On This Day

Thursday, July 1, 1926

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 49 23 .681 --
White Sox 40 34 .541 10.0
Indians 39 34 .534 10.5
Tigers 37 35 .514 12.0
Athletics 37 35 .514 12.0
Senators 35 35 .500 13.0
Browns 29 43 .403 20.0
Red Sox 21 48 .304 26.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 43 28 .606 --
Cardinals 39 31 .557 3.5
Pirates 35 30 .538 5.0
Robins 35 32 .522 6.0
Cubs 35 34 .507 7.0
Giants 35 35 .500 7.5
Phillies 26 42 .382 15.5
Braves 26 42 .382 15.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Heinie Manush 4
2 Rube Bressler 3
2 Ira Flagstead 3
2 Goose Goslin 3
2 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bibb Falk 1
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 Goose Goslin 1
1 Heinie Manush 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Goose Goslin 4
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 Bucky Harris 3
2 Heinie Manush 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Bishop 1
1 George Burns 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Hughie Critz 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Grove 0.67
2 Walter Johnson 0.64
3 Tony Kaufmann 0.50
4 Walter Beall 0.33
4 Pete Donohue 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1
1 Benn Karr 1
1 Curly Ogden 1
1 Charlie Root 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 7
2 Lefty Grove 6
3 Tommy Thomas 4
4 Walter Beall 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Ted Wingfield 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .391
2 Harry Heilmann .381
3 Rube Bressler .379
4 Bibb Falk .369
5 Bob Meusel .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 26
2 Tony Lazzeri 11
3 Jim Bottomley 10
3 Al Simmons 10
3 Hack Wilson 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 86
2 Hack Wilson 64
3 Tony Lazzeri 63
4 Jim Bottomley 60
5 Bob Meusel 58

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 14
1 Frankie Frisch 14
1 Bob Meusel 14
1 Ross Youngs 14
5 2 tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 1.83
2 Ed Wells 2.12
3 Jesse Petty 2.25
4 Jack Quinn 2.47
5 Johnny Morrison 2.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Herb Pennock 13
2 Ted Lyons 12
3 Pete Donohue 11
3 Waite Hoyt 11
3 3 others tied 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 116
2 George Uhle 76
3 Charlie Root 63
4 Walter Johnson 61
5 Tommy Thomas 59

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 12
2 Hooks Dauss 5
3 Chick Davies 4
4 Rube Ehrhardt 3
4 3 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rube Bressler .478
2 Ira Flagstead .442
3 Babe Ruth .438
4 Heinie Manush .431
5 Baby Doll Jacobson .423

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tony Lazzeri 4
1 Heinie Manush 4
1 Johnny Mokan 4
1 Babe Ruth 4
5 3 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Pipp 18
2 Hughie Critz 17
3 Johnny Mokan 16
4 Freddie Lindstrom 15
5 2 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doc Gautreau 6
2 Ross Youngs 5
3 Taylor Douthit 4
3 Ski Melillo 4
3 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Petty 1.06
2 Lefty Grove 1.27
3 Jesse Haines 1.55
4 Red Lucas 1.69
4 Hi Bell 1.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Blankenship 4
2 Pete Donohue 3
2 Jesse Haines 3
2 Carl Mays 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 27
2 Walter Beall 21
3 Jesse Petty 18
4 Charlie Root 17
5 2 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 3
2 Rube Ehrhardt 2
2 Jack Scott 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 12 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .420
2 Baby Doll Jacobson .413
3 Harry Heilmann .403
4 Heinie Manush .400
5 Rube Bressler .393

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 10
2 Tony Lazzeri 8
3 Rogers Hornsby 5
3 Heinie Manush 5
3 Russ Wrightstone 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 33
2 George Burns 26
2 Rogers Hornsby 26
2 Tony Lazzeri 26
2 Wally Pipp 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ross Youngs 10
2 Taylor Douthit 8
3 Frankie Frisch 6
3 Doc Gautreau 6
3 Bill Hunnefield 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 1.09
2 Rube Walberg 1.42
3 Ed Wells 1.44
4 Jesse Haines 1.47
5 Bob Osborn 1.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Wells 6
2 Kent Greenfield 5
2 Urban Shocker 5
2 Tom Zachary 5
5 10 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 47
2 Dazzy Vance 40
3 Larry Benton 36
4 Tommy Thomas 31
5 Walter Johnson 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 4
2 Garland Braxton 2
2 Rube Ehrhardt 2
2 Lefty Grove 2
2 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .384
2 Al Simmons .372
3 Rogers Hornsby .363
4 Kiki Cuyler .355
5 George Burns .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 48
2 Rogers Hornsby 25
3 Bob Meusel 24
4 Al Simmons 22
5 3 tied 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 147
2 Jim Bottomley 132
3 Harry Heilmann 129
4 Rogers Hornsby 127
5 Earl Sheely 122

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 43
2 Max Carey 36
3 Johnny Mostil 31
4 Frankie Frisch 30
5 Sam Rice 29

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.58
2 Jesse Petty 2.79
3 Ted Blankenship 2.87
4 Stan Coveleski 2.88
5 Pete Alexander 3.02

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Blankenship 25
2 Ted Lyons 24
3 Herb Pennock 23
4 Pete Donohue 22
5 Waite Hoyt 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 174
2 Lefty Grove 161
3 Ted Blankenship 116
4 Howard Ehmke 115
5 Walter Johnson 104

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 20
2 Jess Doyle 7
3 Elam Vangilder 6
4 Sarge Connally 5
4 4 others tied 5