On This Day

Saturday, June 14, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 32 20 .615 --
Athletics 33 21 .611 0.0
Senators 31 20 .608 0.5
Yankees 29 21 .580 2.0
Tigers 23 31 .426 10.0
Browns 22 30 .423 10.0
White Sox 20 29 .408 10.5
Red Sox 17 35 .327 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 33 18 .647 --
Cubs 31 23 .574 3.5
Giants 27 24 .529 6.0
Cardinals 25 27 .481 8.5
Pirates 24 26 .480 8.5
Braves 22 25 .468 9.0
Phillies 20 28 .417 11.5
Reds 20 31 .392 13.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Lefty O'Doul 6
2 George Grantham 5
2 Chuck Klein 5
2 Gus Suhr 5
5 5 tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 2
1 Freddy Leach 2
3 Bill Akers 1
3 Del Bissonette 1
3 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Pie Traynor 8
2 Chuck Klein 7
3 Al Bool 5
3 Lou Gehrig 5
5 3 tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Earle Combs 2
1 Liz Funk 2
3 Footsie Blair 1
3 Adam Comorosky 1
3 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Phil Collins 0.50
1 George Uhle 0.50
3 Pat Malone 0.38
4 Bill Hallahan 0.36
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Watty Clark 1
1 Phil Collins 1
1 Sam Gray 1
1 Hank Johnson 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pat Malone 6
2 Phil Collins 5
2 Bill Hallahan 5
4 George Uhle 4
5 4 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .422
2 Babe Herman .398
3 Bill Terry .392
4 Sam Rice .390
5 Harry Heilmann .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 20
2 Chuck Klein 18
2 Hack Wilson 18
4 Wally Berger 17
5 Lou Gehrig 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 68
2 Hack Wilson 60
3 Babe Ruth 59
4 Lou Gehrig 57
5 Jimmie Foxx 54

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 16
2 Sam Rice 12
3 Earle Combs 8
3 Ski Melillo 8
5 6 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rip Collins 2.03
2 Dazzy Vance 2.46
3 Erv Brame 2.54
4 Mel Harder 2.57
5 Ad Liska 2.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 10
2 Ted Lyons 9
2 Socks Seibold 9
4 Watty Clark 8
4 3 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 79
2 Bill Hallahan 67
3 George Earnshaw 66
4 Charlie Root 57
5 Dazzy Vance 50

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 4
1 Hal McKain 4
1 Jack Quinn 4
1 Steve Swetonic 4
5 5 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .517
2 Lou Gehrig .500
3 John Stone .486
4 Johnny Hodapp .481
5 Carl Reynolds .479

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gabby Hartnett 7
2 George Grantham 6
2 Harry Heilmann 6
4 Wally Berger 5
4 4 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 26
2 Dale Alexander 19
3 Mel Ott 18
3 Pie Traynor 18
3 Hack Wilson 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Stripp 4
2 Ethan Allen 3
2 Earle Combs 3
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 Sam Rice 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.00
1 Charlie Root 1.00
3 Ed Morris 1.23
4 Rip Collins 1.50
5 Ray Kolp 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Clint Brown 3
1 Guy Bush 3
1 Watty Clark 3
1 Phil Collins 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 21
2 Guy Bush 18
2 George Earnshaw 18
4 General Crowder 16
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 2
2 Garland Braxton 1
2 Watty Clark 1
2 Dick Coffman 1
2 14 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .444
2 Lou Gehrig .434
3 Mickey Cochrane .431
4 Al Simmons .427
5 Charlie Gehringer .413

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 15
2 Wally Berger 12
3 Lou Gehrig 10
3 Chuck Klein 10
3 Mel Ott 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 41
2 Lou Gehrig 40
2 Babe Ruth 40
4 Dale Alexander 36
5 Hack Wilson 31

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 8
2 Sam Rice 7
3 Joe Cronin 6
3 Babe Herman 6
3 Joe Stripp 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 1.80
2 Rip Collins 2.02
3 Whit Wyatt 2.55
4 Bill Walker 2.56
5 Hap Collard 2.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Watty Clark 5
1 Wes Ferrell 5
1 Socks Seibold 5
1 Vic Sorrell 5
5 16 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 41
2 Lefty Grove 39
2 Dazzy Vance 39
4 Wes Ferrell 28
4 3 others tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hal McKain 3
1 Jack Quinn 3
3 Hi Bell 2
3 Garland Braxton 2
3 8 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .397
2 Rogers Hornsby .392
3 Babe Herman .387
4 Bill Terry .382
5 Al Simmons .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 56
2 Chuck Klein 46
2 Hack Wilson 46
4 Mel Ott 43
5 2 tied 35

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hack Wilson 176
2 Babe Ruth 172
3 Chuck Klein 168
4 Mel Ott 159
5 Al Simmons 145

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 45
2 Charlie Gehringer 27
3 Carl Reynolds 26
4 Sam Rice 25
5 Bill Cissell 24

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Walker 2.98
2 Lefty Grove 3.14
3 Tommy Thomas 3.16
4 Lefty Stewart 3.20
5 Milt Gaston 3.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 28
2 George Earnshaw 24
3 Watty Clark 21
3 Ray Kremer 21
3 Charlie Root 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 178
2 George Earnshaw 174
3 Pat Malone 156
4 Charlie Root 145
5 Dazzy Vance 140

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 8
1 Johnny Morrison 8
1 Steve Swetonic 8
4 Guy Bush 7
4 3 others tied 7