On This Day

Friday, July 22, 1927

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	65	26	.714	--
Senators	51	38	.573	13.0
Tigers	48	38	.558	14.5
Athletics	48	41	.539	16.0
White Sox	48	45	.516	18.0
Browns	38	50	.432	25.5
Indians	37	54	.407	28.0
Red Sox	23	66	.258	41.0

Games

White Sox 7, Yankees 5

Browns 7, Senators 6

Browns 3, Senators 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	52	33	.612	--
Cubs	54	35	.607	0.0
Cardinals	52	36	.591	1.5
Giants	48	45	.516	8.0
Robins	40	49	.449	14.0
Phillies	37	51	.420	16.5
Reds	37	52	.416	17.0
Braves	33	52	.388	19.0

Games

Reds 3, Robins 0

Pirates 5, Braves 2

Cardinals 7, Giants 4

Phillies 6, Cubs 5

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Sam Rice	6
2	Spencer Adams	5
2	Joe Judge	5
2	Tris Speaker	5
5	4 tied	4

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Herschel Bennett	1
1	Taylor Douthit	1
1	Bibb Falk	1
1	Freddy Leach	1
1	3 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Spencer Adams	4
1	Freddy Leach	4
3	Bill Barrett	3
3	Bibb Falk	3
3	2 others tied	3

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Sparky Adams	1
1	Clyde Barnhart	1
1	Frankie Frisch	1
1	Goose Goslin	1
1	Les Mann	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Red Lucas	2.00
2	Charlie Root	1.00
3	Dazzy Vance	0.50
4	Ted Lyons	0.31
5	Dick Coffman	0.29

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Win Ballou	1
1	Red Lucas	1
1	Ted Lyons	1
1	Lee Meadows	1
1	3 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Charlie Root	7
1	Dazzy Vance	7
3	Ted Lyons	4
3	Dutch Ulrich	4
5	Fay Thomas	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	General Crowder	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Al Simmons	.394
2	Lou Gehrig	.390
3	Paul Waner	.377
4	Bob Meusel	.370
5	Bing Miller	.368

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Lou Gehrig	31
2	Babe Ruth	30
3	Cy Williams	20
4	Rogers Hornsby	16
4	Hack Wilson	16

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Lou Gehrig	115
2	Al Simmons	100
3	Paul Waner	89
4	Babe Ruth	85
5	Rogers Hornsby	79

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frankie Frisch	30
2	Sparky Adams	19
3	Kiki Cuyler	18
3	George Sisler	18
3	Jackie Tavener	18

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Wilcy Moore	2.51
2	Ted Lyons	2.64
3	Pete Alexander	2.69
4	Waite Hoyt	2.74
5	Jesse Haines	2.78

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Charlie Root	16
2	Ted Lyons	15
3	Jesse Haines	14
3	Carmen Hill	14
5	2 tied	13

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dazzy Vance	123
2	Lefty Grove	119
3	Charlie Root	96
4	Rube Walberg	81
5	Tommy Thomas	68

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Garland Braxton	8
1	Firpo Marberry	8
3	Lefty Grove	7
3	Wilcy Moore	7
5	Joe Pate	6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Harry Heilmann	.479
2	Tris Speaker	.479
3	Al Simmons	.455
4	Bubbles Hargrave	.447
5	Rube Bressler	.443

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Travis Jackson	5
1	Cy Williams	5
3	Babe Ruth	4
4	Herschel Bennett	3
4	5 others tied	3

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Heilmann	23
2	Babe Ruth	21
3	Travis Jackson	19
3	Al Simmons	19
3	2 others tied	19

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Johnny Neun	9
2	Frankie Frisch	8
3	Sam Rice	5
3	Jackie Tavener	5
5	4 tied	4

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Rube Ehrhardt	0.69
2	Red Lucas	1.27
3	Kent Greenfield	1.39
4	Pete Alexander	1.42
5	Art Nehf	1.47

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	3
1	Larry Benton	3
1	Garland Braxton	3
1	Sarge Connally	3
1	6 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dazzy Vance	27
2	Lefty Grove	20
3	Kent Greenfield	16
3	Charlie Root	16
5	Larry Benton	15

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Bill Sherdel	3
2	Garland Braxton	2
2	Guy Bush	2
2	Wilcy Moore	2
2	2 others tied	2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Tris Speaker	.452
2	Al Simmons	.430
3	Babe Ruth	.398
4	Muddy Ruel	.394
5	Lou Gehrig	.386

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Lou Gehrig	13
2	Babe Ruth	8
2	Cy Williams	8
4	Al Simmons	7
5	2 tied	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Lou Gehrig	44
2	Goose Goslin	38
3	Bob Fothergill	36
4	Babe Ruth	35
4	Al Simmons	35

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frankie Frisch	12
2	Johnny Neun	11
2	Jackie Tavener	11
4	George Sisler	10
5	2 tied	8

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Jumbo Elliott	1.60
2	Jesse Petty	1.90
3	Bump Hadley	1.97
4	Virgil Barnes	1.99
5	Jack Quinn	2.05

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Carmen Hill	6
1	Wilcy Moore	6
3	Hal Carlson	5
3	Sam Gibson	5
3	3 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Lefty Grove	45
2	Dazzy Vance	40
3	Wilcy Moore	27
3	Charlie Root	27
3	Red Ruffing	27

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Garland Braxton	5
2	Firpo Marberry	4
2	Joe Pate	4
4	Wilcy Moore	3
4	2 others tied	3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Al Simmons	.382
2	Harry Heilmann	.367
3	Babe Ruth	.364
4	Paul Waner	.363
5	Lou Gehrig	.356

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	48
2	Lou Gehrig	40
3	Cy Williams	31
4	Hack Wilson	23
5	Al Simmons	21

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Lou Gehrig	163
2	Al Simmons	150
3	Babe Ruth	145
4	Paul Waner	124
5	Jim Bottomley	119

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frankie Frisch	37
2	Sparky Adams	36
3	Kiki Cuyler	34
4	Jackie Tavener	22
5	2 tied	21

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Guy Bush	2.20
2	Ray Kremer	2.55
3	Pete Alexander	2.66
4	Ted Lyons	2.66
5	Carl Mays	2.76

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Lee Meadows	22
1	Charlie Root	22
3	Jesse Haines	20
3	Ted Lyons	20
5	4 tied	19

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dazzy Vance	184
2	Lefty Grove	180
3	Charlie Root	145
4	Tommy Thomas	127
5	George Uhle	116

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Firpo Marberry	14
2	Lefty Grove	10
2	Joe Pate	10
4	Garland Braxton	8
5	Wilcy Moore	7