On This Day

Monday, August 7, 1933

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 64 38 .627 --
Yankees 63 39 .618 1.0
Athletics 51 50 .505 12.5
Tigers 52 54 .491 14.0
Indians 52 57 .477 15.5
White Sox 48 56 .462 17.0
Red Sox 45 55 .450 18.0
Browns 42 68 .382 26.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 61 41 .598 --
Pirates 59 46 .562 3.5
Cubs 57 47 .548 5.0
Cardinals 55 50 .524 7.5
Braves 55 51 .519 8.0
Phillies 44 58 .431 17.0
Reds 44 63 .411 19.5
Dodgers 41 60 .406 19.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Earle Combs 5
1 Buddy Myer 5
3 Dusty Cooke 3
3 Pete Fox 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Averill 1
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 Bob Johnson 1
1 Babe Ruth 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bucky Walters 5
2 Earl Averill 3
2 Joe Cronin 3
2 Lou Gehrig 3
2 Merv Shea 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Fox 1
1 Roy Johnson 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Ruffing 0.30
2 Rollie Stiles 0.27
3 Whit Wyatt 0.25
4 Mel Harder 0.12
5 Bob Weiland 0.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ivy Andrews 1
1 Wilcy Moore 1
1 Herb Pennock 1
1 Vic Sorrell 1
1 Rollie Stiles 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobby Coombs 3
1 Red Ruffing 3
1 Rollie Stiles 3
4 Clint Brown 2
4 Whit Wyatt 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .382
2 Bill Terry .356
3 Al Simmons .356
4 Jimmie Foxx .353
5 Spud Davis .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 31
2 Babe Ruth 26
3 Wally Berger 20
3 Lou Gehrig 20
5 Chuck Klein 19

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 101
2 Al Simmons 98
3 Chuck Klein 95
4 Lou Gehrig 92
5 Bruce Campbell 85

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 19
2 Ben Chapman 18
3 Pepper Martin 17
4 Chuck Klein 13
5 4 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.61
2 Lon Warneke 1.67
3 Hal Schumacher 1.96
4 Bud Tinning 2.50
5 Charlie Root 2.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 16
1 Lefty Grove 16
1 Carl Hubbell 16
4 Dizzy Dean 15
5 2 tied 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 143
2 Lefty Gomez 112
3 Tex Carleton 111
4 Carl Hubbell 109
5 Bump Hadley 98

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Hogsett 8
1 Wilcy Moore 8
1 Jack Russell 8
4 Red Faber 5
4 4 others tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .510
2 Lefty O'Doul .500
3 Tony Piet .449
4 Bill Terry .444
5 Charlie Gehringer .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 6
2 Odell Hale 5
3 Jimmie Foxx 4
4 Wally Berger 3
4 10 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mel Ott 20
2 Odell Hale 18
3 Wes Schulmerich 16
4 Randy Moore 15
5 4 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dusty Cooke 3
1 Kiki Cuyler 3
1 Mark Koenig 3
1 Al Lopez 3
1 Jo-Jo Morrissey 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Zachary 0.60
2 Jesse Haines 0.61
3 Pat Malone 0.90
4 Van Mungo 0.94
5 Carl Fischer 1.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Haines 4
2 General Crowder 3
2 Dizzy Dean 3
2 Ed Holley 3
2 Van Mungo 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 23
2 Roy Parmelee 19
3 Tommy Bridges 17
4 Tex Carleton 15
4 2 others tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Russell 3
2 Bump Hadley 2
2 Waite Hoyt 2
2 Rube Walberg 2
5 13 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chuck Klein .421
2 Freddie Lindstrom .406
3 Charlie Gehringer .405
4 Bill Terry .397
5 Jo-Jo Moore .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Odell Hale 8
2 Jimmie Foxx 7
2 Babe Ruth 7
4 Babe Herman 6
4 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 31
1 Mel Ott 31
3 Roy Johnson 29
4 Odell Hale 28
5 Wes Schulmerich 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ski Melillo 8
2 Pepper Martin 6
3 Ben Chapman 5
3 Dusty Cooke 5
3 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.07
2 Pat Malone 1.18
3 Jesse Haines 1.38
4 Lloyd Brown 1.42
5 Charlie Root 1.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Dean 6
2 Carl Hubbell 5
2 Van Mungo 5
4 George Blaeholder 4
4 15 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 53
2 Tex Carleton 33
3 Roy Parmelee 32
4 Van Mungo 31
5 Johnny Allen 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 5
2 Jack Russell 3
3 Hi Bell 2
3 Tommy Bridges 2
3 7 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .386
2 Chuck Klein .362
3 Jimmie Foxx .362
4 Al Simmons .352
5 Spud Davis .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 47
2 Babe Ruth 37
3 Mel Ott 32
4 Wally Berger 29
5 Lou Gehrig 28

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 144
2 Jimmie Foxx 143
3 Lou Gehrig 134
4 Chuck Klein 123
5 Joe Cronin 121

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 30
2 Ben Chapman 28
3 Pepper Martin 20
3 Tony Piet 20
5 Chuck Klein 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 1.92
2 Lon Warneke 1.92
3 Hal Schumacher 2.25
4 Bud Tinning 2.45
5 Charlie Root 2.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 28
2 Lefty Grove 25
3 Dizzy Dean 24
4 Larry French 21
4 2 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 224
2 Tex Carleton 166
3 Carl Hubbell 151
4 Bump Hadley 149
5 Lefty Gomez 147

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 12
2 Lefty Grove 8
2 Chief Hogsett 8
2 Jack Russell 8
5 Lloyd Brown 7