On This Day

Wednesday, April 16, 1947

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 1 0 1.000 --
Tigers 1 0 1.000 0.0
Athletics 1 0 1.000 0.0
Red Sox 1 0 1.000 0.0
Senators 0 1 .000 1.0
Browns 0 1 .000 1.0
Yankees 0 1 .000 1.0
Indians 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 1 0 1.000 --
Dodgers 1 0 1.000 0.0
Phillies 1 0 1.000 0.0
Reds 1 1 .500 0.5
Cardinals 1 1 .500 0.5
Giants 0 1 .000 1.0
Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0
Braves 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Marty Marion 4
2 Augie Galan 2
2 Grady Hatton 2
2 Enos Slaughter 2
5 10 tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Marty Marion 1
1 Eddie Miller 1
1 Stan Musial 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Marty Marion 2
2 Whitey Kurowski 1
2 Eddie Miller 1
2 Stan Musial 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eddie Erautt 0.31
2 Red Munger 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Munger 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Erautt 4
2 Red Munger 2
3 Clyde Shoun 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Mele 1.000
1 Pat Mullin 1.000
1 Pete Reiser 1.000
4 Stan Hack .750
4 3 others tied .750

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Miller 2
2 Marty Marion 1
2 Stan Musial 1
2 Eddie Pellagrini 1
2 Bobby Thomson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jerry Priddy 3
2 Bobby Doerr 2
2 Marty Marion 2
2 Eddie Miller 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Joost 1
1 Elmer Valo 1
1 Vic Wertz 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Lopat 0.00
1 Hal Newhouser 0.00
1 Rip Sewell 0.00
1 Hal Gregg 0.00
1 3 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 1
1 Fritz Dorish 1
1 Hal Gregg 1
1 Eddie Lopat 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 6
1 Phil Marchildon 6
3 Hal Newhouser 5
4 Spud Chandler 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .362
2 Mickey Vernon .354
3 Ted Williams .344
4 Johnny Pesky .336
5 George Kell .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 44
2 Ted Williams 38
3 Charlie Keller 30
4 Pat Seerey 26
5 Joe DiMaggio 25

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Enos Slaughter 130
2 Hank Greenberg 128
3 Ted Williams 126
4 Rudy York 120
5 Bobby Doerr 118

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 34
2 George Case 28
3 Bert Haas 23
4 Johnny Hopp 21
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Newhouser 2.06
2 Howie Pollet 2.14
3 Bob Feller 2.16
4 Spud Chandler 2.18
5 Bill Bevens 2.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Newhouser 27
2 Bob Feller 26
3 Dave Ferriss 25
4 Howie Pollet 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 351
2 Hal Newhouser 280
3 Tex Hughson 173
4 Virgil Trucks 162
5 Dizzy Trout 151

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Klinger 9
2 Earl Caldwell 8
3 Johnny Murphy 7
4 Hugh Casey 6
4 2 others tied 6