Baseball44 On This Day: Thursday, May 9, 1935

On This Day

Thursday, May 9, 1935

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Indians	11	4	.733	--
White Sox	13	5	.722	-0.5
Red Sox	10	7	.588	2.0
Senators	10	8	.556	2.5
Yankees	9	8	.529	3.0
Tigers	7	10	.412	5.0
Athletics	4	13	.235	8.0
Browns	3	12	.200	8.0

Games

Red Sox 10, White Sox 1

Indians 5, Yankees 0

Browns 4, Athletics 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	12	3	.800	--
Dodgers	12	7	.632	2.0
Cubs	9	7	.563	3.5
Cardinals	9	9	.500	4.5
Pirates	9	11	.450	5.5
Reds	8	11	.421	6.0
Braves	6	11	.353	7.0
Phillies	4	10	.286	7.5

Games

Dodgers 5, Reds 4

Cubs 5, Braves 1

Giants 3, Pirates 1

Phillies 2, Cardinals 1

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Lou Finney	4
2	Mel Almada	3
2	Ray Pepper	3
2	George Watkins	3
5	21 tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Wally Berger	1
1	Joe Cronin	1
1	Billy Myers	1
1	Arky Vaughan	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Roy Johnson	3
2	Joe Cronin	2
2	Babe Dahlgren	2
2	Odell Hale	2
2	4 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Mel Almada	1
1	Dick Bartell	1
1	Jimmie Foxx	1
1	Roy Johnson	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Mel Harder	1.50
2	Tex Carleton	0.75
3	Carl Hubbell	0.62
4	Cy Blanton	0.46
5	Bill Walker	0.42

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ray Benge	1
1	Tex Carleton	1
1	Dick Coffman	1
1	Wes Ferrell	1
1	3 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Cy Blanton	6
1	Tex Carleton	6
1	Mel Harder	6
4	Ray Benge	5
4	2 others tied	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Arky Vaughan	.455
2	Jimmie Foxx	.397
3	Lou Finney	.389
4	Rollie Hemsley	.388
5	Mel Ott	.365

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Mel Ott	8
2	Jimmie Foxx	7
2	Bob Johnson	7
4	Zeke Bonura	6
4	3 others tied	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bob Johnson	21
2	Mel Ott	20
3	Zeke Bonura	18
3	Dolph Camilli	18
3	2 others tied	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Odell Hale	6
2	Mel Almada	4
2	Billy Myers	4
4	Charlie Gehringer	3
4	2 others tied	3

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Cy Blanton	0.80
2	Bill Walker	0.81
3	Hal Schumacher	1.01
4	Gene Schott	1.13
5	Fred Frankhouse	1.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Cy Blanton	4
1	Carl Hubbell	4
1	Van Mungo	4
1	John Whitehead	4
5	15 tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Van Mungo	40
2	Cy Blanton	36
3	Carl Hubbell	27
4	Tommy Bridges	24
5	2 tied	21

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Leon Pettit	2
1	Jack Russell	2
1	Rube Walberg	2
1	Whit Wyatt	2
5	16 tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Bill Terry	.359
2	Charlie Gehringer	.355
3	Arky Vaughan	.348
4	Lou Gehrig	.347
5	Jimmie Foxx	.347

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Jimmie Foxx	46
1	Lou Gehrig	46
3	Bob Johnson	38
4	Mel Ott	37
4	Hal Trosky	37

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Lou Gehrig	157
2	Hal Trosky	146
3	Hank Greenberg	145
4	Mel Ott	139
5	Jimmie Foxx	130

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Billy Werber	39
2	Jo-Jo White	31
3	Pete Fox	25
4	Ben Chapman	24
5	Pepper Martin	21

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dizzy Dean	2.28
2	Lefty Gomez	2.36
3	Carl Hubbell	2.47
4	Mel Harder	2.52
5	Hal Schumacher	2.76

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Dizzy Dean	31
2	Lefty Gomez	24
2	Schoolboy Rowe	24
4	Tommy Bridges	23
4	Mel Harder	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Van Mungo	202
2	Dizzy Dean	195
3	Tommy Bridges	162
4	Paul Dean	161
5	Schoolboy Rowe	153

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Jack Russell	8
2	Dizzy Dean	6
2	Carl Hubbell	6
2	Dolf Luque	6
2	2 others tied	6