On This Day

Tuesday, May 17, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 17 4 .810 --
Highlanders 14 8 .636 3.5
Tigers 15 11 .577 4.5
Naps 13 10 .565 5.0
Red Sox 13 12 .520 6.0
White Sox 8 13 .381 9.0
Senators 9 17 .346 10.5
Browns 4 18 .182 13.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 14 8 .636 --
Reds 12 9 .571 1.5
Phillies 12 10 .545 2.0
Cubs 13 11 .542 2.0
Giants 14 12 .538 2.0
Cardinals 12 13 .480 3.5
Doves 9 15 .375 6.0
Superbas 9 17 .346 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Home Run Baker 3
1 Jack Barry 3
1 Red Kleinow 3
1 Nap Lajoie 3
1 Frank LaPorte 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Donie Bush 1
1 Jake Stahl 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Donie Bush 4
1 Ed Konetchy 4
3 Jake Stahl 3
4 Bill Carrigan 2
4 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Al Schweitzer 2
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Donie Bush 1
3 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sam Frock 0.50
1 Deacon Phillippe 0.50
3 Fred Link 0.33
4 Jim Scott 0.27
5 Dixie Walker 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Bob Harmon 1
1 Fred Link 1
1 Deacon Phillippe 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sam Frock 4
1 Jim Scott 4
1 Smoky Joe Wood 4
4 Tom Hughes 3
4 Fred Link 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .427
2 Sherry Magee .394
3 Tris Speaker .378
4 Ty Cobb .367
5 Zack Wheat .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Carrigan 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Larry Doyle 2
2 John Flynn 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 26
2 Jake Stahl 21
3 Hal Chase 19
3 John Hummel 19
5 2 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 14
2 Eddie Collins 12
2 Red Murray 12
4 Harry Wolter 11
5 2 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 1.00
2 Chief Bender 1.13
3 Cy Morgan 1.15
4 Lefty Leifield 1.45
5 Ed Willett 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 6
1 George Mullin 6
3 George Suggs 5
4 Russ Ford 4
4 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 64
2 Smoky Joe Wood 40
3 Ed Walsh 39
4 Russ Ford 36
5 Frank Smith 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Les Backman 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Bert Humphries 2
1 Deacon Phillippe 2
5 10 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Zack Wheat .468
2 Tris Speaker .429
3 Home Run Baker .386
3 Donie Bush .386
5 Sherry Magee .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ginger Beaumont 1
1 Bob Bescher 1
1 Donie Bush 1
1 Bill Carrigan 1
1 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Hummel 14
2 Sam Crawford 13
3 Hal Chase 12
4 Ed Konetchy 11
5 3 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 7
1 Ty Cobb 7
1 Eddie Collins 7
4 Bob Bescher 6
5 4 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Suggs 0.50
2 Jack Coombs 0.75
3 Addie Joss 0.90
4 Smoky Joe Wood 0.91
5 Chief Bender 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 3
1 George Mullin 3
1 Hippo Vaughn 3
1 Smoky Joe Wood 3
5 14 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Russ Ford 21
2 Walter Johnson 20
3 Smoky Joe Wood 19
4 Addie Joss 18
4 Cy Morgan 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Les Backman 1
1 Frank Browning 1
1 Harry Gaspar 1
1 Fred Link 1
1 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .393
2 Eddie Collins .350
3 Nap Lajoie .348
4 Harry Lord .319
5 Tris Speaker .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Larry Doyle 8
2 Tris Speaker 8
2 Jake Stahl 8
5 Beals Becker 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 112
2 Ty Cobb 111
3 Honus Wagner 98
4 Red Murray 97
5 Dots Miller 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 77
2 Eddie Collins 71
3 Bob Bescher 63
4 Red Murray 55
5 Donie Bush 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 1.83
2 Harry Krause 1.99
3 Christy Mathewson 2.09
4 Orval Overall 2.09
5 Cy Morgan 2.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 29
2 Christy Mathewson 28
3 Mordecai Brown 25
4 Frank Smith 23
5 2 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 209
2 Nap Rucker 202
3 Orval Overall 196
4 Earl Moore 176
5 2 tied 171

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 6
2 Frank Arellanes 5
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Harry Gaspar 3
3 3 others tied 3