On This Day

Monday, July 20, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 64 25 .719 --
Senators 57 32 .640 7.0
Yankees 49 35 .583 12.5
Indians 44 43 .506 19.0
Browns 39 48 .448 24.0
Red Sox 31 53 .369 30.5
Tigers 32 56 .364 31.5
White Sox 30 54 .357 31.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 56 34 .622 --
Robins 49 39 .557 6.0
Giants 46 37 .554 6.5
Cubs 47 39 .547 7.0
Braves 43 42 .506 10.5
Pirates 36 47 .434 16.5
Phillies 37 52 .416 18.5
Reds 32 56 .364 23.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Mark Koenig 4
2 Mule Haas 3
2 Jackie Hayes 3
2 Ski Melillo 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Bettencourt 1
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Mule Haas 1
1 Red Kress 1
1 Joe Sewell 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mule Haas 3
1 Pinky Hargrave 3
1 Bing Miller 3
4 Earl Averill 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lew Fonseca 1
1 Frank Grube 1
1 Dave Harris 1
1 Sam Rice 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Watty Clark 0.86
2 Firpo Marberry 0.45
3 Clint Brown 0.43
4 Charlie Root 0.40
5 Lefty Stewart 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Clint Brown 1
1 Roy Mahaffey 1
1 Firpo Marberry 1
1 Charlie Root 1
1 Ed Wells 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Watty Clark 6
2 Firpo Marberry 5
3 Charlie Root 4
3 Lefty Stewart 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .375
2 Ed Morgan .373
3 Al Simmons .369
4 Goose Goslin .360
5 Chuck Klein .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 28
2 Chuck Klein 23
2 Babe Ruth 23
4 Jimmie Foxx 19
5 Earl Averill 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 104
2 Babe Ruth 88
3 Al Simmons 87
4 Chuck Klein 85
5 Earl Averill 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 36
2 Roy Johnson 24
3 Bill Cissell 15
4 Ossie Bluege 12
4 2 others tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.12
2 Watty Clark 2.68
3 Tom Zachary 2.78
4 Bill Walker 2.80
5 Ed Brandt 2.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 19
2 George Earnshaw 15
3 Jumbo Elliott 13
3 Wes Ferrell 13
3 Rube Walberg 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 113
2 Lefty Grove 110
3 Bill Hallahan 88
4 Carl Hubbell 86
5 Dazzy Vance 81

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 9
2 Jim Lindsey 7
2 Wilcy Moore 7
4 Bump Hadley 6
5 5 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam West .489
2 Lefty O'Doul .483
3 Marty McManus .447
4 Lou Gehrig .446
5 Travis Jackson .444

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 8
2 Mel Ott 7
3 Earl Averill 4
3 Jimmie Foxx 4
5 6 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 26
2 Al Simmons 23
3 Mel Ott 20
4 Pie Traynor 19
5 2 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 7
2 Jack Burns 4
2 Johnny Vergez 4
4 Ossie Bluege 3
4 5 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ben Cantwell 1.17
2 Larry Benton 1.20
3 Hank McDonald 1.59
4 Jesse Haines 1.69
5 Waite Hoyt 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 3
1 Jumbo Elliott 3
1 Lefty Grove 3
1 Jesse Haines 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Paul Derringer 24
2 Bill Hallahan 21
3 George Earnshaw 20
4 Lefty Gomez 18
4 Carl Hubbell 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 2
2 Pete Appleton 1
2 Sheriff Blake 1
2 Guy Bush 1
2 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .443
2 Lou Gehrig .409
3 Marty McManus .407
4 Rogers Hornsby .393
5 Chuck Klein .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 16
2 Mel Ott 11
2 Babe Ruth 11
4 Earl Averill 9
5 Ben Chapman 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 49
2 Babe Ruth 45
3 Al Simmons 39
4 Earl Averill 37
5 Chuck Klein 35

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 14
2 Roy Johnson 7
3 Ossie Bluege 6
3 Jack Burns 6
3 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Danny MacFayden 1.74
2 Watty Clark 1.92
3 Chad Kimsey 2.05
4 Bill Walker 2.11
5 Fred Frankhouse 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 7
2 Clint Brown 5
2 Paul Derringer 5
2 Jumbo Elliott 5
2 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Hallahan 42
2 Carl Hubbell 39
3 Lefty Grove 38
4 Paul Derringer 34
5 George Earnshaw 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chad Kimsey 3
1 Jack Quinn 3
3 Guy Bush 2
3 Phil Collins 2
3 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .371
2 Ed Morgan .369
3 Al Simmons .368
4 Lou Gehrig .365
5 Babe Ruth .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 44
2 Hack Wilson 41
3 Babe Ruth 39
4 Chuck Klein 36
5 Goose Goslin 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 175
2 Al Simmons 155
3 Chuck Klein 152
4 Babe Ruth 151
5 Hack Wilson 145

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 43
2 Roy Johnson 32
3 Kiki Cuyler 25
4 Bill Cissell 20
5 2 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.11
2 Dazzy Vance 2.67
3 Carl Hubbell 2.89
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.91
5 Lloyd Brown 3.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 35
2 George Earnshaw 24
2 Wes Ferrell 24
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 22
5 2 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 200
2 George Earnshaw 195
3 Bill Hallahan 176
4 Dazzy Vance 167
5 Carl Hubbell 148

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Lindsey 10
1 Jack Quinn 10
3 Bump Hadley 9
4 Lefty Grove 8
5 3 tied 7