On This Day

Thursday, April 17, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 1 0 1.000 --
Tigers 2 0 1.000 -0.5
Athletics 1 0 1.000 0.0
Senators 2 1 .667 0.0
Red Sox 1 2 .333 1.0
Yankees 0 1 .000 1.0
Indians 0 1 .000 1.0
Browns 0 2 .000 1.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 1 0 1.000 --
Phillies 1 0 1.000 0.0
Pirates 2 1 .667 0.0
Cubs 2 1 .667 0.0
Reds 1 2 .333 1.0
Cardinals 1 2 .333 1.0
Braves 0 1 .000 1.0
Robins 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dick Porter 3
1 Riggs Stephenson 3
1 Gus Suhr 3
4 Adam Comorosky 2
4 11 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dale Alexander 1
1 Ethan Allen 1
1 Marty McManus 1
1 Riggs Stephenson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 3
2 Dale Alexander 2
2 Adam Comorosky 2
2 Ira Flagstead 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Adam Comorosky 1
1 Bibb Falk 1
1 George Grantham 1
1 Chick Tolson 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Pat Malone 0.75
2 Larry French 0.43
3 Hi Bell 0.38
4 Earl Whitehill 0.17
5 2 tied 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry French 1
1 Dutch Henry 1
1 Pat Malone 1
1 Earl Whitehill 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hi Bell 3
1 Dick Coffman 3
1 Larry French 3
1 Dutch Henry 3
1 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Showboat Fisher .727
2 Frankie Frisch .545
3 Gus Suhr .538
4 Roy Johnson .500
4 2 others tied .500

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dale Alexander 1
1 Ethan Allen 1
1 Dick Bartell 1
1 Ossie Bluege 1
1 12 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Cronin 5
1 Jimmie Wilson 5
3 Adam Comorosky 4
3 Woody English 4
3 Showboat Fisher 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ossie Bluege 1
1 Adam Comorosky 1
1 Bibb Falk 1
1 Charlie Gelbert 1
1 7 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Les Sweetland 0.00
1 Pat Malone 0.00
1 Benny Frey 0.00
1 George Smith 0.00
1 Whit Wyatt 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sheriff Blake 1
1 Lloyd Brown 1
1 Pete Donohue 1
1 Larry French 1
1 11 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 9
2 Steve Swetonic 6
2 Bill Walker 6
4 Milt Gaston 5
4 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pat Malone 1
1 Whit Wyatt 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .396
2 Rogers Hornsby .382
3 Babe Herman .381
4 Bill Terry .373
5 Riggs Stephenson .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 46
2 Chuck Klein 43
3 Mel Ott 42
4 Rogers Hornsby 39
4 Hack Wilson 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 159
1 Hack Wilson 159
3 Babe Ruth 154
4 Mel Ott 153
5 Rogers Hornsby 149

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 43
2 Evar Swanson 33
3 Charlie Gehringer 27
4 Frankie Frisch 25
4 Bing Miller 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.76
2 Bill Walker 2.99
3 Firpo Marberry 3.12
4 Burleigh Grimes 3.18
5 George Earnshaw 3.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 24
2 Pat Malone 23
3 Wes Ferrell 21
3 Lefty Grove 21
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 179
2 Pat Malone 170
3 George Earnshaw 149
4 Watty Clark 143
5 George Pipgras 127

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 9
1 Wilcy Moore 9
3 Guy Bush 8
3 Johnny Morrison 8
5 Bill Shores 7