On This Day

Sunday, July 27, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 66 33 .667 --
Senators 59 38 .608 6.0
Yankees 55 42 .567 10.0
Indians 50 49 .505 16.0
Tigers 47 53 .470 19.5
White Sox 39 56 .411 25.0
Browns 40 58 .408 25.5
Red Sox 35 62 .361 30.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 57 37 .606 --
Cubs 56 40 .583 2.0
Giants 51 44 .537 6.5
Cardinals 48 46 .511 9.0
Pirates 45 49 .479 12.0
Braves 44 50 .468 13.0
Reds 43 50 .462 13.5
Phillies 31 59 .344 24.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Kress 6
1 Alex Metzler 6
3 Del Bissonette 5
3 Taylor Douthit 5
3 4 others tied 5

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Goose Goslin 3
2 Chuck Klein 2
2 Al Lopez 2
2 Denny Sothern 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Del Bissonette 6
1 Goose Goslin 6
1 Glenn Wright 6
4 Al Bool 4
4 5 others tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Roy Johnson 2
2 Dick Bartell 1
2 Frankie Frisch 1
2 Liz Funk 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vic Sorrell 0.58
2 Socks Seibold 0.55
3 Hod Lisenbee 0.50
4 Red Ruffing 0.33
5 Glenn Spencer 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ken Ash 1
1 Hi Bell 1
1 Jumbo Elliott 1
1 Wes Ferrell 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vic Sorrell 7
2 Hod Lisenbee 6
2 Socks Seibold 6
4 Wes Ferrell 4
4 Dolf Luque 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Blaeholder 1
1 Watty Clark 1
1 Ray Kolp 1
1 Steve Swetonic 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .407
2 Chuck Klein .406
3 Bill Terry .393
4 Al Simmons .392
5 Riggs Stephenson .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 36
2 Hack Wilson 32
3 Lou Gehrig 29
3 Chuck Klein 29
5 Jimmie Foxx 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 113
2 Chuck Klein 112
3 Jimmie Foxx 106
4 Al Simmons 103
5 2 tied 99

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 27
2 Babe Herman 15
2 Marty McManus 15
4 Charlie Gehringer 14
5 2 tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.78
2 Lefty Grove 2.83
3 Ad Liska 3.02
4 Bill Walker 3.03
5 Milt Gaston 3.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 16
2 Ted Lyons 15
3 George Earnshaw 14
3 Lefty Grove 14
5 4 tied 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 129
2 George Earnshaw 125
3 Bill Hallahan 102
4 Charlie Root 90
5 2 tied 89

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 6
2 Hi Bell 5
2 Lefty Grove 5
2 Jack Quinn 5
2 2 others tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .493
2 Bill Terry .456
3 Chuck Klein .449
4 Jimmie Foxx .439
5 Carl Reynolds .438

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 8
1 Hack Wilson 8
1 Glenn Wright 8
4 Goose Goslin 7
5 8 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Glenn Wright 27
2 Lou Gehrig 23
3 Del Bissonette 22
3 Pie Traynor 22
5 3 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 7
2 Roy Johnson 4
2 Bing Miller 4
4 Mickey Cochrane 3
4 6 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hi Bell 0.90
2 Pat Malone 1.63
3 Sloppy Thurston 1.69
4 Clarence Mitchell 2.21
5 Heinie Meine 2.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 4
2 Larry French 3
2 Lefty Grove 3
2 Dolf Luque 3
2 9 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wes Ferrell 24
2 George Earnshaw 18
2 Bill Hallahan 18
4 Hal McKain 17
4 George Uhle 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Root 3
2 Ken Ash 1
2 Hi Bell 1
2 Larry Benton 1
2 23 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .432
2 Travis Jackson .427
3 Lefty O'Doul .419
4 Chuck Klein .400
5 Carl Reynolds .397

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Goose Goslin 11
2 Chuck Klein 10
2 Babe Ruth 10
2 Hack Wilson 10
5 3 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Morgan 41
2 Harry Rice 37
3 Lou Gehrig 36
3 Chuck Klein 36
5 4 tied 35

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 10
2 Roy Johnson 9
3 Charlie Gehringer 8
4 Marty McManus 7
4 Bing Miller 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hi Bell 1.26
2 Earl Whitehill 2.55
3 Bob Smith 2.56
4 Pat Malone 2.79
5 George Uhle 2.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Firpo Marberry 6
1 Earl Whitehill 6
3 Pat Caraway 5
3 George Earnshaw 5
3 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 39
2 Bump Hadley 37
3 Wes Ferrell 32
4 George Pipgras 30
5 Bill Hallahan 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Root 3
2 Hi Bell 2
2 Archie Campbell 2
2 Lefty Grove 2
2 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .408
2 Riggs Stephenson .388
3 Bill Terry .386
4 Al Simmons .385
5 Babe Herman .379

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 60
2 Hack Wilson 45
3 Chuck Klein 41
4 Lou Gehrig 40
5 Jimmie Foxx 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 175
2 Lou Gehrig 170
3 Chuck Klein 169
4 Al Simmons 164
5 Hack Wilson 161

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 44
2 Charlie Gehringer 27
3 Marty McManus 25
4 Carl Reynolds 24
5 Sam Rice 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Walker 2.70
2 Milt Gaston 3.12
3 Dazzy Vance 3.24
4 Lefty Grove 3.35
5 Firpo Marberry 3.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 28
2 George Earnshaw 23
3 Pat Malone 22
4 Ted Lyons 21
4 Firpo Marberry 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 185
2 Lefty Grove 174
3 Pat Malone 153
4 Dazzy Vance 144
5 Bill Hallahan 142

Saves

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