On This Day

Tuesday, July 21, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 65 25 .722 --
Senators 57 33 .633 8.0
Yankees 49 35 .583 13.0
Indians 44 44 .500 20.0
Browns 39 48 .448 24.5
Red Sox 32 53 .376 30.5
Tigers 33 56 .371 31.5
White Sox 30 55 .353 32.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 57 34 .626 --
Robins 50 39 .562 6.0
Giants 46 38 .548 7.5
Cubs 47 40 .540 8.0
Braves 43 42 .506 11.0
Pirates 36 47 .434 17.0
Phillies 37 52 .416 19.0
Reds 32 56 .364 23.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Max Bishop 3
1 Charlie Gehringer 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
1 Waite Hoyt 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Max Bishop 4
2 Lefty O'Doul 3
3 Jim Bottomley 2
3 Chick Hafey 2
3 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ripper Collins 1
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 Charlie Gehringer 1
1 Mark Koenig 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hod Lisenbee 0.40
1 Bob Smith 0.40
3 Vic Sorrell 0.38
4 Wes Ferrell 0.33
5 2 tied 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Waite Hoyt 1
1 Jim Lindsey 1
1 Wilcy Moore 1
1 Ray Phelps 1
1 Vic Sorrell 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wes Ferrell 6
2 Bob Smith 4
2 Bill Walker 4
4 Bump Hadley 3
4 Vic Sorrell 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pea Ridge Day 1
1 George Earnshaw 1
1 Bill Hallahan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .375
2 Ed Morgan .375
3 Al Simmons .368
4 Goose Goslin .360
5 Chuck Klein .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 28
2 Chuck Klein 23
2 Babe Ruth 23
4 Jimmie Foxx 19
5 Earl Averill 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 104
2 Babe Ruth 88
2 Al Simmons 88
4 Chuck Klein 85
5 Earl Averill 84

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 36
2 Roy Johnson 24
3 Bill Cissell 15
4 Ossie Bluege 12
4 2 others tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.12
2 Watty Clark 2.68
3 Tom Zachary 2.78
4 Ed Brandt 2.92
5 Bill Walker 2.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 19
2 George Earnshaw 15
3 Jumbo Elliott 13
3 Wes Ferrell 13
3 Rube Walberg 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 114
2 Lefty Grove 110
3 Bill Hallahan 89
4 Carl Hubbell 86
5 Dazzy Vance 81

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 9
2 Jim Lindsey 7
2 Wilcy Moore 7
4 Bump Hadley 6
5 6 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .533
2 Marty McManus .460
3 Sam West .458
4 Travis Jackson .448
5 Lou Gehrig .446

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 8
2 Mel Ott 7
3 Earl Averill 4
3 Jimmie Foxx 4
5 6 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 26
2 Al Simmons 24
3 Mel Ott 20
4 Pie Traynor 19
5 2 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 7
2 Jack Burns 4
2 Johnny Vergez 4
4 Jake Flowers 3
4 4 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ben Cantwell 1.17
2 Larry Benton 1.20
3 Hank McDonald 1.59
4 Danny MacFayden 2.05
5 2 tied 2.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 3
1 Lefty Grove 3
1 Waite Hoyt 3
1 Roy Mahaffey 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Paul Derringer 24
2 Bill Hallahan 22
3 George Earnshaw 21
4 Lefty Gomez 18
4 Carl Hubbell 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Earnshaw 2
1 Jack Quinn 2
3 Pete Appleton 1
3 Sheriff Blake 1
3 15 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .467
2 Marty McManus .411
3 Lou Gehrig .402
4 Rogers Hornsby .398
5 Chuck Klein .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 15
2 Babe Ruth 11
3 Mel Ott 10
4 Earl Averill 9
5 Ben Chapman 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 47
2 Babe Ruth 43
3 Earl Averill 37
3 Al Simmons 37
5 Chuck Klein 33

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 13
2 Roy Johnson 7
3 Jack Burns 6
3 Lou Gehrig 6
3 Johnny Vergez 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Danny MacFayden 1.74
2 Chad Kimsey 1.78
3 Watty Clark 1.92
4 Fred Frankhouse 2.23
5 Larry Benton 2.28

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 7
2 Clint Brown 5
2 Paul Derringer 5
2 Jumbo Elliott 5
2 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Hallahan 43
2 Carl Hubbell 39
3 Lefty Grove 38
4 Paul Derringer 34
5 George Earnshaw 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chad Kimsey 3
1 Jack Quinn 3
3 Guy Bush 2
3 Phil Collins 2
3 6 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .371
2 Ed Morgan .369
3 Al Simmons .369
4 Lou Gehrig .365
5 Babe Ruth .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 42
2 Hack Wilson 40
3 Babe Ruth 38
4 Chuck Klein 36
5 Goose Goslin 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 171
2 Al Simmons 156
3 Chuck Klein 152
4 Babe Ruth 150
5 2 tied 144

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 43
2 Roy Johnson 31
3 Kiki Cuyler 25
4 Bill Cissell 20
5 3 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.08
2 Dazzy Vance 2.67
3 Carl Hubbell 2.89
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.90
5 Watty Clark 3.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 34
2 George Earnshaw 24
2 Wes Ferrell 24
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 22
5 2 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 196
2 Lefty Grove 194
3 Bill Hallahan 177
4 Dazzy Vance 167
5 Bump Hadley 150

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Lindsey 10
1 Jack Quinn 10
3 Bump Hadley 9
4 Lefty Grove 8
5 3 tied 7