On This Day

Thursday, May 31, 1923

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 29 10 .744 --
Indians 22 17 .564 7.0
Athletics 20 16 .556 7.5
Tigers 19 21 .475 10.5
Browns 17 20 .459 11.0
Senators 14 21 .400 13.0
White Sox 14 22 .389 13.5
Red Sox 13 21 .382 13.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 30 11 .732 --
Pirates 24 16 .600 5.5
Robins 21 18 .538 8.0
Cardinals 20 22 .476 10.5
Reds 18 20 .474 10.5
Cubs 18 21 .462 11.0
Braves 16 23 .410 13.0
Phillies 12 28 .300 17.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hank Severeid 5
2 Lu Blue 3
2 Heinie Groh 3
2 Charlie Jamieson 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Groh 1
1 High Pockets Kelly 1
1 Irish Meusel 1
1 Tris Speaker 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 2
1 Howard Freigau 2
1 Jimmy Johnston 2
1 Irish Meusel 2
1 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 1
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 Pat Duncan 1
1 Bibb Falk 1
1 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Burleigh Grimes 0.67
2 Jack Bentley 0.57
3 Clarence Mitchell 0.44
4 Bob Shawkey 0.42
5 Rube Marquard 0.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Bentley 1
1 Burleigh Grimes 1
1 Dolf Luque 1
1 Dewey Metivier 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Syl Johnson 5
1 Bob Shawkey 5
3 Jack Bentley 4
3 Burleigh Grimes 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Uhle 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .419
2 Zack Wheat .411
3 Charlie Grimm .396
4 Jim Bottomley .373
5 Eddie Collins .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 18
2 Babe Ruth 11
3 Ken Williams 9
4 Joe Hauser 6
5 5 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Williams 55
2 Jim Bottomley 38
3 Irish Meusel 34
3 Babe Ruth 34
5 2 tied 33

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 17
2 Sam Bohne 11
3 Charlie Jamieson 10
4 Max Carey 9
4 Johnny Mostil 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Allen Russell 1.13
2 Stan Coveleski 1.38
3 Hugh McQuillan 1.38
4 Rollie Naylor 1.71
5 Dolf Luque 1.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hooks Dauss 8
2 Bullet Joe Bush 7
2 Stan Coveleski 7
2 Pete Donohue 7
2 3 others tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 45
2 Bullet Joe Bush 40
2 Bob Shawkey 40
4 Dolf Luque 37
5 Howard Ehmke 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 4
2 Jim Bagby 2
2 Sad Sam Jones 2
2 Bill Sherdel 2
2 George Uhle 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ross Youngs .404
2 Eddie Collins .400
3 Johnny Mokan .397
4 Aaron Ward .393
5 Babe Ruth .392

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 7
2 Cy Williams 5
3 Joe Hauser 3
3 Jimmy O'Connell 3
3 Pie Traynor 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 19
2 Babe Ruth 16
2 Cy Williams 16
4 Irish Meusel 15
5 Bob Meusel 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 7
2 Johnny Mostil 5
3 Max Carey 4
3 Chick Galloway 4
3 Cy Williams 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tony Kaufmann 0.00
2 Dolf Luque 0.56
3 Allen Russell 0.61
4 Whitey Glazner 0.96
5 Rollie Naylor 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 3
1 Burleigh Grimes 3
1 Dolf Luque 3
1 Johnny Morrison 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Shaute 15
1 Dazzy Vance 15
3 Mike Cvengros 13
3 Johnny Morrison 13
3 3 others tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 2
2 Ted Blankenship 1
2 Stan Coveleski 1
2 Howard Ehmke 1
2 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Mokan .398
2 Jim Bottomley .383
3 Zack Wheat .375
4 Charlie Grimm .368
5 Jimmy Johnston .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 15
2 Babe Ruth 9
3 Joe Hauser 6
4 Johnny Mokan 5
4 Ken Williams 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Williams 43
2 Jim Bottomley 28
2 High Pockets Kelly 28
4 Bob Meusel 23
4 Babe Ruth 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 13
2 Sam Bohne 8
2 Max Carey 8
2 Johnny Mostil 8
5 Wid Matthews 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 1.13
2 Hugh McQuillan 1.23
3 Rollie Naylor 1.42
4 Stan Coveleski 1.45
5 Elam Vangilder 2.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 6
2 Babe Adams 5
2 Hooks Dauss 5
2 Leo Dickerman 5
2 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 35
2 Bob Shawkey 25
3 Dolf Luque 24
3 Rube Marquard 24
5 5 tied 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 3
2 Jim Bagby 1
2 Ted Blankenship 1
2 Stan Coveleski 1
2 17 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .402
2 Ty Cobb .393
3 Harry Heilmann .385
4 Zack Wheat .366
5 Hack Miller .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 44
2 Cy Williams 40
3 Ken Williams 35
4 Rogers Hornsby 33
5 Tillie Walker 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Williams 140
2 Cy Williams 129
3 Irish Meusel 127
4 Babe Ruth 124
5 Rogers Hornsby 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 50
2 Eddie Collins 35
3 Frankie Frisch 33
4 George Sisler 32
5 George Burns 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Stan Coveleski 2.29
2 Dolf Luque 2.74
3 Bob Shawkey 2.86
4 Red Faber 2.94
5 Eddie Rommel 2.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 28
2 Eddie Rommel 26
3 Eppa Rixey 24
4 Burleigh Grimes 23
5 3 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Shawkey 130
1 Dazzy Vance 130
3 Red Faber 127
4 Bullet Joe Bush 120
5 Wilbur Cooper 119

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 9
2 Hub Pruett 8
3 Lou North 5
3 Allen Russell 5
3 2 others tied 5