On This Day

Thursday, July 3, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 49 26 .653 --
Senators 44 25 .638 2.0
Yankees 43 27 .614 3.5
Indians 35 36 .493 12.0
Tigers 30 43 .411 18.0
Browns 29 43 .403 18.5
Red Sox 28 42 .400 18.5
White Sox 25 41 .379 19.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 40 26 .606 --
Cubs 43 28 .606 -0.5
Giants 36 32 .529 5.0
Cardinals 34 33 .507 6.5
Braves 32 34 .485 8.0
Pirates 31 36 .463 9.5
Reds 27 40 .403 13.5
Phillies 24 38 .387 14.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Cronin 3
2 Samuel Byrd 2
2 Ben Chapman 2
2 Lou Gehrig 2
2 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Cronin 2
1 Jimmie Foxx 2
1 Bing Miller 2
1 Harry Rice 2
1 George Sisler 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buster Chatham 1
1 Babe Ruth 1
1 George Sisler 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hank Johnson 0.43
2 Bob Smith 0.20
3 Glenn Spencer 0.14
4 Rube Walberg 0.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Quinn 1
1 Bob Smith 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hank Johnson 6
2 Glenn Spencer 2
3 Jack Quinn 1
3 Bob Smith 1
3 Rube Walberg 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Grove 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .401
2 Chuck Klein .401
3 Al Simmons .394
4 Mickey Cochrane .393
5 Sam Rice .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 31
2 Hack Wilson 23
3 Wally Berger 22
3 Jimmie Foxx 22
5 Lou Gehrig 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 84
2 Jimmie Foxx 82
2 Babe Ruth 82
4 Chuck Klein 78
5 Hack Wilson 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 19
2 Sam Rice 12
3 Charlie Gehringer 10
3 Babe Herman 10
5 7 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.08
2 Lefty Grove 2.66
3 Bill Walker 2.69
4 Ad Liska 2.82
5 Milt Gaston 2.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 11
1 Lefty Grove 11
1 Ted Lyons 11
4 George Earnshaw 10
4 3 others tied 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 109
2 George Earnshaw 96
3 Bill Hallahan 79
4 Charlie Root 69
5 Pat Malone 65

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 6
2 Jack Quinn 5
3 Lefty Grove 4
3 Hal McKain 4
3 2 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .500
2 George Watkins .478
3 Earle Combs .467
4 Dick Bartell .457
5 Bill Dickey .442

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 10
2 Jimmie Foxx 7
3 Kiki Cuyler 6
3 Al Simmons 6
5 2 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kiki Cuyler 27
2 Jimmie Foxx 22
2 Babe Ruth 22
4 Al Simmons 21
5 Tony Lazzeri 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Gehringer 4
1 Eric McNair 4
3 Ben Chapman 3
3 Buster Chatham 3
3 7 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 0.56
2 Bill Walker 0.59
3 George Earnshaw 1.08
4 Hank Johnson 1.30
5 Larry Benton 1.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 4
2 Larry Benton 3
2 Guy Bush 3
2 George Earnshaw 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 27
2 Lefty Grove 23
3 Bump Hadley 21
4 Pat Malone 18
5 George Pipgras 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Appleton 1
1 Garland Braxton 1
1 Archie Campbell 1
1 Ben Cantwell 1
1 11 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lou Gehrig .470
2 Earle Combs .433
3 Mickey Cochrane .432
4 Chuck Klein .425
5 Bill Dickey .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 15
2 Jimmie Foxx 11
2 Gabby Hartnett 11
4 Lou Gehrig 10
5 3 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 42
2 Kiki Cuyler 37
2 Babe Ruth 37
4 Jimmie Foxx 36
4 2 others tied 36

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buster Chatham 7
2 Kiki Cuyler 6
3 Charlie Gehringer 5
3 Lou Gehrig 5
3 George Sisler 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Walker 0.68
2 Fred Frankhouse 1.59
3 Hank Johnson 1.70
4 Dazzy Vance 1.85
5 Charlie Root 2.01

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Bush 5
1 General Crowder 5
1 George Earnshaw 5
1 Lefty Grove 5
1 Danny MacFayden 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 48
2 Lefty Grove 42
3 Pat Malone 29
3 George Pipgras 29
5 Bump Hadley 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 3
1 Jack Quinn 3
3 Hank Johnson 2
3 Hub Pruett 2
5 25 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .416
2 Chuck Klein .387
3 Rogers Hornsby .384
4 Bill Terry .384
5 Babe Herman .380

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 61
2 Chuck Klein 43
2 Hack Wilson 43
4 Jimmie Foxx 40
5 2 tied 35

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 177
2 Chuck Klein 167
3 Hack Wilson 166
4 Lou Gehrig 152
5 Al Simmons 151

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 39
2 Carl Reynolds 26
3 Charlie Gehringer 25
3 Sam Rice 25
5 Bill Cissell 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Walker 2.66
2 Milt Gaston 3.07
3 Lefty Grove 3.08
4 Dazzy Vance 3.12
5 Tom Zachary 3.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 27
2 George Earnshaw 24
3 Charlie Root 22
4 Ray Kremer 20
4 2 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 189
2 George Earnshaw 182
3 Pat Malone 154
4 Charlie Root 142
4 Dazzy Vance 142

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 10
2 Steve Swetonic 8
3 Wes Ferrell 7
3 Lefty Grove 7
3 2 others tied 7