On This Day

Monday, August 11, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 77 38 .670 --
Senators 67 45 .598 8.5
Yankees 67 47 .588 9.5
Indians 58 56 .509 18.5
Tigers 56 58 .491 20.5
White Sox 45 67 .402 30.5
Browns 45 69 .395 31.5
Red Sox 39 74 .345 37.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 65 44 .596 --
Robins 66 45 .595 0.0
Giants 61 47 .565 3.5
Cardinals 57 52 .523 8.0
Pirates 51 55 .481 12.5
Braves 50 60 .455 15.5
Reds 46 59 .438 17.0
Phillies 37 71 .343 27.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Goose Goslin 4
2 Ethan Allen 3
2 Larry French 3
2 Wally Gilbert 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Goose Goslin 2
2 Wally Berger 1
2 Lu Blue 1
2 Bill Cissell 1
2 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Goose Goslin 5
2 Bill Cissell 4
3 Bill Terry 3
4 Wally Berger 2
4 9 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cedric Durst 1
1 Harry Heilmann 1
1 Alex Metzler 1
1 Bobby Reeves 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Danny MacFayden 0.57
2 General Crowder 0.45
2 George Uhle 0.45
4 Sloppy Thurston 0.44
5 Clarence Mitchell 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rip Collins 1
1 General Crowder 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Larry French 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 General Crowder 5
1 Al Grabowski 5
1 George Uhle 5
4 Danny MacFayden 4
4 Sloppy Thurston 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Blaeholder 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .410
2 Chuck Klein .404
3 Babe Herman .399
4 Lefty O'Doul .395
5 Lou Gehrig .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 42
2 Hack Wilson 39
3 Lou Gehrig 33
4 Jimmie Foxx 32
5 2 tied 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 138
2 Chuck Klein 126
3 Jimmie Foxx 121
3 Hack Wilson 121
5 Al Simmons 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 28
2 Charlie Gehringer 17
3 Babe Herman 16
4 Marty McManus 15
5 2 tied 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.67
2 Lefty Grove 2.83
3 Bill Walker 3.05
4 George Uhle 3.33
5 Ad Liska 3.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 19
2 Lefty Grove 18
3 George Earnshaw 17
3 Ted Lyons 17
5 Ray Kremer 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 146
2 George Earnshaw 141
3 Bill Hallahan 126
4 Charlie Root 111
5 Bump Hadley 109

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hi Bell 6
1 Garland Braxton 6
1 Lefty Grove 6
4 Watty Clark 5
4 3 others tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .517
2 Babe Herman .478
3 Freddie Lindstrom .466
4 Shanty Hogan .438
5 Doc Farrell .432

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 7
2 Babe Ruth 6
3 Goose Goslin 5
3 Babe Herman 5
3 Bill Terry 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 25
2 Babe Herman 22
2 Hack Wilson 22
4 Chick Hafey 21
4 Bill Terry 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam West 4
2 Ossie Bluege 3
2 Bill Cissell 3
2 Hughie Critz 3
2 4 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Wes Ferrell 1.33
1 Vic Sorrell 1.33
3 Bill Shores 1.42
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.52
5 George Pipgras 1.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 4
2 George Earnshaw 3
2 Wes Ferrell 3
2 Hank Johnson 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bump Hadley 25
2 Bill Hallahan 24
2 Red Ruffing 24
4 Charlie Root 21
5 2 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Watty Clark 2
2 Hi Bell 1
2 Ray Benge 1
2 George Blaeholder 1
2 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .477
2 Earl Averill .434
3 Carl Reynolds .423
4 Chick Hafey .415
5 Chuck Klein .410

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 15
2 Lou Gehrig 12
2 Goose Goslin 12
4 Jimmie Foxx 10
4 3 others tied 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 50
2 Glenn Wright 41
3 Ed Morgan 40
3 Harry Rice 40
5 Hack Wilson 39

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 8
2 Bing Miller 6
3 Charlie Gehringer 5
3 Roy Johnson 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sloppy Thurston 2.22
2 Wes Ferrell 2.29
3 Earl Whitehill 2.38
4 Vic Sorrell 2.43
5 Pat Malone 2.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 7
1 Lefty Grove 7
1 Earl Whitehill 7
4 George Earnshaw 5
4 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Hallahan 42
2 Red Ruffing 38
3 Bump Hadley 36
4 Wes Ferrell 35
4 George Uhle 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Root 4
2 Watty Clark 3
3 Hi Bell 2
3 George Blaeholder 2
3 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .406
2 Bill Terry .395
3 Chuck Klein .392
4 Riggs Stephenson .385
5 Babe Herman .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 59
2 Hack Wilson 48
3 Lou Gehrig 42
4 Jimmie Foxx 39
4 Chuck Klein 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 183
2 Chuck Klein 172
2 Babe Ruth 172
4 Hack Wilson 168
5 Al Simmons 160

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 42
2 Charlie Gehringer 29
3 Marty McManus 23
3 Bing Miller 23
5 Bill Cissell 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.79
2 Bill Walker 2.80
3 Lefty Grove 3.04
4 Wes Ferrell 3.13
5 Sad Sam Jones 3.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 29
2 George Earnshaw 23
3 Ted Lyons 22
4 Lefty Grove 21
4 3 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 185
2 Lefty Grove 183
3 Bill Hallahan 158
4 Charlie Root 154
5 Pat Malone 151

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 8
1 Lefty Grove 8
1 Steve Swetonic 8
4 Hi Bell 6
4 2 others tied 6