On This Day

Thursday, April 24, 1947

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 4 2 .667 --
Yankees 6 3 .667 -0.5
Red Sox 5 3 .625 0.0
White Sox 3 2 .600 0.5
Senators 3 3 .500 1.0
Tigers 3 4 .429 1.5
Browns 2 4 .333 2.0
Athletics 1 6 .143 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 6 2 .750 --
Dodgers 5 2 .714 0.5
Braves 4 3 .571 1.5
Cubs 5 4 .556 1.5
Phillies 4 5 .444 2.5
Reds 4 6 .400 3.0
Giants 2 5 .286 3.5
Cardinals 2 5 .286 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Danny Litwhiler 4
1 Andy Pafko 4
3 Mike McCormick 3
3 Johnny Mize 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 3
2 Phil Cavarretta 1
2 Walker Cooper 1
2 Jeff Heath 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Litwhiler 4
1 Johnny Mize 4
3 Andy Pafko 3
3 Johnny Sain 3
5 5 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Rigney 0.80
2 Tex Hughson 0.75
3 Ralph Branca 0.71
4 Virgil Trucks 0.60
5 Hank Borowy 0.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Don Black 1
1 Hank Borowy 1
1 Ralph Branca 1
1 Tex Hughson 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hank Borowy 7
2 Tex Hughson 6
3 Ralph Branca 5
4 Tommy Hughes 4
4 Johnny Rigney 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 1
1 Emil Kush 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Pete Reiser .500
2 Mike McCormick .458
3 Frankie Gustine .455
4 Bill Rigney .448
5 Lou Boudreau .435

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Miller 5
1 Johnny Mize 5
3 Roy Cullenbine 3
3 Bill Rigney 3
3 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Augie Galan 10
2 Mike McCormick 9
3 Bobby Adams 8
3 Billy Cox 8
3 7 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
4 Bob Feller 0.53
4 Johnny Rigney 0.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bevens 2
1 Don Black 2
1 Ewell Blackwell 2
1 Hank Borowy 2
1 6 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 14
1 Phil Marchildon 14
3 Bob Feller 13
4 Tex Hughson 12
5 3 tied 11

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 3
2 Tiny Bonham 1
2 Tom Ferrick 1
2 Steve Gromek 1
2 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .358
2 Mickey Vernon .346
3 Ted Williams .341
4 Johnny Pesky .333
5 George Kell .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 45
2 Ted Williams 40
3 Charlie Keller 31
4 Pat Seerey 28
5 Johnny Mize 27

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 128
2 Enos Slaughter 127
3 Ted Williams 124
4 Dixie Walker 121
5 Rudy York 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 29
2 George Case 28
3 Bert Haas 21
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 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 341
2 Hal Newhouser 271
3 Tex Hughson 174
4 Virgil Trucks 161
5 Dizzy Trout 154

Saves

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