 Andy Karl 3
3 Ace Adams 2
4 Hank Borowy 1
4 9 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .392
2 Mike Schemer .385
3 Tommy Holmes .364
4 Hank Greenberg .358
5 Dixie Walker .357

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 George Binks 29
3 Vern Stephens 28
4 Joe Kuhel 27
4 Andy Pafko 27

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 Les Webber 0.96
2 Preacher Roe 1.09
3 Ray Prim 1.11
4 Oscar Judd 1.42
5 Harry Brecheen 1.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Barrett 6
1 Mickey Haefner 6
3 Ken Burkhart 5
3 Al Hollingsworth 5
3 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 43
2 Bobo Newsom 39
3 Ralph Branca 31
4 Ken Burkhart 29
4 Claude Passeau 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Don Hendrickson 4
2 Ace Adams 3
2 Andy Karl 3
4 Al Gettel 2
5 25 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .364
2 Tommy Holmes .350
3 Goody Rosen .337
4 Stan Hack .321
5 Dixie Walker .321

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 124
2 Luis Olmo 115
3 Buster Adams 114
3 Phil Cavarretta 114
3 Tommy Holmes 114

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 2.45
4 Thornton Lee 2.49
5 Steve Gromek 2.54

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 141
3 Bobo Newsom 137
4 Bill Voiselle 135
5 Preacher Roe 132

Saves

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