On This Day

Saturday, September 25, 1926

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 91 61 .599 --
Indians 87 64 .576 3.5
Athletics 81 66 .551 7.5
Senators 81 68 .544 8.5
White Sox 80 72 .526 11.0
Tigers 77 75 .507 14.0
Browns 60 92 .395 31.0
Red Sox 46 105 .305 44.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 89 64 .582 --
Reds 86 67 .562 3.0
Pirates 84 69 .549 5.0
Cubs 82 70 .539 6.5
Giants 72 77 .483 15.0
Robins 69 82 .457 19.0
Braves 64 85 .430 23.0
Phillies 57 89 .390 28.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Babe Ruth 5
2 Cliff Heathcote 4
2 Wally Schang 4
2 Jack Scott 4
2 3 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 3
2 Bill Barrett 1
2 Blackie Carter 1
2 Lou Gehrig 1
2 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 8
2 Jack Scott 5
3 Earle Combs 3
3 Joe Cronin 3
3 5 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Earl McNeely 2
2 Ossie Bluege 1
2 Eddie Brown 1
2 Kiki Cuyler 1
2 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Johnson 0.43
2 Sheriff Blake 0.40
3 Dutch Ulrich 0.38
4 Waite Hoyt 0.31
5 Ted Blankenship 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sheriff Blake 1
1 Joe Genewich 1
1 Waite Hoyt 1
1 Firpo Marberry 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Waite Hoyt 4
2 Ted Blankenship 3
2 Walter Johnson 3
2 Firpo Marberry 3
2 Dutch Ulrich 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Charlie Root 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .372
2 Heinie Manush .372
3 Harry Heilmann .364
4 George Burns .359
5 Goose Goslin .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 47
2 Hack Wilson 21
3 Jim Bottomley 19
3 Al Simmons 19
5 2 tied 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 153
2 Jim Bottomley 120
3 Tony Lazzeri 117
4 George Burns 111
5 2 tied 109

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 35
1 Johnny Mostil 35
3 Sparky Adams 27
4 Taylor Douthit 26
5 Bill Hunnefield 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.46
2 Ray Kremer 2.61
3 Charlie Root 2.75
4 Guy Bush 2.78
5 George Uhle 2.79

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 26
2 Herb Pennock 23
3 Ray Kremer 20
3 Lee Meadows 20
3 Flint Rhem 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 197
2 George Uhle 156
3 Tommy Thomas 128
4 Charlie Root 127
5 2 tied 125

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 22
2 Hooks Dauss 9
3 Chick Davies 6
3 Lefty Grove 6
3 Joe Pate 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Paul Waner .455
2 Travis Jackson .422
3 Jim Bottomley .421
4 Rube Lutzke .400
5 Al Simmons .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 6
2 George Grantham 4
3 Jim Bottomley 3
3 Lou Gehrig 3
3 Paul Waner 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 20
2 Paul Waner 18
3 Babe Ruth 16
4 Al Simmons 13
5 3 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 8
2 Taylor Douthit 7
3 Sparky Adams 5
3 Kiki Cuyler 5
5 Earl McNeely 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Garland Buckeye 0.50
2 Foster Edwards 0.54
3 Guy Bush 0.60
4 Sloppy Thurston 0.61
5 2 tied 0.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sheriff Blake 3
1 Joe Genewich 3
1 Tommy Thomas 3
1 George Uhle 3
1 Rube Walberg 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Uhle 19
2 Sam Gray 14
2 Dazzy Vance 14
4 Walter Johnson 13
4 Dolf Luque 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 3
2 Bullet Joe Bush 2
2 Hooks Dauss 2
2 Joe Pate 2
5 15 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Freddy Leach .412
2 Heinie Manush .398
3 Al Simmons .398
4 Cy Williams .394
5 Travis Jackson .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 8
2 Cy Williams 7
3 George Grantham 4
4 Bill Barrett 3
4 15 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 31
2 Jim Bottomley 24
2 Rogers Hornsby 24
2 Paul Waner 24
5 2 tied 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 13
2 Earl McNeely 9
3 Taylor Douthit 8
4 Kiki Cuyler 7
5 3 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Foster Edwards 0.72
2 Garland Buckeye 0.86
3 Dutch Ulrich 1.20
4 Sloppy Thurston 1.38
5 Pete Donohue 1.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 5
1 Ray Kremer 5
1 Lee Meadows 5
1 George Murray 5
1 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 33
2 George Uhle 32
3 Tommy Thomas 30
4 Dazzy Vance 24
5 Sarge Connally 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sarge Connally 3
1 Firpo Marberry 3
1 Joe Pate 3
4 Bullet Joe Bush 2
4 4 others tied 2