On This Day

Friday, April 20, 1928

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 7 2 .778 --
Senators 5 2 .714 1.0
Yankees 5 2 .714 1.0
Browns 4 5 .444 3.0
Tigers 4 6 .400 3.5
White Sox 3 5 .375 3.5
Red Sox 3 6 .333 4.0
Athletics 1 4 .200 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 4 2 .667 --
Cardinals 5 3 .625 0.0
Robins 4 3 .571 0.5
Reds 5 4 .556 0.5
Cubs 5 5 .500 1.0
Phillies 3 4 .429 1.5
Braves 2 4 .333 2.0
Pirates 2 5 .286 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Wattie Holm 5
2 Moe Berg 3
2 Taylor Douthit 3
2 Bibb Falk 3
5 28 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Paul Easterling 1
1 Goose Goslin 1
1 George Grantham 1
1 Marty McManus 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Del Bissonette 4
2 Willie Kamm 3
2 Russ Wrightstone 3
4 Moe Berg 2
4 9 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Grantham 1
1 Jack Rothrock 1
1 Fresco Thompson 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Grove 1.14
2 George Pipgras 0.83
3 Earl Whitehill 0.80
4 Tommy Thomas 0.70
5 Doug McWeeny 0.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 1
1 Jesse Haines 1
1 Doug McWeeny 1
1 Eppa Rixey 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 8
2 Tommy Thomas 7
3 Doug McWeeny 6
4 George Pipgras 5
5 Earl Whitehill 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Ehrhardt 1
1 Ed Morris 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Grantham .600
2 Les Bell .500
3 Bob Meusel .483
4 Pid Purdy .452
5 Leo Durocher .444

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Paul Easterling 3
1 Frankie Frisch 3
1 Goose Goslin 3
1 Lefty O'Doul 3
1 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Goose Goslin 11
2 Frankie Frisch 10
2 Bob Meusel 10
2 Joe Sewell 10
5 4 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Gehringer 3
2 Clyde Barnhart 2
2 Ossie Bluege 2
2 Jim Bottomley 2
2 8 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sheriff Blake 0.00
1 George Blaeholder 0.00
3 Joe Shaute 0.50
4 Red Lucas 0.77
5 Earl Whitehill 0.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Benton 2
1 Sheriff Blake 2
1 Sam Gray 2
1 Jesse Haines 2
1 10 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Thomas 12
2 George Pipgras 11
2 Dazzy Vance 11
2 Earl Whitehill 11
5 3 tied 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 3
2 George Blaeholder 1
2 Rube Ehrhardt 1
2 Dutch Henry 1
2 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .381
2 Paul Waner .378
3 Lou Gehrig .368
4 Ty Cobb .361
5 Babe Ruth .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 60
2 Lou Gehrig 47
3 Hack Wilson 30
4 Cy Williams 28
5 Rogers Hornsby 24

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 169
2 Lou Gehrig 164
3 Hack Wilson 131
4 Goose Goslin 128
4 Paul Waner 128

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 50
2 Max Carey 30
3 Harvey Hendrick 28
3 George Sisler 28
5 Sparky Adams 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Wilcy Moore 2.30
2 Pete Alexander 2.33
3 Dazzy Vance 2.52
4 Garland Braxton 2.63
5 Ray Kremer 2.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Charlie Root 25
2 Jesse Haines 24
3 Carmen Hill 22
3 Ted Lyons 22
5 2 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 189
2 Lefty Grove 171
3 Charlie Root 143
4 Rube Walberg 133
5 Jakie May 121

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 13
1 Wilcy Moore 13
3 Lefty Grove 9
4 Firpo Marberry 7
4 Bill Sherdel 7