On This Day

Wednesday, April 29, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 9 3 .750 --
Senators 8 5 .615 1.5
Yankees 7 6 .538 2.5
Athletics 5 5 .500 3.0
Tigers 6 7 .462 3.5
White Sox 5 6 .455 3.5
Browns 3 7 .300 5.0
Red Sox 3 7 .300 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 8 3 .727 --
Cubs 8 3 .727 0.0
Braves 9 4 .692 0.0
Giants 8 4 .667 0.5
Phillies 5 6 .455 3.0
Pirates 5 8 .385 4.0
Robins 2 10 .167 6.5
Reds 1 8 .111 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Judge 3
1 Wally Roettger 3
3 Sparky Adams 2
3 Dale Alexander 2
3 19 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Averill 1
1 Wes Ferrell 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wes Ferrell 4
2 Earl Averill 2
2 Joe Cronin 2
2 Dave Harris 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luke Appling 1
1 Ossie Bluege 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Wes Ferrell 2.67
2 Jesse Haines 0.22
3 Red Lucas 0.20
3 Ed Wells 0.20
5 Lloyd Brown 0.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Baecht 1
1 Lloyd Brown 1
1 Wes Ferrell 1
1 Jesse Haines 1
1 Tommy Thomas 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wes Ferrell 8
2 Ed Baecht 2
2 Lloyd Brown 2
2 Jesse Haines 2
2 3 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Spud Davis .552
2 Dale Alexander .500
3 Wally Roettger .447
4 Roy Spencer .415
5 Rogers Hornsby .409

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 15
1 Rogers Hornsby 15
3 Earl Averill 14
3 Joe Cronin 14
3 Roy Spencer 14

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 Jesse Haines 1.20
4 Charlie Root 1.33
5 Lloyd Brown 1.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 4
2 Ed Brandt 3
2 Jumbo Elliott 3
2 Burleigh Grimes 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roy Sherid 23
2 Wes Ferrell 21
2 Lefty Grove 21
4 Hank Johnson 18
5 2 tied 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 Babe Herman .386
2 Bill Terry .385
3 Chuck Klein .381
4 Freddie Lindstrom .378
5 Al Simmons .375

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 183
2 Lou Gehrig 181
3 Chuck Klein 172
4 Al Simmons 162
5 Babe Ruth 157

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 34
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 3.24
4 Lefty Stewart 3.56
5 Ted Lyons 3.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 29
2 Wes Ferrell 27
3 George Earnshaw 22
4 Ted Lyons 20
5 4 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 209
2 George Earnshaw 202
3 Dazzy Vance 175
4 Bill Hallahan 167
5 Bump Hadley 164

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Grove 8
1 Jim Lindsey 8
3 Hi Bell 7
3 Watty Clark 7
3 Joe Heving 7