On This Day

Monday, May 6, 1935

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 11 4 .733 --
Indians 9 4 .692 1.0
Yankees 9 5 .643 1.5
Red Sox 9 6 .600 2.0
Senators 8 8 .500 3.5
Tigers 6 9 .400 5.0
Athletics 3 11 .214 7.5
Browns 2 10 .167 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 9 3 .750 --
Cubs 8 5 .615 1.5
Dodgers 10 7 .588 1.5
Cardinals 9 7 .563 2.0
Pirates 9 9 .500 3.0
Reds 7 9 .438 4.0
Braves 5 10 .333 5.5
Phillies 2 9 .182 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Lloyd Waner 4
2 Woody Jensen 3
3 Wally Berger 2
3 Rick Ferrell 2
3 4 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Billy Urbanski 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Woody Jensen 2
1 Al Spohrer 2
1 Billy Urbanski 2
1 Arky Vaughan 2
1 Paul Waner 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Odell Hale 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Fritz Ostermueller 0.60
2 Oral Hildebrand 0.40
3 Flint Rhem 0.12

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Waite Hoyt 1
1 Fritz Ostermueller 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fritz Ostermueller 6
2 Oral Hildebrand 4
3 Waite Hoyt 3
4 Cy Blanton 2
5 2 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cy Blanton 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Arky Vaughan .449
2 Jimmie Foxx .434
3 Johnny Moore .392
4 Rollie Hemsley .390
5 Burgess Whitehead .380

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 7
2 Zeke Bonura 6
2 Dolph Camilli 6
2 Jimmie Foxx 6
2 Johnny Moore 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dolph Camilli 18
2 Zeke Bonura 17
2 Jimmie Foxx 17
2 Lonny Frey 17
2 2 others tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Odell Hale 6
2 Mel Almada 3
2 Charlie Gehringer 3
2 Lyn Lary 3
2 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry Benton 0.61
2 Lefty Gomez 0.66
3 Cy Blanton 0.73
3 Bill Walker 0.73
5 Hal Schumacher 1.01

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Blanton 4
1 John Whitehead 4
3 Watty Clark 3
3 Dizzy Dean 3
3 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Blanton 30
2 Van Mungo 29
3 Carl Hubbell 22
4 Dizzy Dean 20
4 Paul Derringer 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Leon Pettit 2
1 Jack Russell 2
1 Rube Walberg 2
1 Whit Wyatt 2
5 14 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .359
2 Charlie Gehringer .359
3 Lou Gehrig .355
4 Paul Waner .351
5 Arky Vaughan .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 48
2 Jimmie Foxx 46
3 Hal Trosky 37
4 Bob Johnson 36
4 Mel Ott 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 163
2 Hal Trosky 147
3 Hank Greenberg 144
4 Mel Ott 140
5 Charlie Gehringer 133

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 39
2 Jo-Jo White 31
3 Ben Chapman 25
3 Pete Fox 25
5 Pepper Martin 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dizzy Dean 2.28
2 Lefty Gomez 2.31
3 Carl Hubbell 2.50
4 Mel Harder 2.68
5 Hal Schumacher 2.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Dean 31
2 Lefty Gomez 25
2 Schoolboy Rowe 25
4 Tommy Bridges 23
4 Hal Schumacher 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 199
2 Dizzy Dean 195
3 Tommy Bridges 161
4 Paul Dean 160
5 2 tied 148

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 8
2 Dizzy Dean 6
2 Carl Hubbell 6
2 Dolf Luque 6
2 2 others tied 6