On This Day

Sunday, July 13, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 56 29 .659 --
Senators 53 28 .654 1.0
Yankees 47 34 .580 7.0
Indians 41 41 .500 13.5
Tigers 39 47 .453 17.5
White Sox 31 48 .392 22.0
Browns 32 51 .386 23.0
Red Sox 30 51 .370 24.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 46 30 .605 --
Cubs 46 35 .568 2.5
Giants 43 36 .544 4.5
Cardinals 40 37 .519 6.5
Braves 38 40 .487 9.0
Pirates 37 41 .474 10.0
Reds 34 44 .436 13.0
Phillies 27 48 .360 18.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Barnes 4
1 Jimmy Dykes 4
1 Mel Ott 4
1 Bill Terry 4
5 11 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lyn Lary 1
1 Ed Morgan 1
1 Glenn Myatt 1
1 Al Simmons 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Morgan 4
2 Ethan Allen 3
2 Joe Boley 3
2 Mel Ott 3
2 Joe Sewell 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Earl Averill 1
1 Mickey Cochrane 1
1 Kiki Cuyler 1
1 Freddie Lindstrom 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Smith 0.44
2 Socks Seibold 0.43
3 Mel Harder 0.40
4 Dutch Henry 0.38
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry French 1
1 Mel Harder 1
1 Joe Heving 1
1 Roy Mahaffey 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dutch Henry 5
1 Roy Sherid 5
3 Bobby Burke 4
3 Larry French 4
3 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Pipgras 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .406
2 Chuck Klein .397
3 Babe Herman .395
4 Riggs Stephenson .393
5 Al Simmons .388

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 32
2 Chuck Klein 26
3 Wally Berger 24
3 Hack Wilson 24
5 Jimmie Foxx 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 93
2 Lou Gehrig 92
3 Al Simmons 89
4 Jimmie Foxx 85
5 Babe Ruth 84

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 21
2 Charlie Gehringer 13
2 Marty McManus 13
2 Sam Rice 13
5 Babe Herman 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.12
2 Lefty Grove 2.79
3 Ad Liska 2.82
4 Bill Walker 2.88
5 Milt Gaston 2.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 13
2 George Earnshaw 12
2 Wes Ferrell 12
2 Ray Kremer 12
5 2 tied 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 113
2 George Earnshaw 107
3 Bill Hallahan 84
4 Charlie Root 79
5 Dazzy Vance 75

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 6
2 Jack Quinn 5
2 Charlie Sullivan 5
4 Hi Bell 4
4 4 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Freddie Lindstrom .448
2 Ed Morgan .443
3 Babe Herman .434
4 Riggs Stephenson .432
5 Monk Sherlock .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 7
2 Carl Reynolds 5
2 Al Simmons 5
4 Jim Bottomley 4
4 4 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Morgan 23
2 Carl Reynolds 21
3 Al Simmons 19
4 Kiki Cuyler 17
4 Harry Rice 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Gehringer 6
2 Marty McManus 5
3 Kiki Cuyler 4
3 Roy Johnson 4
3 Joe Judge 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Smith 0.64
2 George Earnshaw 1.32
3 Bud Teachout 1.42
4 Milt Gaston 1.73
5 Ray Kolp 2.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lloyd Brown 3
1 Ben Cantwell 3
1 Pat Caraway 3
1 George Earnshaw 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bump Hadley 20
2 George Earnshaw 17
2 George Pipgras 17
2 Charlie Root 17
2 Earl Whitehill 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Smith 2
1 Charlie Sullivan 2
3 Belve Bean 1
3 Hi Bell 1
3 11 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .464
2 Gabby Hartnett .437
3 Heinie Manush .411
4 Lou Gehrig .402
5 Bill Dickey .397

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 12
2 Al Simmons 11
3 Jimmie Foxx 10
3 Chuck Klein 10
5 Gabby Hartnett 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 41
2 Al Simmons 36
3 Kiki Cuyler 35
4 Chuck Klein 33
4 Harry Rice 33

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Gehringer 7
1 Marty McManus 7
3 Buster Chatham 6
3 Babe Herman 6
3 3 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 1.45
2 Bill Walker 1.99
3 George Earnshaw 2.06
4 Lefty Grove 2.23
5 Milt Gaston 2.26

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lloyd Brown 5
1 General Crowder 5
1 George Earnshaw 5
1 Ray Kremer 5
1 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 41
2 Bump Hadley 35
3 Lefty Grove 34
4 Pat Malone 30
5 George Pipgras 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 2
1 Hub Pruett 2
1 Bob Smith 2
1 Charlie Sullivan 2
5 24 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .410
2 Babe Herman .387
3 Riggs Stephenson .383
4 Al Simmons .379
5 Bill Terry .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 60
2 Chuck Klein 47
3 Hack Wilson 41
4 Jimmie Foxx 40
5 2 tied 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 174
2 Babe Ruth 170
3 Hack Wilson 163
4 Al Simmons 157
5 Lou Gehrig 156

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 38
2 Charlie Gehringer 27
3 Carl Reynolds 26
3 Sam Rice 26
5 Marty McManus 24

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Walker 2.70
2 Milt Gaston 2.91
3 Dazzy Vance 2.94
4 Firpo Marberry 3.29
5 Tom Zachary 3.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 27
2 George Earnshaw 25
3 Ray Kremer 21
3 Charlie Root 21
5 Ted Lyons 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 186
2 Lefty Grove 172
3 Pat Malone 151
4 Dazzy Vance 148
5 Charlie Root 140

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 10
2 Steve Swetonic 8
3 Wes Ferrell 7
3 Lefty Grove 7
3 Firpo Marberry 7