On This Day

Monday, May 16, 1932

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 17 6 .739 --
Senators 19 7 .731 -0.5
Tigers 15 10 .600 3.0
Indians 18 12 .600 2.5
Athletics 11 14 .440 7.0
Browns 13 17 .433 7.5
White Sox 8 18 .308 10.5
Red Sox 4 21 .160 14.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 19 9 .679 --
Braves 16 9 .640 1.5
Reds 17 15 .531 4.0
Cardinals 14 15 .483 5.5
Phillies 13 15 .464 6.0
Dodgers 11 15 .423 7.0
Giants 9 13 .409 7.0
Pirates 8 16 .333 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Doc Cramer 3
1 Woody English 3
1 Charlie Grimm 3
1 Riggs Stephenson 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Smead Jolley 2
1 Hal Lee 2
3 Johnny Frederick 1
3 Chuck Klein 1
3 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earle Combs 4
1 Hal Lee 4
3 Smead Jolley 3
3 Riggs Stephenson 3
5 13 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lyn Lary 2
1 Joe Stripp 2
3 Jimmy Dykes 1
3 Charlie Gehringer 1
3 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Lucas 1.00
2 Sam Gray 0.75
3 Van Mungo 0.71
4 Ed Durham 0.50
4 2 others tied 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Gomez 1
1 Sam Gray 1
1 Red Lucas 1
1 Ted Lyons 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Van Mungo 5
1 Vic Sorrell 5
1 Rube Walberg 5
4 Sugar Cain 3
4 6 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmie Foxx .457
2 Bill Dickey .447
3 Chick Hafey .423
4 Bill Terry .362
5 Carl Reynolds .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 9
2 Ripper Collins 8
3 Mickey Cochrane 7
3 Charlie Gehringer 7
3 Bill Terry 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 31
2 Charlie Gehringer 29
3 Jimmie Foxx 27
4 Al Simmons 25
4 Bill Terry 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 8
2 Lu Blue 5
2 Jack Burns 5
2 Ben Chapman 5
2 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Swetonic 1.00
2 Lefty Grove 1.65
3 Bobby Burke 1.75
4 George Pipgras 1.83
5 Huck Betts 1.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 6
1 Red Lucas 6
3 Wes Ferrell 5
3 Lefty Gomez 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 39
1 Red Ruffing 39
3 Lefty Gomez 35
4 General Crowder 34
5 Bill Hallahan 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 5
2 Chief Hogsett 2
3 Ray Benge 1
3 Ed Brandt 1
3 20 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmie Foxx .538
2 Ernie Lombardi .514
3 Don Hurst .423
4 Chick Hafey .418
5 Woody English .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 5
2 Chuck Klein 4
2 Hal Lee 4
2 Johnny Moore 4
5 4 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 14
2 Mickey Heath 12
2 Don Hurst 12
2 Al Simmons 12
5 Ernie Lombardi 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 5
2 Jack Burns 4
2 Charlie Gehringer 4
2 Chuck Klein 4
2 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Steve Swetonic 0.00
1 George Pipgras 0.00
1 Johnny Allen 0.00
4 Red Ruffing 0.50
5 General Crowder 0.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 4
2 Clint Brown 3
2 General Crowder 3
2 Dizzy Dean 3
2 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 21
1 Red Ruffing 21
3 Bill Hallahan 16
4 Dizzy Dean 15
5 Van Mungo 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 2
2 Ray Benge 1
2 Ed Brandt 1
2 Tommy Bridges 1
2 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Dickey .368
2 Al Simmons .367
3 Bill Terry .359
4 Chick Hafey .359
5 Babe Ruth .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 48
2 Lou Gehrig 45
3 Jimmie Foxx 37
4 Earl Averill 34
5 Chuck Klein 29

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Gehrig 173
2 Babe Ruth 167
3 Earl Averill 150
4 Jimmie Foxx 134
5 2 tied 125

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 61
2 Frankie Frisch 35
3 Roy Johnson 30
4 Jack Burns 21
4 Babe Herman 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Grove 1.90
2 Carl Hubbell 2.44
3 Bill Walker 2.73
4 Lefty Gomez 2.77
5 Larry French 2.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 32
2 Lefty Gomez 25
3 General Crowder 24
4 Wes Ferrell 22
5 George Earnshaw 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 178
2 Bill Hallahan 174
3 Lefty Gomez 164
4 George Earnshaw 153
5 Red Ruffing 151

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 12
2 Firpo Marberry 11
3 Chad Kimsey 8
4 Bump Hadley 6
4 Wilcy Moore 6