On This Day

Thursday, July 21, 1927

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	65	25	.722	--
Senators	51	36	.586	12.5
Tigers	48	38	.558	15.0
Athletics	48	41	.539	16.5
White Sox	47	45	.511	19.0
Browns	36	50	.419	27.0
Indians	37	54	.407	28.5
Red Sox	23	66	.258	41.5

Games

Yankees 4, White Sox 1

Athletics 8, Indians 3

Tigers 7, Red Sox 3

Browns 5, Senators 4

Senators 2, Browns 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	54	34	.614	--
Pirates	51	33	.607	1.0
Cardinals	51	36	.586	2.5
Giants	48	44	.522	8.0
Robins	40	48	.455	14.0
Phillies	36	51	.414	17.5
Reds	36	52	.409	18.0
Braves	33	51	.393	19.0

Games

Reds 2, Robins 1

Braves 2, Pirates 1

Braves 5, Pirates 2

Cardinals 7, Giants 6

Phillies 7, Cubs 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Eddie Moore	5
2	Woody English	4
2	Goose Goslin	4
2	Tris Speaker	4
5	13 tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Frankie Frisch	1
1	Goose Goslin	1
1	Bill Regan	1
1	Johnny Schulte	1
1	Ken Williams	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Herschel Bennett	4
2	Frankie Frisch	3
2	Goose Goslin	3
2	Bill Terry	3
5	9 tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	1
1	Hughie Critz	1
1	Kiki Cuyler	1
1	Marty McManus	1
1	4 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Sarge Connally	0.88
2	Del Lundgren	0.44
3	Dolf Luque	0.38
4	Hod Lisenbee	0.31
5	Hub Pruett	0.30

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	1
1	Rip Collins	1
1	General Crowder	1
1	Kent Greenfield	1
1	5 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Sarge Connally	7
1	Del Lundgren	7
3	Dolf Luque	5
4	Hod Lisenbee	4
5	2 tied	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Bill Sherdel	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Al Simmons	.394
2	Lou Gehrig	.390
3	Paul Waner	.373
4	Bob Meusel	.368
5	Bing Miller	.368

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	87
4	Babe Ruth	83
5	Rogers Hornsby	79

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Wilcy Moore	2.51
2	Ted Lyons	2.52
3	Pete Alexander	2.69
4	Waite Hoyt	2.74
5	Jesse Haines	2.78

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	Bubbles Hargrave	.474
1	Johnny Neun	.474
3	Harry Heilmann	.462
4	Tris Speaker	.460
5	Al Simmons	.455

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Heilmann	23
2	Travis Jackson	19
2	Babe Ruth	19
2	Al Simmons	19
2	George Sisler	19

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Johnny Neun	9
2	Frankie Frisch	7
3	Jackie Tavener	6
4	Sam Rice	5
5	4 tied	4

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Rube Ehrhardt	0.69
2	Kent Greenfield	1.39
3	Pete Alexander	1.42
4	Charlie Root	1.44
5	Art Nehf	1.47

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	3
1	Larry Benton	3
1	Garland Braxton	3
1	Sarge Connally	3
1	6 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dazzy Vance	23
2	Lefty Grove	20
3	Kent Greenfield	16
4	Larry Benton	15
5	4 tied	13

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Bill Sherdel	3
2	Garland Braxton	2
2	Guy Bush	2
2	Wilcy Moore	2
2	2 others tied	2

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Tris Speaker	.424
2	Al Simmons	.423
3	Babe Ruth	.400
4	Edd Roush	.386
5	Lou Gehrig	.385

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	Goose Goslin	36
2	Al Simmons	36
5	George Sisler	34

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	Jesse Petty	1.90
3	Bump Hadley	1.97
4	Virgil Barnes	1.99
5	Jack Quinn	2.05

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	2 others tied	3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Al Simmons	.381
2	Harry Heilmann	.365
3	Babe Ruth	.364
4	Paul Waner	.357
5	Lou Gehrig	.355

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	49
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	146
4	Paul Waner	122
5	Jim Bottomley	119

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Guy Bush	2.20
2	Ray Kremer	2.55
3	Ted Lyons	2.61
4	Pete Alexander	2.66
5	Carl Mays	2.76

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Charlie Root	22
2	Lee Meadows	21
3	Jesse Haines	20
4	Pete Alexander	19
4	4 others 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