On This Day

Wednesday, April 23, 1947

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 3 1 .750 --
Yankees 6 2 .750 -1.0
Indians 3 2 .600 0.5
Red Sox 4 3 .571 0.5
Tigers 3 3 .500 1.0
Senators 3 3 .500 1.0
Browns 1 4 .200 2.5
Athletics 1 6 .143 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 6 1 .857 --
Dodgers 4 2 .667 1.5
Braves 3 3 .500 2.5
Cubs 4 4 .500 2.5
Phillies 4 4 .500 2.5
Reds 4 6 .400 3.5
Giants 2 4 .333 3.5
Cardinals 2 5 .286 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 George Binks 3
1 Lou Boudreau 3
1 Bob Dillinger 3
1 Hoot Evers 3
1 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roy Cullenbine 2
2 Eddie Basinski 1
2 Billy Cox 1
2 Chuck Diering 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Billy Cox 4
2 Eddie Basinski 3
2 Les Fleming 3
2 Mike McCormick 3
2 Al Zarilla 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luke Appling 1
1 George Metkovich 1
1 Cass Michaels 1
1 Johnny Pesky 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Allie Reynolds 0.71
2 Joe Hatten 0.67
3 Johnny Schmitz 0.50
4 Red Munger 0.43
5 2 tied 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Bahr 1
1 Red Embree 1
1 Joe Hatten 1
1 Fred Hutchinson 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Hatten 6
1 Johnny Schmitz 6
3 Ken Burkhart 5
3 Allie Reynolds 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Ferrick 1
1 Steve Gromek 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lou Boudreau .526
2 Buddy Lewis .474
3 Pete Reiser .471
4 Frankie Gustine .464
5 Willard Marshall .455

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Miller 5
2 Roy Cullenbine 3
2 Bill Rigney 3
2 Bobby Thomson 3
2 Ted Williams 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Augie Galan 10
2 Bobby Adams 8
2 Charlie Keller 8
2 Frank McCormick 8
2 5 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Adams 1
1 Luke Appling 1
1 Frank Baumholtz 1
1 Johnny Berardino 1
1 27 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Allie Reynolds 0.00
1 Hal Gregg 0.00
1 Ken Raffensberger 0.00
1 Virgil Trucks 0.00
1 Johnny Rigney 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bevens 2
1 Ewell Blackwell 2
1 Fritz Dorish 2
1 Hal Gregg 2
1 3 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 14
1 Phil Marchildon 14
3 Bob Feller 13
4 Hal Newhouser 11
4 Allie Reynolds 11

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 2
2 Tiny Bonham 1
2 Tom Ferrick 1
2 Steve Gromek 1
2 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .357
2 Mickey Vernon .346
3 Ted Williams .341
4 Johnny Pesky .333
5 George Kell .326

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 45
2 Ted Williams 40
3 Charlie Keller 31
4 Pat Seerey 27
5 2 tied 24

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 127
1 Enos Slaughter 127
3 Ted Williams 124
4 Dixie Walker 120
4 Rudy York 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 29
2 George Case 28
3 Bert Haas 22
4 Johnny Hopp 20
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 2.17
2 Bill Bevens 2.26
3 Hal Newhouser 2.28
4 Howie Pollet 2.30
5 Spud Chandler 2.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 26
1 Dave Ferriss 26
3 Hal Newhouser 25
4 Howie Pollet 20
5 Spud Chandler 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 341
2 Hal Newhouser 271
3 Tex Hughson 168
4 Virgil Trucks 158
5 Dizzy Trout 154

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Klinger 9
2 Earl Caldwell 8
3 Hugh Casey 7
3 Tom Ferrick 7
3 Johnny Murphy 7