On This Day

Wednesday, April 21, 1937

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 1 0 1.000 --
Browns 1 0 1.000 --
Red Sox 1 0 1.000 --
Senators 1 1 .500 0.5
Athletics 1 1 .500 0.5
White Sox 0 1 .000 1.0
Yankees 0 1 .000 1.0
Indians 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 1 0 1.000 --
Phillies 2 0 1.000 -0.5
Pirates 1 0 1.000 --
Cardinals 1 0 1.000 --
Reds 0 1 .000 1.0
Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0
Dodgers 0 1 .000 1.0
Bees 0 2 .000 1.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harlond Clift 5
2 Zeke Bonura 4
2 Rollie Hemsley 4
2 Bill Knickerbocker 4
5 2 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harlond Clift 1
1 Rogers Hornsby 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Knickerbocker 4
2 Beau Bell 3
3 Zeke Bonura 2
3 Rollie Hemsley 2
3 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vern Kennedy 0.19
2 Oral Hildebrand 0.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Oral Hildebrand 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vern Kennedy 3
1 Johnny Rigney 3
3 Oral Hildebrand 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harlond Clift 1.000
1 Gee Walker 1.000
3 Zeke Bonura .800
3 Rollie Hemsley .800
3 Bill Knickerbocker .800

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Johnson 2
2 Morrie Arnovich 1
2 Harlond Clift 1
2 Rogers Hornsby 1
2 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Knickerbocker 4
2 Beau Bell 3
2 Pinky Higgins 3
4 Zeke Bonura 2
4 10 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ossie Bluege 1
1 Ben Chapman 1
1 Moose Solters 1
1 Del Young 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dizzy Dean 0.00
1 Cy Blanton 0.00
1 Danny MacFayden 0.00
1 Bucky Walters 0.00
1 3 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elden Auker 1
1 Cy Blanton 1
1 Dizzy Dean 1
1 Wes Ferrell 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 9
2 Danny MacFayden 8
3 Dizzy Dean 6
3 Wes Ferrell 6
3 2 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Luke Appling .393
2 Earl Averill .374
3 Paul Waner .371
4 Gee Walker .359
5 Lou Gehrig .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 48
2 Jimmie Foxx 39
2 Hal Trosky 39
4 Mel Ott 31
5 Joe DiMaggio 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Trosky 151
2 Lou Gehrig 147
3 Zeke Bonura 140
4 Jimmie Foxx 139
5 Joe Medwick 134

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lyn Lary 36
2 Jake Powell 25
3 Pepper Martin 23
4 Ben Chapman 21
4 Billy Werber 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 2.26
2 Danny MacFayden 2.69
3 Dizzy Dean 2.82
4 Lefty Grove 2.87
5 Frank Gabler 3.12

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Hubbell 25
2 Dizzy Dean 24
3 Tommy Bridges 23
4 Johnny Allen 20
4 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 238
2 Dizzy Dean 191
3 Tommy Bridges 170
4 Johnny Allen 163
5 Bobo Newsom 148

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dizzy Dean 11
2 Pat Malone 9
3 Don Brennan 8
3 Bob Smith 8
5 Dick Coffman 7