On This Day

Friday, August 28, 1931

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 88 34 .721 --
Senators 73 49 .598 15.0
Yankees 72 51 .585 16.5
Indians 61 60 .504 26.5
Browns 51 73 .411 38.0
Tigers 50 74 .403 39.0
Red Sox 47 73 .392 40.0
White Sox 48 76 .387 41.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 82 44 .651 --
Giants 70 53 .569 10.5
Cubs 70 59 .543 13.5
Robins 67 60 .528 15.5
Braves 58 65 .472 22.5
Pirates 58 68 .460 24.0
Phillies 54 72 .429 28.0
Reds 44 82 .349 38.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Mickey Cochrane 3
1 Bibb Falk 3
1 Mel Harder 3
1 Joe Vosmik 3
1 Lloyd Waner 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 George Grantham 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Glenn Myatt 4
2 Sparky Adams 2
2 Bibb Falk 2
2 Frankie Frisch 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Lazzeri 1
1 Pepper Martin 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Flint Rhem 0.40
2 Mel Harder 0.33
3 Red Ruffing 0.30
4 Larry French 0.25
5 Sam Gray 0.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mel Harder 1
1 Jim Lindsey 1
1 Roy Mahaffey 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Flint Rhem 4
2 Larry French 3
2 Sam Gray 3
2 Red Ruffing 3
5 2 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Earnshaw 1
1 Bill Hallahan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .385
2 Babe Ruth .381
3 Ed Morgan .361
4 Lou Gehrig .355
5 Earl Webb .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 37
2 Lou Gehrig 35
3 Chuck Klein 31
4 Earl Averill 28
5 Mel Ott 26

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 143
2 Babe Ruth 138
3 Earl Averill 122
4 Joe Cronin 113
4 Al Simmons 113

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 51
2 Roy Johnson 31
3 Frankie Frisch 20
4 Bill Cissell 18
5 Lou Gehrig 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.03
2 Bill Walker 2.41
3 Ed Brandt 2.49
4 Carl Hubbell 2.74
5 Tom Zachary 2.99

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 25
2 Rube Walberg 19
3 George Earnshaw 17
3 Wes Ferrell 17
5 3 tied 16

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 140
2 George Earnshaw 139
3 Carl Hubbell 127
4 Dazzy Vance 124
5 Bill Hallahan 121

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 11
2 Wilcy Moore 8
3 Jim Lindsey 7
4 Bump Hadley 6
4 Chad Kimsey 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Manush .456
2 Lou Gehrig .449
3 Dale Alexander .431
4 Frankie Frisch .409
5 Don Hurst .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 7
2 Earl Averill 6
3 Chuck Klein 5
3 Mel Ott 5
5 6 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 21
2 Earl Averill 19
2 Chick Hafey 19
4 Lou Gehrig 18
4 Red Kress 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 7
2 Charlie Gehringer 6
3 Frankie Frisch 5
3 Tony Lazzeri 5
3 Pepper Martin 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Brandt 0.56
2 Bill Walker 1.00
3 Pat Malone 1.04
4 Larry French 1.07
5 Si Johnson 1.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dick Coffman 3
1 Phil Collins 3
1 Lefty Gomez 3
1 Mel Harder 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jim Mooney 21
2 Wes Ferrell 20
3 Red Ruffing 18
4 Dazzy Vance 17
5 Bob Weiland 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Vic Frazier 3
2 Bill Hallahan 2
2 Jack Quinn 2
4 Pete Appleton 1
4 11 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 John Stone .413
2 Heinie Manush .402
3 Don Hurst .396
4 Dale Alexander .396
5 Mickey Cochrane .394

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 10
2 Vince Barton 9
2 Mel Ott 9
4 Earl Averill 8
4 Chuck Klein 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 34
2 Chick Hafey 32
2 Red Kress 32
4 Earl Averill 31
4 2 others tied 31

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 10
2 Frankie Frisch 9
3 Charlie Gehringer 7
4 Tony Lazzeri 6
4 Carl Reynolds 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Mooney 1.26
2 Bill Walker 1.33
3 Jesse Haines 1.36
4 Ed Brandt 1.40
5 Lon Warneke 1.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Gomez 6
1 Bill Walker 6
3 Guy Bush 5
3 Phil Collins 5
3 Roy Mahaffey 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Walker 38
2 Red Ruffing 36
3 Dazzy Vance 35
4 Lefty Gomez 33
5 2 tied 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Vic Frazier 3
2 Jumbo Elliott 2
2 Bill Hallahan 2
2 Hank Johnson 2
2 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .375
2 Al Simmons .373
3 Ed Morgan .365
4 Bill Terry .351
5 Lou Gehrig .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 42
2 Chuck Klein 40
3 Lou Gehrig 39
4 Earl Averill 33
4 Mel Ott 33

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 170
2 Babe Ruth 162
3 Earl Averill 151
4 Al Simmons 142
5 Chuck Klein 139

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 57
2 Roy Johnson 35
3 Frankie Frisch 24
4 Bill Cissell 19
4 2 others tied 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 2.01
2 Ed Brandt 2.69
3 Carl Hubbell 2.84
4 Jesse Haines 2.91
5 Bill Walker 2.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 32
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 21
2 Rube Walberg 21
4 Wes Ferrell 20
4 Burleigh Grimes 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 182
2 Dazzy Vance 177
3 George Earnshaw 172
4 Carl Hubbell 158
5 Bill Hallahan 156

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 12
2 Jim Lindsey 9
3 Wilcy Moore 8
4 Lefty Grove 7
4 2 others tied 7