On This Day

Thursday, April 24, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 4 1 .800 --
White Sox 3 1 .750 0.5
Senators 5 2 .714 0.0
Browns 4 3 .571 1.0
Indians 3 3 .500 1.5
Red Sox 3 4 .429 2.0
Tigers 3 6 .333 3.0
Yankees 0 5 .000 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 4 0 1.000 --
Pirates 5 1 .833 0.0
Braves 2 2 .500 2.0
Phillies 3 3 .500 2.0
Cubs 5 5 .500 2.0
Cardinals 4 5 .444 2.5
Reds 2 5 .286 3.5
Robins 1 5 .167 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Woody English 3
1 Showboat Fisher 3
1 Red Kress 3
1 Fred Schulte 3
5 4 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Gehringer 1
1 Marty McManus 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Showboat Fisher 4
1 Fred Schulte 4
3 Chick Hafey 3
3 Marty McManus 3
5 3 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lu Blue 1
1 Kiki Cuyler 1
1 Ted Gullic 1
1 Fred Schulte 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Herm Holshouser 0.45
2 Chief Hogsett 0.38
3 Syl Johnson 0.08
4 Sheriff Blake 0.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Syl Johnson 1
1 Chad Kimsey 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herm Holshouser 5
2 Chief Hogsett 3
3 Sheriff Blake 1
3 Syl Johnson 1
3 2 others tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Showboat Fisher .563
2 Paul Waner .500
3 Jake Flowers .478
4 Bill Cissell .471
5 Johnny Frederick .467

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 3
1 Al Simmons 3
3 Ethan Allen 2
3 Del Bissonette 2
3 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Showboat Fisher 12
2 Adam Comorosky 10
3 Del Bissonette 9
3 Joe Cronin 9
3 3 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lu Blue 2
1 Kiki Cuyler 2
1 Charlie Gelbert 2
1 Ted Gullic 2
1 3 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Walberg 0.00
2 Benny Frey 0.75
3 Ted Lyons 0.90
4 Clint Brown 1.00
4 2 others tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sheriff Blake 2
1 Lloyd Brown 2
1 Bump Hadley 2
1 Bill Hallahan 2
1 5 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Hallahan 20
2 Lefty Grove 13
3 Charlie Root 11
3 Red Ruffing 11
5 2 tied 9

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 Babe Herman .381
3 Bill Terry .377
4 Rogers Hornsby .376
5 Al Simmons .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 46
2 Babe Ruth 45
3 Mel Ott 43
4 Hack Wilson 40
5 2 tied 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 166
2 Hack Wilson 159
3 Babe Ruth 154
4 Mel Ott 150
5 Chuck Klein 149

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 45
2 Evar Swanson 33
3 Charlie Gehringer 27
4 Frankie Frisch 25
4 Bing Miller 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.88
2 Bill Walker 3.04
3 Firpo Marberry 3.18
4 Lefty Stewart 3.22
5 Burleigh Grimes 3.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 24
2 Pat Malone 21
3 Wes Ferrell 20
3 Lefty Grove 20
3 Charlie Root 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 177
2 Pat Malone 159
3 Watty Clark 150
3 George Earnshaw 150
5 Charlie Root 135

Saves

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