On This Day

Friday, August 8, 1930

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 75 37 .670 --
Senators 65 43 .602 8.0
Yankees 65 46 .586 9.5
Indians 56 54 .509 18.0
Tigers 54 57 .486 20.5
White Sox 44 65 .404 29.5
Browns 44 67 .396 30.5
Red Sox 38 72 .345 36.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 66 41 .617 --
Cubs 62 44 .585 3.5
Giants 60 46 .566 5.5
Cardinals 53 52 .505 12.0
Pirates 50 54 .481 14.5
Braves 50 57 .467 16.0
Reds 44 57 .436 19.0
Phillies 35 69 .337 29.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Shanty Hogan 6
2 Joe Cronin 4
2 Babe Herman 4
2 Bing Miller 4
2 3 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Herman 2
2 Wally Berger 1
2 Footsie Blair 1
2 Adam Comorosky 1
2 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 5
1 Bill Terry 5
3 Babe Herman 4
4 Charlie Grimm 3
4 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Cissell 1
1 Earle Combs 1
1 Tony Cuccinello 1
1 Cliff Heathcote 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Shores 1.20
2 Lefty Grove 0.67
3 Carl Fischer 0.58
4 George Pipgras 0.43
5 Guy Bush 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lloyd Brown 1
1 Guy Bush 1
1 Hap Collard 1
1 Lefty Grove 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Fischer 7
2 Lefty Grove 6
2 Bill Shores 6
4 Hap Collard 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ray Benge 1
1 Milt Gaston 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .409
2 Babe Herman .404
3 Chuck Klein .403
4 Lefty O'Doul .394
5 Al Simmons .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 41
2 Hack Wilson 36
3 Lou Gehrig 33
4 Jimmie Foxx 31
5 Chuck Klein 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 136
2 Chuck Klein 123
3 Al Simmons 119
4 Jimmie Foxx 116
5 2 tied 114

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 28
2 Charlie Gehringer 17
3 Babe Herman 16
4 Marty McManus 15
5 2 tied 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.67
2 Lefty Grove 2.83
3 Bill Walker 3.05
4 Ad Liska 3.20
5 George Uhle 3.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 18
1 Lefty Grove 18
3 Ted Lyons 17
4 George Earnshaw 16
5 Ray Kremer 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 146
2 George Earnshaw 135
3 Bill Hallahan 114
4 Charlie Root 108
5 Dazzy Vance 103

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hi Bell 6
1 Garland Braxton 6
1 Lefty Grove 6
4 Watty Clark 5
4 3 others tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .522
2 Babe Herman .500
3 John Stone .462
4 Frankie Frisch .424
5 Johnny Frederick .421

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 7
2 Goose Goslin 6
2 Chick Hafey 6
2 Al Simmons 6
2 Bill Terry 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 27
2 Chick Hafey 24
2 Glenn Wright 24
4 Babe Herman 23
5 Hack Wilson 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 4
1 Bing Miller 4
3 Bill Cissell 3
3 Hughie Critz 3
3 8 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.67
2 George Uhle 1.78
3 Dazzy Vance 1.80
4 Sad Sam Jones 2.16
5 Hub Pruett 2.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 5
2 Bill Sherdel 4
3 George Earnshaw 3
3 Wes Ferrell 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ruffing 21
2 Lefty Grove 19
3 George Earnshaw 18
3 Bill Hallahan 18
3 2 others tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Watty Clark 3
2 Fred Heimach 2
2 Charlie Root 2
4 Hi Bell 1
4 16 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .473
2 Earl Averill .446
3 Babe Herman .420
4 Carl Reynolds .413
5 Chuck Klein .411

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 12
1 Hack Wilson 12
3 Chick Hafey 11
4 Glenn Wright 10
5 4 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 50
2 Harry Rice 40
3 Glenn Wright 39
4 Chick Hafey 37
4 2 others tied 37

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 8
2 Bing Miller 7
3 Charlie Gehringer 6
4 Goose Goslin 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Uhle 2.03
2 Sloppy Thurston 2.43
3 Earl Whitehill 2.44
4 Hi Bell 2.76
5 Wes Ferrell 2.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 7
1 Lefty Grove 7
3 Earl Whitehill 6
4 George Earnshaw 5
4 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wes Ferrell 37
1 Dazzy Vance 37
3 Charlie Root 36
4 Lefty Grove 33
5 4 tied 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Root 4
2 Watty Clark 3
3 Hi Bell 2
3 Lefty Grove 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .408
2 Bill Terry .394
3 Chuck Klein .385
4 Riggs Stephenson .383
5 Babe Herman .379

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 59
2 Hack Wilson 45
3 Lou Gehrig 42
4 Chuck Klein 39
5 2 tied 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 181
2 Babe Ruth 171
3 Chuck Klein 170
4 Al Simmons 162
5 Hack Wilson 161

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 42
2 Charlie Gehringer 29
3 Marty McManus 24
4 Bing Miller 23
5 2 tied 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.80
2 Bill Walker 2.80
3 Lefty Grove 3.14
4 Sad Sam Jones 3.22
5 Wes Ferrell 3.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 28
2 George Earnshaw 22
2 Ted Lyons 22
2 Firpo Marberry 22
5 2 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 184
2 George Earnshaw 179
3 Charlie Root 151
4 Bill Hallahan 148
4 Dazzy Vance 148

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 9
2 Lefty Grove 8
2 Steve Swetonic 8
4 Hi Bell 6
4 2 others tied 6