On This Day

Thursday, September 27, 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 79 71 .527 7.0
Indians 73 71 .507 10.0
White Sox 71 78 .477 14.5
Red Sox 71 81 .467 16.0
Athletics 52 98 .347 34.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 95 56 .629 --
Cardinals 92 59 .609 3.0
Dodgers 85 67 .559 10.5
Pirates 82 69 .543 13.0
Giants 77 73 .513 17.5
Braves 66 84 .440 28.5
Reds 61 90 .404 34.0
Blue Jays 46 106 .303 49.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Phil Cavarretta 3
1 Russ Derry 3
1 Stan Hack 3
1 Al Lakeman 3
1 Peanuts Lowrey 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Peanuts Lowrey 1
1 Red Ruffing 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Peanuts Lowrey 3
1 Red Ruffing 3
3 Johnny Barrett 2
3 Phil Cavarretta 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Barrett 2
2 Stan Hack 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Heusser 0.71
2 Red Ruffing 0.67
3 Preacher Roe 0.50
3 Hank Wyse 0.50
5 Paul Derringer 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 1
1 Preacher Roe 1
1 Red Ruffing 1
1 Hank Wyse 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Heusser 5
2 Al Jurisich 4
2 Red Ruffing 4
4 Paul Derringer 3
4 Preacher Roe 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .358
2 Tommy Holmes .349
3 Goody Rosen .326
4 Stan Hack .324
5 Whitey Kurowski .323

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 110
4 Buster Adams 109
5 2 tied 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 25

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 Hank Wyse 22
4 Dave Ferriss 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 207
2 Preacher Roe 149
3 Hal Gregg 138
4 Bobo Newsom 127
5 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 .421
2 George Myatt .410
3 Augie Galan .373
4 Emil Verban .362
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Sauer 4
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 3
3 Russ Derry 2
3 Nick Etten 2
3 8 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Augie Galan 16
2 Whitey Kurowski 13
2 Andy Pafko 13
4 Nick Etten 11
4 Jeff Heath 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 4
2 Johnny Barrett 3
2 Johnny Dickshot 3
2 Tommy Holmes 3
2 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Wolff 0.00
1 Johnny Hutchings 0.00
3 Steve Gromek 0.62
4 Monk Dubiel 0.66
5 Ed Wright 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Steve Gromek 3
1 Hank Wyse 3
3 Red Barrett 2
3 Hank Borowy 2
3 16 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 24
2 Bob Feller 20
3 Hal Gregg 14
3 Walt Masterson 14
5 Preacher Roe 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Andy Karl 2
1 Charley Schanz 2
3 Joe Berry 1
3 Cy Buker 1
3 11 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Augie Galan .376
2 Whitey Kurowski .356
3 George Kell .341
4 Bob Elliott .340
5 Buddy Lewis .339

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Keller 8
2 Eddie Miller 6
3 Roy Cullenbine 5
3 Nick Etten 5
3 5 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nick Etten 31
2 Charlie Keller 28
2 Andy Pafko 28
4 Augie Galan 25
5 4 tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 10
2 George Case 9
3 Johnny Dickshot 7
3 George Myatt 7
5 4 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 Hal Newhouser 1.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hank Borowy 6
2 Harry Brecheen 5
2 Dizzy Trout 5
2 Roger Wolff 5
5 12 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 41
2 Hal Newhouser 40
3 Preacher Roe 36
4 Ralph Branca 32
5 3 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