On This Day

Thursday, May 12, 1932

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 17 5 .773 --
Yankees 14 6 .700 2.0
Indians 17 10 .630 2.5
Tigers 13 8 .619 3.5
Athletics 9 12 .429 7.5
Browns 11 15 .423 8.0
White Sox 6 17 .261 11.5
Red Sox 4 18 .182 13.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 17 7 .708 --
Braves 14 8 .636 2.0
Reds 15 13 .536 4.0
Phillies 12 12 .500 5.0
Cardinals 12 14 .462 6.0
Dodgers 9 13 .409 7.0
Giants 8 12 .400 7.0
Pirates 7 15 .318 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Cissell 3
1 Chick Hafey 3
1 Don Hurst 3
4 Johnny Frederick 2
4 12 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pinky Hargrave 1
1 Marty McManus 1
1 Johnny Moore 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Pinky Hargrave 3
1 Johnny Moore 3
3 Sparky Adams 2
3 Al Lopez 2
3 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Cissell 1
1 Charlie Gelbert 1
1 Chick Hafey 1
1 George Watkins 1
1 Red Worthington 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Brandt 0.71
2 Si Johnson 0.43
3 Ed Durham 0.40
4 Mel Harder 0.33
5 Jesse Haines 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Brandt 1
1 Sarge Connally 1
1 Jesse Haines 1
1 Ray Phelps 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Brandt 5
2 Ed Durham 4
3 Jesse Haines 3
3 Mel Harder 3
3 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmie Foxx .436
2 Carl Reynolds .420
3 Chick Hafey .413
4 Bill Dickey .409
5 Hughie Critz .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ripper Collins 8
2 Jimmie Foxx 7
2 Bill Terry 7
4 Earl Averill 6
4 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 27
2 Charlie Gehringer 25
3 Ripper Collins 23
3 Jimmie Foxx 23
3 Babe Ruth 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 7
2 Lu Blue 5
2 Ben Chapman 5
2 Paul Waner 5
2 George Watkins 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dick Coffman 1.13
2 Steve Swetonic 1.33
3 Lloyd Brown 1.54
4 Vic Sorrell 1.57
5 Lon Warneke 1.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 5
1 Wes Ferrell 5
1 Red Lucas 5
1 Lon Warneke 5
5 6 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Hallahan 33
2 Lefty Gomez 32
3 Lefty Grove 29
4 General Crowder 28
5 2 tied 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 4
2 Ray Benge 1
2 Tommy Bridges 1
2 Ben Cantwell 1
2 17 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Carl Reynolds .465
2 Jimmie Foxx .444
2 Billy Herman .444
4 Chick Hafey .396
5 Johnny Frederick .379

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ripper Collins 4
2 Earl Averill 3
2 Jimmie Foxx 3
2 Charlie Gehringer 3
5 11 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ripper Collins 12
1 Chuck Klein 12
3 Earl Averill 11
3 Jimmie Foxx 11
3 3 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 4
1 Johnny Watwood 4
3 Lu Blue 3
3 Jack Burns 3
3 George Watkins 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Allen 0.00
1 Reggie Grabowski 0.00
3 Pat Malone 0.56
4 Lloyd Brown 1.04
5 Vic Sorrell 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 3
1 Lefty Grove 3
1 Red Lucas 3
1 Lon Warneke 3
5 15 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Hallahan 21
2 Lefty Gomez 16
3 Dizzy Dean 15
3 Lefty Grove 15
5 2 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 3
2 Ray Benge 1
2 Tommy Bridges 1
2 Ben Cantwell 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .371
2 Bill Terry .362
3 Babe Ruth .361
4 Chick Hafey .357
5 Bill Dickey .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 48
2 Lou Gehrig 47
3 Earl Averill 35
3 Jimmie Foxx 35
5 Chuck Klein 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 180
2 Babe Ruth 169
3 Earl Averill 151
4 Jimmie Foxx 133
5 Al Simmons 126

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 61
2 Frankie Frisch 34
3 Roy Johnson 30
4 Jack Burns 22
5 Babe Herman 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.02
2 Carl Hubbell 2.56
3 Bill Walker 2.73
4 Lefty Gomez 2.83
5 Larry French 2.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 32
2 Lefty Gomez 25
3 General Crowder 23
4 Wes Ferrell 22
5 George Earnshaw 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 175
2 Bill Hallahan 174
3 Lefty Gomez 163
4 George Earnshaw 154
5 Carl Hubbell 153

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 12
2 Firpo Marberry 11
3 Chad Kimsey 8
3 Wilcy Moore 8
5 Bump Hadley 6