On This Day

Tuesday, May 12, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 11 7 .611 --
Yankees 12 8 .600 0.0
Indians 12 10 .545 1.0
Senators 12 11 .522 1.5
Tigers 13 12 .520 1.5
White Sox 9 12 .429 3.5
Red Sox 9 12 .429 3.5
Browns 6 12 .333 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 14 4 .778 --
Giants 14 6 .700 1.0
Braves 13 9 .591 3.0
Cubs 11 8 .579 3.5
Pirates 11 12 .478 5.5
Phillies 9 12 .429 6.5
Robins 8 15 .348 8.5
Reds 3 17 .150 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Nick Cullop 4
2 Jimmie Foxx 3
2 Harvey Hendrick 3
2 Freddie Maguire 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Nick Cullop 1
1 Al Simmons 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Berger 2
1 Jimmie Foxx 2
1 Ray Hayworth 2
1 Edd Roush 2
5 11 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bing Miller 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Grove 0.67
2 Ed Brandt 0.55
3 Si Johnson 0.30
4 Vic Sorrell 0.25
5 Pat Caraway 0.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Brandt 1
1 Lefty Grove 1
1 Si Johnson 1
1 Vic Sorrell 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Brandt 6
2 Lefty Grove 4
3 Pat Caraway 3
3 Si Johnson 3
3 Vic Sorrell 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .420
2 Lew Fonseca .402
3 Dale Alexander .400
4 Rick Ferrell .371
5 Rogers Hornsby .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 6
1 Chuck Klein 6
3 Buzz Arlett 5
3 Al Simmons 5
3 John Stone 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Cronin 26
2 Lou Gehrig 23
2 Al Simmons 23
4 Earl Averill 21
5 Earl Webb 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Roy Johnson 6
2 Wally Berger 5
2 Ben Chapman 5
2 Bill Cissell 5
2 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.26
2 Burleigh Grimes 1.62
3 Socks Seibold 1.64
4 Jesse Haines 1.88
5 Lloyd Brown 2.01

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Brandt 5
1 Wes Ferrell 5
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 5
4 Burleigh Grimes 4
4 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roy Sherid 32
2 Ed Brandt 30
3 Lefty Grove 29
4 Wes Ferrell 28
4 Hank Johnson 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Lindsey 4
2 Bump Hadley 2
2 Jack Quinn 2
2 Bill Walker 2
5 15 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bob Fothergill .458
2 Rick Ferrell .432
3 Lew Fonseca .420
4 Sam West .389
5 Mickey Cochrane .387

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Webb 4
2 Joe Cronin 3
2 Chuck Klein 3
4 Buzz Arlett 2
4 13 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Cronin 15
2 Bob Fothergill 13
2 Al Simmons 13
2 Lloyd Waner 13
5 3 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 3
1 Don Hurst 3
1 Roy Johnson 3
1 Pepper Martin 3
5 7 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.00
2 George Earnshaw 0.50
3 Bill Walker 0.56
4 Wilcy Moore 0.61
5 Ed Baecht 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 3
2 Ray Benge 2
2 Ed Brandt 2
2 Pat Caraway 2
2 18 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 15
1 Wes Ferrell 15
3 Ed Brandt 13
3 Lloyd Brown 13
3 2 others tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Lindsey 2
1 Jack Quinn 2
3 Wes Ferrell 1
3 Lefty Grove 1
3 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .389
2 Freddie Lindstrom .377
3 Bill Terry .377
4 Lou Gehrig .375
5 Babe Herman .374

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 51
2 Babe Ruth 48
3 Lou Gehrig 41
4 Chuck Klein 39
5 2 tied 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 181
2 Hack Wilson 175
3 Chuck Klein 165
4 Al Simmons 161
5 Babe Ruth 151

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 32
2 Roy Johnson 21
3 Marty McManus 20
4 Ben Chapman 19
4 2 others tied 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.39
2 Dazzy Vance 2.51
3 Wes Ferrell 3.26
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 3.42
5 Burleigh Grimes 3.51

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 27
2 Wes Ferrell 25
3 Freddie Fitzsimmons 22
4 George Earnshaw 21
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 198
2 George Earnshaw 196
3 Dazzy Vance 175
4 Bump Hadley 159
5 Bill Hallahan 155

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Grove 9
1 Jim Lindsey 9
3 Jack Quinn 8
4 Hi Bell 7
4 Watty Clark 7