On This Day

Thursday, July 8, 1926

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 50 27 .649 --
Athletics 44 36 .550 7.5
White Sox 44 37 .543 8.0
Indians 42 38 .525 9.5
Senators 38 36 .514 10.5
Tigers 38 41 .481 13.0
Browns 34 44 .436 16.5
Red Sox 23 54 .299 27.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 47 32 .595 --
Pirates 40 34 .541 4.5
Robins 40 35 .533 5.0
Cardinals 41 36 .532 5.0
Cubs 40 37 .519 6.0
Giants 37 39 .487 8.5
Phillies 31 45 .408 14.5
Braves 29 47 .382 16.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 George Grantham 3
1 Baby Doll Jacobson 3
1 Freddy Leach 3
1 Johnny Mostil 3
1 George Uhle 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Poole 1
1 Al Simmons 1
1 Paul Waner 1
1 Cy Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Poole 4
1 Paul Waner 4
3 Eddie Collins 3
3 Rube Lutzke 3
3 Al Simmons 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lu Blue 1
1 Max Carey 1
1 Bibb Falk 1
1 Ira Flagstead 1
1 Johnny Mostil 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Uhle 0.50
2 Howard Ehmke 0.33
3 Herb Pennock 0.18
4 Dutch Ulrich 0.10
5 Ed Wells 0.07

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howard Ehmke 1
1 George Uhle 1
1 Dutch Ulrich 1
1 Tony Welzer 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Howard Ehmke 5
2 George Uhle 4
3 Ken Holloway 2
3 Herb Pennock 2
5 7 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Pate 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rube Bressler .377
2 Babe Herman .377
3 Babe Ruth .376
4 Bibb Falk .370
5 Harry Heilmann .366

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 86
2 Hack Wilson 68
3 Tony Lazzeri 66
4 Jim Bottomley 62
5 Bibb Falk 60

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ross Youngs 16
2 Frankie Frisch 15
3 Kiki Cuyler 14
3 Bob Meusel 14
5 2 tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 1.81
2 Jesse Petty 2.38
3 Johnny Morrison 2.59
4 Jack Quinn 2.64
5 Doug McWeeny 2.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Herb Pennock 14
2 George Uhle 13
3 Pete Donohue 12
3 Ted Lyons 12
5 3 tied 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 130
2 George Uhle 85
3 Dazzy Vance 70
4 Walter Johnson 66
5 Charlie Root 65

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 13
2 Hooks Dauss 5
3 Chick Davies 4
3 Sad Sam Jones 4
3 Ray Kremer 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rube Bressler .472
2 Bob Fothergill .468
3 Babe Herman .464
4 Frank Welch .444
5 George Grantham .426

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bibb Falk 3
1 Lou Gehrig 3
1 Tony Lazzeri 3
1 Heinie Manush 3
1 Babe Ruth 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bibb Falk 16
1 Wally Pipp 16
1 Jim Poole 16
4 Babe Herman 15
4 3 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doc Gautreau 7
2 Ross Youngs 5
3 Ben Paschal 4
3 Joe Sewell 4
5 10 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sheriff Blake 1.29
2 Art Reinhart 1.38
3 Firpo Marberry 1.42
4 Walter Johnson 1.48
5 Hugh McQuillan 1.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Mays 3
1 Charlie Root 3
1 George Uhle 3
1 Dutch Ulrich 3
5 32 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 34
2 Howard Ehmke 19
3 Walter Beall 17
4 Walter Johnson 15
5 2 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 3
2 Babe Adams 2
2 Ken Holloway 2
2 Jack Scott 2
5 13 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rube Bressler .414
2 Heinie Manush .413
3 Harry Heilmann .400
3 Bob Meusel .400
5 Baby Doll Jacobson .398

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tony Lazzeri 7
1 Babe Ruth 7
3 Lou Gehrig 5
3 Heinie Manush 5
5 3 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Pipp 30
2 Babe Herman 27
3 Tony Lazzeri 25
3 Russ Wrightstone 25
5 2 tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ross Youngs 11
2 Doc Gautreau 9
3 Taylor Douthit 7
4 Frankie Frisch 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Walberg 1.15
2 Lefty Grove 1.22
3 Jesse Haines 1.89
4 Bob Osborn 2.22
5 Pete Donohue 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Blankenship 5
1 Pete Donohue 5
1 Charlie Root 5
1 Don Songer 5
1 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 47
2 Dazzy Vance 44
3 Walter Beall 30
4 Howard Ehmke 28
5 Larry Benton 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 5
2 Ray Kremer 3
3 Babe Adams 2
3 Rube Ehrhardt 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .378
2 Al Simmons .374
3 Rogers Hornsby .359
4 George Burns .353
5 Kiki Cuyler .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 45
2 Rogers Hornsby 24
3 Bob Meusel 23
3 Al Simmons 23
5 Lou Gehrig 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 141
2 Al Simmons 126
3 Jim Bottomley 125
3 Harry Heilmann 125
5 Rogers Hornsby 123

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 42
2 Max Carey 33
3 Johnny Mostil 29
4 Frankie Frisch 27
4 Sam Rice 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.65
2 Ted Blankenship 2.80
3 Jesse Petty 2.84
4 Pete Alexander 2.90
5 Eppa Rixey 2.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Blankenship 25
2 Ted Lyons 22
2 Herb Pennock 22
4 Pete Donohue 21
5 Waite Hoyt 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 180
2 Lefty Grove 165
3 Howard Ehmke 126
4 Ted Blankenship 113
5 George Uhle 112

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 21
2 Jess Doyle 7
3 Ray Kremer 6
4 Hooks Dauss 5
4 5 others tied 5