On This Day

Wednesday, September 26, 1945

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 87 65 .572 --
Senators 87 67 .565 1.0
Browns 80 69 .537 5.5
Yankees 78 71 .523 7.5
Indians 73 71 .507 10.0
White Sox 71 78 .477 14.5
Red Sox 71 81 .467 16.0
Athletics 52 97 .349 33.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 93 56 .624 --
Cardinals 92 58 .613 1.5
Dodgers 85 67 .559 9.5
Pirates 81 69 .540 12.5
Giants 77 73 .513 16.5
Braves 66 84 .440 27.5
Reds 61 88 .409 32.0
Blue Jays 46 106 .303 48.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Pete Coscarart 4
1 Doc Cramer 4
1 Les Fleming 4
1 Frank McCormick 4
1 Skeeter Webb 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roy Cullenbine 1
1 Hank Greenberg 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Augie Galan 4
2 Roy Cullenbine 3
2 Hank Greenberg 3
4 Buster Adams 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Barrett 1
1 Frankie Gustine 1
1 Johnny Hopp 1
1 Hank Sauer 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hal Newhouser 0.91
2 Nick Strincevich 0.80
3 Steve Gromek 0.62
4 Al Benton 0.60
5 Ralph Branca 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ralph Branca 1
1 Ken Burkhart 1
1 Steve Gromek 1
1 Johnny Hetki 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 10
2 Steve Gromek 5
3 Earl Harrist 4
3 Nick Strincevich 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .357
2 Tommy Holmes .349
3 Goody Rosen .326
4 Whitey Kurowski .324
5 Stan Hack .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 28
2 Vern Stephens 24
2 Chuck Workman 24
4 Buster Adams 22
5 2 tied 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 124
2 Tommy Holmes 114
3 Andy Pafko 109
4 Buster Adams 108
4 Luis Olmo 108

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 32
2 George Case 30
2 George Myatt 30
4 Red Schoendienst 26
5 Johnny Barrett 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Newhouser 1.77
2 Al Benton 2.03
3 Roger Wolff 2.09
4 Dutch Leonard 2.13
5 Nels Potter 2.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 24
2 Red Barrett 23
3 Dave Ferriss 21
3 Hank Wyse 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 207
2 Preacher Roe 146
3 Hal Gregg 138
4 Bobo Newsom 125
4 Nels Potter 125

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 15
1 Andy Karl 15
3 Jim Turner 10
4 Xavier Rescigno 9
5 4 tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Whitey Kurowski .431
2 George Myatt .405
3 Snuffy Stirnweiss .390
4 Augie Galan .370
5 Emil Verban .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Sauer 5
2 Russ Derry 3
2 Nick Etten 3
2 Charlie Keller 3
2 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Augie Galan 16
2 Andy Pafko 15
3 Nick Etten 14
4 Whitey Kurowski 13
5 Jeff Heath 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Dickshot 5
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 4
3 Tommy Holmes 3
3 Peanuts Lowrey 3
3 Skeeter Newsome 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Hutchings 0.00
2 Roger Wolff 0.31
3 Monk Dubiel 0.66
4 Steve Gromek 1.00
5 Ed Wright 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Gromek 3
1 Roger Wolff 3
1 Hank Wyse 3
4 Red Barrett 2
4 19 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 24
2 Bob Feller 20
3 Ralph Branca 15
4 Hal Gregg 14
4 Walt Masterson 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Andy Karl 2
1 Charley Schanz 2
3 Joe Berry 1
3 Cy Buker 1
3 12 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Augie Galan .376
2 Whitey Kurowski .362
3 George Kell .344
4 Bob Elliott .340
5 Buddy Lewis .339

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Keller 8
2 Eddie Miller 6
2 Vern Stephens 6
4 Roy Cullenbine 5
4 5 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nick Etten 31
2 Charlie Keller 27
2 Andy Pafko 27
4 Augie Galan 25
5 2 tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 10
2 George Case 9
3 Johnny Dickshot 7
3 George Myatt 7
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Wolff 0.33
2 Steve Gromek 1.15
3 Ed Wright 1.19
4 Johnny Hutchings 1.26
5 Joe Berry 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Borowy 6
2 Harry Brecheen 5
2 Dizzy Trout 5
2 Roger Wolff 5
5 10 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 41
2 Hal Newhouser 40
3 Preacher Roe 33
4 Ralph Branca 32
5 2 tied 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Andy Karl 7
2 Xavier Rescigno 4
3 Joe Berry 2
3 George Caster 2
3 4 others tied 2