On This Day

Sunday, April 28, 1946

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 10 3 .769 --
Yankees 9 4 .692 1.0
Tigers 7 4 .636 2.0
Browns 6 6 .500 3.5
Indians 4 5 .444 4.0
White Sox 5 7 .417 4.5
Senators 4 8 .333 5.5
Athletics 2 10 .167 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 8 3 .727 --
Cardinals 9 4 .692 0.0
Braves 7 4 .636 1.0
Cubs 6 5 .545 2.0
Giants 5 7 .417 3.5
Reds 5 7 .417 3.5
Pirates 4 8 .333 4.5
Phillies 2 8 .200 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Stan Musial 5
1 Goody Rosen 5
1 Dixie Walker 5
1 Taffy Wright 5
5 11 tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buddy Blattner 1
1 Sam Chapman 1
1 Hank Greenberg 1
1 Grady Hatton 1
1 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jess Pike 5
2 Grady Hatton 4
2 Peanuts Lowrey 4
4 Johnny Berardino 3
4 6 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bert Haas 2
2 George Binks 1
2 Leon Culberson 1
2 Joe Gordon 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tex Hughson 1.11
2 Johnny Sain 0.71
3 Ken Burkhart 0.50
4 Bobo Newsom 0.46
5 3 tied 0.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mort Cooper 1
1 Red Embree 1
1 Mickey Harris 1
1 Ed Heusser 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tex Hughson 10
2 Bobo Newsom 6
2 Hal Schumacher 6
4 Mickey Harris 5
4 5 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .429
2 Johnny Pesky .391
3 Billy Herman .389
4 Stan Musial .370
5 Mickey Witek .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 4
2 Dixie Walker 3
3 Sam Chapman 2
3 Nick Etten 2
3 12 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Doerr 16
2 Nick Etten 12
2 Stan Spence 12
2 Ed Stevens 12
5 3 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 7
2 Bert Haas 4
3 Leon Culberson 2
3 Bobby Doerr 2
3 8 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Max Lanier 0.00
1 Sam Zoldak 0.00
3 Spud Chandler 0.33
4 Red Embree 0.86
5 Eddie Lopat 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Spud Chandler 3
1 Mickey Harris 3
1 Tex Hughson 3
1 Bob Joyce 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 28
2 Tex Hughson 22
2 Hal Newhouser 22
4 Mickey Harris 19
5 Howie Pollet 17

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 .360
2 Tommy Holmes .345
3 Goody Rosen .331
4 Whitey Kurowski .323
5 Stan Hack .319

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 130
2 Tommy Holmes 118
3 Buster Adams 115
4 Nick Etten 113
5 Andy Pafko 112

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 35
2 George Case 27
2 George Myatt 27
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 2.15
5 Nels Potter 2.43

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 222
2 Preacher Roe 152
3 Nels Potter 139
4 Bobo Newsom 135
5 Hal Gregg 132

Saves

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