On This Day

Tuesday, June 12, 1934

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 30 20 .600 --
Yankees 27 20 .574 1.5
Indians 24 20 .545 3.0
Browns 24 22 .522 4.0
Senators 25 25 .500 5.0
Red Sox 24 25 .490 5.5
Athletics 19 28 .404 9.5
White Sox 17 30 .362 11.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 33 18 .647 --
Cardinals 30 18 .625 1.5
Cubs 31 20 .608 2.0
Pirates 26 20 .565 4.5
Braves 24 23 .511 7.0
Dodgers 21 29 .420 11.5
Phillies 16 30 .348 14.5
Reds 11 34 .244 19.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 4
1 Danny Taylor 4
3 Ripper Collins 3
3 Buck Jordan 3
3 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ripper Collins 1
1 Travis Jackson 1
1 Chuck Klein 1
1 Pepper Martin 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mel Ott 4
1 Danny Taylor 4
3 Ripper Collins 3
3 Chuck Klein 3
5 4 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dick Bartell 1
1 Danny Taylor 1
1 Pinky Whitney 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tommy Bridges 0.62
2 George Darrow 0.43
3 Paul Dean 0.33
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.22
5 Jim Weaver 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 1
1 Paul Dean 1
1 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1
1 Harry Smythe 1
1 Bud Tinning 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Bridges 5
1 Paul Dean 5
3 George Darrow 3
3 Dazzy Vance 3
5 6 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .408
2 Heinie Manush .390
3 Joe Vosmik .380
4 Rollie Hemsley .370
5 Sam Leslie .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Zeke Bonura 15
1 Lou Gehrig 15
1 Chuck Klein 15
1 Mel Ott 15
5 2 tied 14

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 58
2 Mel Ott 53
3 Zeke Bonura 46
3 Ripper Collins 46
5 2 tied 44

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 13
2 Gee Walker 12
3 Ben Chapman 10
4 Pete Fox 9
5 Dick Bartell 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Gomez 1.74
2 Joe Bowman 1.95
3 Johnny Murphy 2.30
4 Carl Hubbell 2.44
5 Johnny Welch 2.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Gomez 9
1 Carl Hubbell 9
3 Tommy Bridges 8
3 Guy Bush 8
3 4 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 68
2 Lefty Gomez 59
3 Tommy Bridges 57
4 Monte Pearson 56
5 Pat Malone 51

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 5
2 Hi Bell 4
2 Ben Cantwell 4
2 Dolf Luque 4
5 3 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .534
2 Danny Taylor .471
3 Bill Terry .463
4 Zeke Bonura .420
5 Mel Ott .414

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ripper Collins 7
2 Mel Ott 6
3 Bob Johnson 5
3 Hal Trosky 5
5 5 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Gehringer 23
1 Mel Ott 23
3 Ripper Collins 20
4 Travis Jackson 18
5 3 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Fox 5
2 Dick Bartell 3
2 Jack Burns 3
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Herb Pennock 0.66
2 Elden Auker 0.96
3 Ted Lyons 1.00
4 Mel Harder 1.13
5 Bob Weiland 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 4
2 Al Benton 3
2 George Blaeholder 3
2 Paul Dean 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Paul Dean 22
1 Schoolboy Rowe 22
3 Tommy Bridges 21
4 Monte Pearson 19
5 2 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hi Bell 3
2 Dolf Luque 2
3 Don Brennan 1
3 Ben Cantwell 1
3 17 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .458
2 Danny Taylor .400
3 Bill Terry .394
4 Billy Urbanski .393
5 Ray Pepper .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Zeke Bonura 10
2 Ripper Collins 9
2 Mel Ott 9
4 Jimmie Foxx 8
4 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mel Ott 33
2 Charlie Gehringer 31
2 Lou Gehrig 31
4 Ripper Collins 30
5 Ed Morgan 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 10
2 Pete Fox 7
3 Dick Bartell 6
4 Ben Chapman 5
5 5 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Gomez 1.89
2 Van Mungo 2.03
3 Elden Auker 2.23
4 Joe Bowman 2.25
5 Mel Harder 2.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 6
2 Dizzy Dean 5
2 Paul Dean 5
2 Lefty Gomez 5
2 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Bridges 43
2 Lefty Gomez 40
3 Monte Pearson 34
4 Paul Dean 33
5 Van Mungo 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hi Bell 3
1 Dolf Luque 3
1 Jack Russell 3
4 Ben Cantwell 2
4 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Manush .366
2 Chuck Klein .365
3 Charlie Gehringer .365
4 Jimmie Foxx .358
5 Lou Gehrig .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 48
2 Lou Gehrig 34
3 Chuck Klein 33
4 Mel Ott 31
5 2 tied 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 154
2 Lou Gehrig 149
3 Mel Ott 129
4 Charlie Gehringer 126
5 Chuck Klein 122

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 30
2 Gee Walker 27
3 Billy Werber 26
4 Pepper Martin 25
5 Danny Taylor 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.86
2 Lefty Gomez 2.54
3 Guy Bush 2.56
4 Lon Warneke 2.71
5 Hal Schumacher 2.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Hubbell 24
2 Guy Bush 23
2 Van Mungo 23
4 Dizzy Dean 22
5 Fred Frankhouse 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 185
2 Lefty Gomez 168
3 Van Mungo 159
4 Tommy Bridges 143
5 Tex Carleton 136

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 18
2 Hi Bell 9
3 Waite Hoyt 7
4 Wilcy Moore 6
5 4 tied 5