On This Day

Thursday, August 11, 1932

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 75 35 .682 --
Athletics 66 44 .600 9.0
Indians 65 45 .591 10.0
Senators 61 49 .555 14.0
Tigers 57 50 .533 16.5
Browns 49 60 .450 25.5
White Sox 36 70 .340 37.0
Red Sox 26 82 .241 48.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 59 48 .551 --
Pirates 60 50 .545 0.5
Braves 58 54 .518 3.5
Dodgers 57 54 .514 4.0
Phillies 57 57 .500 5.5
Cardinals 53 56 .486 7.0
Giants 50 56 .472 8.5
Reds 48 67 .417 15.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Spud Davis 3
1 Liz Funk 3
1 Rabbit Maranville 3
1 Arky Vaughan 3
1 Jo-Jo White 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Averill 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Spud Davis 4
2 Bruce Campbell 2
2 Woody English 2
2 Liz Funk 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Cissell 1
1 Liz Funk 1
1 Ski Melillo 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Wes Ferrell 0.62
2 Steve Swetonic 0.45
3 Ted Lyons 0.33
4 Sam Gray 0.29
5 Lon Warneke 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ray Benge 1
1 Guy Bush 1
1 Wes Ferrell 1
1 Lefty Stewart 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wes Ferrell 5
1 Steve Swetonic 5
3 Ted Lyons 4
4 Ray Benge 2
4 2 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .362
2 Jimmie Foxx .359
3 Chuck Klein .357
4 Don Hurst .354
5 Lou Gehrig .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 42
2 Chuck Klein 33
3 Babe Ruth 32
4 Earl Averill 27
5 2 tied 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 126
2 Chuck Klein 113
2 Babe Ruth 113
4 Don Hurst 112
5 Lou Gehrig 111

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 29
2 Gee Walker 19
3 Lu Blue 17
3 Roy Johnson 17
5 2 tied 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lon Warneke 2.31
2 Huck Betts 2.38
3 Carl Hubbell 2.45
4 Red Lucas 2.68
5 Steve Swetonic 2.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wes Ferrell 19
1 Lefty Gomez 19
3 Monte Weaver 18
4 Lon Warneke 17
5 2 tied 16

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ruffing 149
2 Lefty Gomez 145
3 Lefty Grove 131
4 Dizzy Dean 118
5 Bill Hallahan 102

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 13
2 Jack Quinn 8
3 Chief Hogsett 7
4 Ray Benge 5
5 7 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 John Stone .500
2 Babe Ruth .465
3 Rick Ferrell .447
4 Spud Davis .446
5 George Watkins .443

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lefty O'Doul 6
1 Babe Ruth 6
3 Bruce Campbell 5
4 Earl Averill 4
4 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 21
2 Spud Davis 20
2 Hack Wilson 20
4 Don Hurst 18
5 Chuck Klein 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Cissell 4
1 Chuck Klein 4
3 Lu Blue 3
3 Jack Burns 3
3 7 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Allen 1.06
2 Lefty Grove 1.19
3 Vic Sorrell 1.57
4 Waite Hoyt 1.59
5 Allyn Stout 1.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tex Carleton 4
1 General Crowder 4
3 Ed Brandt 3
3 Fred Heimach 3
3 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ruffing 23
2 Dizzy Dean 22
3 Bump Hadley 18
4 Tommy Bridges 17
4 Tex Carleton 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Allen 1
1 Hi Bell 1
1 General Crowder 1
1 Dizzy Dean 1
1 10 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .448
2 Spud Davis .436
3 John Stone .416
4 Hal Lee .400
5 Lefty O'Doul .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lefty O'Doul 9
2 Earl Averill 8
2 Jimmie Foxx 8
2 Don Hurst 8
2 5 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Don Hurst 34
1 Pinky Whitney 34
3 Hack Wilson 33
4 Spud Davis 32
5 Lou Gehrig 31

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 10
1 Bill Cissell 10
3 Gee Walker 9
4 Chuck Klein 6
5 2 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tony Freitas 1.08
2 Carl Hubbell 1.58
3 Si Johnson 1.84
4 Waite Hoyt 2.08
5 Red Faber 2.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Monte Weaver 7
2 Rube Walberg 6
3 Ed Brandt 5
3 General Crowder 5
3 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 49
2 Red Ruffing 45
3 Lefty Grove 40
4 Carl Hubbell 37
5 Tommy Bridges 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 4
2 Firpo Marberry 3
3 Johnny Allen 2
3 Larry French 2
3 George Uhle 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .360
2 Don Hurst .348
3 Lou Gehrig .347
4 Chuck Klein .346
5 Jimmie Foxx .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 51
2 Babe Ruth 48
3 Lou Gehrig 41
4 Earl Averill 38
4 Chuck Klein 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 176
2 Jimmie Foxx 159
3 Babe Ruth 158
4 Don Hurst 149
5 Chuck Klein 143

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 46
2 Frankie Frisch 29
3 Gee Walker 27
4 Lu Blue 23
4 Tony Piet 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Huck Betts 2.38
2 Lon Warneke 2.41
3 Carl Hubbell 2.54
4 Lefty Grove 2.63
5 Red Lucas 2.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Gomez 28
2 Wes Ferrell 26
3 General Crowder 24
3 Lefty Grove 24
5 George Earnshaw 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 203
2 Red Ruffing 193
3 Lefty Grove 181
4 Bill Hallahan 160
5 2 tied 148

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 17
2 Jack Quinn 12
3 Chief Hogsett 8
4 Ray Benge 6
5 4 tied 5