On This Day

Saturday, July 26, 1930

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	66	32	.673	--
Senators	58	38	.604	7.0
Yankees	55	41	.573	10.0
Indians	49	49	.500	17.0
Tigers	46	53	.465	20.5
White Sox	39	55	.415	25.0
Browns	38	58	.396	27.0
Red Sox	35	60	.368	29.5

Games

White Sox 4, Senators 1

Athletics 10, Indians 9

Tigers 12, Yankees 8

Browns 6, Red Sox 3

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Robins	55	37	.598	--
Cubs	56	39	.589	0.5
Giants	51	42	.548	4.5
Cardinals	46	46	.500	9.0
Braves	44	48	.478	11.0
Pirates	43	49	.467	12.0
Reds	42	50	.457	13.0
Phillies	31	57	.352	22.0

Games

Robins 8, Reds 5

Cardinals 5, Braves 4

Braves 6, Cardinals 5

Giants 10, Pirates 4

Cubs 16, Phillies 2

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Frankie Frisch	4
2	Sparky Adams	3
2	Dale Alexander	3
2	Earl Averill	3
2	19 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Hack Wilson	3
2	Mickey Cochrane	1
2	Freddie Fitzsimmons	1
2	Jimmie Foxx	1
2	11 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Hack Wilson	5
2	Mickey Cochrane	4
2	Liz Funk	4
2	Freddie Lindstrom	4
2	Glenn Myatt	4

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bill Akers	1
1	Footsie Blair	1
1	Adam Comorosky	1
1	Kiki Cuyler	1
1	6 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Ray Phelps	0.75
2	Lefty Stewart	0.67
3	Freddie Fitzsimmons	0.56
4	Bill Hallahan	0.55
5	Pat Caraway	0.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pat Caraway	1
1	George Earnshaw	1
1	Freddie Fitzsimmons	1
1	Burleigh Grimes	1
1	5 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	George Earnshaw	8
2	Bill Hallahan	6
2	Ray Phelps	6
2	Lefty Stewart	6
5	2 tied	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Al Grabowski	1
1	Eddie Rommel	1
1	Dazzy Vance	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Lefty O'Doul	.406
2	Chuck Klein	.404
3	Bill Terry	.395
4	Al Simmons	.389
5	Riggs Stephenson	.386

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	36
2	Hack Wilson	32
3	Lou Gehrig	29
4	Jimmie Foxx	28
5	2 tied	27

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Lou Gehrig	112
2	Chuck Klein	109
3	Jimmie Foxx	106
4	Al Simmons	103
5	Babe Ruth	99

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Kiki Cuyler	27
2	Marty McManus	15
3	Charlie Gehringer	14
3	Babe Herman	14
5	Sam Rice	13

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dazzy Vance	2.78
2	Lefty Grove	2.83
3	Bill Walker	2.85
4	Ad Liska	3.02
5	Milt Gaston	3.21

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Wes Ferrell	15
1	Ted Lyons	15
3	George Earnshaw	14
3	Lefty Grove	14
5	3 tied	12

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Lefty Grove	129
2	George Earnshaw	125
3	Bill Hallahan	102
4	Charlie Root	90
5	Dazzy Vance	89

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Garland Braxton	6
2	Hi Bell	5
2	Lefty Grove	5
2	Jack Quinn	5
2	Charlie Sullivan	5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Earl Averill	.514
2	Freddy Leach	.478
3	Carl Reynolds	.470
4	Bill Terry	.460
5	Tony Lazzeri	.434

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Lou Gehrig	8
1	Hack Wilson	8
3	Jimmie Foxx	6
3	Glenn Wright	6
5	4 tied	5

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Lou Gehrig	24
2	Earl Averill	22
2	Tony Cuccinello	22
2	Jimmie Foxx	22
2	Harry Rice	22

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Kiki Cuyler	7
2	Marty McManus	4
2	Bing Miller	4
4	Mickey Cochrane	3
4	4 others tied	3

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Hi Bell	1.50
2	Pat Malone	1.63
3	Sloppy Thurston	1.69
4	Heinie Meine	2.00
5	Jumbo Elliott	2.37

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Earl Whitehill	4
2	Wes Ferrell	3
2	Larry French	3
2	Lefty Grove	3
2	7 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Wes Ferrell	20
2	George Earnshaw	18
2	Bill Hallahan	18
4	Hal McKain	17
4	George Uhle	17

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Charlie Root	3
2	Ken Ash	1
2	Hi Bell	1
2	Larry Benton	1
2	20 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Earl Averill	.436
2	Freddy Leach	.434
3	Travis Jackson	.430
4	Lefty O'Doul	.417
5	Ed Morgan	.394

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Jimmie Foxx	10
1	Babe Ruth	10
1	Hack Wilson	10
4	Lou Gehrig	9
4	Al Simmons	9

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ed Morgan	42
2	Earl Averill	37
2	Jimmie Foxx	37
4	Lou Gehrig	36
4	Al Simmons	36

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Kiki Cuyler	10
2	Charlie Gehringer	8
3	Roy Johnson	7
3	Marty McManus	7
3	Bing Miller	7

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Hi Bell	1.63
2	Bob Smith	2.56
3	Pat Malone	2.79
4	George Uhle	2.81
5	Bill Walker	3.13

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Larry French	6
1	Firpo Marberry	6
1	Eddie Rommel	6
1	Earl Whitehill	6
5	5 tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	George Earnshaw	39
2	Bump Hadley	37
3	Dazzy Vance	32
4	Wes Ferrell	30
4	George Pipgras	30

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Charlie Root	3
2	Hi Bell	2
2	Archie Campbell	2
2	Lefty Grove	2
2	3 others tied	2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Lefty O'Doul	.405
2	Riggs Stephenson	.389
3	Bill Terry	.386
4	Al Simmons	.383
5	Chuck Klein	.377

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	60
2	Hack Wilson	45
3	Lou Gehrig	41
4	Chuck Klein	40
5	Jimmie Foxx	39

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Babe Ruth	175
2	Lou Gehrig	170
2	Chuck Klein	170
4	Al Simmons	165
5	Hack Wilson	163

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Kiki Cuyler	44
2	Charlie Gehringer	27
3	Marty McManus	25
3	Carl Reynolds	25
5	Sam Rice	23

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Bill Walker	2.62
2	Milt Gaston	3.12
3	Dazzy Vance	3.24
4	Lefty Grove	3.35
5	Tom Zachary	3.36

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Wes Ferrell	27
2	George Earnshaw	23
3	Pat Malone	22
4	Ted Lyons	21
5	3 tied	20

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	George Earnshaw	185
2	Lefty Grove	174
3	Pat Malone	153
4	Dazzy Vance	144
5	Bill Hallahan	142

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Garland Braxton	10
2	Lefty Grove	8
3	Steve Swetonic	7
4	Wes Ferrell	6
4	2 others tied	6