On This Day

Thursday, October 4, 1923

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 96 53 .644 --
Indians 80 69 .537 16.0
Tigers 80 71 .530 17.0
Browns 74 75 .497 22.0
Senators 72 78 .480 24.5
Athletics 68 81 .456 28.0
White Sox 67 83 .447 29.5
Red Sox 61 88 .409 35.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 95 56 .629 --
Reds 91 61 .599 4.5
Pirates 85 67 .559 10.5
Cubs 82 69 .543 13.0
Cardinals 77 73 .513 17.5
Robins 74 78 .487 21.5
Braves 52 100 .342 43.5
Phillies 50 102 .329 45.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tris Speaker 5
2 Lu Blue 3
2 George Burns 3
2 Pat Collins 3
2 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ted Blankenship 1
1 Ray Knode 1
1 Cliff Lee 1
1 Babe Ruth 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lu Blue 4
1 Cy Williams 4
3 Cliff Lee 3
3 Mike Menosky 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Barrett 1
1 Homer Ezzell 1
1 Harry Hooper 1
1 Johnny Mostil 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Whitey Glazner 0.38
2 Bob Hasty 0.29
3 Ted Blankenship 0.27
4 James Edwards 0.25
5 Bill Piercy 0.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Blankenship 1
1 James Edwards 1
1 Whitey Glazner 1
1 Bill Piercy 1
1 Eddie Rommel 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ted Blankenship 4
1 James Edwards 4
3 Whitey Glazner 3
3 Bill Piercy 3
5 3 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Harriss 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .401
2 Babe Ruth .387
3 Rogers Hornsby .384
4 Tris Speaker .379
5 Jim Bottomley .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 41
2 Babe Ruth 39
3 Ken Williams 29
4 Jack Fournier 22
5 2 tied 19

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Irish Meusel 130
2 Tris Speaker 128
3 Babe Ruth 124
4 Harry Heilmann 121
5 Frankie Frisch 115

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 49
2 Eddie Collins 47
3 George Grantham 44
4 Johnny Mostil 39
5 Jack Smith 33

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 1.90
2 Stan Coveleski 2.69
3 Eppa Rixey 2.77
4 Sloppy Thurston 2.85
5 Allen Russell 2.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dolf Luque 27
2 George Uhle 26
3 Johnny Morrison 24
4 Pete Alexander 22
5 3 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 191
2 Dolf Luque 151
3 Bob Shawkey 123
4 Walter Johnson 121
5 2 tied 119

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 9
2 Claude Jonnard 7
2 Jack Quinn 7
4 Slim Harriss 6
4 Eddie Rommel 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .481
2 Pat Duncan .472
3 Tris Speaker .455
4 Joe Hauser .449
5 Jake Daubert .436

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 4
2 Cliff Lee 3
3 Tony Boeckel 2
3 Jack Fournier 2
3 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Topper Rigney 16
2 Lu Blue 13
2 Ty Cobb 13
2 Harry Heilmann 13
5 Cliff Lee 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jack Smith 5
2 Tony Boeckel 4
2 Ty Cobb 4
2 Eddie Collins 4
2 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vic Aldridge 0.53
2 James Edwards 0.80
3 Dolf Luque 1.03
4 Jesse Barnes 1.07
5 Earl Whitehill 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 James Edwards 4
2 Bert Cole 3
2 Burleigh Grimes 3
2 George Murray 3
2 Dutch Ruether 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 20
2 James Edwards 16
3 Walter Johnson 15
3 Dolf Luque 15
5 Jimmy Ring 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 2
1 George Uhle 2
3 Petie Behan 1
3 Hooks Dauss 1
3 9 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .453
2 Harry Heilmann .440
3 Charlie Grimm .398
4 Frankie Frisch .395
5 Ray Grimes .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 8
2 High Pockets Kelly 7
2 Babe Ruth 7
4 Jack Fournier 4
4 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 27
2 Topper Rigney 26
3 Eddie Collins 22
4 High Pockets Kelly 20
5 Ty Cobb 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pie Traynor 10
2 Max Carey 9
2 Eddie Collins 9
4 Frankie Frisch 8
5 2 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 James Edwards 1.43
2 Eppa Rixey 1.64
3 Dolf Luque 1.66
4 Paul Zahniser 1.71
5 Dennis Burns 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 6
2 Bert Cole 5
2 James Edwards 5
2 Sad Sam Jones 5
2 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 38
2 Eppa Rixey 25
3 Walter Johnson 24
4 Burleigh Grimes 23
4 Paul Zahniser 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 3
2 Hooks Dauss 2
2 Art Nehf 2
2 Eddie Rommel 2
2 2 others tied 2