On This Day

Thursday, May 14, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 13 7 .650 --
Yankees 14 8 .636 0.0
Senators 14 11 .560 1.5
Tigers 14 13 .519 2.5
Indians 12 12 .500 3.0
Red Sox 10 13 .435 4.5
White Sox 9 14 .391 5.5
Browns 6 14 .300 7.0

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 Lou Gehrig 3
1 Marty McManus 3
1 Jack Rothrock 3
1 John Stone 3
5 13 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 2
2 Johnny Burnett 1
2 Al Simmons 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 6
2 Johnny Burnett 2
2 Ray Hayworth 2
2 Sad Sam Jones 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Carl Reynolds 2
2 Charlie Gehringer 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Ruffing 0.50
2 Rube Walberg 0.33
3 Vic Frazier 0.11
4 Sad Sam Jones 0.08
4 Jake Miller 0.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sad Sam Jones 1
1 Hod Lisenbee 1
1 Red Ruffing 1
1 Rube Walberg 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ruffing 4
2 Rube Walberg 3
3 Dick Coffman 2
3 Ted Lyons 2
5 7 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .415
2 Bob Fothergill .410
3 Al Simmons .403
4 Dale Alexander .385
5 Sam West .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 6
1 Rogers Hornsby 6
1 Chuck Klein 6
1 Al Simmons 6
5 2 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 30
2 Joe Cronin 28
3 Al Simmons 25
4 Earl Averill 24
5 2 tied 21

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
1 Rube Walberg 5
5 6 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 Wilcy Moore 2
2 Jack Quinn 2
2 Bill Walker 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .500
2 Pie Traynor .436
3 Bob Fothergill .423
4 John Stone .420
5 Rick Ferrell .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Webb 4
2 Mickey Cochrane 3
2 Joe Cronin 3
2 Lou Gehrig 3
2 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Fothergill 15
1 Lou Gehrig 15
1 Al Simmons 15
4 Joe Cronin 14
4 2 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Carl Reynolds 4
2 Ben Chapman 3
2 Don Hurst 3
2 Roy Johnson 3
2 Pepper Martin 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.00
2 Wilcy Moore 0.48
3 Bill Walker 0.56
4 Vic Sorrell 0.67
5 Ray Benge 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 3
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 3
1 Rube Walberg 3
4 Ray Benge 2
4 16 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 21
2 Lloyd Brown 15
3 Ed Brandt 13
4 Fay Thomas 11
5 8 tied 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Lindsey 2
1 Wilcy Moore 2
1 Jack Quinn 2
4 Wes Ferrell 1
4 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .388
2 Lou Gehrig .380
3 Bill Terry .379
4 Freddie Lindstrom .376
5 Babe Herman .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 49
2 Babe Ruth 48
3 Lou Gehrig 42
4 Chuck Klein 38
5 Al Simmons 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 186
2 Hack Wilson 171
3 Al Simmons 161
4 Chuck Klein 159
5 Babe Ruth 152

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 31
2 Roy Johnson 21
3 Charlie Gehringer 20
3 Marty McManus 20
5 3 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