On This Day

Monday, April 28, 1924

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 9 3 .750 --
Yankees 9 4 .692 0.5
Athletics 6 5 .545 2.5
White Sox 6 6 .500 3.0
Indians 5 6 .455 3.5
Senators 5 7 .417 4.0
Browns 4 9 .308 5.5
Red Sox 3 7 .300 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 9 2 .818 --
Reds 8 4 .667 1.5
Cubs 8 5 .615 2.0
Braves 4 4 .500 3.5
Pirates 5 7 .417 4.5
Robins 4 7 .364 5.0
Cardinals 4 9 .308 6.0
Phillies 2 6 .250 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rogers Hornsby 4
2 Wally Gerber 3
2 Sammy Hale 3
2 Bucky Harris 3
2 Bobby Veach 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 2
2 Gabby Hartnett 1
2 Riggs Stephenson 1
2 Pie Traynor 1
2 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Bassler 2
1 Sam Bohne 2
1 Bubbles Hargrave 2
1 Gabby Hartnett 2
1 9 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Blades 1
1 George Burns 1
1 Pat Duncan 1
1 Howard Freigau 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Virgil Barnes 0.44
2 Dave Danforth 0.40
3 Wilbur Cooper 0.36
3 Johnny Stuart 0.36
5 James Edwards 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Barnes 1
1 Virgil Barnes 1
1 Wilbur Cooper 1
1 Dave Danforth 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wilbur Cooper 5
1 James Edwards 5
1 Johnny Stuart 5
4 Virgil Barnes 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .512
2 Rogers Hornsby .442
3 Ty Cobb .417
4 Babe Pinelli .400
5 Homer Summa .394

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 5
2 Rogers Hornsby 4
3 Jack Fournier 3
3 George Grantham 3
3 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 15
2 Harry Heilmann 14
2 Rogers Hornsby 14
4 Marty McManus 13
4 2 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 5
2 Eddie Collins 4
2 George Grantham 4
2 Pie Traynor 4
5 Irish Meusel 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Rommel 0.00
1 Art Nehf 0.00
3 Jesse Barnes 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 Tom Sheehan 3
1 Lil Stoner 3
1 Earl Whitehill 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 18
2 Bob Shawkey 16
3 Jack Bentley 15
3 Dazzy Vance 15
5 2 tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Harriss 2
2 Bill Doak 1
2 Ken Holloway 1
2 Elmer Jacobs 1
2 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .399
2 Rogers Hornsby .392
3 Babe Ruth .387
4 Tris Speaker .380
5 Jim Bottomley .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 44
2 Cy Williams 39
3 Ken Williams 26
4 Jack Fournier 25
5 Rogers Hornsby 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 133
2 Tris Speaker 128
3 Harry Heilmann 124
4 Irish Meusel 123
5 2 tied 113

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 1.85
2 Eppa Rixey 2.58
3 Bill Doak 2.83
4 Sloppy Thurston 2.89
5 Vic Keen 2.94

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 202
2 Dolf Luque 145
3 Walter Johnson 144
4 Bob Shawkey 125
5 2 tied 120

Saves

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