On This Day

Monday, April 20, 1903

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 1 1 .500 --
Athletics 1 1 .500 0.0
White Sox 0 0 .000 0.0
Tigers 0 0 .000 0.0
Senators 0 0 .000 0.0
Browns 0 0 .000 0.0
Naps 0 0 .000 0.0
Highlanders 0 0 .000 0.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 4 0 1.000 --
Giants 1 1 .500 2.0
Superbas 1 1 .500 2.0
Beaneaters 2 2 .500 2.0
Phillies 2 2 .500 2.0
Cardinals 2 2 .500 2.0
Cubs 2 2 .500 2.0
Reds 0 4 .000 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Judge McCredie 5
1 Harry Wolverton 5
3 Ed Abbaticchio 4
3 Klondike Douglass 4
3 4 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Keister 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Mitchell 4
2 Buck Freeman 3
2 Ed Householder 3
2 Bill Keister 3
5 9 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Gilbert 3
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Duff Cooley 1
3 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cy Young 1.00
2 Rube Waddell 0.75
3 Oscar Jones 0.33
4 Togie Pittinger 0.30
5 Jack McFetridge 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Fred Mitchell 1
1 Togie Pittinger 1
1 George Winter 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 9
2 Cy Young 8
3 Chief Bender 4
3 Oscar Jones 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .667
2 Jimmy Burke .636
3 Vic Willis .625
4 Fred Clarke .538
5 5 tied .500

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Keister 2
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 George Browne 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Keister 9
2 Ed Householder 6
3 Billy Lauder 5
3 Tommy Leach 5
5 5 tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fred Clarke 4
2 Billy Gilbert 3
2 Johnny Kling 3
2 Sam Mertes 3
2 Jimmy Sheckard 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.00
1 Bill Dinneen 0.00
3 Joe McGinnity 0.82
4 Clarence Currie 1.00
4 Deacon Phillippe 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jock Menefee 2
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 Clarence Currie 1
2 11 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 9
2 Cy Young 8
3 Christy Mathewson 7
3 Vic Willis 7
5 Joe McGinnity 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Sam Leever 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Delahanty .376
2 Charlie Hickman .361
3 Ginger Beaumont .356
4 Patsy Dougherty .344
5 Lave Cross .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Socks Seybold 16
2 Bill Bradley 11
2 Buck Freeman 11
2 Charlie Hickman 11
2 Bill Keister 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 124
2 Lave Cross 110
2 Charlie Hickman 110
4 Socks Seybold 100
5 Bill Keister 99

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 49
2 Topsy Hartsel 47
3 Dave Fultz 44
4 Honus Wagner 42
5 2 tied 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Taylor 1.35
2 Noodles Hahn 1.89
3 Ed Siever 1.91
4 Jesse Tannehill 1.95
5 Carl Lundgren 1.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Young 31
2 Togie Pittinger 28
3 Jack Chesbro 27
3 Vic Willis 27
5 Rube Waddell 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vic Willis 225
2 Rube Waddell 219
3 Doc White 187
4 Togie Pittinger 171
5 Christy Mathewson 168

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sam Leever 3
1 Vic Willis 3
3 Jack Powell 2
4 Nick Altrock 1
4 18 others tied 1