On This Day

Saturday, July 5, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 51 27 .654 --
Senators 47 25 .653 1.0
Yankees 43 30 .589 5.5
Indians 35 39 .473 14.0
Tigers 33 43 .434 17.0
Browns 30 45 .400 19.5
Red Sox 29 44 .397 19.5
White Sox 27 42 .391 19.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 45 29 .608 --
Robins 41 28 .594 1.5
Giants 38 33 .535 5.5
Cardinals 37 33 .529 6.0
Braves 35 35 .500 8.0
Pirates 32 38 .457 11.0
Reds 27 43 .386 16.0
Phillies 25 41 .379 16.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buster Chatham 4
1 Earl Clark 4
1 Freddie Maguire 4
1 Rabbit Maranville 4
1 4 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 2
2 Wally Berger 1
2 Charlie Berry 1
2 Earl Clark 1
2 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buster Chatham 5
2 Earl Clark 3
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 Smead Jolley 3
2 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 1
1 Taylor Douthit 1
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Dave Harris 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Roy Mahaffey 0.67
2 Red Faber 0.50
3 Carl Hubbell 0.42
4 Milt Gaston 0.35
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lloyd Brown 1
1 Ben Cantwell 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Bill Hallahan 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Milt Gaston 6
2 Carl Hubbell 5
3 Lloyd Brown 4
3 Red Faber 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hi Bell 1
1 Ed Brandt 1
1 Charlie Sullivan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .404
2 Lefty O'Doul .404
3 Lou Gehrig .393
4 Paul Waner .387
5 Al Simmons .384

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 32
2 Wally Berger 23
2 Hack Wilson 23
4 Jimmie Foxx 22
4 Chuck Klein 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 86
2 Babe Ruth 84
3 Jimmie Foxx 82
3 Chuck Klein 82
5 2 tied 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 20
2 Sam Rice 12
3 Charlie Gehringer 11
3 Babe Herman 11
5 Marty McManus 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.28
2 Lefty Grove 2.79
3 Bill Walker 2.81
4 Ad Liska 2.82
5 Milt Gaston 3.02

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 113
2 George Earnshaw 96
3 Bill Hallahan 82
4 Charlie Root 72
5 Dazzy Vance 66

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 6
2 Jack Quinn 5
2 Charlie Sullivan 5
4 Hi Bell 4
4 4 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .500
2 George Watkins .491
3 Bill Dickey .476
4 Joe Judge .474
5 Samuel Byrd .455

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 10
2 Al Simmons 8
3 Jimmie Foxx 6
3 Babe Herman 6
5 Gabby Hartnett 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kiki Cuyler 27
2 Babe Ruth 23
2 Al Simmons 23
4 Jimmie Foxx 20
5 2 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Gehringer 5
1 Roy Johnson 5
3 Frankie Frisch 4
3 Eric McNair 4
3 George Sisler 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hank Johnson 1.30
2 George Earnshaw 1.46
3 Bob Osborn 1.69
4 Danny MacFayden 1.73
5 Eddie Rommel 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Firpo Marberry 4
2 Lloyd Brown 3
2 Ben Cantwell 3
2 General Crowder 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 22
2 George Earnshaw 19
3 George Pipgras 17
4 Bump Hadley 16
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Smith 2
1 Charlie Sullivan 2
3 Pete Appleton 1
3 Hi Bell 1
3 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lou Gehrig .492
2 Chuck Klein .434
3 Lefty O'Doul .424
4 Bill Dickey .420
5 Gabby Hartnett .419

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 14
2 Gabby Hartnett 11
3 Jimmie Foxx 10
3 Lou Gehrig 10
3 Al Simmons 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 44
2 Kiki Cuyler 38
3 Chuck Klein 37
4 Jimmie Foxx 35
5 2 tied 34

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buster Chatham 7
2 Kiki Cuyler 6
2 Charlie Gehringer 6
2 George Sisler 6
5 4 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Walker 1.19
2 Hank Johnson 1.70
3 Danny MacFayden 2.14
4 Dazzy Vance 2.37
5 Bump Hadley 2.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Phil Collins 5
1 General Crowder 5
1 Danny MacFayden 5
4 Lloyd Brown 4
4 17 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 42
2 Lefty Grove 41
3 Dazzy Vance 30
4 Bump Hadley 28
5 George Pipgras 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 2
1 Hank Johnson 2
1 Hub Pruett 2
1 Bob Smith 2
1 Charlie Sullivan 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .417
2 Chuck Klein .383
3 Babe Herman .381
4 Rogers Hornsby .379
5 Bill Terry .376

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 61
2 Chuck Klein 46
3 Hack Wilson 43
4 Jimmie Foxx 40
5 2 tied 35

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 174
2 Chuck Klein 169
3 Hack Wilson 167
4 Al Simmons 155
5 Lou Gehrig 151

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 40
2 Charlie Gehringer 25
2 Carl Reynolds 25
2 Sam Rice 25
5 Marty McManus 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Walker 2.72
2 Firpo Marberry 3.10
3 Milt Gaston 3.11
4 Dazzy Vance 3.18
5 Lefty Grove 3.21

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 182
1 Lefty Grove 182
3 Pat Malone 150
4 Charlie Root 144
4 Dazzy Vance 144

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