On This Day

Wednesday, April 17, 1940

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 1 0 1.000 --
Red Sox 1 0 1.000 0.0
Indians 1 0 1.000 0.0
Athletics 1 1 .500 0.5
Yankees 1 1 .500 0.5
White Sox 0 1 .000 1.0
Tigers 0 1 .000 1.0
Senators 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 1 0 1.000 --
Phillies 1 0 1.000 0.0
Pirates 1 0 1.000 0.0
Dodgers 1 0 1.000 0.0
Giants 0 1 .000 1.0
Cardinals 0 1 .000 1.0
Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0
Bees 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Charlie Keller 2
2 Frankie Crosetti 1
2 Babe Dahlgren 1
2 Bill Dickey 1
2 6 others tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Keller 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Keller 2
2 Joe Gordon 1
2 Wally Moses 1
2 Red Rolfe 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Monte Pearson 0.83
2 Nels Potter 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Monte Pearson 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Monte Pearson 5
2 Nels Potter 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Marty .750
1 Bob Swift .750
3 Bruce Campbell .667
3 Enos Slaughter .667
3 Rudy York .667

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Spud Davis 1
1 Augie Galan 1
1 Ival Goodman 1
1 Bob Johnson 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dolph Camilli 3
1 Gus Suhr 3
3 Charlie Keller 2
3 Rip Radcliff 2
3 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Debs Garms 1
1 Tommy Henrich 1
1 Joe Kuhel 1
1 Arky Vaughan 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chubby Dean 0.00
1 Bob Feller 0.00
1 Lefty Grove 0.00
1 Dutch Leonard 0.00
1 3 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Slick Coffman 1
1 Chubby Dean 1
1 Paul Derringer 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 8
2 Slick Coffman 5
2 Carl Hubbell 5
2 Monte Pearson 5
2 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Lanahan 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .381
2 Jimmie Foxx .360
3 Johnny Mize .349
4 Bob Johnson .338
5 Charlie Keller .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 35
2 Hank Greenberg 33
3 Ted Williams 31
4 Joe DiMaggio 30
5 2 tied 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 144
2 Joe DiMaggio 126
2 Frank McCormick 126
4 Joe Medwick 117
5 Bob Johnson 115

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 51
2 Pete Fox 23
3 Mike Kreevich 22
4 Barney McCosky 20
5 Joe Kuhel 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 2.20
2 Lefty Grove 2.43
3 Gene Thompson 2.55
4 Bob Bowman 2.60
5 Ted Lyons 2.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 27
2 Paul Derringer 26
3 Bob Feller 25
4 Curt Davis 22
5 Red Ruffing 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 254
2 Bobo Newsom 194
3 Claude Passeau 139
4 Bucky Walters 133
5 Paul Derringer 131

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 19
2 Clint Brown 18
3 Clyde Shoun 9
4 Bob Bowman 8
4 Joe Heving 8