On This Day

Wednesday, September 9, 1925

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 85 48 .639 --
Athletics 76 53 .589 7.0
White Sox 70 62 .530 14.5
Tigers 68 61 .527 15.0
Browns 69 62 .527 15.0
Indians 62 71 .466 23.0
Yankees 56 74 .431 27.5
Red Sox 39 94 .293 46.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 83 50 .624 --
Giants 77 59 .566 7.5
Reds 72 63 .533 12.0
Robins 64 67 .489 18.0
Cardinals 63 72 .467 21.0
Braves 62 74 .456 22.5
Cubs 61 77 .442 24.5
Phillies 55 75 .423 26.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Howard Freigau 4
1 Babe Ruth 4
3 Sparky Adams 3
3 Ossie Bluege 3
3 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roger Peckinpaugh 2
2 Howard Freigau 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roger Peckinpaugh 6
2 Al Simmons 4
3 Howard Freigau 3
3 Babe Ruth 3
5 4 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fresco Thompson 2
2 Sparky Adams 1
2 Max Carey 1
2 Lou Gehrig 1
2 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ray Kremer 0.20
2 Tony Kaufmann 0.19
3 Rube Walberg 0.17
3 Tom Zachary 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Baumgartner 1
1 Tony Kaufmann 1
1 Ted Wingfield 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tony Kaufmann 4
2 Lefty Grove 2
2 Ray Kremer 2
2 Rube Walberg 2
2 Tom Zachary 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Eddie Rommel 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .392
2 Tris Speaker .389
3 Al Simmons .377
4 Jim Bottomley .375
5 Harry Heilmann .374

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 36
2 Bob Meusel 27
3 Ken Williams 25
4 Gabby Hartnett 24
5 Al Simmons 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 129
2 Jim Bottomley 117
3 Jack Fournier 116
4 Bob Meusel 114
5 Al Simmons 112

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 38
2 Kiki Cuyler 34
3 Max Carey 32
4 Sam Rice 26
5 Sparky Adams 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry Benton 2.61
2 Dolf Luque 2.75
3 Walter Johnson 2.96
4 Sam Gray 2.98
5 Eppa Rixey 2.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dazzy Vance 21
2 Eddie Rommel 20
3 Pete Donohue 19
3 Walter Johnson 19
3 Eppa Rixey 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 204
2 Dolf Luque 130
3 Lefty Grove 103
4 Walter Johnson 96
5 Slim Harriss 84

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 15
2 Sarge Connally 7
2 Jess Doyle 7
4 Waite Hoyt 5
4 2 others tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .460
2 Gene Robertson .412
3 George Grantham .405
4 Kiki Cuyler .397
5 Howard Freigau .394

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Harris 4
2 Frankie Frisch 3
2 Rogers Hornsby 3
2 Irish Meusel 3
5 15 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Irish Meusel 21
2 Al Wingo 15
3 Sam Rice 14
3 Glenn Wright 14
5 3 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lu Blue 4
1 Kiki Cuyler 4
1 Earl McNeely 4
1 Ben Paschal 4
5 5 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry Benton 0.33
2 Waite Hoyt 0.46
3 Urban Shocker 1.15
4 Dazzy Vance 1.33
5 Vic Aldridge 1.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vic Aldridge 3
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 3
3 Larry Benton 2
3 Rube Benton 2
3 21 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 21
2 Herb Pennock 15
3 Vic Aldridge 14
3 Jack Scott 14
3 Bob Shawkey 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Mays 2
1 Elam Vangilder 2
1 Tom Zachary 2
4 Win Ballou 1
4 10 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Freddy Leach .390
2 Al Simmons .385
3 Zack Wheat .385
4 Doc Prothro .382
5 Eddie Brown .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Harris 7
1 Rogers Hornsby 7
3 Harry Rice 5
3 Babe Ruth 5
3 3 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 31
2 Irish Meusel 30
3 Clyde Barnhart 27
3 Jim Bottomley 27
3 Jack Fournier 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 8
2 Lu Blue 7
3 Sparky Adams 6
3 Cliff Heathcote 6
3 Edd Roush 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry Benton 1.24
2 Herb Pennock 1.41
3 Vic Aldridge 1.49
4 Jake Miller 1.76
5 James Edwards 1.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dazzy Vance 6
1 Elam Vangilder 6
3 Vic Aldridge 5
3 Ted Blankenship 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 45
2 Ted Blankenship 25
2 Jimmy Ring 25
4 Howard Ehmke 23
4 George Uhle 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 4
2 Carl Mays 2
2 Elam Vangilder 2
2 Tom Zachary 2
5 22 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .388
2 Tris Speaker .387
3 Harry Heilmann .380
4 Al Simmons .366
5 Jim Bottomley .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 38
2 Bob Meusel 31
3 Ken Williams 26
4 Gabby Hartnett 25
5 Al Simmons 24

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 139
2 Rogers Hornsby 138
3 Bob Meusel 133
4 Al Simmons 130
5 Glenn Wright 128

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 40
2 Max Carey 39
2 Johnny Mostil 39
4 Sam Rice 31
5 Sparky Adams 28

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry Benton 2.65
2 Dolf Luque 2.75
3 Herb Pennock 2.94
4 Bill Sherdel 2.97
5 Walter Johnson 3.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dazzy Vance 24
2 Eddie Rommel 23
3 Walter Johnson 22
4 Pete Donohue 21
5 Lee Meadows 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 247
2 Dolf Luque 138
3 Walter Johnson 115
4 Lefty Grove 103
5 Bob Shawkey 92

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 19
2 Sarge Connally 7
2 Jess Doyle 7
4 Waite Hoyt 6
5 2 tied 5