On This Day

Wednesday, May 28, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 27 10 .730 --
Athletics 23 14 .622 4.0
Indians 22 16 .579 5.5
Yankees 18 17 .514 8.0
Tigers 16 23 .410 12.0
Browns 15 22 .405 12.0
White Sox 14 21 .400 12.0
Red Sox 12 24 .333 14.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 23 14 .622 --
Robins 22 14 .611 0.5
Pirates 19 16 .543 3.0
Cubs 20 19 .513 4.0
Giants 17 18 .486 5.0
Braves 15 18 .455 6.0
Reds 14 22 .389 8.5
Phillies 11 20 .355 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Clyde Beck 2
1 Benny Frey 2
1 Harry Heilmann 2
1 Heinie Manush 2
1 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Kiki Cuyler 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kiki Cuyler 3
1 Randy Moore 3
3 Heinie Manush 2
3 Hack Wilson 2
5 12 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 1
1 Freddie Maguire 1
1 Randy Moore 1
1 Fred Schulte 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Stewart 0.50
2 Socks Seibold 0.33
3 Guy Bush 0.17
4 Benny Frey 0.15
5 Phil Collins 0.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Bush 1
1 Socks Seibold 1
1 Lefty Stewart 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Socks Seibold 3
1 Lefty Stewart 3
3 Guy Bush 2
3 Benny Frey 2
5 4 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pat Malone 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Rice .411
2 Paul Waner .405
3 Babe Herman .404
4 Lefty O'Doul .388
5 2 tied .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 14
2 Hack Wilson 13
3 Wally Berger 11
3 Chuck Klein 11
5 2 tied 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 41
1 Hack Wilson 41
3 Jimmie Foxx 40
3 Lou Gehrig 40
5 3 tied 39

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 11
2 Sam Rice 8
3 Paul Waner 7
4 Babe Herman 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ad Liska 1.58
2 Ted Lyons 1.86
3 George Pipgras 1.95
4 Benny Frey 2.10
5 Dazzy Vance 2.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 8
2 Wes Ferrell 7
2 Socks Seibold 7
2 Lefty Stewart 7
5 4 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 59
2 Bill Hallahan 53
3 George Earnshaw 46
4 Charlie Root 44
5 Hank Johnson 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Steve Swetonic 4
2 Hi Bell 3
2 Garland Braxton 3
2 Jim Lindsey 3
2 Hal McKain 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .468
2 Rogers Hornsby .452
3 Heinie Manush .438
4 George Grantham .422
5 Jim Bottomley .421

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 9
2 Wally Berger 6
3 Lou Gehrig 5
3 Smead Jolley 5
3 Mel Ott 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 23
2 Babe Ruth 20
3 Charlie Gelbert 16
4 Dale Alexander 15
4 Kiki Cuyler 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Babe Herman 5
1 Jimmie Wilson 5
3 Mel Ott 4
4 Ossie Bluege 3
4 6 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ad Liska 0.50
2 Dazzy Vance 0.67
3 George Pipgras 1.23
4 Ted Lyons 1.30
5 Sad Sam Jones 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sad Sam Jones 3
1 Dolf Luque 3
1 Ted Lyons 3
1 Socks Seibold 3
1 Dazzy Vance 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 21
2 Lefty Grove 19
3 Dazzy Vance 18
4 Whit Wyatt 15
5 Hal McKain 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hi Bell 2
1 Jim Lindsey 2
1 Hal McKain 2
1 Bob Smith 2
5 17 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Rice .420
2 Lefty O'Doul .415
3 Taylor Douthit .411
4 Babe Ruth .409
5 Babe Herman .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 12
2 Wally Berger 10
2 Jimmie Foxx 10
2 Hack Wilson 10
5 2 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 35
2 Babe Ruth 34
3 Lou Gehrig 33
4 Hack Wilson 32
5 Joe Judge 31

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 8
2 Sam Rice 7
3 Babe Herman 5
3 Ski Melillo 5
3 Jimmie Wilson 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Pipgras 0.94
2 Ted Lyons 1.37
3 Dazzy Vance 1.59
4 Ray Benge 1.69
5 Ad Liska 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 7
2 George Earnshaw 5
2 Wes Ferrell 5
2 Lefty Grove 5
2 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 45
2 Lefty Grove 40
3 Charlie Root 33
4 Bill Hallahan 32
5 Whit Wyatt 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hi Bell 3
1 Garland Braxton 3
1 Jim Lindsey 3
4 Wes Ferrell 2
4 7 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .395
2 Babe Herman .390
3 Rogers Hornsby .382
4 Bill Terry .378
5 Al Simmons .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 51
2 Chuck Klein 45
2 Hack Wilson 45
4 Mel Ott 41
5 Jimmie Foxx 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hack Wilson 171
2 Mel Ott 159
2 Babe Ruth 159
4 Al Simmons 158
5 Chuck Klein 153

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 43
2 Charlie Gehringer 28
3 Bill Cissell 26
4 Carl Reynolds 24
4 2 others tied 24

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.82
2 Milt Gaston 3.05
3 Lefty Stewart 3.09
4 Bill Walker 3.20
5 Firpo Marberry 3.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 26
2 Wes Ferrell 25
3 Pat Malone 21
3 Firpo Marberry 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 179
2 Lefty Grove 174
3 Pat Malone 159
4 Watty Clark 141
4 Charlie Root 141

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Morrison 9
1 Steve Swetonic 9
3 Guy Bush 8
3 Wilcy Moore 8
5 3 tied 7