On This Day

Friday, August 21, 1925

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 74 41 .643 --
Athletics 72 41 .637 1.0
White Sox 65 52 .556 10.0
Browns 59 57 .509 15.5
Tigers 57 58 .496 17.0
Indians 53 67 .442 23.5
Yankees 48 65 .425 25.0
Red Sox 34 81 .296 40.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 67 44 .604 --
Giants 67 50 .573 3.0
Reds 62 52 .544 6.5
Cardinals 56 61 .479 14.0
Robins 53 58 .477 14.0
Phillies 51 61 .455 16.5
Cubs 50 64 .439 18.5
Braves 51 67 .432 19.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Earl Sheely 4
2 Baby Doll Jacobson 3
2 Johnny Mostil 3
2 Al Wingo 3
5 17 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ike Boone 1
1 Harry Rice 1
1 Phil Todt 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ike Boone 3
1 Johnny Mostil 3
1 Earl Sheely 3
4 Baby Doll Jacobson 2
4 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Fothergill 1
1 Goose Goslin 1
1 Pinky Hargrave 1
1 Charlie Jamieson 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Garland Buckeye 0.50
2 Earl Whitehill 0.43
3 Sad Sam Jones 0.33
4 Oscar Fuhr 0.23
5 2 tied 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Garland Buckeye 1
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Earl Whitehill 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Whitehill 6
2 Garland Buckeye 4
2 Sad Sam Jones 4
4 Oscar Fuhr 3
5 2 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .391
2 Rogers Hornsby .389
3 Al Simmons .382
4 Jim Bottomley .380
5 Harry Heilmann .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 33
2 Ken Williams 25
3 Gabby Hartnett 24
4 Bob Meusel 23
5 Al Simmons 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 110
2 Bob Meusel 108
3 Ken Williams 105
4 Al Simmons 100
5 Jim Bottomley 99

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 37
2 Max Carey 30
3 Kiki Cuyler 29
4 Sparky Adams 23
5 Sam Rice 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 2.59
2 Sam Gray 2.62
3 Stan Coveleski 2.69
4 Walter Johnson 2.77
5 Eppa Rixey 2.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Rommel 20
2 Pete Donohue 18
2 Dazzy Vance 18
4 Ted Lyons 17
4 Eppa Rixey 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 174
2 Dolf Luque 116
3 Lefty Grove 92
4 Walter Johnson 86
5 2 tied 73

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 13
2 Sarge Connally 7
2 Jess Doyle 7
4 Rube Walberg 5
5 2 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Kiki Cuyler .500
2 Al Simmons .463
3 Max Carey .438
4 Bubbles Hargrave .429
5 George Harper .422

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 6
2 Al Simmons 4
3 Lou Gehrig 3
3 Andy High 3
3 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 16
2 Clyde Barnhart 15
2 Ossie Bluege 15
2 Andy High 15
5 4 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sparky Adams 4
1 Max Carey 4
1 Kiki Cuyler 4
1 Edd Roush 4
1 George Sisler 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Herb Pennock 0.00
2 Art Nehf 0.53
3 Tom Zachary 0.96
4 Jake Miller 1.23
5 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elam Vangilder 4
2 Ted Blankenship 3
2 Pete Donohue 3
2 Johnny Morrison 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 15
2 Howard Ehmke 14
3 Jakie May 13
4 Garland Buckeye 12
4 2 others tied 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 2
2 Stan Baumgartner 1
2 Sarge Connally 1
2 Wayland Dean 1
2 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .462
2 Jimmy Welsh .443
3 Charlie Jamieson .440
4 Baby Doll Jacobson .408
5 Jim Bottomley .407

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 9
2 Lou Gehrig 6
2 Al Simmons 6
4 Jim Bottomley 4
4 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 30
2 Earl Sheely 27
3 Al Simmons 26
4 Ossie Bluege 25
4 Dick Burrus 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 12
2 Max Carey 10
3 Edd Roush 7
4 Sparky Adams 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Herb Pennock 1.47
2 Art Reinhart 1.85
3 Ken Holloway 2.03
4 Slim Harriss 2.20
5 Eppa Rixey 2.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eppa Rixey 6
1 Dutch Ruether 6
3 Ted Blankenship 5
3 Pete Donohue 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 37
2 Dolf Luque 31
3 Jakie May 26
4 Howard Ehmke 25
5 Dutch Ruether 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 5
2 Sarge Connally 3
3 Stan Baumgartner 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .406
2 Tris Speaker .387
3 Harry Heilmann .375
4 Al Simmons .374
5 Bill Lamar .363

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 42
2 Bob Meusel 29
3 Ken Williams 27
4 Gabby Hartnett 25
5 High Pockets Kelly 24

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Meusel 140
2 Jim Bottomley 138
3 Al Simmons 134
4 Ken Williams 133
5 Rogers Hornsby 131

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 49
2 Johnny Mostil 39
3 Kiki Cuyler 38
4 Eddie Collins 30
4 Sam Rice 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 2.54
2 Walter Johnson 2.71
3 Bill Sherdel 2.90
4 Eppa Rixey 2.96
5 Herb Pennock 2.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Rommel 26
2 Dazzy Vance 25
3 Walter Johnson 24
4 Pete Donohue 22
5 Emil Yde 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 257
2 Dolf Luque 126
3 Walter Johnson 125
4 Burleigh Grimes 100
5 Lefty Grove 92

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 20
2 Sarge Connally 8
3 Jess Doyle 7
4 Hooks Dauss 6
4 Waite Hoyt 6