On This Day

Tuesday, August 7, 1923

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 68 33 .673 --
Indians 57 47 .548 12.5
Browns 52 49 .515 16.0
Tigers 47 48 .495 18.0
White Sox 47 52 .475 20.0
Senators 45 54 .455 22.0
Athletics 44 55 .444 23.0
Red Sox 38 60 .388 28.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 69 35 .663 --
Pirates 60 41 .594 7.5
Reds 61 43 .587 8.0
Cubs 54 49 .524 14.5
Robins 51 50 .505 16.5
Cardinals 52 53 .495 17.5
Phillies 34 68 .333 34.0
Braves 30 72 .294 38.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank Brower 6
2 Gus Felix 4
2 Chick Galloway 4
2 Charlie Jamieson 4
2 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dutch Schliebner 1
1 Cy Williams 1
1 Ken Williams 1
1 Whitey Witt 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Brower 4
1 Wally Pipp 4
1 Dutch Schliebner 4
4 Sammy Hale 3
4 5 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Brower 1
1 Max Carey 1
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 Butch Henline 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Fred Toney 0.40
2 Dolf Luque 0.33
3 Lee Meadows 0.25
4 Rasty Wright 0.14
5 Whitey Glazner 0.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bayne 1
1 Whitey Glazner 1
1 Bob Hasty 1
1 Fred Toney 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dolf Luque 5
2 Fred Toney 4
3 Bob Hasty 3
3 Lee Meadows 3
5 Whitey Glazner 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Petie Behan 1
1 Rosy Ryan 1
1 Urban Shocker 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .398
2 Harry Heilmann .393
3 Babe Ruth .392
4 Zack Wheat .382
5 Pie Traynor .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 29
2 Babe Ruth 27
3 Ken Williams 20
4 Jack Fournier 15
5 Hack Miller 14

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tris Speaker 93
2 Irish Meusel 90
3 Frankie Frisch 86
4 Babe Ruth 85
5 Cy Williams 84

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 31
2 Max Carey 28
2 George Grantham 28
4 Johnny Mostil 27
5 Cliff Heathcote 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 2.08
2 Allen Russell 2.17
3 Stan Coveleski 2.36
4 Rollie Naylor 2.71
5 Bullet Joe Bush 2.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 18
2 Dolf Luque 17
3 Pete Alexander 16
3 Pete Donohue 16
3 2 others tied 16

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dolf Luque 115
2 Dazzy Vance 107
3 Urban Shocker 91
4 Bullet Joe Bush 87
4 2 others tied 87

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Jonnard 6
1 Allen Russell 6
3 Sad Sam Jones 4
3 Jack Quinn 4
3 2 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .500
2 Rabbit Maranville .490
3 Jim Bottomley .456
4 Joe Hauser .432
5 2 tied .419

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 6
2 Babe Ruth 5
3 Frank Brower 3
3 Jack Fournier 3
3 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Irish Meusel 17
1 Babe Ruth 17
3 Riggs Stephenson 16
4 Rogers Hornsby 15
5 5 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jack Smith 5
2 Sparky Adams 4
2 Max Carey 4
2 Johnny Mostil 4
5 6 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Marquard 0.39
2 Dave Danforth 0.46
3 Tiny Osborne 0.56
4 George Mogridge 0.92
5 Eppa Rixey 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Donohue 3
1 Clarence Mitchell 3
1 Jimmy Ring 3
1 George Uhle 3
1 Dazzy Vance 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dolf Luque 19
2 Walter Johnson 15
3 Johnny Morrison 13
3 Urban Shocker 13
5 Bullet Joe Bush 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Jonnard 3
2 Rosy Ryan 2
2 Urban Shocker 2
4 Jesse Barnes 1
4 10 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .462
2 Babe Ruth .452
3 Tris Speaker .425
4 Jim Bottomley .409
5 Marty McManus .397

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 9
2 Cy Williams 7
2 Ken Williams 7
4 Frank Brower 6
4 3 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frankie Frisch 36
2 Rogers Hornsby 34
3 Irish Meusel 31
4 Babe Ruth 30
5 Earl Sheely 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 12
2 Max Carey 9
2 Jack Smith 9
4 George Grantham 7
5 3 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave Danforth 1.31
2 James Edwards 1.82
3 Dazzy Vance 1.87
4 Eppa Rixey 1.93
5 Herman Pillette 2.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 7
2 Pete Alexander 6
2 Dave Danforth 6
2 Waite Hoyt 6
2 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dolf Luque 37
2 Walter Johnson 31
2 Urban Shocker 31
4 Dazzy Vance 29
5 2 tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Jonnard 3
2 Sad Sam Jones 2
2 Jack Quinn 2
2 Rosy Ryan 2
2 Urban Shocker 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .410
2 Eddie Collins .379
3 Zack Wheat .371
4 Babe Ruth .370
5 Tris Speaker .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 42
2 Cy Williams 37
3 Ken Williams 31
4 Rogers Hornsby 27
5 Irish Meusel 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Irish Meusel 128
2 Babe Ruth 124
3 Cy Williams 122
4 Wally Pipp 114
5 Reb Russell 112

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 45
2 Eddie Collins 41
3 Johnny Mostil 32
4 George Grantham 30
5 Jigger Statz 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 2.51
2 Stan Coveleski 2.55
3 Eppa Rixey 2.87
4 Bullet Joe Bush 2.88
5 Waite Hoyt 3.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 28
2 Pete Donohue 25
3 Eddie Rommel 24
3 Urban Shocker 24
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 153
2 Urban Shocker 141
3 Red Faber 133
4 Dolf Luque 132
4 Bob Shawkey 132

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 8
1 Claude Jonnard 8
3 Allen Russell 6
4 Walter Johnson 5
4 Rosy Ryan 5