On This Day

Sunday, August 27, 1922

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 73 50 .593 --
Browns 73 51 .589 0.5
Tigers 68 57 .544 6.0
Indians 63 61 .508 10.5
White Sox 59 62 .488 13.0
Senators 58 65 .472 15.0
Athletics 49 69 .415 21.5
Red Sox 46 74 .383 25.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 74 46 .617 --
Cubs 68 54 .557 7.0
Cardinals 67 54 .554 7.5
Reds 68 56 .548 8.0
Pirates 65 55 .542 9.0
Robins 58 61 .487 15.5
Phillies 41 73 .360 30.0
Braves 38 80 .322 35.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jake Daubert 7
2 George Burns 4
2 Lew Fonseca 4
2 Joe Schultz 4
5 8 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ray Grimes 1
1 Rogers Hornsby 1
1 Heinie Mueller 1
1 Joe Schultz 1
1 Ross Youngs 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
1 Irish Meusel 3
1 Edd Roush 3
1 Ross Youngs 3
5 13 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Bancroft 1
1 George Burns 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Jake Daubert 1
1 Pat Duncan 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jimmy Ring 0.44
2 Johnny Couch 0.27
3 Virgil Cheeves 0.25
3 Rube Marquard 0.25
3 Bill Sherdel 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Virgil Cheeves 1
1 Johnny Couch 1
1 Dolf Luque 1
1 Hugh McQuillan 1
1 George Mogridge 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Ring 4
1 Bill Sherdel 4
3 Johnny Couch 3
3 Rube Marquard 3
5 5 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tiny Osborne 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .413
2 Ty Cobb .400
3 Rogers Hornsby .390
4 Tris Speaker .372
5 Carson Bigbee .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 32
1 Ken Williams 32
3 Tillie Walker 31
4 Babe Ruth 26
5 Harry Heilmann 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Williams 124
2 Rogers Hornsby 120
3 Irish Meusel 109
4 Bobby Veach 101
5 Harry Heilmann 97

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 42
2 Max Carey 39
3 Ken Williams 33
4 George Burns 24
5 2 tied 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Herman Pillette 2.62
2 Phil Douglas 2.63
3 Tom Zachary 2.63
4 Pete Donohue 2.74
5 Red Faber 2.84

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 21
1 Urban Shocker 21
3 Eppa Rixey 20
4 Eddie Rommel 19
5 Wilbur Cooper 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Faber 112
1 Urban Shocker 112
3 Dazzy Vance 107
4 Bob Shawkey 102
5 Guy Morton 101

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 6
1 Lou North 6
3 Clyde Barfoot 5
3 Hub Pruett 5
5 4 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Hauser .510
2 Rogers Hornsby .491
3 Cotton Tierney .468
4 Hack Miller .450
5 Eddie Collins .444

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 6
2 Reb Russell 5
2 Babe Ruth 5
4 Harry Heilmann 4
4 Rogers Hornsby 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Sisler 21
2 Ray Grimes 20
3 Babe Ruth 17
4 Reb Russell 16
5 2 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 6
2 Bucky Harris 5
3 Max Carey 4
3 Chick Fewster 4
3 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Donohue 0.33
2 Walter Johnson 0.90
3 Tom Zachary 0.95
4 Eppa Rixey 0.96
5 Frank Mack 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Rommel 4
1 Urban Shocker 4
3 Pete Alexander 3
3 Bullet Joe Bush 3
3 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Faber 16
2 Bill Sherdel 15
3 Vic Aldridge 14
3 Stan Coveleski 14
3 3 others tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Virgil Cheeves 2
1 Red Faber 2
1 Sad Sam Jones 2
1 Tiny Osborne 2
5 12 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .450
2 Cotton Tierney .435
3 Joe Hauser .419
4 Chick Galloway .418
5 2 tied .411

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Williams 10
2 Reb Russell 9
2 Babe Ruth 9
4 Tillie Walker 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Reb Russell 40
2 Cotton Tierney 30
3 Babe Ruth 28
3 Ken Williams 28
5 2 tied 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 10
1 Max Carey 10
3 Chick Fewster 8
3 Bucky Harris 8
5 3 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sad Sam Jones 2.01
2 Frank Miller 2.31
3 Bob Shawkey 2.38
4 Art Nehf 2.40
5 Johnny Couch 2.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 7
1 Urban Shocker 7
3 Eddie Rommel 6
4 Wilbur Cooper 5
4 9 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Guy Morton 31
2 Jimmy Ring 29
3 Johnny Morrison 26
4 Red Faber 25
4 2 others tied 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 3
2 Virgil Cheeves 2
2 Red Faber 2
2 Dixie Leverett 2
2 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .404
2 Ty Cobb .397
3 Rogers Hornsby .379
4 Tris Speaker .361
5 Ray Grimes .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 37
1 Tillie Walker 37
1 Ken Williams 37
4 Rogers Hornsby 34
5 3 tied 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Williams 153
2 Rogers Hornsby 141
3 Irish Meusel 134
4 Bobby Veach 130
5 George Sisler 122

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 56
2 Max Carey 47
3 Ken Williams 38
4 Frankie Frisch 30
4 Bucky Harris 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Herman Pillette 2.62
2 Red Faber 2.74
3 Urban Shocker 2.79
4 Pete Donohue 2.86
5 Tom Zachary 2.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Urban Shocker 28
2 Bullet Joe Bush 27
3 Eppa Rixey 24
3 Eddie Rommel 24
5 Art Nehf 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Urban Shocker 141
2 Walter Johnson 138
3 Red Faber 131
4 Stan Coveleski 126
4 Bob Shawkey 126

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lou North 9
2 Sad Sam Jones 7
3 Sherry Smith 6
4 Clyde Barfoot 5
4 3 others tied 5