On This Day

Sunday, April 20, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 3 0 1.000 --
Tigers 3 2 .600 1.0
Senators 3 2 .600 1.0
White Sox 1 1 .500 1.5
Indians 2 2 .500 1.5
Red Sox 3 3 .500 1.5
Browns 1 2 .333 2.0
Yankees 0 4 .000 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 3 0 1.000 --
Pirates 4 1 .800 0.0
Braves 2 1 .667 1.0
Cubs 3 3 .500 1.5
Cardinals 2 3 .400 2.0
Phillies 1 2 .333 2.0
Reds 2 4 .333 2.5
Robins 0 3 .000 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Wally Berger 3
1 Footsie Blair 3
1 Riggs Stephenson 3
4 Bill Barrett 2
4 18 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Mel Ott 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Berger 5
2 Johnny Burnett 2
2 Goose Goslin 2
2 Tony Lazzeri 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Del Bissonette 1
1 Freddie Lindstrom 1
1 Lance Richbourg 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Carl Hubbell 0.88
2 Willis Hudlin 0.50
3 Sheriff Blake 0.44
4 Lloyd Brown 0.40
4 Watty Clark 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sheriff Blake 1
1 Lloyd Brown 1
1 Carl Hubbell 1
1 Willis Hudlin 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Hubbell 7
2 Willis Hudlin 5
3 Sheriff Blake 4
3 Lloyd Brown 4
3 Watty Clark 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Showboat Fisher .667
2 Al Simmons .500
2 Riggs Stephenson .500
2 Paul Waner .500
5 2 tied .474

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Al Simmons 3
2 Ethan Allen 2
3 Dale Alexander 1
3 Dick Bartell 1
3 20 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 8
2 Wally Berger 7
2 Adam Comorosky 7
2 Showboat Fisher 7
5 2 tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lance Richbourg 2
2 Ethan Allen 1
2 Dick Bartell 1
2 Wally Berger 1
2 19 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Hallahan 0.00
1 Les Sweetland 0.00
1 Rube Walberg 0.00
1 Pat Malone 0.00
1 Jack Quinn 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sheriff Blake 2
1 Lloyd Brown 2
3 Pete Donohue 1
3 Wes Ferrell 1
3 27 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Hallahan 11
2 Lefty Grove 9
3 Carl Hubbell 7
3 Charlie Root 7
3 Steve Swetonic 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Whit Wyatt 2
2 Ben Cantwell 1
2 Pat Malone 1
2 Steve Swetonic 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .394
2 Rogers Hornsby .380
3 Babe Herman .379
4 Bill Terry .373
5 Riggs Stephenson .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 45
2 Chuck Klein 44
3 Mel Ott 43
4 Rogers Hornsby 38
4 Hack Wilson 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 165
2 Babe Ruth 154
3 Hack Wilson 153
4 Mel Ott 150
5 Chuck Klein 146

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 43
2 Evar Swanson 33
3 Charlie Gehringer 27
4 Bing Miller 25
5 Frankie Frisch 24

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.76
2 Bill Walker 2.99
3 Burleigh Grimes 3.18
4 Firpo Marberry 3.20
5 Lefty Stewart 3.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 24
2 Pat Malone 22
3 Wes Ferrell 21
3 Lefty Grove 21
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 179
2 Pat Malone 164
3 George Earnshaw 149
4 Watty Clark 146
5 Charlie Root 131

Saves

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