On This Day

Sunday, July 27, 1924

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 54 40 .574 --
Senators 54 41 .568 0.5
Yankees 54 41 .568 0.5
Browns 46 46 .500 7.0
White Sox 45 48 .484 8.5
Red Sox 42 51 .452 11.5
Indians 42 52 .447 12.0
Athletics 38 56 .404 16.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 60 31 .659 --
Cubs 53 38 .582 7.0
Pirates 48 41 .539 11.0
Robins 50 43 .538 11.0
Reds 48 48 .500 14.5
Cardinals 38 55 .409 23.0
Phillies 37 54 .407 23.0
Braves 34 58 .370 26.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rube Bressler 4
1 Eddie Brown 4
1 Edd Roush 4
1 Zack Wheat 4
5 8 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ike Boone 1
1 George Sisler 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Blades 4
2 George Sisler 3
2 Bobby Veach 3
4 Maurice Archdeacon 2
4 11 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Goose Goslin 1
1 Heinie Manush 1
1 Al Simmons 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dazzy Vance 1.50
2 Eppa Rixey 0.67
3 Waite Hoyt 0.23
3 Dolf Luque 0.23
5 3 tied 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Virgil Barnes 1
1 George Grant 1
1 Roy Meeker 1
1 Curly Ogden 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 9
2 Eppa Rixey 4
3 Hooks Dauss 3
3 Waite Hoyt 3
3 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dennis Burns 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .414
2 Babe Ruth .380
3 Zack Wheat .379
4 Bibb Falk .367
5 Goose Goslin .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 30
2 Jack Fournier 22
3 Ken Williams 16
4 Gabby Hartnett 15
4 Joe Hauser 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 86
2 Jack Fournier 80
2 Babe Ruth 80
4 Goose Goslin 79
5 Bob Meusel 74

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 28
2 Max Carey 24
3 Cliff Heathcote 20
4 George Grantham 18
5 Bill Barrett 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.16
2 Rube Benton 2.29
3 Tom Zachary 2.38
4 Curly Ogden 2.48
5 Eppa Rixey 2.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sloppy Thurston 16
1 Dazzy Vance 16
3 Burleigh Grimes 13
3 Herb Pennock 13
5 5 tied 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 136
2 Walter Johnson 100
3 Bob Shawkey 84
4 Howard Ehmke 78
5 Burleigh Grimes 70

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 8
2 Rosy Ryan 5
3 Sarge Connally 4
3 Claude Jonnard 4
3 3 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nemo Leibold .500
2 Rogers Hornsby .484
3 Kiki Cuyler .463
4 George Burns .457
5 Earl Smith .450

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gabby Hartnett 6
1 Babe Ruth 6
3 Rogers Hornsby 4
3 High Pockets Kelly 4
3 Glenn Myatt 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 19
2 Baby Doll Jacobson 18
3 Glenn Myatt 17
4 Goose Goslin 16
4 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 6
2 Goose Goslin 5
2 Cliff Heathcote 5
4 Sparky Adams 4
4 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jeff Pfeffer 0.75
2 Eppa Rixey 0.89
3 Bill Sherdel 1.02
4 Stan Baumgartner 1.09
5 Milt Gaston 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eppa Rixey 5
2 Virgil Barnes 3
2 Ken Holloway 3
2 Curly Ogden 3
2 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 17
2 Burleigh Grimes 14
2 Bob Shawkey 14
4 Guy Bush 13
4 Elmer Jacobs 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Couch 2
1 Dave Danforth 2
1 Ed Wells 2
4 Huck Betts 1
4 14 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nemo Leibold .468
2 Rogers Hornsby .462
3 Babe Ruth .417
4 Irish Meusel .392
5 Bibb Falk .388

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 12
2 Jack Fournier 8
3 Gabby Hartnett 7
3 High Pockets Kelly 7
5 Rogers Hornsby 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Meusel 40
2 Babe Ruth 36
3 Jack Fournier 34
4 Wally Pipp 33
4 Al Simmons 33

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 13
2 Max Carey 9
2 Kiki Cuyler 9
2 Cliff Heathcote 9
2 Jack Smith 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Curly Ogden 1.55
2 Herb Pennock 1.60
3 Ed Wells 1.61
4 Stan Baumgartner 1.66
5 Eppa Rixey 1.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eppa Rixey 8
2 Herb Pennock 7
3 Wilbur Cooper 6
3 Sloppy Thurston 6
3 Dazzy Vance 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 45
2 Bob Shawkey 29
3 Burleigh Grimes 26
4 Dolf Luque 22
5 2 tied 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 4
2 Dave Danforth 3
3 Sarge Connally 2
3 Johnny Couch 2
3 7 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .400
2 Babe Ruth .394
3 Harry Heilmann .357
4 Ken Williams .356
5 Tris Speaker .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 47
2 Jack Fournier 32
3 Cy Williams 27
3 Ken Williams 27
5 High Pockets Kelly 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 137
2 High Pockets Kelly 132
3 Joe Sewell 131
4 Harry Heilmann 125
5 Jack Fournier 123

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 50
2 Eddie Collins 48
3 Jack Smith 36
4 George Grantham 34
5 Cliff Heathcote 33

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eppa Rixey 2.42
2 Dolf Luque 2.69
3 Walter Johnson 2.77
4 Lee Meadows 2.81
5 Jesse Barnes 2.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dazzy Vance 23
2 Burleigh Grimes 22
3 Herb Pennock 21
4 Waite Hoyt 20
4 Eppa Rixey 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 233
2 Walter Johnson 155
3 Bob Shawkey 127
4 Howard Ehmke 123
5 Burleigh Grimes 122

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Harriss 8
1 Claude Jonnard 8
1 Firpo Marberry 8
1 Jack Quinn 8
1 Rosy Ryan 8