On This Day

Wednesday, July 20, 1927

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 64 25 .719 --
Senators 51 35 .593 11.5
Tigers 47 38 .553 15.0
Athletics 47 41 .534 16.5
White Sox 47 44 .516 18.0
Browns 35 50 .412 27.0
Indians 37 53 .411 27.5
Red Sox 23 65 .261 40.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 51 31 .622 --
Cubs 54 33 .621 -0.5
Cardinals 50 36 .581 3.0
Giants 48 43 .527 7.5
Robins 40 47 .460 13.5
Phillies 35 51 .407 18.0
Reds 35 52 .402 18.5
Braves 31 51 .378 20.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Pie Traynor 5
1 Lloyd Waner 5
1 Jimmy Welsh 5
4 Eddie Moore 4
4 Dick Spalding 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Travis Jackson 2
2 Curt Walker 1
2 Cy Williams 1
2 Hack Wilson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Pie Traynor 5
2 Rube Bressler 3
2 Travis Jackson 3
2 Fresco Thompson 3
2 Glenn Wright 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 2
1 Harvey Hendrick 2
3 Dave Bancroft 1
3 Ray Blades 1
3 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Flint Rhem 0.67
2 Jumbo Elliott 0.64
3 Jesse Petty 0.57
4 Bob McGraw 0.50
5 Carmen Hill 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Joe Genewich 1
1 Carmen Hill 1
1 Jakie May 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jumbo Elliott 7
2 Carmen Hill 6
3 Jakie May 5
4 Clarence Mitchell 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .396
2 Lou Gehrig .391
3 Paul Waner .378
4 Bob Meusel .374
5 Harry Heilmann .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 31
2 Babe Ruth 30
3 Cy Williams 20
4 Rogers Hornsby 16
4 Hack Wilson 16

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 114
2 Al Simmons 100
3 Paul Waner 86
4 Babe Ruth 82
5 Rogers Hornsby 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 29
2 Sparky Adams 18
2 George Sisler 18
2 Jackie Tavener 18
5 Kiki Cuyler 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Wilcy Moore 2.51
2 Ted Lyons 2.52
3 Pete Alexander 2.64
4 Jesse Haines 2.69
5 Guy Bush 2.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Charlie Root 16
2 Jesse Haines 14
2 Carmen Hill 14
2 Ted Lyons 14
5 Tommy Thomas 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 119
2 Dazzy Vance 116
3 Charlie Root 89
4 Rube Walberg 81
5 Tommy Thomas 68

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .472
2 Bubbles Hargrave .471
3 Tris Speaker .455
4 Al Simmons .450
5 Johnny Neun .439

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Travis Jackson 5
1 Cy Williams 5
3 Babe Ruth 4
3 Al Simmons 4
3 Curt Walker 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 23
2 Al Simmons 21
3 George Sisler 20
4 Travis Jackson 18
4 2 others tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Neun 9
2 Frankie Frisch 7
2 Jackie Tavener 7
4 Sam Rice 5
5 4 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.00
2 Charlie Root 1.44
3 Art Nehf 1.47
4 Jesse Petty 1.54
5 Bump Hadley 1.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Benton 3
1 Garland Braxton 3
1 Sarge Connally 3
1 Sam Gibson 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 23
2 Lefty Grove 20
3 Rube Walberg 18
4 Sam Gibson 15
5 Kent Greenfield 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 2
1 Guy Bush 2
1 Wilcy Moore 2
1 Art Nehf 2
1 4 others tied 2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .432
2 Tris Speaker .419
3 Babe Ruth .398
4 Earle Combs .390
5 George Sisler .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 14
2 Cy Williams 9
3 Babe Ruth 8
4 Al Simmons 7
5 2 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 48
2 Bob Fothergill 36
2 Al Simmons 36
4 George Sisler 34
5 Goose Goslin 33

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 12
2 Johnny Neun 11
2 Jackie Tavener 11
4 George Sisler 10
5 Max Carey 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jumbo Elliott 1.60
2 Guy Bush 1.62
3 Bump Hadley 1.86
4 Jesse Petty 1.90
5 Virgil Barnes 1.99

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carmen Hill 6
1 Wilcy Moore 6
3 Hal Carlson 5
3 Sam Gibson 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 45
2 Dazzy Vance 42
3 Rube Walberg 28
4 Wilcy Moore 27
4 Red Ruffing 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 5
1 Firpo Marberry 5
3 Joe Pate 4
4 Wilcy Moore 3
4 Bob Shawkey 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .381
2 Babe Ruth .366
3 Harry Heilmann .363
4 Paul Waner .361
5 Lou Gehrig .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 50
2 Lou Gehrig 40
3 Cy Williams 31
4 Hack Wilson 23
5 Al Simmons 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 162
2 Al Simmons 150
3 Babe Ruth 148
4 Paul Waner 122
5 Jim Bottomley 119

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 36
2 Sparky Adams 35
3 Kiki Cuyler 34
4 Johnny Mostil 23
5 Jackie Tavener 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Guy Bush 2.00
2 Ray Kremer 2.59
3 Ted Lyons 2.61
4 Pete Alexander 2.63
5 Carl Mays 2.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Charlie Root 22
2 Lee Meadows 21
3 Jesse Haines 20
3 Ray Kremer 20
5 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 181
2 Lefty Grove 180
3 Charlie Root 138
4 Tommy Thomas 127
5 George Uhle 116

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 14
2 Lefty Grove 10
2 Joe Pate 10
4 Garland Braxton 8
5 2 tied 7