On This Day

Wednesday, June 17, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 40 13 .755 --
Senators 39 17 .696 2.5
Yankees 27 22 .551 11.0
Indians 26 28 .481 14.5
Red Sox 20 30 .400 18.5
White Sox 19 31 .380 19.5
Tigers 21 35 .375 20.5
Browns 17 33 .340 21.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 34 16 .680 --
Giants 31 19 .620 3.0
Cubs 30 21 .588 4.5
Braves 27 25 .519 8.0
Robins 25 28 .472 10.5
Pirates 21 30 .412 13.5
Phillies 20 31 .392 14.5
Reds 18 36 .333 18.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ossie Bluege 3
1 Adam Comorosky 3
1 Wally Gilbert 3
1 Dave Harris 3
1 Bing Miller 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ed Morgan 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dave Harris 3
2 Heinie Manush 2
2 Earl McNeely 2
4 Ossie Bluege 1
4 14 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Earnshaw 0.67
2 Watty Clark 0.43
3 Wes Ferrell 0.30
4 General Crowder 0.21
5 Heinie Meine 0.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Watty Clark 1
1 George Earnshaw 1
1 Firpo Marberry 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 6
2 Watty Clark 3
2 General Crowder 3
2 Wes Ferrell 3
5 2 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harvey Hendrick .397
2 Babe Ruth .385
3 Mickey Cochrane .385
4 Goose Goslin .374
5 Al Simmons .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 17
2 Jimmie Foxx 13
3 Buzz Arlett 11
3 Lou Gehrig 11
3 Babe Ruth 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Cronin 57
2 Jimmie Foxx 54
3 Lou Gehrig 53
4 Ossie Bluege 49
5 Chuck Klein 48

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 20
2 Roy Johnson 16
3 Bill Cissell 12
4 Adam Comorosky 8
4 Willie Kamm 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 1.74
2 Ed Morris 1.94
3 George Uhle 2.37
4 Tom Zachary 2.44
5 Jack Berly 2.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 11
1 Lefty Grove 11
3 Rube Walberg 10
4 Ed Brandt 9
4 Wes Ferrell 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 81
2 Lefty Grove 68
3 Wes Ferrell 50
4 Ed Brandt 49
4 Charlie Root 49

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 6
1 Jack Quinn 6
3 Jim Lindsey 5
4 Bump Hadley 4
4 Firpo Marberry 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmy Dykes .464
2 Ripper Collins .456
3 Bill Terry .444
4 Goose Goslin .439
5 Mel Ott .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Berger 5
1 Jimmie Foxx 5
3 Chuck Klein 4
3 Hack Wilson 4
5 3 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 20
2 Dave Harris 17
3 Wally Berger 16
3 Frankie Frisch 16
5 3 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 9
2 Roy Johnson 4
3 Rollie Hemsley 3
3 Mark Koenig 3
3 4 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bump Hadley 0.56
2 Charlie Root 1.00
2 Ed Morris 1.00
4 George Uhle 1.35
5 2 tied 1.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bobby Burke 4
1 George Earnshaw 4
3 General Crowder 3
3 Lefty Grove 3
3 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 28
2 Charlie Root 22
3 Lefty Grove 19
4 Paul Derringer 17
5 Lefty Stewart 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 2
1 Jack Quinn 2
3 Guy Bush 1
3 Ben Cantwell 1
3 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .422
2 Ed Morgan .419
3 Harvey Hendrick .417
4 Goose Goslin .412
5 2 tied .397

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 10
2 Chuck Klein 9
3 Wally Berger 7
3 Babe Ruth 7
5 4 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 37
2 Ben Chapman 28
2 Bing Miller 28
4 Ed Morgan 27
5 Chuck Klein 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 13
2 Roy Johnson 10
3 Willie Kamm 7
4 Bill Cissell 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 1.21
2 Charlie Root 1.80
3 George Earnshaw 1.82
4 Ed Morris 1.88
5 George Uhle 1.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Earnshaw 8
2 Lefty Grove 7
3 General Crowder 5
3 Paul Derringer 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 52
2 Lefty Grove 32
3 Charlie Root 28
4 Paul Derringer 22
4 Bill Hallahan 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 4
2 Wilcy Moore 3
3 Hal Elliott 2
3 Wes Ferrell 2
3 8 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .391
2 Al Simmons .374
3 Ed Morgan .372
4 Freddie Lindstrom .365
5 Joe Cronin .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hack Wilson 44
2 Babe Ruth 39
3 Chuck Klein 38
4 Jimmie Foxx 36
4 Goose Goslin 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 162
2 Al Simmons 156
3 Jimmie Foxx 152
4 Hack Wilson 148
5 Chuck Klein 146

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 30
1 Roy Johnson 30
3 Kiki Cuyler 28
4 Bill Cissell 21
5 Buddy Myer 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.06
2 Dazzy Vance 2.79
3 George Uhle 3.25
4 Lloyd Brown 3.31
5 Burleigh Grimes 3.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 31
2 George Earnshaw 26
3 Wes Ferrell 24
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 21
4 Burleigh Grimes 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 208
2 Lefty Grove 191
3 Dazzy Vance 159
4 Bump Hadley 157
5 Bill Hallahan 150

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Grove 9
2 Jim Lindsey 8
2 Jack Quinn 8
4 Bump Hadley 7
4 Joe Heving 7