On This Day

Saturday, September 26, 1925

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 95 52 .646 --
Athletics 87 63 .580 9.5
Browns 81 68 .544 15.0
Tigers 77 71 .520 18.5
White Sox 76 75 .503 21.0
Indians 70 81 .464 27.0
Yankees 67 82 .450 29.0
Red Sox 44 105 .295 52.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 93 57 .620 --
Giants 85 63 .574 7.0
Reds 79 71 .527 14.0
Cardinals 73 74 .497 18.5
Braves 68 81 .456 24.5
Robins 67 80 .456 24.5
Cubs 66 84 .440 27.0
Phillies 63 84 .429 28.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bibb Falk 5
1 Harry Hooper 5
1 Al Simmons 5
4 Bill Lamar 4
5 12 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Leo Dixon 4
2 Bill Barrett 3
2 Bibb Falk 3
4 Jack Fournier 2
4 12 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Evans 2
2 Max Carey 1
2 Dick Cox 1
2 Jack Fournier 1
2 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Morrison 0.67
2 Lefty Thomas 0.64
3 Vic Aldridge 0.50
4 Urban Shocker 0.38
5 Joe Giard 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Virgil Barnes 1
1 Ray Benge 1
1 Ted Blankenship 1
1 Rube Ehrhardt 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Thomas 7
2 Johnny Morrison 6
3 Urban Shocker 5
4 Vic Aldridge 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Waite Hoyt 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .399
2 Tris Speaker .389
3 Harry Heilmann .387
4 Al Simmons .385
5 Jim Bottomley .379

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 37
2 Bob Meusel 31
3 Ken Williams 25
4 Gabby Hartnett 24
4 Al Simmons 24

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 140
2 Bob Meusel 130
3 Jim Bottomley 129
3 Al Simmons 129
5 Harry Heilmann 127

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 44
2 Johnny Mostil 42
3 Kiki Cuyler 40
4 Sparky Adams 27
4 2 others tied 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 2.61
2 Stan Coveleski 2.88
3 Eppa Rixey 2.88
4 Bill Sherdel 2.89
5 Larry Benton 2.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dazzy Vance 22
2 Eppa Rixey 21
2 Eddie Rommel 21
4 Stan Coveleski 20
4 3 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 221
2 Dolf Luque 138
3 Lefty Grove 115
4 Walter Johnson 108
5 Slim Harriss 95

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 16
2 Jess Doyle 8
3 Sarge Connally 7
3 Rube Walberg 7
5 Waite Hoyt 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .538
2 Rogers Hornsby .529
3 Jim Bottomley .486
4 Sam Rice .475
5 Zack Taylor .457

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Goose Goslin 4
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 Lou Gehrig 3
2 Bob Meusel 3
2 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 22
2 Babe Ruth 16
2 Al Simmons 16
4 Earl Sheely 14
5 3 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 12
2 Kiki Cuyler 5
3 Earle Combs 4
3 Johnny Mostil 4
3 Curt Walker 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Virgil Barnes 1.00
1 Bill Sherdel 1.00
3 Allan Sothoron 1.02
4 Pete Alexander 1.06
5 Dolf Luque 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Blankenship 4
2 Stan Coveleski 3
2 Milt Gaston 3
2 Ted Wingfield 3
5 25 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Walberg 21
2 Dazzy Vance 17
3 Sam Gray 16
4 Howard Ehmke 15
5 Pete Donohue 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Eddie Dyer 3
2 Sam Gray 2
2 Joe Shaute 2
2 Rube Walberg 2
5 8 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .471
2 Harry Heilmann .442
3 Zack Taylor .412
4 Sam Rice .405
5 Al Simmons .401

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 6
1 Bob Meusel 6
1 Ben Paschal 6
1 Babe Ruth 6
5 2 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 33
2 Irish Meusel 29
3 Goose Goslin 26
3 Ben Paschal 26
3 Al Simmons 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 14
2 Kiki Cuyler 10
3 Lu Blue 7
4 Curt Walker 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Allan Sothoron 0.57
2 Pete Alexander 1.59
3 Urban Shocker 1.81
4 Ted Blankenship 1.95
5 Bill Sherdel 2.01

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vic Aldridge 6
2 Ted Blankenship 5
3 Hal Carlson 4
3 Stan Coveleski 4
3 12 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 38
2 Vic Aldridge 30
3 Howard Ehmke 28
4 Rube Walberg 26
5 2 tied 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Eddie Dyer 3
1 Sam Gray 3
3 Waite Hoyt 2
3 Carl Mays 2
3 5 others tied 2