On This Day

Thursday, April 25, 1929

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 4 2 .667 --
Browns 6 3 .667 -0.5
Yankees 3 2 .600 0.5
Indians 4 4 .500 1.0
Tigers 5 5 .500 1.0
Red Sox 2 3 .400 1.5
Senators 2 4 .333 2.0
White Sox 2 5 .286 2.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 3 1 .750 --
Braves 3 2 .600 0.5
Cardinals 4 3 .571 0.5
Cubs 4 3 .571 0.5
Phillies 3 3 .500 1.0
Pirates 3 3 .500 1.0
Reds 2 4 .333 2.0
Robins 2 5 .286 2.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Johnny Watwood 3
2 Bud Clancy 2
2 Charlie Gehringer 2
2 Willis Hudlin 2
2 5 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bud Clancy 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Marty McManus 3
2 Dale Alexander 1
2 Bud Clancy 1
2 Charlie Gehringer 1
2 3 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Gehringer 2
2 Harry Heilmann 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sam Gray 0.30
2 Emil Yde 0.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Gray 1
1 Emil Yde 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sam Gray 3
2 Sarge Connally 2
3 Emil Yde 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Jamieson .542
2 Lefty O'Doul .520
3 George Harper .500
4 Lu Blue .471
5 Babe Herman .467

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lu Blue 3
1 Chick Hafey 3
1 Lefty O'Doul 3
4 Earl Averill 2
4 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dale Alexander 15
2 Harry Heilmann 13
3 Marty McManus 12
4 Chick Hafey 10
5 2 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Flowers 3
1 Lew Fonseca 3
1 Freddie Lindstrom 3
1 Rabbit Maranville 3
1 Andy Reese 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Emil Yde 0.00
1 Guy Bush 0.00
1 Eddie Rommel 0.00
4 Tommy Thomas 0.53
5 Fred Heimach 0.84

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Gray 3
2 Wes Ferrell 2
2 Burleigh Grimes 2
2 Waite Hoyt 2
2 3 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sam Gray 13
2 Pat Malone 11
3 Bill Sherdel 10
4 Ed Morris 9
5 6 tied 8

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Benton 1
1 Sarge Connally 1
1 Johnny Cooney 1
1 Hal Haid 1
1 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .385
2 Lou Gehrig .379
3 Heinie Manush .378
4 Paul Waner .367
5 Freddie Lindstrom .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 52
2 Jim Bottomley 31
3 Chick Hafey 30
4 Hack Wilson 29
5 Lou Gehrig 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 145
2 Babe Ruth 141
3 Jim Bottomley 131
4 Pie Traynor 122
5 Chick Hafey 119

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 36
2 Buddy Myer 29
3 Frankie Frisch 27
4 Johnny Mostil 23
5 Fresco Thompson 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.05
2 Art Nehf 2.45
3 Lefty Grove 2.62
4 Sheriff Blake 2.73
5 Pat Malone 2.74

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 196
2 Lefty Grove 180
3 Pat Malone 156
4 George Pipgras 129
5 George Earnshaw 121

Saves

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