On This Day

Sunday, April 25, 1926

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 8 3 .727 --
Indians 7 3 .700 0.5
White Sox 7 5 .583 1.5
Senators 6 6 .500 2.5
Red Sox 5 6 .455 3.0
Tigers 4 6 .400 3.5
Athletics 4 8 .333 4.5
Browns 4 8 .333 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 7 3 .700 --
Reds 6 4 .600 1.0
Cubs 6 4 .600 1.0
Cardinals 7 5 .583 1.0
Phillies 6 5 .545 1.5
Robins 5 5 .500 2.0
Braves 3 8 .273 4.5
Pirates 3 9 .250 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Roy Carlyle 4
1 High Pockets Kelly 4
3 Goose Goslin 3
3 Mike Herrera 3
3 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Williams 2
2 Jack Fournier 1
2 High Pockets Kelly 1
2 Marty McManus 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 5
2 Jack Fournier 3
2 Goose Goslin 3
2 Ski Melillo 3
2 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hack Wilson 2
2 Cuckoo Christensen 1
2 Eddie Collins 1
2 Earle Combs 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Percy Jones 0.50
2 Red Faber 0.38
3 Sam Gray 0.33
4 Augie Johns 0.25
4 Red Lucas 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Barnes 1
1 Guy Bush 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Waite Hoyt 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Faber 5
1 Sam Gray 5
3 Percy Jones 4
4 Augie Johns 3
4 Benn Karr 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ruffing 1
1 Sloppy Thurston 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Freddy Leach .447
2 Rogers Hornsby .447
3 Lou Gehrig .436
4 Freddy Spurgeon .432
5 Ira Flagstead .426

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pat Collins 3
1 Babe Ruth 3
3 Jim Bottomley 2
3 Jack Fournier 2
3 9 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 18
2 Jim Bottomley 15
3 Bob Meusel 14
3 Hack Wilson 14
5 Lou Gehrig 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 4
1 Heinie Mueller 4
3 Bob Meusel 3
3 Buddy Myer 3
3 Sam Rice 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Petty 0.31
2 Vic Keen 0.47
3 Jack Quinn 0.69
4 Ted Lyons 0.91
5 Red Lucas 0.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Waite Hoyt 3
1 Red Lucas 3
1 Jesse Petty 3
1 Flint Rhem 3
5 19 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 15
2 Charlie Root 12
3 Vic Aldridge 11
3 George Mogridge 11
3 Jesse Petty 11

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sloppy Thurston 2
2 Chick Davies 1
2 Jess Doyle 1
2 Kent Greenfield 1
2 7 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .406
2 Al Simmons .390
3 Harry Heilmann .387
4 Tris Speaker .381
5 Bill Lamar .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 39
2 Bob Meusel 34
3 Babe Ruth 28
4 Ken Williams 25
5 Al Simmons 24

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 149
2 Bob Meusel 143
3 Harry Heilmann 138
4 Jack Fournier 133
5 Jim Bottomley 131

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 46
2 Kiki Cuyler 41
3 Johnny Mostil 35
4 Sam Rice 30
5 Sparky Adams 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Stan Coveleski 2.68
2 Dolf Luque 2.72
3 Eppa Rixey 2.86
4 Ted Lyons 2.93
5 Herb Pennock 2.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 23
2 Stan Coveleski 21
2 Walter Johnson 21
4 Pete Donohue 20
4 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 214
2 Dolf Luque 128
3 Walter Johnson 117
4 Lefty Grove 114
5 Howard Ehmke 104

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 17
2 Jess Doyle 8
3 Rube Walberg 7
4 Waite Hoyt 6
4 Elam Vangilder 6