On This Day

Friday, August 29, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 86 44 .662 --
Senators 78 49 .614 6.5
Yankees 73 53 .579 11.0
Indians 67 63 .515 19.0
Tigers 61 69 .469 25.0
Browns 52 77 .403 33.5
White Sox 51 76 .402 33.5
Red Sox 44 81 .352 39.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 76 50 .603 --
Giants 69 54 .561 5.5
Robins 71 57 .555 6.0
Cardinals 70 57 .551 6.5
Pirates 66 60 .524 10.0
Braves 57 68 .456 18.5
Reds 52 71 .423 22.5
Phillies 41 85 .325 35.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sparky Adams 5
2 Les Bell 4
2 Buster Chatham 4
2 Chuck Klein 4
2 Rabbit Maranville 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ethan Allen 1
1 Jim Bottomley 1
1 Rube Bressler 1
1 Spud Davis 1
1 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buster Chatham 4
2 Jim Bottomley 3
2 Rick Ferrell 3
2 Lefty O'Doul 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Footsie Blair 1
1 Lu Blue 1
1 Showboat Fisher 1
1 Babe Herman 1
1 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Pat Caraway 1.00
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.67
3 Watty Clark 0.40
4 Clint Brown 0.16
5 Jesse Haines 0.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pat Caraway 1
1 Dick Coffman 1
1 Pat Malone 1
1 Bob Smith 1
1 Bill Walker 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pat Caraway 5
2 Watty Clark 4
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 4
2 Whit Wyatt 4
5 Clint Brown 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rip Collins 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .403
2 Al Simmons .394
3 Lou Gehrig .392
4 Chuck Klein .391
5 Babe Herman .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 44
1 Hack Wilson 44
3 Lou Gehrig 37
4 Jimmie Foxx 32
5 4 tied 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hack Wilson 151
2 Lou Gehrig 146
3 Chuck Klein 139
4 Al Simmons 135
5 Jimmie Foxx 130

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 33
2 Charlie Gehringer 18
3 Babe Herman 17
3 Marty McManus 17
5 3 tied 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.60
2 Lefty Grove 2.61
3 Wes Ferrell 3.25
4 Sad Sam Jones 3.25
5 Ray Kolp 3.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 23
2 Lefty Grove 21
3 George Earnshaw 20
4 Ray Kremer 19
4 Ted Lyons 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 168
2 Lefty Grove 167
3 Bill Hallahan 142
4 Bump Hadley 130
5 Dazzy Vance 124

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Grove 7
2 Hi Bell 6
2 Garland Braxton 6
2 Watty Clark 6
5 5 tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Pie Traynor .530
2 Al Simmons .512
3 Ed Morgan .453
4 Chick Hafey .432
5 Freddie Lindstrom .431

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 4
1 Goose Goslin 4
1 Gabby Hartnett 4
1 Lefty O'Doul 4
1 Hack Wilson 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hack Wilson 26
2 Gabby Hartnett 19
2 Pie Traynor 19
4 Dick Bartell 18
5 2 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 5
2 Fred Schulte 4
3 Dale Alexander 3
3 Earl Averill 3
3 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Clint Brown 0.90
2 Lloyd Brown 1.00
3 George Blaeholder 1.17
4 Red Ruffing 1.35
5 Red Faber 1.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ray Kremer 4
2 Erv Brame 3
2 General Crowder 3
2 Wes Ferrell 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 19
2 George Uhle 17
2 Dazzy Vance 17
4 Bump Hadley 16
5 4 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Watty Clark 1
1 Rip Collins 1
1 Carl Fischer 1
1 Al Grabowski 1
1 10 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Pie Traynor .441
2 Freddie Lindstrom .439
3 Al Simmons .423
4 Bill Terry .420
5 Chick Hafey .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 11
2 Goose Goslin 9
3 Babe Ruth 8
4 Freddie Lindstrom 7
4 2 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hack Wilson 47
2 Ed Morgan 33
3 Al Simmons 32
4 Chick Hafey 31
5 3 tied 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ossie Bluege 6
2 Earl Averill 5
2 Kiki Cuyler 5
2 Buddy Myer 5
2 Fred Schulte 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Swetonic 1.29
2 Red Faber 1.69
3 Wes Ferrell 1.71
4 Red Ruffing 1.77
5 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 7
1 Lefty Grove 7
3 Sad Sam Jones 6
3 Ray Kremer 6
5 7 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bump Hadley 46
2 Bill Hallahan 40
3 George Earnshaw 39
4 Lefty Grove 38
5 Earl Whitehill 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Watty Clark 3
2 Lefty Grove 2
2 Bump Hadley 2
2 Joe Heving 2
5 27 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Riggs Stephenson .391
2 Al Simmons .391
3 Lefty O'Doul .390
4 Chuck Klein .385
5 Bill Terry .384

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 54
2 Hack Wilson 50
3 Lou Gehrig 44
4 Chuck Klein 41
5 Al Simmons 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 185
2 Hack Wilson 184
3 Chuck Klein 175
4 Al Simmons 168
5 Babe Ruth 167

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 43
2 Charlie Gehringer 26
3 Carl Reynolds 22
4 Bill Cissell 21
4 Bing Miller 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.73
2 Lefty Grove 2.97
3 Wes Ferrell 3.16
4 Bill Walker 3.18
5 Sad Sam Jones 3.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 29
2 George Earnshaw 25
3 Lefty Grove 23
3 Ray Kremer 23
3 Bill Walker 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 196
2 Lefty Grove 187
3 Bill Hallahan 174
4 Bump Hadley 160
5 3 tied 151

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Grove 8
2 Garland Braxton 7
3 Hi Bell 6
3 Watty Clark 6
3 3 others tied 6