On This Day

Saturday, April 15, 1933

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 3 0 1.000 --
Indians 2 0 1.000 0.5
Senators 3 1 .750 0.5
White Sox 2 1 .667 1.0
Tigers 1 2 .333 2.0
Athletics 1 3 .250 2.5
Browns 0 2 .000 2.5
Red Sox 0 3 .000 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 3 0 1.000 --
Dodgers 2 1 .667 1.0
Cardinals 1 1 .500 1.5
Phillies 1 2 .333 2.0
Cubs 1 2 .333 2.0
Giants 0 0 .000 1.5
Braves 0 0 .000 1.5
Reds 0 2 .000 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Billy Herman 4
2 Woody English 3
2 Lou Finney 3
2 Chick Fullis 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dale Alexander 1
1 Lou Finney 1
1 Babe Ruth 1
1 Arky Vaughan 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 4
2 Lou Finney 3
2 Pete Fox 3
4 Hal Lee 2
4 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Neal Finn 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Monte Weaver 0.57
2 Schoolboy Rowe 0.50
3 George Pipgras 0.36
4 Gordon Rhodes 0.25
4 Charlie Root 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jumbo Elliott 1
1 Bill Harris 1
1 George Pipgras 1
1 Schoolboy Rowe 1
1 Monte Weaver 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Pipgras 5
2 Schoolboy Rowe 4
2 Monte Weaver 4
4 Jumbo Elliott 2
4 3 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jo-Jo White .800
2 Sam West .667
3 Hal Lee .583
4 Johnny Frederick .545
5 Fred Schulte .538

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 2
2 Dale Alexander 1
2 Ripper Collins 1
2 Lou Finney 1
2 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Paul Waner 5
2 Tony Cuccinello 4
2 Lou Finney 4
2 Lou Gehrig 4
2 3 others tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Kress 2
2 Earl Averill 1
2 Tony Cuccinello 1
2 Neal Finn 1
2 4 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jumbo Elliott 0.00
1 Schoolboy Rowe 0.00
1 Lon Warneke 0.00
1 Bill Harris 0.00
1 Joe Heving 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Boom-Boom Beck 1
1 Clint Brown 1
1 Watty Clark 1
1 General Crowder 1
1 16 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ruffing 9
2 Lefty Stewart 6
2 Lon Warneke 6
4 Boom-Boom Beck 5
4 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mel Harder 1
1 Joe Heving 1
1 Tommy Thomas 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .368
2 Jimmie Foxx .360
3 Bill Terry .349
4 Lou Gehrig .346
5 Paul Waner .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 57
2 Babe Ruth 40
3 Chuck Klein 38
3 Mel Ott 38
5 2 tied 35

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 169
2 Lou Gehrig 154
3 Al Simmons 151
4 Don Hurst 140
5 2 tied 136

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 37
2 Gee Walker 30
3 Roy Johnson 20
3 Chuck Klein 20
3 Tony Piet 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lon Warneke 2.30
2 Carl Hubbell 2.57
3 Lefty Grove 2.60
4 Huck Betts 2.81
5 Larry French 2.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 26
1 Lefty Grove 26
3 Lefty Gomez 24
4 Lon Warneke 23
4 Monte Weaver 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ruffing 199
2 Dizzy Dean 194
3 Lefty Grove 191
4 Lefty Gomez 172
5 Bump Hadley 144

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 13
2 Jack Quinn 9
3 Wilcy Moore 8
4 Lefty Grove 7
4 Chief Hogsett 7