On This Day

Thursday, July 23, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 67 25 .728 --
Senators 57 35 .620 10.0
Yankees 51 36 .586 13.5
Indians 44 46 .489 22.0
Browns 41 48 .461 24.5
Red Sox 34 54 .386 31.0
Tigers 34 58 .370 33.0
White Sox 31 57 .352 34.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 57 34 .626 --
Robins 51 41 .554 6.5
Giants 47 39 .547 7.5
Cubs 48 41 .539 8.0
Braves 44 43 .506 11.0
Pirates 38 48 .442 16.5
Phillies 37 52 .416 19.0
Reds 33 57 .367 23.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Neal Finn 4
1 Marv Owen 4
1 Lloyd Waner 4
4 Dale Alexander 3
4 12 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Mickey Cochrane 1
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 George Grantham 1
1 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Howdy Groskloss 4
2 George Grantham 3
2 Freddy Leach 3
2 Hal Rhyne 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Urbanski 2
2 Jack Burns 1
2 Lou Gehrig 1
2 George Grantham 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Carl Hubbell 1.50
2 George Earnshaw 1.00
3 Herb Pennock 0.60
4 Si Johnson 0.31
5 Ed Brandt 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Erv Brame 1
1 Ed Brandt 1
1 George Earnshaw 1
1 Wally Hebert 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Hubbell 9
2 George Earnshaw 6
2 Herb Pennock 6
4 George Pipgras 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chad Kimsey 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .378
2 Al Simmons .375
3 Ed Morgan .375
4 Earl Webb .363
5 Chuck Klein .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 30
2 Babe Ruth 26
3 Chuck Klein 23
4 Earl Averill 19
4 Jimmie Foxx 19

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 106
2 Babe Ruth 95
3 Al Simmons 91
4 Earl Averill 87
5 Chuck Klein 85

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 37
2 Roy Johnson 26
3 Bill Cissell 15
4 Jack Burns 13
5 3 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.12
2 Watty Clark 2.68
3 Tom Zachary 2.87
4 Ed Brandt 2.93
5 Bill Walker 2.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 19
2 George Earnshaw 16
3 Rube Walberg 14
4 Jumbo Elliott 13
4 Wes Ferrell 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 120
2 Lefty Grove 110
3 Carl Hubbell 95
4 Bill Hallahan 89
5 Dazzy Vance 82

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .500
2 Travis Jackson .475
3 Sam West .457
4 Lou Gehrig .431
5 Al Simmons .416

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 10
2 Mel Ott 6
3 Earl Averill 5
3 Babe Ruth 5
5 Al Simmons 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 25
1 Al Simmons 25
3 Pie Traynor 20
4 Paul Waner 18
5 2 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 6
2 Jack Burns 3
2 Jake Flowers 3
2 Lou Gehrig 3
2 7 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ben Cantwell 1.17
2 Larry Benton 1.20
3 Danny MacFayden 1.45
4 Hank McDonald 1.59
5 Syl Johnson 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 3
1 Waite Hoyt 3
1 Red Lucas 3
1 Roy Mahaffey 3
5 33 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Hubbell 27
2 Paul Derringer 24
3 George Earnshaw 23
4 Lefty Gomez 18
5 Bump Hadley 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Earnshaw 2
1 Chad Kimsey 2
3 Pete Appleton 1
3 Guy Bush 1
3 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .455
2 Rogers Hornsby .400
3 Travis Jackson .390
4 Marty McManus .384
5 Lou Gehrig .379

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 14
2 Babe Ruth 13
3 Earl Averill 10
3 Mel Ott 10
5 Ben Chapman 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 44
2 Lou Gehrig 43
3 Earl Averill 40
4 Al Simmons 39
5 Ben Chapman 32

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 14
2 Roy Johnson 9
3 Lou Gehrig 7
4 Jack Burns 6
4 Johnny Vergez 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Danny MacFayden 1.42
2 Watty Clark 1.94
3 Chad Kimsey 2.10
4 Fred Frankhouse 2.11
5 Larry Benton 2.28

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 7
2 Clint Brown 5
2 Paul Derringer 5
2 Willis Hudlin 5
2 Firpo Marberry 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Hubbell 48
2 Bill Hallahan 43
3 Lefty Grove 37
4 George Earnshaw 34
5 2 tied 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chad Kimsey 4
2 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 Ed Morgan .375
2 Al Simmons .373
3 Bill Terry .372
4 Babe Ruth .366
5 Freddie Lindstrom .363

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 43
2 Babe Ruth 40
3 Hack Wilson 38
4 Chuck Klein 36
5 Goose Goslin 33

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 171
2 Al Simmons 159
3 Babe Ruth 154
4 Chuck Klein 150
5 Hack Wilson 141

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 43
2 Roy Johnson 33
3 Kiki Cuyler 25
4 Bill Cissell 20
5 3 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.04
2 Carl Hubbell 2.85
3 Dazzy Vance 2.86
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.90
5 Watty Clark 3.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 34
2 George Earnshaw 25
3 Wes Ferrell 24
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 22
5 Burleigh Grimes 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 199
2 Lefty Grove 192
3 Bill Hallahan 170
4 Dazzy Vance 168
5 Carl Hubbell 157

Saves

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