On This Day

Friday, May 17, 1929

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 15 8 .652 --
Browns 16 10 .615 0.5
Yankees 13 9 .591 1.5
Tigers 17 13 .567 1.5
Indians 12 14 .462 4.5
White Sox 11 16 .407 6.0
Senators 8 14 .364 6.5
Red Sox 8 16 .333 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 16 8 .667 --
Cardinals 16 9 .640 0.5
Pirates 12 10 .545 3.0
Braves 13 11 .542 3.0
Reds 11 13 .458 5.0
Phillies 10 12 .455 5.0
Giants 8 13 .381 6.5
Robins 7 17 .292 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Edd Roush 5
2 Babe Herman 4
2 Lefty O'Doul 4
4 Earl Averill 3
4 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Averill 2
2 Wally Gilbert 1
2 Charlie Grimm 1
2 Chick Hafey 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 4
1 Charlie Grimm 4
1 Hack Wilson 4
4 Harvey Hendrick 3
4 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Cissell 1
1 Kiki Cuyler 1
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Grove 0.69
2 Bump Hadley 0.67
3 Ed Morris 0.54
4 Earl Whitehill 0.53
5 Larry French 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Win Ballou 1
1 George Blaeholder 1
1 Sheriff Blake 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 9
2 Earl Whitehill 8
3 Ed Morris 7
4 George Blaeholder 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Watty Clark 1
1 Rip Collins 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Riggs Stephenson .412
2 Bernie Friberg .404
3 Lloyd Waner .400
4 Willie Kamm .396
5 Frankie Frisch .394

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 8
1 Mel Ott 8
3 Lefty O'Doul 7
3 Hack Wilson 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 32
2 Dale Alexander 27
2 Charlie Grimm 27
4 Jim Bottomley 26
4 Hack Wilson 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Evar Swanson 8
2 Jake Flowers 7
3 Ethan Allen 6
3 Kiki Cuyler 6
3 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jake Miller 0.87
2 George Uhle 1.17
3 Lefty Stewart 1.71
4 Dolf Luque 1.80
5 Lefty Grove 2.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 6
2 Burleigh Grimes 5
2 Lefty Grove 5
2 Pat Malone 5
5 10 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 43
2 Dazzy Vance 34
3 Pat Malone 31
4 Sam Gray 26
5 Ed Morris 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hal Haid 3
1 Firpo Marberry 3
3 Mike Cvengros 2
3 Lou Koupal 2
3 2 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bernie Friberg .469
2 Lloyd Waner .451
3 Taylor Douthit .446
4 Babe Ruth .439
5 Willie Kamm .418

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 5
1 Chuck Klein 5
1 Mel Ott 5
4 Kiki Cuyler 4
4 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 19
2 Babe Ruth 17
3 Charlie Grimm 16
3 Harry Heilmann 16
3 Lefty O'Doul 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Evar Swanson 8
2 Kiki Cuyler 5
3 Woody English 4
3 Frankie Frisch 4
3 Roy Johnson 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 0.00
1 Syl Johnson 0.00
3 Jake Miller 0.34
4 Sheriff Blake 1.11
5 2 tied 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry French 3
1 Burleigh Grimes 3
1 Red Lucas 3
1 Charlie Root 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 21
2 Lefty Grove 20
3 Pat Malone 19
4 Earl Whitehill 16
5 Carl Hubbell 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hal Haid 2
1 Firpo Marberry 2
3 Ray Benge 1
3 Ben Cantwell 1
3 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Manush .380
2 Rogers Hornsby .374
3 Lou Gehrig .373
4 Goose Goslin .366
5 Paul Waner .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 49
2 Hack Wilson 34
3 Jim Bottomley 32
4 Lou Gehrig 30
5 Chick Hafey 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 145
2 Jim Bottomley 144
3 Babe Ruth 140
4 Al Simmons 135
5 Hack Wilson 127

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 41
2 Buddy Myer 28
3 Frankie Frisch 26
4 Johnny Mostil 24
5 Fresco Thompson 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 1.94
2 Lefty Grove 2.57
3 Sheriff Blake 2.66
4 Tommy Thomas 2.73
5 Herb Pennock 2.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 26
2 Waite Hoyt 25
3 General Crowder 24
3 Lefty Grove 24
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 201
2 Lefty Grove 188
3 Pat Malone 158
4 George Earnshaw 129
5 Red Ruffing 124

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Waite Hoyt 8
2 Hal Haid 7
3 Willis Hudlin 6
4 Larry Benton 5
4 4 others tied 5