On This Day

Monday, September 8, 1947

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 86 51 .628 --
Red Sox 72 61 .541 12.0
Tigers 72 62 .537 12.5
Indians 71 63 .530 13.5
Athletics 69 66 .511 16.0
White Sox 62 73 .459 23.0
Senators 58 76 .433 26.5
Browns 48 86 .358 36.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 85 52 .620 --
Cardinals 77 56 .579 6.0
Braves 76 61 .555 9.0
Giants 69 64 .519 14.0
Reds 65 74 .468 21.0
Cubs 59 74 .444 24.0
Pirates 55 80 .407 29.0
Phillies 55 80 .407 29.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Clyde Kluttz 3
1 Bob Lemon 3
1 George McQuinn 3
4 Sid Gordon 2
4 5 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George McQuinn 2
2 Gary Gearhart 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Walker Cooper 2
1 Gary Gearhart 2
1 Sid Gordon 2
1 Clyde Kluttz 2
1 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Fritz Ostermueller 0.55
2 Bob Lemon 0.43
3 Sheldon Jones 0.40
4 Bobo Newsom 0.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Lemon 1
1 Ken Trinkle 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fritz Ostermueller 6
2 Bob Lemon 3
3 Sheldon Jones 2
4 Bob Feller 1
4 2 others tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Feller 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Walker .357
2 Ted Williams .337
3 Dale Mitchell .325
4 Phil Cavarretta .322
5 Barney McCosky .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 46
2 Ralph Kiner 41
3 Willard Marshall 35
4 Walker Cooper 30
5 Ted Williams 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Mize 125
2 Ralph Kiner 110
3 Walker Cooper 103
3 Bob Elliott 103
5 2 tied 98

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 29
2 Jackie Robinson 25
3 Dave Philley 21
4 Johnny Hopp 13
4 Pete Reiser 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 2.30
2 Ewell Blackwell 2.55
3 Warren Spahn 2.59
4 Dick Fowler 2.66
5 Bob Feller 2.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 21
2 Ralph Branca 19
2 Johnny Sain 19
4 Bob Feller 18
5 3 tied 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 186
2 Bob Feller 174
3 Hal Newhouser 159
4 Ralph Branca 132
5 Tex Hughson 119

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 17
2 Ed Klieman 16
3 Joe Page 13
4 Russ Christopher 11
5 Harry Gumbert 10

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .423
2 Mike Tresh .400
2 Harry Walker .400
4 Cass Michaels .394
5 2 tied .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 6
2 Willard Marshall 5
2 Bill Nicholson 5
4 Billy Cox 4
4 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Mize 19
2 Ted Williams 18
3 Dom DiMaggio 16
4 Ralph Kiner 15
5 2 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dom DiMaggio 3
1 Johnny Pesky 3
1 Dave Philley 3
1 Bama Rowell 3
5 7 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joe Page 0.00
1 Ed Klieman 0.00
3 Eddie Erautt 0.75
3 Kent Peterson 0.75
5 Ken Raffensberger 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Munger 4
2 Bob Feller 3
2 Bill McCahan 3
2 Joe Page 3
2 Ray Poat 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 21
2 Bob Feller 20
3 Tex Hughson 19
3 Red Munger 19
5 Eddie Lopat 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 3
1 Joe Page 3
3 Harry Gumbert 2
3 Ed Klieman 2
5 18 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .398
2 Taffy Wright .396
3 Harry Walker .391
4 Phil Cavarretta .379
5 Billy Cox .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 14
2 Johnny Mize 12
3 Whitey Kurowski 9
4 Bill Nicholson 8
5 5 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ralph Kiner 35
2 Johnny Mize 34
3 Joe Gordon 31
4 Bob Elliott 26
4 Mickey Vernon 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jackie Robinson 8
2 Johnny Pesky 7
2 Pete Reiser 7
4 Ralph LaPointe 6
5 2 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Butch Wensloff 1.04
2 Stubby Overmire 1.05
3 Dutch Leonard 1.19
4 Tex Hughson 1.62
5 Sam Zoldak 1.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill McCahan 6
2 Bob Feller 5
2 Al Gettel 5
2 Larry Jansen 5
2 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 41
2 Red Munger 34
3 Bob Feller 30
4 Virgil Trucks 29
5 3 tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 5
1 Ed Klieman 5
1 Joe Page 5
4 Al Benton 3
4 3 others tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .345
2 Harry Walker .343
3 Augie Galan .322
4 Johnny Pesky .318
5 Whitey Kurowski .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 46
2 Ralph Kiner 45
3 Willard Marshall 38
4 Hank Greenberg 37
5 Ted Williams 32

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ralph Kiner 129
2 Johnny Mize 125
3 Bob Elliott 117
4 Whitey Kurowski 114
5 2 tied 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 30
2 Dave Philley 26
3 Jackie Robinson 25
4 Johnny Hopp 17
4 Pete Reiser 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 2.35
2 Dutch Leonard 2.45
3 Ewell Blackwell 2.57
4 Bob Feller 2.67
5 Joe Haynes 2.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 23
1 Johnny Sain 23
3 Bob Feller 22
4 Ralph Branca 21
5 6 tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 229
2 Hal Newhouser 205
3 Ewell Blackwell 202
4 Ralph Branca 154
5 Johnny Sain 135

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Casey 18
2 Ed Klieman 16
3 Joe Page 13
4 Russ Christopher 11
5 2 tied 10