On This Day

Monday, April 21, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 3 1 .750 --
White Sox 2 1 .667 0.5
Senators 4 2 .667 0.0
Indians 3 2 .600 0.5
Tigers 3 3 .500 1.0
Red Sox 3 3 .500 1.0
Browns 1 3 .250 2.0
Yankees 0 4 .000 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 4 0 1.000 --
Pirates 5 1 .833 0.0
Cubs 4 3 .571 1.5
Braves 2 2 .500 2.0
Cardinals 2 4 .333 3.0
Reds 2 5 .286 3.5
Phillies 1 3 .250 3.0
Robins 1 3 .250 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Johnny Frederick 4
1 Bernie Friberg 4
3 Sparky Adams 3
3 Del Bissonette 3
3 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Travis Jackson 2
2 Clyde Beck 1
2 Del Bissonette 1
2 Adam Comorosky 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Del Bissonette 7
2 Travis Jackson 4
3 Adam Comorosky 3
3 Johnny Neun 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Flowers 1
1 Wally Gilbert 1
1 Ted Gullic 1
1 Rollie Hemsley 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ted Lyons 0.50
2 General Crowder 0.33
3 Clint Brown 0.29
4 Archie Campbell 0.25
4 Hal Carlson 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Erv Brame 1
1 Clint Brown 1
1 Hal Carlson 1
1 Bump Hadley 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 General Crowder 3
1 Ted Lyons 3
1 Bill Walker 3
4 Erv Brame 2
4 6 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Faulkner 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Showboat Fisher .571
2 Bernie Friberg .500
2 Riggs Stephenson .500
2 Paul Waner .500
5 Johnny Frederick .474

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Al Simmons 3
2 Ethan Allen 2
2 Adam Comorosky 2
2 Joe Cronin 2
2 Travis Jackson 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Adam Comorosky 10
2 Del Bissonette 8
2 Joe Cronin 8
2 Al Simmons 8
5 2 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Travis Jackson 2
1 Lance Richbourg 2
3 Ethan Allen 1
3 Dick Bartell 1
3 24 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
5 Benny Frey 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sheriff Blake 2
1 Lloyd Brown 2
1 Bump Hadley 2
1 Bill Walker 2
5 32 tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Hallahan 11
2 Lefty Grove 9
2 Bill Walker 9
4 Bump Hadley 7
4 3 others tied 7

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .392
2 Rogers Hornsby .380
3 Babe Herman .377
4 Bill Terry .374
5 Riggs Stephenson .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 45
2 Chuck Klein 44
3 Mel Ott 43
4 Hack Wilson 39
5 Rogers Hornsby 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 165
2 Hack Wilson 156
3 Babe Ruth 154
4 Mel Ott 150
5 Chuck Klein 147

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 3.04
3 Firpo Marberry 3.20
4 Burleigh Grimes 3.27
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 150
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