On This Day

Thursday, June 24, 1926

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 44 20 .688 --
White Sox 37 29 .561 8.0
Athletics 35 31 .530 10.0
Indians 35 31 .530 10.0
Tigers 33 32 .508 11.5
Senators 31 32 .492 12.5
Browns 25 39 .391 19.0
Red Sox 18 44 .290 25.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 37 26 .587 --
Pirates 34 24 .586 0.5
Cardinals 36 28 .563 1.5
Robins 32 29 .525 4.0
Cubs 31 31 .500 5.5
Giants 32 32 .500 5.5
Braves 23 37 .383 12.5
Phillies 21 39 .350 14.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frankie Frisch 7
1 Sam Rice 7
3 Freddy Leach 4
3 Freddie Lindstrom 4
3 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Knight 2
2 Ossie Bluege 1
2 Bibb Falk 1
2 Tony Lazzeri 1
2 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Knight 5
2 Freddie Lindstrom 4
2 Ross Youngs 4
4 Bibb Falk 3
4 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 Tony Lazzeri 1
1 Freddy Leach 1
1 Johnny Mokan 1
1 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Grove 0.80
2 Hal Wiltse 0.67
3 Jack Quinn 0.50
4 Stan Coveleski 0.38
5 James Edwards 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hugh McQuillan 1
1 Curly Ogden 1
1 Emilio Palmero 1
1 Jimmy Ring 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Wiltse 6
2 Lefty Grove 4
2 Jack Knight 4
2 Jack Quinn 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 1
1 Bill Morrell 1
1 Jack Scott 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .388
2 Harry Heilmann .377
3 George Burns .374
4 Kiki Cuyler .371
5 Bibb Falk .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 23
2 Jim Bottomley 10
2 Al Simmons 10
4 Tony Lazzeri 9
4 2 others tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 80
2 Hack Wilson 60
3 Jim Bottomley 56
4 Bob Meusel 55
5 Tony Lazzeri 54

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 14
2 Frankie Frisch 13
2 Bob Meusel 13
4 Bill Hunnefield 12
4 2 others tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 1.75
2 Jack Quinn 2.30
3 Jesse Petty 2.38
4 Ted Lyons 2.47
5 Ed Wells 2.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 12
1 Herb Pennock 12
3 Waite Hoyt 11
3 Flint Rhem 11
5 2 tied 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 100
2 George Uhle 73
3 Dazzy Vance 56
4 Earl Whitehill 55
5 Charlie Root 54

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 11
2 Hooks Dauss 5
3 Chick Davies 4
4 Rube Ehrhardt 3
4 3 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Baby Doll Jacobson .441
2 Heinie Manush .438
3 Curt Walker .431
4 Bubbles Hargrave .424
5 Harry Heilmann .421

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tony Lazzeri 5
2 Glenn Wright 3
3 Cedric Durst 2
3 Gus Felix 2
3 15 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 14
1 Lou Gehrig 14
3 Wally Pipp 13
3 Glenn Wright 13
3 Russ Wrightstone 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ross Youngs 7
2 Taylor Douthit 5
3 George Harper 4
3 Paul Waner 4
5 4 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Sherdel 0.00
1 Rube Walberg 0.00
3 Lefty Grove 0.36
4 Walter Beall 0.96
5 Jesse Haines 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Benton 3
1 Ted Blankenship 3
1 Pete Donohue 3
1 Jesse Petty 3
5 24 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Larry Benton 16
1 Lefty Grove 16
1 Dazzy Vance 16
4 Jesse Petty 14
5 2 tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 3
2 Rube Ehrhardt 2
3 Walter Beall 1
3 Rip Collins 1
3 11 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .456
2 Bibb Falk .400
3 Babe Ruth .398
4 Kiki Cuyler .396
4 Johnny Mostil .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 8
2 Tony Lazzeri 6
3 Harry Heilmann 5
3 Rogers Hornsby 5
5 5 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 30
2 Babe Ruth 29
3 George Burns 26
4 Lou Gehrig 24
4 2 others tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Taylor Douthit 9
1 Ross Youngs 9
3 Tony Lazzeri 6
4 Frankie Frisch 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 0.96
2 Jesse Haines 1.05
3 Ed Wells 1.53
4 Red Faber 1.62
5 Ted Lyons 2.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Kent Greenfield 5
1 Ted Lyons 5
1 Elam Vangilder 5
1 Tom Zachary 5
5 12 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 50
2 Dazzy Vance 40
3 George Uhle 34
4 Larry Benton 31
5 2 tied 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 5
2 Garland Braxton 2
2 Hooks Dauss 2
2 Rube Ehrhardt 2
2 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .384
2 Rogers Hornsby .366
3 Kiki Cuyler .364
4 Al Simmons .362
5 George Burns .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 45
2 Rogers Hornsby 27
3 Bob Meusel 26
4 Al Simmons 23
5 Jim Bottomley 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 141
2 Jim Bottomley 137
3 Harry Heilmann 133
4 Rogers Hornsby 130
5 2 tied 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 45
2 Max Carey 37
3 Frankie Frisch 32
4 Johnny Mostil 31
5 Sam Rice 29

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.68
2 Stan Coveleski 2.76
3 Ted Blankenship 2.87
4 Jesse Petty 2.90
5 Ted Lyons 2.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 25
2 Ted Blankenship 24
3 Pete Donohue 22
3 Herb Pennock 22
5 Waite Hoyt 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 180
2 Lefty Grove 152
3 Ted Blankenship 113
3 Howard Ehmke 113
5 Earl Whitehill 105

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 19
2 Jess Doyle 7
3 Elam Vangilder 6
4 Sarge Connally 5
4 5 others tied 5