On This Day

Tuesday, June 1, 1926

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 31 12 .721 --
Athletics 27 20 .574 6.0
Senators 24 20 .545 7.5
White Sox 24 22 .522 8.5
Tigers 23 22 .511 9.0
Indians 22 22 .500 9.5
Browns 15 30 .333 17.0
Red Sox 12 30 .286 18.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 29 16 .644 --
Cubs 24 17 .585 3.0
Pirates 23 18 .561 4.0
Robins 21 19 .525 5.5
Giants 21 22 .488 7.0
Cardinals 23 25 .479 7.5
Phillies 16 25 .390 11.0
Braves 12 27 .308 14.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Howard Freigau 3
1 Marty McManus 3
1 Irish Meusel 3
1 Frank Snyder 3
5 16 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cliff Heathcote 2
1 High Pockets Kelly 2
3 Jim Bottomley 1
3 Mandy Brooks 1
3 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gabby Hartnett 5
1 High Pockets Kelly 5
3 Bernie Friberg 3
3 Heinie Mueller 3
5 8 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Taylor Douthit 1
1 Pinky Hargrave 1
1 Heinie Sand 1
1 George Sisler 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tony Kaufmann 0.25
1 Jimmy Ring 0.25
3 Augie Johns 0.22
4 Clarence Mitchell 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Piercy 1
1 Jimmy Ring 1
1 Elam Vangilder 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Piercy 6
2 Clarence Mitchell 3
2 Jimmy Ring 3
4 Augie Johns 2
5 4 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .376
2 Babe Ruth .374
3 Kiki Cuyler .373
4 Bob Meusel .371
5 Rube Bressler .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 16
2 Jim Bottomley 9
3 Les Bell 7
3 Joe Hauser 7
3 Al Simmons 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 53
2 Hack Wilson 45
3 Jim Bottomley 41
3 Goose Goslin 41
5 Ty Cobb 39

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 12
2 Bob Meusel 11
3 Sam Rice 10
4 Frankie Frisch 8
4 2 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Petty 1.37
2 Virgil Barnes 1.61
3 Bunny Hearn 2.34
4 Lefty Grove 2.35
5 Doug McWeeny 2.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Herb Pennock 10
2 Ted Lyons 9
3 Flint Rhem 8
4 Hal Carlson 7
4 5 others tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 69
2 George Uhle 55
3 Charlie Root 42
4 Earl Whitehill 41
5 Ted Blankenship 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 8
2 Hooks Dauss 4
3 Chick Davies 3
3 Sloppy Thurston 3
5 7 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .508
2 Pie Traynor .453
3 Kiki Cuyler .418
4 Max Bishop .415
5 Sam Rice .407

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cliff Heathcote 4
1 Harry Heilmann 4
1 Babe Ruth 4
1 Al Simmons 4
5 3 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 19
2 Tony Lazzeri 15
2 Earl Sheely 15
4 Al Simmons 14
4 Paul Waner 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 5
1 Sam Rice 5
3 Eddie Collins 4
3 Taylor Douthit 4
3 Tony Lazzeri 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Wells 0.63
2 Curly Ogden 0.64
3 Waite Hoyt 1.29
4 Joe Genewich 2.00
5 Don Songer 2.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 4
1 Herb Pennock 4
3 Hal Carlson 3
3 Sam Gray 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 23
2 George Uhle 20
3 Sam Gray 16
3 Jack Scott 16
5 Ted Blankenship 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Dauss 2
1 Firpo Marberry 2
1 Joe Pate 2
4 Clyde Barfoot 1
4 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .440
2 Pie Traynor .436
3 Kiki Cuyler .422
4 Max Bishop .389
5 Earl McNeely .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 12
2 Les Bell 6
2 Cliff Heathcote 6
2 Al Simmons 6
5 4 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 32
2 Babe Ruth 30
3 Goose Goslin 27
4 Tony Lazzeri 26
5 Earl Sheely 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 7
1 Bill Hunnefield 7
3 Tony Lazzeri 6
3 Bob Meusel 6
3 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doug McWeeny 1.62
2 Lefty Grove 2.04
3 Jesse Petty 2.20
4 Hal Wiltse 2.40
5 Pete Donohue 2.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Herb Pennock 7
2 Pete Donohue 6
2 Ted Lyons 6
2 Earl Whitehill 6
5 3 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 50
2 George Uhle 35
3 Earl Whitehill 27
4 Ted Blankenship 26
5 2 tied 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 7
2 Clyde Barfoot 2
2 Hooks Dauss 2
2 Chick Davies 2
2 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .385
2 Rogers Hornsby .385
3 Kiki Cuyler .366
4 Al Simmons .366
5 Eddie Collins .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 41
2 Rogers Hornsby 29
3 Jim Bottomley 28
4 Bob Meusel 27
5 Irish Meusel 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 145
2 Harry Heilmann 135
3 Rogers Hornsby 133
4 Earl Sheely 128
5 Bob Meusel 126

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 47
2 Max Carey 38
3 Johnny Mostil 34
4 Sam Rice 32
5 Frankie Frisch 28

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Stan Coveleski 2.79
2 Herb Pennock 2.80
3 Eppa Rixey 2.91
4 Pete Donohue 2.93
5 Dolf Luque 2.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 25
2 Pete Donohue 23
3 Herb Pennock 22
4 Ted Blankenship 21
5 Stan Coveleski 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 170
2 Lefty Grove 136
3 Howard Ehmke 116
4 Dolf Luque 113
5 Walter Johnson 106

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 21
2 Jess Doyle 7
3 Waite Hoyt 6
3 Elam Vangilder 6
3 Rube Walberg 6