On This Day

Sunday, April 27, 1924

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 8 3 .727 --
Yankees 8 4 .667 0.5
Athletics 6 4 .600 1.5
White Sox 6 5 .545 2.0
Indians 5 5 .500 2.5
Senators 5 7 .417 3.5
Red Sox 3 7 .300 4.5
Browns 3 9 .250 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 2 .800 --
Cubs 8 4 .667 1.0
Reds 7 4 .636 1.5
Braves 3 4 .429 3.5
Robins 4 6 .400 4.0
Pirates 4 7 .364 4.5
Cardinals 4 8 .333 5.0
Phillies 2 5 .286 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 4
2 Jake Daubert 3
2 Howard Freigau 3
2 Tris Speaker 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Fournier 2
2 Clyde Barnhart 1
2 Jimmy Dykes 1
2 Marty McManus 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Fournier 5
2 Marty McManus 3
2 Doc Prothro 3
2 Babe Ruth 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lu Blue 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 George Grantham 1
1 Willie Kamm 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bert Cole 0.38
1 Herb Pennock 0.38
3 Howard Ehmke 0.33
4 Tony Kaufmann 0.29
4 2 others tied 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Doak 1
1 Ken Holloway 1
1 Tony Kaufmann 1
1 Art Nehf 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sam Gray 7
2 Art Nehf 4
3 Bert Cole 3
3 Howard Ehmke 3
3 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .513
2 Ty Cobb .432
2 George Grantham .432
4 Babe Pinelli .417
5 Rogers Hornsby .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 4
2 Jack Fournier 3
2 George Grantham 3
2 Marty McManus 3
2 Babe Ruth 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 14
1 Harry Heilmann 14
1 Rogers Hornsby 14
4 Marty McManus 12
4 Topper Rigney 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 5
2 Eddie Collins 4
2 George Grantham 4
2 Pie Traynor 4
5 18 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Rommel 0.00
1 Art Nehf 0.00
3 Ken Holloway 0.90
4 Earl Whitehill 1.29
5 Tim McNamara 1.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Waite Hoyt 3
1 Eddie Rommel 3
1 Earl Whitehill 3
4 Jack Bentley 2
4 17 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 18
2 Jack Bentley 15
2 Dazzy Vance 15
4 Bullet Joe Bush 13
4 2 others tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Harriss 2
2 Bill Doak 1
2 Ken Holloway 1
2 Elmer Jacobs 1
2 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .400
2 Rogers Hornsby .389
3 Babe Ruth .384
4 Tris Speaker .379
5 Jim Bottomley .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 42
2 Cy Williams 40
3 Ken Williams 26
4 Jack Fournier 25
5 Rogers Hornsby 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 131
2 Tris Speaker 128
3 Harry Heilmann 124
4 Irish Meusel 123
5 Frankie Frisch 115

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 54
2 Eddie Collins 49
3 George Grantham 47
4 Johnny Mostil 41
5 Jack Smith 34

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 1.92
2 Eppa Rixey 2.58
3 Bill Doak 2.83
4 Sloppy Thurston 2.89
5 Vic Keen 2.91

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 203
2 Dolf Luque 146
3 Walter Johnson 144
4 Bullet Joe Bush 128
5 Bob Shawkey 122

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Harriss 8
1 Allen Russell 8
3 Claude Jonnard 7
3 Jack Quinn 7
5 Eddie Rommel 6