On This Day

Saturday, May 18, 1946

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 24 6 .800 --
Yankees 18 11 .621 5.5
Tigers 17 12 .586 6.5
Senators 13 13 .500 9.0
Browns 13 16 .448 10.5
Indians 11 16 .407 11.5
White Sox 9 16 .360 12.5
Athletics 7 22 .241 16.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 16 9 .640 --
Cardinals 15 9 .625 0.5
Cubs 13 10 .565 2.0
Braves 14 11 .560 2.0
Reds 12 11 .522 3.0
Giants 11 15 .423 5.5
Pirates 9 14 .391 6.0
Phillies 6 17 .261 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Clyde McCullough 3
1 Andy Pafko 3
1 Johnny Pesky 3
1 Hal Wagner 3
5 19 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chet Laabs 2
2 Buddy Blattner 1
2 Charlie Keller 1
2 Buddy Kerr 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rip Russell 5
2 Clyde McCullough 4
2 Ted Williams 4
2 Rudy York 4
5 2 tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luke Appling 1
1 Phil Cavarretta 1
1 Dom DiMaggio 1
1 Tommy Henrich 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Fred Hutchinson 1.29
2 Johnny Schmitz 1.00
3 Orval Grove 0.40
4 Bobo Newsom 0.33
5 Mickey Harris 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Orval Grove 1
1 Mickey Harris 1
1 Fred Hutchinson 1
1 Johnny Schmitz 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Hutchinson 9
2 Johnny Schmitz 6
3 Mickey Harris 5
4 Tiny Bonham 2
4 5 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .384
2 Mickey Vernon .383
3 Johnny Pesky .381
4 Ted Williams .379
5 Stan Musial .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 7
1 Charlie Keller 7
1 Johnny Mize 7
1 Ted Williams 7
5 2 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 31
2 Bobby Doerr 30
3 Tommy Holmes 25
4 Rudy York 24
5 4 tied 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 9
2 George Case 6
2 Bert Haas 6
2 Dixie Walker 6
5 Phil Rizzuto 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 0.68
2 Johnny Schmitz 1.30
3 Ed Head 1.33
4 Max Lanier 1.34
5 Bill Bevens 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mickey Harris 7
2 Spud Chandler 5
2 Bob Feller 5
2 Max Lanier 5
2 Hal Newhouser 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 85
2 Hal Newhouser 41
3 Tex Hughson 40
4 Mickey Harris 37
5 2 tied 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Haynes 2
1 Fred Hutchinson 2
1 Bill Kennedy 2
4 Red Barrett 1
4 22 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .415
2 Jeff Heath .396
3 Johnny Pesky .393
4 George Kell .390
5 Pee Wee Reese .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 6
2 Charlie Keller 5
3 Ted Williams 4
4 Joe DiMaggio 3
4 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 16
2 Tommy Holmes 14
3 Dixie Walker 12
4 Jeff Heath 11
4 5 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 4
1 Dixie Walker 4
3 Phil Rizzuto 3
4 Luke Appling 2
4 14 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Hutchinson 0.00
1 Al Milnar 0.00
3 Roger Wolff 0.43
4 Monty Kennedy 0.50
5 Les Webber 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 3
1 Mickey Harris 3
1 Walt Masterson 3
1 Virgil Trucks 3
5 13 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 46
2 Virgil Trucks 18
3 Johnny Schmitz 15
4 Spud Chandler 14
4 Bobo Newsom 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Hutchinson 2
1 Bill Kennedy 2
3 Mace Brown 1
3 Ken Burkhart 1
3 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Phil Cavarretta .358
2 Tommy Holmes .342
3 Goody Rosen .325
4 Stan Hack .319
5 Dixie Walker .308

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Holmes 28
2 Whitey Kurowski 22
2 Rudy York 22
4 Chuck Workman 21
5 Vern Stephens 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dixie Walker 128
2 Tommy Holmes 123
3 Andy Pafko 120
4 Nick Etten 111
5 2 tied 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 33
2 George Case 25
3 George Myatt 24
3 Red Schoendienst 24
5 Johnny Barrett 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Newhouser 1.83
2 Roger Wolff 2.10
3 Dutch Leonard 2.34
4 Claude Passeau 2.50
5 Harry Brecheen 2.51

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 28
2 Red Barrett 22
2 Dave Ferriss 22
4 Hank Wyse 21
5 Roger Wolff 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 224
2 Bobo Newsom 147
3 Bob Feller 144
4 Preacher Roe 139
5 Nels Potter 125

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Andy Karl 15
2 Ace Adams 9
2 Jim Turner 9
4 Xavier Rescigno 6
5 3 tied 5