On This Day

Tuesday, October 1, 1929

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 102 46 .689 --
Yankees 88 64 .579 16.0
Indians 80 68 .541 22.0
Browns 76 72 .514 26.0
Senators 71 79 .473 32.0
Tigers 69 81 .460 34.0
White Sox 56 92 .378 46.0
Red Sox 56 96 .368 48.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 95 52 .646 --
Pirates 86 64 .573 10.5
Giants 82 66 .554 13.5
Cardinals 76 73 .510 20.0
Phillies 70 81 .464 27.0
Robins 70 81 .464 27.0
Reds 65 84 .436 31.0
Braves 54 97 .358 43.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
2 Riggs Stephenson 2
2 Evar Swanson 2
4 Hughie Critz 1
4 5 others tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hughie Critz 2
2 Norm McMillan 1
2 Riggs Stephenson 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Lucas 0.38
2 Guy Bush 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Lucas 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Lucas 3
2 Guy Bush 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .394
2 Babe Herman .386
3 Rogers Hornsby .380
4 Bill Terry .374
5 Lew Fonseca .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 46
2 Chuck Klein 42
2 Mel Ott 42
4 Rogers Hornsby 39
4 Hack Wilson 39

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hack Wilson 158
2 Babe Ruth 153
2 Al Simmons 153
4 Mel Ott 151
5 Rogers Hornsby 147

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 40
2 Evar Swanson 33
3 Charlie Gehringer 27
4 Frankie Frisch 25
5 Bing Miller 24

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.85
2 Bill Walker 3.09
3 Tommy Thomas 3.13
4 Firpo Marberry 3.13
5 Burleigh Grimes 3.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 23
2 Pat Malone 22
3 Wes Ferrell 20
3 Lefty Grove 20
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 167
2 Pat Malone 166
3 George Earnshaw 148
4 Watty Clark 138
5 Dazzy Vance 126

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 9
1 Wilcy Moore 9
3 Guy Bush 8
3 Johnny Morrison 8
5 Bill Shores 7

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lew Fonseca .475
2 Wally Gilbert .460
3 Rogers Hornsby .457
4 Hack Wilson .452
5 Chick Hafey .432

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 3
1 Chick Hafey 3
1 Babe Herman 3
1 Chuck Klein 3
1 Mel Ott 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 20
2 Pinky Whitney 17
3 Babe Herman 16
4 Chick Hafey 13
4 2 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Roy Johnson 5
1 Carl Reynolds 5
3 Sam Rice 4
4 Earle Combs 3
4 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal McKain 0.95
2 Al Grabowski 1.33
3 Firpo Marberry 1.35
4 Watty Clark 1.44
5 Jesse Petty 1.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Firpo Marberry 4
2 Phil Collins 3
2 Bill Walker 3
4 Watty Clark 2
4 14 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Watty Clark 19
2 Bump Hadley 18
3 Dazzy Vance 16
4 Al Grabowski 13
5 2 tied 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wes Ferrell 2
1 Milt Gaston 2
1 Les Sweetland 2
4 Johnny Cooney 1
4 10 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .483
2 Lefty O'Doul .421
3 Al Simmons .405
4 Hack Wilson .404
5 Riggs Stephenson .397

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 9
1 Mel Ott 9
3 Lou Gehrig 7
3 Chuck Klein 7
3 Babe Ruth 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 38
2 Rogers Hornsby 31
3 Hack Wilson 30
4 Don Hurst 28
5 3 tied 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 7
1 Charlie Gehringer 7
1 Bing Miller 7
1 Carl Reynolds 7
5 Roy Johnson 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ken Holloway 1.60
2 Bill Walker 1.83
3 Watty Clark 2.03
4 Jesse Petty 2.05
5 Firpo Marberry 2.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Firpo Marberry 7
2 Bill Walker 6
3 Phil Collins 5
4 Erv Brame 4
4 11 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pat Malone 36
2 Watty Clark 35
3 Bill Hallahan 31
4 Bump Hadley 28
5 Dazzy Vance 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wes Ferrell 3
1 Johnny Morrison 3
3 Johnny Cooney 2
3 Milt Gaston 2
3 Les Sweetland 2