On This Day

Thursday, September 23, 1954

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 110 41 .728 --
Yankees 102 49 .675 8.0
White Sox 93 59 .612 17.5
Red Sox 67 83 .447 42.5
Tigers 66 85 .437 44.0
Senators 64 86 .427 45.5
Orioles 53 99 .349 57.5
Athletics 49 102 .325 61.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 95 55 .633 --
Dodgers 89 62 .589 6.5
Braves 87 64 .576 8.5
Redlegs 74 78 .487 22.0
Phillies 73 77 .487 22.0
Cardinals 71 80 .470 24.5
Cubs 62 90 .408 34.0
Pirates 53 98 .351 42.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Toby Atwell 3
1 Mel Clark 3
3 Richie Ashburn 2
3 Johnny Wyrostek 2
5 9 tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Stan Lopata 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Stan Lopata 3
2 Richie Ashburn 1
2 Preston Ward 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Richie Ashburn 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Paul LaPalme 0.31
2 Herm Wehmeier 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Herm Wehmeier 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Paul LaPalme 4
2 Herm Wehmeier 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Willie Mays .346
2 Duke Snider .340
3 Don Mueller .338
4 Bobby Avila .337
5 Ted Williams .336

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Kluszewski 49
2 Willie Mays 41
3 Gil Hodges 40
3 Hank Sauer 40
5 Eddie Mathews 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Kluszewski 139
2 Stan Musial 126
3 Gil Hodges 125
3 Duke Snider 125
5 2 tied 124

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Bruton 34
2 Jackie Jensen 21
3 Dee Fondy 20
4 Johnny Temple 19
5 2 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Antonelli 2.31
2 Mike Garcia 2.55
3 Bob Lemon 2.60
4 Sandy Consuegra 2.69
5 Ned Garver 2.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Lemon 23
1 Robin Roberts 23
3 Early Wynn 22
4 Johnny Antonelli 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Turley 185
2 Harvey Haddix 181
3 Robin Roberts 179
4 Carl Erskine 162
5 Early Wynn 152

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Sain 25
2 Jim Hughes 23
3 Frank Smith 20
4 Marv Grissom 17
5 Ellis Kinder 15

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Wally Post .444
2 Don Mueller .408
3 Harvey Kuenn .407
4 Willie Mays .383
5 Alex Grammas .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Yogi Berra 4
1 Ted Kluszewski 4
1 Stan Lopata 4
4 Gil Hodges 3
4 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Kluszewski 17
2 Yogi Berra 16
3 Stan Lopata 12
4 Larry Doby 11
5 7 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Bruton 3
1 Nellie Fox 3
1 Ed McGhee 3
1 Lloyd Merriman 3
1 Jim Rivera 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dean Stone 0.00
1 Hoyt Wilhelm 0.00
3 Tom Morgan 0.43
4 Gordon Jones 0.56
5 Camilo Pascual 0.63

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mike Garcia 3
1 Ruben Gomez 3
1 Bob Grim 3
1 Dave Jolly 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Antonelli 24
2 Bob Turley 22
3 Dean Stone 18
3 Early Wynn 18
5 Brooks Lawrence 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ray Narleski 3
2 Bob Chakales 2
2 Jim Konstanty 2
4 Johnny Antonelli 1
4 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Willie Mays .422
2 Alex Grammas .411
3 Harvey Kuenn .398
4 Eddie Mathews .389
5 Bobby Avila .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Kluszewski 13
2 Gil Hodges 8
2 Duke Snider 8
4 Yogi Berra 7
4 Eddie Mathews 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Kluszewski 41
2 Yogi Berra 33
3 Gil Hodges 29
4 Jackie Jensen 25
5 3 tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Bruton 8
2 Bobby Avila 7
3 Spook Jacobs 6
4 Nellie Fox 5
5 3 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hoyt Wilhelm 0.57
2 Dean Stone 1.26
3 Tom Morgan 1.42
4 Tom Poholsky 1.50
5 Bob Lemon 1.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ruben Gomez 6
1 Warren Spahn 6
3 Dave Jolly 5
3 Bob Lemon 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Turley 50
2 Johnny Antonelli 39
3 Harvey Haddix 37
4 Gordon Jones 35
5 4 tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mike Garcia 3
1 Marv Grissom 3
1 Jim Hughes 3
1 Hal Jeffcoat 3
1 3 others tied 3