On This Day

Thursday, August 31, 1933

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 82 43 .656 --
Yankees 73 51 .589 8.5
Indians 68 63 .519 17.0
Athletics 61 63 .492 20.5
Tigers 63 66 .488 21.0
White Sox 60 68 .469 23.5
Red Sox 55 73 .430 28.5
Browns 47 82 .364 37.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 73 48 .603 --
Braves 70 55 .560 5.0
Pirates 68 56 .548 6.5
Cubs 69 58 .543 7.0
Cardinals 69 59 .539 7.5
Dodgers 52 72 .419 22.5
Phillies 50 73 .407 24.0
Reds 48 78 .381 27.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ernie Orsatti 6
2 Dusty Cooke 4
2 Joe Medwick 4
2 Pie Traynor 4
5 9 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Ripper Collins 1
1 Smead Jolley 1
1 Chuck Klein 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ripper Collins 5
1 Billy Werber 5
3 Smead Jolley 3
3 Chuck Klein 3
3 5 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 Ernie Orsatti 1
1 Gordon Slade 1
1 Dixie Walker 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Roy Parmelee 0.33
2 Ray Benge 0.30
3 Tex Carleton 0.25
3 Gordon Rhodes 0.25
5 Hal Smith 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ben Cantwell 1
1 Tex Carleton 1
1 Jesse Haines 1
1 Mel Harder 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ray Benge 3
1 Tex Carleton 3
1 Ted Lyons 3
1 Danny MacFayden 3
1 Roy Parmelee 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Waite Hoyt 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .381
2 Jimmie Foxx .354
3 Spud Davis .347
4 Heinie Manush .338
5 Al Simmons .336

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 36
2 Babe Ruth 28
3 Wally Berger 25
3 Chuck Klein 25
5 Lou Gehrig 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 130
2 Al Simmons 114
3 Lou Gehrig 111
4 Chuck Klein 109
5 Joe Cronin 100

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 24
2 Ben Chapman 21
2 Pepper Martin 21
4 Evar Swanson 15
5 3 tied 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.65
2 Lon Warneke 1.88
3 Hal Schumacher 2.02
4 Ed Brandt 2.65
5 Ben Cantwell 2.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 20
2 Ben Cantwell 19
2 Carl Hubbell 19
4 Dizzy Dean 18
4 2 others tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 175
2 Lefty Gomez 141
3 Tex Carleton 132
3 Carl Hubbell 132
5 Roy Parmelee 118

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 11
2 Chief Hogsett 9
3 Wilcy Moore 8
4 Phil Collins 6
4 Joe Heving 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mickey Cochrane .482
2 Charlie Berry .459
3 Joe Kuhel .452
4 Chick Hafey .451
5 Chuck Klein .441

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 6
2 Wally Berger 5
2 Ripper Collins 5
2 Joe Medwick 5
2 Mel Ott 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 18
2 Charlie Gehringer 17
2 Smead Jolley 17
4 Joe Kuhel 16
4 Mel Ott 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Taylor 5
2 Mickey Cochrane 4
2 Joe Kuhel 4
2 Ernie Orsatti 4
2 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Walker 0.00
2 Tom Zachary 0.56
3 Ralph Birkofer 0.64
4 Joe Heving 0.91
5 Ben Cantwell 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Monte Pearson 4
2 Ben Cantwell 3
2 Joe Heving 3
2 Carl Hubbell 3
2 Lefty Stewart 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 22
2 Carl Hubbell 18
2 Roy Parmelee 18
2 Monte Pearson 18
5 5 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Phil Collins 2
1 Waite Hoyt 2
1 Jack Russell 2
4 Hi Bell 1
4 11 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mickey Cochrane .417
2 Joe Kuhel .416
3 Jack Burns .404
4 Lou Gehrig .397
5 Chick Hafey .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 9
2 Jimmie Foxx 7
2 Chuck Klein 7
2 Lefty O'Doul 7
5 4 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 39
2 Mel Ott 33
3 Charlie Gehringer 29
4 Odell Hale 26
4 Lefty O'Doul 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Evar Swanson 7
2 Roy Johnson 6
2 Gee Walker 6
4 Joe Kuhel 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joe Heving 0.90
1 Tom Zachary 0.90
3 Ben Cantwell 1.17
4 Earl Whitehill 1.33
5 Huck Betts 1.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ben Cantwell 6
1 Earl Whitehill 6
3 General Crowder 5
3 Mel Harder 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 36
2 Roy Parmelee 33
3 Lefty Gomez 32
3 Carl Hubbell 32
3 Van Mungo 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 4
2 Waite Hoyt 3
2 Rube Walberg 3
4 Phil Collins 2
4 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .376
2 Jimmie Foxx .360
3 Bill Terry .356
4 Al Simmons .342
5 Lou Gehrig .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 46
2 Wally Berger 30
2 Babe Ruth 30
4 Mel Ott 29
5 Chuck Klein 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 157
2 Al Simmons 135
3 Lou Gehrig 133
4 Joe Cronin 121
4 Chuck Klein 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 32
2 Ben Chapman 26
3 Pepper Martin 21
4 Evar Swanson 18
4 Danny Taylor 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.75
2 Lon Warneke 2.03
3 Hal Schumacher 2.24
4 Ben Cantwell 2.45
5 Charlie Root 2.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 28
2 Ben Cantwell 23
2 Carl Hubbell 23
4 Dizzy Dean 22
4 2 others tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 212
2 Carl Hubbell 160
3 Tex Carleton 156
4 Lefty Gomez 154
5 Bump Hadley 139

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 11
2 Wilcy Moore 10
3 Chief Hogsett 9
4 Lefty Grove 7
5 4 tied 6