On This Day

Thursday, April 28, 1927

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 8 4 .667 --
Athletics 8 5 .615 0.5
Browns 6 5 .545 1.5
Senators 7 6 .538 1.5
White Sox 8 7 .533 1.5
Tigers 5 5 .500 2.0
Indians 6 8 .429 3.0
Red Sox 2 10 .167 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 9 4 .692 --
Phillies 8 4 .667 0.5
Cardinals 8 4 .667 0.5
Pirates 8 5 .615 1.0
Braves 8 7 .533 2.0
Cubs 6 7 .462 3.0
Reds 4 10 .286 5.5
Robins 2 12 .143 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sparky Adams 3
1 Ossie Bluege 3
1 Bibb Falk 3
1 Bob Fothergill 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gabby Hartnett 1
1 Babe Herman 1
1 Jay Partridge 1
1 Edd Roush 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Russ Wrightstone 5
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 Charlie Grimm 3
2 Bill Lamar 3
2 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Bishop 1
1 Ossie Bluege 1
1 Taylor Douthit 1
1 Charlie Grimm 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tommy Thomas 0.62
2 Doug McWeeny 0.60
3 Alex Ferguson 0.57
4 Carl Mays 0.50
5 George Uhle 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Virgil Barnes 1
1 Art Decatur 1
1 Ken Holloway 1
1 Flint Rhem 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Doug McWeeny 6
2 Tommy Thomas 5
2 George Uhle 5
4 Alex Ferguson 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Earl Whitehill 1
1 Claude Willoughby 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bob Fothergill .500
2 Lou Gehrig .447
3 Al Simmons .444
4 Rogers Hornsby .438
5 Goose Goslin .434

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 4
1 Cy Williams 4
3 Babe Ruth 3
3 Earl Webb 3
3 Russ Wrightstone 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 21
2 Bill Terry 19
3 Al Simmons 17
4 Bob Meusel 15
5 5 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Al Simmons 6
2 Kiki Cuyler 5
2 Goose Goslin 5
2 Joe Judge 5
2 Ty Tyson 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Haines 0.33
2 Flint Rhem 0.50
3 Willis Hudlin 1.53
4 Urban Shocker 1.65
5 Firpo Marberry 1.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lee Meadows 4
2 Virgil Barnes 3
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 3
2 Jesse Haines 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Charlie Root 21
2 Lefty Grove 17
2 Waite Hoyt 17
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 15
4 Rube Walberg 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 2
1 George Mogridge 2
1 Johnny Morrison 2
1 Claude Willoughby 2
5 13 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .374
2 Heinie Manush .371
3 Babe Ruth .360
4 George Burns .356
5 Al Simmons .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 47
2 Hack Wilson 22
3 Al Simmons 20
4 Lou Gehrig 19
4 Cy Williams 19

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 135
2 Al Simmons 125
3 Tony Lazzeri 121
4 Lou Gehrig 118
5 Jim Bottomley 114

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 37
2 Johnny Mostil 34
3 Sparky Adams 28
3 Taylor Douthit 28
5 Bill Hunnefield 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ray Kremer 2.35
2 Lefty Grove 2.56
3 Rube Walberg 2.77
4 Charlie Root 2.80
5 Jesse Haines 2.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 26
2 Lee Meadows 23
3 Ray Kremer 22
3 Herb Pennock 22
5 Pete Donohue 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 206
2 George Uhle 164
3 Dazzy Vance 149
4 Charlie Root 134
5 Tommy Thomas 132

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 23
2 Hooks Dauss 8
3 Joe Pate 7
4 Lefty Grove 6
5 6 tied 5