On This Day

Wednesday, April 29, 1942

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 11 3 .786 --
Tigers 11 6 .647 1.5
Yankees 9 5 .643 2.0
Red Sox 8 6 .571 3.0
Senators 7 9 .438 5.0
Browns 7 10 .412 5.5
Athletics 5 11 .313 7.0
White Sox 3 11 .214 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Dodgers 13 3 .813 --
Pirates 9 5 .643 3.0
Giants 8 7 .533 4.5
Braves 8 8 .500 5.0
Cubs 7 8 .467 5.5
Cardinals 6 7 .462 5.5
Reds 5 9 .357 7.0
Phillies 3 12 .200 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 George Case 4
1 Nanny Fernandez 4
3 Jimmy Brown 3
3 Bill Dickey 3
3 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Judnich 2
2 Dolph Camilli 1
2 Nanny Fernandez 1
2 Buddy Hassett 1
2 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Swift 4
1 Roy Weatherly 4
3 Wally Judnich 3
3 Mike Kreevich 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 1
1 Dom Dallessandro 1
1 Lonny Frey 1
1 Oris Hockett 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Kirby Higbe 1.00
2 Ernie White 0.56
3 Johnny Schmitz 0.40
4 Yank Terry 0.30
5 Denny Galehouse 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ace Adams 1
1 Denny Galehouse 1
1 Joe Heving 1
1 Newt Kimball 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Kirby Higbe 7
2 Ernie White 5
3 Denny Galehouse 4
3 Rube Melton 4
3 Johnny Schmitz 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Allen 1
1 Johnny Gorsica 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Dickey .455
2 Joe Gordon .407
3 Stan Spence .382
4 Jeff Heath .382
5 Nanny Fernandez .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dolph Camilli 4
1 Frank McCormick 4
3 Bobby Doerr 3
3 Bob Elliott 3
3 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Stan Spence 19
2 Willard Marshall 17
3 Frank McCormick 16
4 Rudy York 15
5 3 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 6
2 Oris Hockett 3
2 Eddie Miller 3
2 Danny Murtaugh 3
2 Pete Reiser 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ken Heintzelman 0.00
1 Johnny Beazley 0.00
3 Joe Beggs 0.41
4 Mel Harder 0.56
5 Hugh Casey 0.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 4
2 Curt Davis 3
2 Ed Head 3
2 Rip Sewell 3
5 28 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Melton 17
2 Mort Cooper 16
2 Kirby Higbe 16
2 Johnny Vander Meer 16
5 3 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Allen 2
1 Norm Branch 2
1 Hugh Casey 2
1 Johnny Gorsica 2
5 17 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Williams .393
2 Joe DiMaggio .350
3 Cecil Travis .345
4 Jeff Heath .343
5 Pete Reiser .336

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Williams 39
2 Dolph Camilli 32
3 Tommy Henrich 31
3 Charlie Keller 31
5 2 tied 27

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ted Williams 128
2 Jeff Heath 125
3 Joe DiMaggio 119
4 Rudy York 117
5 Charlie Keller 115

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 39
2 Joe Kuhel 22
3 Danny Murtaugh 21
4 Jeff Heath 19
5 3 tied 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Whit Wyatt 2.29
2 Thornton Lee 2.41
3 Elmer Riddle 2.52
4 Ernie White 2.53
5 Max Lanier 2.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 22
1 Kirby Higbe 22
3 Thornton Lee 21
4 Dick Newsome 20
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 238
2 Johnny Vander Meer 196
3 Bobo Newsom 169
4 Whit Wyatt 165
5 Johnny Rigney 133

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 15
2 Hugh Casey 9
3 Bill Crouch 7
4 Joe Beggs 6
4 5 others tied 6