On This Day

Monday, May 20, 1929

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 19 8 .704 --
Yankees 16 9 .640 2.0
Browns 17 11 .607 2.5
Tigers 18 14 .563 3.5
Indians 13 14 .481 6.0
White Sox 12 18 .400 8.5
Senators 8 17 .320 10.0
Red Sox 8 20 .286 11.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 18 9 .667 --
Cardinals 18 10 .643 0.5
Pirates 14 11 .560 3.0
Braves 14 12 .538 3.5
Phillies 11 13 .458 5.5
Reds 11 16 .407 7.0
Giants 9 15 .375 7.5
Robins 9 18 .333 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Lu Blue 3
1 Rube Bressler 3
1 Harvey Hendrick 3
1 Babe Herman 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Manush 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Riggs Stephenson 3
2 Rube Bressler 2
2 Bill Cissell 2
2 Jimmy Dykes 2
2 Harvey Hendrick 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Babe Herman 2
2 Mickey Cochrane 1
2 Kiki Cuyler 1
2 Jimmie Foxx 1
2 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Watty Clark 2.00
2 Red Lucas 0.38
3 Guy Bush 0.38
4 Eddie Rommel 0.25
5 Red Ruffing 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Bush 1
1 Watty Clark 1
1 Sam Gray 1
1 Jesse Haines 1
1 Eddie Rommel 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Lucas 5
2 Watty Clark 4
2 Ralph Judd 4
2 Red Ruffing 4
5 Guy Bush 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harvey Hendrick .410
2 Willie Kamm .402
3 Andy High .394
4 Charlie Jamieson .388
5 2 tied .384

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 10
2 Lou Gehrig 9
3 Chuck Klein 8
4 Lefty O'Doul 7
4 2 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 35
2 Dale Alexander 28
2 Charlie Grimm 28
2 Al Simmons 28
5 5 tied 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 9
1 Evar Swanson 9
3 Babe Herman 8
4 Ethan Allen 7
4 Jake Flowers 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Syl Johnson 0.00
2 Jake Miller 0.87
3 George Uhle 1.43
4 Eddie Rommel 1.59
5 Dolf Luque 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Uhle 7
2 Burleigh Grimes 6
3 Sam Gray 5
3 Lefty Grove 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 43
2 Dazzy Vance 34
3 Pat Malone 33
4 Sam Gray 28
4 2 others tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hal Haid 3
1 Lou Koupal 3
1 Firpo Marberry 3
1 Bill Shores 3
5 2 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harvey Hendrick .463
2 Willie Kamm .455
3 Harry Heilmann .438
4 Bernie Friberg .429
4 Lloyd Waner .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 6
1 Mel Ott 6
3 Earl Averill 3
3 Jim Bottomley 3
3 13 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 17
1 Chuck Klein 17
3 Earl Averill 16
3 Harry Heilmann 16
3 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Evar Swanson 9
2 Kiki Cuyler 8
3 Frankie Frisch 4
3 Babe Herman 4
5 2 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Syl Johnson 0.00
2 Jake Miller 0.52
3 Dolf Luque 0.64
4 Sheriff Blake 1.11
5 Lefty Grove 1.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry French 3
1 Burleigh Grimes 3
1 Syl Johnson 3
1 Charlie Root 3
1 George Uhle 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 20
2 George Pipgras 18
3 Watty Clark 16
3 Pat Malone 16
3 Earl Whitehill 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 2
1 Bill Shores 2
3 Ray Benge 1
3 Ben Cantwell 1
3 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Manush .385
2 Lou Gehrig .374
3 Rogers Hornsby .373
4 Goose Goslin .358
5 Chick Hafey .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 49
2 Hack Wilson 32
3 Jim Bottomley 31
4 Lou Gehrig 30
5 Chick Hafey 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 145
2 Jim Bottomley 142
2 Babe Ruth 142
4 Al Simmons 138
5 Hack Wilson 126

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 44
2 Buddy Myer 28
3 Frankie Frisch 25
4 Johnny Mostil 24
5 3 tied 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 1.92
2 Sheriff Blake 2.66
3 Lefty Grove 2.66
4 Sad Sam Jones 2.70
5 Tommy Thomas 2.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 27
2 Waite Hoyt 25
3 General Crowder 24
4 Lefty Grove 23
4 Bill Sherdel 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 198
2 Lefty Grove 177
3 Pat Malone 156
4 George Earnshaw 132
5 George Pipgras 131

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Waite Hoyt 8
2 Hal Haid 7
3 Willis Hudlin 6
4 Larry Benton 5
4 3 others tied 5