On This Day

Tuesday, August 14, 1923

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 70 36 .660 --
Indians 60 50 .545 12.0
Browns 53 51 .510 16.0
Tigers 51 51 .500 17.0
White Sox 50 55 .476 19.5
Senators 48 56 .462 21.0
Athletics 46 60 .434 24.0
Red Sox 42 61 .408 26.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 72 38 .655 --
Reds 62 45 .579 8.5
Pirates 63 46 .578 8.5
Cubs 59 51 .536 13.0
Robins 55 54 .505 16.5
Cardinals 55 55 .500 17.0
Phillies 37 71 .343 34.0
Braves 32 75 .299 38.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jigger Statz 6
2 Sparky Adams 4
2 Gus Felix 4
2 George Grantham 4
2 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sparky Adams 2
1 Clyde Barnhart 2
3 Butch Henline 1
3 Cliff Lee 1
3 Jigger Statz 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sparky Adams 5
1 Clyde Barnhart 5
3 Butch Henline 3
3 Cliff Lee 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Grantham 3
2 Sparky Adams 1
2 Dave Bancroft 1
2 Jewel Ens 1
2 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Herman Pillette 0.70
2 Jack Scott 0.40
3 Babe Adams 0.29
4 Vic Keen 0.27
5 Joe Genewich 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Couch 1
1 Nick Dumovich 1
1 Tiny Osborne 1
1 Herman Pillette 1
1 Jack Scott 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herman Pillette 7
2 Babe Adams 4
2 Jack Bentley 4
2 Jack Scott 4
5 Vic Keen 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Bentley 1
1 Lefty Weinert 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .406
2 Babe Ruth .394
3 Harry Heilmann .394
4 Jim Bottomley .366
5 Charlie Jamieson .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 29
1 Cy Williams 29
3 Ken Williams 21
4 Jack Fournier 16
5 Hack Miller 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tris Speaker 102
2 Irish Meusel 95
3 Frankie Frisch 91
4 Babe Ruth 88
5 Cy Williams 86

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Grantham 34
2 Eddie Collins 33
3 Max Carey 32
4 Johnny Mostil 28
5 Cliff Heathcote 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 2.08
2 Allen Russell 2.34
3 Stan Coveleski 2.55
4 Dazzy Vance 2.63
5 Elam Vangilder 2.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 18
2 Pete Alexander 17
2 Dolf Luque 17
2 Johnny Morrison 17
5 2 tied 16

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 122
2 Dolf Luque 115
3 Walter Johnson 94
4 Bullet Joe Bush 92
5 Urban Shocker 91

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Jonnard 6
1 Allen Russell 6
3 Walter Johnson 4
3 Sad Sam Jones 4
3 4 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ken Williams .511
2 Joe Hauser .458
3 Jim Bottomley .453
4 Jack Fournier .444
5 Frank Welch .442

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 5
2 Jack Fournier 4
3 Jigger Statz 3
3 Ken Williams 3
5 14 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Hauser 20
2 Joe Sewell 18
3 Rogers Hornsby 17
4 Joe Harris 16
5 3 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 6
1 George Grantham 6
3 Sparky Adams 5
3 Eddie Collins 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Clyde Barfoot 0.00
1 Lou North 0.00
3 Huck Betts 0.69
4 Eppa Rixey 1.04
5 Joe Oeschger 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 3
1 Waite Hoyt 3
1 Syl Johnson 3
1 Clarence Mitchell 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 21
2 Syl Johnson 16
3 Howard Ehmke 15
4 Bullet Joe Bush 14
5 Herman Pillette 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bert Cole 2
1 Claude Jonnard 2
1 Rosy Ryan 2
1 Urban Shocker 2
5 12 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .457
2 Jim Bottomley .421
3 Rogers Hornsby .411
4 Bubbles Hargrave .403
5 Sammy Hale .398

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 8
2 Hack Miller 6
2 Jack Tobin 6
2 Cy Williams 6
2 Ken Williams 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frankie Frisch 32
2 Earl Sheely 31
3 Joe Hauser 29
4 Irish Meusel 28
5 2 tied 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 12
2 George Grantham 10
2 Jack Smith 10
4 Max Carey 9
5 2 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dave Danforth 1.19
2 Dazzy Vance 1.70
3 Eppa Rixey 2.01
4 George Mogridge 2.15
5 Allen Russell 2.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 6
1 Waite Hoyt 6
1 Dazzy Vance 6
4 Jesse Haines 5
4 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 29
2 Dolf Luque 28
3 Dazzy Vance 26
4 Howard Ehmke 22
5 3 tied 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Jonnard 3
2 Bert Cole 2
2 Herb Pennock 2
2 Rosy Ryan 2
2 Urban Shocker 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .425
2 Zack Wheat .377
3 Babe Ruth .372
4 Eddie Collins .370
5 Charlie Jamieson .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 43
2 Cy Williams 37
3 Ken Williams 30
4 Rogers Hornsby 27
5 2 tied 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Irish Meusel 133
2 Babe Ruth 125
3 Cy Williams 120
4 Wally Pipp 118
5 Tris Speaker 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 48
2 Eddie Collins 41
3 George Grantham 36
4 Johnny Mostil 33
5 Cliff Heathcote 28

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 2.47
2 Stan Coveleski 2.55
3 Elam Vangilder 2.66
4 Eppa Rixey 2.75
5 Red Faber 2.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 26
2 Pete Donohue 24
3 Bullet Joe Bush 23
3 Johnny Morrison 23
3 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 162
2 Urban Shocker 140
3 Red Faber 135
4 Dolf Luque 132
5 Bob Shawkey 130

Saves

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