On This Day

Tuesday, June 22, 1948

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 35 19 .648 --
Yankees 33 24 .579 3.5
Athletics 34 26 .567 4.0
Red Sox 28 26 .519 7.0
Tigers 28 29 .491 8.5
Senators 26 32 .448 11.0
Browns 22 33 .400 13.5
White Sox 17 34 .333 16.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 34 24 .586 --
Pirates 32 24 .571 1.0
Cardinals 32 25 .561 1.5
Giants 29 26 .527 3.5
Phillies 27 32 .458 7.5
Dodgers 24 29 .453 7.5
Reds 26 34 .433 9.0
Cubs 23 33 .411 10.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Stan Musial 5
2 Vern Stephens 4
3 Ray Coleman 3
3 Joe DiMaggio 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 1
1 Hoot Evers 1
1 Danny Litwhiler 1
1 Hank Sauer 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Vern Stephens 3
2 Ray Coleman 2
2 Joe Gordon 2
2 Bert Haas 2
2 10 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gil Coan 1
1 Larry Doby 1
1 Dale Mitchell 1
1 Stan Musial 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Art Houtteman 0.50
1 Curt Simmons 0.50
3 Ewell Blackwell 0.38
3 Harry Brecheen 0.38
3 Mickey Haefner 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Brecheen 1
1 Dave Ferriss 1
1 Mickey Haefner 1
1 Ken Raffensberger 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ned Garver 5
1 Art Houtteman 5
3 Tommy Byrne 4
3 Dave Ferriss 4
3 Bill Voiselle 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Christopher 1
1 Forrest Thompson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .413
2 Stan Musial .403
3 Lou Boudreau .373
4 Tommy Holmes .352
5 Richie Ashburn .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Sauer 21
2 Ralph Kiner 19
3 Joe DiMaggio 16
3 Ken Keltner 16
5 Stan Musial 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 61
2 Joe DiMaggio 60
3 Hank Sauer 55
4 Ralph Kiner 51
5 Joe Gordon 50

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 17
2 Earl Torgeson 14
3 Gil Coan 12
4 Bob Dillinger 8
5 Stan Rojek 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Brecheen 1.90
2 Dutch Leonard 1.98
3 Elmer Riddle 2.15
4 Johnny Sain 2.20
5 Mel Parnell 2.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Lemon 10
2 Ralph Branca 8
2 Harry Brecheen 8
2 Joe Dobson 8
2 5 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ralph Branca 66
2 Bob Lemon 65
3 Hal Newhouser 61
4 Johnny Schmitz 58
5 Lou Brissie 57

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Christopher 10
2 Joe Page 8
3 Harry Gumbert 7
4 Ted Wilks 6
5 Tom Ferrick 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .500
2 Stan Musial .492
3 Johnny Wyrostek .429
4 Andy Pafko .412
5 Eddie Stanky .408

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 6
1 Johnny Mize 6
3 Joe Gordon 5
3 Ralph Kiner 5
3 2 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Gordon 21
2 Hank Sauer 20
3 Ralph Kiner 16
4 Johnny Mize 15
4 2 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Earl Torgeson 6
2 Richie Ashburn 4
2 Stan Rojek 4
4 Gil Coan 3
4 Dale Mitchell 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.00
1 Bob Muncrief 0.00
3 Johnny Sain 0.64
4 Bubba Harris 0.93
5 Elmer Riddle 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ralph Branca 3
1 Harry Brecheen 3
1 Hal Newhouser 3
1 Johnny Sain 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 21
1 Hal Newhouser 21
3 Bob Feller 20
4 Ralph Branca 18
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Christopher 3
1 Kirby Higbe 3
1 Ted Wilks 3
4 Dave Ferriss 2
4 Harry Gumbert 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .437
2 Stan Musial .403
3 Andy Pafko .388
4 Bobby Brown .376
5 Johnny Wyrostek .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Sauer 12
2 Ralph Kiner 10
3 Joe DiMaggio 9
3 Johnny Mize 9
3 Stan Musial 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 33
1 Jim Russell 33
3 Vern Stephens 32
4 Hank Sauer 31
5 Johnny Mize 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 11
2 Earl Torgeson 9
3 Gil Coan 8
4 Ferris Fain 6
5 Stan Rojek 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bubba Harris 0.67
2 Ted Wilks 0.95
3 Dutch Leonard 1.32
4 Preacher Roe 1.67
5 Johnny Sain 1.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ralph Branca 6
1 Bob Lemon 6
1 Hal Newhouser 6
4 Joe Dobson 5
4 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Lemon 39
2 Ralph Branca 35
3 Hal Newhouser 34
4 Ewell Blackwell 31
5 Bob Feller 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Christopher 6
2 Harry Gumbert 5
2 Ted Wilks 5
4 Joe Page 4
5 3 tied 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .385
2 Stan Musial .367
3 Harry Walker .339
4 Tommy Holmes .326
5 Hoot Evers .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 57
2 Johnny Mize 47
3 Ted Williams 33
4 Willard Marshall 32
5 Bobby Thomson 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ralph Kiner 139
2 Ted Williams 138
3 Johnny Mize 134
4 Joe Gordon 118
5 Joe DiMaggio 117

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 23
2 Jackie Robinson 20
3 Earl Torgeson 18
4 Richie Ashburn 17
5 Gil Coan 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 2.30
2 Bob Feller 2.80
3 Eddie Lopat 2.86
4 Joe Dobson 2.98
5 Bob Lemon 3.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Jansen 23
2 Ralph Branca 21
2 Allie Reynolds 21
4 Bob Lemon 20
4 Johnny Sain 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ewell Blackwell 174
2 Ralph Branca 154
3 Hal Newhouser 153
4 Bob Feller 151
5 Larry Jansen 129

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Page 21
2 Russ Christopher 16
3 Harry Gumbert 13
3 Ed Klieman 13
5 Hugh Casey 11