On This Day

Sunday, August 5, 1923

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	67	32	.677	--
Indians	55	47	.539	13.5
Browns	51	48	.515	16.0
Tigers	47	47	.500	17.5
White Sox	47	50	.485	19.0
Senators	45	52	.464	21.0
Athletics	42	55	.433	24.0
Red Sox	37	60	.381	29.0

Games

Red Sox 3, Tigers 2

Yankees 9, Browns 8

Senators 6, Indians 5

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	66	35	.653	--
Pirates	60	39	.606	5.0
Reds	61	40	.604	5.0
Cubs	54	48	.529	12.5
Robins	50	50	.500	15.5
Cardinals	51	53	.490	16.5
Phillies	32	68	.320	33.5
Braves	30	71	.297	36.0

Games

Cubs 4, Robins 3

Giants 2, Reds 0

Braves 4, Cardinals 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Ty Cobb	4
2	Tony Boeckel	3
2	Jake Daubert	3
2	Goose Goslin	3
2	6 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	2
2	George Burns	1
2	Joe Dugan	1
2	Tommy Griffith	1
2	3 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Baby Doll Jacobson	3
1	Babe Ruth	3
1	Homer Summa	3
1	Ken Williams	3
5	6 tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bernie Friberg	1
1	Bucky Harris	1
1	Cliff Heathcote	1
1	Riggs Stephenson	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Hugh McQuillan	0.50
2	Pete Alexander	0.44
3	Rube Marquard	0.43
4	Syl Johnson	0.42
5	Walter Johnson	0.40

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	1
1	Waite Hoyt	1
1	Rube Marquard	1
1	Hugh McQuillan	1
1	2 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Syl Johnson	5
2	Pete Alexander	4
2	Walter Johnson	4
2	Jack Quinn	4
5	3 tied	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rogers Hornsby	.402
2	Harry Heilmann	.398
3	Babe Ruth	.390
4	Zack Wheat	.382
5	Pie Traynor	.370

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Cy Williams	28
2	Babe Ruth	27
3	Ken Williams	19
4	Jack Fournier	14
4	Hack Miller	14

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Tris Speaker	91
2	Irish Meusel	89
3	Frankie Frisch	83
4	Cy Williams	81
5	Babe Ruth	80

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Eddie Collins	30
2	George Grantham	28
3	Max Carey	26
3	Johnny Mostil	26
5	Cliff Heathcote	22

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dolf Luque	1.89
2	Allen Russell	2.30
3	Stan Coveleski	2.36
4	Rollie Naylor	2.71
5	Bullet Joe Bush	2.77

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Dolf Luque	17
1	George Uhle	17
3	Pete Alexander	16
3	Pete Donohue	16
3	2 others tied	16

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dolf Luque	110
2	Dazzy Vance	107
3	Walter Johnson	87
4	Bob Shawkey	86
5	Urban Shocker	85

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Allen Russell	6
2	Sad Sam Jones	4
2	Claude Jonnard	4
2	Jack Quinn	4
5	11 tied	3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rabbit Maranville	.479
2	Babe Ruth	.465
3	Frankie Frisch	.444
4	Irish Meusel	.429
5	Sam Rice	.405

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	5
1	Cy Williams	5
3	Tommy Griffith	4
3	Marty McManus	4
3	Hack Miller	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Irish Meusel	17
2	Hod Ford	16
2	Tommy Griffith	16
2	Rogers Hornsby	16
5	3 tied	14

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Sparky Adams	4
1	Johnny Mostil	4
1	Jack Smith	4
1	Bobby Veach	4
5	3 tied	3

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Rube Marquard	0.28
2	Dave Danforth	0.46
3	Tiny Osborne	0.56
4	George Mogridge	1.00
5	Bullet Joe Bush	1.04

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	3
1	Pete Donohue	3
1	Waite Hoyt	3
1	Walter Johnson	3
1	5 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	20
2	Dolf Luque	14
3	Howard Ehmke	13
3	Syl Johnson	13
3	Johnny Morrison	13

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Jesse Barnes	1
1	Huck Betts	1
1	Bert Cole	1
1	Dave Danforth	1
1	10 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rogers Hornsby	.472
2	Babe Ruth	.452
3	Tris Speaker	.450
4	Pie Traynor	.402
5	Jim Bottomley	.396

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	11
2	Marty McManus	7
2	Ken Williams	7
4	Frank Brower	6
4	3 others tied	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Rogers Hornsby	36
2	Frankie Frisch	33
3	Irish Meusel	31
4	Tris Speaker	30
5	Marty McManus	29

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Johnny Mostil	11
2	Max Carey	8
2	Jack Smith	8
4	George Grantham	7
4	Sam Rice	7

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dave Danforth	1.31
2	James Edwards	1.82
3	Dazzy Vance	1.87
4	Eppa Rixey	1.94
5	Pete Donohue	2.04

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	7
1	Waite Hoyt	7
1	George Uhle	7
4	Dave Danforth	6
4	3 others tied	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dolf Luque	32
2	Walter Johnson	31
3	Urban Shocker	29
3	Dazzy Vance	29
5	2 tied	28

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Sad Sam Jones	2
1	Jack Quinn	2
1	Johnny Stuart	2
4	Jesse Barnes	1
4	23 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rogers Hornsby	.411
2	Eddie Collins	.374
3	Zack Wheat	.374
4	Babe Ruth	.370
5	Tris Speaker	.369

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	43
2	Cy Williams	36
3	Ken Williams	30
4	Rogers Hornsby	28
5	Irish Meusel	18

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Irish Meusel	130
2	Babe Ruth	122
3	Cy Williams	119
4	Wally Pipp	118
5	Reb Russell	111

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Carey	44
2	Eddie Collins	40
3	Johnny Mostil	31
4	George Grantham	30
5	3 tied	25

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dolf Luque	2.35
2	Stan Coveleski	2.50
3	Eppa Rixey	2.87
4	Bullet Joe Bush	2.94
5	Red Faber	3.00

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Uhle	27
2	Pete Donohue	25
2	Urban Shocker	25
4	Johnny Morrison	24
5	2 tied	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dazzy Vance	157
2	Urban Shocker	141
3	Red Faber	135
4	Bob Shawkey	132
5	Howard Ehmke	128

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Sad Sam Jones	8
2	Claude Jonnard	6
2	Allen Russell	6
4	Walter Johnson	5
5	6 tied	4