On This Day

Thursday, April 25, 1946

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 6 2 .750 --
Red Sox 7 3 .700 0.0
Yankees 7 3 .700 0.0
Indians 3 3 .500 2.0
White Sox 3 5 .375 3.0
Browns 3 5 .375 3.0
Senators 3 6 .333 3.5
Athletics 2 7 .222 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 7 1 .875 --
Cardinals 7 2 .778 0.5
Braves 5 4 .556 2.5
Cubs 4 4 .500 3.0
Pirates 4 5 .444 3.5
Giants 3 6 .333 4.5
Reds 3 7 .300 5.0
Phillies 2 6 .250 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Marv Rickert 5
2 Johnny Pesky 4
3 Luke Appling 3
3 Joe DiMaggio 3
3 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roy Cullenbine 1
1 Joe Gordon 1
1 Ralph Kiner 1
1 Phil Masi 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Doerr 3
1 Ralph Kiner 3
1 Phil Masi 3
1 Eddie Miller 3
5 13 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Leon Culberson 1
1 Don Kolloway 1
1 Phil Rizzuto 1
1 Red Schoendienst 1
1 Enos Slaughter 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hal Newhouser 0.50
2 Joe Dobson 0.47
3 Ox Miller 0.40
4 Monty Kennedy 0.33
4 Allie Reynolds 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Dobson 1
1 Ken Heintzelman 1
1 Johnny Hetki 1
1 Bill Lee 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Dobson 7
1 Hal Newhouser 7
3 Johnny Hetki 4
3 Monty Kennedy 4
3 Preacher Roe 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clayton Lambert 1
1 Preacher Roe 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Pesky .424
2 Elbie Fletcher .407
3 Hank Greenberg .400
4 Frank McCormick .379
5 2 tied .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 2
1 Nick Etten 2
1 Tommy Holmes 2
1 Ken Keltner 2
1 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Doerr 11
2 Nick Etten 10
2 Eddie Miller 10
2 Stan Spence 10
2 Dick Wakefield 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 5
2 Bobby Doerr 2
2 Bert Haas 2
2 Gene Handley 2
2 3 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Max Lanier 0.00
1 Joe Hatten 0.00
1 Ed Head 0.00
1 Dizzy Trout 0.00
1 Ted Lyons 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 3
2 Hugh Casey 2
2 Spud Chandler 2
2 Joe Dobson 2
2 12 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 22
2 Bob Feller 20
3 Howie Pollet 16
4 Spud Chandler 14
4 Mickey Harris 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Haynes 2
2 Red Barrett 1
2 Mike Budnick 1
2 Mickey Haefner 1
2 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .363
2 Tommy Holmes .344
3 Goody Rosen .326
4 Stan Hack .322
5 Whitey Kurowski .321

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 30
2 Vern Stephens 24
2 Chuck Workman 24
4 Buster Adams 23
5 Whitey Kurowski 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 123
2 Tommy Holmes 117
3 Buster Adams 115
4 Nick Etten 112
4 Andy Pafko 112

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 33
2 George Myatt 30
3 George Case 28
4 Red Schoendienst 25
5 Johnny Barrett 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Newhouser 1.78
2 Dutch Leonard 1.96
3 Al Benton 2.03
4 Roger Wolff 2.23
5 Claude Passeau 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 27
2 Red Barrett 23
3 Hank Wyse 22
4 Dave Ferriss 21
5 Roger Wolff 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 222
2 Preacher Roe 152
3 Nels Potter 135
4 Hal Gregg 132
5 Bobo Newsom 129

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Andy Karl 15
2 Ace Adams 13
3 Xavier Rescigno 9
3 Jim Turner 9
5 4 tied 5