On This Day

Thursday, July 30, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 74 26 .740 --
Senators 61 37 .622 12.0
Yankees 56 39 .589 15.5
Indians 46 52 .469 27.0
Browns 42 53 .442 29.5
Red Sox 38 58 .396 34.0
White Sox 36 60 .375 36.0
Tigers 36 64 .360 38.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 63 36 .636 --
Giants 51 42 .548 9.0
Cubs 52 44 .542 9.5
Robins 52 47 .525 11.0
Braves 46 47 .495 14.0
Pirates 43 50 .462 17.0
Phillies 39 57 .406 22.5
Reds 37 60 .381 25.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Max Bishop 4
1 Mickey Cochrane 4
1 Ripper Collins 4
4 George Grantham 3
4 Lloyd Waner 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Cochrane 2
2 Jack Burns 1
2 Ripper Collins 1
2 Goose Goslin 1
2 Sam West 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mickey Cochrane 6
2 Ripper Collins 4
2 Sam West 4
4 Paul Waner 3
5 6 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jack Burns 1
1 Joe Cronin 1
1 Sam Rice 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Burleigh Grimes 0.50
2 Carl Fischer 0.40
3 Waite Hoyt 0.33
4 Larry French 0.25
5 Mel Harder 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Fischer 1
1 Larry French 1
1 Burleigh Grimes 1
1 Waite Hoyt 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Burleigh Grimes 5
2 Carl Fischer 4
2 Waite Hoyt 4
4 Pete Appleton 2
4 Mel Harder 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .386
2 Al Simmons .377
3 Earl Webb .371
4 Ed Morgan .364
5 Goose Goslin .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 30
2 Babe Ruth 28
3 Chuck Klein 23
4 Earl Averill 20
4 Jimmie Foxx 20

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 116
2 Babe Ruth 107
3 Al Simmons 97
4 Earl Averill 93
5 Ben Chapman 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 42
2 Roy Johnson 28
3 Bill Cissell 15
4 Jack Burns 14
4 Lou Gehrig 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.14
2 Tom Zachary 2.70
3 Ed Brandt 2.74
4 Carl Hubbell 2.87
5 Charlie Root 2.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 21
2 George Earnshaw 16
2 Rube Walberg 16
4 Wes Ferrell 14
5 3 tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 125
2 Lefty Grove 114
3 Carl Hubbell 101
4 Bill Hallahan 94
4 Charlie Root 94

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 .477
2 Al Simmons .459
3 Earl Webb .438
4 Bill Sweeney .433
5 Paul Waner .426

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 7
2 Lou Gehrig 5
3 George Grantham 4
4 Mickey Cochrane 3
4 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 24
2 Lou Gehrig 22
3 Al Simmons 18
4 Tony Lazzeri 17
5 2 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 8
2 Lyn Lary 5
3 Roy Johnson 4
4 Jack Burns 3
4 8 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Hallahan 0.46
2 Larry French 0.82
3 Roy Mahaffey 0.87
4 Larry Benton 1.00
5 Bump Hadley 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Benny Frey 4
1 Roy Mahaffey 4
1 Charlie Root 4
1 Rube Walberg 4
5 6 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Charlie Root 23
2 Carl Hubbell 20
3 George Earnshaw 17
4 Paul Derringer 16
4 Pat Malone 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Appleton 1
1 Ed Brandt 1
1 Dick Coffman 1
1 Pea Ridge Day 1
1 14 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .427
2 Lloyd Waner .398
3 Al Simmons .397
4 Rogers Hornsby .396
5 Travis Jackson .391

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 12
2 Babe Ruth 10
3 Earl Averill 9
4 Mel Ott 8
5 4 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 43
2 Al Simmons 41
3 Babe Ruth 40
4 Earl Averill 35
5 Lyn Lary 31

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 14
2 Roy Johnson 8
3 Jack Burns 6
3 Lou Gehrig 6
5 2 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry Benton 0.65
2 Hank McDonald 0.99
3 Fred Heimach 1.78
4 Charlie Root 1.83
5 Larry French 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 7
2 Charlie Root 6
3 Paul Derringer 5
3 Benny Frey 5
3 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Hubbell 38
2 Charlie Root 37
3 George Earnshaw 36
4 Paul Derringer 35
4 Bill Hallahan 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chad Kimsey 3
2 George Earnshaw 2
2 Jim Lindsey 2
2 Jack Quinn 2
5 31 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .378
2 Al Simmons .376
3 Freddie Lindstrom .369
4 Ed Morgan .365
5 Bill Terry .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 41
2 Lou Gehrig 40
3 Chuck Klein 34
3 Hack Wilson 34
5 Goose Goslin 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 168
2 Babe Ruth 159
3 Al Simmons 158
4 Chuck Klein 142
5 Earl Averill 139

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 48
2 Roy Johnson 33
3 Kiki Cuyler 21
4 Bill Cissell 20
5 Ossie Bluege 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.08
2 Dazzy Vance 2.66
3 Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.78
3 Carl Hubbell 2.78
5 Ed Brandt 3.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 35
2 George Earnshaw 23
2 Wes Ferrell 23
4 Burleigh Grimes 22
5 Freddie Fitzsimmons 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 194
2 George Earnshaw 192
3 Bill Hallahan 169
4 Dazzy Vance 168
5 Carl Hubbell 152

Saves

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