On This Day

Wednesday, April 20, 1932

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 6 2 .750 --
Senators 6 2 .750 0.0
Yankees 4 2 .667 1.0
Indians 4 4 .500 2.0
White Sox 4 5 .444 2.5
Athletics 3 4 .429 2.5
Browns 3 6 .333 3.5
Red Sox 1 6 .143 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 4 2 .667 --
Reds 5 3 .625 0.0
Phillies 4 3 .571 0.5
Cubs 4 3 .571 0.5
Dodgers 3 3 .500 1.0
Pirates 4 4 .500 1.0
Giants 2 5 .286 2.5
Cardinals 2 5 .286 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hughie Critz 3
1 Goose Goslin 3
1 Don Hurst 3
1 Len Koenecke 3
1 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Terry 2
2 Mickey Cochrane 1
2 Bill Dickey 1
2 Travis Jackson 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Freddie Lindstrom 5
1 Bill Terry 5
3 Jo-Jo Morrissey 4
4 Travis Jackson 3
4 Babe Ruth 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Adam Comorosky 2
1 Pie Traynor 2
3 Ben Chapman 1
3 Taylor Douthit 1
3 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Gomez 0.69
2 Sam Gray 0.60
3 Lefty Grove 0.44
4 Bobby Burke 0.40
5 Danny MacFayden 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bobby Burke 1
1 Lefty Gomez 1
1 Sam Gray 1
1 Red Lucas 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 9
2 Lefty Grove 4
2 Danny MacFayden 4
4 Sam Gray 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmie Foxx .481
2 Lou Gehrig .458
3 Freddie Lindstrom .452
4 Bill Terry .424
5 Roy Johnson .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 4
1 Babe Ruth 4
1 Bill Terry 4
4 Samuel Byrd 3
4 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 12
2 Bill Terry 11
3 Heinie Manush 10
4 Jimmie Foxx 9
4 Don Hurst 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Rhyne 3
1 Jack Rothrock 3
1 Pie Traynor 3
1 Paul Waner 3
5 6 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Swetonic 0.00
1 Ed Holley 0.00
1 Sarge Connally 0.00
1 Ray Kolp 0.00
1 3 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Brandt 2
1 General Crowder 2
1 Wes Ferrell 2
1 Lefty Gomez 2
1 6 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 16
2 General Crowder 15
3 George Earnshaw 13
4 Lefty Grove 12
5 Bump Hadley 11

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Fischer 1
1 Firpo Marberry 1
1 Red Ruffing 1
1 Bill Swift 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .392
2 Babe Ruth .379
3 Bill Terry .356
4 Mickey Cochrane .353
5 Chick Hafey .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 47
1 Babe Ruth 47
3 Jimmie Foxx 34
4 Earl Averill 31
5 2 tied 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 188
2 Babe Ruth 167
3 Earl Averill 139
4 Al Simmons 132
5 Jimmie Foxx 129

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 62
2 Roy Johnson 34
3 Frankie Frisch 28
4 Pepper Martin 19
5 2 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.15
2 Bill Walker 2.55
3 Lefty Gomez 2.91
4 Ed Brandt 2.92
5 Heinie Meine 2.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 31
2 Wes Ferrell 23
2 Lefty Gomez 23
4 George Earnshaw 22
5 General Crowder 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 172
2 Lefty Gomez 162
3 Bill Hallahan 160
4 George Earnshaw 159
5 Carl Hubbell 152

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 13
2 Firpo Marberry 8
2 Wilcy Moore 8
4 Bump Hadley 7
4 Chad Kimsey 7