On This Day

Saturday, June 12, 1948

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 31 13 .705 --
Athletics 30 19 .612 3.5
Yankees 27 21 .563 6.0
Tigers 24 25 .490 9.5
Senators 24 26 .480 10.0
Red Sox 22 26 .458 11.0
Browns 18 28 .391 14.0
White Sox 13 31 .295 18.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 26 20 .565 --
Pirates 25 21 .543 1.0
Braves 25 21 .543 1.0
Cardinals 25 22 .532 1.5
Phillies 25 24 .510 2.5
Reds 23 26 .469 4.5
Dodgers 21 24 .467 4.5
Cubs 18 30 .375 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Gordon 4
1 Johnny Lindell 4
1 Dale Mitchell 4
1 Earl Torgeson 4
1 Dick Wakefield 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gordon 3
2 Bobby Doerr 1
2 Jeff Heath 1
2 Phil Masi 1
2 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Gordon 6
1 Hank Sauer 6
3 Johnny Lindell 4
4 Lou Boudreau 2
4 16 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dom DiMaggio 1
1 Whitey Lockman 1
1 Earl Torgeson 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hal Newhouser 0.70
2 Bob Muncrief 0.67
3 Gene Bearden 0.44
4 Spec Shea 0.36
5 Howie Fox 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Gettel 1
1 Harry Gumbert 1
1 Sheldon Jones 1
1 Ed Klieman 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 7
2 Gene Bearden 4
2 Bob Muncrief 4
2 Spec Shea 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Christopher 1
1 Harry Gumbert 1
1 Bob Lemon 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .398
2 Stan Musial .382
3 Tommy Holmes .368
4 Lou Boudreau .365
5 Richie Ashburn .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Sauer 17
2 Ralph Kiner 15
3 Ken Keltner 14
4 Stan Musial 13
5 Ted Williams 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 55
2 Joe DiMaggio 48
3 Hank Sauer 44
4 Lou Boudreau 40
4 Stan Musial 40

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 13
2 Gil Coan 10
3 Earl Torgeson 9
4 Bob Dillinger 8
5 Thurman Tucker 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Brecheen 1.45
2 Gene Bearden 1.84
3 Kirby Higbe 2.39
4 Elmer Riddle 2.43
5 Dutch Leonard 2.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Lemon 9
2 Joe Coleman 7
2 Joe Dobson 7
2 Hal Newhouser 7
2 Vic Raschi 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ralph Branca 55
2 Larry Jansen 54
3 Hal Newhouser 51
4 Lou Brissie 50
4 2 others tied 50

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Christopher 8
2 Joe Page 7
3 Harry Gumbert 6
4 Tom Ferrick 5
5 2 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .446
2 Wally Westlake .439
3 Johnny Wyrostek .422
4 Jim Russell .391
5 Phil Masi .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 5
1 Hank Sauer 5
1 Dick Sisler 5
1 Wally Westlake 5
5 4 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Russell 21
2 Ted Williams 19
3 Lou Boudreau 15
3 Bobby Doerr 15
3 4 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 5
2 Gil Coan 4
2 Earl Torgeson 4
4 Tony Lupien 3
5 10 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bubba Harris 0.00
2 Tiny Bonham 0.59
3 Sheldon Jones 0.99
4 Johnny Sain 1.29
5 Dutch Leonard 1.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Lemon 4
1 Hal Newhouser 4
3 Gene Bearden 3
3 Ralph Branca 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Newhouser 18
1 Johnny Sain 18
3 Ralph Branca 17
3 Dutch McCall 17
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry Gumbert 3
2 Russ Christopher 2
2 Howie Judson 2
2 Joe Page 2
2 Ted Wilks 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .388
2 Ted Williams .388
3 Pat Mullin .380
4 Bobby Brown .368
5 Enos Slaughter .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Stan Musial 10
1 Hank Sauer 10
3 Ralph Kiner 9
4 Joe DiMaggio 7
4 Johnny Lindell 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 32
2 Ted Williams 29
3 Enos Slaughter 28
4 Joe Gordon 27
5 2 tied 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 10
2 Gil Coan 7
2 Bob Dillinger 7
4 Earl Torgeson 5
5 3 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Gumbert 1.42
2 Hal Newhouser 1.55
3 Ted Wilks 1.71
4 Vic Lombardi 1.86
5 2 tied 1.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Dobson 6
1 Bob Lemon 6
1 Hal Newhouser 6
1 Vic Raschi 6
5 3 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ralph Branca 34
2 Vic Raschi 32
3 Russ Meyer 31
4 Bob Lemon 30
4 Hal Newhouser 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry Gumbert 5
2 Russ Christopher 4
3 Tom Ferrick 3
3 Joe Page 3
3 Ted Wilks 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .373
2 Stan Musial .364
3 Harry Walker .340
4 Johnny Pesky .332
5 Barney McCosky .328

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 56
2 Johnny Mize 44
3 Walker Cooper 33
4 Ted Williams 32
5 Joe Gordon 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 138
2 Ralph Kiner 132
3 Johnny Mize 129
4 Stan Musial 115
5 2 tied 111

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 28
2 Jackie Robinson 21
3 Earl Torgeson 15
4 Dave Philley 14
5 2 tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 2.58
2 Ewell Blackwell 2.81
3 Warren Spahn 2.88
4 Eddie Lopat 2.90
5 Joe Dobson 2.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Jansen 23
2 Allie Reynolds 21
2 Johnny Sain 21
4 Ralph Branca 20
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 173
2 Bob Feller 158
3 Hal Newhouser 150
4 Ralph Branca 145
5 Larry Jansen 134

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Page 21
2 Ed Klieman 16
3 Russ Christopher 15
4 Hugh Casey 12
4 Harry Gumbert 12