On This Day

Friday, April 27, 1934

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 5 2 .714 --
Indians 4 2 .667 0.5
Yankees 5 3 .625 0.5
Red Sox 4 4 .500 1.5
Senators 4 5 .444 2.0
Athletics 4 5 .444 2.0
Browns 2 4 .333 2.5
White Sox 2 5 .286 3.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 8 1 .889 --
Giants 6 2 .750 1.5
Braves 5 3 .625 2.5
Pirates 4 3 .571 3.0
Dodgers 4 4 .500 3.5
Reds 2 6 .250 5.5
Cardinals 2 6 .250 5.5
Phillies 1 7 .125 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Chuck Klein 3
1 Buster Mills 3
3 Babe Herman 2
3 Pepper Martin 2
3 Jack Rothrock 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ripper Collins 1
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 Gabby Hartnett 1
1 Billy Jurges 1
1 Tuck Stainback 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pepper Martin 1
1 Tuck Stainback 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tex Carleton 0.23
2 Lon Warneke 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lon Warneke 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tex Carleton 3
2 Lon Warneke 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Carl Reynolds .455
2 Billy Werber .444
3 Pinky Higgins .419
4 Hack Wilson .414
5 Bill Dickey .409

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 4
2 Zeke Bonura 3
2 Joe Medwick 3
2 Mel Ott 3
5 15 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 12
1 Carl Reynolds 12
3 Ben Chapman 10
4 Bill Dickey 9
5 6 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 6
2 Lou Gehrig 3
2 Hank Greenberg 3
4 Ben Chapman 2
4 6 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Fischer 0.00
1 Roy Parmelee 0.00
3 Carl Hubbell 0.46
4 Pat Malone 0.50
5 Tom Zachary 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lon Warneke 3
2 Guy Bush 2
2 Joe Cascarella 2
2 Fred Frankhouse 2
2 11 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lon Warneke 20
2 Tex Carleton 14
3 Monte Pearson 13
4 Red Ruffing 12
5 2 tied 11

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Huck Betts 2
2 Elden Auker 1
2 Hi Bell 1
2 Larry Benton 1
2 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .375
2 Spud Davis .354
3 Jimmie Foxx .348
4 Heinie Manush .335
5 Luke Appling .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 47
2 Babe Ruth 34
3 Chuck Klein 31
4 Lou Gehrig 28
5 Wally Berger 27

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 151
2 Lou Gehrig 131
3 Chuck Klein 123
4 Joe Cronin 118
5 Al Simmons 111

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 32
2 Ben Chapman 28
2 Pepper Martin 28
4 Evar Swanson 19
5 Frankie Frisch 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.72
2 Lon Warneke 1.96
3 Hal Schumacher 2.20
4 Monte Pearson 2.23
5 Charlie Root 2.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 23
1 Carl Hubbell 23
3 Guy Bush 22
3 Lefty Grove 22
5 Dizzy Dean 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 198
2 Lefty Gomez 158
3 Tex Carleton 155
4 Lon Warneke 142
5 Bump Hadley 139

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 14
2 Chief Hogsett 8
3 Wilcy Moore 7
4 Hi Bell 6
4 2 others tied 6