On This Day

Sunday, May 22, 1927

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 22 10 .688 --
White Sox 19 15 .559 4.0
Browns 16 14 .533 5.0
Athletics 17 16 .515 5.5
Senators 14 15 .483 6.5
Indians 14 17 .452 7.5
Tigers 13 16 .448 7.5
Red Sox 9 21 .300 12.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 17 11 .607 --
Cubs 18 12 .600 0.0
Giants 19 13 .594 0.0
Cardinals 17 12 .586 0.5
Phillies 14 14 .500 3.0
Robins 14 21 .400 6.5
Braves 10 16 .385 6.0
Reds 11 21 .344 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Babe Herman 5
2 Gus Felix 4
2 Jigger Statz 4
4 Cuckoo Christensen 3
4 10 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Kiki Cuyler 1
1 Goose Goslin 1
1 George Harper 1
1 Rogers Hornsby 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank DeBerry 3
1 Gus Felix 3
1 Jake Flowers 3
1 Chick Galloway 3
1 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 2
2 Herschel Bennett 1
2 Johnny Butler 1
2 Eddie Collins 1
2 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dazzy Vance 0.38
2 Red Lucas 0.33
3 Sad Sam Jones 0.30
4 Howard Ehmke 0.29
5 Hod Lisenbee 0.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vic Aldridge 1
1 Howard Ehmke 1
1 Red Lucas 1
1 Ernie Nevers 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 5
2 Art Decatur 4
2 Hod Lisenbee 4
2 Red Lucas 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Goose Goslin .414
2 Lou Gehrig .413
3 Doc Farrell .408
4 Ty Cobb .402
4 Bob Fothergill .402

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 10
2 Lou Gehrig 9
2 Cy Williams 9
4 Rogers Hornsby 7
4 Hack Wilson 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 45
2 Al Simmons 42
3 Hack Wilson 35
4 Cy Williams 33
5 Bill Terry 32

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 14
2 Frankie Frisch 10
3 Goose Goslin 7
3 Al Simmons 7
5 3 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hod Lisenbee 1.91
2 Tony Welzer 1.93
3 Tommy Thomas 1.95
4 Ted Lyons 1.95
5 Herb Pennock 2.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Haines 7
2 Ray Kremer 6
2 Ted Lyons 6
2 Charlie Root 6
2 Tommy Thomas 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 47
2 Charlie Root 40
3 Lefty Grove 39
4 Hub Pruett 33
5 Tommy Thomas 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 3
1 Johnny Morrison 3
3 Sarge Connally 2
3 Pete Donohue 2
3 9 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bing Miller .489
2 Ken Williams .475
3 Doc Farrell .463
4 Heinie Manush .444
5 3 tied .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 4
1 Cy Williams 4
1 Ken Williams 4
4 Doc Farrell 3
4 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 22
2 Cy Williams 15
3 Paul Waner 13
3 Ken Williams 13
3 Hack Wilson 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 7
1 Frankie Frisch 7
3 Sparky Adams 4
3 Bob Meusel 4
5 4 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Waite Hoyt 0.69
2 Wilcy Moore 1.06
3 Ted Lyons 1.33
4 Bob Smith 1.50
4 George Uhle 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 3
1 Dazzy Vance 3
3 Vic Aldridge 2
3 Win Ballou 2
3 19 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hub Pruett 18
2 Dazzy Vance 17
3 Earl Whitehill 15
4 Flint Rhem 14
5 2 tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ernie Nevers 2
2 Pete Alexander 1
2 Rube Ehrhardt 1
2 Sam Gray 1
2 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Doc Farrell .448
2 Ty Cobb .429
3 George Harper .414
4 Bob Fothergill .410
5 Harry McCurdy .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 9
2 Lou Gehrig 6
2 Babe Herman 6
4 Rogers Hornsby 5
4 2 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 31
2 Hack Wilson 29
3 Lou Gehrig 26
4 Paul Waner 25
5 Heinie Manush 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 11
2 Frankie Frisch 9
3 Sparky Adams 6
4 Lu Blue 5
4 Bob Meusel 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tommy Thomas 1.27
2 Ted Lyons 1.50
3 Tony Welzer 1.72
4 Hod Lisenbee 1.91
5 Herb Pennock 1.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Haines 5
1 Ted Lyons 5
1 Charlie Root 5
1 Tommy Thomas 5
1 Dazzy Vance 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 41
2 Lefty Grove 27
3 Charlie Root 26
4 Hub Pruett 25
5 Tommy Thomas 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 2
1 Pete Donohue 2
1 Sam Gray 2
1 Lefty Grove 2
1 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Manush .386
2 Harry Heilmann .371
3 Goose Goslin .359
4 George Burns .355
5 Babe Ruth .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 42
2 Hack Wilson 24
3 Lou Gehrig 23
3 Cy Williams 23
5 Al Simmons 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 136
2 Lou Gehrig 134
3 Babe Ruth 126
4 Tony Lazzeri 111
5 2 tied 110

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 39
2 Johnny Mostil 31
3 Sparky Adams 29
3 Taylor Douthit 29
5 Frankie Frisch 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ray Kremer 2.36
2 Lefty Grove 2.64
3 Rip Collins 2.75
4 George Uhle 2.79
5 Guy Bush 2.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 24
2 Ray Kremer 23
3 Lee Meadows 21
4 Jesse Haines 20
4 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 186
2 Dazzy Vance 174
3 George Uhle 145
4 Tommy Thomas 137
5 Charlie Root 133

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 18
2 Lefty Grove 8
3 Joe Pate 7
4 Hooks Dauss 6
5 6 tied 5