1942 Season

28 teams competing in 2 leagues

🏆 Postseason

1942 Bracket
World Series SLN def. NYA (4-1)
NWS KCM def. HG (4-0)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1942 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Willard Brown 0.379 2 Ted Williams 0.356 3 Ted Strong 0.347 4 Willie Wells 0.342 5 Josh Gibson 0.340

Home Runs

1 Ted Williams 36 2 Mel Ott 30 3 Chet Laabs 27 4 Dolph Camilli 26 5 Charlie Keller 26

RBI

1 Ted Williams 137 2 Joe DiMaggio 114 3 Johnny Mize 110 4 Dolph Camilli 109 5 Charlie Keller 108

Stolen Bases

1 George Case 44 2 Mickey Vernon 25 3 Joe Kuhel 22 4 Phil Rizzuto 22 5 Pete Reiser 20

Hits

1 Johnny Pesky 205 2 Stan Spence 203 3 Enos Slaughter 188 4 Joe DiMaggio 186 5 Ted Williams 186

Runs

1 Ted Williams 141 2 Joe DiMaggio 123 3 Mel Ott 118 4 Dom DiMaggio 110 5 Harlond Clift 108
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1942 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Jonas Gaines 1.59 2 Mort Cooper 1.78 3 Leon Day 1.80 4 Jack Matchett 1.80 5 Larry French 1.83

Wins

1 Mort Cooper 22 2 Tex Hughson 22 3 Johnny Beazley 21 4 Tiny Bonham 21 5 Claude Passeau 19

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Vander Meer 186 2 Mort Cooper 152 3 Kirby Higbe 115 4 Tex Hughson 113 5 Bobo Newsom 113

Saves

1 Hugh Casey 13 2 Ace Adams 11 3 Johnny Murphy 11 4 Joe Beggs 8 5 Mace Brown 6

WHIP

1 Johnny Markham 0.92 2 Dutch Leonard 0.94 3 Johnny Rigney 0.95 4 Leon Day 0.98 5 Tiny Bonham 0.99
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📋 Standings

NAL

Kansas City Monarchs ★ 36-14 Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 42-22 Memphis Red Sox 34-27 Birmingham Black Barons 25-23 Chicago American Giants 8-36 Jacksonville Red Caps 7-30

NN2

Homestead Grays ★ 23-10 Baltimore Elite Giants 24-14 Philadelphia Stars 19-22 Newark Eagles 16-18 New York Cubans 8-14 New York Black Yankees 8-20

American League

New York Yankees ★ 103-51 Boston Red Sox 93-59 St. Louis Browns 82-69 Cleveland Indians 75-79 Detroit Tigers 73-81 Chicago White Sox 66-82 Washington Senators 62-89 Philadelphia Athletics 55-99

National League

St. Louis Cardinals ★ 106-48 Brooklyn Dodgers 104-50 New York Giants 85-67 Cincinnati Reds 76-76 Pittsburgh Pirates 66-81 Chicago Cubs 68-86 Boston Braves 59-89 Philadelphia Phillies 42-109
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