On This Day

Wednesday, September 6, 1933

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 87 45 .659 --
Yankees 76 53 .589 9.5
Indians 72 64 .529 17.0
Athletics 65 65 .500 21.0
Tigers 66 68 .493 22.0
White Sox 60 73 .451 27.5
Red Sox 56 78 .418 32.0
Browns 49 85 .366 39.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 78 50 .609 --
Pirates 73 58 .557 6.5
Cubs 73 60 .549 7.5
Braves 70 60 .538 9.0
Cardinals 72 63 .533 9.5
Dodgers 53 74 .417 24.5
Phillies 51 75 .405 26.0
Reds 51 81 .386 29.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sparky Adams 5
1 Chick Hafey 5
1 Joe Medwick 5
1 Harry Rice 5
5 9 tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Cochrane 1
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 Ted Gullic 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Medwick 6
2 Sparky Adams 4
2 Ernie Lombardi 4
4 Jim Bottomley 3
4 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lonny Frey 2
2 Ripper Collins 1
2 Frankie Frisch 1
2 Chick Fullis 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Hallahan 0.80
2 Red Ruffing 0.71
3 Alex McColl 0.44
4 Cy Moore 0.42
5 Bump Hadley 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Benton 1
1 Lefty Grove 1
1 Bill Hallahan 1
1 Chief Hogsett 1
1 7 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Moore 5
1 Red Ruffing 5
3 Leon Chagnon 4
3 Bump Hadley 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .378
2 Jimmie Foxx .362
3 Spud Davis .344
4 Heinie Manush .332
5 Lou Gehrig .331

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 41
2 Babe Ruth 28
3 Chuck Klein 26
4 Wally Berger 25
5 Lou Gehrig 24

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 142
2 Lou Gehrig 114
2 Al Simmons 114
4 Chuck Klein 110
5 Joe Cronin 105

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 26
2 Pepper Martin 22
3 Ben Chapman 21
4 Evar Swanson 16
5 Frankie Frisch 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.70
2 Lon Warneke 1.93
3 Hal Schumacher 2.01
4 Ben Cantwell 2.55
5 Charlie Root 2.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 21
2 Lefty Grove 20
2 Carl Hubbell 20
4 Ben Cantwell 19
4 Earl Whitehill 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 176
2 Lefty Gomez 146
3 Carl Hubbell 139
4 Tex Carleton 136
5 Bump Hadley 126

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 Riggs Stephenson .444
2 Chuck Klein .418
3 Carl Reynolds .415
4 Chick Hafey .406
4 Tommy Thevenow .406

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 5
1 Bob Johnson 5
3 Wally Berger 3
3 Mickey Cochrane 3
3 5 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kiki Cuyler 15
1 Jimmie Foxx 15
1 Johnny Frederick 15
1 Charlie Gehringer 15
1 4 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Taylor 5
1 Gee Walker 5
3 Frankie Frisch 3
3 Stan Hack 3
3 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Smith 0.86
2 Benny Frey 0.87
3 Ben Cantwell 1.00
4 Wally Hebert 1.13
5 Clint Brown 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Benton 3
1 Clint Brown 3
1 Guy Bush 3
1 Larry French 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Hubbell 23
2 Bump Hadley 22
3 Johnny Allen 18
3 Lon Warneke 18
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Phil Collins 2
1 Waite Hoyt 2
3 Hi Bell 1
3 Larry Benton 1
3 11 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Riggs Stephenson .410
2 Lou Gehrig .408
3 Pepper Martin .408
4 Chick Hafey .404
5 Bob Johnson .397

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 10
2 Ripper Collins 7
2 Bob Johnson 7
2 Chuck Klein 7
5 Joe Medwick 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 41
2 Charlie Gehringer 27
3 Joe Medwick 26
4 Lou Gehrig 25
5 5 tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Evar Swanson 7
1 Gee Walker 7
3 Roy Johnson 6
4 Joe Kuhel 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ben Cantwell 1.00
2 Hal Smith 1.60
3 Tommy Bridges 1.73
4 Joe Heving 1.83
5 Phil Collins 1.93

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 34
2 Dizzy Dean 33
3 Carl Hubbell 30
4 Bump Hadley 28
4 Dazzy Vance 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 3
2 Hi Bell 2
2 Phil Collins 2
2 General Crowder 2
2 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .374
2 Jimmie Foxx .363
3 Bill Terry .341
4 Lou Gehrig .341
5 Spud Davis .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 48
2 Chuck Klein 29
2 Babe Ruth 29
4 Wally Berger 27
4 2 others tied 27

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 163
2 Lou Gehrig 131
3 Al Simmons 122
4 Chuck Klein 121
5 Mel Ott 119

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 34
2 Ben Chapman 25
3 Pepper Martin 22
4 Evar Swanson 19
5 2 tied 16

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.71
2 Lon Warneke 2.04
3 Hal Schumacher 2.23
4 Ben Cantwell 2.37
5 Charlie Root 2.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 27
2 Carl Hubbell 24
3 Lefty Grove 23
4 Ben Cantwell 22
4 Earl Whitehill 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 206
2 Carl Hubbell 163
3 Lefty Gomez 155
4 Tex Carleton 153
5 Bump Hadley 148

Saves

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