On This Day

Thursday, September 3, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 90 37 .709 --
Senators 77 51 .602 13.5
Yankees 76 53 .589 15.0
Indians 63 64 .496 27.0
Browns 55 76 .420 37.0
Tigers 53 77 .408 38.5
White Sox 51 78 .395 40.0
Red Sox 49 78 .386 41.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 84 46 .646 --
Giants 76 54 .585 8.0
Cubs 71 63 .530 15.0
Robins 68 61 .527 15.5
Pirates 60 70 .462 24.0
Braves 59 71 .454 25.0
Phillies 55 73 .430 28.0
Reds 48 83 .366 36.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ski Melillo 4
2 Jack Burns 3
2 Frankie Frisch 3
2 Tony Piet 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Estel Crabtree 1
1 Carl Reynolds 1
1 Fred Schulte 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ski Melillo 5
2 Red Kress 3
3 Frankie Frisch 2
3 Earl Grace 2
3 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Taylor Douthit 1
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 Danny Taylor 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ownie Carroll 0.25
2 Clint Brown 0.18
2 Pat Malone 0.18
4 Larry French 0.14
4 Art Herring 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ownie Carroll 1
1 Dick Coffman 1
1 Art Herring 1
1 Bob Osborn 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Clint Brown 3
1 Ownie Carroll 3
1 Pat Malone 3
4 Art Herring 2
5 Larry French 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .385
2 Babe Ruth .380
3 Ed Morgan .358
4 Lou Gehrig .354
5 Bill Terry .347

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 40
2 Babe Ruth 38
3 Chuck Klein 31
4 Earl Averill 29
5 Mel Ott 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 162
2 Babe Ruth 142
3 Earl Averill 125
4 Joe Cronin 117
5 Al Simmons 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 53
2 Roy Johnson 31
3 Frankie Frisch 24
4 Bill Cissell 18
5 2 tied 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.13
2 Bill Walker 2.30
3 Ed Brandt 2.47
4 Carl Hubbell 2.63
5 Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 26
2 Rube Walberg 19
3 Wes Ferrell 18
4 Ed Brandt 17
4 2 others tied 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 148
2 George Earnshaw 140
3 Carl Hubbell 137
4 Bill Hallahan 134
5 Dazzy Vance 133

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 11
2 Wilcy Moore 8
3 Jim Lindsey 7
4 Bump Hadley 6
4 Chad Kimsey 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .434
2 Chick Hafey .431
3 Don Hurst .414
4 Goose Goslin .406
5 Lou Gehrig .394

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 8
2 Babe Ruth 5
3 Vince Barton 4
3 Goose Goslin 4
3 Mel Ott 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 29
2 Babe Ruth 20
3 Chick Hafey 17
3 Red Kress 17
5 Mel Ott 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 9
2 Frankie Frisch 7
3 Tony Lazzeri 6
4 Pepper Martin 5
4 Gee Walker 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Paul Derringer 0.00
1 Fred Heimach 0.00
3 Syl Johnson 0.56
4 Roy Parmelee 0.71
5 Bill Walker 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Hubbell 4
2 Dick Coffman 3
2 Phil Collins 3
2 General Crowder 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Hubbell 21
2 Bill Hallahan 17
2 Si Johnson 17
2 Dazzy Vance 17
5 3 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Vic Frazier 2
2 Sarge Connally 1
2 General Crowder 1
2 George Earnshaw 1
2 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Manush .411
2 John Stone .407
3 Don Hurst .406
4 Lou Gehrig .398
5 Frankie Frisch .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 10
1 Babe Ruth 10
3 Earl Averill 9
3 Vince Barton 9
3 Mel Ott 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 44
2 Red Kress 37
3 Chick Hafey 32
4 Frankie Frisch 31
5 2 tied 30

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 13
2 Ben Chapman 10
3 Chick Fullis 6
3 Charlie Gehringer 6
3 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Mooney 0.96
2 Bill Walker 1.00
3 Jesse Haines 1.36
4 Red Faber 1.57
5 Ed Brandt 1.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dick Coffman 6
1 Phil Collins 6
1 Lefty Gomez 6
4 Bill Walker 5
5 15 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 42
2 Bill Walker 40
3 Bill Hallahan 39
4 Paul Derringer 32
4 2 others tied 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Vic Frazier 3
2 Bill Hallahan 2
2 Hank Johnson 2
2 Jack Quinn 2
2 Rube Walberg 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .380
2 Babe Ruth .376
3 Ed Morgan .358
4 Lou Gehrig .349
5 Goose Goslin .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 44
2 Babe Ruth 43
3 Chuck Klein 40
4 Earl Averill 34
5 2 tied 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 187
2 Babe Ruth 164
3 Earl Averill 149
4 Al Simmons 138
5 2 tied 133

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 58
2 Roy Johnson 35
3 Frankie Frisch 28
4 Bill Cissell 19
4 2 others tied 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.17
2 Carl Hubbell 2.70
3 Ed Brandt 2.73
4 Bill Walker 2.75
5 Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 32
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 21
2 Rube Walberg 21
4 George Earnshaw 19
4 2 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 179
2 Dazzy Vance 176
3 George Earnshaw 165
4 Carl Hubbell 161
5 Bill Hallahan 157

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 12
2 Jim Lindsey 9
3 Wilcy Moore 8
4 Bump Hadley 7
5 3 tied 6