On This Day

Thursday, August 20, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 82 32 .719 --
Senators 70 46 .603 13.0
Yankees 66 49 .574 16.5
Indians 56 59 .487 26.5
Browns 49 66 .426 33.5
White Sox 47 69 .405 36.0
Red Sox 47 69 .405 36.0
Tigers 45 72 .385 38.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 75 43 .636 --
Giants 65 50 .565 8.5
Cubs 66 53 .555 9.5
Robins 62 59 .512 14.5
Braves 56 60 .483 18.0
Pirates 56 61 .479 18.5
Phillies 49 70 .412 26.5
Reds 43 76 .361 32.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dick Porter 5
1 Bennie Tate 5
3 Lu Blue 4
4 Earl Averill 3
4 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Averill 1
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 Freddy Leach 1
1 Ed Morgan 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 4
2 Earl Averill 3
2 Babe Herman 3
2 Bennie Tate 3
2 Pie Traynor 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dale Alexander 1
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Ben Chapman 1
1 Joe Cronin 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Gomez 1.14
2 Ed Brandt 0.80
3 Art Herring 0.56
4 Charlie Root 0.45
5 2 tied 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Brandt 1
1 Watty Clark 1
1 Lefty Gomez 1
1 Mel Harder 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 8
2 Art Herring 5
2 Charlie Root 5
4 Ed Brandt 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sarge Connally 1
1 Vic Frazier 1
1 Jack Quinn 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .385
2 Babe Ruth .371
3 Ed Morgan .356
4 Earl Webb .350
5 Lou Gehrig .347

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 34
2 Lou Gehrig 33
3 Chuck Klein 29
4 Earl Averill 27
5 Mel Ott 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 134
2 Babe Ruth 126
3 Earl Averill 117
4 Al Simmons 113
5 Joe Cronin 106

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 45
2 Roy Johnson 30
3 Bill Cissell 18
4 Frankie Frisch 17
5 Jack Burns 16

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.06
2 Bill Walker 2.49
3 Ed Brandt 2.58
4 Carl Hubbell 2.72
5 Lefty Gomez 2.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 25
2 George Earnshaw 17
2 Rube Walberg 17
4 Ed Brandt 16
5 2 tied 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Earnshaw 139
2 Lefty Grove 134
3 Carl Hubbell 120
4 Bill Hallahan 117
5 Dazzy Vance 116

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 11
2 Wilcy Moore 8
3 Jim Lindsey 7
4 Bump Hadley 6
4 Chad Kimsey 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Manush .464
2 John Stone .460
3 Dick Porter .452
4 Red Kress .448
5 Frankie Frisch .414

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Averill 7
2 Chuck Klein 5
2 Mel Ott 5
2 Babe Ruth 5
5 4 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 21
1 Red Kress 21
3 Don Hurst 19
4 Tony Cuccinello 17
5 Chuck Klein 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 4
2 Ben Chapman 2
2 Bill Cissell 2
2 Joe Cronin 2
2 10 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Frankhouse 0.61
2 Bill Walker 0.64
3 Jim Mooney 0.75
4 Red Faber 0.79
5 Dick Coffman 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Gomez 4
2 Ed Brandt 3
2 Dick Coffman 3
2 Phil Collins 3
2 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 22
2 Dazzy Vance 20
3 Red Ruffing 19
4 Lefty Grove 18
5 4 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Vic Frazier 2
1 Jack Quinn 2
3 Pete Appleton 1
3 Pat Caraway 1
3 14 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .453
2 Jim Bottomley .421
3 Frankie Frisch .414
4 Heinie Manush .392
5 Paul Waner .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 11
2 Earl Averill 9
3 Al Simmons 7
4 Vince Barton 6
4 Chuck Klein 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 38
2 Earl Averill 34
3 Lou Gehrig 30
3 Red Kress 30
5 Sam West 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 9
1 Frankie Frisch 9
3 Roy Johnson 6
4 Carl Reynolds 5
5 7 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Weiland 1.08
2 Lon Warneke 1.23
3 Jesse Haines 1.70
4 Flint Rhem 1.74
5 Ed Brandt 1.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Gomez 6
1 Lefty Grove 6
1 Danny MacFayden 6
4 Ed Brandt 5
4 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 38
1 Red Ruffing 38
3 Dazzy Vance 35
4 Carl Hubbell 34
5 Bill Walker 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jumbo Elliott 3
1 Vic Frazier 3
3 Bill Hallahan 2
3 Hank Johnson 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .387
2 Ed Morgan .367
3 Babe Ruth .363
4 Bill Terry .353
5 Chuck Klein .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 40
2 Lou Gehrig 39
2 Babe Ruth 39
4 Earl Averill 33
5 Mel Ott 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 164
2 Babe Ruth 152
3 Al Simmons 151
4 Earl Averill 150
5 Chuck Klein 142

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 51
2 Roy Johnson 34
3 Frankie Frisch 22
4 Bill Cissell 19
4 Kiki Cuyler 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 1.99
2 Ed Brandt 2.76
3 Carl Hubbell 2.89
4 Lefty Gomez 2.93
5 Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 33
2 George Earnshaw 20
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 20
2 Burleigh Grimes 20
2 Rube Walberg 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 188
2 George Earnshaw 178
3 Dazzy Vance 173
4 Bill Hallahan 161
5 Carl Hubbell 157

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 12
2 Jim Lindsey 9
3 Lefty Grove 8
3 Wilcy Moore 8
5 2 tied 7