On This Day

Wednesday, May 13, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 12 7 .632 --
Yankees 13 8 .619 0.0
Senators 13 11 .542 1.5
Tigers 14 12 .538 1.5
Indians 12 11 .522 2.0
White Sox 9 13 .409 4.5
Red Sox 9 13 .409 4.5
Browns 6 13 .316 6.0

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

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sam Rice 4
2 Mickey Cochrane 3
2 Tom Jenkins 3
2 Roy Johnson 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Averill 1
1 Mickey Cochrane 1
1 Bing Miller 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 2
1 Mickey Cochrane 2
1 Bob Fothergill 2
1 Willie Kamm 2
1 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Bishop 1
1 Bill Cissell 1
1 Jimmy Dykes 1
1 Heinie Manush 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lloyd Brown 0.50
1 George Earnshaw 0.50
3 Tommy Thomas 0.36
4 George Blaeholder 0.33
5 Milt Gaston 0.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lloyd Brown 1
1 George Earnshaw 1
1 Lefty Gomez 1
1 Earl Whitehill 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 6
2 George Blaeholder 4
2 Lloyd Brown 4
2 Milt Shoffner 4
2 Tommy Thomas 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .411
2 Dale Alexander .404
3 Lew Fonseca .396
4 Mickey Cochrane .370
5 Rick Ferrell .364

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 27
2 Lou Gehrig 24
3 Earl Averill 23
3 Al Simmons 23
5 2 tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Cissell 6
1 Roy Johnson 6
3 Wally Berger 5
3 Ben Chapman 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.26
2 Burleigh Grimes 1.62
3 Socks Seibold 1.64
4 Lloyd Brown 1.87
5 Jesse Haines 1.88

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roy Sherid 32
2 Ed Brandt 30
3 Lefty Grove 29
4 George Earnshaw 28
4 2 others tied 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 Al Simmons .526
2 Bob Fothergill .442
3 Lew Fonseca .420
4 Mickey Cochrane .417
4 Rick Ferrell .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Webb 4
2 Mickey Cochrane 3
2 Joe Cronin 3
2 Chuck Klein 3
5 13 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Cronin 15
1 Bob Fothergill 15
3 Joe Kuhel 14
4 Al Simmons 13
4 Lloyd Waner 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 3
1 Don Hurst 3
1 Roy Johnson 3
1 Pepper Martin 3
5 9 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.00
2 Bill Walker 0.56
3 Wilcy Moore 0.61
4 Vic Sorrell 0.67
5 Ed Baecht 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 3
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 3
3 Ray Benge 2
3 Ed Brandt 2
3 17 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 21
2 Lloyd Brown 17
3 Wes Ferrell 15
4 Ed Brandt 13
5 Fay Thomas 11

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 Bill Terry .379
3 Babe Herman .375
4 Freddie Lindstrom .375
5 Lou Gehrig .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 50
2 Babe Ruth 48
3 Lou Gehrig 40
4 Chuck Klein 39
5 2 tied 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 180
2 Hack Wilson 174
3 Chuck Klein 163
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 3.41
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 3 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 199
2 Lefty Grove 198
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 Hi Bell 7
3 Watty Clark 7
3 Jack Quinn 7