On This Day

Friday, September 29, 1933

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 98 52 .653 --
Yankees 90 58 .608 7.0
Athletics 78 70 .527 19.0
Indians 75 74 .503 22.5
Tigers 73 79 .480 26.0
White Sox 65 83 .439 32.0
Red Sox 61 85 .418 35.0
Browns 55 94 .369 42.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 90 60 .600 --
Pirates 85 67 .559 6.0
Cubs 84 68 .553 7.0
Cardinals 82 69 .543 8.5
Braves 82 70 .539 9.0
Dodgers 64 87 .424 26.5
Phillies 59 91 .393 31.0
Reds 58 92 .387 32.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frankie Crosetti 2
1 Doc Farrell 2
1 Buck Jordan 2
1 Joe Kuhel 2
1 4 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Manush 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Heinie Manush 3
2 Ben Chapman 2
2 Lou Gehrig 2
2 Joe Kuhel 2
5 6 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Ruffing 0.42
2 Earl Whitehill 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Frankhouse 1
1 Earl Whitehill 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Frankhouse 6
2 Red Ruffing 5
3 Earl Whitehill 2
4 Jack Russell 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .372
2 Jimmie Foxx .356
3 Spud Davis .349
4 Heinie Manush .334
5 Lou Gehrig .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 48
2 Lou Gehrig 32
2 Babe Ruth 32
4 Chuck Klein 28
5 Wally Berger 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 160
2 Lou Gehrig 138
3 Chuck Klein 121
4 Al Simmons 118
5 Joe Cronin 117

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 27
1 Pepper Martin 27
3 Gee Walker 26
4 Evar Swanson 19
5 Chick Fullis 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.66
2 Lon Warneke 2.00
3 Hal Schumacher 2.12
4 Charlie Root 2.56
5 Larry French 2.63

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 24
1 Lefty Grove 24
3 Carl Hubbell 23
4 Earl Whitehill 22
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 194
2 Lefty Gomez 164
3 Carl Hubbell 156
4 Bump Hadley 146
5 Tex Carleton 145

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 13
2 Chief Hogsett 9
3 Wilcy Moore 8
4 Phil Collins 6
4 2 others tied 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Leslie .452
2 Ben Chapman .440
3 Ripper Collins .432
4 Al Lopez .429
5 Spud Davis .413

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 5
2 Babe Ruth 4
3 Earl Averill 3
3 Jimmie Foxx 3
3 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 15
2 Hank Greenberg 11
2 Heinie Manush 11
2 Joe Medwick 11
2 Randy Moore 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 4
1 Chick Fullis 4
3 Buzz Boyle 3
3 Johnny Frederick 3
3 Pepper Martin 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Gomez 0.50
2 Hi Bell 0.56
3 Jumbo Elliott 0.93
4 Dick Coffman 1.06
5 Frank Pearce 1.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Brandt 3
1 Lefty Grove 3
1 Van Mungo 3
4 Huck Betts 2
4 13 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 20
2 Lefty Gomez 16
3 Tommy Bridges 15
4 General Crowder 13
4 2 others tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Huck Betts 1
1 Fred Frankhouse 1
1 Bump Hadley 1
1 Bob Kline 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Lopez .457
2 Max Bishop .387
3 Dusty Cooke .378
4 Tommy Thevenow .375
5 Jimmie Foxx .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 12
2 Lou Gehrig 10
3 Doc Cramer 5
4 Earl Averill 4
4 5 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 30
2 Lou Gehrig 28
2 Hank Greenberg 28
4 Joe Medwick 27
5 Heinie Manush 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 6
1 Pepper Martin 6
3 Chick Fullis 5
3 Joe Kuhel 5
5 6 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hi Bell 0.94
2 Lefty Gomez 1.06
3 Larry French 1.37
4 Bill Swift 1.57
5 Heinie Meine 1.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 6
2 Sugar Cain 5
2 Larry French 5
2 Van Mungo 5
2 Hal Schumacher 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bump Hadley 31
2 Lefty Grove 28
3 Tommy Bridges 27
4 Johnny Allen 25
4 Dizzy Dean 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Hubbell 2
1 Bob Kline 2
1 Firpo Marberry 2
1 Jack Russell 2
5 14 tied 1