On This Day

Sunday, May 12, 1929

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 13 6 .684 --
Yankees 13 6 .684 0.0
Browns 13 9 .591 1.5
Tigers 14 11 .560 2.0
Indians 10 12 .455 4.5
Senators 7 12 .368 6.0
White Sox 8 14 .364 6.5
Red Sox 6 14 .300 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 14 7 .667 --
Cubs 13 7 .650 0.5
Braves 10 8 .556 2.5
Pirates 9 9 .500 3.5
Phillies 8 10 .444 4.5
Giants 7 9 .438 4.5
Reds 9 12 .429 5.0
Robins 6 14 .300 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Kiki Cuyler 4
1 Frankie Frisch 4
1 Willie Kamm 4
1 Beauty McGowan 4
1 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Kiki Cuyler 1
1 Taylor Douthit 1
1 Gabby Hartnett 1
1 Freddie Lindstrom 1
1 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Taylor Douthit 3
1 Frankie Frisch 3
1 Gabby Hartnett 3
1 Freddie Lindstrom 3
1 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 2
2 Earl Clark 1
2 Kiki Cuyler 1
2 Fred Schulte 1
2 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Faber 0.40
2 Carl Hubbell 0.33
2 Doug McWeeny 0.33
4 Earl Whitehill 0.31
5 Rip Collins 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rip Collins 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Eppa Rixey 1
1 Bill Sherdel 1
1 Earl Whitehill 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Whitehill 4
2 Carl Hubbell 3
2 Carl Mays 3
4 Win Ballou 2
4 6 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lil Stoner 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Riggs Stephenson .429
2 Charlie Jamieson .423
3 Frankie Frisch .414
4 Jimmie Foxx .391
5 Taylor Douthit .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 7
1 Mel Ott 7
3 Babe Ruth 6
3 Hack Wilson 6
5 4 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 30
2 Dale Alexander 25
3 Charlie Grimm 22
3 Chick Hafey 22
3 Hack Wilson 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Flowers 7
2 Ethan Allen 5
2 Kiki Cuyler 5
2 Woody English 5
2 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jake Miller 0.82
2 George Uhle 1.20
3 Dazzy Vance 1.80
4 Ad Liska 1.82
5 Larry Benton 1.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pat Malone 5
1 George Uhle 5
3 Garland Braxton 4
3 Sam Gray 4
3 5 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 32
2 Dazzy Vance 30
3 Pat Malone 24
4 Rube Walberg 21
5 2 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hal Haid 3
2 Mike Cvengros 2
2 Lou Koupal 2
2 Firpo Marberry 2
2 2 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .475
2 Bernie Friberg .439
3 Buddy Myer .436
4 Riggs Stephenson .435
5 Taylor Douthit .423

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 5
1 Babe Ruth 5
1 Hack Wilson 5
4 Taylor Douthit 4
4 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 18
2 Harry Heilmann 16
3 Tony Lazzeri 15
4 Lou Gehrig 14
4 2 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 5
1 Evar Swanson 5
3 Hughie Critz 3
3 Woody English 3
3 Roy Johnson 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Augie Prudhomme 0.56
2 Jake Miller 0.69
3 Erv Brame 0.73
4 Red Lucas 1.00
4 Pat Malone 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 3
1 Charlie Root 3
1 Bill Sherdel 3
4 Garland Braxton 2
4 19 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 23
2 Lefty Grove 20
3 Charlie Root 18
4 Sheriff Blake 13
4 Rube Walberg 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hal Haid 2
1 Bill Shores 2
3 Ray Benge 1
3 Ben Cantwell 1
3 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .380
2 Lou Gehrig .379
3 Heinie Manush .377
4 Goose Goslin .369
5 Paul Waner .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 53
2 Hack Wilson 33
3 Jim Bottomley 31
4 Lou Gehrig 30
5 Chick Hafey 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 148
2 Babe Ruth 144
3 Jim Bottomley 135
4 Al Simmons 131
5 Hack Wilson 126

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 40
2 Buddy Myer 28
3 Frankie Frisch 25
4 Johnny Mostil 23
5 Fresco Thompson 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 1.81
2 Lefty Grove 2.61
3 Sheriff Blake 2.67
4 Herb Pennock 2.77
5 Pat Malone 2.79

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Waite Hoyt 26
2 Burleigh Grimes 25
3 Lefty Grove 24
3 Bill Sherdel 24
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 199
2 Lefty Grove 188
3 Pat Malone 156
4 George Earnshaw 127
5 2 tied 123

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Waite Hoyt 8
2 Hal Haid 7
3 Willis Hudlin 6
3 Ted Lyons 6
5 3 tied 5