On This Day

Monday, July 11, 1927

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 57 24 .704 --
Senators 46 32 .590 9.5
White Sox 45 37 .549 12.5
Tigers 42 36 .538 13.5
Athletics 43 37 .538 13.5
Indians 34 46 .425 22.5
Browns 31 46 .403 24.0
Red Sox 19 59 .244 36.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 48 28 .632 --
Pirates 45 27 .625 1.0
Cardinals 44 33 .571 4.5
Giants 42 38 .525 8.0
Robins 37 41 .474 12.0
Phillies 31 45 .408 17.0
Braves 29 43 .403 17.0
Reds 28 49 .364 20.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Wattie Holm 3
1 Al Simmons 3
1 Frank Snyder 3
5 24 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Pat Collins 1
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 Ken Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Waite Hoyt 3
3 Bill Barrett 2
3 Pat Collins 2
3 9 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 2
2 Bill Barrett 1
2 Tony Lazzeri 1
2 Bob Meusel 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Elam Vangilder 0.19
2 Hub Pruett 0.17
3 Waite Hoyt 0.11
4 Danny MacFayden 0.08
5 Lil Stoner 0.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Sarge Connally 1
1 Waite Hoyt 1
1 Jing Johnson 1
1 Firpo Marberry 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hub Pruett 3
1 Elam Vangilder 3
3 George Grant 1
3 Slim Harriss 1
3 6 others tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Pate 1
1 Bob Shawkey 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .398
2 Lou Gehrig .397
3 Joe Harris .385
4 Paul Waner .385
5 Bing Miller .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 29
1 Babe Ruth 29
3 Rogers Hornsby 15
3 Cy Williams 15
3 Hack Wilson 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 102
2 Al Simmons 91
3 Paul Waner 79
4 Babe Ruth 76
5 Rogers Hornsby 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 26
2 Jackie Tavener 17
3 Sparky Adams 16
3 Kiki Cuyler 16
5 George Sisler 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ted Lyons 2.14
2 Tommy Thomas 2.53
3 Wilcy Moore 2.61
4 Jesse Haines 2.66
5 Waite Hoyt 2.68

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Charlie Root 15
2 Ted Lyons 14
3 Tommy Thomas 13
4 Jesse Haines 12
4 Carmen Hill 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 108
2 Dazzy Vance 96
3 Charlie Root 82
4 Rube Walberg 70
5 Tommy Thomas 66

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 8
2 Garland Braxton 7
3 Lefty Grove 6
3 Wilcy Moore 6
3 Joe Pate 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Muddy Ruel .476
2 Al Simmons .475
3 Johnny Neun .439
4 Lou Gehrig .431
5 2 tied .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 7
2 Tony Lazzeri 6
3 Babe Ruth 5
4 Bibb Falk 3
4 5 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 24
2 Tony Lazzeri 21
2 Babe Ruth 21
4 Bob Fothergill 20
4 2 others tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Neun 8
1 Jackie Tavener 8
3 Sam Rice 6
4 Max Carey 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Guy Bush 0.41
2 Bob Shawkey 0.54
3 Jumbo Elliott 0.90
4 Hal Carlson 0.95
5 Norman Plitt 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Bush 4
2 Hal Carlson 3
2 Sam Gibson 3
2 Lefty Grove 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 24
2 Burleigh Grimes 17
3 Sam Gibson 16
4 Walter Johnson 15
5 3 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 4
2 Garland Braxton 2
2 Benn Karr 2
2 Joe Pate 2
2 2 others tied 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .426
2 Babe Ruth .408
3 Paul Waner .406
4 Muddy Ruel .391
5 Edd Roush .388

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 15
2 Babe Ruth 11
3 Tony Lazzeri 8
4 Al Simmons 7
5 2 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 43
2 Al Simmons 35
3 Goose Goslin 32
3 Babe Ruth 32
5 Bob Fothergill 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 11
1 Jackie Tavener 11
3 Johnny Neun 8
3 Fresco Thompson 8
5 4 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Norman Plitt 1.03
2 Don Songer 2.01
3 Garland Braxton 2.12
4 Jumbo Elliott 2.45
5 Wilcy Moore 2.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Charlie Root 7
2 Lefty Grove 6
3 Hal Carlson 5
3 Carmen Hill 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 49
2 Dazzy Vance 31
3 Charlie Root 29
4 Burleigh Grimes 27
4 Red Ruffing 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 5
1 Joe Pate 5
3 Garland Braxton 4
3 Wilcy Moore 4
5 5 tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .375
2 Paul Waner .366
3 Babe Ruth .366
4 Heinie Manush .355
5 Lou Gehrig .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 49
2 Lou Gehrig 38
3 Cy Williams 26
4 Hack Wilson 24
5 2 tied 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 155
2 Al Simmons 143
3 Babe Ruth 142
4 Jim Bottomley 130
5 Paul Waner 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 37
2 Sparky Adams 35
3 Frankie Frisch 34
4 Johnny Mostil 23
4 Jackie Tavener 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Guy Bush 1.88
2 Ray Kremer 2.49
3 Ted Lyons 2.50
4 Carl Mays 2.61
5 Pete Alexander 2.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Charlie Root 22
2 Ray Kremer 21
2 Lee Meadows 21
4 Ted Lyons 20
4 Tommy Thomas 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 171
2 Dazzy Vance 166
3 Charlie Root 139
4 Tommy Thomas 130
5 George Uhle 124

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 16
2 Joe Pate 10
3 Lefty Grove 9
4 Garland Braxton 7
4 George Mogridge 7