On This Day

Thursday, May 6, 1937

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 6 3 .667 --
Tigers 8 4 .667 -0.5
Yankees 8 4 .667 -0.5
Athletics 6 4 .600 0.5
Indians 5 5 .500 1.5
Senators 4 8 .333 3.5
Browns 3 7 .300 3.5
White Sox 3 8 .273 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 9 3 .750 --
Cardinals 8 4 .667 1.0
Giants 7 6 .538 2.5
Cubs 7 6 .538 2.5
Bees 7 7 .500 3.0
Phillies 6 8 .429 4.0
Dodgers 5 9 .357 5.0
Reds 3 9 .250 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Vosmik 4
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 Spud Davis 3
2 Charlie Gehringer 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Cochrane 1
1 Hank Greenberg 1
1 Alex Kampouris 1
1 Cookie Lavagetto 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 4
2 Pete Fox 3
2 Buddy Hassett 3
2 Tony Lazzeri 3
5 5 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Marty 2
2 Gibby Brack 1
2 Ben Chapman 1
2 Frankie Crosetti 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Lee 1.00
2 Cliff Melton 0.50
3 Van Mungo 0.45
4 Lee Grissom 0.44
5 Bud Thomas 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 1
1 Lloyd Brown 1
1 Lee Grissom 1
1 Bill Lee 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Bridges 5
1 Van Mungo 5
3 Lee Grissom 4
3 Johnny Marcum 4
3 Cliff Melton 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Heving 1
1 Al Williams 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gee Walker .510
2 Rick Ferrell .500
3 Joe Cronin .439
4 Gibby Brack .426
5 Joe Vosmik .413

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Johnson 4
2 Dick Bartell 3
2 Hank Greenberg 3
2 Alex Kampouris 3
2 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Demaree 19
2 Hank Greenberg 16
2 Gee Walker 16
4 Zeke Bonura 15
5 4 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pepper Martin 4
2 Luke Appling 3
2 Frenchy Bordagaray 3
2 Ben Chapman 3
2 5 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dizzy Dean 0.24
2 Bill Weir 0.55
3 Johnny Broaca 1.00
3 George Caster 1.00
5 Lefty Gomez 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Dean 4
2 Carl Hubbell 3
2 Wayne LaMaster 3
2 Roxie Lawson 3
2 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 33
2 Van Mungo 32
3 Cliff Melton 26
4 Carl Hubbell 24
5 Wayne LaMaster 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 2
2 Syd Cohen 1
2 Herman Fink 1
2 Harry Gumbert 1
2 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Luke Appling .391
2 Paul Waner .380
3 Earl Averill .376
4 Gee Walker .374
5 Joe Medwick .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 47
2 Hal Trosky 38
3 Jimmie Foxx 36
4 Mel Ott 32
5 2 tied 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Trosky 151
2 Lou Gehrig 148
3 Zeke Bonura 141
4 Joe Medwick 139
5 Jimmie Foxx 136

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lyn Lary 38
2 Jake Powell 25
3 Ben Chapman 23
4 Pepper Martin 22
5 Billy Werber 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 2.40
2 Dizzy Dean 2.75
3 Cy Blanton 3.01
4 Danny MacFayden 3.09
5 Bill Lee 3.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Hubbell 27
2 Dizzy Dean 25
3 Tommy Bridges 24
4 Vern Kennedy 21
5 4 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 238
2 Dizzy Dean 208
3 Tommy Bridges 166
4 Bobo Newsom 154
5 Johnny Allen 151

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dizzy Dean 11
2 Pat Malone 9
3 Don Brennan 8
4 Dick Coffman 7
4 Jack Knott 7