On This Day

Thursday, May 6, 1926

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 13 7 .650 --
White Sox 14 8 .636 0.0
Senators 14 9 .609 0.5
Indians 12 9 .571 1.5
Athletics 10 12 .455 4.0
Tigers 9 11 .450 4.0
Red Sox 7 14 .333 6.5
Browns 7 16 .304 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 12 7 .632 --
Reds 12 8 .600 0.5
Giants 11 8 .579 1.0
Cubs 10 8 .556 1.5
Cardinals 10 12 .455 3.5
Phillies 9 11 .450 3.5
Pirates 9 12 .429 4.0
Braves 7 14 .333 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Eddie Brown 3
1 Hughie Critz 3
1 High Pockets Kelly 3
1 Bob Meusel 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Goose Goslin 1
1 High Pockets Kelly 1
1 Roger Peckinpaugh 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hughie Critz 4
2 Mickey Cochrane 2
2 Goose Goslin 2
2 Joe Hauser 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 2
2 Sparky Adams 1
2 Ski Melillo 1
2 Wally Pipp 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Flint Rhem 0.75
2 Charlie Root 0.62
3 Hal Wiltse 0.44
4 Virgil Barnes 0.38
5 Pete Donohue 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Virgil Barnes 1
1 Pete Donohue 1
1 Flint Rhem 1
1 Dutch Ruether 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Doug McWeeny 6
1 Flint Rhem 6
3 Milt Gaston 5
3 Charlie Root 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bunny Hearn 1
1 Firpo Marberry 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Dugan .434
2 Goose Goslin .427
3 Babe Ruth .417
4 Johnny Bassler .400
5 Bob Meusel .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Fournier 5
1 Babe Ruth 5
3 Jim Bottomley 4
3 Goose Goslin 4
3 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 27
2 Hack Wilson 25
3 Jim Bottomley 22
3 Goose Goslin 22
5 Ken Williams 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 7
2 Frankie Frisch 5
2 Bob Meusel 5
2 Heinie Mueller 5
2 Sam Rice 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Petty 0.57
2 Jack Quinn 0.87
3 Bunny Hearn 0.90
4 Jack Wisner 1.29
5 Red Lucas 1.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Petty 5
2 Ted Blankenship 4
2 Waite Hoyt 4
2 Walter Johnson 4
2 5 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Charlie Root 27
2 Lefty Grove 25
2 Bob Shawkey 25
2 George Uhle 25
5 Walter Johnson 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 4
2 Hooks Dauss 2
2 Jack Knight 2
2 Sloppy Thurston 2
5 18 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Goose Goslin .500
2 Joe Dugan .458
3 Babe Ruth .450
4 Al Simmons .449
5 2 tied .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Fournier 4
1 Goose Goslin 4
1 Babe Ruth 4
1 Ken Williams 4
5 3 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Goose Goslin 19
2 Bibb Falk 16
2 Babe Ruth 16
4 Hack Wilson 15
5 High Pockets Kelly 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 5
2 Bob Meusel 4
2 Hack Wilson 4
4 Ossie Bluege 3
4 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Petty 1.00
1 Jack Quinn 1.00
3 Virgil Barnes 1.13
3 Bunny Hearn 1.13
5 Jack Wisner 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Blankenship 3
1 Walter Johnson 3
1 Lee Meadows 3
1 Jesse Petty 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Charlie Root 19
1 Bob Shawkey 19
3 George Uhle 18
4 Lefty Grove 17
5 Dutch Ruether 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 3
2 Hooks Dauss 2
2 Jack Knight 2
2 Sloppy Thurston 2
5 13 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .391
2 Al Simmons .387
3 Harry Heilmann .379
4 Tris Speaker .360
5 Bill Lamar .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 36
2 Bob Meusel 35
3 Babe Ruth 30
4 Ken Williams 26
5 Jim Bottomley 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 150
2 Bob Meusel 145
3 Harry Heilmann 144
4 Jim Bottomley 136
5 Jack Fournier 126

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 46
1 Kiki Cuyler 46
3 Johnny Mostil 32
4 Sam Rice 30
5 Goose Goslin 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Stan Coveleski 2.60
2 Dolf Luque 2.84
3 Ted Lyons 2.96
4 Eppa Rixey 2.98
5 Herb Pennock 3.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 25
2 Walter Johnson 22
3 Stan Coveleski 21
3 Pete Donohue 21
5 4 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 220
2 Lefty Grove 125
3 Dolf Luque 123
4 Walter Johnson 122
5 Howard Ehmke 111

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 19
2 Jess Doyle 8
3 Waite Hoyt 7
3 Rube Walberg 7
5 2 tied 6