On This Day

Thursday, May 23, 1929

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 22 8 .733 --
Browns 20 12 .625 3.0
Yankees 17 11 .607 4.0
Tigers 19 15 .559 5.0
Indians 15 16 .484 7.5
White Sox 12 20 .375 11.0
Senators 10 19 .345 11.5
Red Sox 8 22 .267 14.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 20 10 .667 --
Cubs 19 10 .655 0.5
Pirates 16 12 .571 3.0
Phillies 13 13 .500 5.0
Braves 14 15 .483 5.5
Giants 11 16 .407 7.5
Reds 11 19 .367 9.0
Robins 10 19 .345 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ski Melillo 5
1 Bing Miller 5
1 Ed Morgan 5
1 Sam Rice 5
1 2 others tied 5

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ossie Bluege 2
2 Goose Goslin 1
2 Andy High 1
2 Lyn Lary 1
2 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ossie Bluege 5
1 Goose Goslin 5
3 Andy High 4
3 Ski Melillo 4
5 4 tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Earl Clark 1
1 Freddy Leach 1
1 Russ Scarritt 1
1 Fred Schulte 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Pipgras 0.71
2 Carl Hubbell 0.60
3 Bump Hadley 0.33
4 Milt Gaston 0.31
5 Lefty Stewart 0.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Blaeholder 1
1 Howard Ehmke 1
1 Burleigh Grimes 1
1 Fred Heimach 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Hubbell 6
2 George Pipgras 5
3 Milt Gaston 4
4 Bump Hadley 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 1
1 Wilcy Moore 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Andy High .420
2 Lefty O'Doul .410
3 Harvey Hendrick .407
4 Willie Kamm .395
5 Babe Herman .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 10
2 Lou Gehrig 9
3 Chuck Klein 8
3 Babe Ruth 8
5 3 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 36
2 Al Simmons 35
3 Chick Hafey 30
4 Charlie Grimm 29
5 3 tied 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 9
1 Evar Swanson 9
3 Babe Herman 8
4 Ethan Allen 7
4 Jake Flowers 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Syl Johnson 0.00
2 Jake Miller 1.25
3 George Uhle 1.43
4 Eddie Rommel 1.59
5 Dolf Luque 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 7
1 George Uhle 7
3 Lefty Grove 6
4 Garland Braxton 5
4 7 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 49
2 Dazzy Vance 34
3 Pat Malone 33
3 George Pipgras 33
5 Carl Hubbell 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hal Haid 3
1 Lou Koupal 3
1 Firpo Marberry 3
1 Bill Shores 3
5 2 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .489
2 Willie Kamm .462
3 Johnny Frederick .447
4 Harry Heilmann .447
5 Kiki Cuyler .440

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 6
2 Goose Goslin 4
2 Don Hurst 4
2 Mel Ott 4
2 Wally Schang 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 21
2 Earl Sheely 17
3 Jim Bottomley 16
4 Ossie Bluege 15
4 3 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 7
2 Evar Swanson 6
3 Frankie Frisch 4
3 Babe Herman 4
5 Fred Schulte 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Syl Johnson 0.00
2 Fred Heimach 0.69
3 Dolf Luque 0.90
4 Jake Miller 1.37
5 Charlie Root 1.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 4
2 Lefty Grove 3
2 Syl Johnson 3
2 Charlie Root 3
5 25 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 24
2 George Pipgras 23
3 Carl Hubbell 16
3 Pat Malone 16
5 2 tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 2
1 Bill Shores 2
3 Ben Cantwell 1
3 Watty Clark 1
3 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Manush .378
2 Rogers Hornsby .372
3 Lou Gehrig .366
4 Goose Goslin .357
5 Chick Hafey .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 49
2 Jim Bottomley 29
2 Lou Gehrig 29
2 Chick Hafey 29
2 Hack Wilson 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 144
2 Lou Gehrig 141
2 Babe Ruth 141
4 Jim Bottomley 137
5 Chick Hafey 124

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 44
2 Buddy Myer 27
3 Frankie Frisch 25
4 Johnny Mostil 23
5 Fresco Thompson 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 1.87
2 Sad Sam Jones 2.55
3 Lefty Grove 2.68
4 Sheriff Blake 2.69
5 Tommy Thomas 2.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 28
2 General Crowder 25
3 Lefty Grove 24
3 Waite Hoyt 24
5 Bill Sherdel 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 194
2 Lefty Grove 183
3 Pat Malone 155
4 George Pipgras 135
5 George Earnshaw 132

Saves

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