On This Day

Sunday, April 21, 1929

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 3 1 .750 --
Indians 3 1 .750 0.0
Yankees 2 1 .667 0.5
Browns 4 2 .667 0.0
Red Sox 1 2 .333 1.5
Tigers 2 4 .333 2.0
White Sox 1 3 .250 2.0
Senators 1 3 .250 2.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 2 0 1.000 --
Braves 3 0 1.000 -0.5
Cubs 3 1 .750 0.0
Cardinals 3 2 .600 0.5
Phillies 2 2 .500 1.0
Pirates 2 2 .500 1.0
Reds 1 4 .200 2.5
Robins 0 5 .000 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rogers Hornsby 4
2 Harry Heilmann 3
2 Beauty McGowan 3
2 Marty McManus 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dale Alexander 1
1 Jimmy Dykes 1
1 Frank O'Rourke 1
1 Earl Whitehill 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dale Alexander 4
1 Harry Heilmann 4
3 Jimmy Dykes 3
3 Beauty McGowan 3
3 Earl Whitehill 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fresco Thompson 2
2 Jimmy Dykes 1
2 Roy Johnson 1
2 Tony Lazzeri 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Grove 1.00
2 Doug McWeeny 0.56
3 Alex Ferguson 0.50
4 Guy Bush 0.33
5 Clarence Mitchell 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Bush 1
1 Alex Ferguson 1
1 Lefty Grove 1
1 Earl Whitehill 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 6
2 Doug McWeeny 5
3 Tom Zachary 4
4 Alex Ferguson 3
5 2 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Harper .636
2 Rogers Hornsby .583
2 Charlie Jamieson .583
4 Babe Herman .524
5 Lu Blue .522

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chick Hafey 3
2 Earl Averill 2
2 Charlie Grimm 2
2 Lefty O'Doul 2
5 25 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dale Alexander 13
2 Harry Heilmann 10
3 Chick Hafey 9
4 Charlie Grimm 7
4 Hack Wilson 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lew Fonseca 3
2 Ossie Bluege 2
2 Harvey Hendrick 2
2 Babe Herman 2
2 4 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sheriff Blake 0.00
1 Guy Bush 0.00
1 Eddie Rommel 0.00
1 Hal Haid 0.00
1 Ad Liska 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Gray 2
1 Burleigh Grimes 2
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 Bill Bayne 1
3 27 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sam Gray 10
2 Lefty Grove 6
2 Pat Malone 6
2 Firpo Marberry 6
2 3 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Benton 1
1 Sarge Connally 1
1 Johnny Cooney 1
1 Hal Haid 1
1 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .392
2 Heinie Manush .380
3 Lou Gehrig .376
4 Paul Waner .371
5 Freddie Lindstrom .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 54
2 Jim Bottomley 31
3 Chick Hafey 30
3 Hack Wilson 30
5 Lou Gehrig 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 145
2 Babe Ruth 142
3 Jim Bottomley 134
4 Pie Traynor 124
5 Hack Wilson 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 36
2 Frankie Frisch 28
2 Buddy Myer 28
4 Johnny Mostil 23
5 Fresco Thompson 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.13
2 Sheriff Blake 2.51
3 Art Nehf 2.55
4 Lefty Grove 2.62
5 Herb Pennock 2.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 26
2 Lefty Grove 24
2 George Pipgras 24
4 Larry Benton 23
4 Waite Hoyt 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 189
2 Lefty Grove 180
3 Pat Malone 158
4 George Pipgras 129
5 2 tied 121

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Waite Hoyt 7
1 Ted Lyons 7
3 Hal Haid 6
3 Willis Hudlin 6
5 2 tied 5