On This Day

Tuesday, May 29, 1934

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 20 12 .625 --
Yankees 21 14 .600 0.5
Tigers 19 17 .528 3.0
Senators 19 18 .514 3.5
Browns 17 17 .500 4.0
Red Sox 16 20 .444 6.0
Athletics 15 21 .417 7.0
White Sox 13 21 .382 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 22 13 .629 --
Pirates 20 13 .606 1.0
Giants 23 15 .605 0.5
Cubs 22 16 .579 1.5
Braves 18 16 .529 3.5
Dodgers 15 20 .429 7.0
Phillies 11 22 .333 10.0
Reds 8 24 .250 12.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ray Pepper 5
2 Frenchy Bordagaray 3
2 Mickey Haslin 3
2 Jo-Jo Moore 3
5 17 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ray Pepper 2
2 Harlond Clift 1
2 Charlie Gehringer 1
2 Goose Goslin 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Pepper 5
2 Harlond Clift 3
3 Buzz Boyle 2
3 Charlie Gehringer 2
3 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dick Bartell 1
1 Lou Finney 1
1 Frankie Pytlak 1
1 Billy Werber 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Welch 2.00
2 Mel Harder 0.50
3 Carl Fischer 0.44
4 Ray Benge 0.33
5 Ed Holley 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Blaeholder 1
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1
1 Fred Frankhouse 1
1 Mel Harder 1
1 Johnny Welch 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Welch 8
2 Ray Benge 4
2 Carl Fischer 4
2 Mel Harder 4
5 Milt Gaston 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ben Cantwell 1
1 Dolf Luque 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rollie Hemsley .410
2 Heinie Manush .390
3 Joe Vosmik .382
4 Sam Leslie .382
5 Joe Medwick .373

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 12
1 Chuck Klein 12
3 Zeke Bonura 11
3 Jimmie Foxx 11
5 2 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 42
2 Zeke Bonura 37
2 Joe Medwick 37
4 Jimmie Foxx 36
5 Gus Suhr 35

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 12
2 Billy Werber 11
3 Ben Chapman 9
4 Dick Bartell 6
4 Frankie Pytlak 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Gomez 1.39
2 Johnny Murphy 1.82
3 Carl Hubbell 2.10
4 Fred Frankhouse 2.37
5 Tex Carleton 2.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Bush 7
1 Fred Frankhouse 7
1 Lefty Gomez 7
1 Carl Hubbell 7
1 Van Mungo 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 56
2 Lefty Gomez 41
3 Hal Schumacher 39
4 Dizzy Dean 38
4 Carl Hubbell 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ben Cantwell 4
1 Jack Russell 4
3 Dolf Luque 3
4 Huck Betts 2
4 7 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .511
2 Buddy Myer .471
3 Ray Pepper .463
4 Joe Medwick .438
5 Billy Rogell .431

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Zeke Bonura 6
2 Jimmie Foxx 5
3 Earl Averill 4
3 Jimmy Dykes 4
3 4 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmy Dykes 21
2 Earl Averill 17
2 Zeke Bonura 17
4 Ray Pepper 15
4 Hal Trosky 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 6
2 Dick Bartell 4
2 Ben Chapman 4
2 Frankie Pytlak 4
5 3 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Van Mungo 0.58
2 Bobby Burke 0.61
3 Lefty Gomez 1.71
4 Benny Frey 1.73
5 2 tied 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Van Mungo 4
1 Monte Pearson 4
3 Fred Frankhouse 3
3 Carl Hubbell 3
3 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 20
2 Tommy Bridges 17
2 Lefty Gomez 17
4 Bobo Newsom 16
4 Hal Schumacher 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ben Cantwell 2
1 Dolf Luque 2
1 Whit Wyatt 2
4 Ivy Andrews 1
4 12 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rollie Hemsley .440
2 Heinie Manush .426
3 Earl Averill .414
4 Sam Leslie .413
5 Joe Medwick .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 12
2 Zeke Bonura 8
2 Jimmie Foxx 8
4 Ripper Collins 7
4 2 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 38
2 Zeke Bonura 31
2 Ray Pepper 31
4 Joe Medwick 29
4 Joe Vosmik 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 9
2 Ben Chapman 7
3 Frankie Pytlak 6
3 Gee Walker 6
5 2 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Gomez 1.11
2 Johnny Murphy 1.50
3 Joe Bowman 1.63
4 Fred Frankhouse 2.30
5 Dizzy Dean 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Gomez 6
2 Dizzy Dean 5
2 Fred Frankhouse 5
2 Bob Kline 5
2 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 45
2 Lefty Gomez 34
2 Hal Schumacher 34
4 Dizzy Dean 30
5 Tommy Bridges 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ben Cantwell 3
2 Guy Bush 2
2 Waite Hoyt 2
2 Dolf Luque 2
2 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .363
2 Heinie Manush .362
3 Jimmie Foxx .353
4 Lou Gehrig .345
5 Charlie Gehringer .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 52
2 Lou Gehrig 35
3 Babe Ruth 33
4 Chuck Klein 30
5 Mel Ott 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 168
2 Lou Gehrig 151
3 Joe Cronin 129
4 Joe Medwick 122
5 2 tied 118

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 33
2 Gee Walker 32
3 Pepper Martin 27
4 Billy Werber 25
5 Evar Swanson 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.74
2 Hal Schumacher 2.47
3 Lon Warneke 2.63
4 Guy Bush 2.70
5 Monte Pearson 2.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Hubbell 25
2 Guy Bush 23
2 Van Mungo 23
4 Dizzy Dean 22
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 186
2 Lefty Gomez 169
3 Van Mungo 160
4 Carl Hubbell 141
5 Tex Carleton 139

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 17
2 Wilcy Moore 7
3 Hi Bell 6
3 Waite Hoyt 6
5 5 tied 5