On This Day

Friday, August 4, 1933

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 63 35 .643 --
Yankees 60 38 .612 3.0
Athletics 49 49 .500 14.0
Indians 51 53 .490 15.0
Tigers 48 53 .475 16.5
White Sox 47 53 .470 17.0
Red Sox 44 53 .454 18.5
Browns 39 67 .368 28.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 59 39 .602 --
Pirates 58 45 .563 3.5
Cubs 56 46 .549 5.0
Cardinals 54 47 .535 6.5
Braves 53 50 .515 8.5
Phillies 42 56 .429 17.0
Dodgers 40 58 .408 19.0
Reds 41 62 .398 20.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jo-Jo Moore 4
1 Randy Moore 4
1 Lefty O'Doul 4
1 Mel Ott 4
5 9 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Hank Greenberg 1
1 Randy Moore 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Paul Richards 5
2 Hank Greenberg 3
2 Carl Hubbell 3
2 Jo-Jo Moore 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Evar Swanson 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Smith 0.40
2 Larry French 0.36
3 Burleigh Grimes 0.33
4 Ted Lyons 0.27
5 Vic Sorrell 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ben Cantwell 1
1 Watty Clark 1
1 Heinie Meine 1
1 Bob Smith 1
1 Vic Sorrell 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Larry French 4
2 Burleigh Grimes 3
2 Ted Lyons 3
4 Ben Cantwell 2
4 4 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Hubbell 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .386
2 Al Simmons .359
3 Jimmie Foxx .357
4 Spud Davis .353
5 Joe Cronin .347

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 30
2 Babe Ruth 25
3 Wally Berger 20
4 Lou Gehrig 19
5 Chuck Klein 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 97
2 Jimmie Foxx 96
3 Chuck Klein 92
4 Lou Gehrig 89
5 Bruce Campbell 85

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 19
2 Ben Chapman 18
3 Pepper Martin 16
4 Chuck Klein 13
5 4 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.54
2 Lon Warneke 1.69
3 Hal Schumacher 1.90
4 Bud Tinning 2.50
5 Charlie Root 2.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 16
1 Lefty Grove 16
1 Carl Hubbell 16
4 Dizzy Dean 15
5 Ben Cantwell 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 143
2 Lefty Gomez 109
3 Carl Hubbell 106
4 Tex Carleton 105
5 Bump Hadley 97

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Hogsett 8
1 Wilcy Moore 8
1 Jack Russell 8
4 Red Faber 5
4 4 others tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .511
2 Jo-Jo Moore .471
3 Charlie Gehringer .460
4 Randy Moore .433
5 Joe Kuhel .422

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 5
2 Jimmie Foxx 4
2 Odell Hale 4
4 Wally Berger 3
4 6 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Randy Moore 18
1 Mel Ott 18
3 Odell Hale 16
4 Joe Kuhel 14
4 Wes Schulmerich 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dusty Cooke 4
1 Mark Koenig 4
3 Ben Chapman 3
3 Kiki Cuyler 3
3 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Haines 0.50
2 Van Mungo 0.63
3 Carl Hubbell 0.64
4 Burleigh Grimes 0.75
5 Tom Zachary 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Haines 4
2 General Crowder 3
2 Dizzy Dean 3
2 Van Mungo 3
2 Earl Whitehill 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 30
2 Roy Parmelee 18
3 Tex Carleton 16
3 Larry French 16
3 Bump Hadley 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 3
2 Bump Hadley 2
2 Waite Hoyt 2
2 Wilcy Moore 2
5 18 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .441
2 Freddie Lindstrom .422
3 Jo-Jo Moore .418
4 Charlie Gehringer .400
5 Bill Terry .384

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Odell Hale 7
1 Babe Ruth 7
3 Jimmie Foxx 6
3 Dixie Walker 6
5 3 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 28
2 Roy Johnson 27
3 Mel Ott 26
3 Al Simmons 26
5 3 tied 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ski Melillo 7
2 Ben Chapman 6
2 Pepper Martin 6
4 Dusty Cooke 5
4 6 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 0.76
2 Lloyd Brown 1.38
3 Charlie Root 1.50
4 Bob Kline 1.56
5 Hal Smith 1.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Dean 6
2 Tommy Bridges 5
2 Carl Hubbell 5
4 Ed Brandt 4
4 10 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 53
2 Roy Parmelee 33
3 Johnny Allen 30
4 Tex Carleton 28
5 2 tied 26

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 5
2 Jack Russell 3
3 Hi Bell 2
3 Phil Collins 2
3 7 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .380
2 Chuck Klein .367
3 Jimmie Foxx .363
4 Al Simmons .352
5 Spud Davis .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 47
2 Babe Ruth 36
3 Mel Ott 31
4 Wally Berger 30
5 Lou Gehrig 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 146
2 Jimmie Foxx 141
3 Lou Gehrig 138
4 Chuck Klein 124
5 Joe Cronin 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 32
2 Ben Chapman 28
3 Tony Piet 21
4 Chuck Klein 20
5 Pepper Martin 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.86
2 Lon Warneke 1.95
3 Hal Schumacher 2.17
4 Bud Tinning 2.44
5 Lefty Grove 2.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 30
2 Dizzy Dean 25
2 Lefty Grove 25
4 Carl Hubbell 22
5 Larry French 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 229
2 Tex Carleton 164
3 Carl Hubbell 154
4 Bump Hadley 152
5 Lefty Gomez 147

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 12
2 Lefty Grove 8
2 Chief Hogsett 8
2 Jack Russell 8
5 Lloyd Brown 7