On This Day

Friday, May 23, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 24 10 .706 --
Athletics 20 12 .625 3.0
Yankees 16 14 .533 6.0
Indians 17 15 .531 6.0
Browns 14 18 .438 9.0
White Sox 12 17 .414 9.5
Tigers 13 21 .382 11.0
Red Sox 12 21 .364 11.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 19 13 .594 --
Robins 19 13 .594 --
Pirates 17 13 .567 1.0
Giants 16 15 .516 2.5
Cubs 18 17 .514 2.5
Braves 14 17 .452 4.5
Reds 12 18 .400 6.0
Phillies 10 19 .345 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Woody English 3
1 Babe Herman 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
1 Chuck Klein 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Mel Ott 1
1 Bill Terry 1
1 Pinky Whitney 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 3
1 Mel Ott 3
3 Wally Berger 2
3 Rube Bressler 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mel Ott 1
1 Gus Suhr 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Brandt 0.29
2 Watty Clark 0.25
3 Lefty Stewart 0.09
4 Carl Hubbell 0.06
5 Heinie Meine 0.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ray Benge 1
1 Watty Clark 1
1 Heinie Meine 1
1 Lefty Stewart 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Brandt 4
2 Pete Appleton 2
2 Watty Clark 2
2 Glenn Spencer 2
5 8 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dolf Luque 1
1 Harry Smythe 1
1 Glenn Spencer 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Herman .432
2 Paul Waner .423
3 Bill Terry .406
4 Sam Rice .399
5 Lefty O'Doul .398

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 12
1 Hack Wilson 12
3 Chuck Klein 11
4 Wally Berger 10
4 2 others tied 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 39
1 Chuck Klein 39
3 Al Simmons 36
3 Hack Wilson 36
5 Lou Gehrig 35

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 10
2 Sam Rice 7
2 Paul Waner 7
4 Babe Herman 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Benny Frey 1.44
2 Ad Liska 1.58
3 George Pipgras 1.78
4 Ted Lyons 2.00
5 Lefty Grove 2.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 7
2 Socks Seibold 6
2 Lefty Stewart 6
2 Rube Walberg 6
5 8 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 51
2 Bill Hallahan 49
3 Charlie Root 41
4 George Earnshaw 39
5 Hank Johnson 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Steve Swetonic 4
2 Hi Bell 2
2 Garland Braxton 2
2 Wes Ferrell 2
2 7 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Taylor Douthit .510
2 Charlie Gelbert .476
3 Marty McManus .450
4 Johnny Hodapp .444
5 Charlie Gehringer .422

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 8
2 Lou Gehrig 7
3 Wally Berger 6
3 Mel Ott 6
3 Hack Wilson 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 27
2 Jimmie Foxx 21
3 Chuck Klein 20
4 Mel Ott 17
5 Hack Wilson 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Babe Herman 5
2 Sam Rice 4
3 Kiki Cuyler 3
3 Ski Melillo 3
3 4 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Pipgras 0.31
2 Bobby Burke 0.50
3 Hap Collard 0.66
4 Ad Liska 0.67
5 Erv Brame 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ray Benge 3
1 Ad Liska 3
1 Ted Lyons 3
1 George Pipgras 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 21
2 George Uhle 18
3 Dazzy Vance 17
4 Ed Brandt 16
4 2 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Lindsey 2
1 Bob Smith 2
3 Hi Bell 1
3 Archie Campbell 1
3 20 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Herman .440
2 Lefty O'Doul .432
3 Taylor Douthit .415
4 Sam Rice .411
5 2 tied .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 12
2 Jimmie Foxx 10
2 Hack Wilson 10
4 Wally Berger 9
4 Chuck Klein 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 37
2 Chuck Klein 33
3 Mel Ott 31
4 Lou Gehrig 30
4 2 others tied 30

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 9
2 Sam Rice 7
3 Babe Herman 6
3 Paul Waner 6
5 2 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Pipgras 1.03
2 Dazzy Vance 1.59
3 Benny Frey 1.60
4 Ray Benge 1.66
5 Ad Liska 1.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 6
2 Sad Sam Jones 5
2 George Pipgras 5
2 Charlie Root 5
2 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 38
1 Lefty Grove 38
3 Charlie Root 34
4 Bill Hallahan 29
5 Hank Johnson 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Steve Swetonic 3
2 Hi Bell 2
2 Garland Braxton 2
2 Wes Ferrell 2
2 6 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .396
2 Babe Herman .393
3 Rogers Hornsby .385
4 Bill Terry .381
5 Al Simmons .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 51
2 Chuck Klein 46
3 Hack Wilson 44
4 Mel Ott 41
5 Jimmie Foxx 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hack Wilson 168
2 Mel Ott 161
3 Al Simmons 160
4 Babe Ruth 159
5 Chuck Klein 155

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 44
2 Charlie Gehringer 27
3 Bill Cissell 25
3 Evar Swanson 25
5 3 tied 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.85
2 Lefty Stewart 3.14
3 Milt Gaston 3.16
4 Tommy Thomas 3.23
5 Bill Walker 3.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 26
2 Wes Ferrell 23
3 Ray Kremer 21
3 Pat Malone 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 173
2 Lefty Grove 172
3 Pat Malone 158
4 Watty Clark 145
5 Charlie Root 141

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 9
1 Johnny Morrison 9
1 Steve Swetonic 9
4 Guy Bush 8
5 2 tied 7