On This Day

Friday, July 31, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 74 26 .740 --
Senators 61 37 .622 12.0
Yankees 57 39 .594 15.0
Indians 46 52 .469 27.0
Browns 42 53 .442 29.5
Red Sox 38 59 .392 34.5
White Sox 36 60 .375 36.0
Tigers 36 64 .360 38.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 63 37 .630 --
Cubs 53 44 .546 8.5
Giants 51 43 .543 9.0
Robins 53 47 .530 10.0
Braves 47 47 .500 13.0
Pirates 44 50 .468 16.0
Phillies 39 58 .402 22.5
Reds 37 61 .378 25.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Del Bissonette 3
1 Kiki Cuyler 3
1 Neal Finn 3
1 Johnny Frederick 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ripper Collins 1
1 Chick Fullis 1
1 Red Worthington 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Woody Jensen 3
2 Del Bissonette 2
2 Kiki Cuyler 2
2 Charlie Grimm 2
2 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Chuck Klein 1
1 Tom Oliver 1
1 Danny Taylor 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Gomez 0.82
2 Socks Seibold 0.50
3 Ray Kremer 0.33
3 Dazzy Vance 0.33
5 Danny MacFayden 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Bush 1
1 Lefty Gomez 1
1 Fred Heimach 1
1 Ray Kremer 1
1 Socks Seibold 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 9
2 Ray Kremer 4
3 Guy Bush 3
3 Joe Heving 3
3 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .387
2 Al Simmons .377
3 Earl Webb .369
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 109
3 Al Simmons 97
4 Earl Averill 93
5 Ben Chapman 92

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 95
5 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 .485
2 Al Simmons .466
3 Earl Webb .453
4 Babe Ruth .435
5 Babe Herman .426

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 6
2 Lou Gehrig 4
2 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 21
3 Ben Chapman 16
3 Tony Lazzeri 16
3 Al Simmons 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 8
2 Roy Johnson 4
2 Lyn Lary 4
4 Jack Burns 3
4 6 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Larry French 0.82
2 Larry Benton 1.13
3 Bump Hadley 1.20
4 Roy Mahaffey 1.23
5 Charlie Root 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Benny Frey 4
1 Rube Walberg 4
3 Larry French 3
3 Lefty Gomez 3
3 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 23
2 Carl Hubbell 20
3 Charlie Root 19
4 George Earnshaw 17
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Brandt 1
1 Dick Coffman 1
1 Pea Ridge Day 1
1 George Earnshaw 1
1 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .426
2 Lloyd Waner .398
3 Al Simmons .390
4 Pepper Martin .382
5 Earl Webb .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 11
2 Babe Ruth 10
3 Earl Averill 8
3 Mel Ott 8
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 41
1 Babe Ruth 41
3 Al Simmons 39
4 Earl Averill 33
5 2 tied 30

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 13
2 Roy Johnson 7
3 Jack Burns 6
4 Lou Gehrig 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hank McDonald 0.99
2 Larry Benton 1.13
3 Charlie Root 1.83
4 Larry French 2.00
5 Fred Heimach 2.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 7
2 Charlie Root 6
3 Lefty Gomez 5
3 Sam Gray 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 38
1 Carl Hubbell 38
3 Charlie Root 37
4 Bill Hallahan 36
5 2 tied 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chad Kimsey 3
2 George Earnshaw 2
2 Jim Lindsey 2
2 Jack Quinn 2
5 29 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .379
2 Babe Ruth .377
3 Freddie Lindstrom .370
4 Bill Terry .366
5 Ed Morgan .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 41
2 Lou Gehrig 39
3 Chuck Klein 34
3 Hack Wilson 34
5 Goose Goslin 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 164
2 Babe Ruth 159
3 Al Simmons 158
4 Chuck Klein 143
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 2.02
2 Dazzy Vance 2.65
3 Carl Hubbell 2.78
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.79
5 Ed Brandt 3.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 34
2 George Earnshaw 23
2 Wes Ferrell 23
4 Burleigh Grimes 22
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 192
2 Lefty Grove 190
3 Bill Hallahan 170
3 Dazzy Vance 170
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