On This Day

Monday, April 19, 1948

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 2 0 1.000 --
Yankees 1 0 1.000 0.5
White Sox 0 0 .000 1.0
Tigers 0 0 .000 1.0
Browns 0 0 .000 1.0
Indians 0 0 .000 1.0
Senators 0 1 .000 1.5
Red Sox 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

National League

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

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hank Majeski 5
2 Leon Culberson 4
2 Pete Suder 4
4 Gus Niarhos 3
5 19 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Adams 1
1 Bobby Doerr 1
1 Tommy Henrich 1
1 Allie Reynolds 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Allie Reynolds 3
2 Lou Brissie 2
2 Leon Culberson 2
2 Tommy Henrich 2
2 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Chapman 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lou Brissie 1.40
2 Joe Dobson 0.56
3 Ewell Blackwell 0.36
4 Allie Reynolds 0.31
5 Hal Gregg 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 1
1 Lou Brissie 1
1 Phil Marchildon 1
1 Allie Reynolds 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Dobson 9
2 Lou Brissie 7
3 Allie Reynolds 5
4 Ewell Blackwell 4
5 3 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Clyde Kluttz 1.000
2 Leon Culberson .800
3 Virgil Stallcup .667
3 Dixie Walker .667
3 Eddie Yost .667

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Adams 1
1 Bobby Doerr 1
1 Tommy Henrich 1
1 Allie Reynolds 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Allie Reynolds 3
2 Lou Brissie 2
2 Leon Culberson 2
2 Tommy Henrich 2
2 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Chapman 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fritz Dorish 0.00
1 Mel Parnell 0.00
1 Ramon Garcia 0.00
1 Earl Johnson 0.00
5 Ewell Blackwell 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 1
1 Lou Brissie 1
1 Phil Marchildon 1
1 Allie Reynolds 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Dobson 9
2 Lou Brissie 7
3 Allie Reynolds 5
4 Ewell Blackwell 4
5 3 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Walker .366
2 Ted Williams .339
3 Barney McCosky .333
4 George Kell .320
5 Dale Mitchell .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 51
2 Johnny Mize 49
3 Walker Cooper 35
3 Willard Marshall 35
5 Ted Williams 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Mize 135
2 Ralph Kiner 124
3 Walker Cooper 120
4 Bob Elliott 110
5 Ted Williams 108

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 34
2 Jackie Robinson 29
3 Dave Philley 20
4 Pete Reiser 14
5 Harry Walker 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Warren Spahn 2.33
2 Ewell Blackwell 2.47
3 Joe Haynes 2.52
4 Dutch Leonard 2.63
5 Bob Feller 2.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 22
2 Ralph Branca 21
2 Larry Jansen 21
2 Johnny Sain 21
2 Warren Spahn 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 193
1 Bob Feller 193
3 Hal Newhouser 171
4 Ralph Branca 146
5 Walt Masterson 134

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Klieman 17
1 Joe Page 17
3 Hugh Casey 16
4 Russ Christopher 12
5 2 tied 10