On This Day

Thursday, May 3, 1934

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 8 5 .615 --
Indians 6 4 .600 0.5
Tigers 7 5 .583 0.5
Senators 7 7 .500 1.5
Red Sox 6 7 .462 2.0
Browns 5 6 .455 2.0
Athletics 6 8 .429 2.5
White Sox 4 7 .364 3.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 11 3 .786 --
Cubs 10 5 .667 1.5
Pirates 7 6 .538 3.5
Braves 7 6 .538 3.5
Cardinals 7 7 .500 4.0
Dodgers 6 8 .429 5.0
Phillies 4 9 .308 6.5
Reds 3 11 .214 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Wally Berger 3
1 Chick Fullis 3
1 Travis Jackson 3
1 Joe Medwick 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ethan Allen 1
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Travis Jackson 1
1 Marty McManus 1
1 Joe Medwick 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Medwick 5
2 Travis Jackson 4
3 Chick Fullis 3
3 Pinky Whitney 3
5 5 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Brandt 1.00
2 Ray Benge 0.67
3 Pat Malone 0.27
4 Ray Kolp 0.20
5 Watty Clark 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hi Bell 1
1 Ray Benge 1
1 Ed Brandt 1
1 Paul Dean 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ray Benge 4
2 Ed Brandt 3
2 Paul Dean 3
2 Pat Malone 3
5 2 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jesse Haines 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Carl Reynolds .451
2 Joe Vosmik .442
3 Charlie Gehringer .392
4 Ethan Allen .385
5 Mel Ott .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chuck Klein 6
1 Mel Ott 6
3 Gabby Hartnett 5
4 Ethan Allen 4
4 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chuck Klein 16
1 Joe Medwick 16
1 Carl Reynolds 16
4 Jimmie Foxx 15
4 Gus Suhr 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 6
2 Lou Gehrig 4
3 Jimmie Foxx 3
3 Hank Greenberg 3
5 10 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tommy Bridges 0.00
2 Tom Zachary 0.56
3 Carl Hubbell 0.57
4 Elden Auker 1.35
5 Lon Warneke 1.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Bush 4
2 Oral Hildebrand 3
2 Carl Hubbell 3
2 Bob Kline 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lon Warneke 22
2 Pat Malone 16
2 Bob Weiland 16
4 Guy Bush 15
4 2 others tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Huck Betts 2
1 Lloyd Brown 2
1 Joe Heving 2
1 Carl Hubbell 2
1 Jack Russell 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .365
2 Spud Davis .356
3 Jimmie Foxx .349
4 Heinie Manush .344
5 Charlie Gehringer .336

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 49
2 Chuck Klein 32
2 Babe Ruth 32
4 Mel Ott 28
5 Lou Gehrig 27

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 156
2 Lou Gehrig 132
3 Chuck Klein 122
4 Joe Cronin 119
5 Al Simmons 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 30
2 Ben Chapman 28
3 Pepper Martin 27
4 Evar Swanson 19
5 Frankie Frisch 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.65
2 Lon Warneke 2.01
3 Hal Schumacher 2.19
4 Monte Pearson 2.49
5 Guy Bush 2.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Bush 23
1 General Crowder 23
1 Carl Hubbell 23
4 Lefty Grove 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 193
2 Lefty Gomez 159
3 Tex Carleton 148
4 Bump Hadley 136
4 Carl Hubbell 136

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 15
2 Wilcy Moore 7
3 Hi Bell 6
3 Phil Collins 6
3 4 others tied 6