On This Day

Saturday, May 16, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 15 7 .682 --
Senators 16 11 .593 1.5
Yankees 14 10 .583 2.0
Tigers 16 13 .552 2.5
Indians 12 14 .462 5.0
Red Sox 11 14 .440 5.5
White Sox 10 15 .400 6.5
Browns 6 16 .273 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 14 5 .737 --
Giants 15 7 .682 0.5
Braves 14 9 .609 2.0
Cubs 12 10 .545 3.5
Pirates 12 13 .480 5.0
Phillies 10 15 .400 7.0
Robins 10 15 .400 7.0
Reds 5 18 .217 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Kiki Cuyler 5
1 Woody English 5
3 Les Bell 4
3 Ski Melillo 4
3 Hack Wilson 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ethan Allen 1
1 Max Bishop 1
1 Ossie Bluege 1
1 Joe Cronin 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Don Hurst 4
2 Wally Berger 3
2 Max Bishop 3
2 Joe Boley 3
2 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 2
2 Jack Burns 1
2 Bill Cissell 1
2 Lew Fonseca 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dazzy Vance 1.17
2 Tommy Bridges 0.55
3 Tom Zachary 0.44
4 Lefty Grove 0.44
5 Carl Hubbell 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Berly 1
1 Tommy Bridges 1
1 Bobby Burke 1
1 Pat Caraway 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 7
1 Dazzy Vance 7
3 Tommy Bridges 6
4 Clise Dudley 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .414
2 Babe Ruth .393
3 Dale Alexander .385
4 Joe Cronin .382
5 Wally Roettger .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 8
2 Buzz Arlett 6
2 Lou Gehrig 6
2 Rogers Hornsby 6
2 Al Simmons 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Cronin 32
2 Lou Gehrig 30
3 Al Simmons 28
4 Earl Averill 26
5 2 tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Cissell 7
2 Roy Johnson 6
3 Wally Berger 5
3 Ben Chapman 5
3 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.26
2 Eddie Rommel 1.61
3 Burleigh Grimes 1.62
4 Socks Seibold 1.64
5 Lloyd Brown 1.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Brandt 5
1 Wes Ferrell 5
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 5
1 Rube Walberg 5
5 9 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 36
2 Roy Sherid 32
3 Ray Benge 30
3 Ed Brandt 30
5 Hank Johnson 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Lindsey 4
2 Wilcy Moore 3
3 Bump Hadley 2
3 Firpo Marberry 2
3 2 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .500
2 Rick Ferrell .471
3 Earl Averill .451
4 Joe Cronin .426
5 2 tied .419

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Cronin 17
2 Al Simmons 15
3 Lou Gehrig 14
3 Joe Kuhel 14
3 Earl Webb 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Carl Reynolds 5
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 Pepper Martin 3
4 Jack Burns 2
4 6 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.00
2 Wilcy Moore 0.43
3 Jakie May 0.55
4 Vic Sorrell 0.67
5 Eddie Rommel 0.84

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Walberg 3
2 Ray Benge 2
2 Ed Brandt 2
2 Tommy Bridges 2
2 18 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ray Benge 16
1 George Earnshaw 16
3 Lloyd Brown 15
3 Lefty Grove 15
3 Dazzy Vance 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 3
2 Jim Lindsey 2
2 Jack Quinn 2
4 Larry Benton 1
4 7 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .390
2 Bill Terry .382
3 Lou Gehrig .379
4 Babe Herman .374
5 Carl Reynolds .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 49
2 Babe Ruth 48
3 Lou Gehrig 42
4 Chuck Klein 40
5 Al Simmons 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 186
2 Hack Wilson 171
3 Chuck Klein 164
3 Al Simmons 164
5 Babe Ruth 152

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 33
2 Roy Johnson 21
3 Bill Cissell 20
3 Charlie Gehringer 20
3 2 others tied 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.45
2 Dazzy Vance 2.46
3 Burleigh Grimes 3.30
4 Wes Ferrell 3.41
5 Freddie Fitzsimmons 3.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 28
2 Wes Ferrell 25
3 Freddie Fitzsimmons 22
4 George Earnshaw 21
5 4 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 205
2 George Earnshaw 199
3 Dazzy Vance 182
4 Bump Hadley 162
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