On This Day

Saturday, June 5, 1926

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	34	13	.723	--
Athletics	29	21	.580	6.5
Senators	25	22	.532	9.0
White Sox	26	23	.531	9.0
Indians	25	24	.510	10.0
Tigers	25	25	.500	10.5
Browns	16	32	.333	18.5
Red Sox	13	33	.283	20.5

Games

White Sox 8, Red Sox 2

Indians 15, Yankees 3

Senators 8, Tigers 4

Athletics 10, Browns 1

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Reds	29	19	.604	--
Pirates	25	18	.581	1.5
Cubs	24	20	.545	3.0
Cardinals	26	25	.510	4.5
Robins	22	22	.500	5.0
Giants	24	24	.500	5.0
Braves	17	27	.386	10.0
Phillies	17	29	.370	11.0

Games

Braves 5, Reds 1

Giants 1, Robins 0

Cardinals 4, Phillies 0

Cardinals 7, Phillies 4

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Garland Buckeye	4
1	Mickey Cochrane	4
1	Wattie Holm	4
1	Clarence Huber	4
5	11 tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Garland Buckeye	1
1	Mickey Cochrane	1
1	Rogers Hornsby	1
1	Muddy Ruel	1
1	3 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Wattie Holm	4
1	Muddy Ruel	4
1	Homer Summa	4
4	Mickey Cochrane	3
4	6 others tied	3

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Taylor Douthit	1
1	Doc Farrell	1
1	Wattie Holm	1
1	Tony Lazzeri	1
1	4 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Kent Greenfield	2.00
2	Larry Benton	1.29
3	Lefty Grove	1.11
4	Flint Rhem	0.67
5	Jesse Petty	0.38

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Hi Bell	1
1	Larry Benton	1
1	Garland Buckeye	1
1	Stan Coveleski	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Lefty Grove	10
2	Larry Benton	9
3	Kent Greenfield	8
4	Flint Rhem	6
5	Dutch Ulrich	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Babe Ruth	.392
2	George Burns	.371
3	Kiki Cuyler	.367
4	Pie Traynor	.364
5	Bibb Falk	.362

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	19
2	Jim Bottomley	9
3	Al Simmons	8
3	Hack Wilson	8
5	3 tied	7

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Babe Ruth	64
2	Hack Wilson	49
3	Goose Goslin	43
4	Jim Bottomley	42
4	Ty Cobb	42

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Kiki Cuyler	12
1	Bob Meusel	12
3	Sam Rice	10
4	Frankie Frisch	9
5	3 tied	8

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Virgil Barnes	1.61
2	Lefty Grove	2.17
3	Jesse Petty	2.19
4	Jack Quinn	2.47
5	Ted Lyons	2.49

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ted Lyons	10
1	Herb Pennock	10
3	Flint Rhem	9
4	Waite Hoyt	8
5	9 tied	7

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Lefty Grove	83
2	George Uhle	56
3	Earl Whitehill	47
4	Charlie Root	43
5	Walter Johnson	38

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Firpo Marberry	8
2	Hooks Dauss	4
2	Chick Davies	4
4	Sloppy Thurston	3
5	8 tied	2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Pie Traynor	.447
2	Jimmy Welsh	.429
3	Irish Meusel	.419
4	Harry Heilmann	.418
5	Butch Henline	.412

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Mickey Cochrane	4
1	Cliff Heathcote	4
1	Harry Heilmann	4
1	Babe Ruth	4
1	2 others tied	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Rogers Hornsby	19
2	Harry Heilmann	17
3	Ty Cobb	14
3	Babe Ruth	14
5	5 tied	13

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Taylor Douthit	4
1	Clarence Huber	4
1	Johnny Mostil	4
4	Ray Blades	3
4	10 others tied	3

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Ed Wells	0.00
2	Jack Russell	0.64
3	Joe Pate	0.73
4	Curly Ogden	0.75
5	Tom Zachary	1.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ted Lyons	4
2	Joe Genewich	3
2	Sam Gray	3
2	Kent Greenfield	3
2	5 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Lefty Grove	33
2	Larry Benton	17
2	Tommy Thomas	17
2	George Uhle	17
5	2 tied	16

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Firpo Marberry	2
1	Joe Pate	2
3	Jesse Barnes	1
3	Hi Bell	1
3	15 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Pie Traynor	.426
2	Kiki Cuyler	.422
3	Eddie Brown	.406
4	Harry Heilmann	.404
5	Sam Rice	.378

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	14
2	Al Simmons	7
3	Les Bell	6
3	Mickey Cochrane	6
3	Cliff Heathcote	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Babe Ruth	37
2	Ty Cobb	32
3	Tony Lazzeri	29
4	Earl Sheely	24
4	Hack Wilson	24

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bill Hunnefield	8
2	Kiki Cuyler	7
2	Tony Lazzeri	7
2	Bob Meusel	7
5	Johnny Mostil	6

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Ed Wells	1.07
2	Lefty Grove	1.71
3	Jesse Haines	1.95
4	Doug McWeeny	1.98
5	Flint Rhem	2.14

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Herb Pennock	7
2	Ted Lyons	6
2	Flint Rhem	6
4	Pete Donohue	5
4	2 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Lefty Grove	58
2	George Uhle	31
3	Earl Whitehill	27
4	Jack Scott	25
5	Ted Blankenship	24

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Firpo Marberry	5
2	Chick Davies	3
3	Clyde Barfoot	2
3	Hooks Dauss	2
3	2 others tied	2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rogers Hornsby	.384
2	Harry Heilmann	.377
3	Al Simmons	.361
4	Kiki Cuyler	.361
5	Sam Rice	.347

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	44
2	Rogers Hornsby	28
3	Jim Bottomley	26
4	Bob Meusel	24
5	Al Simmons	23

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Jim Bottomley	140
2	Rogers Hornsby	135
3	Harry Heilmann	131
4	Babe Ruth	130
5	Earl Sheely	128

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Kiki Cuyler	46
2	Max Carey	38
3	Johnny Mostil	32
4	Sam Rice	30
5	Frankie Frisch	29

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Stan Coveleski	2.83
2	Herb Pennock	2.89
3	Dolf Luque	2.90
4	Eppa Rixey	2.93
5	Ted Blankenship	3.00

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ted Lyons	25
2	Pete Donohue	22
2	Herb Pennock	22
4	Ted Blankenship	21
4	Stan Coveleski	21

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dazzy Vance	180
2	Lefty Grove	149
3	Howard Ehmke	116
4	Dolf Luque	114
5	Earl Whitehill	110

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Firpo Marberry	20
2	Jess Doyle	7
3	Waite Hoyt	6
3	Elam Vangilder	6
3	Rube Walberg	6