On This Day

Tuesday, May 7, 1935

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 12 4 .750 --
Indians 9 4 .692 1.5
Red Sox 9 6 .600 2.5
Yankees 9 6 .600 2.5
Senators 9 8 .529 3.5
Tigers 7 9 .438 5.0
Athletics 3 12 .200 8.5
Browns 2 11 .154 8.5

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

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buddy Myer 4
1 John Stone 4
3 Billy Rogell 3
4 Mickey Cochrane 2
4 14 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tony Lazzeri 1
1 Wally Moses 1
1 Buddy Myer 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tony Lazzeri 2
1 Wally Moses 2
1 Buddy Myer 2
1 Billy Rogell 2
1 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tommy Bridges 0.45
2 Earl Whitehill 0.27
3 Lefty Gomez 0.17
4 Ted Lyons 0.11
5 Sugar Cain 0.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 1
1 Ted Lyons 1
1 Earl Whitehill 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Bridges 5
2 Earl Whitehill 4
3 Lefty Gomez 2
3 Johnny Marcum 2
5 2 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Arky Vaughan .449
2 Jimmie Foxx .421
3 Johnny Moore .392
4 Rollie Hemsley .386
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 Cy Blanton 0.73
2 Bill Walker 0.73
4 Hal Schumacher 1.01
5 Whitey Wilshere 1.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Blanton 4
1 John Whitehead 4
3 Tommy Bridges 3
3 Watty Clark 3
3 10 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Blanton 30
2 Van Mungo 29
3 Tommy Bridges 24
4 Carl Hubbell 22
5 2 tied 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 Charlie Gehringer .359
2 Bill Terry .357
3 Lou Gehrig .354
4 Arky Vaughan .349
5 Paul Waner .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 47
2 Jimmie Foxx 45
3 Hal Trosky 37
4 Bob Johnson 36
4 Mel Ott 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 160
2 Hal Trosky 146
3 Hank Greenberg 145
4 Mel Ott 138
5 Charlie Gehringer 131

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 39
2 Jo-Jo White 31
3 Pete Fox 25
4 Ben Chapman 24
5 Pepper Martin 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dizzy Dean 2.28
2 Lefty Gomez 2.39
3 Carl Hubbell 2.50
4 Mel Harder 2.68
5 Hal Schumacher 2.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Dean 31
2 Lefty Gomez 25
2 Schoolboy Rowe 25
4 Tommy Bridges 24
5 3 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 199
2 Dizzy Dean 195
3 Tommy Bridges 166
4 Paul Dean 160
5 Lefty Gomez 150

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