On This Day

Tuesday, April 28, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 8 3 .727 --
Senators 7 5 .583 1.5
Yankees 7 5 .583 1.5
Athletics 5 5 .500 2.5
Tigers 6 6 .500 2.5
White Sox 4 6 .400 3.5
Browns 3 6 .333 4.0
Red Sox 3 7 .300 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 7 3 .700 --
Cubs 7 3 .700 0.0
Braves 9 4 .692 -0.5
Giants 8 4 .667 0.0
Phillies 5 6 .455 2.5
Pirates 5 7 .417 3.0
Robins 2 10 .167 6.0
Reds 1 7 .125 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Johnny Hodapp 4
1 Sam West 4
3 Dale Alexander 3
3 Del Bissonette 3
3 11 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Bottomley 1
1 Bill Cissell 1
1 Bibb Falk 1
1 Eddie Phillips 1
1 Jimmie Reese 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Wilson 4
2 Jim Bottomley 3
2 Bill Cissell 3
2 Ski Melillo 3
5 9 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Lance Richbourg 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Watty Clark 0.71
2 Roy Sherid 0.33
3 Pat Caraway 0.25
4 George Blaeholder 0.22
5 Sad Sam Jones 0.20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Watty Clark 5
1 Firpo Marberry 5
3 Pat Caraway 4
3 Lefty Gomez 4
3 Roy Sherid 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Spud Davis .552
2 Dale Alexander .500
3 Rogers Hornsby .425
4 Wally Roettger .412
5 Joe Vosmik .409

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 5
1 John Stone 5
3 Babe Herman 4
4 Buzz Arlett 3
4 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 15
1 Rogers Hornsby 15
3 Ossie Bluege 13
3 Roy Spencer 13
5 4 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wally Berger 5
1 Lou Gehrig 5
3 Bill Cissell 4
4 Johnny Burnett 3
4 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Socks Seibold 0.67
2 Burleigh Grimes 1.00
3 Charlie Root 1.33
4 Ray Kremer 1.59
5 Lloyd Brown 1.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Brandt 3
1 Jumbo Elliott 3
1 Wes Ferrell 3
1 Burleigh Grimes 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roy Sherid 23
2 Lefty Grove 21
3 Hank Johnson 18
4 Ed Brandt 17
4 Carl Fischer 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Lindsey 2
1 Bill Walker 2
3 Ray Benge 1
3 Garland Braxton 1
3 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .387
2 Babe Herman .385
3 Chuck Klein .380
4 Freddie Lindstrom .375
5 Lou Gehrig .374

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 53
2 Babe Ruth 50
3 Lou Gehrig 41
4 Chuck Klein 40
5 3 tied 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hack Wilson 184
2 Lou Gehrig 181
3 Chuck Klein 172
4 Al Simmons 163
5 Babe Ruth 158

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 35
2 Charlie Gehringer 20
2 Roy Johnson 20
2 Marty McManus 20
5 Bill Cissell 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.42
2 Dazzy Vance 2.52
3 Wes Ferrell 3.34
4 Lefty Stewart 3.56
5 Ted Lyons 3.68

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 29
2 Wes Ferrell 26
3 George Earnshaw 22
4 Ted Lyons 21
5 4 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 211
2 George Earnshaw 202
3 Dazzy Vance 175
4 Bill Hallahan 167
5 Bump Hadley 164

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Grove 9
2 Hi Bell 8
2 Jim Lindsey 8
4 Garland Braxton 7
4 2 others tied 7