On This Day

Monday, August 18, 1947

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 74 39 .655 --
Red Sox 60 50 .545 12.5
Tigers 59 51 .536 13.5
Athletics 60 54 .526 14.5
Indians 54 54 .500 17.5
White Sox 52 62 .456 22.5
Senators 46 62 .426 25.5
Browns 41 74 .357 34.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 73 45 .619 --
Cardinals 64 50 .561 7.0
Braves 63 52 .548 8.5
Giants 57 53 .518 12.0
Reds 56 62 .475 17.0
Cubs 52 62 .456 19.0
Pirates 49 66 .426 22.5
Phillies 45 69 .395 26.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bruce Edwards 4
1 Carl Furillo 4
3 Spider Jorgensen 3
3 Whitey Kurowski 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Whitey Kurowski 1
1 Jackie Robinson 1
1 Enos Slaughter 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bruce Edwards 4
1 Carl Furillo 4
3 Spider Jorgensen 3
3 Enos Slaughter 3
3 Eddie Stanky 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vic Lombardi 0.33
2 Harry Brecheen 0.30
3 Harry Taylor 0.29
4 Howie Pollet 0.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vic Lombardi 1
1 Harry Taylor 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vic Lombardi 5
2 Harry Brecheen 3
3 Red Munger 2
3 Harry Taylor 2
3 Ted Wilks 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 1
1 Vic Lombardi 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Walker .348
2 Lou Boudreau .333
3 Luke Appling .329
4 George Kell .328
5 Joe DiMaggio .328

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 36
2 Ralph Kiner 35
3 Willard Marshall 29
4 Walker Cooper 26
5 Ted Williams 25

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Mize 97
2 Ralph Kiner 92
3 Willard Marshall 91
4 Bob Elliott 90
5 Walker Cooper 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 29
2 Jackie Robinson 21
3 Dave Philley 17
4 Johnny Hopp 13
5 2 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spec Shea 2.18
2 Spud Chandler 2.24
3 Ewell Blackwell 2.31
4 Dutch Leonard 2.40
5 Walt Masterson 2.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 19
2 Ralph Branca 17
2 Johnny Sain 17
4 Phil Marchildon 15
4 2 others tied 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 160
2 Bob Feller 149
3 Hal Newhouser 142
4 Ralph Branca 111
5 Allie Reynolds 105

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 13
2 Ed Klieman 12
3 Russ Christopher 10
4 Tom Ferrick 9
4 Joe Page 9

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Luke Appling .442
2 Grady Hatton .440
3 Terry Moore .417
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss .408
5 Hal Peck .397

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 9
2 Rudy York 6
3 Whitey Kurowski 5
4 Bobby Doerr 4
4 6 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ralph Kiner 20
2 Rudy York 19
3 Bob Elliott 18
4 Whitey Kurowski 17
5 Joe Gordon 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 6
2 Jackie Robinson 5
3 Bob Dillinger 3
3 Joe Gordon 3
3 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Clyde King 0.00
2 Earl Johnson 0.36
3 Red Embree 0.52
4 Stubby Overmire 0.69
5 Al Jurisich 0.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hugh Casey 3
1 Al Gettel 3
1 Bob Lemon 3
1 Eddie Lopat 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 22
2 Murry Dickson 18
2 Vic Lombardi 18
4 Joe Coleman 17
4 Red Munger 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 4
2 Earl Caldwell 2
2 Pete Gebrian 2
2 Al Jurisich 2
2 4 others tied 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .373
2 Pete Reiser .373
3 Grady Hatton .371
4 Harry Walker .369
5 Whitey Kurowski .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 12
1 Whitey Kurowski 12
3 Rudy York 10
4 Hank Greenberg 9
4 Johnny Mize 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Whitey Kurowski 37
2 Bob Elliott 34
3 Rudy York 31
4 Yogi Berra 27
4 2 others tied 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Reiser 7
2 Bob Dillinger 6
2 Jackie Robinson 6
4 Johnny Hopp 4
4 4 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.87
2 Bob Lemon 1.40
3 Mickey Haefner 1.53
4 Eddie Lopat 1.69
5 Dick Fowler 1.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Sain 7
2 Murry Dickson 5
2 Vic Lombardi 5
2 Phil Marchildon 5
2 Allie Reynolds 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 47
2 Murry Dickson 32
2 Bob Feller 32
2 Walt Masterson 32
5 Vic Raschi 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 4
1 Ed Klieman 4
3 Hugh Casey 3
4 Hank Behrman 2
4 14 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .333
2 George Kell .331
3 Augie Galan .328
4 Joe DiMaggio .323
5 Whitey Kurowski .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 43
2 Ralph Kiner 42
3 Johnny Mize 36
4 Willard Marshall 33
5 Ted Williams 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 123
2 Ralph Kiner 120
3 Whitey Kurowski 117
4 Bob Elliott 115
5 Enos Slaughter 109

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 34
2 Dave Philley 22
3 Johnny Hopp 21
3 Jackie Robinson 21
5 Pete Reiser 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 2.14
2 Ewell Blackwell 2.36
3 Hal Newhouser 2.65
4 Walt Masterson 2.65
5 Tommy Hughes 2.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Sain 24
2 Ewell Blackwell 22
3 Harry Brecheen 20
4 Ralph Branca 19
4 3 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 229
1 Hal Newhouser 229
3 Ewell Blackwell 186
4 Ralph Branca 140
5 Johnny Sain 138

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 14
2 Tom Ferrick 12
2 Ed Klieman 12
4 Russ Christopher 10
5 Joe Page 9