On This Day

Thursday, April 23, 1925

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 6 2 .750 --
Athletics 6 2 .750 0.0
Indians 6 2 .750 0.0
White Sox 6 4 .600 1.0
Yankees 3 5 .375 3.0
Tigers 3 6 .333 3.5
Browns 3 6 .333 3.5
Red Sox 1 7 .125 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 6 1 .857 --
Phillies 4 2 .667 1.5
Reds 6 3 .667 1.0
Cardinals 5 4 .556 2.0
Cubs 4 5 .444 3.0
Pirates 3 6 .333 4.0
Robins 2 5 .286 4.0
Braves 1 5 .167 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sammy Hale 5
2 Glenn Myatt 4
3 Hughie Critz 3
3 Kiki Cuyler 3
3 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ike Caveney 1
1 Jack Fournier 1
1 Butch Henline 1
1 Clarence Huber 1
1 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 5
2 Herschel Bennett 3
2 Ike Caveney 3
2 Jack Fournier 3
2 6 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Edd Roush 2
2 Bob Barrett 1
2 Rube Bressler 1
2 Clarence Huber 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Herb Pennock 0.36
2 Tom Zachary 0.25
3 Sam Gray 0.23
4 Dolf Luque 0.22
5 3 tied 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Virgil Barnes 1
1 Dana Fillingim 1
1 Sam Gray 1
1 Vean Gregg 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Herb Pennock 4
2 Sam Gray 3
3 Jesse Barnes 2
3 Virgil Barnes 2
3 7 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sheriff Blake 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sammy Hale .556
2 Eddie Moore .429
2 Al Wingo .429
4 Max Bishop .419
5 Rogers Hornsby .412

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gabby Hartnett 6
2 Les Bell 3
2 Ira Flagstead 3
2 Glenn Myatt 3
5 9 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 14
1 Gabby Hartnett 14
3 Les Bell 11
3 Bibb Falk 11
3 Walter Holke 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 9
2 Rube Bressler 3
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 Edd Roush 3
2 Ross Youngs 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Wayland Dean 0.00
1 Dutch Ruether 0.00
3 Slim Harriss 0.73
4 Jack Scott 0.75
5 Joe Shaute 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dolf Luque 3
2 Pete Donohue 2
2 Sam Gray 2
2 Benn Karr 2
2 6 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dolf Luque 16
2 Leo Dickerman 11
3 Milt Gaston 10
4 Pete Alexander 9
4 2 others tied 9

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sarge Connally 2
2 Virgil Barnes 1
2 Huck Betts 1
2 Sheriff Blake 1
2 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .421
2 Babe Ruth .390
3 Zack Wheat .368
4 Ross Youngs .359
5 Charlie Jamieson .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 45
2 Jack Fournier 27
2 Joe Hauser 27
4 Rogers Hornsby 23
4 2 others tied 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 148
2 Bob Meusel 126
3 Goose Goslin 124
3 Babe Ruth 124
5 Jack Fournier 119

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 46
2 Eddie Collins 44
3 Kiki Cuyler 35
4 Cliff Heathcote 27
5 Bob Meusel 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.14
2 Rube Benton 2.58
3 Eppa Rixey 2.64
4 Tom Zachary 2.66
5 Herb Pennock 2.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dazzy Vance 29
2 Walter Johnson 22
2 Herb Pennock 22
4 Burleigh Grimes 21
4 2 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 264
2 Walter Johnson 151
3 Burleigh Grimes 129
4 Howard Ehmke 115
5 Bob Shawkey 107

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 15
2 Sarge Connally 8
2 Allen Russell 8
4 Jack Quinn 7
5 Hooks Dauss 6