On This Day

Tuesday, August 29, 1922

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	75	50	.600	--
Browns	74	52	.587	1.5
Tigers	68	58	.540	7.5
Indians	63	62	.504	12.0
White Sox	61	63	.492	13.5
Senators	58	66	.468	16.5
Athletics	51	70	.421	22.0
Red Sox	46	75	.380	27.0

Games

Browns 6, Indians 3

White Sox 5, Tigers 3

Yankees 3, Senators 1

Athletics 6, Red Sox 5

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	74	46	.617	--
Cubs	69	54	.561	6.5
Cardinals	67	55	.549	8.0
Reds	68	56	.548	8.0
Pirates	67	56	.545	8.5
Robins	59	63	.484	16.0
Phillies	41	73	.360	30.0
Braves	38	80	.322	35.0

Games

Robins 3, Pirates 2

Pirates 6, Robins 0

Cubs 15, Cardinals 11

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Charlie Hollocher	4
1	Bing Miller	4
1	Pinky Pittenger	4
1	Pie Traynor	4
5	5 tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ira Flagstead	1
1	Chick Galloway	1
1	Ray Grimes	1
1	Bing Miller	1
1	6 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Zeb Terry	3
2	Marty Callaghan	2
2	Ed Chaplin	2
2	Ira Flagstead	2
2	13 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Carson Bigbee	1
1	Charlie Hollocher	1
1	Charlie Jamieson	1
1	Johnny Mostil	1
1	2 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Dutch Ruether	1.00
2	Sad Sam Jones	0.55
3	George Uhle	0.43
4	Walter Johnson	0.38
5	Red Oldham	0.36

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Babe Adams	1
1	Sad Sam Jones	1
1	Ray Kolp	1
1	Dixie Leverett	1
1	3 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Sad Sam Jones	6
2	Walter Johnson	5
2	Dutch Ruether	5
4	Red Oldham	4
5	2 tied	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tony Kaufmann	1
1	Elam Vangilder	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.409
2	Ty Cobb	.401
3	Rogers Hornsby	.390
4	Tris Speaker	.371
5	Ray Grimes	.367

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Rogers Hornsby	32
1	Tillie Walker	32
1	Ken Williams	32
4	Babe Ruth	27
5	Harry Heilmann	21

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ken Williams	124
2	Rogers Hornsby	122
3	Irish Meusel	109
4	Bobby Veach	101
5	Harry Heilmann	97

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Sisler	42
2	Max Carey	40
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
3	Eddie Rommel	20
5	Wilbur Cooper	19

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Urban Shocker	116
2	Red Faber	112
3	Dazzy Vance	110
4	Bob Shawkey	109
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	5 tied	4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rogers Hornsby	.520
2	Joe Hauser	.477
3	Cotton Tierney	.469
4	Harry Heilmann	.453
5	Eddie Collins	.450

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tillie Walker	7
2	Babe Ruth	6
3	Reb Russell	5
4	Ray Grimes	4
4	Harry Heilmann	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	George Sisler	21
2	Ray Grimes	19
3	Babe Ruth	18
4	Bing Miller	16
5	3 tied	15

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Pete Donohue	0.33
2	Tom Zachary	0.95
3	Eppa Rixey	0.96
4	Walter Johnson	1.42
5	Lee Meadows	1.67

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Bob Shawkey	19
2	Red Faber	15
2	Urban Shocker	15
2	Dazzy Vance	15
5	6 tied	14

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Virgil Cheeves	2
1	Sad Sam Jones	2
1	Tiny Osborne	2
4	Jesse Barnes	1
4	14 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.433
2	Cotton Tierney	.430
3	Tris Speaker	.417
4	Wally Pipp	.412
5	Chick Galloway	.408

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	9
2	Reb Russell	8
2	Tillie Walker	8
2	Ken Williams	8
5	Tris Speaker	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Reb Russell	37
2	Cotton Tierney	31
3	Babe Ruth	27
4	Baby Doll Jacobson	26
4	2 others tied	26

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Burns	10
2	Chick Fewster	8
2	Bucky Harris	8
4	Max Carey	7
4	George Sisler	7

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Pete Donohue	1.73
2	Sad Sam Jones	1.81
3	Bob Shawkey	2.11
4	Art Nehf	2.13
5	Frank Miller	2.31

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Rommel	7
2	Bullet Joe Bush	6
2	Bob Shawkey	6
2	Urban Shocker	6
5	3 tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Guy Morton	30
2	Urban Shocker	28
3	Jimmy Ring	27
3	Charlie Robertson	27
5	Johnny Morrison	26

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	.402
2	Ty Cobb	.396
3	Rogers Hornsby	.380
4	Ray Grimes	.361
5	Tris Speaker	.356

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	38
1	Tillie Walker	38
3	Ken Williams	36
4	Rogers Hornsby	34
5	Harry Heilmann	23

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ken Williams	152
2	Rogers Hornsby	143
3	Irish Meusel	133
4	Bobby Veach	125
5	George Sisler	120

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Sisler	55
2	Max Carey	48
3	Ken Williams	38
4	Frankie Frisch	30
5	Bucky Harris	29

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Herman Pillette	2.62
2	Red Faber	2.70
3	Tom Zachary	2.71
4	Urban Shocker	2.75
5	Pete Donohue	2.80

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Urban Shocker	28
2	Bullet Joe Bush	27
3	Eddie Rommel	25
4	Eppa Rixey	24
5	2 tied	21

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Urban Shocker	145
2	Walter Johnson	143
3	Bob Shawkey	133
4	Red Faber	130
5	Wilbur Cooper	121

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