On This Day

Sunday, July 20, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 62 30 .674 --
Senators 57 33 .633 4.0
Yankees 52 37 .584 8.5
Indians 46 45 .505 15.5
Tigers 43 50 .462 19.5
White Sox 35 53 .398 25.0
Browns 34 56 .378 27.0
Red Sox 32 57 .360 28.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 49 35 .583 --
Cubs 51 37 .580 --
Giants 46 40 .535 4.0
Cardinals 44 40 .524 5.0
Pirates 41 44 .482 8.5
Reds 40 46 .465 10.0
Braves 40 46 .465 10.0
Phillies 29 52 .358 18.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Barnes 5
1 Wally Berger 5
1 Smead Jolley 5
1 Carl Reynolds 5
5 5 tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 2
1 Bob Meusel 2
3 Wally Berger 1
3 Bibb Falk 1
3 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frankie Frisch 6
2 Red Barnes 4
2 Wally Berger 4
2 Lou Gehrig 4
2 Smead Jolley 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Roy Johnson 1
1 Greg Mulleavy 1
1 Johnny Neun 1
1 Mel Ott 1
1 Bill Terry 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Flint Rhem 0.67
2 Lefty Grove 0.55
3 Tom Zachary 0.45
4 Jakie May 0.33
5 Ted Lyons 0.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Appleton 1
1 George Blaeholder 1
1 Lefty Grove 1
1 Hal Haid 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 6
2 Clarence Mitchell 5
2 Tom Zachary 5
4 Guy Cantrell 4
4 Ted Lyons 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Syl Johnson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .405
2 Chuck Klein .405
3 Riggs Stephenson .391
4 Al Simmons .389
5 Bill Terry .388

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 34
2 Lou Gehrig 27
2 Chuck Klein 27
2 Hack Wilson 27
5 2 tied 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 106
2 Jimmie Foxx 102
2 Chuck Klein 102
4 Al Simmons 96
5 Babe Ruth 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 23
2 Charlie Gehringer 13
2 Babe Herman 13
2 Marty McManus 13
2 Sam Rice 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.67
2 Lefty Grove 2.86
3 Bill Walker 2.93
4 Ad Liska 3.04
5 Milt Gaston 3.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 14
1 Ted Lyons 14
3 George Earnshaw 13
3 Lefty Grove 13
5 Ray Kremer 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 125
2 George Earnshaw 114
3 Bill Hallahan 89
4 Dazzy Vance 87
5 Charlie Root 83

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 6
2 Lefty Grove 5
2 Jack Quinn 5
2 Charlie Sullivan 5
5 4 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Freddy Leach .514
2 Earl Averill .492
3 Ed Morgan .460
4 Johnny Watwood .458
5 Mel Ott .455

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 6
2 Chuck Klein 5
2 Ed Morgan 5
2 Glenn Wright 5
5 7 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Morgan 23
2 Harry Rice 22
3 Jimmie Foxx 20
3 Lou Gehrig 20
3 Chuck Klein 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bing Miller 4
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 Goose Goslin 3
2 Marty McManus 3
2 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Haines 1.08
2 Tom Zachary 1.33
3 Red Ruffing 1.88
4 Hi Bell 1.93
5 2 tied 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pat Caraway 3
1 Pete Donohue 3
1 George Earnshaw 3
1 Wes Ferrell 3
1 9 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 21
2 George Earnshaw 18
3 Hal McKain 17
3 Red Ruffing 17
3 George Uhle 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Hubbell 2
2 Belve Bean 1
2 Larry Benton 1
2 Bobby Burke 1
2 12 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .449
2 Freddy Leach .432
3 Bill Dickey .425
4 George Watkins .423
5 Travis Jackson .409

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 12
2 Jimmie Foxx 11
3 Al Simmons 10
4 Lou Gehrig 9
4 Babe Herman 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 42
2 Al Simmons 40
3 Lou Gehrig 38
4 Ed Morgan 36
5 Kiki Cuyler 35

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 7
1 Charlie Gehringer 7
1 Roy Johnson 7
4 Goose Goslin 5
4 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Earnshaw 1.60
2 Bob Osborn 2.48
3 Bud Teachout 2.56
4 Sheriff Blake 2.60
5 Bill Walker 2.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Firpo Marberry 7
2 George Earnshaw 6
3 Larry Benton 5
3 Lloyd Brown 5
3 7 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 45
2 Lefty Grove 34
2 Bump Hadley 34
4 George Pipgras 32
4 Dazzy Vance 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Archie Campbell 2
1 Lefty Grove 2
1 Carl Hubbell 2
1 Bob Smith 2
1 Charlie Sullivan 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .406
2 Riggs Stephenson .384
3 Bill Terry .378
4 Al Simmons .378
5 Chuck Klein .374

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 58
2 Hack Wilson 43
3 Jimmie Foxx 42
3 Chuck Klein 42
5 Lou Gehrig 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 169
2 Babe Ruth 167
3 Lou Gehrig 166
4 Hack Wilson 162
5 Al Simmons 161

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 40
2 Charlie Gehringer 27
2 Carl Reynolds 27
4 Marty McManus 23
4 Sam Rice 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Walker 2.67
2 Milt Gaston 3.09
3 Dazzy Vance 3.11
4 Firpo Marberry 3.20
5 Tom Zachary 3.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 27
2 George Earnshaw 24
3 Ted Lyons 21
3 Firpo Marberry 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 183
2 Lefty Grove 181
3 Pat Malone 153
4 Dazzy Vance 152
5 Charlie Root 137

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 10
2 Lefty Grove 8
2 Steve Swetonic 8
4 Wes Ferrell 7
5 4 tied 6