On This Day

Wednesday, April 30, 1924

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 9 4 .692 --
Yankees 9 4 .692 0.0
Athletics 6 5 .545 2.0
White Sox 7 6 .538 2.0
Indians 5 6 .455 3.0
Senators 5 8 .385 4.0
Red Sox 4 7 .364 4.0
Browns 4 9 .308 5.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 9 2 .818 --
Reds 8 5 .615 2.0
Cubs 9 6 .600 2.0
Braves 4 5 .444 4.0
Pirates 6 8 .429 4.5
Robins 5 7 .417 4.5
Cardinals 5 9 .357 5.5
Phillies 2 6 .250 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Max Carey 3
2 Clyde Barnhart 2
2 Carson Bigbee 2
2 Johnny Cooney 2
2 8 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Milt Stock 3
2 Cotton Tierney 2
3 Dave Bancroft 1
3 Charlie Grimm 1
3 4 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rabbit Maranville 1
1 Walter Schmidt 1
1 Milt Stock 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Morrison 0.36
2 Dazzy Vance 0.25
3 Elmer Jacobs 0.24
4 Dutch Stryker 0.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Morrison 1
1 Dazzy Vance 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Elmer Jacobs 4
1 Johnny Morrison 4
3 Dazzy Vance 3
4 Dutch Stryker 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .468
2 Ty Cobb .434
3 Rogers Hornsby .429
4 Zack Wheat .390
5 Bob Meusel .388

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
1 Harry Heilmann 15
3 Rogers Hornsby 14
4 Marty McManus 13
4 3 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 2 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Rommel 0.00
2 Jesse Barnes 0.90
3 Earl Whitehill 1.29
4 Tim McNamara 1.38
5 Dinty Gearin 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Waite Hoyt 3
1 Eddie Rommel 3
1 Tom Sheehan 3
1 Lil Stoner 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

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

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Harriss 2
2 Bill Doak 1
2 Howard Ehmke 1
2 Ken Holloway 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .396
2 Rogers Hornsby .387
3 Babe Ruth .387
4 Tris Speaker .381
5 Jim Bottomley .365

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 132
2 Tris Speaker 126
3 Harry Heilmann 124
4 Irish Meusel 120
5 Jack Fournier 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 54
2 Eddie Collins 48
3 George Grantham 47
4 Johnny Mostil 41
5 Jack Smith 34

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 1.97
2 Eppa Rixey 2.53
3 Bill Doak 2.89
4 Red Faber 2.89
5 Sloppy Thurston 2.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dolf Luque 27
2 George Uhle 25
3 Johnny Morrison 23
4 Pete Alexander 22
5 Eddie Rommel 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 205
2 Dolf Luque 150
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