On This Day

Sunday, May 3, 1925

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 11 4 .733 --
Indians 11 4 .733 0.0
Athletics 10 4 .714 0.5
White Sox 11 7 .611 1.5
Browns 8 10 .444 4.5
Yankees 4 10 .286 6.5
Red Sox 4 11 .267 7.0
Tigers 4 13 .235 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 10 4 .714 --
Reds 10 6 .625 1.0
Cubs 10 7 .588 1.5
Phillies 8 8 .500 3.0
Robins 6 8 .429 4.0
Pirates 6 9 .400 4.5
Cardinals 6 10 .375 5.0
Braves 5 9 .357 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Earle Combs 3
1 Harry Heilmann 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
1 Edd Roush 3
5 22 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 2
2 Jim Bottomley 1
2 Jack Fournier 1
2 Bing Miller 1
2 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
2 Les Burke 2
2 Jimmy Cooney 2
2 Jack Fournier 2
2 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Chuck Dressen 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sam Gray 1.20
2 Dutch Ruether 0.44
3 Dolf Luque 0.30
4 Clarence Mitchell 0.25
5 Urban Shocker 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Leo Dickerman 1
1 Rube Ehrhardt 1
1 Sam Gray 1
1 Dolf Luque 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sam Gray 6
2 Dutch Ruether 4
3 Dolf Luque 3
4 Clarence Mitchell 2
4 Urban Shocker 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pea Ridge Day 1
1 Pete Donohue 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jack Fournier .475
2 Rogers Hornsby .449
3 Zack Wheat .426
4 Dave Bancroft .420
4 Earle Combs .420

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gabby Hartnett 8
2 Jack Fournier 5
3 Rogers Hornsby 4
3 Glenn Myatt 4
3 Glenn Wright 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gabby Hartnett 23
2 Jim Bottomley 16
2 Jack Fournier 16
2 Ken Williams 16
5 2 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 12
2 Ossie Bluege 5
3 Chick Fewster 4
3 Cliff Heathcote 4
5 12 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Slim Harriss 0.95
2 Joe Genewich 1.13
3 Walter Johnson 1.38
4 Rube Ehrhardt 1.50
4 Hugh McQuillan 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Gray 4
1 Dolf Luque 4
3 Pete Donohue 3
3 Rube Ehrhardt 3
3 10 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dolf Luque 25
2 Sam Gray 19
3 Sad Sam Jones 18
4 Pete Alexander 15
4 Lee Meadows 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ted Lyons 3
2 Sarge Connally 2
2 Vean Gregg 2
4 Virgil Barnes 1
4 15 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .426
2 Babe Ruth .392
3 Zack Wheat .378
4 Edd Roush .359
5 Goose Goslin .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 41
2 Jack Fournier 29
3 Rogers Hornsby 25
4 Joe Hauser 24
4 High Pockets Kelly 24

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 147
2 Jack Fournier 125
2 Goose Goslin 125
4 Bob Meusel 124
5 Al Simmons 116

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 43
2 Eddie Collins 41
3 Kiki Cuyler 35
4 Cliff Heathcote 29
5 2 tied 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.50
2 Herb Pennock 2.66
3 Rube Benton 2.69
4 Walter Johnson 2.70
5 Eppa Rixey 2.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dazzy Vance 28
2 Walter Johnson 22
3 Burleigh Grimes 20
3 Herb Pennock 20
3 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 258
2 Walter Johnson 143
3 Burleigh Grimes 129
4 Howard Ehmke 107
5 Bob Shawkey 104

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 15
2 Allen Russell 8
3 Sarge Connally 7
3 Jack Quinn 7
5 3 tied 6