On This Day

Saturday, May 10, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 15 6 .714 --
Senators 15 7 .682 0.5
Indians 12 8 .600 2.5
Red Sox 10 12 .455 5.5
White Sox 8 11 .421 6.0
Yankees 8 11 .421 6.0
Browns 9 13 .409 6.5
Tigers 8 17 .320 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 12 7 .632 --
Cubs 15 9 .625 -0.5
Pirates 11 10 .524 2.0
Robins 11 10 .524 2.0
Reds 10 11 .476 3.0
Cardinals 10 12 .455 3.5
Braves 8 11 .421 4.0
Phillies 6 13 .316 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jake Flowers 4
1 Shanty Hogan 4
1 Al Lopez 4
1 Bill Terry 4
5 6 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Berry 1
1 Bob Fothergill 1
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 Charlie Gehringer 1
1 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 5
2 Pat Crawford 4
3 Earle Combs 3
3 Jake Flowers 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Samuel Byrd 1
1 Jake Flowers 1
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 George Grantham 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Milt Gaston 1.00
2 Ad Liska 0.86
3 Ed Brandt 0.56
4 Rube Walberg 0.44
5 2 tied 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 1
1 Jumbo Elliott 1
1 Milt Gaston 1
1 Joe Genewich 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ad Liska 6
2 Ed Brandt 5
2 Lefty Gomez 5
4 George Earnshaw 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .451
2 Paul Waner .450
3 Babe Herman .432
3 Bill Terry .432
5 Showboat Fisher .426

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 7
1 Hack Wilson 7
3 Jimmie Foxx 6
3 Travis Jackson 6
3 Bill Terry 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 26
2 Hack Wilson 25
3 Adam Comorosky 24
3 Jimmie Foxx 24
5 Joe Cronin 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 7
2 Paul Waner 6
3 Travis Jackson 4
3 Sam Rice 4
3 Lance Richbourg 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Benny Frey 0.74
2 Jakie May 1.88
3 Socks Seibold 2.01
4 Lefty Stewart 2.11
5 Pete Appleton 2.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Stewart 5
1 Rube Walberg 5
3 Lloyd Brown 4
3 Wes Ferrell 4
3 6 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 40
2 Charlie Root 34
3 Bill Hallahan 33
4 Hank Johnson 30
5 Milt Gaston 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Steve Swetonic 3
2 Garland Braxton 2
2 Whit Wyatt 2
4 Hi Bell 1
4 26 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .521
2 Joe Judge .473
3 Hack Wilson .467
4 Tom Oliver .460
5 Sam Rice .456

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 6
1 Bill Terry 6
3 Wally Berger 4
3 Babe Herman 4
3 4 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 22
2 Bill Terry 18
3 Babe Herman 17
3 Al Simmons 17
5 3 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 5
1 Paul Waner 5
3 Sam Rice 4
4 Goose Goslin 3
4 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ray Benge 0.48
2 Benny Frey 0.73
3 Bill Shores 1.50
4 Jakie May 1.59
5 Milt Gaston 1.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Watty Clark 3
1 George Earnshaw 3
1 Milt Gaston 3
1 Lefty Grove 3
1 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 27
2 Charlie Root 23
3 George Earnshaw 21
4 Rube Walberg 16
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 2
1 Steve Swetonic 2
3 Hi Bell 1
3 Larry Benton 1
3 21 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .405
2 Babe Herman .392
3 Bill Terry .379
4 Rogers Hornsby .370
5 Lew Fonseca .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 48
2 Babe Ruth 45
3 Hack Wilson 41
4 Mel Ott 39
5 2 tied 35

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 163
1 Hack Wilson 163
3 Chuck Klein 157
4 Babe Ruth 154
5 Mel Ott 152

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 47
2 Evar Swanson 30
3 Frankie Frisch 26
3 Charlie Gehringer 26
5 Bill Cissell 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.85
2 Lefty Stewart 3.16
3 Milt Gaston 3.25
4 Bill Walker 3.25
5 Hal McKain 3.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 25
2 Wes Ferrell 22
3 Lefty Grove 21
3 Ray Kremer 21
3 3 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 185
2 Pat Malone 163
3 George Earnshaw 161
4 Watty Clark 155
5 Charlie Root 140

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 9
1 Johnny Morrison 9
3 Guy Bush 8
3 Firpo Marberry 8
3 Steve Swetonic 8